Orochinagis
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its feels like tried to damage control this by adding classics skins to the covenant in the comics and SA.
Also I didnt noticed Halsey's hate in halo wars
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its feels like tried to damage control this by adding classics skins to the covenant in the comics and SA.
Also I didnt noticed Halsey's hate in halo wars
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Anders actually had an explained Canon reason to dislike Halsey. she didnt hate Halsey, but she certainly didnt like her
Syphon Filter
Member
Yeah sure.
Wow, I guess I never really paid attention to how different the banshee looks. Not sure if I like that. :/
He can tell you. He might even be telling the truth.
Hey welcome to the forum! Noticed I hadn't seen you post before, and looked at your post history.
Have a look at these:
http://halogaf.com/juniors/
http://halogaf.com/survey/
(Second one is a survey to let us get to know a bit more about you).
...which reminds me of something I haven't done yet. Hold on.
Syphon Filter
Member
The banshee actually looks decent, i thought the ghost looked too dark and should have been lighter like this banshee.
I can't read most of that 4 font why change it from the previous font that was clear and easy to read?Even small details are changed like the motion tracker and fonts.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Even small details are changed like the motion tracker and fonts.
go ahead and attempt to mock me.
Syphon Filter
Member
I'm not,i am being for real. I completely agree with you and many do.
Caayn
Member
It feels like 343i is pushing their own characters forcefully while they're slowly chipping away at the existing ones made by Bungie. Halsey is a prime example of this. Karen Traviss went overboard in the K5 trilogy in trying to show us the other side of the Spartan II story. Resulting in illogical, dumb and cringe worthy things such BB saying things as "Halseyed" and "Halseyism" for example.
I can understand that the characters in K5 and H4 don't like Halsey, but it's portrayed as blind hatred against a woman who practically saved humanity. There's no logic anywhere in their thoughts when Halsey is named, not even in BB's who's supposed to be an AI, it's instantly into blind rage mode.
Change for the sake change, imo. If 343i wanted to create their own cast/universe/story/etc they shouldn't have taken the roll of the caretakers(as they like to call it) of Halo upon themselves, imo.
Change for the sake of change.
While I agree that the execution has been questionable, 343 is pursuing the most "reasonable" post trilogy story direction. Questioning the ethics of the SII program is a no brainer, and ONI reaching its final form was a long time coming.
All of that is preferable, to me, than trying to make whole new characters and storylines in the Halo universe. Chief, Cortana and Halsey are the main driving forces of the entire fiction.
Yeah, it's ok. The ghost is definitely too dark. It's almost an indigo color, which I don't like for the ghost.
Why does 343 seem to hate purple and pink? Even the banshee really isn't all that purple. More wine colored.
Caayn
Member
I agree, it's just that they went way overboard with it. That's what I was trying to point out
Prinz Eugn
Member
Probably trying make the designs seem more "mature" and less toy-like for COD bros. I kinda like where the Covenant vehicle designs have been taken since Halo 3 though, especially the Banshee.
Syphon Filter
Member
Can't find a pic now but the scoreboard is another example.
You got a perfection with a tank last game, no ordinance is a nice change. Did you have lag in the game on exile we just had?
Change for the sake of change is plain stupid.
Here's my survey all filled out. Sorry I took forever to do it. Now, nobody'll read it. Oh well.
How long have you been a member of NeoGAF? How long have you lurked?
1. Since January 8th of this year (2014)
2. Regularly for the last two years. Off and on for a few years before that.
How old are you? What country or state are you posting from? (Optional)
18 in a couple months. The U.S. I'll talk about what state I'm from if it becomes relevant.
How long have you been a Halo fan? Have you played all the games?
I've always been a PC gamer growing up, but about four years ago (can't remember exactly, CEA had just come out) I played the first few levels of Halo CE, and fell in love with it and Halo in general immediately. Halo is so different than other games. It gets things right. It's one of the few games I can just play with a stupid grin on my face.
I have not completed ODST, 2, or 4, though I have played a considerable amount of 4. I've played Reach, CE, and 3 dozens of times each, and they never fail to get better each time.
Why? Because I'm poor as dirt.
What mode do you spend most of your time in?
Campaign easily, but I love a good multiplayer game when I can get my hands on a XBL gold trial. Playing some Halo PC multiplayer and even with a fairly small player base currently, I'm having a blast.
What is your favorite playlist?
