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[senador]

But he never mentioned the helmets...

Press Release says:

"Also included in the “Halo 4” War Games Map Pass are two unique in-game helmets (‘Scanner’ and ‘Strider’) that feature new geometry, and an exclusive in-game emblem (‘Falcon’). The “Halo 4” War Games Map Pass is included as part of the Xbox 360 Limited Edition “Halo 4” Console Bundle."

Then Ellis corrected and said LE of the game. It console. That implies helmets and all IMO. Guess we need more clarification.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

My name is Lt. Barlow and I'm putting together a special team, and I need me eight soldiers. Eight HaloGAF soldiers. Now, y'all might've heard rumors about the armada happening soon. Well, we'll be leaving a little earlier. We're gonna be dropped into GAF, dressed as civilians. And once we're in enemy territory, as a bushwhackin' guerrilla army, we're gonna be doin' one thing and one thing only... killin' Juniors. Now, I don't know about y'all, but I sure as hell didn't come down from the goddamn Smoky Mountains, cross five thousand miles of water, fight my way through half of Sicily and jump out of a fuckin' air-o-plane to teach the Juniors lessons in humanity. Junior ain't got no humanity. They're the foot soldiers of a Competitive -hatin', mass murderin' maniac and they need to be dee-stroyed. That's why any and every every son of a bitch we find wearin' a junior tag, they're gonna die. Now, I'm the direct descendant of the mountain man Jim Bridger. That means I got a little Injun in me. And our battle plan will be that of an Apache resistance. We will be cruel to the Junior, and through our cruelty they will know who we are. And they will find the evidence of our cruelty in the disemboweled, dismembered, and disfigured bodies of their brothers we leave behind us. And the Junior won't not be able to help themselves but to imagine the cruelty their brothers endured at our hands, and our boot heels, and the edge of our knives. And the Junior will be sickened by us, and the Junior will talk about us, and the Junior will fear us. And when the Junior closes their eyes at night and they're tortured by their subconscious for the evil they have done, it will be with thoughts of us they are tortured with. Sound good?

I read this whilst listening to the A-Team theme.

MY GOD.

 

[Tashi]

343 shenanigans

???

 

[L0GIKILL]

So Junior = Nazi? Nice

 

[TheOddOne]

So Junior = Nazi? Nice

Then that must mean I am... I feel bad now.

 

[feel]

Guess we need more clarification.

You better grab a seat..

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Preview footage of FuD episode 4. Only about a minute long and gives a nice shot of a camo elite.


Spoilers: They look awesome.

Nice! I want a gif of that Elite killing that person, so terrifyingly good.

Extraction gameplay:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuhp2n_extraction_videogames?start=97

Mock if old

Hm, looks interesting. It could be fun it seems, looks like it mixes territories and something slightly fresh together.

Well I think it's never been more clear how different 343's vision for what Halo is differs from Bungie's, at least from a feature standpoint. The suite of modes and support options Bungie built up and sustained through their games is getting token treatment or gutted.

-Campaign scoring removed.
-Campaign and Spartan Ops theater removed.
-No new multiplayer theater features.
-Forge functionality marginally tweaked from Reach, objects heavily reused.
-Custom options pared back.
-Skulls identical to Halo 3, ODST, Reach, with no new content.

343 put their resources into reinventing Halo's core experience, into the story, and into player progression. I can respect that, it's a huge unertaking. (Will revise after playing the game, of course.) But the surrounding, supporting modes and features are neglected or cut.

I'm up taking pain killers because my legs are sore from my workout. So I'm grouchy. But goddamn are these things adding up. I joked that the OT thread title should be "Master Chief Responds to the Call of Duty", but it fits.

Yeah, its incredibly frustrating. I can maybe understand why SP theater was cut.. Im going to assume it was a technical limitation that they couldn't work out in time. But the others? I can't really see how hard it would be to add SP scoring, some new skulls or past staple gametypes. Its just weird, feature parity is a staple of Halo, same with user control but they seemed to strip those ideas out quite a bit.

Why are video game nerds so sensitive to anything being partially reveiled in a commercial? How else are they going to advertise? The point is to show stuff that happens but have you buy the product to see the really great parts for yourself. Just like a movie trailer. Contrary to what you all think, 343 and microsoft are doing this for casual people, not you guys. Get over yourselves or stop watching.

Well, to be fair, some movies show all their money shot and pivotal plot points in trailers and same goes for games. That said, I thought the trailer was fine spoiler wise... It could have been edited to be more interesting though.

