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[Plywood]

Spartan Ops, all day after campaign day!

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Then we can afford it too...

Definitely my plan.


Something about having your MP character tied to the universe as a whole has me really excited.

 

[CyReN]

 

[Homeboyd]

Definitely my plan.

Day one

Infinity population: 357
Spartan Ops population: 4,674,245

 

[kittens]

I want to play Halo 4.

 

[The Librarian]

Going into more detail about Cortana and the MC? Or new characters in the game? New antagonist?

 

[Korosenai]

Definitely my plan.


Something about having your MP character tied to the universe as a whole has me really excited.

Yes same. At first I was kind of like "Whatever, I don't care if MP has a backstory or if it ties in anyway to Halo itself", but now it's kind of intriguing and i'm definitely excited to hear more about it.

 

[Fracas]

No way they're in it.
Right?

 

[CyReN]

My guess is a comical skit with Conan in it or something with small small Halo 4 info that I'll freak out about.

 

[Garrett 2U]

No way they're in it.
Right?

Comedic relief characters?


Loved the music at end of Podcast!

 

[Fracas]

"The Shotgun has red sights again!"

 

[feel]

How is the whole "classic halo vs new halo" playlist management going to work?

19 playlists that barely deviate from vanilla Halo 4, 1 playlist clearly labeled "Classic" that is a perfect copy of Vanilla Slayer from Halo Reach.

 

[eeblogue]

Where's your awesome avatar from? Is it from a bigger piece of concept art, or did you make it yourself?

Oh, it's just a couple of concept art pictures stuck together in a rush. I believe the spartan is from Reach and the background is concept from the scrapped MMO that Microsoft was planning. I've been here a while now but I barely ever post so that's why you probably haven’t seen it before.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Classic 4v4 Slayer/Objective playlist, faster movement, no sprint, no AAs

 

[TS x Massacre]

Halo 4 Trending on Yahoo lol

 

[Fracas]

19 playlists that barely deviate from vanilla Halo 4, 1 playlist clearly labeled "Classic" that is a perfect copy of Vanilla Slayer from Halo Reach.

Ship it!
Also, calling it now, "classic" playlists die within a few months of launch.

 

[HigherLevel]

Speaking of classic, it's weird how I enjoyed the Classic playlist way more than the Anniversary stuff for some reason.

 

[Fracas]

Someone posted this in the Conan thread, haven't watched it yet, but here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GflJB-aM0wI#

Apparently, there are spoilers, so watch at your own risk

 

[TS x Massacre]

Classic 4v4 Slayer/Objective playlist, faster movement, no sprint, no AAs

 

[kittens]

Someone posted this in the Conan thread, haven't watched it yet, but here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GflJB-aM0wI#

I'm laughing my ass off at the game footage. Holy crap, sooooo gooood.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Speaking of classic, it's weird how I enjoyed the Classic playlist way more than the Anniversary stuff for some reason.

Really? Unless I'm getting three-shotted trying to claw my way up the levels of Prisoner, I just love Anniversary Slayer so much. Probably just the faster movement speed, but I just feel so much more lethal.

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Also, you can camp shotgun hall on Hang 'Em High like a boss.

http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Career/H...Pixelfox#/?game=991165735&section=Competitive

Look at your guest. Now back to mine.

 

[Garrett 2U]

Someone posted this in the Conan thread, haven't watched it yet, but here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GflJB-aM0wI#

Glad the first campaign spoilers came from a Conan O'Brien segment.
Thanks for the warning!

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So Halo 4 ends with Master Chief on board the UNSC Infinity.
They have a powerful weapon they've chosen not to use for now, and are about to enter a huge war.

 

[Tunavi]

work on that posture frankie

 

[Fracas]

Glad the first campaign spoilers came from a Conan O'Brien segment.
Thanks for the warning!

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So Halo 4 ends with Master Chief on board the UNSC Infinity.
They have a powerful weapon they've chosen not to use for now, and are about to enter a huge war.

WHAT! Dude, I'm so sorry, I hadn't watched it when I posted it, let me edit my post

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Someone posted this in the Conan thread, haven't watched it yet, but here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GflJB-aM0wI#

Wow, that was actually pretty funny, and Conan/Andy have great, cartoony voices. And hey, gameplay footage! BR sounds weird

 

[Garrett 2U]

WHAT! Dude, I'm so sorry, I hadn't watched it when I posted it, let me edit my post

Oh sorry! My "thanks for the warning comment" wasn't towards you but rather 343i.

 

[Fracas]

Oh sorry! My "thanks for the warning comment" wasn't towards you but rather 343i.

Ah, ok. But geez, those are kind of huge spoilers.

 

[kittens]

That's the longest MP clip we've seen so far, haha.

