I doubt I'll get an answer, but what I have I missed for the past 4 days while I've been without power? Anything new announced by Bungie or Microsoft? I'm reading through the Halo 4 being considered thread, but since this is kinda the main one for now I don't want to be too far behind.
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Halo Reach E3 Trailer [M-CONF]
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Captain Blood
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neoism really has been missing the mega thread. :lol
It is probably easier for keeping up with things to not have one thread moving at break neck speeds.
same here.
Deputy Moonman
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Joseph Tung was asked if there would be more than 4 players in firefight and Joseph smiled and had to give a no comment. This suggests that there will be. I think that's about the only thing.ZayneH said:
True, though at this rate we'll have a dozen or more before release; I think it will be better for discussion overall though. It will stay more focused.Captain Blood said:
Remember how we had a feature reveal every week for five weeks or so leading up to the Beta? The two months leading up to Reach's release are going to make that look like a trickle of information. We've got entire feature suites yet to be revealed, in addition to all the maps, vehicles, gametypes and other content. I suspect Bungie Day will be a bit of a kick off for the drum beat building toward launch.
I don't think everyone was in sync on what features were being announced. Brian specifically said Firefight is a four-player co-op mode in several interviews.Deputy Moonman said:
Sort of like how, regarding the space combat, we had one video where someone dodged the question about it showing up in other modes; one where a MS rep seemed to imply it (the one that mentioned Aerospace a few pages back); and the Gamespot video where someone from Bungie specifically states space combat is only in that one mission of campaign, and is not featured in MP at all.
I was kind of surpirsed that Firefight was four players given the six we had for NT1, but I figured they were either testing to see if six would work out and it didn't, or the extra two was the "stressed network conditions" part of the gametype description. Regardless, I'm not counting on Firefight having more than four players.
Deputy Moonman
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Hmm, Im enjoying some Halo Waypoint right now. LTTP! If you click on the archives you can see all kinds of goodness. Just watched an old episode of The Spartan Life with guest Louis Wu. Before that, watched some Halo 2 map nostalgia on Headlong. Now I'm re-watching the interview with Lars about Firefight. I want my mind to be blown!!!!!!!
BTW... 1 Week until 7/7/10
BTW... 1 Week until 7/7/10
http://twitter.com/HaloWaypoint/status/17375059581
It's a 3-minute movie with little sound bites from lots of the people who were there - including Voltron64! Go watch it.
Halo Waypoint said:
It's a 3-minute movie with little sound bites from lots of the people who were there - including Voltron64! Go watch it.
Deputy Moonman
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Just watched. Good stuff. Wish Reach came out July 14th instead of September 14th. Who was the hip hop guy? He was cracking me up. Cheers to togetherness and brotherhood in Firefight. Joseph Tung is becoming my new favorite Bungie person. He is so even keel. He can get really excited, but his voice is always laid back. And good to see Dan Hsu. Missing his presence at 1up.com.Louis Wu said:
Thanks.Louis Wu said:
neoism
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:lol we are having a REACH thread in September right :? I understand about getting the news out there to people that don't follow the mega-threads, I just like my halo in one place, it's like a family within a family.... plus I have a bad problem of having to read every post in a halo thread...:lolCaptain Blood said:
sounds good....GhaleonEB said:
Hydranockz
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It's not meant to be a family. That's the point of not having a mega thread :/neoism said:
neoism
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I'm guessing 8 players, Elites vs Spartans, and of course the other covenant on the Elite side. It would be ridiculously awesome if you can play as Brutes though. Bungle is going all out for this game... Campaign will be insane I'm sure....ZayneH said:
I'm more excited for it than anything!
Honestly if it's any more than 4 players Bungie had better make sure their net code is up to scratch, Generator defense was torturous for me, I was planning the next move I would make whenever the game would let me. :lol
Same goes for Halo 3 & ODST co-op and firefight but not to the same degree thankfully.
Same goes for Halo 3 & ODST co-op and firefight but not to the same degree thankfully.
Photolysis
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I doubt very much we'll see 8 players, at least in matchmaking. The game needs to be extremely strict about who you get matched with, and making that number higher will dramatically increase the number of games that are laggy. It only takes one to ruin the game.
The problem isn't the netcode, it's players having bad connections. You can compensate for it in multiplayer, because it's asynchronous. You get weird stuff happening or shots not counting, but the game will carry on. You can't do that in campaign because of the AI. If stuff goes missing, it's got to be sent again.
Bungie have been able to improve the netcode, both by matching players up far better, and by making the game send far less data. But it gets to the point where there's nothing else they can do. If the game sends the minimum amount needed and your ISP does a crappy job and loses part of it, then that's not Bungie's fault or the netcode's fault.
My connection isn't the greatest but Generator Defense was fine for me past the first day, simply because I have very little packet loss. And that's the essential thing.
