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kittens
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Huh, I wonder if we'll hear an "oly oly oxen free" reference from Blue Team in Halo 5.
Halo 5 Opening Cinematic
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I wonder if people realize the Elites say: Didact... as they bow during the scene where e appears from his Cryptum. Considering their enhanced hearing, you can safely assume they heard it. Hell you can find a looped message in the ruins of the forward into Dawn and covenant ships that says: Didact, it's statically and broken but you can still tell what is being spoken.
ElzarTheBam
Member
I'm still waiting for a squad filled with Johnson's illegitimate kids.
Do it 343.
Do it 343.
Twilight Gap
Member
lol that brings back memories
link1201
Member
Oh man I hope so....would be awesome to hear that in game after all these years.
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
They are part of the game, so I would say that is inaccurate.
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
That would be amazing.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
She's not invincible though,
she essentially bit the bullet once, but you know superheroes... The can't stay dead lol
She's not as OP as she sounds, she's just surgical with her sniper rifle... But that isn't always the best weapon for the job, so she has to make due without it... They've all got specialties (except MC, by Spartan standards he isn't particularly excellent at anything... Accept getting lucky) but she's a fan favorite.
Kssio_Aug
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Twilight Gap
Member
fair enough. i suppose the quotes aren't much without context
People who complain about Spartans feeling light...
That's how they should be. If you are a super soldier, you should not make holes in the ground when you run. Totally innefficient loss of energy. They are so quick and strong that they just float, except when they decide not to. That makes sense to me.
That's how they should be. If you are a super soldier, you should not make holes in the ground when you run. Totally innefficient loss of energy. They are so quick and strong that they just float, except when they decide not to. That makes sense to me.
All of the Spartan IIs were geniuses
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
They picked 75 children from a list of 300 that all had specific tributes. Physical/Mental/etc...
In hunt the truth they details his "Spartan ability" as tactical awareness, and perfect execution of plans he creates with minimal casualties.
(reach spoiler)
yeah she pretty much died at the end of reach John covered her with bio foam and froze her.
By the time they were adults their math skills were am amazing. They learned naval combat as children.
Twilight Gap
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I think it's more of an animation complaint. Their bodies didn't always connect properly with the ground in the trailer. Near the end when Locke jumps down the cliff and does a front roll, it looks like he slides forward with the camera, therefore having no "weight" to his landing.
Also, I'm starting to think that the camera zoomed in on Vale when she hopped in the phantom because they didn't want to show her killing the Elites up close in the trailer.
The perfect genes. Honestly the only Spartan-IV's that can probably stand up to a Spartan-II out of armor are S-IV's who have perfect genes as well.
Also anyone love it how Halo 5 has four badass (and technically playable) female characters?
Many of these elites are from the fringe colonies of Sangheili space, and many of them are younger compared to those who fill the Swords of Sangheilios (Arbiters faction.)
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
But they are LITERALLY trying to float over the ground. Not sure why is it so hard for some people to understand. They are using their jet packs efficiently to JUST stay above the ground and do maneuvers. Running on the snow takes up too much energy, thus using jet packs gives them edge over the enemies when they use it effectively to float over the ground.
No way you can tell that from this cinematic, elites are fighting prometheans and team Osiris took them by surprised. And osiris is not even killing them all, they are just running by as fast as they can.
Kssio_Aug
Member
Some people just reject changes.
Also, theres the fear to change too much Halo gameplay. However, imo, sprint in Halo 4 wasnt bad at all, and in Halo 5 beta the gameplay changes were mostly for the best. I would say that 343 is doing an excellent job!
Have you never watched anime? Every introduction and/or power up sequence involves some display of badassery
Elites were just the victims here.
The perfect genes. Honestly the only Spartan-IV's that can probably stand up to a Spartan-II out of armor are S-IV's who have perfect genes as well.
Also anyone love it how Halo 5 has four badass (and technically playable) female characters?
Yea. I'm glad we're finally getting some of the female Spartans in the series who have been around since Fall Of Reach came out as well as Vale and Tanaka.
