Deadly Cyclone
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S60. Same as Kyle. Lowest input lag, and it was less expensive for a bigger set.
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S60. Same as Kyle. Lowest input lag, and it was less expensive for a bigger set.
HiredN00bs
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But what about the dude with the cellphone cam in the barn at night on the VHS player with the tape of the recorded secret beta footage?
Haha, I forgot all about that. That night was amazing
DeadByDawn
Banned
Should I have any hope for the Halo trilogy being announced for Steam at Gamescom? Surely they want Halo there, and it's too soon I would think for anything Halo Xbox One. Halo 3 PC is a big enough deal for Microsoft to reveal it at an event like that, right?
We have one in our loungeroom. It's an LG model, but still amazing! Don't tend to game on it often, but when I do...
feel the burn
in
Sounds sweet. I'm used to my hobbit dwellings though and sitting so close to the screen--doubt I'll ever really use anything beyond a 32" when I get one. For now my 22" monitor pulls double shifts.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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When did any feedback from gamers playing a beta, Halo beta specifically, amount to developer changes for the game release?
I think gamers vs. developers perspectives on public betas are a world apart. Usually betas are for testing netcode, matchmaking, gitches, map exploits etc. I don't think I've seen a Bungie beta where the release game took in most of the community feedback?
Am I wrong here?
You're wrong. Reach changed the DMR bullet count, speed, jump height. Just off the top of my head.
Halo 3 beta had visual changes to the bubble shield, hog was nerfed, trip mine nerfed (rip)
Gears 3 beta changed a lot, including layouts of maps.
nillapuddin
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no shit, I remember Reach Beta was like walking in molasses.
#neverforgetpowerhousejumpfail
#neverforgetpowerhousejumpfail
Halo 3 carbine got changed due to feedback from the beta. Valhalla was adjusted due to feedback and players breaking the map.
For Reach, I saw most of the bugs reported on Bungie.net get fixed. I know all of mine got fixed. The jump height and speed changes and clip changes as posted above too.
The rest of it wasn't direct feedback changes per se, but made because of beta data they had, like heatmaps and such. I think there was actually a mid-beta change to Invasion with the weapons available to Spartans to give Elites a better chance to get past Phase 1. But they also do it for the reasons you stated.
I wouldn't ever expect a game to entirely shift from a beta, mostly because you're only seeing a small slice of it. And by the time you hit beta, the game's overall systems are fairly set.
give me back beta focus rifle so i can pin hogs against doors again plz
Halo 3 also made the hills less opaque between beta and final.
They also added an actual throwing animation for equipment between beta and final. In the beta it just popped out of your chest in the first person.
Anything over 32" and my gaming takes a serious hit. I would rather sit closer than have a bigger screen. Those are the benefitsfof having a dedicated gaming tv in a home office.
For all other visual entertainment it's 47" minimum.
Steelyuhas
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RIP Halo 3 Carbine
Still maintain that I preferred the weapon sandbox balance of the Reach Beta to the final game. The pretty significant nerfs to pretty much the entire covenant sandbox was a shame.
Still maintain that I preferred the weapon sandbox balance of the Reach Beta to the final game. The pretty significant nerfs to pretty much the entire covenant sandbox was a shame.
Gamescom is most likely if anything. They'll probably end up releasing it on Halo 3's Anniversary.
Gabotron ES
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Anyone know of a Reach fileshare with Reach's unique gametypes?
things like rocket race, 3 plots...
things like rocket race, 3 plots...
I would've suggested my
failed
I also got some here
http://ftzulu.com/matchmaking/
I noticed I just had to fix it.. all the files were gone on my webserver. That was weird.
edit: damnit.. all the file links are broken
edit2: fixed. looks like they added a new directory level at some point
I actually stopped playing Halo as much when I moved to a bigger screen. I just can't keep up on my 46" as well as I could my SD 27".
Or as my friends and I call it,"Matt Damon in SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!"
K
kittens
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An appropriate thing to ask yourself after using the word "Panny".
OdysseusVA
Banned
It's pretty common in the AV forums
FUNKNOWN iXi
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I cannot believe that Halo after Halo movement became slower and slower despite the fans universally saying release after relase how much Halo needs faster movement. Not one Bungie Halo was faster than its predecessor, yet people still give them so much credit even though 343 at least made that base gameplay faster and more visceral.
They are both poo.
Damn that Beta.. Damn it to hell. Would've been a much better Halo 3 with that Carbine.
Yet another tragedy with a future Halo release.. Bungie certainly wasn't making the best decisions either.
Halo 3: Pretty Much Just The Carbine
Although it wasn't startable, so it wouldn't have been in all of MM.
Also..
the Jackals would have had that Carbine too 
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
I didn't play the Halo 3 Beta, how did the Carbine play during the Beta?
