Looks awkward but I like the idea. Maybe when it's refined.
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Looks awkward but I like the idea. Maybe when it's refined.
you don't have to subscribe to Xbox music, you can stream your own music from a pc. On Windows 8/8.1 just go to devices while playing music and select your Xbox. Or on Windows 7 right click a song in the file browser and click play to.
Demoncarnotaur
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Reposting in case someone knows where I can get the digital version of Halo 4 for cheap:
Enter The 36 Chambers
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But I can't plug my phone into the console, make a playlist and play?
Or rip cds to the hard drive and make playlists?
Basic 360 soundtrack features are gone?
Well, if Halo 2 Anniversary is a thing, I'd want all that, but I also hope it includes some sort of prologue to Halo 5. After all, they announced Halo on Xbox One with a scene that happens after Halo 4, while saying it's coming in 2014. And, I mean... If they show that, it has to be avalaible in 2014.
Ahah, dont worry. Seemed weird when you talked about it.
Caayn
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One step closer to real VR. It's to expensive and to clunky, but would be awesome to give such a thing a try.
Reminds me of the holo decks in Star Trek. Oh, what the japanese and MLP fans would do with that
Pretty much, yes. You're limited to Xbox music and PlayTo supported devices.
The marketplace is the only place I think, I've never seen download codes for sale in the high street.
They look funny, I wonder if he would ever be captain Picard again?
Or at least announce a delay, again 343 shows what a terrible studio they are. destiny gets delayed, they announce. 343 delays, they pretend it was the plan all along. I'll tell you if Halo wasn't the game they make most of halogaf would regard 343 as one of the worse studios for the shit they pull.
One step closer to real VR. It's to expensive and to clunky, but would be awesome to give such a thing a try.
Reminds me of the holo decks in Star Trek. Oh, what the japanese and MLP fans would do with that
I just want to play a Halo game and have that "presence" effect kick in. That shit is fucking insane.
If you dont know what that is
Just imagine listening to Cortana's sun speech in Halo 4 but actually being able to feel that sun when she is talking about her not being capable of feeling it.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Thanks for the info, but that's fucking stupid.
I'm guessing its the same for video? Can't use usb sticks to watch movies etc?
Hope they add this shit in. That and Netflix is like 90 per cent of my usage for 360
I'm guessing its the same for video? Can't use usb sticks to watch movies etc?
Hope they add this shit in. That and Netflix is like 90 per cent of my usage for 360
Demoncarnotaur
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Yep. Wouldn't describe them as a terrible studio, but yeah, I'm still laughing at the fake "two-weeks trial" thing for the Halo 4 map pack.
Don't think you can use USBs, I've tried. I've been using Play to.
You have no idea that wasn't their plan all along--they specifically kept it generic as "halo on Xbox One." Get your head out of your ass.
Orochinagis
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Its actually a videogame app for spartan IVs to use un their spare time.
Is this still a thing? People, take a step back and think for a second.
Might as well post my old reply here too:
And too add to that, the leaker said that Halo 5 beta would be included in the remake package.
Those that are available are arcade games that don't really fluctuate in price and generally limited in selection. So I wouldn't worry about it.
That was handled poorly at least admit your mistakes (don't think there's enough time for 4) instead of passing of as intentional.
You have to admit that showing what's happening after Halo 4 as the announcement of a game coming in 2014 would be pretty weird if it was really just a remake all along (then again, there is nothing else they could have shown if they wanted to keep the remake reveal at a later date). Unless it includes a prologue to Halo 5, obviously.
Ragnarok Flames
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SIR Patrick Stewart and SIR Ian Mckellan.
Who are you talking to? they show a trailer will all new things, continuing the story AFTER halo 4. What are you on about? Its ok to like a game or series but this blind 343 defense, oh they meant to do that is why the franchise is in the fuckin toilet. Name one other franchise that has to go back and make 10 yr old games to get their fanbase back. Name one thing they have done with Halo? Canon - ruined, DLC- poor handling, communication - piss poor. campaign - garbage soap opera with terminals you have to watch to even understand WTF is going on. Boltshot -wat?
multiplayer!!!!!
How about the first time they showed the game, u remember this?
Tell me again who has their head up their ass?
I'm not arguing it's good marketing, but the trailer was clearly dumped out because Microsoft wanted Halo at the Xbox One. I think given the choice, teasing the future game seems like a better choice for mainstream gamers.