Yeah that's not really a quantifiable ability though. I mean, how do you know he minimizes casualties? If there were two casualties in a mission he lead, how do we know another leader wouldn't have done it with just 1 casualty?
We know MC is a great leader, because other Spartans gravitate to him... But he doesn't Excel at an attribute we can measure... He just has the x-factor
Twilight Gap
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Yea I see that. But there are still animation inconsistencies where the thrusters are not activated.
AbsolutBro
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.. I think I need a minute alone after watching that.
Yup, and they were all taught and excelled at advanced mathematics, chemistry, biology, and physics...
As children
Yeah true, i guess we could attribute that to critical thinking skills and problem solving but who cares it's not that important.
Hmm maybe we should petition 343 for a codex?
Umm hell yeah! Stinkles where are you bra.
How is it inaccurate? The story of Master Chief and Cortana on Requiem is a standalone story, which is not tied to the history of the Didact and the Librarian. They are part of the same Halo Expanded Universe, but they are not tied to the same story.
Part of the game doesn't neccessarily mean part of the standalone story. Spartan Ops is also part of the game, but it's also it's own story, which takes place 6 months after the events of Halo 4. They all tie into the same universe, just like the EU currently is tying into Halo 5: http://www.halopedia.org/images/7/76/H5G-connections.png
Nope. But probably Soon™.
Bits N Pieces
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"They let me pick, did I ever tell you that? Choose whichever Spartan I wanted. You know me. I did my research. Watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be. Like the others, you were strong and swift and brave. A natural leader. But you had something they didnt. Something no one saw but me. Can you guess? Luck. Was I wrong?
Love it!
Poodlestrike
Banned
Nah. They picked 300 children off of a much, much larger list. Those 300 were the absolute best of the best in terms of physical and mental attributes. The 75 or so were what made it through training and augmentations.
Twilight Gap
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This is my favorite shot.
<3 Vale
<3 Vale
This is my favorite shot.
<3 Vale
I watched the vid several times and never noticed that clip... The SMG has come a long way since Halo2, apparently... Lol
I know this isn't what you meant but the SMG was a beast in the beta. Not only was it really powerful but it was really fun to use.
LegalEagleMike
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The new SMG is pretty intense at short range.
Munki
Member
Akai__ seems to be one of the few people who has a proper head on when it comes to the games and the connected EU.
It's awesome that 343i is making the EU just as important as the games and that they're connected. But when it came to Halo 4 it came off as required reading to a lot of people. As a lore nut myself, while it wasn't an issue to understand who the characters were and their histories and connections, it didn't help the story, but hurt it in the way they built the narrative.
But that shit has been beaten over the head constantly, and I'm sure 343i has learned their lesson on that.
It's awesome that 343i is making the EU just as important as the games and that they're connected. But when it came to Halo 4 it came off as required reading to a lot of people. As a lore nut myself, while it wasn't an issue to understand who the characters were and their histories and connections, it didn't help the story, but hurt it in the way they built the narrative.
But that shit has been beaten over the head constantly, and I'm sure 343i has learned their lesson on that.
formasymphonic
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part one
— if you haven't read the books, apparently you aren't a true fan...
Great job to all involved, Axis do really amazing work. Up there with blur and digic.
Anyone who saw this and thought this wasn't "CG" and was just some post processing were being very optimistic.
As great as it looks and with all the hard work that has gone to creating it, the only thing I will say is this a great example of why action movies are no longer exciting. The action gets ramped up so high to 11 that it actually becomes dull, compare this to work done for the Halo 4 intro (also Axis) which gave me dem feels. Just different tastes and not for me
Looking forward to H5 though.
— if you haven't read the books, apparently you aren't a true fan...
link1201
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Not that I know of. I believe it'll run up to launch though. Frankie stated they started recording a few weeks ago.
While I'm pretty pumped for Osiris since they were announced, I can see why people are rooting so hard for Blue Team, they're the OG Spartans. Spartan IIs were what a lot of people grew up with, including myself. I know I'll be guilty of rooting hard for them, too.
