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[ElzarTheBam]

The HMV near where I work had that exact same cover up. I didnt even think to go examine it.

Ill go tomorrow (and maybe take a better pic) if I have a chance. I doubt ill get a chance but im sure someone else would have pictured it by then.

So you're into amatuer voyeurism?

 

[GrimBrother One]

https://twitter.com/DavidEllis/status/248121541311733760

Being able to play as Knights in MP confirmed!

#trololololol

Spoiler

not serious

 

[Nando13]

While we're on the topic of speculation...

I think it's either two rival didacts. There was a mention of a didact in an unbounded state, and a ur-didact... I'm not too familiar with all that.

Or

Blue is Cortana taking control of them somehow and going bonkers.

Mmmmmm...

 

[Overdoziz]

So much for the Promethean enemies being a surprise to anyone.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

So much for the Promethean enemies being a surprise to anyone.

I wonder what you would be saying right now if they just told you everything was a surprise and gave you no info whatsoever?

 

[Hydranockz]

So much for the Promethean enemies being a surprise to anyone.

The Acient Evil is the surprise.

 

[The Librarian]

So much for the Promethean enemies being a surprise to anyone.

We were promised they were going to be a surprise?

 

[Fracas]

So much for the Promethean enemies being a surprise to anyone.

If I had decided to go dark, I'd be so pissed. Between the huge dashboard ads and the boxart, I'd guess just about everyone knows by now.

 

[Stinkles]

We were promised they were going to be a surprise?

Over is bitter because I carried our team in that last game of SWAT.

Spoiler

After going negative for three other games because I was riding a recumbent bike while I played and because I am not good at Halo.

 

[Overdoziz]

We were promised they were going to be a surprise?

No, but for people who didn't want to be spoiled or didn't follow the news it's a bit lame. Just saying.

 

[Homeboyd]

343 scratchin' itches.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

No, but I for people who didn't want to be spoiled or didn't follow the news it's a bit lame. Just saying.

Yes exactly.

Isnt there a campaign spoiler thread somewhere?

Over is bitter because I carried our team in that last game of SWAT.

Spoiler

After going negative for three other games because I was riding a recumbent bike while I played and because I am not good at Halo.

How the hell where you even talking and playing while doing that?

So you're into amatuer voyeurism?

Shhh, dont tell everyone what we get upto.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

I hope I like the Promethean fiction. The fact we haven't really heard of them previously has me doubious.
Gaining a greater understanding of the composer should be cool if that happens.
I hope the game is good at explaining to the masses that they aren't "Forerunner"s in the traditional sense of the intelligent beings who ruled the galaxy for a period of time and built some wacky shit.

The subtitle for the Promethean Vidoc made me grimace honestly.

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To agree with Over a bit, I hope there're a few combat enemy surprises left in the cooker.
Save the Forerunner Cryptum, we have yet to see a Promethean vehicle right? That Mech has be used for a reason. I grow a little more excited every day being honest.

 

[Orochinagis]

So much for the Promethean enemies being a surprise to anyone.

Yeah, but maybe are others new enemies or something =S

 

[FyreWulff]

No. You'll have to play the game to find out why some are blue and some are orange.

It depends on which Game Fuel™ the Promethean has ingested prior to the battle.

Looked under specially marked caps of Mountain Dew™ Cortana™ Blue and Mountain Dew™ Master Chief™ Orange for special codes that will award you double Spartan Points™ for killing the same-colored Promethean™ in-game for up to an hour after redeeming the code.

Supplies limited. See store for details. Not available in Quebec.

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

Snip

On a side note, Garrosh is a terrible Warchief

 

[senador]

You can't go dark on the entire game. Some stuff they want you to know.

"Fuck, there's guns in this one?!"

"Shit, I didn't want to know it was the 4th one!"

 

[thezerofire]

is there another place people can talk about campaign stuff and speculation?

 

[Hypertrooper]

is there another place people can talk about campaign stuff and speculation?

Not really. The spoiler thread Dani created contains much bigger spoiler untagged.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

is there another place people can talk about campaign stuff and speculation?

There's a scary full on spoilers thread gaming but other than that nope.

 

[thezerofire]

Not really. The spoiler thread Dani created contains much bigger spoiler untagged.

