The Librarian
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No it hasn't. The marketing has actually been very passive about the Didact. I'm thinking he's a bait-and-switch for the real enemy.
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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm
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No it hasn't. The marketing has actually been very passive about the Didact. I'm thinking he's a bait-and-switch for the real enemy.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Perhaps it's not clear cut evil at the beginning of the trilogy. The thing about the Didact is that he is very passionate about forerunner supremacy.
I think, that his overriding goal in the forthcoming trilogy could be to ensure that the supremacy begins/or continues again, at all costs.
Rand0m TAG
Member
i wouldnt be so sure. i was able to preorder a limited edition without any being in stock. the guy told me to do it and that if their is a copy their i can take it.
Rand0m TAG
Member
more to do with politics than him sucking.
Aggrotek
Member
In pretty much every trailer ("An ancient evil awakens"... hardly passive), CEA's terminals by 343GS and in Thursday War there are numerous references claiming how much he hates humans and how badass he is...
Seems to have come out of nowhere.
Quoted for new page. Here is the original Avy:
Aggrotek
Member
Out of nowhere? He was never a fan of humanity. The Forerunner trilogy greatly expounded upon that, yes, but even in the Terminals he couldn't see what was so worthwhile about humanity that the Librarian would sacrifice herself to save them from the Halo Array.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Quoted for new page. Here is the original Avy:
Seems a bit plain, but I guess it works?
Garrett 2U
Member
First season is free.
It is assumed that subsequent seasons will need to be purchased.
The Season Pass is for War Games maps.
Genius idea, I love it!
I'm not so sure that Spartan Ops is on disc.
I'm pretty positive that 343i said you need to download it every week, that is why it requires Xbox Live Gold.
At least the first season is on-disc and free. Beyond that it'll prolly be DLC, but it doesn't seem to be covered by the season pass (most likely because they aren't sure if they'll do another season).
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You are a genius. Second one is awesome.
First season is free.
It is assumed that subsequent seasons will need to be purchased.
The Season Pass is for War Games maps.
Genius idea, I love it!
If someone wants to do it to my avatar, I'll love you long time
Ah thanks both. More co-op is awesome for me, so I will be getting it. Looking forward to jumping in with HaloGAF for some co-op.
Aggrotek
Member
Seems a bit plain, but I guess it works?
Oh great now I have to make choices. :x
Which one looks better?
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
I second this. Skyrim and Mass Effect Gamer Poop were awesome
bobs...onGaf
Member
I would love to do you and not just your avatar.
(Any idea's of what you would even want?)
External Memory
Neo Member
I thought Dave Ellis said they were still working on finishing all the cg episodes for the 10 weeks of SOps content, which would seem to mean the entire first season is free DLC.
To have it all on disc and require a gold live account...
Gabotron ES
Member
Second one is pretty clever.
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Ragnarok Flames
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Welcome to modern Game development
Halo CEA Terminals clearly imply the Didact is still alive and at large, and that he might not like us... but based on the Forerunner Trilogy, he doesn't sound like he'd be an enemy, ancient evil. Definetly not "ancient evil".
I've had a feeling myself it will be a bait-and-switch. I reckon i won't be surprised either way, for i'm prepared for either one.
EDIT and it is pretty clear SPOPS is not on disc, they've stated they're still working on it, despite Halo 4 being gold already.
I think he could get at least one from Halo 4.
Me3 and skyrim had huge amounts of dialogue.
"I'm a military reporter with a show called BATTLE TITS" genius. But u won't hear anything like that in halo 4
I know that he was never a fan of humanity. Hell, he's the (Crptum/Primordium spoilers... can't remember which)
reason ancient humans lost in the Forerunner War in the first place isn't it?
Apparently he's like super, super evil though... and that hasn't been expanded upon at all. I mean, 343GS compared him to the god damn Flood in the CEA terminals. The Flood. The thing that caused the Forerunner to blow everything up and run away.
I guess I'm not seeing the sudden hatred that he apparently has that makes him comparable to the Flood and/or why he'd make it his mission to attack us again... especially after Primordium / Cryptum (But I guess we can't know that until Halo 4 / Primordium sequel).
We'll bang, ok.
bobs...onGaf
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ElzarTheBam
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The Librarian
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I'm not convinced that "an ancient evil awakens" is referring to the Didact. If you read Cryptum and Primordium, anybody would probably agree that he isn't "evil" in the black-and-white terms the sentence implies. I mean, he's ancient in relative terms, but in comparison to something like the Timeless One? Not so much (though I'm not saying it is the last Precursor). Someone said that his problems with humanity are more political than sentiment, and I'd say that's an accurate assessment.
In comparison to what 343 could be doing – showing gameplay trailers of him in action, dedicating entire trailers to expanding his story and introducing him to the audience – we're getting very little; only his symbol. In fact, the only time we've seen the Didact in any form other than his symbol was the trailer released recently in which he is holding the Chief hostage, but that doesn't show the full context. We don't know why he's holding the Chief hostage.
Of course, I could just be seeing what I want to see.
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The Didact symbol is a lovely avatar theme for Halo 4. Looks great!
But it's missing the 69Gaz... I took the liberty of doing you:
That's a crucial component
Me too, all skepticism is thrown out the window right now.
Gaz... I took the liberty of doing you:
Oh my..
bobs...onGaf
Member
Its just not the same. I was going to put the didact symbol only on the left but it looked wrong
Ragnarok Flames
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Anyone have the picture of all of the Halo 4 helmets?
bobs...onGaf
Member
Just so you know this is a bit closer to what I was trying to do with yours - with better text - but meh I suck at mucking around with this stuff.
I am just not creative enough to think of a interesting way to distort or add a logo to a Mutant Nina's face
Hydranockz
Member
Could someone please distortify my avatar please?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Haha, that's pretty cool what you guys are doing with your avatars.
That's interesting, and it's making me wish I had read more books so I could figure out why you think that...
Why even bother telling us, nobody cares. If you're gonna go dark, fucking just go dark.
That's interesting, and it's making me wish I had read more books so I could figure out why you think that...
Why even bother telling us, nobody cares. If you're gonna go dark, fucking just go dark.
Ragnarok Flames
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Thanks. This is usable. but i thought there were more helmets.