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Halo |OT 20| It really does feel like Halo
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Zeouterlimits
Member
Did you notice the Halo 2 notification sound effect in Doctor Who last night?
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
I was too busy being wrong about Missy. =/
Zeouterlimits
Member
It is a shame that there are occassional sub-50 drops and a common mid-50 framerate but the DF article's last 3 paragraphs speak pretty well and fairly to it not being too surprising considering the gargantuan undertaking and package.
Roll on PC version?
It was used as the ringing sound for a phonecall.
Banderdash
Member
I'm stoked with the MCC, but I kind of want to see what would have happened if they'd dumped the switching ability and just gone for new assets and cutscenes.
Essentially, remaking all four games instead of remastering them..
Essentially, remaking all four games instead of remastering them..
So they couldn't even lock the game at 60FPS? Damn that was perhaps their biggest talking point. I didn't want to see any stutter or dropped frames.
Xbox One really is a weak console in retrospect. Laughable that they expected $500 for it, and it makes sense they are struggling so much. Forcing Kinect on everyone when they should've been beefing up the CPU and GPU. I'm not one to get caught up in the numbers game, or the debates, but man, the closer this game has come to launch, the more negatives you read and hear about. Just like the theater/file share stuff from yesterday.
Xbox One really is a weak console in retrospect. Laughable that they expected $500 for it, and it makes sense they are struggling so much. Forcing Kinect on everyone when they should've been beefing up the CPU and GPU. I'm not one to get caught up in the numbers game, or the debates, but man, the closer this game has come to launch, the more negatives you read and hear about. Just like the theater/file share stuff from yesterday.
I would say you are.
Eh, meant more about the stuff like parity, 1080p etc. Of course I'm interested in the game and whether it hits or stays locked at 60FPS. This is the one question I probably asked Frankie in the threads a lot. I wanted to be able to go into split screen, start up Wreckage or something, and just start firing incineration cannons to see if the frame rate drops or the game stutters. Right now it's just the campaign we're hearing about, but what about multi-player. What if BTB matches get even more bogged down? Just disappointing.
Der Flatulator
Member
That would've meant you are buying a $240 collection.
Evading (half of) the question without denying it.
Sounds like de-facto confirmation!
Captain Friendo
Neo Member
It really almost does.
Plus, there's the billboard in the leaked outskirts footage which is a screenshot of marines from halo wars, seems like a bit of a wink at the fans.
And the Halo Wars posters in the Phantom Dust E3 trailer.
Captain Friendo
Neo Member
Seriously guys, at this rate, expect Halo Wars as the 2016 release. Will give blur time to do the cutscenes, too.
Onikaan
Member
Regardless, the MCC pot of content is brimming. I'm not going to let little things like that ruin my enjoyment. I know for some, it's a bigger deal and it might be harder for them to appreciate the game.
They had me at Halo 2 Online for Xbox Live. As someone said yesterday, everything else is is icing on the cake.
The hype is real, I can't wait anymore
One more week, my fellow Halo nerds.
Dat job opening for publishing design director tho.
Minimum 3 shipped AAA titles, I don't qualify.
Someone else gonna have to push Haloes Whars Too
The 360 version of CEA couldn't manage a steady 30fps. Ports like this, of 30fps 360 games, will be tough on the CPU I'd imagine. It's not just the xbone.
The only bothersome thing for me is the game-tick related judder in 60fps CE cutscenes.
You're indie as hell right now. Embrace the fight against the establishment, young Grizz.
One of my dream projects is a multi-only Halo-like arena FPS. Like Murder Miners but with less Miners.
We'd build it in an existing engine to keep costs down, and sell it exclusively on Steam where there's a thirst for Halo but no real competition. Marketing would be totally grassroots too, word of mouth starting in the very trustworthy and responsible hands of HaloGAF.
Or how about we quit being arrogant for more the 5 seconds, and look at that challenges like this, keep people on the game, and reward a large percentage of people? Why do you think people like the Vidmaster achievements in Halo 3:ODST so much? Because they were easy and everyone could do them?
No. They actually added in a challenge not everyone could do. If you managed to complete every Vidmaster achievement, you were rewarded, and you felt accomplished because it was actually hard and challenging. The entire point of video games is to make the player felt like they did something. Look at why people hate micro-transactions. It is the same concept of using skulls to unlock achievements that should otherwise be challenging for players.