Bungie got older and older as they made more Halo games. Maybe they slowed shit down to accommodate for their own dulling reflexes.
So I fully expect Destiny to be turn based by the time it launches.
It had very low bloom, it was basically a death machine. In Halo 3, you can fire the Carbine faster than it's spread can reset, so it has bloom. Part of the nerf was increasing the error reset time as you fired faster, basically giving it more bloom.
Gandhi made a video about sprint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67_E59WDN9I
Truth be told, I haven't watched any of the episodes since 2. :v
Truth be told, I haven't watched any of the episodes since 2. :v
xxjuicesxx
Member
Competitive gaming is dead. Ranks are removed from Halo.
Meanwhile...
DOTA has 95000 watching on JUST twitch.tv doesnt even count the people watching from DOTA TV. A feature Halo should have added years ago, and was on my Wishlist since H3--->Reach's wishlist.
Also DOTA often has less viewers than LoL.
In the shadows of the current juggernauts...
Halo peaks at 28K for another night.
Congrats. RIP Halo 4. You are dead.
Hire Juices.
Meanwhile...
DOTA has 95000 watching on JUST twitch.tv doesnt even count the people watching from DOTA TV. A feature Halo should have added years ago, and was on my Wishlist since H3--->Reach's wishlist.
Also DOTA often has less viewers than LoL.
In the shadows of the current juggernauts...
Halo peaks at 28K for another night.
Congrats. RIP Halo 4. You are dead.
Hire Juices.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Yea the grand prize like wipes its ass with 500,000 dollar bills.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I find it interesting that Steam is quoted at approx. 50+ million members now and these are current stats from Steam games:
Current Players Peak Today Game
291,932 439,990 Dota 2
36,012 63,990 Team Fortress 2
28,295 48,901 Sid Meier's Civilization V
20,532 43,413 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
17,539 30,995 Garry's Mod
12,941 21,629 Borderlands 2
12,533 33,848 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
10,331 43,792 Football Manager 2013
9,800 31,905 Counter-Strike
9,126 28,426 Counter-Strike: Source
I'm not really arguing about Halo population but just point out DOTA2 is a massive freak, like Halo 2/3 was. I find it interesting to compare 50+Mil Steam members against 45+mil XBL subscribers and the games concurrent populations.
When you quote Dota 2 you're quoting a current king of online play. However when you look at TF2 it's pulling double the Halo 4 concurrent users daily. I wonder how the metrics gathering techniques would effect such analysis though. It's freaking impossible to get direct comparable statistics.
Last I heard it was approx. 2.5+Mil.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Hey just keep casualizing your game to the point its a piece of shit though! That'll work!
Nobody likes a competitive game!
Nobody likes a competitive game!
But you forget that MOBAs are way more popular nowadays, even with a streaming service it wouldn't reach tzese numbers
Forget all other metrics, services or games. Stick to Xbox Live. Halo 4 is the 8th most played game on Live. And while you could say early on, it's only 2nd, it's only 3rd, it's now like 8th and dropping and it's only been around 9 months since launch.
There is a reason 11+ million people played Halo 4 and yet, it barely cracks more than 25k people at a time. Once East Coast sleeps, the game is all but dead, going down as low as 6000 people worldwide.
Why is the fan base not playing Halo 4? Why are more people playing two CoD's, Battlefield 3 over Halo 4?
There is a reason 11+ million people played Halo 4 and yet, it barely cracks more than 25k people at a time. Once East Coast sleeps, the game is all but dead, going down as low as 6000 people worldwide.
Why is the fan base not playing Halo 4? Why are more people playing two CoD's, Battlefield 3 over Halo 4?
MrGreencastle
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Because Halo 4 is some other thing. It ain't the Halo that all those people wanted to play. CoD and Battlefield are better games that cater to their own fanbases respectfully. Halo 4 hasn't. Change for the sake of it. Probably one of the biggest bait and switches of the series. I'm an idealist, so I have faith that people at 343 will have learned with the next title and get Halo back to being Halo again, but I can't be excited about it. Maybe Destiny will scratch that itch in the mean time.
Well honestly, watching the episodes or not is basically the same thing.
a few Halo thoughts.
First, I don't think Destiny will make or break Halo sales.
Halo 4 still did huge numbers even though late in the cycle and with both COD and Battlefield having hit their strides already a few years ago.
Still, Halo 2014 will emerge facing Destiny, COD, Battlefield and to an unknown extent Titanfall.
So no need to be Pachter to see Halo MP is not gonna do great.
that said. 343i is fully owned. People like Halo. So Halo 2014 will make money. Which is its reason to be, IMO. and releasing it to celebrate X1 first anniversary is a good business move.
