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You're going to need a room bigger than forge world to hold all of them.
Since no one answered me when I posted this before: has anyone that worked on the Halo games ever explained why Master Chief was upgraded in some areas and downgraded in others going from CE to Halo 2? For example, he gained the ability to jump from almost any height and land uninjured but the vision that his helmet provides was decreased. Is his suit in Halo 2 an entirely different suit than the one in CE? Given his need for agility on the battlefield, why was he outfitted with something that made him sluggish?
biosnake20
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Thanks for the links, and I appreciate you taking a look - I don't even know if the thing is worth working on at this point, I'm too close to it to tell. I can't imagine what making an entire game is like.
Shoulda included H4 Beta.
ncsuDuncan
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Just got back from an interesting night. Let's do this. Inv: ncsuDuncan
Paging Frankie and David
Tomorrow might be interesting.
I ignored a few invites as I idled in the lobby. I was watching this, which rumbled across my Twitter feed via the PA Report. It's one of the greatest talks I've ever seen. Highly recommended.
Check the Halo 4 thread.
I ignored a few invites as I idled in the lobby. I was watching this, which rumbled across my Twitter feed via the PA Report. It's one of the greatest talks I've ever seen. Highly recommended.
Check the Halo 4 thread.
Hmmm.
I kind of hope MS shuts that shit down. I want a full and proper blow out at this point.
Is all the changes going to be 5v5 and Evade removed? It would be great for other maps to be included in, or at least garbage like Flag Slayer and its hated friends got removed. None of those will happen for the foreseeable future, though.
Not sure if your trollin'.
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Your question was answered, it's very simple. It's a game and above all else, gameplay matters the most. The did try to justify some of the new mechanics by showing him get a new suit at the beginning of halo 2, but it was more of an opportunity to teach the player about the new rebounding health and faster shield recharging.
It's always funny to see justification for retconned features. They were actually talking about this on the last Sparkcast, about how his suit has changed in halo 4 and they are going to make master chief feel much heavier and more powerful. I look forward to seeing how they write his new thrusters into the story.
Definitely a great talk, it makes me even more excited to see what kind of new tools companies like Autodesk, Pixologic and Epic (Unreal Engine 4!) are going to be showing next week at GDC.
The presenters ideas also echo a lot of the ideas that Bungie was talking about with Gamasutra about their new tools for Destiny. Its got me excited for what's new in Halo 4 as well given the new studio, 343, and what Frankie was saying on the sparkcast about dropping preconceived notions with regards to design in Halo 4. Here's hoping they really shook things up with Halo 4!
Tha Robbertster
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We (That is me, Xand, Zalinkrow, Hydra, Elzar, Heckfu) play customs pretty regularly. I don't know where you live so time zones may be a problem (we are mostly Euro people) but when you see me or any of these guys online on Reach, send a message and we'll try out your map!
ElzarTheBam
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I think we should kick Holland out of Europe, see what I did there? Do you see? Lol.
Barrow Roll
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HaloGAF Facebook drama lol.
Tha Robbertster
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Not sure if your trollin'.
:-/
Your question was answered, it's very simple. It's a game and above all else, gameplay matters the most. The did try to justify some of the new mechanics by showing him get a new suit at the beginning of halo 2, but it was more of an opportunity to teach the player about the new rebounding health and faster shield recharging.
It's always funny to see justification for retconned features. They were actually talking about this on the last Sparkcast, about how his suit has changed in halo 4 and they are going to make master chief feel much heavier and more powerful. I look forward to seeing how they write his new thrusters into the story.
I think the thrusters are easy enough to explain, there'd likely be something like that for moving around in zero-G aboard the Forward Unto Dawn. The Spartan-IIs used similar things to move around outside ships in Fall of Reach.
ElzarTheBam
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If you're reading this, Sorry Tyler. It's not you, its us.
Barrow Roll
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Pre-edit was better.
im weak...
Tha Robbertster
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I'm honoring my little brother's gamertag with this name (And Robbert014 was already taken)
This is my one wish. No loadouts.
Gabotron ES
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No loadouts = no invasion = me sad
I think they can find a sweet spot, I say give us options to build the halo we want to play.
I'm pretty sure they'll make both sides happy.
Oh please, Invasion would be 10x better without loadouts.No loadouts = no invasion = me sad
I think they can find a sweet spot, I say give us options to build the halo we want to play.
I'm pretty sure they'll make both sides happy.
Gabotron ES
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I don't know, there'd have to be some kind of abilties to difference roles.
Imo abilities wouldn't have supposed such a big deal if they were:
-more balanced.
-bloom weren't there from the beggining.
-they were restricted to some playlists/maps.
-you weren't so damn slow.
As invasion, a great idea which would've been executed much better.
spawning with shotgun/armor lock inside a close corridor building is a joke. its not like the game plays out differently with different abilities, the gameplay just gets more frustrating.
Slightly Live
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Invasion gave us Boneyard and Spire. Halo is better off without Invasion.
Loadouts will be staying for sure. Every FPS has them these days.
Loadouts will be staying for sure. Every FPS has them these days.
Gabotron ES
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Maps which are best played with the gametype they were created in mind.
Given what we've seen in the announce trailer I think it's reasonable to assume there'll be jetpacks..
I'm still hoping for no loadouts though, maybe have everyone spawn with both sprint and jetpack or have jetpack as a pickup around the map.
Slightly Live
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Just like Invasion, Spire and Boneyard are best not played at all. Under any circumstance.
This.
No parts of those maps are fun at all. Though it is amusing in BTB CTF to go around the left side of Boneyard when you are capturing because they never see it coming because you know its just a huge waste of space.
How 'bout no.
HiredN00bs
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Ever wonder why we didn't get voting results? Or why all of the sudden, after months of most playlists having it, bleedthrough is suddenly coming out?
Hire Tashi.
Seriously though, I expect some kind of magazine type reveal next month.
Tha Robbertster
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Just because we've had 2 bad maps for Invasion (Breakpoint is pretty playable in normal gametypes and works well for Invasion IMO) doesn't mean we should just give up on the entire gametype.
What I'd like to see is a battlefield-like approach to invasion. In Reach, the maps used for Invasion are the same maps used for slayer and flag gametypes, without any additions made to the maps. This should not happen.
In Battlefield, maps are slightly modified to make it play better for eathmatch for example and apart from the spawning issues, it works.
The same could be done with Reach's Invasion maps or Invasion maps in Halo 4. Boneyard, as people stated before, has a huge part of the map left unused. The map could be easily modified so that the ship part and the Invasion elite spawn part can be used.
Garrett 2U
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I stayed up all night in hopes of easing sleep tonight.
That way I can wake up early tomorrow morning, do my school thing, then bask in the beauty of Halo 4 all afternoon long.
That way I can wake up early tomorrow morning, do my school thing, then bask in the beauty of Halo 4 all afternoon long.
Gabotron ES
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24 hours and 30 minutes till the embargo lifts, right?
yup, though I do expect quite a few places to put articles up at exactly 12.
Gabotron ES
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I'm thinking about staying up late, let's hope we get some early goodness. It has been six months yo!
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