Major Nelson just put up details on the Season Pass with NEW MAP PACK DETAILS.

http://majornelson.com/2012/10/24/announcing-the-halo-4-war-games-pass/

Control+F "Covenant"

Hmm. I mean they sound cool, but they sound like a lot of UNSC industrial settings. Maybe the art pass will be unique though. I love the release time frame and its pretty cool that it seems at least one map will be set on Harvest.

 

[MaDGaMEZ]

I see that now. Does that mean they got the helmets added to the LE after poor feedback? That is great news if so.

Can we please get official confirmation on this one peice, it will make a difference on whether alot of people get the LE or not?

This is what happens when you have a bunch of pre-order stuff and not a clear explanation of what comes with what. Even bsangel tried to cover it in a bulletin and still managed to get somethings wrong or not clarified.

 

[Zoolader]

Then that must mean I am... I feel bad now.

You should, you are like the leader of the nazi's.

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

That preview for episode 4 is awesome and so is the map release structure.

19 maps by April? Good god, this is going to be glorious.

 

[Hitmonchan107]

Also Everett Gresham (MS dude) posted his OST Remix track.
http://www.epicwins.com/blog/2012/10/24/neil-davidge-revival-edg3-remix.html

This is amazing. One of the best non-official remixes so far.

 

[Reagan's BR]

I read this whilst listening to the A-Team theme.

MY GOD.

Nice choice. Try this one too.

 

[The P of Poland]

Preview footage of FuD episode 4. Only about a minute long and gives a nice shot of a camo elite.


Spoilers: They look awesome.

Very nice. Something to look forward to on Friday.

 

[VanquishUK]

Concept art for the upcoming maps is glorious

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=FAB4B8088A70F52!3819

 

[blamite]

They're really only discussing the aesthetics of the map. They could only have concept art for all we know. I'm sure they're not "already done".

Oh, I don't mean to imply that I think the maps themselves are already done or anything, I just get the impression that at the very least, the environments are set and the scale and primary features are most likely known. I like the idea that 343 could still react to player feedback on the kind of maps DLC would include. Like how everyone hated the low-G section of Zealot at launch so Bungie and 343 decided not to - oh, right. Yeah. But it'd be nice if that kind of thing didn't happen.

 

[Reagan's BR]

Concept art for the upcoming maps is glorious

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=FAB4B8088A70F52!3819

The one with water better mean we are finally getting a boat.

 

[NobleGundam]

Then that must mean I am... I feel bad now.

"TheOddOne Has Returned."

 

[Redford]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arcEMNznui0

Elite looked great.

FUD is doing a really good job at conveying the confusion and weight of Human/Covenant contact. We've seen it a thousand times in other invasion movies, but not really in Halo media beyond the books (and especially not in Reach).

Concept art for the upcoming maps is glorious

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=FAB4B8088A70F52!3819

Nice, the 9th one looks like it has at least a little Covenant in it.

Skyline and Harvest stand out. I hope Skyline keeps that rainy, reflective ground texture.

"TheOddOne Has Returned."

Absolutelydisgusting.

 

[Overdoziz]

No Covenant maps in the DLC either.

;_;

 

[Pavaloo]

That new FUD preview looks great! I really love the look of the elites so far. Couldn't stop grinning when

Spoiler

he went invisible and Lasky and co. freaked over it

 

[kittens]

"TheOddOne Has Returned."

Well, that's sure not to offend anyone. :lol

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

They must really want to push the fact that this is not the human/Covenant war that was covered in the first games. Based on map selection and everything they are really pushing the "this is a new trilogy, the reclaimer trilogy" and that it is Forerunner heavy.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

I've already stated this else where, but the parity of features from previous games means dick to me if the core game sucks. (Reach). The core gameplay looks awesome to me, and that will carry the game further for me, than any of the cut features ever would have.

Agreed 100% 343 has climbed a pretty big mountain in coming close to what it took bungie 5 games to do. I don't agree with a lot of the decisions taken - but it doesn't matter - I imagine the gameplay is good enough to make the end result a halo game worth playing... Something we haven't had for a long time.

 

[Zoolader]

Concept art for the upcoming maps is glorious

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=FAB4B8088A70F52!3819

Nice find, that picture titled "skydive" has the exact setting of Waterworks.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Concept art for the upcoming maps is glorious

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=FAB4B8088A70F52!3819

Covenant+UNSC map?