There's a scary full on spoilers thread gaming but other than that nope.

Can we spoiler tag speculation then?

 

[BackdoorBeauty]

is there another place people can talk about campaign stuff and speculation?

This is it. It's been a bit salty lately though. Something about buttons.

 

[BigShow36]

I wonder what you would be saying right now if they just told you everything was a surprise and gave you no info whatsoever?

What I don't like is that we have just as much, if not more, information on the Campaign than we do on Multiplayer. That's the exact opposite of how it should be.

 

[thezerofire]

This is it. It's been a bit salty lately though. Something about buttons.

I mean speculation on campaign and story and stuff like that. I'd rather not hear it if possible.

What I don't like is that we have just as much, if not more, information on the Campaign than we do on Multiplayer. That's the exact opposite of how it should be.

agreed

 

[TheOddOne]

343 scratchin' itches.

Well, I can't drop the flag so somebody has to stratch that annoying itch.

 

[senador]

What I don't like is that we have just as much, if not more, information on the Campaign than we do on Multiplayer. That's the exact opposite of how it should be.

Based on what? I disagree. I want more multiplayer and more details fleshed out, but we've gotten way more multiplayer information and feedback than we have campaign.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

What I don't like is that we have just as much, if not more, information on the Campaign than we do on Multiplayer. That's the exact opposite of how it should be.

Maybe relative to previous Halos, but I don't feel that way at all. We haven't seen more than small clips of campaign but we've seen plenty of full multiplayer games. I feel like the only mp stuff that isn't clear is ranking, playlists, and some of the maps. But I agree, I don't want to see any Campaign stuff, it defeats the purpose. A lot of people just seem to go between "clarify this, clarify that" and "why did you show us that".

 

[willow ve]

What I don't like is that we have just as much, if not more, information on the Campaign than we do on Multiplayer. That's the exact opposite of how it should be.

We are still lacking the multiplayer info, but I would bet that stuff is worked on longer and polished much closer to launch date than campaign. The campaign has to go gold and have everything working on day one (in theory they can patch mistakes, but it makes more sense to focus on completing this first).

Mulitiplayer, in a good game, will be constantly in flux throughout the entire run of the game. In my opinion multiplayer finalization should come after campaign work. The basic metrics of the game are there (physics carry over from campaign, player models, etc.) but the map, weapon, and vehicle sandbox, player ranking, and balance is probably still being tweaked. There are so many more variables in multiplayer because you have to contend with literally all of humanity. In this way they could be tweaking, fixing, balancing, etc. up until the actual launch day and just require have maps update to their "final" version on day 1 (and none would be the wiser).

In my opinion this is why we have more info on campaign than we do on multiplayer. Campaign simply has more polish, faster, than multiplayer.

 

[Trey]

What I don't like is that we have just as much, if not more, information on the Campaign than we do on Multiplayer. That's the exact opposite of how it should be.

What specifically is the exact opposite of a one to one ratio between released information across two modes?

Also, it only seems that way because the majority of the news released belongs to both the campaign and multiplayer.

If you discriminate for each mode, the respective lists would heavily favor multiplayer, I think.

 

[zap]

By the way, this is the greatest sports commercial of all time, ever.
NHL: Crosby & Malkin

I raise you Mitchell and Webb's 'Football'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_uOgyBK1c

 

[The Librarian]

No, but for people who didn't want to be spoiled or didn't follow the news it's a bit lame. Just saying.

Fair point, but it's probably a hard sell if you're trying to market new enemies to fight without showing the new enemies. That's not comparable to the Ancient Evil, which is marketed as a secret.

 

[GrimBrother One]

Do we know yet whether or not the Strider & Scanner helmets are going to also come with the LE, seeing as the LE comes with the "Season Pass" already? #completionist

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

Do we know yet whether or not the Strider & Scanner helmets are going to also come with the LE, seeing as the LE comes with the "Season Pass" already? #completionist

alienshogun, myself, and a few other users have asked many times only to get vague cryptic answers that seem to be 343's modus operandi

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

I know all signs point to us seeing all there is to the Prometheans (Crawlers, Watchers and Knights) but I really hope they left a few new enemy types or enemy variants secret for when the game launches. I would like to be surprised a bit by what the game has coming for us, and ultimately I really am just hoping there are more than 3 enemy types.

