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Halo |OT19| 793 Posts, And None Worth Reading
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NobleGundam
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Badass. So Thel is
not an Arbiter but a Kaidon now correct?
Xbone screenshots of Halo: Spartan Assault via Polygon
http://www.polygon.com/xbox/2013/12/13/5204184/halo-spartan-assault-on-xbox-one-screenshots
Article that was posted at the same time:
http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/13/5...saults-co-op-mode-will-flood-you-with-enemies
http://www.polygon.com/xbox/2013/12/13/5204184/halo-spartan-assault-on-xbox-one-screenshots
Article that was posted at the same time:
http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/13/5...saults-co-op-mode-will-flood-you-with-enemies
Prinz Eugn
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How quickly do you think I would get sued if I released HD parody version?
YourExWife
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Don't forget that you need to be a space-faring race in the 26th century that has cured cancer, made super soldiers, has machines that can perform surgeries for you, is in a war against aliens, and has AI with computing power beyond imagination, yet thinks science is poopy.
Remember that 343i internal concept that got leaked right after Halo 4's announcement?
Well, the characters did have psychic powers. They might be superheros now.
Can't find the video, but here's what I'm talking about:
Remember that 343i internal concept that got leaked right after Halo 4's announcement?
Well, the characters did have psychic powers. They might be superheros now.
Man, I fucking hate videogames.
Less is more is the female armor in halo 4 in a number of cases not to mention shoulder armor shrinks for females. All the armor pieces look stupid as they cover to about the middle part of the torso.
Demoncarnotaur
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Badass. So Thel isnot an Arbiter but a Kaidon now correct?
So, that is kinda cool.
Also, the Jackal, they fixed it! Please tell me they will take a step back from some of the more extreme Halo 4 redesigns. Jackals are space birds, not space iguana sharks.
Any more pics?
Barrow Roll
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I concur, which is why Destiny looks rad.
Gabotron ES
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Caayn
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Oh man please let them have thrown this idea into the garbage bin right after they finished the video.Remember that 343i internal concept that got leaked right after Halo 4's announcement?
Well, the characters did have psychic powers. They might be superheros now.
Can't find the video, but here's what I'm talking about:[/IMG]
It's getting awfully close to being reality. First a concept of characters with superpowers now characters are wearing capes what's next? Is that a bird, is it a plane? No, it's SuperMaster Chief.
They talk about characters that also could be interesting? How about bringing back the other Spartan 2s and 3s.
I will never care about those spartan 4s or Palmer.
Halo 4 should have ended with chief being all down because of cortana, then he arrives on earth where Fred, Linda aad Kelly surprise him.
I will never care about those spartan 4s or Palmer.
Halo 4 should have ended with chief being all down because of cortana, then he arrives on earth where Fred, Linda aad Kelly surprise him.
But the SIIIs and remaining SIIs have been incorporated into the SIVs now.
Caayn
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Yeah a glimpse of the remaining Spartan 2s at the end would've been amazing. It sure as hell would've been better than showing a glimpse of MC's face.
I think the biggest problem with the Spartan 4s is that they don't resemble Spartans at all. I mean even recruits in previous games/books act more mature than what we've seen thus far from the Spartan 4s. On top of just being glorified ODSTs and marines.
Which should never have happened, in my opinion. It just feels like 343i is desperately trying to push the Spartan 4s. I've seen nothing about the Spartan 4s that makes me like them, instead I've grown to dislike them.
squidhands
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Shitty coloring and art in comics is nothing new. Shame that 343 chose poorly with this art team (because it's fill-in team work at best), I'm sure they don't really need another perceived blemish on the franchise.
To the second bold, ehhhh. I haven't seen any new character that I'm remotely interested in seeing where their arc goes. The concept of Cortana finally running her course as Chief's right hand(brain) is interesting, but I've been so underwhelmed by how the overall story has been told so far that I'm not entirely sure that 343 can stick the landing here. To be fair, the Chief/Cortana dynamic was far and away the best part of Halo 4's story so I'm pessimistically hopeful (if that's even a thing).
