ViewtifulJC
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Put that in the OP Dax, you'll save people a lot of potentially lost brain cells
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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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Okay the first version of your post was funny enough but now with the image I just ruined a monitor.
Because that would make life too easy.
Let's get this back on track.
The trailer was okay. Needed better music.
FUD keeps getting better. It definitely exceeds my expectations.
I'm really looking forward to the story of Halo 4's campaign. Can't wait to see what they do with Cortana. If they actually go into detail about what Mendicant Bias has done during the previous trilogy my inner lore nerd will be very pleased. (Depending on the execution, of course) There's so much potential, I hope they deliver. Those FUD intros hype me up for the campaign more than anything has done for multiplayer.
The trailer was okay. Needed better music.
FUD keeps getting better. It definitely exceeds my expectations.
I'm really looking forward to the story of Halo 4's campaign. Can't wait to see what they do with Cortana. If they actually go into detail about what Mendicant Bias has done during the previous trilogy my inner lore nerd will be very pleased. (Depending on the execution, of course) There's so much potential, I hope they deliver. Those FUD intros hype me up for the campaign more than anything has done for multiplayer.
What do you mean by that?
ElzarTheBam
Member
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Speaking of the intro, was (FUD SPOILER)
Cortana trying to kill Cheif while he was in Cryo?
Spoiler in relation to what we see in FUD 3 and in previews last week.
That was
chief in the POV and he looked at Fred.
Did you watch the trailer someone posted on Youtubedoubler a few pages back? Song fits very nice.
http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=g...2=GO376G4tbGM&start2=0&authorName=Bornstellar
NobleGundam
Banned
Yes there's two.
I was out of the loop in regards to anything outside of the games. I don't think Hasley's journal touched on him being white, but then again I may have missed out on it.
WTF Is This: (Strip) Halo 4 in Hart of Dixie
Bahhahahah.Product placement has become a necessary evil for movies and television shows. Video games often times get some of the more awkward product placements because the people involved are usually portrayed as immature cookie cutter characters and the games arent quite represented accurately. Hart of Dixie not only product placed Halo 4, but the show introduced a new version of Halo to the masses - strip Halo.
Near the end of the show, Wade gives Zoe a big spiel about playing video games and being happy with life as it is. Soon after, she shows up at his house with her tail tucked between her legs admitting hes right about how to live enjoying life carrying Halo 4.
It was perhaps one of the most awkward product placements Ive ever witnessed. Not only did Zoe hold the game up high so you could be sure to get a good view, her and Wade not only went on to discuss how playing Halo was great but then the topic turned to strip Halo. Im at this point sitting up on the edge of my couch trying to piece everything together. When Wade held the game case and waved it around on camera, there was no back cover art. It was blank. Besides the awkward name dropping all that could be seen was the cover to Halo 4.
The games not out yet! What the hell? said a distraught Brandon.
So? said the wife.
Blank stare.
YourExWife
Member
TIL people in England don't eat lunch while sitting at tables.
You again!?!?!?
(FUD spoiler-ish)
Cortana's rampancy could result in so many interesting things. Makes me excited to play the campaign.
Me again? Do I know you?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Not sure what you're trying to imply here.
I don't think we know its Chief's VP; but its a good assumption.
Cortana intro was wild though, what the heck were those orange beams or whatever?
He's saying you are the half blood prince.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I was thinking that may have been what he meant, but wasn't sure.
Fred and Chief are bros, and a bro never leaves another bro behind.
Plus this whole thing is Chief/Laskey centric anyway.
Hydranockz
Member
I don't get paid enough for this D:
(FUD spoiler/some campaign speculation)
Either half of her trying to stop her other half or Mendicant Bias trying to stop her. She's definitely becoming schizofrenic as also shown when she freaks out not wanting the captain of the Infinity leaving the planet.
Whoa. I really didn't like yesterday's launch trailer, but FUD is blowing me away. I was pleased with the first episode, and it keeps getting better and better.
