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[Portugeezer]

COD, BF have sprint as toggle, it is impractical to hold even an analog stick.
So most likely you only press with, like in Reach.

Impractical, but Halo is the series in which you had to hold down the stick to stay crouched, no?

I haven't played Reach in a while.

 

[Woorloog]

Impractical, but Halo is the series in which you had to hold down the stick to stay crouched, no?

I haven't played Reach in a while.

Toggle crouch, toggle crouch. Helps so much. Expect when crouch jumps are needed.

EDIT and while running you need to keep the stick pushed forwards, while crouch jump it isn't usually necessary (at least for long).

 

[Gr1mLock]

Eurogamer has a great article up about Keighley and his table of Halo snacks.

(Apologies if old, didn't see it after reading the last 8000 pages since I went to bed.)

Poor dude.

 

[NobleGundam]

Oh my lawd.. Where'd this came from and no Ellis?
---
Also if Halo2: Anniversary were considered a remake officially, finding hidden terminals/skulls/easter eggs will be difficult yet fun. Going past barriers without any mods/hacks is an achievement on its own and would compliment the players(s) by venturing outside of the objective (Procrastinating Spartan) and campaign levels.

 

[Ramirez]

 

[StalkerUKCG]

I finished it (on Normal), with a lot of breaks, in about 8 hours. A GOOD player could shave a couple of hours off that, easy (the first time through).

There'll be 2-hour speedruns in a year or so.

I'm curious how long it'll take me on Heroic. I'm guessing considerably longer.

Am i missing something? Lu Wu already has the game? Go you dude.

 

[heckfu]

I want to play copious amounts of Halo 4 with you, stopping only to nuzzle up against your beard for warmth.

Now how could I say no to that?

 

[Akai__]

oh, didnt see that. but he usually sucks at games, so i guess it will take most people 7-10 hours.

Probably true. :lol

But I hope it will be long enough, so that it feels like 20 hours.

 

[Ramirez]

Am i missing something? Lu Wu already has the game? Go you dude.

Review event prolly.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Amazon or Audible.com

If you think you'll consume a lot of audiobooks, the audible subscription (you can sign up through Amazon) is great.

Thanks. Only issue is Audible is blocked at work.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Review event prolly.

8 Hour long review event? Seems a bit big.

 

[squidhands]

I finished it (on Normal), with a lot of breaks, in about 8 hours. A GOOD player could shave a couple of hours off that, easy (the first time through).

There'll be 2-hour speedruns in a year or so.

I'm curious how long it'll take me on Heroic. I'm guessing considerably longer.

Can you say if Normal is the new Heroic (sorry if you already answered that)? I like a good, fair challenge that makes me feel like a total badass when I make the right decisions. If Normal is like past Halos, I actually lose some enjoyment when mowing enemies down with little to no repercussions.

Thanks. Only issue is Audible is blocked at work.

no smartphone?

 

[S1kkZ]

Probably true. :lol

But I hope it will be long enough, so that it feels like 20 hours.

i take a short campaign with no filler over a 15-20 hour campaign any day. and there is still spartan ops and heroic/legendary.

 

[Beckx]

8 Hour long review event? Seems a bit big.

Frankie mentioned having to supervise a reviewer who spent 24 hours with the campaign, exploring everything.

Very likely they brought many people into Redmond to spend a few days with the game - much like Konami did with MGS4 and (I believe) Rockstar did for GTA4. Don't know if Wu was part of that, of course.

Must be a 4 thing.

 

[Ramirez]

8 Hour long review event? Seems a bit big.

How do you think these events work?

 

[Hypertrooper]

Frankie mentioned having to supervise a reviewer who spent 24 hours with the campaign, exploring everything.

Very likely they brought many people into Redmond to spend a few days with the game - much like Konami did with MGS4 and (I believe) Rockstar did for GTA4. Don't know if Wu was part of that, of course.

Must be a 4 thing.

That guy was Geoff Keighley. lol. Yes. It is true.

 

[TheOddOne]

That guy was Geoff Keighley. lol. Yes. It is true.

Oh, god. Bhahahhahahaha.

 

[Fuchsdh]

How exactly did the Geoff image get out there anyhow? Is it just an unfortunate freeze frame from a video?

 

[StalkerUKCG]

How do you think these events work?

Iv honestly never heard of them until your post, The idea of hosting a 8 hour+ event were people finish the game seems silly to me.

I figured press got sent review copies of the game

Press would also attend 4-6 hour long "playtest" events in which they play MP with devs and other press people so they have news to write about

Some of the bigger people i assume also get 1 on 1 time with the devs and the game guided playtests of SpOps and Campaign missions.

 

[TheOddOne]

How exactly did the Geoff image get out there anyhow? Is it just an unfortunate freeze frame from a video?

Video.

 

[kylej]

playtests are BK bonanzas full of people playing on those maps for the first time and waving around ARs. wouldn't put too much weight on those death locations

 

[Beckx]

That guy was Geoff Keighley. lol. Yes. It is true.

