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Halo |OT19| 793 Posts, And None Worth Reading
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FUBAR McDangles
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Which airport are you at?
I had a layover/wait for like nine hours one time at Denver airport but the place is so damn massive walking from one end of the terminal to the other took like three hours at a leisurely pace. Stopped for lunch and walked back and I only had to sit there for like a half hour. It was kind of nice.
aHebrewMenagerie
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Welcome to Layover/3Some/FreeCondomGAF!
Im from the Caribbean. Its a tiny, enclosed airport in the south of the island of St. Lucia.
Well I'm doing a better job than funk
you could have shown them the doctored speedy quote. We found speedy a girlfriend: What he needs are girls that are easily manipulated.
The last good one came out in 2007.
In before "Halo 3 wasn't a good game."
Also in before Unknown says "Halo 2 wasn't a good game."
LAUGHTREY
Modesty becomes a woman
Start from the beginning.
Hadn't seen it posted. Description for Halo Escalation #6.
from here
The saga of Halo Wars enters the modern age as Infinity struggles to liberate the long-lost Spirit of Fire from the deadly Vata 'Gajat. Meanwhile, Petra's search for the identity of Infinity's spy could result in her death. The Halo universe is on the brink of a new galactic war!
from here
aHebrewMenagerie
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Though this is cool from a fiction standpoint, I can't help myself but feel disappointed that they are not exploring this in-game.
gAg CruSh3r
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Lol what the heck happen here?...
HaloGAF sex education for Speedy.
HaloGAF sex education for Speedy.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Halo wars 2 will
or with the tv show...
NobleGundam
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Nice. Sharing and giving credit. Thanks Aj.
FUBAR McDangles
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That's nice that it's being filled in shame about the medium though, on TV or in game this would be great. Do they even know the war is over on the SoF?
That arts really nice as well.
Syphon Filter
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Orochinagis
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Most of the crew if not all is in cryo, maybe serina is still alive or she is already rampant
Looks more like Halo 4 concept art artist was hired to do this
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Serina's going to bitch slap the shit outta Palmer as she gets "better acquainted" to be Master Chief's new AI "friend." She also won't be wearing pants, but she'll be wearing socks because of the community backlash after Cortana's individual toes.
This news excites me for a Halo Wars 2.
This news excites me for a Halo Wars 2.
Larry Craig says hellooooooooo!
NobleGundam
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I wonder that as well. Perhaps A.I.s have a type of hibernation mode while being temporarily inactive to conserve their lifespan?
Cortana remained in her bubble of light but she didn't stay "asleep" all those years while chief was in CryoSleep. Think back in Halo Legends & FUD than fast forward to Halo 4.
Yup. Their vision Pelican is pretty bad IMO.
Though i gotta say i don't like Bungie's Halo 3/Halo Reach Pelican either.
Halo CE/Halo 2 Pelican is the best one.
A few missions left in Halo 2, as i noted before, Legendary doesn't feel that difficult. The hardest part has been the fight against Regret.
IMO Halo 2 compares well against Halo 3, encounter-wise and map-design-wise. Overall, Halo 3 is better often, for variety of reason but Halo 2 is still very good, though playing on Legendary limits my options often.
And the cutscenes, narrative, characters, plot make it damn great, along with superb soundtrack (not sure if i like ODST OST more than Halo 2 OST).
I thought Halo 2 gameplay was a tad janky or something but it seems playing Halo 2 PC before with KB/M along with variable frame rate (on my old laptop) has probably affected my memory. Playing it with a controller at 60FPS feels good.
I miss sprint from Halo 4/other shooters though, in campaign that is, along with some useful AA-like thing instead of that useless flashlight while playing as the Chief. The Arbiter at least has the wonderfully useful camo. Anything's better than the flashlight...
Syphon Filter
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Halo 2 and Halo 3 Pelican were pretty much the same. It just look like plastic on Halo 3 like everything did lol. Also trust me you dont miss the sprint and stuff,its that you got used to that now.
What does this even mean. They look and function exactly near exactly the same CE to Reach.
Halo 4's pelican gave it a spartan laser, guns on the side, a new interior with no door leading to the pilot seat, and the cockpit windshield now opens up to get in and out, completely grey shaded glass, plus it just looks weird with the rounded wings and everything.
Halo 3 and 2 Pelicans look very different, if you notice details like i do. I never thought Halo 3 Pelican (and other stuff) looks like plastic.
H2 Pelican is more angular, with wider cockpit, and probably the body as well.
I do miss sprint (hell, i miss it in other old shooters too, thankfully Jedi Knight has Force Speed at least), because it makes running from enemies on Legendary possible.
