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[-Ryn]

If I get live for it again then I probably will.

Radical. It'll be good times.

I live in cape may its a summer town, beautiful beaches plenty of bars, but the closest taco bell is like 45mins away so that sucks lol.

That sounds awesome. Though the lack of a Taco Bell is a major bummer indeed.

People didn't like the beta? Halo 5 was awesome and a huge improvement.

From my understanding the reaction was largely positive. Proven is just kind of a singularity of salt.

Spoiler

Speaking of which wasn't Ragnarok's ban only 3 months? If so...

Length doesn't matter. It's what you do with it.

Rockin' the boat

 

[Overdoziz]

Length doesn't matter. It's what you do with it.

Whatever makes you sleep at night.

 

[Poodlestrike]

I won't be reserving, but I'll get it on launch day. Probably digitally. I gotta have that campaign, yo.

Ditto.

Speaking of campaign stuff, how long would y'all like the campaign to be? I feel like anything shorter than Halo 2 is too short. I want a Halo game that will last me several hours, not just a handful.

Well, longer is better, generally, so there's that. Really, I just want them to emphasize the wide open spaces from CE and 3, the stuff that allowed the emergent gameplay to really shine.

So, I suppose more than a long campaign, I want long missions.

 

[DJ Gunner]

Eh, salty as Proven may be, I don't think he's wrong. I think the population of 5 is going to tank just like 4 did, for many of the same reasons.

As far as campaign, Halo 4's was pretty and had great gunplay (aside from fighting knights)- but beyond that the writing and story were painful. The original arc certainly had weaknesses, but 4 felt totally like amateur hour in comparison. It killed any interest I had in future campaigns from 343, honestly.

343's goal from the outset seems to have been to make Halo as different from Bungie's as possible while still retaining the name and Chief- and in that, they certainly have succeeded.

 

[RBK]

Length doesn't matter. It's what you do with it.

I agree only because Halo has great MP.

While Halo 2 has the best story, felt the campaign was 2-3 missions too long.

CE could have even been 2 missions shorter.

 

[kittens]

I'm honestly sick of traditional Halo campaign gameplay. I enjoy the existing campaigns to varying degrees, but I want something different from future campaigns. The idea of slogging through another long Halo campaign just sounds totally unappealing to me.

 

[SaganIsGOAT]

I'm looking forward to Master Chief not having the new movement abilities while Locke does.

 

[daedalius]

Eh, salty as Proven may be, I don't think he's wrong. I think the population of 5 is going to tank just like 4 did, for many of the same reasons.

4 launched with all sorts of issues that are not present in H5.

I remember 5 shot BRs, DMR dominance, random ordnance, boltshot ridiculous range (still ridiculous), etc.

Also, we've already had a beta of 5, its pretty clear what we can expect. There was no beta for 4, and it suffered because of it.

 

[Nowise10]

I'm looking forward to Master Chief not having the new movement abilities while Locke does.

I feel like they wouldn't do that, even though it would make sense if Chief didn't have the abilities.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Am I crazy, or does ODST look WAY too bright? They put this out:

But I remember it looking more like this:

I really hope that's fixed. The lighting and atmosphere of ODST was fantastic, and was also a gameplay mechanic due to VISR.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Am I crazy, or does ODST look WAY too bright? They put this out:


But I remember it looking more like this:



I really hope that's fixed. The lighting and atmosphere of ODST was fantastic, and was also a gameplay mechanic due to VISR.

I'd bet the top is with visr on.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Quality over quantity definitely when it comes to the campaign, but some games manage to have both.

 

[GringoSuave89]

Watch it on YouTube

What am I, 12? Sorry, but I don't roll that way.

 

[kittens]

I'd bet the top is with visr on.

Aw yeah, you're probably right. I knew something was off about it.

 

[HTupolev]

I'd bet the top is with visr on.

No, VISR looks completely different. There's extreme grading and objects have colored outlines.