I pretty much don't care. I'm loving the 8 v 8 battles in CE right now. Average just "Team Slayer" is great fun in 3. Swords only is great. Capture the Flag is great, and probably gives me the best "rush" feeling. Idk, I like all of them.
Probably my favorite playlists are the ones that mix them up all the time. Straight slayer all the time can get tiring without something else to do, which is (partially) why I hate voting, because people always choose slayer instead of more interesting games. Like I say, I don't mind slayer, but I like a good variance every once in a while. The veto system usually handles that well.
Help us get to know you better. (Optional)
I adore Viva Pinata, and a great number XBL Indy games. I am absolutely obsessed with game design -- how they work, and how that relates to how human brains work --, and games that have good game design fascinate me to no end, which is part of why I love Halo.
I write music, love coming up with stories and things. Ideas, especially as pertain to art and just general creativity, are the perfect playgrounds for me. I also kind of really like steam punk, if you couldn't tell by the optimus-prime-as-a-train avatar. I would draw if I could, but childhood brain injuries have severally damaged my hand/eye coordination. The only reason I can hold my own in video games pretty well is because I brute force through it. It's a pain, and frustrating that I can't always draw things to illustrate stuff I mean, but I manage.
It's because I love music, art, stories, game design, and video games themselves, because I love to ask why those things work, how they work, that I would love to make video games some day.
How long have you been a member of NeoGAF? How long have you lurked?
1. Since January 8th of this year (2014)
2. Regularly for the last two years. Off and on for a few years before that.
How old are you? What country or state are you posting from? (Optional)
18 in a couple months. The U.S. I'll talk about what state I'm from if it becomes relevant.
How long have you been a Halo fan? Have you played all the games?
I've always been a PC gamer growing up, but about four years ago (can't remember exactly, CEA had just come out) I played the first few levels of Halo CE, and fell in love with it and Halo in general immediately. Halo is so different than other games. It gets things right. It's one of the few games I can just play with a stupid grin on my face.
I have not completed ODST, 2, or 4, though I have played a considerable amount of 4. I've played Reach, CE, and 3 dozens of times each, and they never fail to get better each time.
Why? Because I'm poor as dirt.
What mode do you spend most of your time in?
Campaign easily, but I love a good multiplayer game when I can get my hands on a XBL gold trial. Playing some Halo PC multiplayer and even with a fairly small player base currently, I'm having a blast.
What is your favorite playlist?
I pretty much don't care. I'm loving the 8 v 8 battles in CE right now. Average just "Team Slayer" is great fun in 3. Swords only is great. Capture the Flag is great, and probably gives me the best "rush" feeling. Idk, I like all of them.
Probably my favorite playlists are the ones that mix them up all the time. Straight slayer all the time can get tiring without something else to do, which is (partially) why I hate voting, because people always choose slayer instead of more interesting games. Like I say, I don't mind slayer, but I like a good variance every once in a while. The veto system usually handles that well.
Help us get to know you better. (Optional)
I adore Viva Pinata, and a great number XBL Indy games. I am absolutely obsessed with game design -- how they work, and how that relates to how human brains work --, and games that have good game design fascinate me to no end, which is part of why I love Halo.
I write music, love coming up with stories and things. Ideas, especially as pertain to art and just general creativity, are the perfect playgrounds for me. I also kind of really like steam punk, if you couldn't tell by the optimus-prime-as-a-train avatar. I would draw if I could, but childhood brain injuries have severally damaged my hand/eye coordination. The only reason I can hold my own in video games pretty well is because I brute force through it. It's a pain, and frustrating that I can't always draw things to illustrate stuff I mean, but I manage.
It's because I love music, art, stories, game design, and video games themselves, because I love to ask why those things work, how they work, that I would love to make video games some day.
squidhands
Member
343 is secretly in bed with Big Eyeglasses to make you suffer and spend more money.
I know that I was trying to kill him I just stole an AR off of the red I killed, OMG a DLC maps just came up.
Well if that was their aim they certainly succeed in making me suffer.
Main issue I have with the banshee is the separated wings make it look less Covenant-y and more Forefunner-y.
Halo in the past did a good job of making all factions look distinct, and yet in a way that complimented each other. Halo 4 kind of blended them, and not in a good way. Good looking game, but they need to make each faction look more distinct.
