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Halo |OT2| Hyper-Athletic Speed And Mass And Weight and Power
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ElzarTheBam
Member
Even with the problems, halo reach, I am certain.
Halo 3 has low population and pretty bad (in relation to reach) netcode.
Tha Robbertster
Member
Halo Reach has a superior population and netcode, while Halo 3 has the better gameplay in my opinion. I'd still advise you to by Reach. There are more gamemodes in Reach so there is a bigger chance you'll find something you'll like.
Have you played any other Halo games before?
When Halo 3 had a good population, I found it much more enjoyable than Reach; better maps and gameplay. Reach improved upon it in areas such as net code and weapon feedback, but also added a lot of flaws that can make the game quite frustrating. At this point however, given the state of the playlists and populations in Halo 3, I'd recommend Reach over it.
Garrett 2U
Member
I bought that magazine online, it is an interview with the always entertaining Frankie O'Connor.
The only tidbits of info that I haven't heard before are their descriptions of Wraparound and Warhouse.
On Warhouse, outside of that mech manufacturing area is a large battleground.
Wraparound apparently has lots of verticality and long sight lines. Sounds a lot like narrows.
Oh and they confirmed AR starts.
The only tidbits of info that I haven't heard before are their descriptions of Wraparound and Warhouse.
On Warhouse, outside of that mech manufacturing area is a large battleground.
Wraparound apparently has lots of verticality and long sight lines. Sounds a lot like narrows.
Oh and they confirmed AR starts.
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ElzarTheBam
Member
It's worth buying the anniversary map pack the very least IMO, there is usually sales on reach map packs, so you could pick up noble and defiant at a later time perhaps?
The Real Napsta
Member
Anniversary is worth it. The others are decent.
Garrett 2U
Member
The maps are all pretty decent, but that is still better than default maps.
I'll eco the statement that the Anni map pack is worth it.
Garrett 2U
Member
Frankie, can you please bring back Mister Chief for the Weekly Bulletins?
I was looking through the old Bungie ones and I overflowed with nostalgia.
It would make my banana stand.
Also here is all the info from the magazine that stuck out to me:
You fight the covenant, although they are not the main enemy.
Master Chief character is fleshed out through actions rather than words.
There is lens flare. They really want you to feel as if you are in the suit. (compared to Battlefield 3)
Players are going to have custom load outs.
Outside of Warhouse is a large battleground.
Wraparound has lots of verticality and long sight lines.
It is very important to them that the multiplayer is wrapped into the fiction.
I wonder if the shadows in the game dynamic or static?
I was looking through the old Bungie ones and I overflowed with nostalgia.
It would make my banana stand.
Also here is all the info from the magazine that stuck out to me:
You fight the covenant, although they are not the main enemy.
Master Chief character is fleshed out through actions rather than words.
There is lens flare. They really want you to feel as if you are in the suit. (compared to Battlefield 3)
Players are going to have custom load outs.
Outside of Warhouse is a large battleground.
Wraparound has lots of verticality and long sight lines.
It is very important to them that the multiplayer is wrapped into the fiction.
I wonder if the shadows in the game dynamic or static?
Hypertrooper
Member
Am I the only one who would recommend to buy none of these two and instead picking up Halo: CE: Anniversary? If 3 had a vivid population, I'd say go with 3. But it doesn't. Reach's MP is populated, but the rest is kinda meh. Anniversary costs $30-$40, and you get 1) an awesome campaign, b) awesome Terminals video, c) a part of Reach's multiplayer. Yeah the biggest complain is that Anniversary doesn't have Reach's map or you can't get access to the DLC maps.(Which I don't really understand because Microsoft/343i could give everyone the DLC codes of the Defiant and Noble Mappack and the "disc storage" wouldn't have been a problem).
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Huh, really? Can the player go out there? Or is it purely visible, like the vehicles behind the fence on The Pit?
Garrett 2U
Member
Yeah I'm pretty sure you can go outside
I'd get Reach. Anny packs are good, there's still decent playlist rotations going out. There's bad ones in 3 right now also. AR starts plaguing everything in social, and even in Ranked TS.
