Hypertrooper
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Movie has some great effects and cinematography. Writing sucked.
I think if the rumours are true, it could be a marketing flick. Nevertheless call me excited.
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I think if the rumours are true, it could be a marketing flick. Nevertheless call me excited.
YourExWife
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Did you see Peaches run SM64 16-star with one hand? So badass.
EDIT: Also the Co-op Goldeneye? WR run insanity.
Hypertrooper
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That Super Metroid race was so good.
That, the blindfolded Punch-Out games, and F-Zero GX are the must-watches of the event imo.
YourExWife
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Yeah my roommate and I watched the full thing and were so engrossed. Going back through the Punch-Out runs now...nostalgia overload.
So, we are allegedly getting a feature length Halo project produced by Ridley Scott and written by Paul Scheuring. What?
Is that separate from the Halo TV series by Spielberg, or did the project change hands and scope? Either way, here is a thread for it.
Waiting for Frankie to come in and say "nope".
That's nice to see that much money raised for charity. I only watched the halo 2 thing, anyone got links for the rest of it?
http://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/1ui4dn/agdq_vods_thread/
They knocked it out of the park this year. Can't wait for SGDQ.
Thanks for that, I just watched that five minute super Mario world run wow I couldn't do that.
Where are you guys getting the hundreds number? Remember the Chief got back to Earth on Gettysburg not Ascendant Justice. They took some Huragok but not hundreds or thousands.
The other point with ODST was that Virgil knew what the Covenant were looking for--it's indercut by the fact players did since there were on Delta Halo but it still makes sense.
As for not acknowledging the events of First Strike that's entirely Bungie's fault. They treated the books as second class citizens until basically Reach.
VanquishUK
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Damn, he fell asleep before the first mission even began.
Hypertrooper
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The art is bad. So bad. And I can deal with a lot of things. A shame. I had high hopes. (Especially since the Mass Effect comics had better art and Witcher comic looks damn good)
What happened to the scout helmet? Heck the blue solider doesn't even have a visor most of the halo 4 armor is ugly i mean look at the infiltrator variant:
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I knew the blue one was a girl from the legs that say's a lot, also whats up with her torso?
Must have joined up after doing your tattoo
.aHebrewMenagerie
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Great to hear about those speedruns, it always makes me feel warm and fuzzy in my heart when the gaming community, with it's constant petty arguments, it can band together and do something like this for a good cause.
Slightly Live
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Escalation is good despite the art.
Seriously, just fire the artist for the next run. They have no place tainting Halo media with seriously sub-standard hand spasms disguised as art.
343, if you want folks to believe you respect the universe, you need to actually respect it by trusting it to those with certain higher standards than the Escalation artist. Either you are rushing the artist resulting in sub-standard shit or he's not up to par.
I keep thinking Palmer is wearing a toilet seat as her chest piece.
Remember when Halo comics didn't look like ass?
That is not a one-off panel either.
Seriously, just fire the artist for the next run. They have no place tainting Halo media with seriously sub-standard hand spasms disguised as art.
343, if you want folks to believe you respect the universe, you need to actually respect it by trusting it to those with certain higher standards than the Escalation artist. Either you are rushing the artist resulting in sub-standard shit or he's not up to par.
I keep thinking Palmer is wearing a toilet seat as her chest piece.
Remember when Halo comics didn't look like ass?
That is not a one-off panel either.
Zeouterlimits
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Holy smokes.
Slightly Live
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Not quite.
Also Spartan II's > Spartan IV's.
Dunno what 343 was thinking when they brought in the Fours, other than "Well they act like undisciplined dudebros with terrible personalities - maybe our target audience can relate?".
Funny, the Spartans in Halo Wars are probably the best representation of Spartans as a whole, in the field, acting like a team, in any media.
Those machines immediately reminded me of these guys. And that art is really good!
Slightly Live
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I think it was 343 trying to make them more grounded and maybe relateable. These guys are just normal soldiers, the best of the best that have survived the war and given special medicines, drugs and power armour.
