The Henery
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Someone do a FrankerZ head forge art on the big island.
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MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
Went to a buddies house yesterday, loaded up forge island. Put down a bunch of trees. They all cast shadows. Looked good.
And they're animated. I wish they'd let you lay down "patches" of different textures; grass, snow, etc... Like a coliseum wall, but instead of grey, it's sand on one side, or water... Wouldn't have to have an editor for that.
Yes, and for 1st April remove all maps from MM except this one.
inb4 theyannounce ingame ranks on 1st april
Honestly, I think 343 is too much of a corporate studio. Run by people who seemingly haven't ever been in the trenches while a studio was built from the success of their games.
I don't know them personally, but from what I read of Bonnie and Kiki's experience, a lot of it is primarily work at Microsoft in the 90's and then senior management staff during the 2000's. They were either producers, managers, etc.
Not that there is anything wrong with it, but Microsoft has always been to corporate for it's own good. A lot of the people there don't understand true games development and, by proxy, don't understand Halo.
How many studios have we seen get bought by Microsoft and the quality drops? How many are forced to make games they didn't have any passion behind and they suck? I'll use Twisted Pixel, StalkerUKCG gave me a code for the maw which I've been playing and I had played the hell out of splosion man, and after Microsoft bought them, came a ms. Splosion man that was alright but nowhere as good as the original and then Gunslinger, an on rails kinect only shooter that was laughably short.
And it's always like this, after the success of Midtown Madness, Microsoft wanted Angel Studios to keep churning sequels, but after the second one, they wanted to make other games, so because they were a small studio, they decided to get bought by Rockstar instead and became their San Diego branch which made games like Midnight Club and Red Dead Redemption recently.
They wanted the same for Bizarre Creations to keep making Project Gotham games, but even they got tired of Microsoft and rather than be bought out by them, got bought out by Activision.
Not to ramble again, and it's not that the head of the studios are women at all. It's the culture of Microsoft and the nature of games development. If Lorraine Mclees aka Mehve from Bungie was the head of the studio at 343, she would be ten times more suited to run the place and hire people who would be suited for Halo than internal Microsoft employees.
Any thoughts? Am I wildly off base in what I'm attempting to say?
I don't know them personally, but from what I read of Bonnie and Kiki's experience, a lot of it is primarily work at Microsoft in the 90's and then senior management staff during the 2000's. They were either producers, managers, etc.
Not that there is anything wrong with it, but Microsoft has always been to corporate for it's own good. A lot of the people there don't understand true games development and, by proxy, don't understand Halo.
How many studios have we seen get bought by Microsoft and the quality drops? How many are forced to make games they didn't have any passion behind and they suck? I'll use Twisted Pixel, StalkerUKCG gave me a code for the maw which I've been playing and I had played the hell out of splosion man, and after Microsoft bought them, came a ms. Splosion man that was alright but nowhere as good as the original and then Gunslinger, an on rails kinect only shooter that was laughably short.
And it's always like this, after the success of Midtown Madness, Microsoft wanted Angel Studios to keep churning sequels, but after the second one, they wanted to make other games, so because they were a small studio, they decided to get bought by Rockstar instead and became their San Diego branch which made games like Midnight Club and Red Dead Redemption recently.
They wanted the same for Bizarre Creations to keep making Project Gotham games, but even they got tired of Microsoft and rather than be bought out by them, got bought out by Activision.
Not to ramble again, and it's not that the head of the studios are women at all. It's the culture of Microsoft and the nature of games development. If Lorraine Mclees aka Mehve from Bungie was the head of the studio at 343, she would be ten times more suited to run the place and hire people who would be suited for Halo than internal Microsoft employees.
Any thoughts? Am I wildly off base in what I'm attempting to say?
Sadly though, it is impossible for you to win. You don't have enough unique points from any of the top 5 contenders and you're too many points behind. If I did the math correct, it's only possible for vhfive, blood, myself, hydra, yuhas, and cyren to win. Maybe Duncan too, but I'm not 100% sure on that one.
Ms. Splosion man was awesome. You suck.
I was out a long time ago.. I was sitting in 3rd or 2nd to last this whole time. Just happy to finally be making some moves!
I'll try to upload some when I get home after I finish it.
Never said it wasn't. I don't know, I played the hell out of the first and while gameplay was expanded, I didn't think it was as good. I think the game sold less than 1/5th what the original did.
And it's funny I mentioned it, because Microsoft is bringing ms. splosion man soon to iOS and Steam to bring more sales.
Syphon Filter
Member
Seems he is confused about what they are complaining about.
It's ok Josh.
It was referenced to this thread, not sure if it was posted here:
Props for him responding so quickly though.
and:
Sales difference may have been because Splosion Man was on sale for like 160msp one time. Splosion Man was great when I first played it, but I think Ms. Splosion Man stepped it up quite a bit aside from the annoying loading screens. Both are great games and I've played the hell out of both of them.
Syphon Filter
Member
It was referenced to this thread, not sure if it was posted here:
Props for him responding so quickly though.
and..
oops i thought it was another thread.
Poker Face
Member
I know it doesn't seem likely, I just don't know :/. It's gonna be weird not buying Halo games anymore though.
things like this give me hope
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
It was referenced to this thread, not sure if it was posted here:
Props for him responding so quickly though.
and:
Hopefully they do that in Halo 5.
