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New Halo 5 Coverage! (expect spoilers)
- Thread starter JumPeRJumPzZ
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Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Moreconsole's video is good too.
RSB
Banned
Yeah, using the noob combo is usually a good indicator they know what they're doing. Will check it out.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
"Charge at the humans! But wave your arms to confuse them!"
"The humans always do what the Arbiter says."
There's so many more gems LOL
Whoever is writing Grunt dialogue deserves a raise.
"The humans always do what the Arbiter says."
There's so many more gems LOL
Whoever is writing Grunt dialogue deserves a raise.
That bolded suspicion almost never makes sense. Making games is expensive and time-consuming, and you may not like a decision, or its effects, regardless of what the game is, bit the bolded statement is almost never true. I'm sure it is sometimes, but rationally speaking, very, very rarely.
Our AI and encounters take place in a bigger sandbox than before, and I've talked about verticality a lot as it relates to player-controlled characters, but it's also true that path and route finding are now a bigger part of AI enemy behavior and so their abilities, techniques and weapons have been positioned, triggered and used with that in mind.
I am REALLY enjoying the way our AI bad guys fight, and when you use your squad properly, either with your own squad commands or your real friends online, you'll see scenarios play out in really interesting new ways that it's hard to judge through simple observation - you start to get a feel for it as early as the first mission.
Anyway I can't tell you that you should like it, but I suspect you'll get a different vibe from playing.
Grunts are so cute https://youtu.be/bod_NkI2pd0?t=35s
Forge is improved significantly and we'll talk about it more, closer to the game's launch.
SmartWaffles
Member
Yeah those guys and moreconsoles are really good, enjoyable to watch when you see people actually know how to play Halo.
Why are you doing this to us you monster.
Gnome Scat
Member
Well he is back at Microsoft, but with voice mixing, anyone can do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqH9ZOu7G6k#t=07m35s
Two shades grey?
Wow that was pretty cool! thanks for the vid.
Is there some like 3rd party reason why its taking long(to reveal) , or is the mode just simply not ready yet?
Fata1moose
Banned
SpartanSlayer117
Member
Will you be talking about if Mk. V is in the game, closer to launch?
I need to know.
Was about to ask this, only armor i care about is ODST(now Helljumper) and Mk. V.
Samurai G0SU
Member
Curse those terrible humans!! Lol
I never questioned that making games is expensive, time consuming, and clearly a labor of love. And I think it's unrealistic to make a statement like that and assume it means things don't get overlooked or deprioritized as a principle. Brilliant people make mistakes and forget about nuances.
You're absolutely right, I don't like the decision. I think it's visually inconsistent and pointlessly bends universe rules for little to no benefit to the player. If there's a great justification for why this takes place and benefits the player I'd love to know, but it isn't existent in Halo 4 where this issue took place before. Maybe Halo 5 will offer the answer.
I get it. I'm not saying that 343i doesn't have long, protracted debates about lore, character design, or consistency. But I, as a long time fan of the series, often notice little inconsistencies here and there. And while they may be readily apparent to you since you work there? It doesn't exactly mean anything to me or anyone else outside the studio. I wasn't there. You could've been the very person sticking your feet in the ground about such a decision, attempting to keep inconsistencies at bay. But I wouldn't ever have any idea. I can only go off what I see, and I see inconsistency. Empathy works both ways.
Honestly? A schedule. I realize this is unexciting.,
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
You'd think this would quell some of the fear and negative speculation, but it won't. People need to be a little more patient, we just got a good chunk of info.
No, but hearing him do it at lunch or at a bar is weirdly hilarious.
Edit: false - he made it happen.
