MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
Well I am still standing by my statement that features should not be cut simply because not everyone has access to them.
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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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Well I am still standing by my statement that features should not be cut simply because not everyone has access to them.
xBrutality
Neo Member
I never got the link to the Abandon gameplay 
You can trust me guys <3
You can trust me guys <3
Genesis Knight
Member
It's occurred to me how well Firefight filled the niche of replayable offline co-op fun and how Spartan Ops is missing the 'offline' part of that.
I never got the link to the Abandon gameplay
Shaddup junior
But seriously if that link goes down before I get off work there will be HELL to pay
Just curious, is it streamed through Waypoint?
More than half the copies sold of CoD and Halo never go online.
If you don't have campaign on your FPS, you're dead in the water at retail. See also: Shadowrun.
Terminals being offline or online doesn't really factor into that.
Gabotron ES
Member
These people without internet (2012 lol) aren't likely to be xbox consumers so I don't see what's the deal.
The more features the better.
I'm having flashbacks from Anniversary's kinect features announcement.
The more features the better.
I'm having flashbacks from Anniversary's kinect features announcement.
Hypertrooper
Member
Man I wish you would get banned for that...
PENDING FRANKIE QUOTE
Seriously, for me the whole no Gold / no Internet thing is a bit silly on this issue (unlike SpartanOps, where you're seeing a feature (Firefight) replaced with a Gold-only feature if what Moa says is true). I think the only real problem with the terminals is that they are out of game at all.
I remember one trip through Skyrim, my character - a glass cannon mage/thief - was sneaking through a nasty dungeon. I was way low on resources, in very deep, and starting to think I might not be able to survive it. Deep at the bottom of the dungeon, just before the boss of the place, I found a bookshelf. On that shelf was a book I'd never seen before (or since) in Skyrim, filled with fantastic information about recent history the world. I sat there, in the dark, reading every word. It meant more, somehow, because it was accessed during that play, in a dangerous situation.
If it had just gone bleep-bloop and told me to check elderscrolls.com, I'd never have bothered, likely, and even if I did, I'd have been out of game by that point, so it would have lost some of the power of the moment. That's what I think we lose by having the terminals out of game.
Like I said on the other page, I get David's explanation and there's nothing to be done, but it's disappointing.
xBrutality
Neo Member
Shaddup junior
I knew this would haunt me lol
Another 7 hours.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Just voicing my opinion. Somethings I think are ok to criticize but the fact that some content is not available to offline users does not seem like something to complain about.
What the hell happened with the shadows in this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XNEzmIMI5u8#!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XNEzmIMI5u8#!
Yep - we can always bitch about visible skill based ranking systems.
Ah OK, I think we're talking about different things then. I'm not talking about online play - there are more barriers to playing online than simply having an internet connection. I'm just saying that it's reasonable to assume your audience has an internet connection, not that they only want to play online multiplayer.
What peeves me has nothing to do with people having internet or an XBL subscription, just the fact that two features that gave me reason to explore maps have now become meaningless.
Skulls unlocked from the start, Terminals only viewable from Waypoint.
Halo 2 started the skulls, Halo 3 started the terminals, ODST had the audiologs and even skulls in the Multiplayer maps... blah blah blah
I guess it's cool that 4 even has terminals, but eh. Having to go to Waypoint is going to be annoying, unless i can access them via XBL app straight from the disk.
Skulls unlocked from the start, Terminals only viewable from Waypoint.
Halo 2 started the skulls, Halo 3 started the terminals, ODST had the audiologs and even skulls in the Multiplayer maps... blah blah blah
I guess it's cool that 4 even has terminals, but eh. Having to go to Waypoint is going to be annoying, unless i can access them via XBL app straight from the disk.
YourExWife
Member
Reagan's BR
Banned
No idea but that moron fell for his own hologram.
And is incapable of throwing grenades.
Poker Face
Member
could someone pm me this
Remember you'll have the Xbox internet browser by then, so you should be able to access either version of waypoint right from the xbox. I'm assuming that the xbox browser version will not require gold, either, but I suppose they could block that off.
I think it overstates the point to say map exploration is meaningless now. I explore because I like to explore, unlockables are nice benefits but not required. I think there will be a lot to look for, and hopefully fun ways to break out of the walls and peek at things. I still get a kick out of the Falcon breakout in Winter Contingency, and really hope sometime soon to break out of TotS and Exodus.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
This video makes me feel better about my inevitably disastrous skills when I first boot up Halo 4 multi.
How is the texture on the controller? Smooth or does it have some grip?
Genesis Knight
Member
The huge influx of players early on in a Halo game is great.
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3relch/
Credit to ibmeubu.
Credit to ibmeubu.
Really fucking stupid. Just fucking really really fucking stupid decision.
The best half of the controller is a matted plastic, so it has some grip. The front half is completely smooth, transparent plastic (no grip). The analog sticks have a nice plastic-y rubber grip to them also.
MrGreencastle
Member
IE on Xbox requires a Gold membership.
Edit: beaten
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Also, not sure if this was discussed after Dax01's post #4, but the Binary Rifle also has a very visible laser when it is scoped in to balance it out. (similar, but more profound than the Spartan Laser's)
ViewtifulJC
Banned
We got one week to dong on most of them before CoD releases and the population drops
Gabotron ES
Member
That's some fine conceptualization of a vagina right there.Then who the balls is buying all those damn pointless strategy guides?
Orochinagis
Member
Knowing that part of the singleplayer is online only is sad, like Dragon Age 2 if you want to use all your special equipment you need to connect to EA servers.
+1
Im with you, but most of the people dont care about the minority.
ArchedThunder
Banned
"Each iteration of our favorite Spartan super-soldier has been distinctive yet similar, but dont confuse design with canon the Chief is the Chief"
QUICK! Some one contact Kotaku and IGN, I have a headline for them.
"Halo 4's graphics aren't canon."
QUICK! Some one contact Kotaku and IGN, I have a headline for them.
"Halo 4's graphics aren't canon."
Best Buy has the 100% trade bump back if you're looking for a B&M outlet starting 10/21. The wireless controllers are supposed to be $39.99 as well, probably not the Halo 4 edition although. Still a good time to get the one with the transforming d-pad anyway.
I should probably play through H3 SP in prep or something, going back to using a controller for a FPS is going to be torture.
You've never seen one, have you?
Tha Robbertster
Member
That's sooooo old.
Wont be up until I get home
They probably felt forced to do this because otherwise the other things they lock behind gold (Netflix) would be available to Silver via the web app. (Pretty sure netflix's web page has a player, right?)