Demoncarnotaur
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Yup, this weeks Spartan Ops missions were great. Such a turnaround from the beginning of season 1.
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Yes! The pacing was much better. Things flowed smoothly and it didn't feel so rushed! I hope the rest of the cutscenes are like this.
SPACECADET
Member
for those wanting to watch some new grifball that aren't able to play it right now:
http://www.twitch.tv/not_average_joe/new
he's pretty good at it too. does a lot of the scoring.
http://www.twitch.tv/not_average_joe/new
he's pretty good at it too. does a lot of the scoring.
Der Flatulator
Member
I'm back. Caught up on Spartan Ops. Ep 6 & 7 have been great. Episode 7 was super exciting, even solo. Great work Ellis 
Gabotron ES
Member
Just watched the CGI episode OH ME GERD
MrGreencastle
Member
SpOps 7:
I'm so happy they answered my question of whether or not Halsey knew about Chief. I wonder if they'll discuss that more. I'm especially interested in what she'll have to say about Cortana's death.
NobleGundam
Banned
Didn't Know This Existed Until Now<3
Live Halo Orchestra Playing OG Trilogy OSTs
Live Halo Orchestra Playing OG Trilogy OSTs
Been to the show twice, one of which was during E3 2012. There were tons of industry "celebs" there.
Honestly their version of Halo music is one of the weaker parts of the show. Met Tommy Tallarico backstage after winning the Guitar Hero contest the first time I went, he's a cool guy.
Spartan Ops was ridiculously fun tonight. Nutter, Domino and I played the new chapters with relatively low lag and the environments are beautiful.
I've had a reputation of slurping pretty hard but this is way more geared towards my style of play. While Firefight was fun and had its own niche and progression of difficulty, I love having objectives and we get all this shit for free instead of paid DLC.
I am really, really happy with the new season.
I've had a reputation of slurping pretty hard but this is way more geared towards my style of play. While Firefight was fun and had its own niche and progression of difficulty, I love having objectives and we get all this shit for free instead of paid DLC.
I am really, really happy with the new season.
Barrow Roll
Member
Aw man, I missed this. Play through it again with me Heckypoo?
You bet your sweet ass I will.
Only played Episode 1 and despised it, so never progressed further (given all the complaints about later episodes that appeared consistent with my issues from the first), but this post has given me the impetus to give it another shot once exam season winds down in a week.
There are plenty of bugs only in the 1st chapter, but besides them, the chapter was beautiful and it was a very good mission.
And holy shit at the CGI.
Bugs, I had:
- objectives not being displayed
- shield doors not opening, when destroying the "generator"
- shield doors opening, without destroying the "generator"
- Crawlers running against walls or against each other
- Jackal's running into walls
- Elite with Sword disapearing in front of me
And holy shit at the CGI.
Halsey overriding the AI Roland. This was quite funny.
Bugs, I had:
- objectives not being displayed
- shield doors not opening, when destroying the "generator"
- shield doors opening, without destroying the "generator"
- Crawlers running against walls or against each other
- Jackal's running into walls
- Elite with Sword disapearing in front of me
EagleBurnn
Banned
If they're planning on releasing their new Xbox this fall (or even Spring), there actually may not be a Halo announcement at E3. Forza 5 will probably be their big launch title and have all the glory, and whatever the new Xbox does is what MS is going to advertise this year.
And I wouldn't count on another ODST game, 343 has already said that Spartan Ops is filling in those shoes. Spartan Ops is okay, it just isn't different enough from the Campaign for it to "replace" an ODST like game, so I'm hoping SpOps gets a complete overhaul in direction by the next season instead of it just being short snips that play exactly like the Halo 4 campaign, regardless of the story. It's like they're playing it safe. Have fun 343, experiment. Spartan Ops is the perfect mode to make bold moves and they're not utilizing that at all.
VivaciousJazzy
Member
Took only one game of griffball to run into a guy that betrays the whole team on purpose the whole time.
The Infinity sections reminded me so much of Halo 3’s Crow’s Nest.
Overall great episode, with beautiful and varied locale. For the first four episodes, the enemy placements were pretty decent but the last chapter was my least favorite. The chapter followed pretty much the pattern of the first half of the season, just throwing as many enemies at the screen as possible – which is surprising as the first chapters are pretty well thought out regarding placements. Liked that certain sections were devoid of huge direction markers and let me go at my own pace. Other thing I hugely enjoyed was the banter, it was well paced and even poked fun at certain things.
GG Ellis and Co! Can’t believe I’m saying this, but bring on next week!
Overall great episode, with beautiful and varied locale. For the first four episodes, the enemy placements were pretty decent but the last chapter was my least favorite. The chapter followed pretty much the pattern of the first half of the season, just throwing as many enemies at the screen as possible – which is surprising as the first chapters are pretty well thought out regarding placements. Liked that certain sections were devoid of huge direction markers and let me go at my own pace. Other thing I hugely enjoyed was the banter, it was well paced and even poked fun at certain things.