0ptimusPayne
Member
Im curious If the Jackals have some new CQC melee moves at their disposal? A lot of the gameplay vids just shows the Jackal AI "jet packing" right into close proximity with the spartan players, I first I thought they had bombs attached to them or something lol. Also whoever decided Halo 5 would be 60FPS, should get a damn raise. The preview vids are just butter smooth, already missing the beta
Im curious If the Jackals have some new CQC melee moves at their disposal? A lot of the gameplay vids just shows the Jackal AI "jet packing" right into close proximity with the spartan players, I first I thought they had bombs attached to them or something lol. Also whoever decided Halo 5 would be 60FPS, should get a damn raise. The preview vids are just butter smooth, already missing the beta
Technically that might have been Dark10xxx in like, 1998.
Fata1moose
Banned
It's always funny to take a step back and realize how weird Halo is, shooting little gnomish aliens in the face while they run around and scream in high pitch voices. It's strange, but endearing.
Captain Zyrain
Member
Wouldn't it make sense that, essentially Covenant irregulars would have different equipment? You haven't found the Covenant proper in 4 or (as far as I know) 5.. So it doesn't bother me that things are different.
You might not've seen it because it's a page or so back, but I wasn't talking about the change from a lore perspective.
Weird. They liked it. Didn't they read this thread?
Krappadizzle
Gold Member
I haven't read the thread so I can't gauge some peoples interest but I enjoyed that footage. I was a bit indifferent towards another Halo. But that looked pretty fun. Loving that it's 60 fps.
You don't seem to be able to decide if it's a lore issue or a design issue...
If you think the color of the elite played any part in how fun it has been to engage sword yielding elites, then I say you are one of the few who gives a shit...
I've taken on blue, white, red, and yellow armored elites with swords between H1 and H4... And their color didn't mean much, I was more focused on killing them before they killed me, regardless of their rank...
I understand that you've grown fond of using armor color to help you decide which enemies you would take on first... Now you'll have to use a different method because the the enemy is employing a different battlefield behavior. It's not objectively worse for the gamer, just different.
Lore wise, there's no reason why existing Coventant elites would discriminate when it comes to issuing armor and swords... Their hierarchical structure was destroyed in halo 3.
My favorite line
Ill go investigate! Someone get me one of those Sherlock Holmes Hats with the Little Pipe
Halo 3 ODST
Consequence of more enemies on screen at one time and different levels, so harder to recharge if they keep going down due to some random grunt shooting? But you're right, they are charging almost instantly. Then again, it's like someone said earlier in this thread, why is the journo just running and gunning as lone wolf, not exploring routes or commanding his team. We're used to almost 15 years of Halo as a certain way in campaign?
SmartWaffles
Member
The first time you encounter sword elites in CE they don't even have shields, pretty sure Fleet Security Stealth Elites are not high ranked. Swords are never exclusive to high ranking elites in Halo.
No one ever played Republic Commando I guess, not sure if a lot of them actually played a lot of Halo either.
No one ever played Republic Commando I guess, not sure if a lot of them actually played a lot of Halo either.
LegalEagleMike
Member
Have you played any MCC? I honestly dont think I can go back to 30fps Halo which makes me disappointed that they seem to be content that Reach will be on Xbox One through backwards compatibility rather than a MCC add on.
I also hope the next full release of Destiny is 60fps as well.
I love how Blue Team and Osiris are portrayed completely different when it comes to combat situations. Osiris goes in guns blazing while Blue Team uses a smart method to avoid initial firefights. Shows the difference between Spartan IIs and IVs. Very Cool.
Love the Cortona bits at the beginning. This is gonna be great.
Love the Cortona bits at the beginning. This is gonna be great.
GodParticle
Member
I swore that I wouldn't touch halo after that awful collection debacle, but...this looks too damn good to resist
Some of them, since I misspoke in an earlier post, so this is like a sexy necrobump, or sexcrobump, which I just, and immediately regretted, coined.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Cant wait to watch a potato cam leak or livestream from someone in dubai to see Forge and other unannounced stuff.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Pretty awesome to have him return.
Do all the Covenant speak English now, or will they occasionally switch back to their native languages?