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[Tha Robbertster]

Would it really be that bad if it was a training simulation? Like people would really care about that during multiplayer.

It still seems like the most plausible thing for me. I just can't see a reason why Spartans would be fighting each other that makes sence to me, even with glasslands taken into consideration.

 

[TheOddOne]

It still seems like the most plausible thing for me. I just can't see a reason why Spartans would be fighting each other that makes sence to me, even with glasslands taken into consideration.

Eventually it will just be some fluff added for the main campaign. Nice that they added it, but people and 343 should not put much emphasis on it. The whole "perks" thing though should actually get way more attention. Seems there is a ton of misconceptions and confusion going around.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

Eventually it will just be some fluff added for the main campaign. Nice that they added it, but people and 343 should not put much emphasis on it. The whole "perks" thing though should actually get way more attention. Seems there is a ton of misconceptions and confusion going around.

Absolutely. Most people won't care whether there is a story to multiplayer or not. What they do want to know is how Halo 4 is going to play with these perk things in it. People who care about things like a story in multiplayer (like me) are going to buy the game anyway so to put a lot of resources into the promotion for the multiplayer story wouldn't result in many more sales. At least, that's what I think

 

[Striker]

The hog will roll from BR shots in the air in 3. Go and try it yourself. We pushed over a hog one time on Valhalla with teamfire. Quite effective for the Avalance basecannons too, you could flip them over and they'd hit the side bars and get thrown back. I also liked punching them on that map for a nice "WTF" from the passengers. Hog is slightly heavier for that in 3 though. Which is weird because the handbrake stops it faster in Reach, even though it's slightly lighter while turning. And if you remember the H3 Beta, the hog in that was like trying to flip a tank.

Yeah it's terrible in Halo 3 as well. Nothing better than getting launched off damn map from BR fire when you're in a Warthog. It also bumped the 'Hog around in the hills of Valhalla, ridiculous.

 

[WJD]

Picked up Cryptum today. How is it? In comparison to the other Halo books too?

I've read First Strike, Fall of Reach and Ghosts of Onyx for reference. (GoO being the best)

 

[Hypertrooper]

Picked up Cryptum today. How is it? In comparison to the other Halo books too?

I've read First Strike, Fall of Reach and Ghosts of Onyx for reference. (GoO being the best)

It's confusing. The beginning can be hard but at the end it is the most interesting and exciting book. If you read Bear's other creation, you know what you can expect. For me, it's the best Halo book.

I didn't see that, but I really hope it is something other than training exercises. That would be such a cop-out after that reveal.

Slight Glasslands spoiler

Spoiler

I think Glasslands 2 will have some big hints about it. Halsey and Parangosky face off with Spartans?

Would it really be that bad if it was a training simulation? Like people would really care about that during multiplayer.

343i has to explain the conflict between

Spoiler

Halsey and Parangosky. A normal gamer knows Dr. Halsey maybe(it depends if they play Reach). But they don't know what she has done, or that she is the most important person for the Spartan-IIs. Otherwise these are not Spartan-IIs. They are Spartan-IVs which are trained by ONI from the beginning. We know how the ODSTs reacted to the details of the Spartans-II program, why should the Spartan-IVs be defender for Halsey? There are rational adults. They will nearly have the same reaction.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

It's confusing. The beginning can be hard but at the end it is the most interesting and exciting book. If you read Bear's other creation, you know what you can expect. For me, it's the best Halo book.

Agreed, the imagery is fantastic. My favourite Halo book, next to GoO and FOR.

 

[The Librarian]

Picked up Cryptum today. How is it? In comparison to the other Halo books too?

I've read First Strike, Fall of Reach and Ghosts of Onyx for reference. (GoO being the best)

You're going to be so confused by the end. I still am.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Team Snipers on Hang 'em High. Why does this exist and why do people vote for this bullshit.

Used to be incredible on Halo 1, sucks on Reach. I vote for it out of nostalgia, but regret that decision almost immediately one the game starts lol.

I just realized Hang em High, Blood Gulch and Beaver Creek have been in every Halo game except Halo 3! (Valhalla was a good enough remake for me.)

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Used to be incredible on Halo 1, sucks on Reach. I vote for it out of nostalgia, but regret that decision almost immediately one the game starts lol.

I just realized Hang em High, Blood Gulch and Beaver Creek have been in every Halo game except Halo 3! (Valhalla was a good enough remake for me.)

InB4peopletellyouthatlongshoreishangemhigh

 

[Gazzawa]

(Valhalla was a good enough remake for me.)

fits nicer with halo 3 gameply. i liekz to lead mah shots

 

[kylej]

Boy you know Reach is terrible when Rat's Nest videos are being posted as examples of "fun" Halo. The only thing fun about Rat's Nest was spawn trapping people above camo and going +400 as a team in BTB.

saw third eye blind tonight.




awww yeah


gooodBYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

You're living a semi-charmed kind of life.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

InB4peopletellyouthatlongshoreishangemhigh

It uses the same base geometry, but plays totally different. In the same way that im guessing Halo 4 will use the same base but be totally different from Reach. (I meant in terms of game engine)

 

[Tha Robbertster]

It uses the same base geometry, but plays totally different. In the same way that im guessing Halo 4 will use the same base but be totally different from Reach.

