Calm Killer
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With all of this Halo 2 talk I reinstalled Halo 2 Vista last night and played. Still fun, other than the cheaters.
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Halo |OT19| 793 Posts, And None Worth Reading
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Remember to use DSfix if you want to play with KB+M and unlock FPS.
nillapuddin
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yeah i literally posted exactly what I did last night, but its cool
Nowise going ONI spook on me to see how I cheated
I was JUST gunna do the same thing, which reminds me, how do we feel about my getting these?
Rainman and Violent Cartographer seem like they take alot of effort/planning
Im reinstalling on 8.1 today when I get home from work, I have your tips bookmarked for DSfix, will I have any troubles elsewhere?
Nowise going ONI spook on me to see how I cheated
jk
I was JUST gunna do the same thing, which reminds me, how do we feel about my getting these?
Rainman and Violent Cartographer seem like they take alot of effort/planning
Im reinstalling on 8.1 today when I get home from work, I have your tips bookmarked for DSfix, will I have any troubles elsewhere?
I remember we all got a lobby going last year and boosted those achievements. Haha. Not that we needed to though (there were lots of Rainman/Violent Cartog servers running)I was JUST gunna do the same thing, which reminds me, how do we feel about my getting these?
Rainman and Violent Cartographer seem like they take alot of effort/planning
Plus are we going to have a game night before it gets shut off [again]?
The Henery
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Heart's in the right place on these achievements. Better to promote not quitting than to reward GS for AFKing for 90 seconds.
Ideal would be something like 'Complete 100 MM games in a row without quitting' and have an idler/rubber bander detection system that boots the aforementioned.
Very good point. Maybe 5 games to completion on each map but then you'd get full parties bossing the map vote for whatever one's they haven't fulfilled (a minor inconvenience). Still, I really hope to see a fresh approach to achievement metrics on the Xbox One. Move away from encouraging terrible gameplay influencing behaviours and move toward promoting positive, non-gameplay specific habits.
That would have potential to be the most frustrating achievement ever. Even with dedicated servers, I think you'd be pushing it to assume that in a 100 games a player isn't going to be dropped once.
That would work if the campaign wad big enough and had more to explore, then skulls, audio logs and terminals etc. Would be worth going off and looking for in the levels.
Four didn't have any fun easter eggs like reach did.
Off topic but I just saw tangled for the first time, it was great, I really liked the story.
I don't care if there's stuff to explore or not, all i care is that no achievement should be locked to MP only (ignoring MP-only games). Either make achievements sort of general-achievements that can be achieved anywhere, or keep them SP/co-op (if local co-op is a possibility) only.
And most especially don't make crap like 2 for 1 (too much luck required) or map-specific achievements (two kills from grave on Orbital, WTF?). EDIT i actually have gotten 2 for 1 thrice, but each time i gained it with luck...
squidhands
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Pretty much what I'm expecting. As much as I'd like to have Halo 2's maps back again, I feel like 343 is going to stick with promoting Halo 4's multiplayer until the next game, rather than try and support 2 different titles (they've apparently abandoned Reach and Halo 3, so it's not a leap in judgement to make). Maybe it will be a big overhaul with every map 'ported over in a "Halo 2 Playlist" with some special gametypes (RIP Bomb) and the PC maps will be included as well, since Halo 4 seems to be suited to larger maps.
Hoping for the best, expecting far less.
Tangled? I have bad, bad memories about that movie which involve being pressured into a date to see it, only to find out afterwards that she's gay and was trying to use me to convince herself otherwise. My 17 year old heart couldn't handle it
Was pleasantly surprised how good it was though
Woah what.
I remember when I was 17 *sigh*
Crazy times. :lol
Me too. Man, these last four years have just flown by
THAT WAS JUST THE WORST
I raged to hard trying to get that stupid achievement. And that even worse Mongoose Mowdown one (yellow bar Australian internet made it impossible)
How does the quote have Woorloog name when it's from my post? Maybe it was for the best though, not being truthful to yourself in the hope that you're wrong is a soul crushing experience, it certainly was for me. But Tangled was much more enjoyable than the other Disney princess movies. I'm still 17. (I'm younger than speedy I think)
Making all achievements be able to completed in single player wouldn't hurt. Especially if it reduces the amount of crap achievements i'm all for it. Map or map pack specific achievements are the bane of my existence, I've got barely any of them in 4.
There's no way they put anymore time into Halo 4, that ships been sailed. They have to do multiplayer, H2A it won't take away from Halo 5 release or split the community. Halo really has no "game" at the moment, it's just kinda there like the Sonic series now.
Another thing is that Halo 3 released for free and that died within a few months so I can't see them being that worried with a 10 year old game. It's a nerdgasm for us but I'm not sure how it will be for new players or casuals of the series.
Another thing is that Halo 3 released for free and that died within a few months so I can't see them being that worried with a 10 year old game. It's a nerdgasm for us but I'm not sure how it will be for new players or casuals of the series.
ElRenoRaven
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Yea I do think the Spartan 4's were designed to be annoying like this. They're supposed to be ODSTs. In the past games and even books they were the craziest of the crazy and usually kind of dudebro. I also think it was intentional so they could highlight Thorne and make him stand out. Hence like you said the Halsey remark etc. It's also why out of all of them I actually liked him.
squidhands
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It was a weird gamble to make the Spartan IV's so unlikable. On one hand I can see if they're eventually going to be the 'bad guys' in later iterations of the game, antagonists to Chief's motivation to acquire Halsey to help find Cortana, or to make a more of an impact when they turn against the UNSC to help Chief and Halsey, or whatever the story ends up being. On the other hand, having them play such a prominent role as-is in Spartan Ops, another gamble against the relatively successful Firefight in Reach, is a top 5 reason in my grocery list of the problems I had with the mode.
