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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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Steelyuhas
Member
It starts in a couple of hours no?
ArbiterMajor
Member
Theater is 1 player only again... Confirmed!
343i, pls no.
too much eslim
Member
Same here just refused to pay $50 just for Saturday. I wanted to go at least friday and Saturday for $65 using the 3 day pass, but I knew I wouldn't be able to make it Friday
.The Real Napsta
Member
There better be a render to YouTube option then...
Poker Face
Member
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Yeah, I knew that was coming. The big loss is Forge, the lack of new vehicles and the lack of returning vehicles. No Falcon (Seriously, I though this was in for sure...or the Hornet. Wtf.)? No Chopper?
Why God, why?
Gabotron ES
Member
i hope so. will we get more details on spartan-ops (vidoc)? still some things i would like to know (can i alter the missions in some way, like firefight).
MS's bandwidth limits are a bitch
Forge thing is perplexing. 343 didn't just work on it. Certain Affinity worked on it too with them, and yet Forge still looks like crap. How many devs will it take to make a good Halo map creator? 10? Game looks great in other areas but this one just leaves me scratching my head.
Amazing Mic
Neo Member
From halocouncil skill-ranking thread:
https://twitter.com/CruelLEGACEY/status/256476533298982912
As always, no idea if BSAngel misinterpreted skill/ranks/progression.
https://twitter.com/CruelLEGACEY/status/256476533298982912
As always, no idea if BSAngel misinterpreted skill/ranks/progression.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Im sure it will be, but it won't help the fact that other modes are less than evolved and improved. I am psyched for Spartan Ops, and I hope its successful, but I really wish they invested a little more into theater and forge also. And vehicles.
Its another company, but I don't believe they have said who yet.
we are still talking about 7 year old hardware. forge will look better on 720/next but it will never look as good as the main-maps, unless they make forge a priority in development.
Navidson REC
Member
WHAT? Didn't we see it on one campaign screenshot? Maaaan...
I am honestly very excited about Halo 4 and most things sound beyond nice, but there are some (rather smallish, granted) things that do bother me. You pretty much summed them up.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Thats the worst news ever, although I don't think leaker's could know that as they cant exactly invite other leaker's into the same game as them... right?
blur would be fucking amazing. they did the halo wars cutscenes, right?
Because it would have taken more man-hours to get multi-user support working than players would have actually spent using it.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Oh, sweet! I saw folks talking about some video showing off Vortex a few pages back, and I figured that was it. Thanks!
YES. Makes me happy. Although I'm kind of worried even the small maps will be a little too big for 4v4.I heart Slayer Pro being a playlist and it's settings.
Even if it is... It's just another campaign. We already have a campaign. I'm sure I'll love the hell out of Spartan Ops, but I think I'd prefer to have something totally new. Or a vastly improved Firefight.
Yeah, I'm inclined to agree. I don't see it as a big loss.
too much eslim
Member
You guys should look at Halo 4 as the first game in a new series. I am sure they will expand further on everything in Halo 5. They can't stretch themselves thin. They had to lay the groundwork first for a solid title for their first developed game.
What puzzles me the most is that from we've seen so far nothing has been done about the problem of all Forge maps looking the same. Having 3 different Forge levels helps a bit but with levels that are nearly completely build out of Forge objects it doesn't help too much.
I hope with having smother missions they can mix things up more than in campaign. Like in Spec Ops in CoD where you have a training course level, a jetski race level, stealth levels, etc. That could help Spartan Ops set itself apart from campaign. Personally I would've rather seen FireFight (ODST's version) back and more focus on other aspects of the game. Especially if the input lag is still there it would've been a great waste of resources.
Amazing Mic
Neo Member
Obv. haven't played it, but I'd think you'd almost NEED radar w/ the maps being so large.
At least one leaker seems to have a retail copy of the game.
Mister Negative
Member
From what I gather of this Dominion gametype it's basically Domination, but when you have all the flags, you can kill all of the enemy team to end the game?
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Oh, any details on Extraction?
Oh, btw, about Skulls: (Spoiler tagged just to be safe)
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Oh, btw, about Skulls: (Spoiler tagged just to be safe)
They are all unlocked from the start, and they seem to be the exact set Halo 3 had, nothing more, nothing less.
too much eslim
Member
honestly i think the simple magnet and duplication thing is tremendous. I never liked forging due to the difficulty of lining things up perfectly and accidentally grabbing the wrong thing. Overall it may not seem much but I think the small details they did are big game changers. At least in terms of ease of use for beginners and people who suck at it like me.
Anyone? Also I am missing something or is SWAT not in? I haven't been following the game super closely so I'm actually not familiar with one or two of the playlist names.
too much eslim
Member
team slrp
oh I know where you at lol.
SWAT is in. You can choose to start with either the BR or the DMR.
What playlist is that in then? I keep reading that every playlist is one gamemode, and there's not a listing for that.
Was Extraction actually confirmed? I'm only seeing that referenced from the one guy on Reddit but I'm not seeing that anywhere else at all, and I'm looking at what appear to be completely legit screenshots of the playlists in-game and that's not there.
You can align objects fine with the coordinate system. I'd wager it's even more useful than the magnet system because that only seems to allow you to connect objects in very specific ways. Duplicating items is useful but nothing earth shattering either.
Good question. Kevin Franklin spoke about it in the Bravo vid saying that it is in the game. He didn't specifically say it would have a launch playlist though.
We have no idea whether or not the playlists that have been leaked are final or if they will update it before launch.
That's what scares me, if SWAT (which I would consider to be a "core" playlist) isn't in there at launch that seems like a huge fail.
ArbiterMajor
Member
About flyable vehicles. I think 343 had to chose during the H4"development cycle between the mantis and falcon/hornet. I know the mantis doesn't fly but it could serve as an AA gun against banshees. I'll miss the falcon.