Dat slick and smooth UI.
Not this sluggish, chunking piece of shit UI based off the Vista OS that the 360 has.
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Dat slick and smooth UI.
Not this sluggish, chunking piece of shit UI based off the Vista OS that the 360 has.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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I'll reserve judgement until I see both new platform UI's pull dynamic data like movies or apps. That PS4 UI leak is just a game booting up and not the sluggish apps you speak off.
CE pistol would be fine if a serious range nerf was done and it stayed with the kill times as us e.g. Average vs. fastest possible.
Without a range nerf it would suck. With a range nerf it would have a nice place in the current turbo sandbox. Would not compete at long or extreme ranges against BR or DMR etc but could out do shotguns that miss once or a double BR+melee.
Seems like a good fit to me.
PC version did have a range nerf as well as delayed hit scan so you had to follow through shots
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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How was it compared to BR at long and melee distances? Good balance?
Well you could not snipe people with it on BG, was about the same range as the BR in 2 I would say. Also all around I would compare it to the Halo 2 br but with the delayed hitscan it feels a bit like Halo 3 BR because you need to lead shots.
Also really like the lack of lunge in CE's melee system.
PC CE pistol was a great balanced weapon.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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RIP in peace Games for Windows Live, by the way. Seems to currently not affect Halo 2 PC.
Play the PC versionNice, thanks, I must have console CE pistol burned into my brain
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Play the PC version
I'd love to but xblink/connect from Aus sucked all those years ago I fear it would be much the same now.
Hopefully the Steam version hits soon
Off-topic, but Project Spark is having another stream tomorrow/today at 7PM EST. This time they are having one of their devs build a tower defense game from scratch, going over everything he is doing w/ explanations. Should be a good stream. I know a few of you have shown interest in it, and the other stream thread isn't getting much replies.
Bawse.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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From another forum where the photoshop thread rule was only allowed to remove one letter. It had me laughing for a bit.
Alright, which one of you is it?
Same. I liked the fact there was really no lunge to the melee and was just a straightforward punch to anyone in front.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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LOL it's so sad and yet, incredibly funny to watch people who grew with Halo multiplayer on 2/3 see their games get wrecked like CE "diehards" did with Halo 2.
Every Halo game is make or break. Every Halo game has been worse than the last. Every Halo game we talk a lot of crap about because of the wasted potential and poor decisions that should have been obvious with the years of knowledge.
Yet.. deep down we all cling to that glimmer of hope that Halo will be in the spotlight once again. We even go as far as to make excuses about the current Halo's shortcomings in order to sustain the little faith we have in a high quality Halo experience that is unquestionably better than its predecessor.
Why do we do this?
Because we're battered Halo fans.
Hypertrooper
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StalkerUKCG
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Heh, I'm watching stargate sg1 and the tollan homeworld is the UNSC academy from forward unto dawn
Good old Simon Fraser University up Burnaby Mountain in BC... I did my undergrad there.
We get a lot of films up there because it's a unique location. Off the top of my head, Agent Cody Banks, The Day the Earth Stood Still, the new Underworld movie etc.
It's hilarious seeing Jackals sniping from the main library on campus in FuD.
Edit: I think Duji currently goes there as well, I remember he said he won a tournament there.
User 73706
Banned
I've said it before, but they should add in unlockable cosmetic voice maskers. Unlocking the Didact's voice filter, for example.
Yeah it's gotten to the comical level of overuse, like every time you see the same peak in Vasquez Rocks.
NobleGundam
Banned
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=653459
And there goes any hope of Eric Nylund ever writing a Halo book again.
And there goes any hope of Eric Nylund ever writing a Halo book again.
I don't see any world where Amazon getting into the games business is good.
Worked for Sears.
Everybody gets a console! You get a console! You get a console! nVidia, you get.. a shield?
Yeah. Right away at the start of FuD when they show the windmill looking things and then show Corbulo Academy etc. I was like wtf, that's SFU.
I think the campus itself is beautiful and it's architecture is suited perfectly for military or futuristic type films. In Cody Banks, they made it the CIA building, in day the earth stood still, they turned it into huge military building, in Underworld it became the Antigen building. So many films and shows are filmed here in the lower mainland it's probably just convenient. But they definitely overuse the AQ and the steps.