To the first bold, what in the actual fuck is he talking about? How can ANY of us relate to a forcibly orphaned, emotionally defunct super-soldier? Yeah, I remember those days, I feel ya, Chief!
To the second bold, ehhhh. I haven't seen any new character that I'm remotely interested in seeing where their arc goes. The concept of Cortana finally running her course as Chief's right hand(brain) is interesting, but I've been so underwhelmed by how the overall story has been told so far that I'm not entirely sure that 343 can stick the landing here. To be fair, the Chief/Cortana dynamic was far and away the best part of Halo 4's story so I'm pessimistically hopeful (if that's even a thing).
User 73706
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So, here's an example of something the coloring dude's worked on before.
And now back to this.
Who wants to bet whoever 343's comic director was limping to the barn to make some totally radical suggestions like "let's focus on high-contrast colors and hard blacks and whites to make it feel real and earthy and gritty, and try to appease some of those good old 90's comic fans." Or maybe even "guys, I'm not sure that people are going to get what CTF means - go ahead and replace 'On it, ma'am' with 'CAPTURE THE FLAG!' It should really liven things up and it's a little closer to our vision. I mean, otherwise, how would someone completely new to the series that somehow started with a one-off comic nobody but the fat nerds at NeoGAF.com are going to read understand what's going on?"
And now back to this.
Who wants to bet whoever 343's comic director was limping to the barn to make some totally radical suggestions like "let's focus on high-contrast colors and hard blacks and whites to make it feel real and earthy and gritty, and try to appease some of those good old 90's comic fans." Or maybe even "guys, I'm not sure that people are going to get what CTF means - go ahead and replace 'On it, ma'am' with 'CAPTURE THE FLAG!' It should really liven things up and it's a little closer to our vision. I mean, otherwise, how would someone completely new to the series that somehow started with a one-off comic nobody but the fat nerds at NeoGAF.com are going to read understand what's going on?"
aHebrewMenagerie
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The only new character that I even remotely care about is Tom Lasky, and that has nothing to do with how he was portrayed in the game. It's just because I happened to like FUD.
The Spartan Laser was just one of the interlocking gears in the Halo 3 vehicle-related disaster machine. What is basically a sniper rifle capable of a triple kill per shot with basically zero effort and almost literally zero warning to the victim is not a good piece of design. There does not need to be a long range antivehicle weapon - the entire point of having vehicles like the Warthog or the Ghost or the single good incarnation of the Banshee, is that they're capable of hit-and-run attacks that, if done well, can go uncontested. They're shouldn't be effective at long-range either (which is one of the many, many reasons putting the Scorpion in matchmaking is a boneheaded decision), and are usually balanced by having programmed inaccuracy in their main guns (the well-balanced Warthog versions were never pinpoint accurate, so you had to get close...and even then you didn't melt people). Introducing something that basically stops the hit-and-run in its tracks from one end of the map to the other breaks that dynamic.
It's just not interesting to use or fight against, like something as smart as the Plasma Launcher in Reach was - that weapon took the idea of the laser and Halo 2's lock-on rockets, and combined their best elements. Travel time on projectiles, a blaringly loud, obvious, directional warning that can be heard throughout its entire effective range (which the laser certainly didn't - a hairline tracer and a chargeup the driver could never hear didn't accomplish anything), and a projectile tracking rate that, when combined with the travel time, accomplished two things: it allowed a good driver to maneuver and avoid them if they were good, and it forced smart play from the weapon user because your positioning had to be right in order to be optimally effective. The laser, by contrast, is a zero-effort cudgel that didn't even work well in an environment where everything vehicle-related was balanced upwards to the point of being ridiculous.
He's about as likable as a plank of wood, with a personality to match. They need to do some serious development if they want him to be anything but an everyman snoozefest.
What Marathon reboot?
343 should make a game about the arbiter or the rest of the covenant fallout before they try and make Palmer a main character in anything.