I wish there were more context to the decisions 343 has made with the story thus far, but obviously they're not going to spill future storylines. It just sucks because I really wanted a strong, engaging story right out of the gate from them, but I have a difficult time not fixating on bad caricatures like Palmer and poorly written villains like Didact.
Caayn
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Whooaa I thought that I was the youngest around here. Seems like I'm 4 years too old for that.
Just completed the 360 version of SA, still waiting on 343i to fix the achievements of the Xbox One version so I have all Halo games at 100% again.
I actually have a total of 11520GS and 531 achievements in Halo games in total.
Just completed the 360 version of SA, still waiting on 343i to fix the achievements of the Xbox One version so I have all Halo games at 100% again.
I broke the counter on waypoint
I actually have a total of 11520GS and 531 achievements in Halo games in total.Hypertrooper
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https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Head...on-Publishing-Program-For-Halo-Franchise.aspx
I hope 343i got Greg Bear again. Silentium and Cryptum were so good.
inb4 someone says nylund should be back.
NobleGundam
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If I recall correctly, it was in an old halo bulletin after Silentium had been out for a few months that they have plans to still work with Greg Bear. And even before Halo 4 came out that Frankie interview he had mentioned, "Forerunner Saga".
At this point, I just hope they leave Traviss behind. I bought Mortal Dictata and I have absolutely no motivation to read it. and this is from a guy that read each of Greg Bear's books non-stop on the day they were released.
Anyway. A new book in 2014? Interesting. I wasn't expecting one so soon
Yeah I hate getting into argument about this, because it's pretty clear what the intent wasand 343 succeeded, in that regard. But without seeing the endgame of where they're going with the increasingly amoral UNSC, it does seem odd to antagonize players.
I think it might be more an issue of failing to give us enough time to identify with Thorne and Lasky, who are the "good" guys in all this.
squidhands
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It's been a long time since I've played the campaign, is Thorne even in it?
Caayn
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Nope just Palmer and a couple of random/unnamed Spartan IVs, iirc. Majestic is SPOPS only.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
inb4SlightlyLive bitching that you dont want to read Mortal Dictata.
Caayn
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Aawwwww, no fun.
The Real Napsta
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Why are people saying Halo 2A's MP will be maps for Halo 4? How the hell would that even work?
I buy the new Halo for Xbox One, but wait, in order to play MP i need a separate console?
I buy the new Halo for Xbox One, but wait, in order to play MP i need a separate console?
The rumor right now is Halo 4 being ported at the same time, along with Halo 3.
If the rumor was true, I wouldn't be too surprised if it turned out that Halo 2 and 3 were just campaign, and Halo 4 One had maps ported from 2 and 3 in it.
Hah.
I mean admittedly... I did enjoy Glasslands. Well, the parts with Lucy on the shield world and a few bits and pieces from the Elite's point of view. So I can definitely see the appeal in her writing... but her overall story arc has destroyed any excitement I could have towards her writing more
The Real Napsta
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Ugh, i really hope that's not the case.
When will they learn people want MP remade more than campaigns that we can all still play on our 360s?
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Halo 4 can be made to play like a superior Halo 2 (what Halo 3 should've been) if they make the right changes.
Have any of you guys played Halo 2 lately? Been playing on Vista the past couple of days and I forgot just how much aim assist there was in that game; it pretty much does everything for you. On big maps, it's a pain to move around because of how slow you walk, so faster movement speed would definitely be welcome, along with several additions from later Halo games (ie: Plasma Pistol EMP because if I get a Gauss Hog in Halo 2, it's over for you).
Before anyone mentions it again, Reach's Anniversary playlists aren't a good counter example because CE is nothing like later games, whereas Halo 4 can be made a lot closer to Halo 2.
I hated Mortal Dictata at first.
Then I considered what Traviss was trying to do with the story, and I extracted some sort of appreciation for the K5 trilogy. It's largely a meandering, pale story with hypocritical (perhaps that was the point), corny characters. The money shot at the end of the book was actually provocative, but it was not because of the many many pages that came before. Would've been better as a short story.
Kilo-Five Trilogy is exactly what it's always been: a hyper critical look at the Spartan II program and character assassination of Catherine Halsey. It is not balanced, it is not rational. It's emotionally manipulative and raw. Which is a new look for the franchise, but one that probably won't connect with most Halo fans, hence the backlash. For me, it justifies its existence for its unique perspective, and that it telegraphs how 343 is probably going to try to handle Chief's epiphany with his humanity.
Ragnarok Flames
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its 343 taking the story in a "as far from bungie as we can". it seems that 343 cannot stand that they have an established universe so they need to do all this to make it "theirs".
K
kittens
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That's a real one dimensional way of looking at it.
I'm going to play soon mind if I join in? I wan't to make those clips first though so I don't loose the film.Killtastrophe in a Wraith in my first heavies game.
Also if H2A ships without multiplayer, 343 and Microsoft will lose out on an Xbox One purchase and a purchase of H2A. Simple as that for me.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
i only say it because of ALL of the changes to the franchise that 343 has signed off on. not just the K5 trilogy. but forcing Palmer on us, the terrible art in the new comics and Halo 4 in general. it honestly seems that they are doing all of this because they want all of these changes to distance themselves from their Progenitors.
thats why i say that.
ncsuDuncan
Member
You got me. I'm CBOAT.
Exclusive: Halo 5 will be a "visceral experience" with lots of "new shit" and "cloud turboencabulation".
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
I knew it.
Tell me, will there be lots and lots of frames for it? Like 60 every second? And lots of pixels to? Like 2073600 of them?
CBOAT tell us, why are we here? How does the world end? Are we alone in the universe?
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