HiredN00bs
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Man, that's good to hear. I'd better throw all my monitors and televisions and amplifiers and speakers away because those waypoints that don't display and those sounds that don't play aren't glitches.
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Halo |OT19| 793 Posts, And None Worth Reading
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Man, that's good to hear. I'd better throw all my monitors and televisions and amplifiers and speakers away because those waypoints that don't display and those sounds that don't play aren't glitches.
Sometimes I think nothing is more often talked about than actual things.
Halo to have smurfs in cryotubes?
yeah me too. I'm sure it would have been a lot lower without all that commotion I caused a couple hundred pages back. :/
Halo.
Gabotron ES
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Halo 5 for 2015 and H2A in 2014 pretty much confirmed, I think...?
Naw, see Halo 5 will be the *next* biggest release of the year.
I agree, good catch
Syphon Filter
Member
We already knew this.
Caayn
Member
Most likely the same way how they did it with Halo CEA. Higher resolution textures, a few extra polygons and throw in some extra pixels will get you very far.
Just came across this picture, pretty fun to see each new iteration of Master Chief side-by-side.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Nah, just xbox marketing for the right now sales aspect. They'll use that same marketing phrase for any Halo game this year.
Also Waypoint bulletin from yesterday
Some BS approx. stat I found interesting from infographic:
1) 164,518,855 points scored over the Super Bowl weekend.
2) The gametype was won at 250 points, assume the losing team got 125 points for a silly comparative stat. Obviously some games didn't reach 250 points, I had two like this and some teams may never had scored etc. Anyhow it's a rough stat...stay with me...
3) 164,518,855 / 375 points average per game = approx. 438,716 games played over the super bowl weekend, just in the super bowl special playlist/gametype.
4) I know it's a very approx, assuming and rounded way of getting there but even at 25% variance that's still 300,000+ of Halo games played for a weekend playlist.
5) Halocharts put the daily population peaks for that weekend at a solid 25,000 each day. Funny how you can look at the peak and compare to how many games got played.
That's good stuff 343, loved the gametype, could we have it back every now and again as rotational?
Emperor Bohe
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I'm down for this. But I'm just down to run some games, no achievement hunting/boosting if possible
GT: Emperor Bohe
add me up, I have the game installed right now. let's do this
HiredN00bs
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The Puppy Bowl was better than the Super Bowl and Spartan Bowl, combined.
Blue Ninja
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That counts as news.
So does announcing an imminent Halo Anthology release on PC. Just sayin'.
:'(
That would be nice to see maybe they can use what they learned from anniversary and keep stuff like fog etc. in the game. That main hall/chamber you posted a big screen shot of will look so pretty with updated textures and other graphics stuff. Delta halo will be good as well especially if they do the buildings right.
As for armor it went down hill after MK V in my opinion.
Syphon Filter
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Halo 2 armor is the best chief by far. Last good one was Halo 3 armor.
This part I think could be redone. I can tell it's supposed to be all epic and stuff, but with the ugly, limited visuals, it just really isn't. I hope they really redo this part.
Caayn
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You do realize that MK V is only the armor in Halo CE and CEA? In every game that came after CE Chief wore MK VI. Maybe we'll get MK VII in Halo 5.
It just now hits me that the helmet of CEA's reveal trailer resembles the early helmet from the Mac OS builds.
Heeeey, I never thought of that. Clever 343. Once MC hooks up with the UNSC after his little escapade, 343 could have him wear whatever they want. No nanamachines or anything required.
nillapuddin
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The latest episode of the Forward Unto Dawn podcast focuses on Mortal Dictata, the K5 trilogy overall, and where the fiction is going from here (some discussion of Escalation is had.)
Listening options are MP3 on FUD, Youtube, and iTunes forthcoming.
loved it, thanks david, since I just finished it the other day I was anxious to hear some other opinions
Apologise
, there's nothing wrong with liking something different. I just think it looks ugly in 2 and 3 not that I don't appreciate the details it has.Sorry if I phrased that badly I meant that I prefer the MK V to VI. As for MK VII I'm fine with that, as long as it gets rid of the fugly armor chief has in 4, along with the gen 2 armor. We need CQC back as well.
They could make him wear whatever they want him to, your right!
That's why they'll be giving Chief one of these bad boys, the Mark VIII, and even a portable jail cell to go along with it!
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kittens
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Halo 4 Chief is best Chief. It's one of the few things 343 nailed! Gotta give'em credit for it.
I agree with kittens, if kittens is being serious (sorry, just hard to tell).
I really like Halo 4 chief probably the best. I actually used to dislike CE chief but then it started growing on me. Still not my favorite, but not bad either. CEA really did it justice I thought.
See that's when Arby comes back like a boss and pulls the bars apart with his Sangheili hands.
I really like Halo 4 chief probably the best. I actually used to dislike CE chief but then it started growing on me. Still not my favorite, but not bad either. CEA really did it justice I thought.