In multiplayer, no sprint for Halo please, just faster movement.
Hell, i'll trade the flashlight for sprint just for the Chief, the Arbiter has much better survivability with camo.
Function, yes, look no. Subtle differences, the kind i notice right away. And i do not like Halo 3/Reach Pelican, it looks wrong. At least it ain't as bad as 343 Pelican.
EDIT and it ain't just "more detail and better textures", the model for Halo 3/Reach is different, more rounded and aerodynamic, with slightly different proportions and thinner but longer cockpit.
Syphon Filter
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Fairly similar,i do prefer Halo 2 graphic style though.
Odd, the difference doesn't seem that big in those pics but whenever i play Halo 3, and see a Pelican, i can't help it but think that the Pelican looks wrong.
Arguably the interiors having large differences does cause a lot of this but...
The color matters too, gunmetal gray vs military-olive.
EDIT note the landing gear and vehicle-magnet, there's a clear difference. Halo 3 Pelican has shorter tail.
Arguably the interiors having large differences does cause a lot of this but...
The color matters too, gunmetal gray vs military-olive.
EDIT note the landing gear and vehicle-magnet, there's a clear difference. Halo 3 Pelican has shorter tail.
Prinz Eugn
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Original Pelicans were Mi-24A's:
Halo 4 Pelicans are Mi-24Ds or later:
Someone at 343i obviously Google image searched "gunship," and couldn't resist changing it because random design changes were what Halo 4 was all about.
Halo 4 Pelicans are Mi-24Ds or later:
Someone at 343i obviously Google image searched "gunship," and couldn't resist changing it because random design changes were what Halo 4 was all about.
Orochinagis
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Stand-by? yeah, IAs can but IAs cant stop thinking.
FatMarshall
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Original Pelicans were Mi-24A's:
Halo 4 Pelicans are Mi-24Ds or later:
Someone at 343i obviously Google image searched "gunship," and couldn't resist changing it because random design changes were what Halo 4 was all about.
Wow. The bottom comparison is much more similar to Halo 4 than the top comparison is to the other Halo iterations.
I wonder, do people remember that Bungie did those random changes as well?
Pelican in Reach is supposed to be the same class as in Halo CE/2 but uses a model based on Halo 3 Pelican, the Banshee has gotten a total overhaul, the AR looks a lot different, the Brutes look like cave trolls instead of apes they were before...
Was there ever any story behind this skull near the end of Halo 2 or was it just nothing more than an Easter egg?
Isn't that Iron?
It only has an effect in co-op below Legendary difficulty. Single player means nothing for Iron in Halo 2.
edit: the effect it has is if one of you die, you go back to the checkpoint. Legendary already does this.
Iron didn't restart the mission in Halo 2 solo campaign?
Nope. Halo 3 introduced that.
I wouldn't mind having Serina boss us around. But I would imagine even if she put herself into some sort of low-power state, she's bound to have gone rampant and died by now...
I didn't really like the Halo Reach Pelicans, but I don't really have any issues with the H3 ones. I like the H4 ones as the gunships they are, but they don't make much sense as replacements for the old ones.
Prinz Eugn
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Yeah, I was a little harsh but it's still not really a sensible change. I would have just introduced a new gunship variant while keeping the old ones.
Bungie designs I think were executed a little better. I thought the way they changed the AR and the Banshee improved the them in the looks department.
Syphon Filter
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I prefer the Halo 3 AR. It looks more distinct and unique.
Halo Reach AR definitely has its fans, but I'm with you. The Halo 1/3/4 AR has a unique profile. The Halo Reach AR just turned it into your average chunky human weapon (I think they did the same thing to the shotgun as well.)
Orochinagis
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Speaking of the AR, what do the little arrow means?
In Halo 1, the compass points towards Threshold, the gas giant Halo is indirectly orbiting via Basis.
Chances are, it points toward Threshold in the other games as well!
Prinz Eugn
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The AR: Have a compass, but don't ask for any sights.
FUBAR McDangles
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I'm watching the Spartan Ops cutscenes right now. Say what you want about Halo 4 and Spartan Ops in general but damn are these videos purty.
Bregmann Roche
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The 1960's: NASA designs a capsule that enters the atmosphere from space and safely deposits a three man crew on Earth's surface with no injuries.
The 2550's: The UNSC can't drop ODSTs from orbit without half of them ending up lost, injured, or pancaked.
Speedy Blue Dude
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Yo Storm, if you come to PAX, I will gladly let youWell I'm doing a better job than funk
It could be the start of a beautiful relationship. Unless Zoojoo wants to be with me. In that case I'm sorry.
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