There are interesting aspects to the remade maps. Still h2 appropriate.
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There are interesting aspects to the remade maps. Still h2 appropriate.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Gameplay altering or visual?
Hopefully it is the "main" gamemode...
A little from column a, a little from column b. This kind of thing was in h2 originally.
SPOILER: The H2O maps (the ones that support Forge) will let you place flying warthogs and BRs that shoot tank bullets so you can re-create the full 2004 experience.
MrGreencastle
Member
Levolution pieces in Forge confirmed.
Is there any link to that Gamespot stream? I missed it.
Will existing Halo 3 file share forge maps port to Xbox One or will we have to start from scratch?
Considering my Halo 3 forge maps have been downloaded well over 700,000 times, this is information quite important to me.
I wouldn't mind starting from scratch but most Halo 3 maps take 3 to 5 weeks to bring to MM specs. I love forge but i would rather spend the time playing.
Considering my Halo 3 forge maps have been downloaded well over 700,000 times, this is information quite important to me.
I wouldn't mind starting from scratch but most Halo 3 maps take 3 to 5 weeks to bring to MM specs. I love forge but i would rather spend the time playing.
Please Speedy. That's like saying Halo 3 wouldn't go up against CoD4:MW...
Destiny's legs have been severely cut with this announcement, especially for Xbox One. Now sure there are many people, even Halo fans who won't go back and play remakes.
Can you confirm for me once and for all that Halo CE's multiplayer in the MC Collection is indeed the original MP and not a knock off?
divinedbullet
Banned
I want to believe so hard. My internal defense mechanisms aren't letting me though. Not until it's in my hands.
Added a pic if it helps.
MrGreencastle
Member
I wouldn't hold your breath. I would be very, very surprised if they supported this. Love your maps, hopefully you keep forging.
Very curious to see how well Halo CE plays online with the dedis. Haven't had the greatest experience with Titanfall.
Now we just get to see what kind of strange things happen to Halo CE at 60 FPS and 1080p. Wonder if jumps will be affected, nade spots to launch weapons cross map, ton of other fine details that most people wouldn't even notice were off.
Invite Ogre 2 and his LAN buddies, Nistic, Mantrain, Patch, McDick, Shade, etc to play it and see what kind of goofy shit they find.
They will not. Frank said was asked this on the Twitch stream and he said no. Not sure if that can change later though.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
It's OG, it's Halo 1, Halo: CE. It's there.
My feeble heart skipped a beat and I thought we were about to see some HEH TS.. so cruel.
EDIT:
Surely Bravo knows all about this stuff and probably keeps in touch with old Halo people.
I'm confused as to why they're doing these revamped maps in the first place. I mean so essentially we'll have
Halo CE
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo 4
multiplayer available from the get-go... so why are they adding - in what I assume to be - another subtype? The community seems like it will be incredibly spread out and fragmented as is.
I guess these cross game playlists will help shuffle people around. But I'd imagine most will want to stick to one game, no? /shrugs
Halo CE
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo 4
multiplayer available from the get-go... so why are they adding - in what I assume to be - another subtype? The community seems like it will be incredibly spread out and fragmented as is.
I guess these cross game playlists will help shuffle people around. But I'd imagine most will want to stick to one game, no? /shrugs
It helps with my boner.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Ohhh where did that come from?
It's like when they said they weren't in the game someone back at 343 was like "I can do zat! I can do zat!"
I suppose we may see more interactive elements like the gates on Zanzibar?
MrGreencastle
Member
Because Forge. And because Halo 2 Anniversary. I don't think we will see fragmentation with how they're setting up the MP. Haven't noticed any option to matchmake in one game's MP only, though that could probably be changed with a hopper update, so it will evolve over time I bet.
My friends at GrifballHUB will be very displeased since they will not be able to play Halo 3 Grifball (best of the series) on a quality map for the first month or so.
divinedbullet
Banned
Wonder if we can glitch out of maps still with banshees? Also that sidewinder warthog jump out of Map . Gimme gimme Gimme
I'm hoping someone will find a way to inject the files into the Xbox One harddrive somehow.
I'm not well-versed in what kind of wizardry is required to translate the maps from one to the other, but I don't see how the physics (nade launches and crouch jumping) would be affected.
divinedbullet
Banned
Halo 1 pc multiplayer had a lot of rocket servers. People figured out if you crouch jumped right before the rock hit you it would bounce off you. I miss halo ce so much.
I get why it's not there, but honestly, I'd loved to have seen Reach get the 1080p and 60 fps treatment, especially for campaign which I did enjoy. Same goes for ODST. Maybe one day... The worst part of Reach was the frame drops, the blur in campaign etc.