Massive props for just solving the issue headon instead of leaving people in the dark, Josh.
But it seems like he's addressing the correct insensitivity.
I knew the image would offend people who were disabled or handicapped.
A much better picture would have been a master chief in diapers to get his point across. Or Master Chief riding a bike with training wheels. Sure fans would have gone ballistic (they did anyway) but no one would have been offended.
A much better picture would have been a master chief in diapers to get his point across. Or Master Chief riding a bike with training wheels. Sure fans would have gone ballistic (they did anyway) but no one would have been offended.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Baby Chief would be awesome.
User 73706
Banned
Hire Karl and juices for Ranked.
Dibs on Social.
Dibs on Social.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I have internally competing views on the whole thing. I can see how an image like that may be mistaken as offensive but at the same time no intent of that nature was behind it. In fact quiet the opposite if I'm reading things correctly. It begs the question how far should we go to be politically correct. I'm all for fair treatment but everything someone does will offended someone.
The symbol used was a modified variant of the accessibility symbol its intentions are no further mocking the disabled than the image already does. Halo has included a Blind Skull since Halo 2 should the Visually Impaired community be offended?
Props to Josh for apologizing but I think the main issue I have with it is that the subject was not worthy of that kind of backlash (however the "Lighten Up" comment may have been)
Maybe id feel differently if i was suffered a disability that made me wheel chair bound who knows.
The symbol used was a modified variant of the accessibility symbol its intentions are no further mocking the disabled than the image already does. Halo has included a Blind Skull since Halo 2 should the Visually Impaired community be offended?
Props to Josh for apologizing but I think the main issue I have with it is that the subject was not worthy of that kind of backlash (however the "Lighten Up" comment may have been)
Maybe id feel differently if i was suffered a disability that made me wheel chair bound who knows.
It was referenced to this thread, not sure if it was posted here:
Props for him responding so quickly though.
and:
This would be a good solution
It is THE solution to be honest. Both sides get their fill.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Halo 3-style BTB with Equipment and some AAs like Evade/Thruster Pack and Sprint would be nice for Social.
It was referenced to this thread, not sure if it was posted here:
Props for him responding so quickly though.
and:
YEEEEEEEEEEES GOOD MOVES JOSH
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
Have both ranked and social playlists!?!??!! That's some earth shattering shit there 343. Where did you come up with the idea?
Reagan's BR
Banned
Also removing loadouts/perks/etc would help. It makes the game more competitive and makes it more accessible. Understanding that everyone spawns with the same weapon and base traits is a lot less confusing than having a ton of perks and starting weapons to sift through.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
I think they should keep set loadouts for some gametypes/playlists. People like choices.
Yup,now we just need ranks to seperate ranked/social!
This. You mean to tell me that something Bungie did for past Halos that worked well may also work for future Halos? No way.
Yup, hate political correctness as well, but the problem here was the image and then the explanation for it were off. Why do you need to use a symbol for handicapped and disabled people to talk about the ease and accessibility of Halo? My point being a Master Chief in diapers, Chief in a stroller being pushed by Cortana, Chief riding a bicycle with training wheels, gets the point across without offending someone.
Everyone does get offended in a politically correct society, but see it from the point of view of disabled or handicapped Halo fans. They probably also see what the game has become and then you see the image and the justification and it says to them that handicapped people get things handed to them, that things are dumbed down for them etc. I've had the pleasure of knowing people who have disabilities. The worst thing to them, is reminding them of it.
User 73706
Banned
Check last page, I changed my mind on that. :lol
Active Powerups are where it's at. No Sprint, no Armor Abilities, no Armor Mods. It's a much more controlled environment but still enables people to have some different cool shit they can do while maintaining the classic fight for power tools.
Syphon Filter
Member
Is there a reason why Certain Affinity does the maps and not a group from 343?
Probably just easier. 343 focused primarily on the campaign and a few maps. A lot of studios are outsourcing their work these days.
I think Certain Affinity and their history with halo DLC, made it seem like a better choice for 343.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I'm under the assumption that
A. 343i has no internal team in place for that
B. 343i believe that CA do good work
User 73706
Banned
Just throwing it out there: have Certain Affinity get all their future deadlines pushed three months earlier than they normally would. Using these additional three months, have the seasoned competitive veterans such as Bravo tone down the six million power weapons that Certain Affinity assumed were a good idea to put on the map.
What was the image?
Master Chief in a wheel chair.
The Henery
Member
Picked a random page from the Reach beta thread.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393414&page=237
These two posts brought a wry smile
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21077655&postcount=11843
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21077713&postcount=11849
In fact it's kind of sad reading the crazy amount of hype for the Reach beta before it released. Read the optimism back then and compare it to now.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393414&page=237
These two posts brought a wry smile
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21077655&postcount=11843
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21077713&postcount=11849
In fact it's kind of sad reading the crazy amount of hype for the Reach beta before it released. Read the optimism back then and compare it to now.
User 73706
Banned
Guys, HaloGAF local HenryGale needs some help designing a website for his ladyfriend. Let's give him what he wants!
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Because some dude in a wheel chair freaked out because its mocking him or something.
Now we just need ranks so that social and ranked can be separated and we will finally be getting somewhere.