The BR does not soundly beastly in that clip.

 

[zap]

Hmm, that BR fight looks ...interesting.

At least we can tell that strafing is back in a big way!

 

[Tawpgun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GflJB-aM0wI#t=533s

gif this stat.

Also, is that an unfinished sound or does that BR have a silencer on it?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

KILLING SPREE

HEADSHOT

*guitar riff*

 

[Garrett 2U]

OMG the gameplay footage!!
AHHHH GIMME MORE FRANKIE!

 

[Hitmonchan107]

Someone posted this in the Conan thread, haven't watched it yet, but here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GflJB-aM0wI#

Apparently, there are spoilers, so watch at your own risk

I am in TEARS. One of the funniest video game bits I have EVER seen.

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This gives me so much hope for Halo 2-level cameos.

 

[Blueblur1]

I hope that's a placeholder sound effect for the BR because it sounds like garbage.

 

[Fracas]

Not a huge fan of the BR sound. Reminds me of the Halo 3 AR. Guessing I need to hear it in person though. Conan screaming probably isn't the best companion to it firing

 

[kittens]

I hope that's a placeholder sound effect for the BR because it sounds like garbage.

No way, they really captured that push mower essence perfectly.

On a positive note: movement speed looks AWESOME.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

I hope that's a placeholder sound effect for the BR because it sounds like garbage.

Yes it does. Sound reminds me of the silenced SMG from ODST.

 

[Fuchsdh]

I am in TEARS. One of the funniest video game bits I have EVER seen.

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This gives me so much hope for Halo 2-level cameos.

Yeah it's kind of ridiculous how many they had, you don't realize until you watch the BTS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mGYPj7nh6Y

Also, anyone else think the "KILLING SPREE" and "HEADSHOT" smack dab in the middle of your screen is overkill? That's what the medals in the corner are for.

 

[HigherLevel]

Movement looks so good.

 

[Stinkles]

Not a huge fan of the BR sound. Reminds me of the Halo 3 AR. Guessing I need to hear it in person though. Conan screaming probably isn't the best companion to it firing

They mute the audio a bit to keep his voice track hot and on top.

 

[zap]

IMO the BR sounds silenced...

Not sure if I like it or not.

Edit: ^^ ah ok that makes sense.

 

[Troll]

I need a co op partner for a Legendary run on Halo Anniversary, anyone down?

 

[Garrett 2U]

The sparks when you get hit with shields look phenomenal!
And then blood when you're out of shields!

Frankie, there didn't seem to be much recoil in the BR in that clip, was it toned down to make the game simpler for those playing it at the time?

Believe me, apart from the word starship, there are no actual spoilers.

Sorry, I wasn't actually upset by the "spoilers", I was just surprised that the first time we really heard about the game was in a Conan segment.
And that the first part talked about was the ending!
I didn't mean any to cause any panic

 

[Stinkles]

Ah, ok. But geez, those are kind of huge spoilers.

Believe me, apart from the word starship, there are no actual spoilers.

 

[Blueblur1]

That was an okay bit but I've seen funnier Conan bits. Also, I wouldn't take the end "spoilers" seriously.

Edit:^There you go.

 

[Franklinator]

I guess I should watch that video

 

[Fracas]

They mute the audio a bit to keep his voice track hot and on top.

Ok, that makes sense. The snippet of audio from the first vidoc sounded much better than that. Nice vid overall. Now I wonder if that's the whole segment, or if there's any more. Guessing that's it though.

 

[Stinkles]

The sparks when you get hit with shields look phenomenal!
And then blood when you're out of shields!

Frankie, there didn't seem to be much recoil in the BR in that clip, was it toned down to make the game simpler for those playing it at the time?

That's a recent build. Was representative of a couple of weeks ago. The UI is closer to what will ship too.

 

[Fracas]

I wonder what that AA is in the bottom left. It has a meter over the radar too.

edit: And the lighting in Wraparound seems to only give huge glare in certain areas? It's relatively tame in that bit of footage. Although I think that was known when the first vid came out.

 

[Arnie]

How anyone can find those two funny is beyond me, seriously. It's like child humour. I wanted Frankie to stand up and head butt Conan for the entire nine minutes, and I'm usually a pretty chilled guy. The thing is, we all know Frank's funnier and wittier than this guy, but he couldn't get a word in edge ways because he kept making silly noises.

Gameplay looked swell though, particularly the movement speed. Understandable about the muting of the BR, thought it sounded a little muffled.

Frank, this is something that hasn't been touched on yet, surprisingly, but is the BR four-shottable?

 

[Tashi]

Hilarious video! Well done. Gameplay looked sexy. Player looked nooby lolz

Frank and Kiki were hilarious too. I'm expecting some great gifs out of this video.