GG Ellis and Co! Can’t believe I’m saying this, but bring on next week!
Blue Ninja
Member
I really enjoyed chapters 2 - 4 from this episode. No endless enemy wave bullshit, some actually interesting locations and dialogue, fuck, it was the first time Spartan Ops felt actually good.
Matchmaking for the first two chapters was on Heroic, though, and the others were on Legendary. Weird.
Matchmaking for the first two chapters was on Heroic, though, and the others were on Legendary. Weird.
In experiences I've played, it's had issues like that, and a problem with the host dominating all game. It's basically Russian Roulette in there hoping to land your hit against one.
Moa
Member
If you match only one other player, the game will automatically drop the difficulty to Heroic.
Or did you have four players on Chapter 1 & 2?
Blue Ninja
Member
Blue Ninja
Member
All the randoms I play with don't even know passing is a thing. They just want to hit stuff with hammers.
You get launched when holding the ball like in Halo 3. Somewhat, atleast.
I actually really hate the fact the game doesnt start a new round when you get a point, as in the two games I played, the team that scored the point is the one who ends up getting the ball again when it spawns. It really should end the round and put us on an equal battlefield, but Halo 4 doesn't like being equal.
User 73706
Banned
Oh hey, so I called (CGI spoiler)
Now we just have to see if episodes 8-11 will be what I predicted.
Halsey overriding Roland.
Now we just have to see if episodes 8-11 will be what I predicted.
Blue Ninja
Member
343 should put a big "USE LT TO PASS'-sign somewhere. Because seriously, nobody fucking knows how it works.
Halo 4 and fairness, lol.
BlueScrote
Member
To be fair, I don't think it's actually mentioned anywhere in game. The first game of oddball I played I pressed every button except LT to try and throw it.
Garrett 2U
Member
Vote Griffball Pro, it starts new rounds.
Blue Ninja
Member
That's what I mean, yeah.
The Librarian
Banned
It's embarrassing that pro is now synonymous with fair and equal gameplay
User 73706
Banned
Did anyone else notice there are like 5 or 6 areas on Apex that have nothing in them but still have pretty expansive, hidden pathways? I guess they're giving us a taste of what future missions on it might be like.
Chapter 1 of week 6 also has an unopened door on the other side. Chapter 3 of week 6 has that big Forerunner door at the end.
Seems like the best way to revisit old places, but still give something new.
The Henery
Member
Haha.
Challenges are busted. No Campaign, weekly, spops or waypoint challenges at all.
ElzarTheBam
Member
A new Bioshock Infinite trailer.
Oh boy, that curiosity, can't wait till it's out!
Also looking forward to SPOPS7 today. Hopefully impressions line up with expectations.
Oh boy, that curiosity, can't wait till it's out!
Also looking forward to SPOPS7 today. Hopefully impressions line up with expectations.
This happened a few weeks ago and I want to say that they had them up by mid-day PT.
Waypoint challenges are a little murky in what they're actually there for. They've only been active during Infinity Challenge's active weeks, so I'd guess we'll see them return once it gets going again. That runs kind of counter to what the name implies, which seems more community-based instead of event-centric. I had hoped it would be a way for them to give incentive for players to play specific playlists without disrupting the normal weekly or daily multiplayer challenges.
Instead it turned out to be a commercial for the Virgin partnership and the challenges themselves were wholly unrelated to the tournament they were promoting. I don't really get it.
HiredN00bs
Member
Anyone else playing Halo 2 before they shut it down? We should have us a GAF play date.
Gabotron ES
Member
Someone has a LIVE trial code, it just ran out and I want to try SpOps so badly
MythicReclaimer
Member
Someone has a LIVE trial code, it just ran out and I want to try SpOps so badly
PM sent.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Holy shit that Spops cutscene gave me fanboy chills.
Who do I have to pay and how much to get more cutscenes like this? Just cutscenes. Name your damm price. =/
Who do I have to pay and how much to get more cutscenes like this? Just cutscenes. Name your damm price. =/
Gabotron ES
Member
Gracias
The framerate in Halo 5. Deal?
Has 343 or Bungie ever commented on framerate issue in Halo games? Be it on Forge maps, developer maps, in campaign, splitscreen, whatever. I don't recall any instance at which either company has acknowledged any of the issues. Maybe my memory is hazy.
Yeaaaaaap. I've been playing on and off. Finally got 1000/1000GS the other day. But yeah, I'm down if we do something.
When does it get turned off again?
Computer
Member
Was anyone else hoping that a promethean knight was going to decapitate Sarah Palmer or was it just me?
Not that I can recall. Maybe Fyre remembers something.