Damn, I'm tempted to try to get in on this. So if I line up at 6am I'll get a band to come back at 6pm to play Halo 5?
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Damn, I'm tempted to try to get in on this. So if I line up at 6am I'll get a band to come back at 6pm to play Halo 5?
Arby 'n' the Chief
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The app can include preset profiles for specific games, yeah. Apparently it launches with setups for Forza 6, Halo 5, Gears UE, and Sunset Overdrive:
this is just for the Elite controller right?
damn.... really gotta get me one of those down the line
vincent vega
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summit's bringing the prerelease hype to the non halo crowd
Everyone gets the app, so I think these will work for everyone. I can change button configurations for normal controllers on the current preview build of the app. So far I haven't played around too much with the app but I did set my right stick to be inverted.
Feel_The_Pain
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All I used in the beta was the pistol. Great to see its relevant again.
Who is summit?
So I just noticed you have a timer letting you know how much time you have left on camo in the top left, pretty nice addition.
CS:GO streamer I think, he had like 15K watching yesterday compared to the 1-2k the Halo pros had, lol.
CS:GO streamer I think, he had like 15K watching yesterday compared to the 1-2k the Halo pros had, lol.
SomeOneInaHat
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Counterstrike streamer
Zoba touched on this a few pages back. 343 has more homogenous art design, with the main differences being lighting/tint. Some levels are orange, some are yellow, some are blue etc. But the actual assets are reused a lot. This is probably also a case of modern game design and costs. If they play well it's not as much an issue to me.
SomeOneInaHat
Member
Its for every controller.
Yells and swears a little too much for my taste. Just annoying.
Twilight Gap
Member
The level design on a practical and visual level is actually really good in the Campaign. The Forerunner stuff especially is gorgeous and much cleaner than it was in Halo 4. Prefer this version to Bungie's.
Vire
Member
Yeah the re-usual of assets is kinda bumming me out right now actually and Plaza doesn't even look like a Halo map.
Looks like it was ripped from a Call of Duty game. :/
QuantumSquid
Member
Halo 6: Rated E for Everyone.
Reminds me of Turf, urban maps are just a rarity in Halo. I love the colors on it though. Doesn't remind me of CoD at all, TBH, unless AW had maps like that.
Visually, it looks like an updated turf or odst style to me. Design wise it is very different, but I find that really exciting. Can't wait to see how it plays with the new movement options.
Vire
Member
I don't associate dirty, grungy, dark, steam punk like environments with Halo in the slightest. Even Turf, while messy in a sense, has a much more naturalistic feeling to it.
Typically, when I think of Halo, I think of the beauty of natural settings melded with slick high sci fi architecture. It just looks really out of place to me.
SomeOneInaHat
Member
Plaza reminds me of Lower Hengsha from DX HR.
I'm ok with this.
Its that whole Neo-Tokyo vibe that is is just killer every time its used anywhere.
I need more of it in my video games.
Its that whole Neo-Tokyo vibe that is is just killer every time its used anywhere.
I need more of it in my video games.
Cyberpunk is best punk.
Vire
Member
I guess now that you mention it, I could possibly see it fitting in with ODST.
But ODST is my least favorite Halo, so I guess that says more about me than the map.
SomeOneInaHat
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BleedOrange
Banned
IMO they did not do a great job with the UNSC aesthetic in this game. There are few standout maps in terms of thematics. Plaza is one of them. I don't remember the others off the top of my head.
In short. I think they should have more maps like Plaza; pick a theme and run with it. The Bladerunner theme in Plaza is outstanding + kudos to the maps team for that one. Give us more of that, less UNSC building blocks.
The Breakout multiplayer mode is awesome! Footage of my first match of Breakout on the Altitude map.
Halo 5: Guardians - Breakout on Altitude Multiplayer Footage
Halo 5: Guardians - Breakout on Altitude Multiplayer Footage
Vire
Member
It seems odd to me that in the beta they showed off one Forerunner map, one Covenant map and then one UNSC map, and then in the final game.... just kidding all the rest are reused assets from Empire (the existing UNSC map in the beta)
I wonder if they simply ran out of time or were behind schedule on the multiplayer side of things.
There was no Forerunner map in the beta.
Exploratory
Banned
Well that's because we've never been in a place with a ton of civilians in Halo. You're thinking of derelict architecture not city streets.
Vire
Member
For some reason I thought Regret was a Forerunner map because of the grayish structures, didn't realize it was a reimagining of Midship. I didn't play the beta, just saw videos here and there.
But aside from that, the point remains. Past Halo games had a wide diversity and split between the different art styles and factions and this seems predominately dominated by samey looking UNSC maps.
Only can hope the DLC improves on this front I guess.
EDIT: So wait, there's two Midships in this game lol?
It's not only art style that I don't like, but also how busy the maps are. I loved the maps way more when they were simple and maybe even color-coded like a lot Halo 3 maps were.
BleedOrange
Banned
It seems like they just did not have the resources for a lot of stuff that I wish they would have. I'd love to have more maps like Plaza, more game types, etc. But I know they spent a metric FUCKTON of time on their engine this dev cycle so I can forgive all that. The engine will span multiple games and is rock solid.The maps will come in time, and the gametypes as well. No worries from me. Just wishes.
sir_dany12
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Vire
Member
I don't really mind the kinda deceivingly low map count as long as the 15 promised DLC maps are actual unique maps and not just asset swaps and forge maps.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
can we just have non-forge BTB maps
like tell me they didn't delay that otherwise standard feature for a month or so for forge canvas maps
like tell me they didn't delay that otherwise standard feature for a month or so for forge canvas maps
Im_So_Pringles
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Watching Ogre 2 play SWAT was mind boggling. The guy's aim is bonkers dude holy shit
I wish I could do that with thumbsticks goddamn
I wish I could do that with thumbsticks goddamn
I feel like if it wasn't gonna be Forge maps, someone would have said something by now. Probably launch Forge & BTB at the same time in December.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Gotta be honest, gon be pretty damn disappointed if BTB unique developer maps got ate up by Warzone's resources for Forge maps. Like its bad enough it might not even launch this year, but that would just be...bad lol. Especially since you know they counting that in those free 15 maps.
Flashbacks of Reach's BTB dying so Invasion could li-well, exist
SomeOneInaHat
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He's at some event in Seattle, Snipedown is there as well. Heard about it from the Walshy stream yesterday.
Arby 'n' the Chief
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Vire
Member
But invasion was the tits.
It's currently nowhere near as fleshed out as the one show in those pictures. Right now you can change button functions but you can't save multiple configurations.