ElzarTheBam
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Halo |OT 23| Thruster is Love, Thruster is Life
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I like that flowery wallpaper behind you
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
You can't melee 117. He doesn't die.
Yep. Definitely helps manage the numbers, if you're quick you can kill all the reinforcements before they get in.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Ex-wife chose it, don't judge me!
I already have Sik. Already Have.
Clamber onto vehicles to make boarding more accessible?
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Damn it, can't find the MC version posted in a previous thread... :-(
To those who have or will be getting a refund, what happens if the next patch does fix the game? Are you just not going to bother?
OT, this whole Peter Molyneux thing on the gaming side is making me sad. Gamers are assholes.
Oops :3
OT, this whole Peter Molyneux thing on the gaming side is making me sad. Gamers are assholes.
Oops :3
Welfare
Member
Well if the patch dies, well...
Here and there mostly doing school stuff.
There's a pond somewhere in 4's campaign think it's on the 6th mission.
User 73706
Banned
I'm not sure that's actually a glitch - highjacking is just set up in such a way that when you're smashing a tank, the damage hitbox is a sort of "bubble" immediately surrounding the Spartan in order to harm the tank properly. The hitbox isn't just casting damage into the Wraith, it's a tangible thing - so if you get too close, you can be damaged by it.
I distinctly remember some kind of montage where a dude in Halo 3 was jacking a Wraith on Valhalla and got a triple kill because his dumbass enemies got too close.
Blue Ninja
Member
We judge. We wait.
MCC has its good and bad days, today it's behaving itself for me. I was one of the players who couldn't get a BTB match going no matter how long I waited, but suddenly it's decided to find me games, full matches of 8 vs 8 no less. Too early to tell which game does BTB best but it's a lot of chaotic fun in the meantime.
Also started the H4 campaign. What 343 squeezed out of the 360 visually makes me very excited for Halo 5. The start is really nicely done, some great set pieces. Love watching the grunts float off in zero gravity, and the moment as you exit that alcove and gaze upon the floating forerunner structures for the first time as the music hits it's stride is pretty special. Then I got in the warthog and wanted to cut my ears off, but still. I'm hoping the prometheans aren't as annoying as I remember.
With so much of H4 getting mixed opinions, it'll be interesting to see going forward what 343 keeps, what get's re-worked, and what will be thrown out not to be revisited altogether.
Also started the H4 campaign. What 343 squeezed out of the 360 visually makes me very excited for Halo 5. The start is really nicely done, some great set pieces. Love watching the grunts float off in zero gravity, and the moment as you exit that alcove and gaze upon the floating forerunner structures for the first time as the music hits it's stride is pretty special. Then I got in the warthog and wanted to cut my ears off, but still. I'm hoping the prometheans aren't as annoying as I remember.
With so much of H4 getting mixed opinions, it'll be interesting to see going forward what 343 keeps, what get's re-worked, and what will be thrown out not to be revisited altogether.
RowdyReverb
Member
It's funny because my luck with matchmaking today has been the opposite. I've had pretty decent times for the past couple days, but it took 10 minutes this time to find one. Probably because it isn't peak hours right now though
There was some. Puddles here and there on Requiem, ditto for Infinity, and the Forerunner Piss rivers on Reclaimer.
And was probably above the graphical processing budget to do it better.
Halo 3 definitely has significant aliasing, although the TV could be exacerbating the issue. For instance, check the sharpness setting; it should be at either 0 or 50, depending on which is equilibrium (if you set to 0 and the image gets insanely blurry, set it to 50 instead). You also might consider setting up fairly neutral choices for contrast, brightness, backlight, etc.
I was actually pretty impressived with how clean Halo 3 looked in my new Sony LCD after adjusting the settings to something reasonable.
Leyasu
Banned
BTB was acting up today. But it was game after game on halo 4! It is hard being on sick leave!
link1201
Member
I agree. I hope they address it in Halo 5. I thought there were too many grenades around during the beta.
I have given up on mcc until the big patch hits. It's less aggravating to have it out of sight and out of mind.
Delta Unit Hinkle
Member
ANy body know if they are going to add the Spartan op cut scenes ever? It seems like kind of a shame not to have them as there are pretty important to the story, Also watching the cut scenes on you tube and play a couple. There was so much potential for spartan ops, i just wish that it could have been great. Im really hoping for halo 5 they are able to please everyone(not likely seeing some people in this community.)
It be cool to see Fire fight, Spartan op both in one game. But i also understand working on episodic stuff is very risky, I for one would have purchased every ounce of halo lore related gameplay/episodes, had they kept going up until the release of halo 5 (like they said they were going to) but with population drop off it wouldn't have been very realistic.
Plus resourcing going to content when it could have gone to making halo 5/ working on MCC would be kind of pointless IMO. So it make sense it didn't go further then it did.
But it would have been cool to play through part that took place in Escalation in stead of reading it.