All hyped up on Doritos and Dew, stumbling through Requiem.





^-------is joke. He's clearly not a stupid guy, though decision-making that led to the table of Doritos was perhaps not the best.

 

[YourExWife]

playtests are BK bonanzas full of people playing on those maps for the first time and waving around ARs. wouldn't put too much weight on those death locations

OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

 

[Fuchsdh]

Video.

It looks like someone told an aging Laurence Olivier that he had to eat all the food surrounding him or he could never act again and they'd kill his puppy.

 

[Tashi]

Wu, pot calling kettle black much?

All hyped up on Doritos and Dew, stumbling through Requiem.

Nah he was super busy on the phone. I wonder if whoever was on the other end of the line heard the wild cheering and cursing during the MP session hahahaha

 

[Poker Face]

8 hours with a lot breaks seems pretty short.

 

[YourExWife]

Wu, pot calling kettle black much?



Nah he was super busy on the phone. I wonder if whoever was on the other end of the line heard the wild cheering and cursing during the MP session hahahaha

I would rather a reviewer actually spend that amount time engrossing themselves in the game and everything about it. Would surely put a damper on many of the superficial types of reviews we get so often for games nowadays.

 

[neoism]

All hyped up on Doritos and Dew, stumbling through Requiem.

hopin for a doritos bag in the game I hope the game has alot of secrets and easter eggs

 

[Akai__]

i take a short campaign with no filler over a 15-20 hour campaign any day. and there is still spartan ops and heroic/legendary.

That's what I meant. Short campaigns can feel very long, if they are awesome.

Looking forward to play it and to explore every corner, if the game allows us to. Always loved that in Halo, except in Reach.

 

[Tashi]

I would rather a reviewer actually spend that amount time engrossing themselves in the game and everything about it. Would surely put a damper on many of the superficial types of reviews we get so often for games nowadays.

Yea you would but Geoff Keighley is a fuckin rockstar.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

8 hours with a lot breaks seems pretty short.

On Normal? Not particularly. I'd think Heroic (the way Halo is meant to be played) would push you over 10, which is solid for a shooter campaign.

 

[Louis Wu]

Am i missing something? Lu Wu already has the game? Go you dude.

Nope, Review event, as mentioned. It was a 2-day event (total of 25 hours of actual time-I-could-have-been-playing). I took food breaks, but I came when it started and left when it closed down. I think it probably broke down to about 8 hours in Campaign, 5 hours in Spartan Ops, and the balance in Multiplayer.

Can you say if Normal is the new Heroic (sorry if you already answered that)? I like a good, fair challenge that makes me feel like a total badass when I make the right decisions. If Normal is like past Halos, I actually lose some enjoyment when mowing enemies down with little to no repercussions.

I'm not sure it's the new Heroic - but this was the first game I started on Normal, and I didn't find it much easier than previous games... so maybe it is. (I definitely found the Prometheans challenging during that first run-through; I would have been frustrated, especially at the end of a long day, had it been much harder.)

Wu, pot calling kettle black much?

lol

 

[willow ve]

I'm not sure it's the new Heroic - but this was the first game I started on Normal, and I didn't find it much easier than previous games... so maybe it is. (I definitely found the Prometheans challenging during that first run-through; I would have been frustrated, especially at the end of a long day, had it been much harder.)

Was it difficult due to the number and interactions of enemies or difficult due to gimmicks in the AI (ie: they dodge shots or have impossibly accurate snipers)?

Did you try noob combo on the Prom Knights?

 

[squidhands]

playtests are BK bonanzas full of people playing on those maps for the first time and waving around ARs. wouldn't put too much weight on those death locations

It's not a one-time test where they pull hobos off the street, but you already knew that. However, I will concede the heatmaps will probably look a bit different once all the xbl asshats get into their groove.

I'm not sure it's the new Heroic - but this was the first game I started on Normal, and I didn't find it much easier than previous games... so maybe it is. (I definitely found the Prometheans challenging during that first run-through; I would have been frustrated, especially at the end of a long day, had it been much harder.)

I am so excited to fight some new enemies for a change (Skirmehshers, lol). This game needs to be in my face now.

 

[kittens]

I'm not sure it's the new Heroic - but this was the first game I started on Normal, and I didn't find it much easier than previous games... so maybe it is. (I definitely found the Prometheans challenging during that first run-through; I would have been frustrated, especially at the end of a long day, had it been much harder.)

Wait, so you go to play through it more than once?

This is how I feel right now:

 

[Tashi]

Wu how long did it take you to beat Reach on heroic the first time compared to the 8hrs for 4. And you sure it was 8 for you? Thought it was closer to 9 lol.

 

[feel]

We're so close now!

Woot!

 

[YourExWife]

Yea you would but Geoff Keighley is a fuckin rockstar.