Had I known they were filming though, I'd definitely have driven up and tried to crash the set. Could've met Frankie etc.
If I were the dean or whatever I'd ask them to leave part of their production installed when they left, so when someone else isn't shooting you could have the Corbulo statue just chilling on the quad next to the SG-1 stuff and other sci-fi dressing. Would be a lot of fun.
Demoncarnotaur
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Damn, its too bad.. Halo really could use the guy coming back.
You're right. I wonder if they donate some props to say the film/theatre department or something.
It was funny though seeing they sort of copied the Terry Fox statue that is there and made a copy Corbulo statue somewhat lol.
NobleGundam
Banned
We lose Eric Nylund and get Karen Travis...
I like her Gears novels she wrote but the Kilo 5 makes me cray inside.
At least Greg Bear will still be writing more since the Forerunner Trilogy is a Saga now.
I like her Gears novels she wrote but the Kilo 5 makes me cray inside.
At least Greg Bear will still be writing more since the Forerunner Trilogy is a Saga now.
no bullets hans
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completely unrelated to anything discussed recently, my boss let me check out his Bose noise cancelling headphones while I'm doing a bunch of mindless data entry-type housekeeping.
I'm listening to the Halo 4 OST, and it's like I've never heard it before. Man, these things are rad and holy crap, this soundtrack is full of texture and stuff I'd never heard before.
I'm listening to the Halo 4 OST, and it's like I've never heard it before. Man, these things are rad and holy crap, this soundtrack is full of texture and stuff I'd never heard before.
One plus on Davidge's electronic stuff I give it over O'Donnell is he's much more interested in layering sounds together. His electronic sections have a bit more depth to them, I think.
Deadly Cyclone
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Amazon is doing something big. I feel like we may have a fourth console again.
Demoncarnotaur
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I still think there will be some sort of Halo title or expansion this fall.
There's supposed to be a big game announcement at Gamescom by Microsoft and they keep saying how it will be a huge surprise. So maybe.
I'm still going with a Palmer spinoff by CA. Spartan Ops team may have helped after season 1 ended.
All I heard of was a "unique" exclusive is to be announced and Halo doesn't scream unique anymore.
NobleGundam
Banned
Its looking more and more that way.
Halo: Infinity: SpOps
Spartan Assault
Halo: Initiation Comic
In the Epilogue of Spartan Ops, Dr. Halsey is a hostage under Jul M'dama & Storm Faction with half of the Janus Key. And the other half is in the hands of ONI & The Unsc.
1. Whether Catherine & Jul work together (temporarily) to uncover Forerunner secrets. 2. Staging an act to fool Jul & Storm. Or Both.
"My work SAVED Humanity"
Wondering if the first Prologue Chapter of this New Halo XB1 begins on Earth while telling another side story (Halo 2).
Demoncarnotaur
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It seems likely. I imagine the plot of Spartan Ops Season 2 was morphed into another medium since they said they had a roadmap planned for the future of the story. I hope it doesn't put too strong of a focus on Palmer, or if it does I hope they basically re-imagine her character (and the Spartan IVs).
If so, I imagine it will be ODST style- standalone SP with Halo 4 MP + new MP expansions. Hell, maybe even firefight, haha.
That could be very interesting. I'd love to see some sort of ODST style game where you run after Halsey as BLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUE TEAM!!!
squidhands
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I want a Covenant spinoff where you're the assassin charged with killing Sarah Palmer.
User 73706
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CWIMSONNNNN!
Tha Robbertster
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Will 343 be at Gamescom this year?
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Holy shit, all jokes aside that would be an amazing game. Even if Palmer survives. Imagine ODST but with Elites that are still slightly friendly towards the UNSC or something.. and playing as or alongside the Arbiter.
I want Halo 5 to feature some ex Covenant species working alongside the UNSC (even if we are fighting against other of the same species as well).
I just want a Halo game that doesn't have so many of the weird narrative choices 343 has made since Halo 4. Recapture that sense of adventure, and make Spartans tolerable.. Also, don't ignore the alliance formed in Halo 3 with Elites and other species. I want that epic sci fi space opera feel back with the story.. lets see these alien cultures thriving, interacting, fighting, rising, falling, etc. The Halo universe has a ton of potential, and I really want 343 to tap into it.
Frankie is going to be there, I think?
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