Wrong:
Wrong. I was just watching the Reach commentary yesterday. Just go into Games -> Halo: Reach and it will be one of the first options.
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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm
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Wrong:
Wrong. I was just watching the Reach commentary yesterday. Just go into Games -> Halo: Reach and it will be one of the first options.
Steelyuhas
Member
Hypertrooper getting his creep on.
Hyper doesn't always come to the US, but when he does, he never sleeps.
I had more stuff I wanted to type, but I accidentally hit post. I had to go to class, so I was just like "fuck it" lol.
"It will really be limited this time."
I still have his quote bookmarked where he said he wouldn't buy the game if it didn't have a ranking system.
Relay for Reach
- beta!
- base map idea down
- placeholder spawns, no weapon spawns, only works with slayer
- beta!
- no attempts to fix z-fighting in this version
- probably should play with Sprint and ZB.
- map is a bit bigger than we thought
- beta!. final version will be much cleaner and support all gametypes. still figuring out that outer ring.
- beta!
- base map idea down
- placeholder spawns, no weapon spawns, only works with slayer
- beta!
- no attempts to fix z-fighting in this version
- probably should play with Sprint and ZB.
- map is a bit bigger than we thought
- beta!. final version will be much cleaner and support all gametypes. still figuring out that outer ring.
Rickenslacker
Banned
^ I guess people need something to do before 4 but it seems like a wasted effort.
So there's no way to lose XP? I shouldn't be surprised, considering that's what CoD does and how most games are nowadays, but I really liked Halo 2's system where you could actually go down ranks. It added some sense of accomplishement and urgency. Now, ranks are just a measure of how much you play, not how good you are.
It was done because it could be done. And the 4 version is made out of mostly Reach pieces, anyway.
It does serve an idea to give a better idea of the map's size. It's like a bigger Foundation/Zealot/Desolation/Warlock. Founzeasolockation.
Nice. thanks Cy
That's not the skill based system
XP is for the progression system
Skill based will likely be announced saturday
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Reach had an xp progression system that was separate to a skill ranking, it just wasn't tied to non aesthetic unlocks like 4 is.
Poker Face
Member
At comic con? Seems odd they would do it there and not in a bulletin.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Let's hope the Arena 2.0 playlist has bigger improvements than Forge 3.0 and its better shadows
GrimBrother One
Member
General PSA, I just traded in a couple of the extra Reach retail discs that I had, and thanks to the stacking bonuses (30% extra for "trading it in towards H4") plus a pretty high trade-in value for Reach itself, they came out to $27.50 in trade EACH. So basically I got $60 in trade for two Reach discs... SCORE.
That's what I was insinuating
What happens on saturday?
Panel at NYCC, but this is speculation.
Halo 4 Forge Mode - Serious Building Techniques by Gamespot
Anyone has a Youtube version for this video ?
Anyone has a Youtube version for this video ?
So he essentially is saying:
- 4v4 map
- best used for Slayer, Flood, Oddball
- lots of ramps
Heh. Wish more maps were built for CTF or better gametypes. The map looks fairly large for 4v4, and they're thinking Oddball? Eek.
squidhands
Member
NY Comicon
wow gamespot is releasing forge videos like crazy, what?
Complex looks in the video exactly how I felt when playing it, it is too confusing and too big for my taste
What enemy is that in the preview picture?
squidhands
Member
That map at the end looks great for 2v2
Amazing Mic
Neo Member
Despite everyone's complaints about Forge, that's the reason it'll likely be my savior for H4. Unless the developed maps play much smaller than they look.
I'm not impressed...
Also, dat Jetpack Rocket kill! Hate it in Reach, will hate it in Halo 4.
Those are crawlers.
^^^^ it's a crawler
This. The pieces still not fit together peferctly. Don't know how this was "serious" map building.
This. The pieces still not fit together peferctly. Don't know how this was "serious" map building.
NobleGundam
Banned
Alpha Crawlers
Complex looks more like a BTB map than a 4v4 slayer map. Maybe if it was cut in half it would be, but given all the external areas and how big and... complex...the interal areas are, I don't see 4v4 working well at all.
RebornYeti
Member
So like all those Forge pieces are just re-skinned from Reach.
:/
:/
Deputy Moonman
Member
Looks like a power house spiritual successor. The immediate thing I don't like about the look of Complex is that it looks like forge pieces. Seriously, if you're gonna have a bazillion forge maps that are gray, at least make your base maps that ship with the game look different. Bleah. So many of these halo 4 multiplayer maps are all gray. Not liking that too much.