But that just makes Halo 5's narrative all the more interesting, in seeing what story they want to tell and how they do it. Really exciting stuff.
But that just makes Halo 5's narrative all the more interesting, in seeing what story they want to tell and how they do it. Really exciting stuff.
I'm terrible at finding any of that hidden stuff, and I didn't think it was difficult to figure out who the Didact or Librarian were. The Librarian gives a speech in one of the cutscenes that lays most of it out. There's no doubt more to it, but you at least understand who they are, what the Didact's motivations are, what he's going to do, and why you need to stop him.
On the other hand, I certainly will not defend their insistence on making MC "the chosen one". It's a terrible choice. For all I know, they'll back off of it, but the whole thing with the Librarian telling him that they planted seeds to lead to him and Cortana was terrible from a story perspective, IMO.
Edit: I just realized that you said "when you introduce them", so there is a period between when the Didact is introduced and when you discover his intentions, but I don't particularly see that as a failing. If they never bothered to explain it, sure, but as it is, it's something where it gets filled in later in the story.
Fucking hell! How have i not read this before?!
I didn't think the Halo hype could be any bigger but that guys write up sounds all kind of amazing!
If 343i were letting Youtubers and big Halo players play this before E3, why haven't we seen it? Sounds like it could allay fears very quickly if that guys write up is on point!
Really looking forward to my first Halo launch on GAF
Yeah sounds awesome!
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, it's really interesting that they're making us sympathize with / root for both sides. I'm really curious to see where the game takes this.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Was kind of funny. Sitting in a programming class waiting for the professor and overhear some conversations:
Student 1: "Did you guys see that Halo 5 intro? DAMN I crapped my pants--it was AWESOME!"
Student 2: "It looked cool, but it's just 343 showing off. That's all they are good at. They suck at gameplay."
Student 3: "Halo is just another shooter, I don't get the hype."
Me: "Well, for those concerned with gameplay the beta was awesome and I didn't like Halo 4."
Student's together: "Well cool, maybe I'll give it a shot then."
You're welcome, Stinkles.
EDIT: This kind of demonstrates to me that a lot of people have given up on the Halo hype. I feel like this franchise's success rides on Halo 5.
Student 1: "Did you guys see that Halo 5 intro? DAMN I crapped my pants--it was AWESOME!"
Student 2: "It looked cool, but it's just 343 showing off. That's all they are good at. They suck at gameplay."
Student 3: "Halo is just another shooter, I don't get the hype."
Me: "Well, for those concerned with gameplay the beta was awesome and I didn't like Halo 4."
Student's together: "Well cool, maybe I'll give it a shot then."
You're welcome, Stinkles.
EDIT: This kind of demonstrates to me that a lot of people have given up on the Halo hype. I feel like this franchise's success rides on Halo 5.
Honestly? I think people need to understand that Halo is no longer a game series. It's a multimedia franchise with more books and comics than the games themselves. People keep complaining about the books, but the books have been there from day one. The only difference now is that 343i is embracing the multimedia nature rather than Bungie who shyed away from it outside one or two references.
And really, this is great. Why? More story possibilites and it rewards those who get invested in Halo. There's nothing more annoying then reading the books and then the games refusing to acknowledge them in any meaningful way. It feels like it becomes a waste of time. Like why should I read and buy your other stuff if you're going to ignore it? Now in Halo 4 and 5, it feels as though I'm being rewarded for reading them.
I do agree that they should add optional stuff. A codex would be AMAZING. It's what I've wanted in the games for a long time now. Also a cool idea? What if you're given the choice at the start of the game that allows in the corner (non-intrusively), to show what is being referenced. Like say someone on Osiris or Blue Team mentions Biko from Hunt the Truth. Wouldn't it be cool if in the corner it would say: "Biko - Hunt The Truth" and you would be able to pause the game, click on that and it would bring it to you on the Halo channel. Hell they don't even need to add the codex to the game itself, just update the MCC and Halo 5 with an update that unlocks a Codex in the Halo Channel as you play through levels.
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AllIsOneIsNone
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I changed my avatar again for Halo.
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