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Halo |OT| HaloGAF Evolved
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Steelyuhas
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Curious to see what we do actually get, because I have no idea.
It's an MS documentary enticing people to come work for MS/343i. There are monitors with what may or may not be Halo 4 footage. AR's appeared. I barfed
Steelyuhas
Member
Halo Honor confirmed.
I can't believe we're finally almost there. The wait has been brutal.
Good times right now, loving all the speculation out of screens on background of videos and the general excitement on the lead up to the reveal, I missed it.
Kibbles
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K
kittens
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Same here. I don't know if I have the strength to stay away from HaloGAF. I love sharing hype with you guys... But damn, I'd love to go into Halo 4 blind. Even knowing about the HUD stuff kind of bums me out. Le sigh. I'm taking a huge class load next term, so that would help get my mind of things, maybe.
Slightly Live
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That 343 jobs video has Halo 4 music? <3
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I pretty much agree. That's something awesome and something they should be happy about.
We only have to wait a few days to see what it is anyway, the wait isn't going to kill anybody.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Yeah, even with blackouts, Halo's hype/speculation period has always been one of my favorite segments in any video game release cycle. I always love hearing about people's imagination of what they invision the next Halo looking like.
Steelyuhas
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Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
My biggest wonder is on the weapon sandbox.
Will we even have covenant weapons this go around? Will it be a mix of 3 race weapons? Did chief actually sleep for hundreds of years and shit's all crazy now with laser weapons?
What do you mean?
I mean, I'd sure hope we see something new. (flood is expected though)
Will we even have covenant weapons this go around? Will it be a mix of 3 race weapons? Did chief actually sleep for hundreds of years and shit's all crazy now with laser weapons?
What do you mean?
I mean, I'd sure hope we see something new. (flood is expected though)
Slightly Live
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Halo 4's enemies won't surprise folks.
Steelyuhas
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Precisely what I'm concerned about. :/
Zeouterlimits
Member
Seriously, assuming you haven't gotten insider info, what do you mean?
Flood/Forerunner tech?
Just that I remember you mentioning the Covenant as possible enemies, which would be a capital bummer.
I'm not that computer savvy, so I just played Halo 2 through my console on the xbox connect. I liked the graphics just fine for the consoles.
GrimBrother One
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bobs...onGaf
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I think there's certainly scope for some interesting enemies, but I get the feeling that on the whole, the enemy you face most often will be the covies again.
Cant wait till Monday, I hope we see a significant chunk of Halo 4, it would hurt if they simple show bullshots which are super vague and have no meaning without proper context. I also hope its not just campaign stuff they show, I want that to remain as dark and mysterious as possible, seeing multiplayer stuff is my dream at this stage.
Flood, Forerunner stuffz, Covenant. No insider stuff, just what I'm expecting. I hope for some surprises along the way.
I'm officially entering the "OMG" phase of pre-reveal hype.
Slightly Live
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A journalist let slip that there is Multiplayer and Campaign stuff.
xxjuicesxx
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There's nothing wrong with them, but it seems like it would be relatively easy to add some small things like SSAO and some shitty HDR post processing. Nothing like Open Sauce for HPC, but more like old unreal engine games that get new renderers.
Zeouterlimits
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I'm a gonna be one unhappy bunny.
Just like Halo 1.
You're a bunny? I have a bunny, and love her. She's so fluffy and cute.
Slightly Live
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Steelyuhas
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I am always disturbed by this comparison. The AR's from Halo 3 and Reach are very different from the AR and the sandbox the AR fit in. What people hate, and what we are more likely to get, is something similar to the H3 and Reach AR.
Slightly Live
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Until the Halo array is fired, the Flood will still be around. And even then...
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I really don't want to fight brutes anymore...
Probably one of the least fun enemies in Halo next to skirmishers and drones.
I wasn't comparing it to anything, just poking a bit of fun at knee-jerk reaction to seeing what looked to be the AR. As you said, it has had many iterations and just the fact that it exists is not enough to draw any conclusions one way or the other.
Zeouterlimits
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Clever. But you know what I mean.There is no more Covenant.
Any species of the Covenant that we've spent practically 5 games fighting.
Unless it's something hugely wonderful I'm missing, I'd find this rather unimpressive.
I don't expect things that populated the Halo universe to date to up and disappear. But I hope for a dramatically reset combat sandbox, and that includes the adversaries.
VivaciousJazzy
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I knew it.
Steelyuhas
Member
Yea right, I'm canceling my pre-order as I type this.
Zeouterlimits
Member
I'm not saying it needs to be a permanent thing. But 1 game. 1 game. Is that really too much to ask for?
The Covenant or their components (Engineers aside) could have a really glorious return to the series in Halo 5.
Hydranockz
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I see what you're saying, I think. You want the player to feel far away and by having Covie troops as enemies, players will feel too familiar, right?
I like that idea but Elites were missed in ODST...
Barrow Roll
Member
I would just like to see a good version of Lockout and Warlock added to TS before Reach is done. We saw them in the Forge World ViDoc, it'd be nice to finally get them into MM.
Pressing that Y button is really difficult.
When the art trailer was shown, I thought it might be neat to have the Covenant absent for the first half of the game, and then some of their (disbanded) species be reintroduced as allies (such as Elites), not enemies.
Regardless of how they're handled, I'm just hoping for a big overhaul to the content (but not philosophy) of the combat sandbox. Bring back a few stars (AR, BR, Warthog, etc) and take off from there, on the human and enemy side of things.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Allies, I guess I could live with, as long as it didn't feel like a "token" insertion.
I'd like to believe 343 can do their thing, make an enemy (or set of enemies) that be enjoyable in their own right. They should be able to get past needing the Elites as their stand out gameplay foe.
If they can't.. well that's terribly depressing.
Also: re-ODST : That a was a resources/infrastructure neccesity over-writing a canonical one, which was why Elites were missed. Plot-wise everyone expected Elites because it was set during the middle of Halo 2 on Earth. Bungie didn't want to/didn't have the time to make the Halo 3 Elites competitive AI.
Slightly Live
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That was the intent for sure.
Yup, same. Seemed pretty clear.
Pics?
Barrow Roll
Member
They at least somewhat addressed this. In Buck's level there's optional dialogue when you stumble across the dead Elites and Brutes.
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