That reply is apologist. 343 is the only ones who treat their IP this way. Why all the secrets? If Halo 2 was so important (its not) than why not tease that? Why cant u just call it like it is? 343 got up there and lied again.
"Trust us"
This reply is hyperbolic and rage for the sake of rage. Maybe reading without preconceived notions might help, but I doubt you will put in the effort seeing your other replies.
Oops I forgot about that. Doesn't heckfu have a doctorate so wouldn't it be Dr. Heckfu?
Ragnarok Flames
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Fiendish Dr. Heckfu.
aHebrewMenagerie
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S/O to Wahrer for the new avatar, quite fitting.
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kittens
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We need an origin story here. How did you come to be filled with such scorn, oh noble warrior.
NobleGundam
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Assuming Halo 2 Anniversary has terminals..
Would it be interesting to tell two different stories?
Like having the 1st story revolve around the Vergil the New Mombasa A.I.
Then, 2nd you have the Monitor "Oracle" 343GS
And even fragment of Mendicant Bias (who's the A.I. aboard the Dreadnought Forerunner ship?
That would be interesting to witness untold stories in which it doesn't necessarily retcon the lore.
Would it be interesting to tell two different stories?
Like having the 1st story revolve around the Vergil the New Mombasa A.I.
Then, 2nd you have the Monitor "Oracle" 343GS
And even fragment of Mendicant Bias (who's the A.I. aboard the Dreadnought Forerunner ship?
That would be interesting to witness untold stories in which it doesn't necessarily retcon the lore.
Uh, I'm not understanding your issue here? They teased a 20 second footage of Chief in a poncho and said "Halo". They also said dedicated servers and 60 FPS. They've been purposely vague regarding it, and didn't even acknowledge the title as Halo 5. What do you want them to do? It seems like they decided that they'll release Halo 2 on its tenth year anniversary with an HD remake and have a beta for Halo 5 that comes the year after. They would have announced this in their own time. If it wasn't for the Activision lawsuit or the Destiny promotional materials leak, we wouldn't have known about Destiny until 2012 when Bungie was no longer dark about it.
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I would love to see what the Arbiter was up to during the events of Halo 1. He was trying to stop Chief and Cortana, but how?
And I'm always down for Gravemind's story to be expanded upon.
And I'm always down for Gravemind's story to be expanded upon.
He did hint that it will have MP, but didn't say if it was original MP or not.
Hypertrooper
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Get it for Steam and we can play it together. If you want to play with me. I can understand if not.
Oh my goodness there's a great big conspiracy. ...What is the problem with not telling us exactly what they're plans are? Are they being dishonest? They want to get us hyped for Halo, but not tell us exactly what it is so we can be surprised for when they do drop the bombs. How is there anything wrong with that? Can you think of a way they could do that differently?
Plus, what about the actual point. Like what about what really matters:
I just watched Enders Game and it was a pretty great movie. Never read the novel, but after watching the movie I know where the Forward Unto Dawn mini-series and Halo 4 took some of its inspiration from. Also the industrial palette of the movie reminded me of Halo 4s The Commissioning.
The movie had some cool ships too:
The movie had some cool ships too:
TS x Massacre
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It's honestly a no brainer that they SHOULD go with the original MP, that's what the fans want. But it scares me to death because I feel like they might go in another direction and I then will be consumed by an unhealthy amount of rage.
Halo 2 was to me, the best multiplayer online experience of all time, the maps were incredible as was the gameplay, its flaws made it what it was, if they do what they did with H2V and get rid of superbouncing and nothing else, I'd be soooooo happy.
aHebrewMenagerie
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I can't imagine it would be anything else besides the original MP (whether it's untouched, i.e. button combos, super jumps, etc, is another question). I doubt that it would be a rehash of Halo 4, since they know it wouldn't work, and Halo 4 is being ported for the XBO anyway, and it couldn't be its own thing, since Halo 5 is coming out a year later anyway. The only realistic possibility is that it would be probably be a retooled version of Halo 2 w/o the button combos and glitches of the original release (which to me, was 1/2 the fun. :/)
Enter The 36 Chambers
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If they are actually porting halo 3 and 4 then that is hands down the biggest waste of money and resources ever.
Just give us halo 2
Just give us halo 2
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Avalon's tone in his posts is certainly overdoing it, but I can see where he's coming from. We've been
I'll try this when I get home, thanks.
