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Kibbles
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Wait Game mode is a bad thing?
MrGreencastle
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YES! I was just reminiscing over Halo 3 campaign earlier with some friends. Now I can finally play through the campaign again.
Doogington
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EagleBurnn
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The Headless Spartan
LOL. Now I can stop hearing it saying that.
My eyes...there are tears in them
TheOhrenberger
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I ran into that in team throwdown a few days ago on shutout.The Headless Spartan
Ragnarok Flames
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Is ADS going to be in Destiny?
Speedy Blue Dude
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Most likely looking at the guns and their scope.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Well that is a giant turn off.
EagleBurnn
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Hasn't been confirmed but here's a gif that pretty much does confirm it.
edit: made a better gif
It hasn't been confirmed but I think it is similar to Halo. In the ViDoc it shows a picture of the HUD and the reticle looks similar to that of the Assault Rifle.
Well... mostly.
I meant it in the context of how some people were saying that the trade-off of adding FXAA at the cost of Motion Blur was a good move for Halo 4 because it meant 'we would finally get some decent AA.'
To which I would try and explain that we are, in actuality, losing one of two forms of AA in exchange for just one (Arguably better) AA.
So, in the case of going from Halo Reach to Halo 4 (assuming the reason for motion blur's absence was the addition of FXAA + perhaps some other minor post-process effects) we are exchanging two things for one;
In Reach we had motion-blur (which, again, is also technically a form of Temporal AA) and the Temporal-SuperSample TAA (Which I think worked very well in tandem with motion blur, which is why I was, perhaps confusingly, talking about both kinds of temporal AA in the same discussion/sentence) which was exchanged for just FXAA alone in Halo 4.
I mean, this hinges on the assumption that that was this was the tradeoff that had occurred, but I think its a reasonable assumption.
Also, the smoothness of Halo Reach and Halo 3 from their motion blur actually jump out at me.
I play Halo 3 often (and occasionally go back to Reach) and I always appreciate its presence.
(As well as Reach's stellar Still-shot AA)
I do share your sentiment about the validity of 'calling motion blur "temporal anti-aliasing."'
When I first thought about it in that context, it was actually kind of mind-blowing.
Most people don't make that connection. Generally, it seems those people also have a distaste for Motion Blur entirely.
(Perhaps this is because of the many bad implementations that they may have experienced?)
Just as an aside, Tupolev, I assume from your name that you are Russian as well?
The gif is from a video that was titled 'woman abuse' or something and for a long time people believed the bf hit his girlfriend. But it turns out that the woman is some actor/stunt woman or something and she is quite adept at taking/faking punches etc. I saw her other video with the same guy.
Ragnarok Flames
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Am i the only one who is sick of ADS and current Modern shooters (CoD, BF, etc.)?
MrGreencastle
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Demoncarnotaur
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Im gonna guess Destiny does have ADS, but I bet its not has inhibiting to player movement as it is in other games. Also, Im willing to bet that guns with traditional scopes will behave more similar to Halo as opposed to ADS.
Pretty much the main reason I'll never buy a mappack for this game. Don't really want to be stuck playing their main vision for this game, no matter how great the maps look. The occasional appearance in doubles just ain't worth it. Going from Throwdown / Doubles Pro to anything with infinity like settings is shocking.
Doogington
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You know what I just realized? They say Infinity Rumble and Rumble Pro are new game types. I guess they are... but they say "brand new" as if you couldn't have made them already... but you could. They are variants of slayer. Cool you finally made a playlist out of something that's been there since Halo 2. Back to circle-jerking.
YourExWife
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GGs everyone. Gots to sleep.
Steelyuhas
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BF is a good example of a shooter that has ADS that does not inhibit the sandboxy elements of the game.
Nice edit.
Barrow Roll
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Is it over? Where's late night HaloGAF?
Nothing wrong with ADS.
"everyone fucking else"... Well, that would describe what Tawpgun was doing
FUNKNOWN iXi
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OT but Jack Tretton is a boss.
That was one of the most professional interviews I've seen from gaming in a while, even the reporter nailed it. I think you're mistaken.
That was one of the most professional interviews I've seen from gaming in a while, even the reporter nailed it. I think you're mistaken.
Ragnarok Flames
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Except they didn't Unveil anything. just another corporate who wants your money, using BS answers to justify why they didnt show a console
Steelyuhas
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Some of that chat was ban-worthy on GAF.
Is the plastic outside of a console really that important? I mean the dev kits are supposedly just pc towers.
You got the specs, you got the new controller and saw a few games.
Just curious? I mean the wii u was treated the same way. It was just a simple white box that was hidden away.
Unlike a phone which is now a fashion accessory, the console is treated like a piece of home entertainment equipment, no different than a blu-ray player or receiver.
Don't get me wrong, I'd liked to have seen the final build, but it's not important enough to get upset or complain like the folks are doing in the threads.
I might bite on these. Sold my disks a while back. I actually really miss Invasion Boneyard and I haven't played the Halo 3 campaign in a while.
SHIFTYkiwi
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Got all of the mythic achievements in about 5 games of FFA. Too bad the crimson playlist is gone, ive got none of those achievements.
ElzarTheBam
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One of the maps now officially features the 'song of Andy'.
I will explain this tonight.
Hypertrooper
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how long will you stay up tonight? I will be home in 30minutes if you want to play with a scrub.
That sounds like a paywall to me. Nothing unusual here.
Digital Limit
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Glad to hear some of the more vocal gaffers are enjoying themselves for once.
Hydranockz
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There was a crazy amount of HaloGaf on last night. Ended up just playing with my Irish bros because other parties were getting too big. So many different groups. Would have been great to get randomly matched up.
Have to give 343 props for bringing in some FFA again. Halo 4 has been without it for too long since the last real FFA playlist, Throwback FFA. The maps seem to be playing ok, but once again the usual suspects are taking there toll on me. Boltshot in FFA is a secondary everyone has equipped, and you see it countless times a game, and it just gets boring. Another issue is the return of the sprint double pummel combo that ran rampant in Reach. Thanks to no radar, a lot of people can get away with doing this tactic, and it sucks. I personally don't think FFA has ever been good with no radar.
Overall though, I enjoyed myself for the majority of the games I played, and had a lot of fun on the maps. I said earlier in the thread I would not be buying them, and I have yet to do so. I got to play them thanks to my brother.
I would honestly recommend purchasing them, and I will be when I get the money. Good job 343.
EDIT: Does HaloGAF have an xbox account we can all add and find each other through?
Overall though, I enjoyed myself for the majority of the games I played, and had a lot of fun on the maps. I said earlier in the thread I would not be buying them, and I have yet to do so. I got to play them thanks to my brother.
I would honestly recommend purchasing them, and I will be when I get the money. Good job 343.
EDIT: Does HaloGAF have an xbox account we can all add and find each other through?
Given the last map pack being pretty bad, and the TU being incredibly underwhelming, I would say it was fair to say I wouldn't be putting any more money into Halo. However, there is no denying that these maps are tiers above what we have seen from 343/Certain Affinity so far, and that they deserve credit for it.
Hopefully it lets them know that this is what they should be making in the future.
EDIT: Also we got more FFA. FFA is the shit.
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