It be cool to see Fire fight, Spartan op both in one game. But i also understand working on episodic stuff is very risky, I for one would have purchased every ounce of halo lore related gameplay/episodes, had they kept going up until the release of halo 5 (like they said they were going to) but with population drop off it wouldn't have been very realistic.
Plus resourcing going to content when it could have gone to making halo 5/ working on MCC would be kind of pointless IMO. So it make sense it didn't go further then it did.
But it would have been cool to play through part that took place in Escalation in stead of reading it.
Cutting firefight for Spartan Ops was dumb. You can just tell some suit probably thought, hey let's follow the Walking Dead model and incentivize the post-campaign content. Let's remove firefight and make it have an actual storyline. We'll get these suckers to pay for content week after week.
So no longer do you have a mode that allows for infinite coop play, but you have scripted boring levels set on the same area over and over. I don't even think I finished Spartan Ops season 2 even though it was better than the first. Whereas even in Reach, once I got bored with slayer or btb, I'd go and play a few matches in firefight.
So no longer do you have a mode that allows for infinite coop play, but you have scripted boring levels set on the same area over and over. I don't even think I finished Spartan Ops season 2 even though it was better than the first. Whereas even in Reach, once I got bored with slayer or btb, I'd go and play a few matches in firefight.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I think I'd prefer for Firefight to be included and have Spartan Ops be a webseries or something. The episodic nature kind of limited the scope of the gameplay, but the story was pretty entertaining.
AnonomissX
Banned
Firefight was one of the best additions to the game. You could play preset multiplayer, create ultra-hard modes, or even waves of grunts to mow down with unlimited ammo jello shooters ...sigh...
GringoSuave89
Banned
Yeah the gameplay was pretty crap, but I was relatively engaged in the story.
Prinz Eugn
Member
I've watched the videos several times, but I've never had the urge to play those missions again.
Sorry Ellis.
I don't think it's going to fix it fully, but I think I'm done, barring a massive price drop.
You said you weren't interested in the older Halos now though didn't you?
I'm curious about those who still want to play the games but are getting a refund because the MCC is broken.
MCC is still a crazy deal considering the amount of campaign content you're getting, especially if you're one who's missed even just one or two mainline Halo titles. Will newbies be able to access the ODST add-on through paid DLC? I've not heard anything on that front.
The one big question I want answered is, how have even those campaigns been effed up by the bugs in this package? Last time I played H2A campaign it seemed like there were several instances where the AI teammates would simply not follow along with you progressing through the level--I never seem to recall it happening like that. And then of course there's the failure to save progress bug.
AnonomissX
Banned
I gave up my xbox 360. the only hope I have to play any of the games is for the collection to be fixed. I cannot be a complete asshat and take the 360 back from my brother even if I call Microsoft to get a refund for my digital copy. Even if I were to sell my xbox one.
Microsoft knew this would be a console mover. But, they did it in a manner that left us (those that only decided to buy the xbone whenn the MCC announced) screwed over-I think they KNEW the game would ship broken and thus did not bundle it.
We cannot really be brought whole through our own efforts. At this point the only way to be brought whole is for the MCC to work properly and to include the features that were present in the original games. How can you call it a port when it not only broken or buggy, its missing so many features from an older generation console? At this point I am very sad.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
I have thicker skin than all that. That was your experience and that's valid.
For myself, I'm proud of the missions I created in Spartan Ops. I learned a lot from the creative process, and I think people had fun playing them.
PanicFreak
Member
Console manufactures begin planning their bundles very early in the year. If anything, the decision not to bundle the MCC was made because they believed it would be a strong seller with or without bundling. Why give away something that costs $60 bucks when you feel that a ton of people would purchase your system and the game?
I'm not interested in the current MCC Halo's, no. Too much wrong with them. It'll be months, if they ever reflect their end of life settings. Little stuff adds up, the audio in particular for Halo 3 is game breaking on a competitive level for me.
Plus, I have a feeling H5 is coming in September, and I know Hardline will carry me that far, MP wise.
There's also a part of me that just thinks the whole ordeal has been handled extremely poorly. I won't throw any shade at 343/MS, because I'm not that mad about it anymore, but it just doesn't feel right to me to give them money again for that particular product. I was one of the people telling people it'd get fixed quickly, and here we are. I was fully wrong on that, lol.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Right, and to be fair I haven't tried all the Spartan Ops missions either (very few in the second season, which reportedly was much improved overall, though my sample didn't seem to support that), so I might have not even played yours.
I'd really interested if you guys did a post-mortem on the subject, because my surface reaction is that there were way too many missions planned for the play spaces available.
Water physics or bust
Would love to see water vehicles in Halo and water placement in Forge.
lol
Coo'
Well you've been missed. Don't be a stranger.
I'll have to mess with the settings. The game still looks great but that aliasing is awful.
I thinky sharpness might be around 60 or 70 so it could definitely be the TV.