Anyhow, I wish I had a good HDMI capture card. Photomode isn't quite precise, but here it is:

OG photomode no lightning:

OG photomode at peak of a lightning strike:

New image:

 

[Karl2177]

I'd bet the top is with visr on.

Except there's no lines around the environment.

 

[Welfare]

New Halo MCC ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nozRqpwzli8

 

[FyreWulff]

it is WIP....

Maybe it's brightened up to counter the One's black crush?

I'd also expect them to give the Rookie better finger textures. Those fingers look near comical these days. You can usually leave textures alone but those ones are on the screen in your face all the time, so i'd think people would understand if they were updated.

 

[HTupolev]

it is WIP....

Maybe it's brightened up to counter the One's black crush?

Halo 3 in MCC also has a brightness curves issue. It doesn't look like the 360 version.

 

[Mix]

New Halo MCC ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nozRqpwzli8

I enjoyed it! It's interesting that they're spending this much money to effectively relaunch the game.

 

[-Ryn]

New Halo MCC ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nozRqpwzli8

lol not bad

Though I really hope we see the original Grunts come back in some capacity for H5.
So ugly...

 

[NobleGundam]

New Halo MCC ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nozRqpwzli8

Sounded like Joe Staten doing the grunt voice lol

 

[HTupolev]

New Halo MCC ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nozRqpwzli8

Ugh.

The whole "grunt" thing never really worked with articulate speech, and it definitely doesn't work with the Halo 4 design.

 

[daedalius]

I enjoyed it! It's interesting that they're spending this much money to effectively relaunch the game.

Good commercial.

They definitely tried to soften up the grunt in there as opposed to Halo 4's grunts.

 

[GringoSuave89]

New Halo MCC ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nozRqpwzli8

Hahaha I actually really enjoyed that! I wonder if all these ads are new in the sense that they fixed the game and wanted to revamp promotion, or if once the game was found out to be broken they put a hold on all promotion and are just now releasing older media?

 

[Mix]

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't 343 come out and say at some point that the canonical reason most of the covenant look different in 4 is because they're different species? Like how Jackals and Skirmishers are the same but different? This has me holding out hope for a return of the old designs.

 

[The Henery]

New Halo MCC ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nozRqpwzli8

Will that be getting a tv run? Encouraging that they're relaunching advertising for the game.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

I really want to get back into Halo, but don't have the time to play too much right now. Any good recaps on what's been going on?

I hear MCC is finally working?

No, VISR looks completely different. There's extreme grading and objects have colored outlines.

Anyhow, I wish I had a good HDMI capture card. Photomode isn't quite precise, but here it is:

OG photomode no lightning:

OG photomode at peak of a lightning strike:

New image:

Cool, I'm not loosing my mind! I really hope something funky was going on with that shot, and the game will retain the dark lighting.

It's just a weird way to present a first look.

New Halo MCC ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nozRqpwzli8

Bahaha, this was stupid but great. That grunt CG looked nice.

And while I realize that is what old Grunts sounded like, I couldn't help but think of Pinocchio's voice from Shrek for some unknown reason .

 

[GringoSuave89]

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't 343 come out and say at some point that the canonical reason most of the covenant look different in 4 is because they're different species? Like how Jackals and Skirmishers are the same but different? This has me holding out hope for a return of the old designs.

They said there are different phenotypes of species, but whether they'll capitalize in that is another story. I'm not completely cynical, since the Arbiter's Elites looked more like the classic models than the H4 models.

 

[-Ryn]

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't 343 come out and say at some point that the canonical reason most of the covenant look different in 4 is because they're different species? Like how Jackals and Skirmishers are the same but different? This has me holding out hope for a return of the old designs.

Yeah that's about it. According to Frankie they were expanding the universe with these new types of Grunts. I just hope we get the original, funny, English speaking Grunts in again. I thought they were a laugh. If that happens fine with the new designs as well.

They said there are different phenotypes of species, but whether they'll capitalize in that is another story. I'm not completely cynical, since the Arbiter's Elites looked more like the classic models than the H4 models.