They could make him wear whatever they want him to, your right!
That's why they'll be giving Chief one of these bad boys, the Mark VIII, and even a portable jail cell to go along with it!
See that's when Arby comes back like a boss and pulls the bars apart with his Sangheili hands.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
I actually made the same comparison in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ROZDEdi1Sg&feature=player_detailpage#t=224
Caayn
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Yeah I still don't believe the entire nanomachine story thingy. It's a weak excuse to give themselves a free pass for heavily altering the armors appearance in H4. Besides MK VI armor isn't equipped with nanomachines, only MK VII has them.
I'm slow, even slower than slowpoke.
Edit: Wait CEA supports 3D? I need to replay it right now.
You're wrong, I'm staring at the H5 script now and it's when Palmer comes and rescues her love interest and then they kiss (by clipping through each other's helmets) and make their escape into the sunset.
I say this so much because I seriously think it'll happen, and I'll laugh when it does so, turn the TV off, and walk away.
Also, found this gif earlier, nice:
aHebrewMenagerie
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Agreed, for the most part, the helmet is fantastic, the body armor is alright, not angular enough for me, and I like the shoulder pads, the make sense, as not it looks like he can raise his arms above his head.
Caayn
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Although I don't like their explanation for the armor and miss the space diaper. I agree that Halo 4 Chief looks great.
That's a really nice gif you found.
At this point I just hope the rumours of a white Xbox are true. I'm holding off buying one until it's announced
unless Halo 2 comes out beforehand that is
Poker Face
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nillapuddin
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mannnn, CEA was so well done and much fun was had
that link is gunna prompt another playthrough
#bestELITES
WHAT?
Stinkles, legit question. If you ever did bring Halo 4 to Xbox One (or any of the other ones. I'm not talking about the ntkrnl rumors). Just if you ever did, would it be possible to convince you to include 3D in those? Like, where does 343 or Microsoft stand on 3D's importance? Not trying to make you say a whole lot, just is it something you would consider doing if you haven't already?
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Just watching that video gets me hyped for a new Halo. And this snippet was particularly amusing B]
Neither will I it's destined to be kept such a pretty game, I don't think I've ever actually consider selling my copy of any halo game.
Your romance plot with Palmer is pure evil
.I've never sold any of my Halo games. I have like three copies of Halo CE and have double dipped on Halo 4 :\
hah
Slightly Live
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Thank you.
And sorry.
And sorry.
nillapuddin
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I've never sold any of my Halo games. I have like three copies of Halo CE and have double dipped on Halo 4 :\hah
nice collection!
it would drive me crazy though, man those boxes have different emblems (non-US?)
so, the FUDcast really reminded me..
whats this all about?
Slightly Live
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That isn't Master Chief in Halo Reach. It's most likely Linda, since she was on the Forward Unto Dawn, too.
The book "Halo First Strike" also explains, that Seargeant Johnson picked up Linda's cryo tube, before the Forward Unto Dawn exploded.
nillapuddin
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best explanation yet?
Slightly Live
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Hood in Escalation is just wrong. Don't know how you could look at existing references of the character from existing media, then.... Picard.
343 never as far as I know said "nanomachines are the reason". It was just extrapolation from fans based on the throwaway line in Glasslands about Mk VII. There's just the handwaving about Cortana modifying the firmware in-game and the "fully modified by Cortana" line in the Visual Guide.
Personally I like the Mk V over all others, I don't mind the Mk VI of Halo 4 like I don't mind most of the designs in Halo 4, I just hate that there was no legitimate reason for many of them (like the Dawn, like the Chief, etc.)
Keeping a lot of that stuff the same and then using the next game to switch over the Chief would have been my preferred plan. *shrug*
Jellycrackers
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Thanks. I'll do my best
Graduating in May and I don't want to go full time where I'm at right now. But it's an option, so I am grateful for that. I just can't believe my dream job is available right now and my resume actually qualifies me for it.Maybe they'll hire us all! lol I'm sure there are tons of people applying every day. Slim chance, but man I would sure hate myself if I didn't try.
I agree with you totally there. He looks like a freakin tank in his new armor and it's awesome. I really like the high shoulders/thrusters on his back. Freakin' fierce.
Caayn
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Nice collection but why are those PC boxes so large? I feel sorry for you that you're cursed with those awful ratings on the side.
Custom box arts?
I know, story wise it should be Linda there. But for the sake of easter eggs I'm willing to call it Chief, unless Bungie planned for us to enter FUD at the ending but decided against it for obvious reasons. Still wonder why they had a Mjolnir armor model on Lone Wolf hidden in the level.
Those labels are Australian I think, I should totally get that collectors edition that I saw preowned it was only a fiver and it looks good. The only downside is it's French.nice collection!
it would drive me crazy though, man those boxes have different emblems (non-US?)
so, the FUDcast really reminded me..
whats this all about?
Hood must have invested serious funds into anti wrinkle cream, that's just not even bothering to check source material.
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