Seriously, it's a commendation but not a medal now. why why why
I got 114 in Reach and they go and do this.
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I got 114 in Reach and they go and do this.
Zoso Achilles
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Yeah, definitely got them for free, then went and downloaded them on my roomate's Xbox for free also. Fascinating.
Digital Limit
Member
Well, for some fortunate souls. Not for everyone. My friend sees 800 necessary.
Foolishfellow
Banned
I just don't understand why every map has to look so dull. I think one of the main reasons people keep picking Have, Ragnarok, Exile and to a lesser extent Complex is because nobody likes running around in brown environments all day (Adrift, Abandon, Solace... and pretty much everything else).
I get that they are probably brown to hide the limitations of the Xbox360 but come on. Give us brighter maps please. Halo used to be about all of these unique colors that you encounter. Strange purples, greens, orange deserts, shiny metallic. Now everything is either brown or Tron.
I get that they are probably brown to hide the limitations of the Xbox360 but come on. Give us brighter maps please. Halo used to be about all of these unique colors that you encounter. Strange purples, greens, orange deserts, shiny metallic. Now everything is either brown or Tron.
When you first saw Halo, were you blinded by its majesty?
Digital Limit
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I'd argue that they removed it because once people hit 15, they hide and that's dumb, but if it's a commendation... the fuck.
MrGreencastle
Member
You're right.
Not really. Skyboxes aren't really that intensive where you would gain much performance from dropping them.
2D skyboxes are faster and cheaper to make though.
you think people would just deny free stuff?
Not for me, just checked. Meh
:lol nice
Not really loving the map pack.
Extraction on Shatter seemed ok.
I could get on with CTF on Harvest.
Wreckage.. yeah. I was getting a lot of frame drops on Wreckage, can't say I really had an enjoyable game on it. It's quit fun holding the top area and having people mancannon in and try and remove you, but I think in time people just won't go up there..
None of them really seemed like good Slayer maps, the long sightlines just remind me how much I hate flinch.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
So, does anyone else purposely make their Spartan look dumb on purpose? Because I'm rolling as a Bionicle for kicks:
awww yeah
Well, I mean how close up are you blinded? Is it only at a distance? It may be a map control choice...or something.
awww yeah
Have they ever tested anything in this game?
I would actually like wreckage if it wasnt blinding.
Well, I mean how close up are you blinded? Is it only at a distance? It may be a map control choice...or something.
Digital Limit
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Hahaha. The Xbox 360 can't render all the colors. Too taxing on da hardwares.
343 is clearly not interested in avoiding the pitfall of affecting player behavior through reward mechanisms. Look at 90% of their challenges, or the entire suite of weapon-specific commendations. It's a real mistake, I think, one that Bungie usually avoided (though they made some key mistakes as well) through grouping reward goals into classes in both challenges and commendations.
Harvest teases you with a colorful skybox and then you turn around and see Complex 2.0.
ElzarTheBam
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You should appear online more often!
Also nice talking to you Kittens, sorry I didn't play with you.
MrGreencastle
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Must be just laziness then. /s
He isn't that close, thats from the middle of the map.
VivaciousJazzy
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Anywhere on the map, if you look open side you get blinded. It really doesnt help that they have about 20 spawns that point you right at it.
Yea they're ugly as sin
That is actually pretty awesome. Only because it's meant to be Bionicle-like though.So, does anyone else purposely make their Spartan look dumb on purpose? Because I'm rolling as a Bionicle for kicks:
awww yeah
The P of Poland
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So, does anyone else purposely make their Spartan look dumb on purpose? Because I'm rolling as a Bionicle for kicks:
awww yeah
DAMN, that shit is old school. I remember trying to collect all of those when I was like seven. Even Bionicle was best in the first few editions.
The funny thing is, they initially had the same sort of heavy bloom setup on Haven (link), and the bloom from the open side of that map was drastically toned down for the final release. Dunno why they chose to keep it on Wreckage when somebody at some point knew it was a bad idea and removed it from the best map in the game.
Tried to play with Zalin and Hydra but they weren't having any of it.
Whaaat? I had no idea D: Did you send an invite? Next time for sure!
Demoncarnotaur
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Haha yeah, though to anyone else not making the connection the helmet is still gonna look like crap.
Yeah, those were fun.. I should see if I have any of them saved somewhere.. I know I had the lava one I pictured, and I think I had a blue one with ice picks.
They sent me mine twice so far and I haven't bothered to redeem it.. I should probably give it away now that I think about it.anyone know if its possible to get your specialization priority alpha code resent? I somehow missed / deleted mine.
VivaciousJazzy
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I've actually gotten a few on accident already. The man cannon ones didn't even require a man cannon, it was more like elongated time in the air.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
lol.
bobs...onGaf
Member
That was pretty funny. Damn you.
