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Halo |OT 24| In Before the Locke
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MrGreencastle
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No. It's a plasma crossbow. Completely different. Obviously.
#bringbackpropipe:'(
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Well I mean, with its primary firing mode it actually is completely different...
MrGreencastle
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It's like they merged the two together. I think it looks cool.
ZeezbruhTV
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This action sack NEEDS to happen. One way to satisfy the custom game search is a action sack type playlist. Wait a month after launch and gather all the meta gametypes and throw them into this playlist. Zombies, tower of power, hide and seek, fat kid, race, nascar, jenga, indiana jones etc.
Fathom looks awesome, glad there's a quick animation to use power ups. This week is the first time I have heard of this "monitor mode" spectator thing, wtf when did this happen? *claps*
ViewtifulJC
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Dylan Sexbang
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I'm having the weirdest, most unexplainable bug ever in the Master Chief Collection. Me and my friend were playing the level quarantine, and I hit a checkpoint but he didn't? Maybe he was dead before I hit it I'm not sure. Anyway, after we reset we are now in the same game but in two separate instances of the game.
It's hard to explain, but I'm in my own game at a spectate checkpoint. He's at the previous checkpoint. My Arbiter is in a whole different location on his screens than it is on mine, and same with his. Our actions are translating into each other's game, but since we've loaded two separate instances of the game, somehow were existing in two different games at the same time?
I have no idea how to properly explain it, but it's the weirdest glitch/bug I have encountered yet. And stranger yet, I can die in his game and it doesn't affect my game; but it will revert to last checkpoint for him. He can die in my game, and it'll revert to last checkpoint for me but not his session. Even though we're both in the same game just two separate checkpoints and saves even though our actions and inputs are being sent to each other's game.
I don't know how it happened or how to replicate it, but that was some strange shit. Quitting in my game quit it for him too.
It's hard to explain, but I'm in my own game at a spectate checkpoint. He's at the previous checkpoint. My Arbiter is in a whole different location on his screens than it is on mine, and same with his. Our actions are translating into each other's game, but since we've loaded two separate instances of the game, somehow were existing in two different games at the same time?
I have no idea how to properly explain it, but it's the weirdest glitch/bug I have encountered yet. And stranger yet, I can die in his game and it doesn't affect my game; but it will revert to last checkpoint for him. He can die in my game, and it'll revert to last checkpoint for me but not his session. Even though we're both in the same game just two separate checkpoints and saves even though our actions and inputs are being sent to each other's game.
I don't know how it happened or how to replicate it, but that was some strange shit. Quitting in my game quit it for him too.
ElzarTheBam
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Reach gave us the best version of 2forts, you should have been there JC.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Checkpoint desyncing a known issue in Halo 2 in MCC. I have no idea how it happens, but when it does it's certainly... interesting.
ViewtifulJC
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Dylan Sexbang
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Is it? Well then. It happened again after we loaded the mission up. If one of us completes the mission with a brain dead ally arbiter, will we get the mission complete?
ElzarTheBam
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AllIsOneIsNone
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Some things I noticed from the new Fathom gameplay:
-smg definitely looks significantly nerfed, which is a good thing.
-grenades are very bright now, easy to see. grenade explosions also look better.
-storm rifle looks really good, definitely see it being better than the AR in certain situations.
-ground pound has a more detailed target, smaller circle probably for a kill, bigger one for shield take down. edit: it may have had that before, but it definitely looks better now.
-clamber seems to be a bit faster, which it needed.
-pistol range looks way more legit now.
-shotgun seems to still have a little more range than I would like. Maybe not as bad as Halo 4 though. With sprint, shotgun should be near point blank.
Lots of other small graphical details added, the armor in the opening Spartan poses looks nice and shiny, scopes look a little more detailed, a few other things.
Oh, and Fathom looks like an awesome map. Lots of shortcuts, and just a generally cool layout from what I can tell.
-smg definitely looks significantly nerfed, which is a good thing.
-grenades are very bright now, easy to see. grenade explosions also look better.
-storm rifle looks really good, definitely see it being better than the AR in certain situations.
-ground pound has a more detailed target, smaller circle probably for a kill, bigger one for shield take down. edit: it may have had that before, but it definitely looks better now.
-clamber seems to be a bit faster, which it needed.
-pistol range looks way more legit now.
-shotgun seems to still have a little more range than I would like. Maybe not as bad as Halo 4 though. With sprint, shotgun should be near point blank.
Lots of other small graphical details added, the armor in the opening Spartan poses looks nice and shiny, scopes look a little more detailed, a few other things.
