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Halo |OT 20| It really does feel like Halo
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Needs Morello.
Ein Bear
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It's definitely cool how the books are being made more relevent in the games themselves. But... the new books are so bad, that it kind of ruins the whole thing. Dr Halsey being in Halo 4? Awesome! Karen Traviss' bizzare Hitler-Halsey being in Halo 4? Not so much.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
Can't be real. Isn't a video of a VHS on an old SDTV in a barn.
In this case, I'll take the pretty.
If it really is a major issue forge in the walls.
Poodlestrike
Banned
While I do hate Traviss' books with a passion, I feel like 4's Halsey struck a nice balance between Traviss' "Hitler with breasts" and Nylunds "Uber-scientist who can do no wrong." She's done some messed up shit, and it's not out of the question for people to call her out on it, especially since she's too, well, arrogant to try and explain herself. Still, she cares for her Spartans, and she remains hyper competent without being totally invincible. Actually one of my favorite takes on the character.
Anyway, the Forerunner stuff is great, and the old Nylund material is fully canon now as well, so I'd call it worth it
PachinkoChampBruh
Member
you forgot the fake biggie smalls.
two different perspectives of one structure, 2 ships in roughly the same spot
hmmmm fake
I see 343 are still going with the theme of impossibly floating ships.
They look pretty amazing though.
I dunno, they look how they should from that perspective...
They're pretty far away in the skybox so they shouldn't move too much.
Maybe, could be an old build.
No idea, don't know when the image is from. I grabbed it off of Google.
Looks like something from that project Contingency.
In this case, I'll take the pretty.
If it really is a major issue forge in the walls.
Is that motion tracker standard-def?
orichalcos
Member
I dunno, but i think Project Contingency screenshot.
Poker Face
Member
that picture isn't even close to being real lol
It seems to be a deliberately-soft UI element with subtle fake scanlines...
The scanlines correspond to a screen res of maybe 270-300 vertical lines, so in a sense yes, it's SD.
I just expect logic and a focus on gameplay when it comes to designing a game. I mean, we're not talking about moving mountains here.
Sanctuary Remake Design Meeting #1
"Lets make it look awesome!"
"What about one side of the map is an open cliff with an amazing vista!"
"That would be cool, but didn't a bunch of players complain about functionally symmetrical maps in the past? And I can see their point from a gameplay perspective. Can we make it look good without sacrificing symmetry?"
"Yes"
"Great, lets move on."
Problem solved. Why is this so hard?
Define "a bunch".
I have a feeling it's a rather small number.
Also, adding a cliff is literally moving mountains.
I've never liked those sort of things because they remove your weapon.
That would be pretty cool. They could at least show what sort of things might change from the public beta as well and get on-going feedback/reactions.
Can't be real. Those ships look too much like Bungie frigates.
ramps for life.
MP embargo ends on 7th November. That's what I heard from multiple streamers. Don't know about SP, but I assume that's all we'll see.
So I imagine the 20gb patch will be out by the end of next week then.
Maybe. Maybe not. One option is that Cortana uploaded herself into the Domain; we don't know exactly what state it exists in, however, since Silentium suggests it got wiped as a Precursor/Flood construction when the Halos fired, but there's the Domain Terminals in Halo 4.
EIther way, there's lots of story options from here, with Chief getting a "new" Cortana, or going on a mission to reconstitute her, or just plain dealing with her being dead, and replacing that gameplay role with something/someone else.
Pretty much. Notch made an interesting observation in developing Minecraft that ladders really are never fun; they're just a faster means of traversal. In terms of strategy and gameplay, ramps win always.
BeamImpact
Member
awesome, i guess the 20 gig patch releases prior to that then so streamers dont broadcast glitchy or unfinished maps and modes
Man Cannon.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Yes.
No.
Asylum never bothered me that much, but you can still have a pretty, symmetrical map.
Anyway, I like the geometry improvements in the anniversary maps so far, like the extra paths and cover we've seen on Ascension and Lockout. Hemorrhage, eh, we'll see.
GringoSuave89
Banned
I'm not buying those pics. Doesn't seem very 343. Maybe it's Project Contingency, as others have guessed?
CloudyTuba
Member
This is my first time hearing about Project Contingency. Pretty neat idea and the screenshots look good.
I won't get my hopes up though. I've seen so many fan projects get stuck right where they're at now.
Lamesauce.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Double jumps > Ramps >>> Ladders
I miss the plasma nade effects of halo 1 and 2. Looked better with that more fuzzy glow instead of blue ribbons and sparks
Jetpacks>Double jumps > Ramps >>> Ladders
BigShow the troll ladies and gentlemen.
mmhm...
I also much preferred the needler combine effect in CE. It sort of shook the screen and had a very crunchy explosive sound, and the explosion itself had a certain bright core to it. Felt very satisfying!
Halo 2 was just bad with the poofy cloud.
Welfare
Member
YourExWife
Member
Yeah, I'll get right to putting that in matchmaking ASAP.
And the reason I used the term "functionally symmetrical" was because many people, here and elsewhere, made it into a joke after 343 used it to describe many of H4's maps. Either make it symmetrical or design a good asymmetrical map. Functionally symmetrical maps are those where one teams base or side of the map has an issue/advantage/whatever that makes the map play asymmetrically. If that's the case, don't bother with the pretense.
Just because you weren't around until recently doesn't mean you can dismiss the months of backlash over miscommunication and lies surrounding H4 and HaloGAFs reactions at the time. Your stupid comment about moving mountains means you didn't actually have a counterpoint.
My guess, as well. The sooner the better, because I'm really scared of download server issues.
Some streamers also had a "installation stopped" notifcation, while they were playing the MCC. I asked only one person and he said it could be the patch, since he wasn't installing anything. Maybe they are getting the patch, because they are white-listed? I don't know.
I'm fine with it. Want to see the remaining cutscenes on my own.
Welfare
Member
They said there was a classic version of each map already. Maybe there is the wall? But then the question would be is, are the classic remastered in H2A MM?
I'm fine with it. Want to see the remaining cutscenes on my own.
I just wanna see Blood Gulch 8v8 CTF.
This is a really important point. Almost every area of Halo 4 was discussed to death already. It's really funny going back to the month before launch, the month after launch, and now and seeing how things played out.
Crimson Kopite
Banned
That's really unfair. This place is way too exclusionary and this is a great example of how.
please be fake
What are we supposed to be seeing?
The Henery
Member
please be fake
Lol
Look at the weapons (fov issues)