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Halo |OT 24| In Before the Locke
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If we lived near each other, I'd say you could borrow some of mine. I've got like 20 in my current apartment (the "good" ones) and another 20-30 stored away at my parents' house.
Unlike P.T., Konami won't ever be forcefully recalling any of my massive N64 collection. And I'll be sure to have it for the rest of my days. I never have re-sold a game I've bought and I've got no intentions on starting now--especially as my collection ages and slowly becomes "classics".
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
wat
The context of the word "hot" in the phrase means everything XD
Poodlestrike
Banned
Return of the classic avvy.
The thought is appreciated lol
Sadly most of my original games have been lost to the whims of time. I don't sell my games either though. I bought the game. I'm gonna keep it. Even if it sucks. At least I'll be able to look back and remember how much it sucks by playing it.
#physicalftw
#fuckKonami
#Nomotiontracker
Bro, do I need to tell you the tail of the lovely lady of the painting?
Her land is such peaceful
Much kind
Wow
Much kind
Wow
I do my best to get a least one shit-post about Konami SOMEWHERE on GAF daily.
Freudian Slip?
RowdyReverb
Member
Do you think Bungie could have made a Destiny-esque game with the Halo IP? How would that have worked? Would that game be better than Destiny?
I forgot to post these last night so I'll do it now.
I'm just now finishing up my campaign playthroughs, and I got to the end of Halo 3 last night when I got hit by a flying piece of wall panel. Three. Fucking. Times. Luckily the third time didn't kill me or I'd have quit lol.
Bonus clip, Johnson tells me he has my back, blasts me with the Spartan Laser.
I'm gonna go play the Witcher now...
I'm just now finishing up my campaign playthroughs, and I got to the end of Halo 3 last night when I got hit by a flying piece of wall panel. Three. Fucking. Times. Luckily the third time didn't kill me or I'd have quit lol.
Bonus clip, Johnson tells me he has my back, blasts me with the Spartan Laser.
I'm gonna go play the Witcher now...
I don't see why not. Likely would'v eimproved on the lore and storytelling aspects of Destiny.
The key issue of that game for me is that I find the combat wholly uninteresting and the entire game to be a repetitive grind. That's something that can't be fixed by a new theme. I couldn't get into Borderlands for the same reason.
Forerunner
Member
I don't see why not. However, I don't thinking players would have wanted that. It's best that they started a new IP for it.
I've thought about this, but maybe not Destiny-esque per se, but my pipe-dream project for the Halo IP is a game where you play as some unnamed/lower-ranking Forerunner around the time or the Foreunner-Flood war, possibly even prior to that. The general theme of the game is less combat focused and more puzzle-solving/survival focused. I'm not going to say it's a survival horror game, but there's so much you could do with the massive backstory of the lore and settings that you could almost do ANYTHING with a game set in that time.
Basically, I really want to see a Halo game set during the epoch of the Foreunner civilization where exploration, puzzle-solving and possibly shifting towards more survival focused towards the end. Let's just call it a Lara Croft/Myst/Half Life/Halo mashup, lol.
Who wouldn't want to explore massive Foreunner facilities or settlements/cities while they were still functional and being utilized?
Is there a more noble cause?I do my best to get a least one shit-post about Konami SOMEWHERE on GAF daily.
Double Entendre
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If they made it a spin off series or game taking place during the Forerunner-Human War (the time when space magic was at its most prominent in Halo) it could easily play similar to Destiny while both staying true to Halo as well as being justified within the universe. All kinds of crazy jams were happening in those days.
It would've worked closer to what Destiny was originally portrayed as. Perhaps with a few tweaks such as making the mission structure a more linear and structured campaign with the open world aspects left to the multiplayer/co op side (call it war zone or something).
If it actually pulled off everything it was supposed to then yes. Yes it would be better than Destiny. If it was in the same state as the Destiny we ended up with but more Halo, then it would still be better. Maybe.
lol That has never happened to me before. Fascinating...
MAH MAN
Poodlestrike
Banned
Set it during the Forerunner period, and you could get away with it. The game would still be shit, though. Destiny's problem isn't the IP; the setting and ideas therein are interesting ones, and there's some very good stories to be told there.
The problem is that they didn't tell a good story there, and they didn't offer up enough variety of content to make up for the...
You know what, nevermind. You guys have heard all this before
Set it during the Forerunner period, and you could get away with it. The game would still be shit, though. Destiny's problem isn't the IP; the setting and ideas therein are interesting ones, and there's some very good stories to be told there.
The problem is that they didn't tell a good story there, and they didn't offer up enough variety of content to make up for the...
You know what, nevermind. You guys have heard all this before
You say that, but how do you explain all these filled socks?