Well, obviously, there are *some* exceptions.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

8 hours sounds good. That means it will probably match or be close to my Reach legendary time of 10 hours first time through.

Can't wait.

 

[Tashi]

Well, obviously, there are *some* exceptions.

The others were playing the game pretty much non stop though if that makes you feel any better lol

 

[Korosenai]

That guy was Geoff Keighley. lol. Yes. It is true.

I would do the same thing.

"Im not too familiar with Halo. Sorry, but this may take me about a week to finish."

 

[Overdoziz]

8 hours sounds good. That means it will probably match or be close to my Reach legendary time of 10 hours first time through.

Can't wait.

I think I played through Reach in 7 hours on Heroic the first time. Definitely doing Legendary this time around as 7 hours is a bit too short for my taste, plus it was too easy. Around 10 would probably be the sweet spot.

 

[kylej]

It's not a one-time test where they pull hobos off the street, but you already knew that. However, I will concede the heatmaps will probably look a bit different once all the xbl asshats get into their groove.

Irrelevant. People naturally want to run around and explore the maps in playtests, hence people dying all over the place. Map flow and death choke points have nothing to do with asshats on XBL.

Then again all the spawns in Halo 4 are random like COD so maybe it will be all over the place.

 

[kittens]

I have absolutely zero concept of how much time it has taken me to play through Halo campaigns for the first time. Eight hours doesn't sound like much, but if that's typical, then sweet.

And yeah, I'll definitely be going with Heroic. I was skeptical that Normal would really be that hard, and Wu's initial impressions seem to confirm my suspicions.

 

[Louis Wu]

Was it difficult due to the number and interactions of enemies or difficult due to gimmicks in the AI (ie: they dodge shots or have impossibly accurate snipers)?

Did you try noob combo on the Prom Knights?

Can't really talk about specifics, I don't think (until November 1), so I'll have to leave this alone.

Wait, so you go to play through it more than once?

Oops, sorry. I COULD have played through it more than once; my time was my own. I chose to play it once, and move on to other parts of the package.

I just meant I expected my next playthrough to be a little easier, now that I know what to expect in certain places.

Wu how long did it take you to beat Reach on heroic the first time compared to the 8hrs for 4. And you sure it was 8 for you? Thought it was closer to 9 lol.

My notes say I started the first cutscene at 9:23am, and the credits kicked in at 5:36pm. I could be doing the math wrong, but that seems like 8:13 to me...

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

I have absolutely zero concept of how much time it has taken me to play through Halo campaigns for the first time. Eight hours doesn't sound like much, but if that's typical, then sweet.

And yeah, I'll definitely be going with Heroic. I was skeptical that Normal would really be that hard, and Wu's initial impressions seem to confirm my suspicions.

Wu was too busy making his list and checking it twice. He wasn't really "focused" on Halo.

Spoiler

<3 Wu

 

[Moa]

Images may contain spoilers - avoid images of discs, all depends on your knowledge of the Halo Universe.

Halo 4 Limited Edition Soundtrack Unboxing - The Little Moa - POSSIBLE SPOILERS
Halo 4 Limited Edition Soundtrack Unboxing - LittleEnglishHaloBlog (Flawless Cowboy) - watch his, I don't talk. - POSSIBLE SPOILERS

Cover of the Limited Edition
Image of the exclusive Halo 4 Avatar Tee Shirt
Exclusive Artwork of Halo 4 from Neil Davidge himself
Front of the case for the Limited Edition Soundtrack Vinyl
Back of the base for the Limited Edition Soundtrack Vinyl
Side A of the Vinyl (Master Chief)
Side B of the Vinyl (Cortana)
Making of Halo 4 Music Book
Halo 4 Music Book opened up, Disc one on the left contains the Original Soundtrack
Random Image of inside the Making of Halo 4 Music Book
Halo 4 Music Book opened up, Disc Two on the right contains the Original Soundtrack remixes - POSSIBLE SPOILERS
Halo 4 Music Book opened up, Disc Three on the right contains the Making Halo 4 Music DVD - POSSIBLE SPOILERS
Making of Halo 4 Book & All three discs together - POSSIBLE SPOILERS
All the contents of the Halo 4 Limited Edition soundtrack together - POSSIBLE SPOILERS

Yummy.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Not a follower of the longer = better philosophy.
I'd rather a challenging and satisfying 8 hours than frustrating 10.

 

[Tashi]

Can't really talk about specifics, I don't think (until November 1), so I'll have to leave this alone.


Oops, sorry. I COULD have played through it more than once; my time was my own. I chose to play it once, and move on to other parts of the package.

I just meant I expected my next playthrough to be a little easier, now that I know what to expect in certain places.


My notes say I started the first cutscene at 9:23am, and the credits kicked in at 5:36pm. I could be doing the math wrong, but that seems like 8:13 to me...

Gotcha

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Not a follower of the longer = better philosophy.
I'd rather a challenging and satisfying 8 hours than frustrating 10.

Don't listen to the lies she tells you.