I think it was Cynthia Gibb off of Short Circuit 2. After refreshing my memory, nope, but similar eyes/brows.
I'd forgo Call of Duty. Let's face it, you're not going to be playing it with MCC out, especially the first month, and then in December, the limited 3 week+ beta starts. I don't know how much time you have to game, but you really want to play a match of CoD over a match of team slayer or BTB with your friends or HGAF? I'll probably give Call of Duty a look, but probably after January.
I don't know a single person who loves the Vidmaster achievements. All of my decades long friends did them to get Recon and nothing else. I never did them because I didn't care enough to put myself through that.
The question isn't about achievements being hard. The achievement is what it is. The point is, your jimmies are being rustled because someone will be able to use skulls to get the achievements whereas you'd prefer to do them without. There is nothing preventing you from getting the achievements without them. What does it really matter to you if someone else got the achievement in a less than ideal way? What about the hundreds of other times someone has boosted, glitched or cheesed an achievement that you did legitimately?
Edit: Then again, achievements mean something different for us all. So who am I to say how meaningful something is to you or others.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
thats my point, an achievement in the long run of the series means something different to different people and one guy trying to dictate how they are unlocked is pretty shitty. i mean look at destiny, people find different ways to cheese bosses and then others bitch to bungie because "its not how they play the game".
Gazu pls
Me and my friends loved doing the Vidmasters. We spent 3 weekends in a row trying to get the one where you finish the final level of Halo 3 in Ghosts in legendary with the iron skull on. That was awesome. Finally getting it was ridiculously rewarding.
First time we fucked up and missed the ghosts, still completed because why not.
Halo 3 is so fucking great...
Orochinagis
Member
She looks more mature, longer hair and looks like a man to be honest but Hood looks unrecognizable with those details
My friends and I had a blast on the halo 3 and ODST vidmaster achievements. Those achievements are more about the funny moments you had with friends than anything else.
Examples of poor achievements are ones with very specific time based or content based requirements. The ones that required DLC to complete become harder as those DLC playlists become consolidated.
Examples of poor achievements are ones with very specific time based or content based requirements. The ones that required DLC to complete become harder as those DLC playlists become consolidated.
LOL, she was motion captured by actress Courtney Munch.
Maybe Ubisoft was right
women are just too hard to animate. Joking.
I don't agree though. We've only seen a few clips and so can't judge once the whole cinematic is there. She just reminds me of a younger Dr. Halsey which she is supposed to be, or also reminds me of Ayelet Zurer from Forward Unto Dawn. Remember, she is a Commander in the military. She's not supposed to be wearing feminine dresses or whatever.
What do you guys think about this...?
True or no?
Curious about the "new badass tricks"
Plz be thrusters :3
FWIW, I got a chance to play a ten year ago game and this new exciting thing two weeks ago. I can't say much because of NDA (since we won a charity auction to play this new exciting thing while 343 employees rubbed our feet and fed us cupcakes, we were told we can talk about general things, but no specifics) - the MP in this new exciting game is my favorite. By a lot. It...currently rewards skilled play and teamwork more than any previous iteration. There are some very new badass tricks.
Also, the game looks sooooooooo good, Feels like a next-gen game.
Also, the game looks sooooooooo good, Feels like a next-gen game.
Does Wahrer have any actual game development experience though? I always thought gravity gauntlet was an inside joke.
Orochinagis
Member
Miranda looked like a teenager in Halo 2 maybe for the cartoonish design in that time so it clash with the new cinematic design for me.
But you are right, lets wait and see all the cinematics
Blue Ninja
Member
Half-Life 3 confirmed.
EdibleExplosives
Member
Nah, your spartan now has taunt animations, which include juggling plasma grenades, twerking, and many, many more.
It's already confirmed that there are no different "Spartan Abilities" to chose from. There will be new game mechanics for everyone - like Dual-Wielding.
Based on the Halo 5 Teaser I expect everyone will get a kind of "slide" move - and a ground slam from above.
lol
I know that already...
If it's a shitty Ability that everyone spawns with, it doesn't make it less shitty. But like I said, we'll see.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I don't think I've ever seen you give such glowing praise! I generally agree with your take on Halo, so that's definitely exciting.