TS x Massacre
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100% Agree. But I wouldn't mind the others, as long as it wouldn't affect the quality of the H2 remake (and as long as they leave that beautiful old H2 MP alone other than graphical upgrades/super bounce), then it would be nice having the other two on my One for convenience sake.
Here's my issue with it, he said November was the release date and then said the Halo 5 beta was a month later in December and would be full featured 6 maps 'yadda yadda'.
Why would they introduce a beta so close to a major multiplayer release and why make it so full featured for a game that theoretically won't come out for almost a year later? It seems like they'd stick with November 2015 for Halo 5.
Maybe the beta would be the multiplayer portion of the game. Give Halo 2 reskinned HD anniversary campaign, Halo 3 and Halo 4 campaign port, and then a new multiplayer beta that is iffy on the 60 fps to last us a year before we get H5? Sounds pretty dumb I know, but if we're getting an updated Halo 2 multiplayer with reskinned but faithful maps and gameplay, why would I spend my time playing the H5 beta?
Prinz Eugn
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Instead of whining about Halo 4, which has been out for like a year and a half, how about we talk about what changes to Halo 2 multiplayer we think would be okay.
I think they need to buff single SMGs, but nerf dual-wielding (maybe make the spread ginormous?). I think they also need to nerf the rockets against vehicles and maybe even add the splaser to compensate, or just make the PP freeze vehicles like in 3+. Speaking of the Plasma Pistol, if the noob combo works as well as it did I'll probably break another controller, just like I did back in the day.
I think they need to buff single SMGs, but nerf dual-wielding (maybe make the spread ginormous?). I think they also need to nerf the rockets against vehicles and maybe even add the splaser to compensate, or just make the PP freeze vehicles like in 3+. Speaking of the Plasma Pistol, if the noob combo works as well as it did I'll probably break another controller, just like I did back in the day.
Looking back, I used to think the next Halo game wasn't called Halo 5 just because it wouldn't necessarily deal with the Didact and the big overarching story, even though it was the continuation of the Master Chief's story (for example, the game could just be about rescuing Cortana). Which would also coincide with the team hesitating in calling it Halo 5 or not up until the press conference. I still think it could be the case, but the Anniversary rumors are too insistent.
I swear The Commissioning is so underrated (Birth of a Spartan too). You're the only one talking about it here. It's like it never existed. It's always about Landfall, We are ODST, Deliver Hope, Believe and Starry Night.
Those Ender's Game shots look great. I heard it sucks, but I'll add that to my list.
I swear The Commissioning is so underrated (Birth of a Spartan too). You're the only one talking about it here. It's like it never existed. It's always about Landfall, We are ODST, Deliver Hope, Believe and Starry Night.
Those Ender's Game shots look great. I heard it sucks, but I'll add that to my list.
Yeah the H5 beta stuff confused me. A full year before the game comes out? Somehow you already know the map count? Forge maps in a beta (I guess this isn't too weird if it is a new Forge mode that is actually a super awesome map creator)?
TS x Massacre
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Yeah we can definitely do that, but until it's confirmed as original MP (with tweaks obviously) we could just be wasting our breath.
I dont think the Beta will come that early to be honest, but if it does, the beta only usually lasts 3 weeks with Halo, that would leave us with another year until Halo 5. And the general consensus im getting from viewing comments/waypoint forums is that while people are excited for H2A (if it exists) they're also looking forward to new Halo, I'm willing to bet A HUGE MAJORITY would move over to the beta for 3 weeks then just go back to playing H2A since it wouldn't be going anywhere.
And like belu said above me, I think the beta details are far-fetched. Way too early for a beta if the release will be Q4 2015.
Im thinking those were roadmap dates, in which they want to launch it but is always subject to change. Halo 5 beta being pushed to next year would not be too surprising. Other concerns like title overlapping would also be a factor in pushing the beta to next year.
Seeing as the Titanfall XB1 bundle got axed because of budget concerns, it would not be surprising that the Halo 3 and 4 port would fall by the waysideit was planned and they hoped to get it in but time or budget constraints prevented it from happening.
aHebrewMenagerie
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This is also a possibility, but a year long beat would be unheard of for a console shooter. There's got to be something else.
I agree that the single weapons need to be balanced a bit better by uping their damage. It's just a matter of finding the right balance for them that doesn't decrease the viability of dual wielding. The H2 neddler would be a good one for such improvement.
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