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Halo |OT2| Hyper-Athletic Speed And Mass And Weight and Power
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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I like Reach more than 3, if that helps. A lot of people here don't, but it's a good game.
Halo 4 does release this fall.
Sorry, you caught us at a bad time.
Rickenslacker
Banned
IMO Reach is bad and you're better off buying ODST for a better campaign, better Firefight and the complete version of Halo 3's MP which is miles better than Reach's. Population is considerably lower nowadays but you'll always find games going.
This. Execution is what matters.
Blue Ninja
Member
On the one hand, this sounds horrible.
On the other hand, the meltdowns are so amazing I can't help but admire 343.
On the other hand, the meltdowns are so amazing I can't help but admire 343.
This was known for a long time, we have heard that they will not play a big role but they will be present.
Yeah, I know they were in the game, but I didn't expect to be fighting them again. Oh well.
Blue Ninja
Member
Where's my campaign info?
Yeah, visuals look incredible both technically and in style. Campaign and coop are looking like they will be stellar.
The general HaloGAF impression is that Reach is okay. It has its faults, but it also has a few things that it does very well. If you're wanting campaign impressions, my personal opinion is that it is the weakest of them all.
Dominican Power
Member
I only care about MP.
ElzarTheBam
Member
My jaw is still on the ground.
Another thing: Stick to Title Updated playlists in matchmaking (they'll have a little blurb below the description). Miles better than the rest.
Blue Ninja
Member
What I've seen so far didn't really impress me. But I'm just a wee bit drunk, so eh.
Only thing I can gather is that there is something trying to board the Forward at Dawn, Cortana is scared and calls out for Chief.
Some parts are redacted so I don't know whats going on there, but there is caption that reads "Halo 4 includes prologue before the campaign begins to bring players up to speed, whether you've played the previous games or not. "
More should be dropping, but dunno when.
I'd just like to mention this because I never see anyone discussing it. Jumping is such an integral part of competitive play and map design, but the jetpack completely ruins these. Seeing its return is incredibly disappointing. The only way to make the jetpack work is to have it available at all times and to design maps around its functionality, but doing so would make the maps completely unlike Halo maps, and therefore it has no place in multiplayer.
ElzarTheBam
Member
The cortana/red elite pic looks amazing IMO
RebornYeti
Member
Same. At least GI weren't exaggerating that bit. I really can't wait to see H4 in motion.
Blue Ninja
Member
Okay, yeah, Cortana looked good. But that red Elite's armor keeps reminding me of the Elven armor in Skyrim. :lol
ElzarTheBam
Member
Kinda did, didn't it? Lol.
Poker Face
Member
i know how you feel. :/
Blue Ninja
Member
Gabotron ES
Member
Atleast the game looks fucking sexy.
biosnake20
Member
Wait theres one of cortana now?
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Ok I need to catch up, I went out to diner with my gf and came back to this.. but lemme ask, are the scans/info confirmed real?
It's mostly a mixed opinion. Some people really like it, and others vehemently hate it. The netcode is amazing, but the black screen host migrations are common(not nearly as much as MW3). With Zero-bloom, the game became a lot more playable. I might pick it up if you could get it at a large discount, like $20.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Im not going to play the game for its graphics, many on Gaf do, I need gameplay to be good.
There's a possibility the text was modified, but it's very likely that they are real as well as the info. No official confirmation.
Poker Face
Member
sorry, couldn't help but laugh.
RebornYeti
Member
Hopefully there are some environment shots in the pages we haven't seen yet.
biosnake20
Member
Hydranockz
Member
343's hesitance to calling the permutations 'perks' coupled with all of these similarities to COD (Spartan Ops, instant respawns, player investment impacts gameplay) really run against the grain of what 343 were leading us to believe was a studio driven by their love of Halo to be quite honest.
I'll wait with cautious optimism for more clarification, a sparkast in the net few weeks to discuss these in more detail and generally more information before really liking or disliking anything.
I'll wait with cautious optimism for more clarification, a sparkast in the net few weeks to discuss these in more detail and generally more information before really liking or disliking anything.
343 may like Halo, but the people who pay their bills want that COD money.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I went to Halo Waypoint for a laugh
Latvian Hitman
Member
Kinda' funny now to think of all the heated talk about ADS that took place over on the gaming side the last couple of days.
If what we've just learned here is legit, 343 may as well put ADS in the fecking game. It's basically the only thing missing now.
If what we've just learned here is legit, 343 may as well put ADS in the fecking game. It's basically the only thing missing now.
Gabotron ES
Member
I need a gameplay vid to see how this turns out, I'm not liking the randomized weapon spawns and the instant-spawnthing.
Red elite samurai armor looks sexy.
Red elite samurai armor looks sexy.
Hydranockz
Member
I don't buy into that mentality.
The Librarian
Banned
Gabotron ES
Member
I can already see all the grenade spam happening.
This system exists as the Weapon Drop indicators in Invasion Skirmish and Elite Skirmish. What ends up happening is a team takes control of it, then everybody cramming into the circle and holding the pickup button to grab rockets before everybody else. Usually grenades are thrown and betrayals are had.
Or both teams just nade spam the circle. Either way, the random location just means that a proper setup by a skilled team is less and less valuable with random spawn locations.
I see CA anything and I think Certain Affinity. Let's just give everyone a choice of power weapon at spawn. But don't worry, if you think you chose the wrong one, you can find a different one at any of the 79 weapon spawns on the map, that are now randomized! Fuck yeah!
bobs...onGaf
Member
Seems like the easiest explanation.
Halo has a very unique playstyle, 343 is full of creative's, surely one of them would have been able to think of innovations which drastically pushed the game forward without obviously being influenced by CoD. Even if the changes are fantastic and play well, its easy to see where the inspiration comes from. Many of the new features in that article can be quite easily mapped to a CoD feature. Except Forerunner Vision, but Assassins Creed did Templar Vision first.