Oh, and Fathom looks like an awesome map. Lots of shortcuts, and just a generally cool layout from what I can tell.
jailbird20022
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was watching some of the footage I missed and saw that the radar didn't track elevation.
Plllleeeeeeeaaase tell me that this is the finalized radar and it's the same in Arena
Plllleeeeeeeaaase tell me that this is the finalized radar and it's the same in Arena
Fata1moose
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While it doesn't have the arrow on the blips, there's more transparency when they are on a different elevation.
Interesting.
link1201
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Agreed. I can't wait to get back into this game.
jailbird20022
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I guess that's acceptable.
Got a good feeling about this game, hopefully by october I'll be paying for better internet...went from a solid 25mbs connection to a 6mbs all because someone wanted to swap services outta spite. :/
6mbs shouldn't make any difference really. It's not bandwidth dependant, ping is the real deciding factor when it comes to gaming quality.
ViewtifulJC
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sprint, slide, shotgun gon be used a lot. Dem Destiny tactics
Hopefully not quite as much because you have to accelerate to full speed in H5 before you can slide.
I think it ends on the 22nd. I just used it to get $25 off Gears Ultimate. The rest of the games I pre-ordered Amazon and Halo 5 I'm gonna do from Ebgames.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Seems there may be a reason to use the Storm Rifle after all, just watched the Fathom footage. Good footage, glad to see the OS. Hopefully all maps have Power-ups.
Welfare
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MrGreencastle
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First thing I thought of watching that clip. Ugggggggh. Prepare.
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Side note: How fucking cool is that giant wall of water surrounding that War Zone map, though. With the whales and stuff in there? Damn.
Fata1moose
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Yeah the whales just make it, there's been some pretty cool locales in Halo 5 maps, downed Covenant cruiser, underwater research base and parted sea.
MrGreencastle
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Fathom has some serious flow.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Couldn't tell ya. Never seen anyone say what happens when they reached the mission's end, and when it happened to me we were doing a Legendary run and it was completely impossible for us to finish.
Happened to me a few months back...same exact thing. Posted it in here no one responded...never happened again...really weird and kind of hilarious bug
Gnome Scat
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That's awesome. Where can I find the entire gameplay?
7echnicolor
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I don't know if this idea has already been posted before, but you know how in Halo 5 there's no split screen coop?
What if there was an option to stream the game to a PC and play the game on the Xbox at the same time?
Like, first player can be on the TV and the second player can play on a PC screen. Idk if it's even possible though, just an idea.
What if there was an option to stream the game to a PC and play the game on the Xbox at the same time?
Like, first player can be on the TV and the second player can play on a PC screen. Idk if it's even possible though, just an idea.
Thankfully, unlike Destiny/Gears/etc., people won't be spawning with shotguns. In Arena at least. And in Warzone, there's less CQB anyway
WhiteRabbitEXE
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If splitscreen is technically infeasible, then streaming an entire separate screen is definitely even moreso.
New map looks totally tubular
Ground Pound isn't as nerfed as I thought it was so that's also good. Love the new reticle.
Can't wait to see what kind of tricks and traps other maps have. Have we seen anything really interactive from Halo 5's maps yet? I know in Eden(?) you could shoot those generators and the lights would go out.
Ground Pound isn't as nerfed as I thought it was so that's also good. Love the new reticle.
Can't wait to see what kind of tricks and traps other maps have. Have we seen anything really interactive from Halo 5's maps yet? I know in Eden(?) you could shoot those generators and the lights would go out.
I hope the 343 team sticks together after this release. They'll see what worked and what didn't. The multiplayer team especially. No certain affinity making their MP maps. Fathom looks solid. Let's see what else they've come up with. Haven was a 343 map and it was one of the best maps in Halo 4.
Gabotron ES
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lol that's impresive.
7echnicolor
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Why would they not stick together? 😥
Forerunner
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So I was playing some MCC, and I saw a nameplate I've never seen before. I looked through the list of nameplates and it wasn't there. It kind of looked like a V. Should have taken a SS, but I forgot to. Anyone know what's it for?
Eh, you know how it is after a major release. Employee turnover, some may want to use their position/titles on Halo 5 to look for other opportunities. Just the way industry is these days.
Vehicle combat in Halo 4 generally felt more like being funneled through a race track than actually playing in one cohesive large scale battlefield. I too hope that the maps in Halo 5 are less compartmentalized and have a better flow.
Completely agree that having more wide open spaces for vehicle combat would be awesome.
Ugh I just wished they had a gameplay match footage with just the game sound
Hire this man
SmartWaffles
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I knew I know Vale's face somewhere, turns out to be Fetch from Infamous Last Light.
ViewtifulJC
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Fata1moose
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