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Halo |OT15| Beta-tested, GAF approved
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Barrow Roll
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He said it's going to keep feeling better, not that it's the only thing that matters, and I agree with him. After playing CoD, every other FPS with ADS and a similar/same control scheme feels sluggish as hell. Could not get into BF Bad Company for that very reason.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Where did you get that impression?
It was a tongue-in-cheek response at the fact that he couldn't talk about Halo in some interviews without mentioning CoD. It just never seemed like he let that part of himself go.
Hypertrooper
Member
First I thought I should have been worried about the campaign, then I read his favorite Halo moment and I was excited. The campaign did not disappoint me, but it felt very enclosed. I am not solely blaming him but his CoD background may be a reason for it.
Goddamnit.
I need to put a cage over my bed or something and lock it so I can't be drawn into it. Downside of working long stretches then sitting next to your bed to use the computer..
So, I ran into a kind of weird bug in CTF the other day.
I'm running the flag back to my base, about to cap it. I step onto the capture plate and for a split second see the flag disappear from my hand as it's about to be capped. At that exact moment, as the flag leaves my hand but before it's captured and we get the point for it, a guy on the other team quits and we go to a black screen. We come back and the flag is gone, I'm standign over the capture plate holding the weapons I had before, same score as before. Turns out the flag respawned back at their base but it didn't have a waypoint over it until someone picked it up again. I rage about not getting my point, game continues, we win. It was weird.
I have a clip of the shenanigans in my file share if anyone cares.
I'm running the flag back to my base, about to cap it. I step onto the capture plate and for a split second see the flag disappear from my hand as it's about to be capped. At that exact moment, as the flag leaves my hand but before it's captured and we get the point for it, a guy on the other team quits and we go to a black screen. We come back and the flag is gone, I'm standign over the capture plate holding the weapons I had before, same score as before. Turns out the flag respawned back at their base but it didn't have a waypoint over it until someone picked it up again. I rage about not getting my point, game continues, we win. It was weird.
I have a clip of the shenanigans in my file share if anyone cares.
It's like he wrote a glorified livejournal fanfic where of COURSE he's the one who is perfect and mature and above everyone else...
...but then goes and writes that trite gossip piece. I don't know, it just seems like an incredibly unprofessional move to pull by calling out individuals at a game studio, the studio hierarchy, etc.
Well, what's the point of being right if nobody knows you're right, right?
Guys, back in the days I loved playing Halo: Combat Evolved either with LAN or online multiplayer on the Xbox. I bought Halo 2 and weren't the biggest fan and then skipped Halo 3, Halo: Wars, Halo 3: ODST and now Halo 4. I bought the novels but I couldn't get myself into the universe or story-telling.
I haven't subscribed to Xbox Live for years but I got 2 weeks free Gold subscription with my Tomb Raider copy and would like to try out a great online game, preferably a shooter - also, I absolutely love MAG on PlayStation 3.
I see the 2 huge ones on Xbox 360 are Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 but they both seem to be very competitive with a lot of little details, perks, upgrades, customisations and what not.
Is Halo 4 worth getting for online multiplayer?
I haven't subscribed to Xbox Live for years but I got 2 weeks free Gold subscription with my Tomb Raider copy and would like to try out a great online game, preferably a shooter - also, I absolutely love MAG on PlayStation 3.
I see the 2 huge ones on Xbox 360 are Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 but they both seem to be very competitive with a lot of little details, perks, upgrades, customisations and what not.
Is Halo 4 worth getting for online multiplayer?
Yes, so long as you like to use the Jetpack with an Assault Rifle and Magnum. Otherwise, no.
Not at this point in the game. The multitplayer feels dead throughout much of the week and unless you buy the Majestic Maps you'll be frustrated at the lack of small maps available in the game.
At this point I can't recommend anyone buy Halo 4. Those of us that already have the game can suffer through trying to make something of it, but no one else should knowingly jump into this game.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Yeah, I read it as something that could apply in almost all AAA studios that are strongly led by their publisher.
I don't know, it'd be fairer if we could all be honest in these senses. I don't have to like his attitude (I don't know what to think, I know so little and am so so so abstracted from whatever working at 343 is like, apart from any hypothesis), but it's good to know where someone honestly stands rather than falsely stands.
What's frustrating here is that the people he may be talking around, assuming this is an actual occurrence, likely aren't in such a position to respond without losing their jobs.
He's able to, not being on their payroll any more.
The Henery
Member
In honour of all the Fiesta talk, one of my favourite Halo 3 montages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMY3BwluEnc
The snipes at 1.20 are ridiculous.
