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[Demoncarnotaur]

I'm pretty excited about the new cinematics.

What else did they announce?

I wonder if this is the map Frankie was freaking out about water on.

Spoiler

Oh wait, that's every map.

Wait, Frankie was hyping water?

Hyped.

 

[Defect]

Wait, Frankie was hyping water?

Hyped.

Didn't he also hype Halo 4's water? It had the worst. Halo 3's water is yet to be matched.

 

[Homeboyd]

Destiny PvE, MCC PvP please

 

[Mix]

bam, direct footage

 

[Omni]

bam, direct footage

Holy cow.

Though the Arbiter looks like he has an STI on his mouth thingies that I have no idea what they're called

 

[Mistel]

bam, direct footage

Even for a WIP that's really pretty.

 

[Mix]

Both Keyes' and Cortana's eyes look odd, and 343GS is way too small compared to how big he was in the original game. But then again, it's all WIP s oit may improve, that being said it is gorgeous.

 

[aj1467]

Hnng

 

[ncsuDuncan]

bam, direct footage

Wu who?
When I feel heavy metal.
Wu who?
And I'm pins and I'm needles.

 

[Mix]

super excited lol

 

[FyreWulff]

Miranda actually looks like her mom now

 

[Ashes2Bashers]

bam, direct footage

This is not fair...

 

[Fuchsdh]

Miranda actually looks like her mom now

Wonder if that was an intentional push.

She's brushed up against the uncanny valley for sure.

 

[Omni]

Wait. Is Miranda wearing eye liner?

Stuck out to me for some reason. :lol. I really like the redesign though... just the Elites look a bit odd to me

 

[DeadNames]

brb getting Xbone

 

[Mix]

Wonder if that was an intentional push.

She's brushed up against the uncanny valley for sure.

So now there are three people who look like that, Halsey, Miranda and Cortana

 

[II SHABUTIE II]

What do you all think Zanzibars new interactive feature will be? I'm hoping it's a button that speeds the turbine up. Wind pushing players around in the front, sucking players in from the back, and killing anyone unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

 

[User 73706]

Is it just me, or aside from Chief and Johnson do a lot of the Blur assets look off? Maybe it's just that the Halo 2 art style doesn't translate well to high-fidelity CG.

 

[Woorloog]

brb getting Xbone

Honestly thinking the same, despite all my concerns and general lack of interesting in gaming outside few exceptions.
Halo 2 campaign is still my favorite Halo campaign... with those cutscenes... CGI rarely impresses me but seeing those moments again...
And Nightfall is interesting and the fact it comes with the MCC.... well, that's very nice.
That is the emotion speaking of course.

Rationally, i can't really justify 400€+ (assuming Kinectless version) for a console for just two games (the MCC and Halo 5) EDIT especially when PS4 offers much more power for the same price and also few interesting games (though nothing compared to Halo). There is nothing else interesting for Xbox One, and i very much doubt there will be anything interesting later on (i'm not counting games i might pick up from sales bins or as used for 5-15€).

Is it just me, or aside from Chief and Johnson do a lot of the Blur assets look off? Maybe it's just that the Halo 2 art style doesn't translate well to high-fidelity CG.

They have some oddities yes. Miranda's eyebrows, Johnson's face, Half-Jaw's forehead/helmet. Might be just work in-progress stuff?

 

[CyReN]

Blur is doing an amazing job, can't wait.

 

[Mix]

They way the Arbiter's jaws move when he talks in the CGI is super alien and scary. I love it.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Anyone know which music track the trailer is supposed to be? Doesn't sound like anything from the H2OST I can recall (vol 1 or 2.) Quite nice though.

 

[ncsuDuncan]

What do you all think Zanzibars new interactive feature will be? I'm hoping it's a button that speeds the turbine up. Wind pushing players around in the front, sucking players in from the back, and killing anyone unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

Ehhh. I'm not a huge fan.

 

[Woorloog]

Ehhh. I'm not a huge fan.

That's it: A new mode: one player is the fan.

 

[Nowise10]

 

[MrGreencastle]

I love how burnt up Arbiter's skin is.

 

[Ashes2Bashers]

Destiny has only 2 months for me..

 

[Woorloog]

I love how burnt up Arbiter's skin is.

It isn't burned, more like wrinkled IMO.