Do we know yet whether or not the Strider & Scanner helmets are going to also come with the LE, seeing as the LE comes with the "Season Pass" already? #completionist

I don't think 343 has even acknowledged the season pass yet, let alone that. =/

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

I still think the remake is going to be turf, by the way, even though jet packs now exist. I want to believe.

 

[nillapuddin]

I still think the remake is going to be turf, by the way, even though jet packs now exist. I want to believe.

FORERUNNER UHAULS!

 

[TheOddOne]

Saw this a while back, I wonder if it's true.

While every fan of the series might want to meet the ‘Prometheans’ in Halo 4, a source close to us has revealed a few details of the story which should engulf the grandeur of the Halo universe. We also have information on the new breed of vicious enemies in the game. The following contains spoilers of sorts. Be warned.

[Plot details]

Spoiler

The game’s plot will see Dr. Halsey and the Spartan program return in some form. This program is rumored to play a pivotal role in the game’s story.

Though we saw a new set of enemies being demoed, there is another set of immensely powerful enemies currently kept under wraps by 343 Industries. These foes are rumored to embody the vicious nature of the Brutes along with the agility of the Sangheili, thereby requiring Master Chief to use every tactic he has learnt so far, to take them out.

 

[L1NETT]

I raise you Mitchell and Webb's 'Football'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_uOgyBK1c

David Mitchell? Points to zap.

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Can we assume that it will be the Pax build at Eurogamer and NYCC? Or possibly new maps etc?

UKGAF! You might want to take a look at my pre-order guide, all the pre-order bonuses and prices for Halo 4 in the UK.

http://www.littleenglishhaloblog.com/2012/09/halo-4-pre-order-dlc-your-complete-guide.html

Sweet, very nice Shadders. Has to be HMV Preordering from GAME is order suicide, especially after my ME3 Collector's edition. Will never forgive.

 

[Shadders]

UKGAF! You might want to take a look at my pre-order guide, all the pre-order bonuses and prices for Halo 4 in the UK.

http://www.littleenglishhaloblog.com/2012/09/halo-4-pre-order-dlc-your-complete-guide.html

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

Saw this a while back, I wonder if it's true.

So Halsey is evil?

Spoiler

Sounds like Ackerson's spartan 3's from GoO. They can lose their reasoning because of illegal drugs used during the S-3 augmentation process. drugs that were never used by halsey on the 2s

 

[Fuchsdh]

I raise you Mitchell and Webb's 'Football'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_uOgyBK1c

That was brilliant, especially since you could do that for any sport. EsPN football would have motion graphics streaming across the screen incessantly.

 

[Enfinit]

Not available in Quebec.

Damn.

 

[Blissful]

https://twitter.com/DavidEllis/status/248121541311733760

Being able to play as Knights in MP confirmed!

#trololololol

Spoiler

not serious

He seems pretty salty over the trollin. Don't know why he would bother answering ridiculous rumors when there are much more important things to be answered (Ranks).

 

[kylej]

reveal Guardian already. c'mon son.

 

[DeadNames]

reveal Isolation already. c'mon son.

FTFY.

 

[Talents]

reveal Guardian already. c'mon son.

Didn't Frank already say it wasn't a small map?

Spoiler

C'MON PIT

 

[CliQ]

Here's an old Halo 3 montage that my friend made of his driving skills. He really is an amazing driver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xY3JzushXk

Enjoy!

 

[DesertFox]

He seems pretty salty over the trollin. Don't know why he would bother answering ridiculous rumors when there are much more important things to be answered (Ranks).

Well, he kind of asked for it by tweeting the words "Knight slayer" - how were people supposed to take that?

 

[bobs...onGaf]

UKGAF! You might want to take a look at my pre-order guide, all the pre-order bonuses and prices for Halo 4 in the UK.

http://www.littleenglishhaloblog.com/2012/09/halo-4-pre-order-dlc-your-complete-guide.html

Elzar mentioned that the game was £30 quid at Sainsburies, dont know what kind of pre-order bonuses that would come with but its a very nice price point - might go for it myself.

 

[Orochinagis]

Saw this a while back, I wonder if it's true.

I wonder if 343i remembers there are insurrectionist enemies out there