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The Official Halo 3: ODST Thread
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squidhands
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Totally. We ended up with close to 25 lives before we quit. With decent communication as to who takes what weapons, it's a relative cake walk.Gui_PT said:
Major Williams
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I personally think they're different animals, both executed very, very well.Dani said:
The terminals had to be enigmatic and aloof. The people who care enough to read the terminals are the 1%, and also are the ones who will 'spawn endless threads' on the internet (i.e. voc). As to the diction and confusing, gargled nature of the terminals, I thought it added to the mystery surrounding the event and only made you appreciate how it was delivered once you understood how it was presented. You got narrative from the General of the army, a lead scientist, a soldier to his father, Mendicant and Offensive Bias, each with their own serious, somber tone of a final apocalyptic event.
The Audio Logs are very well presented and I believe that the terminals would have not got the same message across if it was executed in the same way. Sadie's story is a perfect fit with the audio logs.
DiabolicalBagel said:
and no class based FPS multiplayer will ever be as well balanced and realized as Team Fortress 2. Imagine how many iterations that game went through in its 10 year development time. Also realize TF2 was building on an already established game. Bungie could probably build a cool class-based campaign in 2 or 3 years, but I would be stunned if the multiplayer component were anywhere near as balanced as it would need to be after such a relatively short dev time.
With Bungie proving they can drastically update their game every other month or so with Halo 3 I don't see any reason they couldn't probably get a classed-based system pretty well balanced as issues pop up.kylej said:
Eh, some say it's easier there but I don't by it. I've soloed Heroic Lost Platoon before and gotten to that last wave, even soloing it on Legendary I was able to be to the 4th set. Just get 3 people that won't get in your way and chop the fuck out of the Covie.oatmeal said:
I still need my 'chievement points. People can't be done ODST yet!Gui_PT said:
squidhands
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That's pretty much why we stopped.Gui_PT said:
I can't say that I'm over it. I really dig the campaign and have been able to find new ways to enjoy it (it's like Firefight for one person, lol), but it seems like most of the people on my FL have gotten over Firefight. Which kind of sucks because I still need to set aside some time to get the Deja Vu achievement. Oh well, I'm still liking it for other reasons.
One thing I haven't really gotten back into is the Rookie stuff. Since you can go from mission to mission, aimlessly roaming doesn't have the appeal that it first did now that all the clues have been found. The open-endedness of this part of the campaign reminds me of why Firefight doesn't work for solo play (I honestly can't fathom how that kid was able to play Lost Platoon all by himself for so long. I would have been bored to tears just holding down the trigger), and once you've done it once, it seems rather pointless to do it again.
squidhands said:
Yeah, the Rookie gets old really fast. Especially once you're able to use a mongoose to go around.
Either you want to explore every single corner of the hub or the Rookie part is pointless after the 1st run.
And another thing that was disappointing, what's with the no extra dvd? I'd love to see one of those Making Ofs that Bungie usually provides. I know we have the vidocs but still, a little Making Of would be pretty cool
Louis Wu said:I'm not done with it yet.
(Still got some 200k achievements, still enjoy the campaign, still wondering if anyone's gonna find Siege of Madrigal somewhere in the game...)
Sorry I failed to help you the other day. I'd love to try it again when you're available
The problem is that when I'm in the bedroom, I have to play on the smallest tv ever; it's ridiculous. I'll take a picture so you can see :lol
And yeah, now that you speak of it, no one's found that song yet. Is there confirmation it's in the game?
squidhands
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Well, now I have a reason to play as the Rookie again.Louis Wu said:
Halopedia said:
Miguelangelo
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Gui_PT said:
I also played on Alpha Site numerous times with others. I also have done lost platoon, Alpha site seemed easier, but lost platoon is alot more fun.
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Major Williams
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You have a serious talent in Forge. I'm glad people have recognized it and put you at the forefront of Grifball - quite possibly the largest played weekend hopper consistently.NOKYARD said:Coming to a playlist* on the first weekend of 2010
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Grimm Fandango
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Rad Agast said:
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Portal
NOKYARD said:Coming to a playlist* on the first weekend of 2010
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Damn that's really something. The curved dome, the weaving tunnel pieces on the walls. Impressive.
Slightly Live
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NOKYARD said:
The completed version is even more impressive. Great work as usual dude, you've topped yourself.
squidhands
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NOKYARD, that looks amazing. Curvedmutherfuckingceilingforthewin.
Dammit. Maybe it's a trick to keep people playing that level.:lolGui_PT said:
Major Williams
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You may have to wait awhile. When Cocop was doing some of the easter eggs for the levels during Halo 3, he had to wait 5+ minutes in a single spot to get the eggs to start rolling with different audio.Gui_PT said:
Kibbles
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B-e-a-utiful.NOKYARD said:Coming to a playlist* on the first weekend of 2010
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Major Williams
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You sure you're in the right spot? Beginning of the night map...Gui_PT said:
It is unconfirmed. And if you can't find it, then you can confirm it NOT being there lol.
:lol :lol It's almost wasted. I say its a great use, but yeah, I'd like to see Nok venture out of social to make some competitive maps too.Ramirez said:
you have to go where the money isRamirez said:
(i also have a map in GameBattles, but it is Grifball as well)
now that it's done i can finally focus on my Atlas submission (which still needs 4v4 and 5v5 Flag films)
Accidentus
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Nok when's those ODST speedruns going up?
Slightly Live
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NOKYARD said:Coming to a playlist* on the first weekend of 2010
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You are some kind of monster. One that makes ornate square rooms.
Major Williams
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How much time would you say it took you to build this one? I like what you did on the far wall with the interlocking pattern.NOKYARD said:
backflip10019
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Look at it this way: If Reach multi sucks, we can always go back and play H3 MLG customs. Problem fixed.Tashi0106 said:
Louis Wu said:I'm not done with it yet.
(Still got some 200k achievements, still enjoy the campaign, still wondering if anyone's gonna find Siege of Madrigal somewhere in the game...)
I've got a couple of firefight achievements left. Maybe we can find a date to do those or something.
In other news, Major Nelson said that Halo Waypoint will be available to the preview folks by the end of this week.
EDIT: Whoops, I thought I also replied to EazyB
i don't dare to lookup how much time was actually spent on this, but to put it into perpective, i downloaded the Canvas map on 9.16.2009 and have played 1300 custom games (which include Forge save'n'quits) since then. It took over a week just to figure out how to build the segmental arch roof (hint: i was reclining in a chair when i finally came up with the process).Major Williams said:
Funny you should ask... yep, there is. (Posted 2 hours after I wrote that. Weird.)Gui_PT said:
I have no idea at all. All I knew (before I saw the mention of that Halopedia rumor) was that it was probably in ODST, since it had been in every previous Halo game. (I'm not even sure I had confirmation of that, before Marty posted it this afternoon.)Gui_PT said:
Where it is? Your guess (or Halopedia's) is as good as mine.
Well apparently it's been confirmed it's in the hubworld
The song is usually in a high place. It usually takes a flying vehicle to get there, but since there are no banshees in the hubworld, that's not a possibility.
So it's probably in a high place?
What's the highest spot in the hubworld?
The song is usually in a high place. It usually takes a flying vehicle to get there, but since there are no banshees in the hubworld, that's not a possibility.
So it's probably in a high place?
What's the highest spot in the hubworld?
Captain Blood
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Tashi0106 said:
Bungie has yet to not deliver an incredible MP gameplay experience. Why would you expect otherwise?