Which makes me ask, do we know how long Elites live? And just how old the Arbiter is?

EDIT that Zanzibar looks terrible. It should be warmer, not so cold-looking. More orange/yellow, more saturated. Also redo the 'Hog to look like its Halo 3/Reach iteration, the turret especially. Hell, redoing the turret would be enough.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

That's it: A new mode: one player is the fan.

Controlled through SmartGlass.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Looks pretty cool.

Not next gen pretty though. I'm liking the outer wall, but overall it feels a bit bland and the colors feel washed out.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Oh man. That trailer! And Zanzibar!

GAHasfhas;lfkjasdf;lasddhd

Why isn't it November?!?!?

 

[Deputy Moonman]

Ehhh. I'm not a huge fan.

so painful lol

EDIT: I like the addition of dripping water

 

[Woorloog]

Why isn't it November?!?!?

Because it would be cold and miserable here.
Which might be an improvement over the current 28 degrees and ridiculous humidity for Finland.
I need a huge fan...

 

[The Henery]

bam, direct footage

Looks absolutely incredible. Screw live action Halo, I'd take a feature length movie of that.

 

[Omni]

Warthog looks odd

But I like it. Aesthetic reminds me of Halo 2's version a lot

 

[Nowise10]

Warthog looks odd

But I like it. Aesthetic reminds me of Halo 2's version a lot

Pretty sure that's the Halo 4 warthog lol

 

[Woorloog]

Pretty sure that's the Halo 4 warthog lol

With deeper green color.
H4 Warthog body isn't that bad but that machine gun turret... it looks really terrible. Vertical armor plate? Wrong looking barrels? Ugh. Give us back the older turret model.

 

[Mistel]

Warthog looks odd

But I like it. Aesthetic reminds me of Halo 2's version a lot

It looks more like the one from 4 at front actually I'm not even sure the rest of it is different other than some aesthetic rust and stripes.

 

[Woorloog]

Why are the fusion coils blue? They should be yellow/orange!!!!

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Zanzibar looks largely good, the beach entrance looks nice.

Spoiler

Halo 4 exterior human architecture nooo!

 

[Omni]

Pretty sure that's the Halo 4 warthog lol

The wheels look [lower?*] to me. Kinda looks like a toy for some reason

*as in gap between Warthog body and wheels looks bigger

 

[Mistel]

Why are the fusion coils blue? They should be yellow/orange!!!!

Like the warthog their probably using 4 assets with some changes.

 

[Ampoc]

Why are the fusion coils blue? They should be yellow/orange!!!!

They were blue in lockout

I also like how they made Miranda actually resemble Halsey.

Very impressed.

 

[Woorloog]

Like the warthog their probably using 4 assets with some changes.

Halo 4 fusion coils weren't blue. Were they? EDIT oh, wait, they are. Why did they do that?

They were blue in lockout

Lockout didn't have fusion coils but some kind of Forerunner containers that blew up. They were taller than fusion coils.

 

[squidhands]

Looks absolutely incredible. Screw live action Halo, I'd take a feature length movie of that.

I've been wanting a feature length something from Blur for quite some time now, especially the stuff they did for Star Wars

 

[Havok]

...huh. Looks like the lower entrances were reworked, which seems smart. They were always a weird deathtrap unless you used them in the first 30 seconds of the game.

But I really don't understand why the mid-base pillars appear to be removed. They were a huge part of Assault, and the open nature of Last Resort's base is a big reason it was such a step back.

 

[AlStrong]

hm... something seems off about the warthog. Like the tires are too small or the chassis is too long/spaced out.

 

[Woorloog]

Reading about fusion coils. Containers for superheated plasma?
Must be some miracle tech, both holding the plasma stable AND as plasma. Scale that up and you get rather dangerous bombs. (The Covie weapons don't actually store plasma, though their ability to guide it at distance is another miracle tech).

Halo is an odd case of unrealistic science fiction (make that no-science fiction like most so called scifi are) i like though its unrealistic aspects bother me still. Especially when a lot of them could have been explained much better without anything actually changing.
Were i introduced Halo today without previous experience with it, i wouldn't like it. I prefer more realistic scifi, something with the science part...

 

[daedalius]

bam, direct footage

:O

holy cow, this looks amazing.

Also Zanzibar, woooooo

 

[jem0208]

Hnnng. Zanzibar looks soooo good.