Can't wait to play on a Boardwalk or Spire re-imagination

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Can't wait to play on a Boardwalk or Spire re-imagination

If anyone sits in a 343 meeting and mentions remaking a Reach map, im hoping they would get fired on the spot. Surely Frankie wouldn't stand for such stupidity?

 

[The Librarian]

Going through my own rendered H3 videos:

1. Fish-Barrel. Something cool I noticed on High Ground.
2. 3 Kills...splat. Some hilarious mancannon action on Avalanche.
3. Whoops. I let the enemy team get the flag in the most hilarious way
4. Teasing Penguin. I am distraction.
5. Fancy. Dancing around a rock in Valhalla to grab a flag.
6. Thread Needles. Needler action on Longshore.
7. Double Fail. The laser isn't always a safe bet.
8. Ghal and I Own. Successful bomb run on a forge map.
9. Prowler > Chopper.
10. Nothing to It. My Chopper run ends in a hilarious way. I think it was Blood who died. Or was it Coco? Can't remember.
11. Rainin' Goose. My infamous Mongoose splatter on Valhalla.
12. Whodda thunk?. My bubble shield is defeated by an energy drainer. lulz
13. Extermination. On Orbital.

 

[Rand0m TAG]

Is this what HaloGAF has become, posting lame videos of trying to cheese the already terrible BTB?

Also, things I never want to experience in Halo 4, Headhunter.

yo, headhunter needs to come back to 4. a little tweaking and that gametype would be awesome

 

[kylej]

as I've posted before, this is the greatest H3 clip of all time.

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=105756774

blainer exterm as fast as you can pull the trigger. I've seen a lot of crazy shit in my H3 days, never saw anyone do that again.

 

[Gazzawa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qxDl1xZTs8

This is the best Halo 3 MLG top 10 I have ever seen.
When Ogre1 got that splatter medal gaming was lifted to new heights!

 

[TheOddOne]

343i has to explain the conflict between

Spoiler

Halsey and Parangosky. A normal gamer knows Dr. Halsey maybe(it depends if they play Reach). But they don't know what she has done, or that she is the most important person for the Spartan-IIs. Otherwise these are not Spartan-IIs. They are Spartan-IVs which are trained by ONI from the beginning. We know how the ODSTs reacted to the details of the Spartans-II program, why should the Spartan-IVs be defender for Halsey? There are rational adults. They will nearly have the same reaction.

Huh? I don't quite get your drift.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

as I've posted before, this is the greatest H3 clip of all time.

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=105756774

blainer exterm as fast as you can pull the trigger. I've seen a lot of crazy shit in my H3 days, never saw anyone do that again.

That was pretty good, he should have really clipped out the first three quarters of that clip though, I was about ready to switch it off near the end lol.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

as I've posted before, this is the greatest H3 clip of all time.

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=105756774

blainer exterm as fast as you can pull the trigger. I've seen a lot of crazy shit in my H3 days, never saw anyone do that again.

The quit at the end caps it off perfectly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qxDl1xZTs8

This is the best Halo 3 MLG top 10 I have ever seen.
When Ogre1 got that splatter medal gaming was lifted to new heights!

Wow. Suits you.

 

[Tashi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qxDl1xZTs8

This is the best Halo 3 MLG top 10 I have ever seen.
When Ogre1 got that splatter medal gaming was lifted to new heights!

Hahaha that was pretty good.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

as I've posted before, this is the greatest H3 clip of all time.

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=105756774

blainer exterm as fast as you can pull the trigger. I've seen a lot of crazy shit in my H3 days, never saw anyone do that again.

That's some crazy shit right there. <3 Halo 3.

 

[kylej]

That was pretty good, he should have really clipped out the first three quarters of that clip though, I was about ready to switch it off near the end lol.

that's Wape Foreplay.

 

[neoism]

That's some crazy shit right there. <3 Halo 3.

wow... I will have to play that game one more time someday... I sucked at 3s sniper though... :/

 

[Plywood]

Finally got a wired internet connection for the Xbox, fuck yeah.

Did you decide on speakers yet?

 

[ElzarTheBam]

wow... I will have to play that game one more time someday... I sucked at 3s sniper though... :/

Yeah, team snipers was sometimes infuriating because of the netcode though.

 

[Plywood]

Yeah, team snipers was sometimes infuriating because of the netcode though.

Blood headshots. feelsbadman.jpg

 

[fawaz]

as I've posted before, this is the greatest H3 clip of all time.

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=105756774

blainer exterm as fast as you can pull the trigger. I've seen a lot of crazy shit in my H3 days, never saw anyone do that again.

WRONG!

This is the single greatest Halo 3 clip

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Blood headshots. feelsbadman.jpg

Tell me about it bro, in hindsight sometimes pretty funny.