They aren't special. They aren't iconic. They are fodder, rainbow power ranger stand ins. That's where 343 have failed story wise. They took something iconic and made it common. Lessened it. I look at a game like Spartan Assault and I don't think it as one bad ass warrior against a army, but a terrible marketing vehicle for a terrible character no one likes shoehorned in.
Palmer isn't a badass like the Chief. Neither are the Fours. They failed experiments in marketing and should be thrown into the sun along with Requiem.
bobs...onGaf
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What? Even the art sucks now? How the hell have they managed to screw that up? What is the story like for Escalation?
Funny, the Spartans in Halo Wars are probably the best representation of Spartans as a whole, in the field, acting like a team, in any media.
So glad their returning mark IV is the best looking armor as well, actual competent spartan's will be a shock after IV. Maybe have the IV's be actual characters not poor imitations of Spartan II's and III's.
Is what I think of as spartan's not the IV's
Marvel art is so much better than dark horse.
Exactly. What made the Spartans special was their uniqueness. That was the entire crux of Chief's character throughout the original trilogy. There was this one of a kind soldier that stood taller and fought harder than anyone else, making him the most important person alive. Knowing that when playing campaign felt awesome, that you were the most powerful person in the game. Now that any poorly-written doofus can wear armor, that sense of awe has been taken away. At least for me.
bobs...onGaf
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I wish the Spartan 4's where at least supposed to be tactical and smart. The kind of stuff you hear modern day seal teams pull would be amazing to watch/ play. Yet for some reason we have people running at the enemy firing shotguns in the cut-scenes.
Slightly Live
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It is, essentially, Spartan Ops season 2. It continues after Frankie threw Requiem into a sun.
It's also hilarious how no one talks about Master Chief, even in passing. This guy that comes back from the dead again and saves the Earth again - there should be fucking parades and shit in his honour. Something. Some kind of recognition for the main that stopped the greatest war the galaxy had ever seen and the one dude responsible for saving trillions of lives.
But no, he's seemingly not as important as fratboy dudebro Spartan IV.
They should be making some kind of reference, or hints, or cryptic cut-off whispers. Something.
Demoncarnotaur
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Production Weekly is legit.
:lol
I do like the concept of that picture though..its the type of scenario I have wanted to see since the end of Halo 3.
It's kinda crazy how relevant the story of this comic is.
bobs...onGaf
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I'm not going to lie... the blurb for all of those sounds pretty dull. (Except comic 5). I guess its the fact they follow a cast of characters I have no interest in.
I really hope 343 does something to shake up the characterizations soon. If they can rewrite Halsey they can rewrite anyone!
aHebrewMenagerie
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Finally getting around to watching that Halo 2 speed run, goddamn this is good stuff.
Yeah sorry about that my bad. Dudebro IV's are stupid and Palmer's a colossal bitch.
For the continuation of story only one section is interesting, that being part 5 which is a shame. But based on spartan ops story that's not a surprise did anyone find that whole first season interesting?
For anyone who has the escalation comic how is the character of Ray? A good female character in the franchise, would be great thing to come out of these comics.
Have a link to where you can watch it? I'd love to see it.
I thought the stuff with Halsey and the Janus Key was mildly engaging. It was the only part of Season 1 that seemed it would be important in the grand scheme of things.
Must have joined up after doing your tattoo
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FUBAR McDangles
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EDIT: Wow I'm dumb. Thanks.
Ragnarok Flames
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it just built on Karen Traviss' personal hatred for halsey. which is garbage because a writer shouldn't put their personal beliefs on a pre-established character.
Well then, I know which Halo game I'm getting next.
That is the funniest picture of a brute I have ever seen. Reminds me of:
Slightly Live
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It's really not. Traviss told the story she was paid to write. Just because she agree with some of the viewpoints expressed by the characters in the book, it in no way means she altered any of the characters to fit her own viewpoint.
Such a stupid accusation.
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