Here's hoping we don't just fight space Dino's in H5

 

[Slightly Live]

That ad serves to remind everyone of how truly terrible the new Grunt design is. Terrible. Worse still when they nailed the voice. It's like Staten talking out of Gears of War's failed throw away character's asshole.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Except there's no lines around the environment.

Eh, yeah, good point.

 

[kittens]

Reach Grunts = best Grunts

Reach art in general = best art

 

[Gnome Scat]

Reach Grunts = best Grunts

Reach art in general = best art

Amen. It was perfect.

 

[CreateNowSleepLater]

Trying to get into a match for over 10 minutes now. Got matched up twice and the match doesn't start in the H2A playlist. This game is still a disgrace.

Why is it still 5v5?
Where are the dedi's?
Ranks?
Fileshare?
Why do I have to research after every match? Wouldnt it make sense to keep those teams together?

 

[singhr1]

That ad serves to remind everyone of how truly terrible the new Grunt design is. Terrible. Worse still when they nailed the voice. It's like Staten talking out of Gears of War's failed throw away character's asshole.

Please don't act like early halo grunts were some sort of great design. They were cannon fodder and looked like plush toys.

 

[belushy]

I like the 4 grunts lol

 

[Welfare]

I like the 4 grunts lol

I like them too.

I like them dead.

 

[CreateNowSleepLater]

Fuck it, I give up. I get matched up. map loads then it keeps telling me Im respawning until everyone quits.

 

[-Ryn]

That ad serves to remind everyone of how truly terrible the new Grunt design is. Terrible. Worse still when they nailed the voice. It's like Staten talking out of Gears of War's failed throw away character's asshole.

Is it just me or did that voice not really sound like the original Grunts?

Reach Grunts = best Grunts

Reach art in general = best art

This guy gets it

Please don't act like early halo grunts were some sort of great design. They were cannon fodder and looked like plush toys.

They had a recognizable design with character.
Being cannon fodder doesn't make their design any less well done (and they actually look the part so points for that). Not sure how the original looks like a plush toy. Anything can look like a plush toy if you simplify its features enough.

 

[Nowise10]

Does someone want to 1v1 me on Halo 3, on Guardian. Can be right now, or later tonight.

 

[-Ryn]

360 or One?

 

[Nowise10]

360 or One?

Chief collection of course. I just want to 1V1 someone.

They should bring back the head to head playlist.

 

[-Ryn]

Chief collection of course. I just want to 1V1 someone.

They should bring back the head to head playlist.

Ah

Yeah 1v1 should be brought back. It's great.
Sorry I can't help ya right now since I don't yet have a One lol

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Reach Grunts = best Grunts

Reach art in general = best art

Bingo.

Here's hoping Halo 5 gives the Covenant another makeover more in line with past designs.

And the Prometheans.. well, just something different for them. They're still too robomonster for me.

 

[Poodlestrike]

I like the 4 grunts lol

I like them too. I'm actually kinda fond of all the Halo 4 Covie designs; they work well for what they're supposed to be (a crazed Covenant splinter group).

 

[Fuchsdh]

Please don't act like early halo grunts were some sort of great design. They were cannon fodder and looked like plush toys.

And they made great ones too!

 

[Slightly Live]

Please don't act like early halo grunts were some sort of great design. They were cannon fodder and looked like plush toys.

Halo's designs were constantly refined through out the series.

The creative/artistic decision to change almost every visual and aural aspect of Halo across the board is a misguided attempt to "own" the series in Halo 4 was one of the worst decisions taken. The Grunt change was just a single example of a far greater mistake.

 

[User 73706]

Reach absolutely nailed the Covenant save for possibly the Elites, but I think that lends itself more to Reach's art style. It's funny though, considering the concept art for them was absolutely perfect.

 

[Fata1moose]

People who betray you to take the flag are the worst. I had 3 caps, get betrayed on the 4th and the guy who did it had 9 seconds of carry time.