Thanks Tupo
AnonomissX
Banned
At the time, I would have purchased the bundle for the combined price. I was disappointed there was no Halo special console edition. But if they bundled a broken game...both the game and the console...back they go. I have no recourse on the console, and none of the working games I was enjoying 3 months ago on the 360. I'm not just referring to Halo.
Did you do the missions that took place at Apex? Those were the ones I found enjoyable enough to play through where the others were a bit of a slog.
I'll try.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I'm geniunely curious approx. how many were involved in the game missions e.g. did the SPOPS game side team(s) have a lot of resources dedicated to missions?
I liked some of the missions, dislike the repetitive nature but really enjoyed the concept of SPOPS. It would have been fun to work on.
The second half of SpOps was decided better than the original 5 episodes. I really like the missions onboard the Infinity as they really had a sense of urgency to them that was lacking to prior missions (even if that urgency was entirely artificial in terms of game context). The play areas/environments were also a step up too--people loved to talk about the one with the Harvester, but my favorite was the massive level featuring a huge muti-tiered cave system. It was a great vehicle playground. The overall story progression was much more urgent and captivating as well, even within the individual mission context.
Pretty sure Granadier posted it like two OT's back about a week after MCC launch (thus the subject)
They could have cut one or two missions each chapter and changed nothing else, and people would have had more positive responses to Spartan Ops. I dunno if the number of missions was something set early on and some of the recycling was simple time pressures, but reducing the number of times you played Cauldron or Hacksaw would have made it flow better and feel less repetitive, even with the button-pushing-orientated nature of the gameplay.
Yeah the cave map was probably the best in terms of its use—you could play that map three times (and I think it featured at least that many) and it felt different due to the massive elevation changes and multiple pathways through it. The weaker SpOps maps really just felt like you started on one end and charged through, and then the next time did it in reverse.
I did wish that the Engineering mission In Ep 7 did feature a time limit. Some time-sensitive objectives would have been great, as well as maybe some carrier objectives (hauling bombs or extracting intel, rather than clearing enemies around it.)
Yeah the cave map was probably the best in terms of its use—you could play that map three times (and I think it featured at least that many) and it felt different due to the massive elevation changes and multiple pathways through it. The weaker SpOps maps really just felt like you started on one end and charged through, and then the next time did it in reverse.
I did wish that the Engineering mission In Ep 7 did feature a time limit. Some time-sensitive objectives would have been great, as well as maybe some carrier objectives (hauling bombs or extracting intel, rather than clearing enemies around it.)
Hacksaw did get old for sure, but it had the one mission that was decidedly the most "Firefight-esque" with a straight up Generator Defense mission. As such, that was one of the very few missions of SpOps you could straight up FAIL if you lost all three generators.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Was not I. Chris French, Tom French (no relation) and TJ Perillo designed those mission.
Since I don't actually remember the names of the missions and shipping map names (We used temp titles for both and they are permanently stuck in my memory), I'll list the missions I did by episode and mission number with brief descriptions.
E3:M3 - Rescue the crew of a downed Pelican. Activate the rear tower.
E3:M4 - Defend location until reinforcements arrive. Mantis mission.
E4:M2 - Return on hunt for Jul M'dama. Mission ends with player activating and launching into a portal on the rear tower.
E6:M4 - Activate Infinity defense turrets to destroy Covenant cruiser. (Right after deactivating nukes.
E9:M1 - Find the trail for Halsey. Activate Forerunner device. Player teams up with mysteriously friendly auto turrets and Sentinels to defeat enemies and release a data stream.
E10:M5 - Season finale. Activate the Harvester. Enter interior and decouple Forerunner artifact to release Infinity from orbit.
I provided additional design support on a few other missions, but above represents the bulk of my work on Spartan Ops in Halo 4.
Yeah, that was a good mission. When I think back to which ones I specifically remember, I go with Hacksaw defense, Ragnarok Mantis mission, comm defense for "Spartan Miller", first mission of Season 1.5 (with the host assassination), boarding Infinity, and the final mission with the Harvester and Requiem going crazy.
I think from a story standpoint cutting some of the missions also works because it doesn't make everyone look so incompetent. Yeah, I know in real life wars sometimes people fight over the same piece of turf constantly. But in the story it made A) the UNSC seem like chumps, and B) Jul incompetent to constantly be losing these same areas. I guess it makes you feel like you're the only one who can do stuff, but that's probably not a good thing to spite the marines to make the Spartans look like the only effective people on the ground.
I still like SpOps a bunch, and hope we get a refined mode like it in the future. It'd be cool to have the Firefight-like holdout moments in the campaign, and then have those be separate Firefight arenas outside it, too.
Regret Upon Approval
Member
My tag was 117 too...
>_>
Less a glitch report and more of an amusing clip.
Especially since he doesn't stop trying to kill the wraith.
The Lamonster
Member
They aren't?
I think they are in Halo Channel.