The best/worst were the ones that ate a full on laser shot.

WRONG!

This is the single greatest Halo 3 clip

Okay, this is pretty damn funny, for those interested the awesome/funny bit starts at 1.27

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Leviathan's pondering and sketching about "his" Halo 4 is pretty cool so far.

It's this kind of dreaming down the rabbit hole that I did back that then that made a lot of Halo 3's plot & narrative very disappointing.

 

[FyreWulff]

Yeah it's terrible in Halo 3 as well. Nothing better than getting launched off damn map from BR fire when you're in a Warthog. It also bumped the 'Hog around in the hills of Valhalla, ridiculous.

Solution: bring back the snow hog on tracks.

Maximum grip.

 

[kylej]

WRONG!

This is the single greatest Halo 3 clip

??? I have personally had better flag runs than that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZn9BiJ-Z3s

Sudden death cap with 1 second left.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Going through my own rendered H3 videos:

1. Fish-Barrel. Something cool I noticed on High Ground.
2. 3 Kills...splat. Some hilarious mancannon action on Avalanche.
3. Whoops. I let the enemy team get the flag in the most hilarious way
4. Teasing Penguin. I am distraction.
5. Fancy. Dancing around a rock in Valhalla to grab a flag.
6. Thread Needles. Needler action on Longshore.
7. Double Fail. The laser isn't always a safe bet.
8. Ghal and I Own. Successful bomb run on a forge map.
9. Prowler > Chopper.
10. Nothing to It. My Chopper run ends in a hilarious way. I think it was Blood who died. Or was it Coco? Can't remember.
11. Rainin' Goose. My infamous Mongoose splatter on Valhalla.
12. Whodda thunk?. My bubble shield is defeated by an energy drainer. lulz
13. Extermination. On Orbital.

Remember this game? Good times.

 

[User 73706]

I personally always loved this video, especially because I think everyone was invincible (or at least at 2000% damage resistance) in that match.

 

[Karl2177]

??? I have personally had better flag runs than that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZn9BiJ-Z3s

Sudden death cap with 1 second left.

Needs more rocket dodging and more blaining.

http://youtu.be/NrTmQjpoyGc

 

[Stinkles]

It still seems like the most plausible thing for me. I just can't see a reason why Spartans would be fighting each other that makes sence to me, even with glasslands taken into consideration.

There isn't a Spartan civil war, no. pink Spartans do not have a galactic beef with Mauve Spartans. You'll have to wait.

 

[kittens]

Awesome videos!

I wish most of them were in first person, though. I feel like it's usually a better perspective to show the action, unless it's a wide spread carnage shot.

Edit : Ooh, first official confirmation of no Spartan civil war? First I've seen, anyways. Good to know. I hated the idea.

 

[kylej]

There isn't a Spartan civil war, no. pink Spartans do not have a galactic beef with Mauve Spartans. You'll have to wait.

The most important piece of Halo canon to me is whether Cortana's ass will be improved during the Halo 4 timeline. Please confirm or deny thank you.

 

[wwm0nkey]

There isn't a Spartan civil war, no. pink Spartans do not have a galactic beef with Mauve Spartans. You'll have to wait.

So mind controlling nano machines then?


(Will probably be a VR training simulation)

 

[Overdoziz]

Anyone remember that video of mine that made it into a BWU?

I'm cool like that.

 

[CyReN]

The most important piece of Halo canon to me is whether Cortana's ass will be improved during the Halo 4 timeline. Please confirm or deny thank you.

 

[GhaleonEB]

There isn't a Spartan civil war, no. pink Spartans do not have a galactic beef with Mauve Spartans. You'll have to wait.

It would be fitting to have the RvB guys do a video revealing the explanation. Just thought I'd toss that out there.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Anyone remember that video of mine that made it into a BWU?

I'm cool like that.

I call your BWU clip with:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS_h0RR0rgI

Elzar knows I love the Jetpacks

I would raise with a Halo 3 clip but I dont have many rendered out (except in crappy montages).

 

[Rickenslacker]

It would be fitting to have the RvB guys do a video revealing the explanation. Just thought I'd toss that out there.

I miss the days when RvB wasn't trying to get serious with its story. Haven't even cared to see the last season or two.

 

[wwm0nkey]

I miss the days when RvB wasn't trying to get serious with its story. Haven't even cared to see the last season or two.

While I like the action of the new series the story is very "meh"

 

[Zeouterlimits]

I miss the days when RvB wasn't trying to get serious with its story. Haven't even cared to see the last season or two.

I really enjoyed the second last season, the one that introduced their MoCap scenes. It complemented the humour.

As for Halo 4, surely it's just Spartan's training? What better way to practice than against the best of the best?

I mean we had coloured teams as part of the lore from FOR. MC is part of Blue Team.

 

[Pecan1]

Is the Gauss on Brakneck overwhelming?

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=916952151&player=S13John

That match was a random player driving and neither of us had mics.

 

[Korosenai]

Here's my MLG triple kill, perhaps the greatest you will ever witness

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=100561615