Moa
Member
Hmmm, wonder when they added that back then, it wasn't there back in November.
I was thinking the same thing. Complex and Abandon (I think thats what its called) look like forge maps. Kind of disappointing.
squidhands
Member
Agreed, it seems like a 4v4 match would be pretty slow. Seems perfect for the Dominion gametype, which they didn't seem to mention.
Yeah, big bummer. The pieces on Impact look like they're taken from Condemned, especially the machinery in the zero-g section.
Forge video:
positive notes after yesterday's negativity - the lighting system goes a long way to relieve the Gray Oppression of Reach. I was not expecting it to help as much as it did, honestly, but watching the gameplay it's nowhere near as bad or monotonous as Reach's forge pieces.
You can see the Jetpack nerf in effect. The mere existence of Jetpack will continue to be annoying for some, but you have nowhere near the flight time you could achieve in Reach by feathering.
This! I could've sworn that building was from Condemned. Glad someone else saw it.
Yeah, my opinion might change when I play it, but I hate playing on Powerhouse and I don't think I'll like Complex very much. It's the only map so far that doesn't really click for me.
positive notes after yesterday's negativity - the lighting system goes a long way to relieve the Gray Oppression of Reach. I was not expecting it to help as much as it did, honestly, but watching the gameplay it's nowhere near as bad or monotonous as Reach's forge pieces.
You can see the Jetpack nerf in effect. The mere existence of Jetpack will continue to be annoying for some, but you have nowhere near the flight time you could achieve in Reach by feathering.
This! I could've sworn that building was from Condemned. Glad someone else saw it.
Yeah, my opinion might change when I play it, but I hate playing on Powerhouse and I don't think I'll like Complex very much. It's the only map so far that doesn't really click for me.
Nice to see some actual Forge Maps being made. Great for new comers to Forge but other than Magnets, all of that is Forge Basics. Would be nice to see them make something in the other environments and not just another floating grey world.
I will spend a load of hours playing with Forge but I cannot shake the feeling of slight disappointment that they did not push Forge. It even has the majority of objects straight from Reach. I was hoping for a load more Prefabs and building blocks.
the search for something new and interesting continues
Halo 1: Revolutionized FPS games on consoles
Halo 2: Revolutionized online gaming on consoles
Halo 3: Introduced Theater mode with upload video to internet capabilities, and Forge mode to tweak gametypes and maps to your specifications
-- 5 years pass, the next numbered title in one of the largest gaming franchises in the world launches --
Halo 4: Forge has better lighting
Rickenslacker
Banned
Hey, stop being so reductive. It also adds sweet exp to grind to get to gameplay that's locked away and Mountain Dew double exp.
It's not goijng to be all grey, at least. The pieces have a lot more contrast with the tab-white and black.
Not saying this specifically will happen at comic con, but from the bulletin, we know something's going down:
Deputy Moonman
Member
Eh, i can at least appreciate the unique environment of Abandon, but the structures do indeed look like forge pieces. Where are the covenant themed maps or just something truly different? Adrift looks like Anchor 9 to me. I can't think of any truly unique looking maps in Halo 4; Abandon might actually be the closest thing. Where's the stone look of Sanctuary or concrete look of Terminal, Zanzibar, and lockout? Where's the indoor home-feel of Reflection in Reach? I guess much of Halo2's map textures were the same, but the color variation really distinguished each map. I liked the nice desert feel of Burial Mounds, or the cave-like feel of waterworks. The Indiana Jones temple feel of Warlock. I dunno. Just thinking out loud i guess. In Reach, and now Halo 4, it seems like devs are pushing the human/forerunner themes too much.
EDIT: I think I'm being too nostalgic for Halo 2.
nillapuddin
Member
Building a remake
... of a future map?
good luck gentlemen!
... of a future map?
good luck gentlemen!
stupid sleep, I wanna help 
You can gift the matches to people too.
Say what you want, but Halo 4s shadows and different environments could do it for me. The fact that Forge World used the same skybox, palette, etc just made it redundant. the shadows really make the map seem legit and not just LegoLand: Grayscale edition. I really think Forge looks great. And who knows? Maybe we'll get a Sandbox kind of deal for 4
/SLRP
/SLRP
Don't worry, they'll only get gameplay altering unlocks faster. You can still load out with your AR and pistol.