As regards to the enjoyment Halo 2014 will procure...well for one thing X1 will provide an overall better gaming experience :
fast launch
easier MP set up ( improved waypoint, improved Live etc...)
easier couch gaming (kinect swaps profiles on the go)
dedis
etc...
so not even having played its MP, it's bound to be better.
as regards to MP content. it's up to 343i to keep growing options or reducing them.
their choice, their burden.
I, for one, would not wish to work at 343i MP department right now. it's the department which has the most to lose next-gen if they don't come up with the next big thing.
regarding SP, I think Halo still has legs. 12/14hrs of "good-old" gameplay with next-gen graphics will sell itself. story-wise...it can't be worse. really, it can't.
Halo 4 was not a total failure. but its story was. utterly.
but Halo being a game, I didn't even really mind although I buy every comics/books.
343i only needs to sell me a better ovarall story and characters and I'm game. and I'm kinda picky as I dig the lore. so I believe the "masses" will apreciate it even more if they are pleasantly surpirsed by a good story.
Destiny will offer an alternative, but we're millions of gamers who can enjoy both games stories. and pay for both games, happily so.
so, in conclusion, I'm happy to let 343i try and hit its stride.
they've put up but one game so far.
and being a fully owned MS studio, they will come up with great tech support all through X1 lifecycle.
with rumors of VR glasses, and a potentially effective Kinect and smartgalss implementation. there is room for innovation and truly bringing Halo to higher skies.
until then 60 for halo in 2014. yeah. just fucking bring it 343i. my rumbling X1 controller will be waiting.
First, I don't think Destiny will make or break Halo sales.
Halo 4 still did huge numbers even though late in the cycle and with both COD and Battlefield having hit their strides already a few years ago.
Still, Halo 2014 will emerge facing Destiny, COD, Battlefield and to an unknown extent Titanfall.
So no need to be Pachter to see Halo MP is not gonna do great.
that said. 343i is fully owned. People like Halo. So Halo 2014 will make money. Which is its reason to be, IMO. and releasing it to celebrate X1 first anniversary is a good business move.
As regards to the enjoyment Halo 2014 will procure...well for one thing X1 will provide an overall better gaming experience :
fast launch
easier MP set up ( improved waypoint, improved Live etc...)
easier couch gaming (kinect swaps profiles on the go)
dedis
etc...
so not even having played its MP, it's bound to be better.
as regards to MP content. it's up to 343i to keep growing options or reducing them.
their choice, their burden.
I, for one, would not wish to work at 343i MP department right now. it's the department which has the most to lose next-gen if they don't come up with the next big thing.
regarding SP, I think Halo still has legs. 12/14hrs of "good-old" gameplay with next-gen graphics will sell itself. story-wise...it can't be worse. really, it can't.
Halo 4 was not a total failure. but its story was. utterly.
but Halo being a game, I didn't even really mind although I buy every comics/books.
343i only needs to sell me a better ovarall story and characters and I'm game. and I'm kinda picky as I dig the lore. so I believe the "masses" will apreciate it even more if they are pleasantly surpirsed by a good story.
Destiny will offer an alternative, but we're millions of gamers who can enjoy both games stories. and pay for both games, happily so.
so, in conclusion, I'm happy to let 343i try and hit its stride.
they've put up but one game so far.
and being a fully owned MS studio, they will come up with great tech support all through X1 lifecycle.
with rumors of VR glasses, and a potentially effective Kinect and smartgalss implementation. there is room for innovation and truly bringing Halo to higher skies.
until then 60 for halo in 2014. yeah. just fucking bring it 343i. my rumbling X1 controller will be waiting.
Hypertrooper
Member
No? Destiny is planned to be released in the first half and Halo X1 comes out in the second half.
Source?
I remember a rumour stating that it was going to be released around 7/7, but Bungie themselves busted that over twitter.
ElzarTheBam
Member
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Yeah I hope it's better than the "turn everyone into Unreal gibs" action District 9 turned into for the back half.
Halo 3: Pretty Much Just The Carbine
Although it wasn't startable, so it wouldn't have been in all of MM.
Also..the Jackals would have had that Carbine too
That's my only issue with the Halo 4 needler--it's just far too effective against you in campaign when there are multiple Grunts that could be firing at you. Love it in multiplayer, although I think with the automatic rebalance it's slightly weaker.
Needler is my trolling weapon of choice at LAN parties. Pink mist of death. Wish it had more ammo in 4.
So they are including a headset after all. Console looks great, but there's no way that thing isn't going to be smudged to high heaven. How did Sony and Microsoft both not learn from last gen on this? The inevitable Slim will probably look way better.
I kind of miss the 3D Xbox logo. Damn you Windows 8 aesthetic.
They throw in an HDMI cable too.
lol, See, I like the new cleaner white and green logo. I don't know why, I thought I'd hate it with how much I hate windows 8, but I think it's prettier.
unfortunately, it's HDMI ONLY. No more standard definition on your xbox :/
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