Roche178 said:
The problem isn't the netcode, it's players having bad connections. You can compensate for it in multiplayer, because it's asynchronous. You get weird stuff happening or shots not counting, but the game will carry on. You can't do that in campaign because of the AI. If stuff goes missing, it's got to be sent again.
Bungie have been able to improve the netcode, both by matching players up far better, and by making the game send far less data. But it gets to the point where there's nothing else they can do. If the game sends the minimum amount needed and your ISP does a crappy job and loses part of it, then that's not Bungie's fault or the netcode's fault.
My connection isn't the greatest but Generator Defense was fine for me past the first day, simply because I have very little packet loss. And that's the essential thing.
The Librarian
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I don't enjoy having to go on the internet to try to decipher what I've read in the game. It's terrible story presentation, and it's why Bungie should lean more towards ODST's story presentation.Major Williams said:
Dax01 said:
I agree with this. I've talked to a few people on here who somehow understood what was happening as they read the Terminals in the game, but personally I didn't have a clue. Sadie's story in ODST was at least understandable and enjoyable as-is without having to go look up what the heck they were talking about.
neoism said:I'm guessing 8 players, Elites vs Spartans, and of course the other covenant on the Elite side. It would be ridiculously awesome if you can play as Brutes though. Bungle is going all out for this game... Campaign will be insane I'm sure....
Did you guys not pay attention at all during the beta?
3 vs. 3 Generator Defense. I'm going with 6 MAX firefight.
Hydranockz
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Exactly! Sadie's Story is borderline perfect. I would not have ever realised there were references to Dante's Inferno but alas the story was relatively simple and really focused on the details. The hectic ambience as the people struggle to flee the city from the vuvuzela (plasma) wielding World Cup supporters (Covenant), the static as virgil is getting damaged, etc. Emphasis was on all the right aspects and it meant I had a really good story being told in a way that (when you watched them rather than tap RB to play it during the campaign) wasn't too intrusive.Falagard said:
Hydranockz said:
my 2 cents. i hated it. i thought they were incredibly cheesy and didnt fit the mood established by odst or the rest of the halo series.
i like the idea of audio logs, and even prefer them to halo 3's terminals, but sadie was lame.
Self Induced
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Don't go to the city without my SHISH KABOBS!op_ivy said:
The Librarian
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Shishka Bobs.Self Induced said:
Hydranockz
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Fire will only revert that beast back into it's ginger urk form...Shishka said:
Wait... Lehto's love for motorcycles + urk's fiery red hair = Ghostrider??
Thagomizer
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op_ivy said:
When every single voice actor in an audiolog series is in contention for the worst actor in Halo, a series not exactly known for its stirring performances, you know you have a problem.
electricpirate
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Dax01 said:
Get your mind out of the gutter dax.
Zeouterlimits
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I'll be honest, that's what I read the first time and had to do a serious double take.electricpirate said:
Harmless play on words >>>>>>>>>> Any talk of Bungie Employee Mammaries.
On it.FourDoor said:
I'm supportive, but not blind, I already knew we would crash and burn with Queiroz' awful management and passionless team. Can't wait for him to gtfo. Thankfully it was just by one goal, and vs a huge title contender like Spain. Felt really bad for Eduardo and Coentrao though.Gui_PT said:
The Librarian
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Huh...what?! I don't under...electricpirate said:
TO THE CHAMBER OF UNDERSTANDING!
Subtervotion
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Gauntlets and Grieves!
Picture might be a spoiler to some?
EDIT: Resized pic.
The Librarian
Banned
Announcer voice?
Visor shade?
Halo Wars Spartan armor (not that I care much for it but some may like it, and this may mean that we can change to look exactly like the Mark V and VI)?
#&(@%$&(*$ AWESOME!
Visor shade?
Halo Wars Spartan armor (not that I care much for it but some may like it, and this may mean that we can change to look exactly like the Mark V and VI)?
#&(@%$&(*$ AWESOME!
Subtervotion
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Here's the image Brian posted on 6/4/10. Its a bit different. Perhaps the leaked photo is fake?
EDIT: Even more current. 6/18/10.
EDIT: Even more current. 6/18/10.
Subtervotion
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Gui_PT said:
That and Firefight Voice is now Announcer Voice. Also the Spartans stance is a bit different. (For the better IMO) The pic looks legit though. And I'm hoping its real.
The Lamonster
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Looking great.
Subtervotion
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Shishka said:
There ya have it folks. Also when you look at the Halo Wars Spartan's Belt, it is clearly different from the BWU pics. And in the off screen shot, theres no choice to change belts. That should have been a clue to me right there. Also I feel like 'Hands' and "Feet" aren't nearly as cool as Gauntlets and Grieves.
I guess I jumped the gun a little bit. :lol