I got a feeling that Fyrewulff would love a video clip of this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMY3BwluEnc
The snipes at 1.20 are ridiculous.
I got a feeling that Fyrewulff would love a video clip of this.
I wonder who will be promoted to Lead Campaign Designer or if they will bring somebody new in.
Also, Sparth.
Also, Sparth.
Halo 4 Requiem concepts.
Cocop!
If so, he would know what we want.
Reminds me, the hired Quinn DelHoyo recently. Somebody from Multiplayer team could move onto the Campaign team. Pls be Kynan.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Oh that reminds me. Halo: Silentium is out next week! I haven't even ordered it yet. Wonder if I can buy a digital copy for my iPad instead of waiting a few weeks for it to be delivered to the bottom of Australia.
Edit. Coolness. Just preordered on iTunes. Just a tad excited to see how it ends
Edit. Coolness. Just preordered on iTunes. Just a tad excited to see how it ends
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Was this confirmed somewhere?
EDIT: Also thanks to 343/Jess for the swag. Nice stuff to come home to.
(That's a Halo 4 shirt there).
No. Just rumoured. The entry on that Steam database has been updated, but there's still no confirmation.
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
Alright, time to come clean. I figured one of you would have noticed by now.
a zoojoo AKA Ian Kerns
M e r k i n M a x
IAN KERN
Now the real question is, just how many alts do I have? We are approaching Mr. Smith levels from Matrix 3. I hope you are prepared.
a zoojoo AKA Ian Kerns
M e r k i n M a x
IAN KERN
Now the real question is, just how many alts do I have? We are approaching Mr. Smith levels from Matrix 3. I hope you are prepared.
Yeah, I ordered it a couple weeks back from Barnes and Noble. I loved the first two books unlike many here, and can't wait to get through the final one. I just hope I get it delivered on the first day...
I know this is not true
RAGE was a fantastic game that had a rushed ending and a limited "open world" considering it was supposed to be an Open-World-Post-Apocalyptic-FPS.
EDIT:ewww, double post
Thanks! I pulled one out of my old avatar collection.
Ok.
Well, I see that both parties seem to be at fault here:
GAF gets called out :LOL
He's complaining about people talking about him when he won't rework his design so it's playable? As for the Grunt thing, it would be a completely different story if it wasn't during a crunch cycle. That just shows that he should probably be working in that drab office that he complains about in the start until he understands what priorities are.
EDIT: So why is he getting upset at the sandbox designer? 343's goal with the sandbox was to have a consistent sandbox across Campaign and Multiplayer(whether or not it is a good idea is irrelevant).
User 73706
Banned
In case anyone was wondering: I talk exactly like I post. I am sick as pointed out about a billion times in the stream though, so I probably sound like a bad kid.
Zeouterlimits
Member
I'm having trouble understanding your post. Are you drunk? {
} Could you rephrase it?It would be inexcusable for Halo CE and 2 to ship without multi, seeing as I can play multi on both of them right now.
What do you think MS is up to with this then? What if the new Xbox is also a SteamBox and they're getting round the lack of backwards compatibility, by putting their best titles on Steam..
This would also explain Don Mattrick's comments recently that they don't consider the SteamBox a threat. They don't consider it a threat because they're shipping a SteamBox!!
I'm having trouble understanding your post. Are you drunk? {
I'm saying the dude should figure out what a normal job does instead of sitting all high and mighty when he has no idea on how to do a normal job let alone be something as prestige as a developer.
There's a good reason that DeeJ asks in all of the Breaking In articles "Work Ethic, Talent, or Experience?" This guy doesn't have a great work ethic, especially when he's burning bridges like this.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I honestly don't even get how the Twitter you posted was a slight against us or a joke at all... Nor do I get what the issue is. Hmm...
ElRenoRaven
Member
It would be inexcusable for Halo CE and 2 to ship without multi, seeing as I can play multi on both of them right now.
What do you think MS is up to with this then? What if the new Xbox is also a SteamBox and they're getting round the lack of backwards compatibility, by putting their best titles on Steam..
This would also explain Don Mattrick's comments recently that they don't consider the SteamBox a threat. They don't consider it a threat because they're shipping a SteamBox!!
Ok I held it together until the cat gif. I fucking lost it there.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Isn't he a hugely successful developer that is seemingly able to work almost wherever he wants?
[Not to defend that Campaign, but that's something just about everyone had a hand in]
Hypertrooper
Member
The problem is, you did not read the post Karl had quoted. TheOddOne quoted some passage of the text, Synder has written. The twitter image has nothing to do with Karl's post.
Except I understood your post wrong.