 

[DeadByDawn]

Concept art for the upcoming maps is glorious

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=FAB4B8088A70F52!3819

I agree. Shatter looks fantastic, that's my favorite one.

 

[Shake Appeal]

I've been busy with work and haven't been able to keep up with the thread. What's everyone most disappointed about lately?

 

[TS x Massacre]

Concept art for the upcoming maps is glorious

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=FAB4B8088A70F52!3819

I... I love it.

 

[senador]

They must really want to push the fact that this is not the human/Covenant war that was covered in the first games. Based on map selection and everything they are really pushing the "this is a new trilogy, the reclaimer trilogy" and that it is Forerunner heavy.

Makes total sense. I just hope they get some nice color going on in the next maps.

Covenant+UNSC map?

Looks like space elevator wreckage that is Covenant?

 

[Raide]

I've been busy with work and haven't been able to keep up with the thread. What's everyone most disappointed about lately?

Lack of Cheesecake

Spoiler

and no Campaign Theatre.

 

[Overdoziz]

Map pack one:
Harvest

Landfall

Monolith

Map pack two:
Outcast

Skyline

Daybreak

Map pack three:
Perdition

Shatter

Wreckage

Looks like there's at least the hull of a Covenant ship on Wreckage.

 

[Ramirez]

The concept art is fantastic, so that first image we so months ago was Harvest? Awesome.

I've been busy with work and haven't been able to keep up with the thread. What's everyone most disappointed about lately?

No campaign theater, no campaign scoring, & the gameplay trailer was underwhelming.

 

[Portugeezer]

If people use Prometheus Vision in CTF, how can I sneak to the flag?

The Wetwork specialisation doesn't even counter it properly apparently, you can always been seen. FUUUUUUU!

 

[feel]

I've been busy with work and haven't been able to keep up with the thread. What's everyone most disappointed about lately?

No Theater in Campaign.
No Scoring in Campaign.

 

[Vire]

If Skyline is half as cool as that concept art...

 

[TheOddOne]

I don't know what to make out of Monolith. It is really... abstract?

 

[Portugeezer]

Edit: nvm

 

[Ramirez]

Hey, maybe you can go inside one of those buildings on Landfall & play on The Pit. /dream

 

[willow ve]

If people use Prometheus Vision in CTF, how can I sneak to the flag?

The Wetwork specialisation doesn't even counter it properly apparently, you can always been seen. FUUUUUUU!

There's no sneaking in flag. Just run in a straight line directly at the flag with unlimited sprint. Turn around run back. All the while thinking about how much fun you had in playing the most successful addition to the Reach sandbox called speedflag.

 

[NobleGundam]

Concept art for the upcoming maps is glorious

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=FAB4B8088A70F52!3819

Oh Wow nice find
Definitely like these concepts.

 

[Reagan's BR]

Thanks over! I'm a huge fan of the Human Aesthetic from H2 and ODST so this is good news for me!

 

[Blue Ninja]

I don't know what to make out of Monolith. It is really... abstract?

Well, since they took away my campaign pan-cam, I'm gonna pan-cam the shit out of that map instead.

Spoiler

Pan-cam's going to be cut, too.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

So, we still aren't getting a true covenant map it seems.

Looks like there's at least the hull of a Covenant ship on Wreckage.

They do look pretty nice, I can't wait to see em in engine.

Also, one more from the MS press site:

 

[Redford]

I don't know what to make out of Monolith. It is really... abstract?

Same with Outcast, although I do like the arch idea.

Hey, maybe you can go inside one of those buildings on Landfall & play on The Pit. /dream

Or the top of Monolith and play Epitaph.

 

[kittens]

Covenant+UNSC map?

Holy crap, that's gorgeous.

 

[squidhands]

But he never mentioned the helmets...

It's the same collection of maps. Either they come with the helmets as a group or they don't, I think people have read too much into the discrepancy.

Concept art for the upcoming maps is glorious

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=FAB4B8088A70F52!3819

Oh shit, Skyline is ODST-themed?! WANT

 

[Blue Ninja]

They do look pretty nice, I can't wait to see em in engine.

Also, one more from the MS press site:

The glorious return of Tombstone?

 

[TheOddOne]

Also, am I seeing the same ship in Landfall and Daybreak?

 

[IHaveIce]

If Skyline is half as cool as that concept art...

! I'm a sucker for urban maps and this is even in nighttime DOUBLE SWEET.

Now let's hope not all maps of this are big team maps

 

[Beckx]

Also, one more from the MS press site:

Okay, now the artists are trolling you guys, too.