Hypertrooper
Member
So no new information.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Cool. We need flythroughs asap. C'mon Franklez + Ellis.
Also need clarification on "load outs". What does that mean this time?
Garrett 2U
Member
Lens flare and map descriptions were new to me.
Battlefield 3 was effectively able to cover up really low res textures with their lighting and shadows, going to be interesting to see all of that with HD resolution
Gabotron ES
Member
Boo.
So I played The Ark yesterday on Legendary and while I found it was much easier then when I first played it back in 07' it was also a lot funner than any Reach Campaign mission.
And thanks to bungie.net's stat tracking feature I can see how much I've improved since my very first Campaign run which was also on Legendary.
2007:
2012:
dat death reduction
Finally, the lighting and skyboxes of H3 > Reach.
And thanks to bungie.net's stat tracking feature I can see how much I've improved since my very first Campaign run which was also on Legendary.
2007:
2012:
dat death reduction
Finally, the lighting and skyboxes of H3 > Reach.
Hypertrooper
Member
The only new thing for me was the large battleground outside of Warhouse.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Garrett 2U
Member
It's what players want nowadays, for better or for worse.
And it is possible to have really competitive games with custom load outs.
Look at Rainbox Six Vegas, Ghost Recon, etc.
Just has to be balanced out really well with limited customization... Or else you get COD.
Hey guys, there was a map and gametype doing the rounds about 6 months ago that I'm trying to track down.
It was a massive slanted tunnel with teleporters at the bottom, one team goes down the tunnel in Warthogs, the other stands in the tunnel with hammers and has to whack the 'Hogs before they get splattered.
What was it called?
It was a massive slanted tunnel with teleporters at the bottom, one team goes down the tunnel in Warthogs, the other stands in the tunnel with hammers and has to whack the 'Hogs before they get splattered.
What was it called?
Garrett 2U
Member
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
The outside area is a key component to War House. Best to think of the map as a circle within a circle within a circle. The sky box on that particular level is one of my favorite of all time.
Hypertrooper
Member
That's the reason he died less this time.
I was stunned at how vibrant and full of life even on the sand filled areas of The Ark the game can be.
Actually I skipped out on two hunters. I regret nothing.
You know it.
Halo is about beginning on an even playing field. Reach already ruined this and if 343 doesn't understand that...
smh
ElzarTheBam
Member
Superior water aswell in general.
Garrett 2U
Member
A circle within a circle within a circle.. Sounds like powerhouse. :/
I think that is because reach offered too much variety.
You can't balance out armor lock, sprint, camo, hologram, drop shield, and Jetpack.
They are all completely different, so the even playing field is broken.
If h4 is more streamlined I think it could work out.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Feel it. Its circular. Its like a carousel. You pay the quarter, you get on the horse. It goes up and down and around. Circular. Circle. With the music. The flow all good things.
Hypertrooper
Member
Of course I do.You know it.
So... can we get back in time where Halo 4 wasn't showed the first time and people cried that they didn't have any Halo 4 information?
Sparkast?
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Regardless of your feelings on Powerhouse, that is not an apt comparison.
The water in the back when you fight the Scarab on that level:
High res: http://i.minus.com/izsLFmKYBXxtU.jpg
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like condemned then?
Sounds more like a Zealot map than Powerhouse. Anxious to hear more on these maps, and everything else.
Hypertrooper
Member
Oh crap. Halo 3 is still better looking than Reach. People should deal with it. Hope Halo 4 can have these skyboxes and these interesting scenarios.The water in the back when you fight the Scarab on that level:
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Garrett 2U
Member
It does seem like that center area is a lot more enclosed than powerhouse's wide open design.
My apologies, I shall reserve judgement
I noticed there was a gravity lift shaft in one of the walls, Im interested to know where that leads
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Gabotron ES
Member
Garrett 2U
Member
There are also mancannons.
Man cannons! Oh how I have missed you!
It looked like there were mancannons on wraparound too, in one of the clips it seemed like a spartan jumped extraordinarily high.
Plus the trajectory seemed forced
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Yep, they're a shortcut from the lower outer ring to top middle aka the murder pad.