Either way, I don't know whether to ask more questions here or in that master thread on gaming side. I hope they release some game play video soon and start announcing some kind of bundle sku.
Either way, I don't know whether to ask more questions here or in that master thread on gaming side. I hope they release some game play video soon and start announcing some kind of bundle sku.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Perhaps we can eventually get a 1080p/60fps bundle of Halo Reach, ODST and Wars.
I would kill just for ODSTs Firefight with online servers and netcode that actually worked.
I would kill just for ODSTs Firefight with online servers and netcode that actually worked.
In the case of that picture will it be like that in the multiplayer to have maps from different games in the same playlist?It's OG, it's Halo 1, Halo: CE. It's there.
There will be playlists with all games at once.
You will also be able to choose a single game and only play those gametypes/maps.
Syphon Filter
Member
It's OG, it's Halo 1, Halo: CE. It's there.
That 1 on Halo CE maps is kind of funny lol.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Frank
What's happening here? Spartan Superbowl?
War Games simulation?
Why are the UNSC building huge multiplayer arena maps in orbit?
Is this one of those, "don't ask questions about multiplayer canon because it's not a thing" things?
What's happening here? Spartan Superbowl?
War Games simulation?
Why are the UNSC building huge multiplayer arena maps in orbit?
Is this one of those, "don't ask questions about multiplayer canon because it's not a thing" things?
YourExWife
Member
Ooooh. Nice! I was playing so bad that day
And haha, about that...Wasn't expecting to get host at all... but I'm glad it wasn't too badI was using my iPhone as an internet connection because I wanted to save bandwidth on my home connection to stream E3.
That was your phone? Even more props in that case, haha!
It takes a month to create a quality square?
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Griffball is super cereal.
Frank
What's happening here? Spartan Superbowl?
War Games simulation?
Why are the UNSC building huge multiplayer arena maps in orbit?
Is this one of those, "don't ask questions about multiplayer canon because it's not a thing" things?
Looks like they're clinging to the rather tenuous idea that MP is just a "wargame" for Spartan training. They're taking the "Arena" aspect rather literally.
II SHABUTIE II
Neo Member
So are we done with news for now? We gonna get any more H2A treats before E3 comes to an end? MP or SP? I wouldn't mind seeing the redone Lockout or Zanzi....
I think it looks pretty damn badass. Also it makes sense canon wise if they stick to the whole war games idea. MP is Spartan 4 training.
Syphon Filter
Member
I always thought it was foolish to try to have online multiplayer have a story.
Hey dude you're in the Ninja stream
Spartans being kind of sports players doesn't make any sense in my mind. War games or not.
I did not really like the idea of MP being hard canon. Map locations and functions being canon is okay (as always).
A true war game Spartans would play would be, in my mind, very different: long scenarios and campaigns truly simulating warfare the Spartans are expected to take part in, not capture the flag or the like. Instead, deep raid behind the enemy lines to capture some important information would be appropriate. Not that you can simulate this with Halo MP map likes maps, i think. You'd need a campaign mission-like missions and maps...
EDIT this is also the major reason i found Spartan Ops to be so very disappointing, i expected the missions to be more like campaign missions, if shorter, not missions filled with enemies in rather small areas.
Also, speaking of map sizes, Halos missions are deceptively small. They look big... but in reality they're not very big. Did the Tip of the Spear vacation glitch today with a friend, we walked some 12 kilometers from the Spire, much more than the actual mission area has length...
That's an interesting thing to do I suppose.
Why? It's not like those are Spartan-II's... Many soldiers play sports in their offtime even while deployed. Looks like they're doing some kind of training or some kind of war games exercises on a converted orbital landing ship or something.
I think it's actually pretty cool, imagine it fully realized too, sort of a mix of foundry and anchor 9.
I think it's actually pretty cool, imagine it fully realized too, sort of a mix of foundry and anchor 9.
It is going to be awesome when you mancannon up from the bottom platform with the rockets and firing one into the dish causes an earthquake that cracks Ascension in half.
I made this up, I am a terrible person
Soldiers playing sports with full combat armor and weapons?
Nope.
Now i don't oppose the concept of combat sports, it is very interesting (Mass Effect had this Urban Combat League, which, i think, would make a nice spin-off game, not that i'd play it). But Spartans doing that... eh, they're supposed to be frigging super soldiers.
The map and the sport aesthetics are my biggest concern, whether they're canon or not stuff less so. Not Halo to me. EDIT i wasn't a fan of Ricochet (didn't like the gametype) or that one DLC armor for Halo 4 for that matter. Ugh.
You could explain them well, in a way that makes sense, and i'd appreciate it, but it doesn't change my dislike of the style (a thing i don't like in Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament either really).