User 73706
Banned
It's called Destiny. Like, Destiny is practically what Bungie would have wanted to do with Halo if they hadn't been under Microsoft's control. Halo 2 was originally supposed to be a similarly hyper-ambitious game with 4 or 5 additional missions, jetpacks, sprinting and zero-g sections in multiplayer, etc.
Halo 4 (lol)
Poodlestrike
Banned
I sort of assumed you were starting your own micro-composting business.
Kinda sorta. Halo 4 was a big step in the direction of what I wanted to see, but true exploration of the "I can get there from here" variety was only really teased at during the first two levels. What I envision is perhaps a bit too ambitious. If you're familiar with the Myst series at all, THAT'S basically more of the influence I'd like to see with a game like this.
The amount of parallels between the Halo and Myst universes is actually quite staggering when you sit down and examine it. I could write a short essay about it, so I'll spare everyone, but I'd be happy to discuss more in detail if people were curious.
Set it during the Forerunner period, and you could get away with it. The game would still be shit, though. Destiny's problem isn't the IP; the setting and ideas therein are interesting ones, and there's some very good stories to be told there.
The problem is that they didn't tell a good story there, and they didn't offer up enough variety of content to make up for the...
You know what, nevermind. You guys have heard all this before
Funny you say this because this reddit post was just shared over at Destiny GAF and it offers a really compelling take on the Hive from a lore perspective.
https://m.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/36ekrt/hidden_lore_of_the_hive/
The backstory and lore is there in Destiny, it's just hidden behind so much grime.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Nyquil gives me the power to fight squid monsters and conquer planets. Then I wake up.
Some kind of virus. Caught it just before a long weekend trip out of state, so that didn't help my immune system any. But I shall survive.
SaganIsGOAT
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Halo 5 beta was nice. While I'd rather have the original design for rockets and no sprint, and no ADS. They really don't detract from the game that much. Like the weapons felt good, sound design was great and I want breakout With just plasma pistols.
And with Battlefront forgoing ADS, I hope 343 takes a feather from their book
1. Use lore from Grimiore Cards
2. Insert it into the actual game
3.????
4. Profit
Sparrow racing
Space ship flight/battles
Truly open world areas
Destiny is saved
I would love to explore Forerunner cities and worlds. Similar to this kind of thing. Just make it have more substance that floating obelisks. The "Wow" factor only does so much.
2. Insert it into the actual game
3.????
4. Profit
Sparrow racing
Space ship flight/battles
Truly open world areas
Destiny is saved
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I think one if the biggest problems with Halo 4's portrayal of Forerunner architecture was that there didn't seem to be any real function to anything. It was all really cool to look at in certain places but overall it made no sense. Who would live there? If not live then what do these buildings do? What is this mechanism supposed to be and why does it take x amount of buttons to make a door open or a hologram turn on?
I would love to explore Forerunner cities and worlds. Similar to this kind of thing. Just make it have more substance that floating obelisks. The "Wow" factor only does so much.
You'll be punching out Cthulhu before you know it
Poodlestrike
Banned
Breakout with PP would be pretty great.
Mostly, though, I just want them to take the BR off the map.
People just spraying PP fire everywhere.
I like it.
Not sure if you heard but the original SPNKr rocket launcher will be returning as a legendary weapon. Sprint can be turned off as well so that just leaves ADS (which iirc will not be going away according to Josh, but they are designing some "classic" style weapons to appeal to that). Ultimately I hope we see classic zoom return one day. H6... Beli343
The sound design was most certainly awesome. Wish I could comment on weapon feel but... yeah.
I wanna play a modern Star Wars Episode I: Racer god-damn it!
*foams at mouth*
Scruffy: "Seconded."
This isn't the salty Ragnarok I remember
I wonder what they're going to do with the plasma pistol's ads. I do find it a bit odd that they're trying to shoe horn in zoom for every single weapon. I understand (and actually like) it's inclusion for ARs and SMGs. However the sword? Just why...
Poodlestrike
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I dunno.
Welfare
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User 73706
Banned
x.x1> [err.proc.ghost] I. SEE. YOU. RECLAIMER
Welfare
Member
I don't know.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Dirty. You should feel dirty.
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
[red]lol[/red]
Mr White
Member
Ok, so last night I tried MCC multiplayer. I prefer objective playlists in online shooters, so I jumped right in team objective. Matchmaking was fast and overall experience was great. But fact that you need search for new bunch of players every match is frustrating. Some of them don't care about objective at all, but there is also many people who cooperate and even use voice chat, and I wanted to play with them more, but nope. Really strange design decision.
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
While we are at it, one of my favorite Halo videos.
"Astronomic: The Epic Scale of the Halo Universe (ft. Outro by M83)"
https://vimeo.com/41745585
"Astronomic: The Epic Scale of the Halo Universe (ft. Outro by M83)"
https://vimeo.com/41745585
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