K
kittens
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There are dozens of influences behind each and every one of 343's decisions. Yes, sometimes the changes feel pointless. Sometimes the changes feel like they're trying to fix something that wasn't broken. Sometimes the changes feel like they're trying to set themselves apart from Bungie at the expense of the series itself.
Or, in the Halsey case, they wanted to add some moral complexity to a core piece of the canon. Whether they handled that well is another discussion, but saying they just wanted to shit on Bungie's legacy is silly.
But seriously, the fonts in Halo 4 are so bad. It makes moment-to-moment situational awareness harder than ever. Even reading the call signs over team members' heads is harder than it should be.
Or, in the Halsey case, they wanted to add some moral complexity to a core piece of the canon. Whether they handled that well is another discussion, but saying they just wanted to shit on Bungie's legacy is silly.
Juices is finally working for Halo, but via Gunnar.
But seriously, the fonts in Halo 4 are so bad. It makes moment-to-moment situational awareness harder than ever. Even reading the call signs over team members' heads is harder than it should be.
Syphon Filter
Member
You know what the fonts reminded me when i first saw them? Those beta style fonts you see in unfinished games. I wonder if time was so constrained that even small things like fonts had no type of time to address.
squidhands
Member
If that font isn't called Blindside, it certainly should be renamed.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I agree there. I don't think anything they've done was just to shit on Halo. I think some of it was as mentioned to drive a narrative but also some of it is just that they didn't understand why certain parts of the story clicked with people and in trying to fix or continue those parts they're not doing so good. Bungie was great at being subtle about things and 343 not so good at it.
I guess that explains why you want the AR in Halo 2, Chettlar. You've never played it.
:lol
I said I haven't finished it. The parts I have played I see no reason the AR wouldn't work as an option to mix things up again.
I have only played the first level of ODST to completion, though.
"New shit" = Flood Returning/Poop level
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Chettlar, CEA came out in November 2011. Not quite four years.
I though it was based on forerunner technology:
What I want to know is when the executive decision to make them out of paper mache happened.
Nebula is on a role with these heavies matches donging on randoms.
Steelyuhas
Member
The anus doors in H3 are a one of a kind gaming experience.
squidhands
Member
The stretching noise as they open was a nice touch. One could also imagine Gravemind's voice as word farts, and the camera spazz as Chief's reaction from the smell.
What if that is the best level of the next game?
I kinda liked to fight the Flood, even if it's only for the sake of variety in combat. Using the Flamethrower on them, was just so good.
With that said, I hope 343i changes something, about the combat in Halo 5. It felt really boring to fight the Prometheans, because it was always the same way, how you approached them. Shame, that we are still fighting the Covenant, too. I was getting sick of them, in Halo 4. If they are back in Halo 5, which they probably are anyways, then Brutes should come back, too. They could also add a new alien species or real Forerunners, if you ask me.
With that said, I hope 343i changes something, about the combat in Halo 5. It felt really boring to fight the Prometheans, because it was always the same way, how you approached them. Shame, that we are still fighting the Covenant, too. I was getting sick of them, in Halo 4. If they are back in Halo 5, which they probably are anyways, then Brutes should come back, too. They could also add a new alien species or real Forerunners, if you ask me.
NobleGundam
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nillapuddin
Member
.. boomNope you should be all good, but reposting the guide for others would be nice
Thats why borderless windowed is great, you dont see any of that stuff and it looks just like full screen with the benefit of fixing the mouse aiming problem in H2V oh and also allowing for 90 FoV via mods that only work in window mode!
Just download DSfix and do the following
-Disable Vsync in game
-Enable windowed mode in game
-Open DSfix.ini and make the following changes
-Set resolution to your monitor resolution
-unlock FPS
-Set FPS cap to your refreshrate
-Allow for borderless window mode
-Make sure vsync is not enabled in DSfix.ini
-Download this and use the FoV app
-Set FoV to your preference.
Enjoy.
ermazing
I remember, I was so jealous, I exclusively worked nights back then and missed it :/
The continuation of inconsistent spine art for Halo novels continues
all I wanted was ONE clean, beautiful, nerdy bookshelf of teh Halos
already had to make custom game covers, now dis
mortal dictata was a big letdown, #teamhalsey
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Because we all want H2 multi? That's a pretty good reason.
Right. But I don't think I'd be going too far to say we all wanted Halo CE multi.
True. I feel like they learned a little more about their fan base though. Hopefully.
squidhands
Member
nillapuddin
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