In that Activision court doucument that leaked the Destiny name they state that bungie is also working on a Marathon reboot.
Interesting. Wonder if they will tie it into the Halo universe.
Why does it have to be a reboot? Why can't it just be in the same universe?
Was hoping this would happen after Halo 3 but then Reach and 4 happened
I mean it could but I think a retelling might be a better option right now.
I thought it was cancelled, hence Marcus Lehto leaving. I may be mistaken.
His project was canned but it wasn't Marathon.
We will probably hear about Marathon either
A) a year after the first Destiny expansion
or
B) Never because it got quietly canned.
Though since they only have a 5% allocation of employees or something working on it I imagine Bungie might just be making a B team like NaughtyDog to work on Marathon while the A team does Destiny.
They have more than enough people for 2 teams right now.
They could always outsource!
Oh ok, I thought he was leading the Marathon team.
No his C team got disbanded :c
Though I really do think it would be cool to see Marathon come back and have the MP be classic Halo like since there would be no point in the MP being like Destiny.
What the hell, was he on crystal meth aandwas unable to use his hands to color the Halo comic or why does it look so much worse than his previous workSo, here's an example of something the coloring dude's worked on before.
And now back to this.
Who wants to bet whoever 343's comic director was limping to the barn to make some totally radical suggestions like "let's focus on high-contrast colors and hard blacks and whites to make it feel real and earthy and gritty, and try to appease some of those good old 90's comic fans." Or maybe even "guys, I'm not sure that people are going to get what CTF means - go ahead and replace 'On it, ma'am' with 'CAPTURE THE FLAG!' It should really liven things up and it's a little closer to our vision. I mean, otherwise, how would someone completely new to the series that somehow started with a one-off comic nobody but the fat nerds at NeoGAF.com are going to read understand what's going on?"
squidhands
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Maybe he was only paid in McFarlane action figures and adjusted accordingly.
ElzarTheBam
Member
I feel like this post is almost too good.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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It's depressing to see McFarlane jokes after growing up with Spawn.. It's like what's happened to Halo ;[
NobleGundam
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http://m.ign.com/articles/2012/09/27/ensemble-claims-bungie-tension-over-halo-wars
Had no idea about this with Ensemble, Bungie, and MS until now. Wow...
Had no idea about this with Ensemble, Bungie, and MS until now. Wow...
ElRenoRaven
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Yea same here. Dunno how I ever missed that article. Kind of a small insight into the relationship that eventually broke up when Bungie bought themselves back.
I remember reading an article about this a while back, and I gotta agree with Bungie. MS needs to stop with how much Halo stuff it puts out or they aren't going to be able to use Halo to make money since the fanbase is so worn thin. Looking at the quality of the comic, it's pretty clear that no one in charge really has their heart in the franchise anymore and that's a shame since it has so much potential.
With a face like that, how else do I tell if it's Palmer?
(The text bubble looks like it's bending her spine too)
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Without Halo, I wouldn't have given a crap about an RTS on console. That decision was a good one and resulted in a fantastic game.
I disagree; I never once felt like Halo was being "milked." A mediocre Halo game by Bungie every 3 years contributed more to killing this franchise than "whoring" out the IP to what, one other developer that actually created a fun game? While Halo was resting, other IP's were destroying and innovating in similar spaces.
If it can be done right, then why not? Halo Wars was a perfect example of it and so were the novels, several comics, FUD, Halo Legends, action figures, etc. This is how you build a brand. The fact that we're relying on one big Halo release every few years is why the franchise isn't in the spotlight anymore, not to mention what if that game is a subpar experience..
I agree, if it wasn't for Halo I probably wouldn't have picked the game up.
And if not, Halo would have at best been a niche Mac and PC franchise, and Bungie might never have recovered from the Myth II recall and gone on to produce the last decade of work.
Instead we got Halo, a good competitor to Sony's consoles, and Bungie starting another AAA franchise. I would say it's worked out pretty well.
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