Hope this kind of story-driven promotion works out well for 343i, because I'd love to see more of it in the future.
Hope this kind of story-driven promotion works out well for 343i, because I'd love to see more of it in the future.
Poker Face
Member
FuD was superb, still exceeding my expectations. Realllly excited for next week.
Watching the ad again, I definitely like it. But I don't think it's going to appeal to a "new audience," which is what I thought was a huge point of all the new additions in multiplayer.
I hope this isn't the TV spot they will be using, and it just stays on youtube. I think people who don't really pay attention to the franchise will just be confused. I hope the gameplay trailer is similar to the H2 one, and that's the one they use for TV spots.
Watching the ad again, I definitely like it. But I don't think it's going to appeal to a "new audience," which is what I thought was a huge point of all the new additions in multiplayer.
I hope this isn't the TV spot they will be using, and it just stays on youtube. I think people who don't really pay attention to the franchise will just be confused. I hope the gameplay trailer is similar to the H2 one, and that's the one they use for TV spots.
what the christ
edit: my plan of waiting until all five episodes of FUD aired failed miserably
YourExWife
Member
YourExWife said:
See above. Unless it was just some random person with the exact gamertag as your username, in which case, awkward...
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Might just be my personal opinion but I felt Bungie always just barely scratched the surface of the Halo fiction in their games. The books had so much depth that never saw the light of day in the games. Yeah, they have a bit different medium to work with, but I never felt Bungie gave the back fiction its due in the games.
I know friends of mine who like Halo, but never got into the books or anything always tell me they enjoy the Halo stories, but they feel shallow. They hear me talking about the books and always ask "why isn't that stuff in the games?"
One of the main things I was discussing with a good friend was the existence of other Spartans, and you never even get a hint about that in the games. Nor did you ever get any of Chief's back-story.
It's a good and bad I guess. On the good side the games have a singular focus -- Chief's (and Earth's) war with the Covenant. On the bad side, you only get the story of the few Characters in the games, nothing about the greater universe.
Halo 4 looks to delve into more of the back-fiction, which is why I liked the trailer and am super excited for the campaign.
It's making me all giddy.
O I'm sorry man. I didn't see that response ! I didn't realize I got matched up with you!
We should run more games sometime!
Edit: Just found the game. Dang did you guys go off that game!
It meant the points you made were excellent, I fully understood what you were saying, and I have garnered a freshened respect for you not only as a forum member, but as a human being.
It is funny how many times HaloGAF people randomly bump into each other on Reach matchmaking. Maybe it's the low population, or the fact that we're just familiar with gamertags, but it seems to happen quite a bit.
Was trying to phrase without spoiling people.
How do we know the other Spartan is Fred when the camera turns to the right?
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
Can anyone link me to all the Halo 4 concept art in high res? Looking for some awesome background/theme stuff for my new work laptop.
VanquishUK
Member
It shows his name tag on his shoulder fred-104
So we know the Spartan we see is
Fred, but we don't know who the viewer is.
Did they hide a service number somewhere on the screen?
Did they hide a service number somewhere on the screen?
Oh, kinda got lost in the conversation. In that case, we don't exactly know.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Because the number.
Didn't 343 explicitly say that their goal was to simplify the story in 4 to make it easier to understand, leaving the meaty "canon"/backstory portions for the terminals? Which, considering recent revelations, would mean that this kind of storytelling won't make it into the game itself...
FUD question. It's not spoilerish if you have watched it.
How do they not know that's the Covenant? I understand it's been 10 years or so since the war, but wouldn't they have been told war stories as a child? Shit, they did fucking attack Earth. Or is the UNSC keeping things completely under-wraps?
Moa
Member
I thought it was they are making the story itself easy to understand to new players (
which the Prolouge will do great.
Sucks that the terminals are out of the game, but I still expect the juicy story bits.
My god....
Moa
Member
Forward unto Dawn is set before the war in 2552/2553, the series itself it set in 2525, and this is on a completely different planet.