ElzarTheBam
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I look forward to the day when an update is bigger than the game it is updating.
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Halo |OT 20| It really does feel like Halo
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I look forward to the day when an update is bigger than the game it is updating.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
You've convinced me. Looks like I'll head down to Gamestop after work today and cancel my preorder.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
So stoked about the going gold / preloading announcements! I just wish they'd kept the postponed Europe date so I could play without Elzar for a while.
Big thing about the preloading is that you can play instantly since the patch will preload also. Even with good internet, it's probably going to be 2am (assuming midnight release) before I could play with the disc. I also prefer physical media- but I dont want to wait two hours to play on the 11th. lol
I would rather play Spartan Ops than any more Destiny.
Onikaan
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ElzarTheBam
Member
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/10/17/halo-the-master-chief-collections-blood-gulch-remake-is-awesome-ign-first
Really don't like that 'sepia' filter.
Really don't like that 'sepia' filter.
You have objectively bad taste then.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
lol that guy playing and flying the hornet is a really bad player. Makes me look good.
Me!
343 continuing the tradition of really bad game testers.
It is just CA's boner for the color brown. It's awful.
EDIT: Also do we need a 10 second explanation of CTF at the start of every single game? Do people really not know what "capture the flag" means or something? Then you have CAPTURE and DEFEND in big bolded letters just sitting on your screen at all times in case the player is extra stupid or something. Is there really a need for 3 separate indicators that your flag is taken? One next to the mini map, one under your shields in big bold letters, and then there is the audible telling you that it is taken. It's an absurd amount.
S'gonna depend where in Yerp tho. Some Yerps is more flexible than other Yerps. (we can't control retail dates in some places)
ElzarTheBam
Member
I'm sorry but going two feet outside the base, being surrounded by rocks to get a shotgun isn't a 'risk'.
That shotgun in the middle is the way to go for weapon placements.
Also great news on no tanks.
Also THEY KEEP GETTING ON TO THE SIDE SEAT OF THE HORNET, YYY
That shotgun in the middle is the way to go for weapon placements.
Also great news on no tanks.
Also THEY KEEP GETTING ON TO THE SIDE SEAT OF THE HORNET, YYY
Was announced for h2a mp a while back and available in halo 2 pc
orichalcos
Member
OMG. The Master Chief Collcection is now downloading. (45,63GB hell yeah)
omg
Irony is I can't do this till I get mah code.
But here babbies, first one to use won't be all that disappointed (it is not Halo related):
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I have this question as well. I doubt it though.
orichalcos
Member
Fuel rods with 10 starting shots, an EMP button with a huge effect radius, mancannon replacements on a sniper-dominant map...dunno about this.
I think the Hornet is a misguided choice. In Halo 3, it really only worked on Avalanche, and for very specific reasons: they removed the missiles on that variant so it was primarily a transport, but more importantly the map design was such that the Hornet couldn't travel as the crow flies and had to take the long way around - the effect on gameplay being that players could cut off a flag run if they went through the middle with appropriate reaction time. With Coagulation, it's a straight, five second flight where the flag drops right onto the capture point. There's not really the same capability for defensive players to mount an appropriate and effective response once the flag is on the vehicle. It just isn't the same playing environment, and I don't think it's a particularly great inclusion.
I think the Hornet is a misguided choice. In Halo 3, it really only worked on Avalanche, and for very specific reasons: they removed the missiles on that variant so it was primarily a transport, but more importantly the map design was such that the Hornet couldn't travel as the crow flies and had to take the long way around - the effect on gameplay being that players could cut off a flag run if they went through the middle with appropriate reaction time. With Coagulation, it's a straight, five second flight where the flag drops right onto the capture point. There's not really the same capability for defensive players to mount an appropriate and effective response once the flag is on the vehicle. It just isn't the same playing environment, and I don't think it's a particularly great inclusion.
It's like they design the entire experience around someone playing the game for the first time. I get it, you want the game to be "accessible" (even though I disagree with the idea of overwhelming people with information), but the vast majority of people playing the game are going to understand how CTF works.
ElzarTheBam
Member
So what's the effective range of that EMP?
KINGofCRA5H
Member
So for the (hopefully) inevitable MCC XBone bundle, is the game going to be a download from a code or will it be the disc version?
Give it the benefit of the doubt, we haven't played it yet. It could play great. If it doesn't, give feedback and they could replace the weapons, man-cannons, or vehicles in the rotation.
Seems like the immediate vicinity around the base to temporarily stop attackers from stealing the flag so defenders have opportunity to stop flag carrier before it gets too far.
I am too slowwwwwwwwww
How would you "prove" that you own the game if you don't have the disc or digital copy? They wouldn't let you download the content without proving you've purchased it.
The story and gameplay pick up nicely with Ep 6 and on. It's fairly easy to blast through.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
I haven't finished the video, but damn, the environment artists made something amazing looking, yet the drab color filter basically hinder it. It looks far too flat due to the very monotone color scheme. =/
Edit* Is there a Youtube version? The IGN player frame lags for me a ton.
I'm glad this got brought up - I noticed this immediately when playing Halo 4 and couldn't find a single review that mentioned it. All of the audio had really bad compression artifacts.
I figured they could let you download the exact same copy of the data as what comes on the disc, the one with the executable that has the flag to check for the disc before launching. As such, the data is useless if you don't own the game.
The 20gb update will predownload too.
Also downloading it now as well, should be fine when I get off work and then it's just a waiting game lol
I'm sure there's someone out there that could figure out how to make it not useless.
It would be a "I'll give you data, for dollars on Tuesday" situation.
But even people who have never touched Halo know what "Capture The Flag" means. Many people first play it in grade school. I can understand something like Oddball, but the explanation of how the gametype works should be in the hopper description or even on the loading screen where people should be learning more about the game anyways. It makes even less sense when those playing and buying MCC are mostly going to be long-term fans of either Halo 2 itself or the franchise in general, so why overwhelm 99% of the people for an issue that even less than %1 have?
Oh, I appear to have woken up in 2012 this morning. That's unfortunate.
I absolutely agree with you. A lot of decisions, both big and small, that game developers make are completely asinine.
The Lamonster
Member
woah, all I can see is
CAPTURE
DEFEND
Font is way too big.
Even the Firebase Blue above the radar is distracting. I hate that black box behind the text. Poor graphic design.
Who designed this UI?
Looks like I'll be sticking with H2 Classic!
You do remember Halo 4, right?