Eh I dont mind the maps - they came too soon and feel too similar to the disk maps though. I feel really 'meh' playing them. I feel inclined to go for achievements too which is probably ruining it a bit lol. Also I have probably only played a handful of games on Vortex and Meltdown so having more BTB maps is not great.
What annoys me is the fact that I cant even see how many games I have played on each map. On Waypoint it lists Haven, Solace, Abandon, Complex, Adrift and then just 'other' lol
Reagan's BR
Banned
So everyone else gets the maps for free?
Poker Face
Member
Well I was enjoying harvest...until the warthogs and ghosts decided to rain on my parade.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I'm eating while downloading the maps and the main menu music is blasting from my new surround sound. It is so much awesome.
The Real Napsta
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Some of my friends bought them with MS points, do they get them for free too?
Demoncarnotaur
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I'm looking forward to this map, it seems to have potential:
I could imagine it being set across a few ODST/New Alexandria at night inspired skyline rooftops with hazard falls, and most of all no reused art and brown rocks. Maybe it will play more like the types of maps we know, love and want.
I could imagine it being set across a few ODST/New Alexandria at night inspired skyline rooftops with hazard falls, and most of all no reused art and brown rocks. Maybe it will play more like the types of maps we know, love and want.
bobs...onGaf
Member
The aesthetic on these maps: This must be the ugliest map pack I have ever seen - I remember in the past the map packs usually looked really pretty and enticing, but these maps are so drab and lacking colour. I know its not like they are trying to sell the maps on looks alone - but I imagine pretty maps in interesting locales are more likely to be purchased than dull maps are.
The CoD map packs and older Halo map packs always manage to find good looking locations - its like they didn't even try this time round.
CoD has historically reserved DLC achievements to stuff like Spec Ops or Zombies. Why didnt Halo 4 look and learn from that?
The CoD map packs and older Halo map packs always manage to find good looking locations - its like they didn't even try this time round.
CoD has historically reserved DLC achievements to stuff like Spec Ops or Zombies. Why didnt Halo 4 look and learn from that?
BlueScrote
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Shatter is way too big for 6v6. Sight lines seem a bit long for starting with a DMR as well.
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
All I'm looking at is skyboxes and scenery. Can't infer much quality from that.
Lol imagine.
Zoso Achilles
Member
Just got the achievements special delivery and odst by getting a kill from the grave. I died and some dude team killed the guy I was fighting with an AR and the achievements popped. lol
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Yeah, they look really bad. Wreckage could look decent if it had more art going on with the rocks and some variation in color on em, the dust and light looks pretty cool. Harvest looks like it was thrown together using random art assets from SP, but I guess the same could be said about all these maps. Its just so boring. Shatter is the most interesting, but it even looks kinda bland and been there done that due to its layout, structure and similarity to Vortex. Shame, the art for it looked incredible.
I really don't get what happened to these maps artistically, they look so uninspired, but the art was great.
:lol
The sad part is, at this rate you're probably right. So weird, the SP for Halo 4 looks great.. I expected some inspired art on the maps at the very least.
Ughhhhhhhhh
I've gone over it before, but here we go again. Starting players off on uneven footing is an awful decision. Camo with a ranged weapon negates Camo's natural negative, the radar jamming. Camo with a Binary Rifle in an online setting negates the Binary's natural negative, the beam. Now there's an enemy with an instant ranged OHK weapon that can't be seen. Camo as an armor ability is fundamentally broken, yet it is still in the game as an armor ability. We have a new system that rewards players with a RANDOM weapon or powerup. Why don't we give camo as an ability there?
Note: even the personal ordnance is fundamentally broken with it being moderately random.
I've gone over it before, but here we go again. Starting players off on uneven footing is an awful decision. Camo with a ranged weapon negates Camo's natural negative, the radar jamming. Camo with a Binary Rifle in an online setting negates the Binary's natural negative, the beam. Now there's an enemy with an instant ranged OHK weapon that can't be seen. Camo as an armor ability is fundamentally broken, yet it is still in the game as an armor ability. We have a new system that rewards players with a RANDOM weapon or powerup. Why don't we give camo as an ability there?
Note: even the personal ordnance is fundamentally broken with it being moderately random.
The best quote here was something like:
I want rock vs rock, and if my rock is better than yours, I win.
The colour grading's a lot different in the final version, it's certainly prettier, and more colourful. I actually think Harvest's an alright map, there's some good mid-range encounters and it works for 5v5, just about. Not a 'small' map, though, unless you're talking relatively.
Didn't have much time to get a feel for Wreckage but I just remember looking into the overly bright sun, feeling the framerate chug, and have to work out what Extraction's all about.
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