cool blog.
Much appreciated!
Keep it coming.
I may do a blog about forerunner erotic poetry some day
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Halo |OT3| Remember Reach?
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cool blog.
Much appreciated!
Keep it coming.
I may do a blog about forerunner erotic poetry some day
squidhands
Member
the only time that jump could be made in the beta is if you were playing as an Elite.
After how they handled Halo 2 Vista, I'd rather they not bother
The Librarian
Banned
Well, if Halo 1 and 2 are any indication, the next Xbox, if it is backwards compatible, will be able to up the resolution of Halo 3 and ODST by quite a bit. I can't wait.
But I do agree: human environments are great in ODST.
You had to crouch at the APEX of your jump
StalkerUKCG
Banned
The biggest crime with H2V was the screwing up of mod support
sorry buddy.
I m on phone but i can at least swap to nothing. No problemo, i m an avatar whore
Saw no strings attached in the post i found it by the way
What support?
Didn't Halo 2 Vista have map editor too by the way?
Oh and we need to play H2V someday, i recently got a wired 360 controller which works for Windows too. And i need to get some achievables.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I'd agree. Halo 2 PC really was a joke. The only good thing to come out of it was obviously being PC and the lack of pop in during the cutscenes. Other then that it was just a bad port.
It did but it was extremely gimped on purpose.
Thanks a lot!
horrible mod support, shitty server browser, broken voice chat, and Microsoft ignoring that they ever made it by ignoring it's achievements on Waypoint, which is silly since Waypoint career tracking comes off as something to cater to hardcore fans, so why not reward your hardcore fans for buying your games?
Hired Gun did a great job on a technical level (framerate, resolution, KBAM/controller support) but they really should have been allowed to exist after the game had shipped. Shit, at this point I'm STILL expecting them to announce Halo 2 Anniversary and say "and now for the first time ever, achievements for Halo 2!"
BackdoorBeauty
Member
Disagree.. I made this jump all the time. Crouching at apex as that old woman above me indicated.
Same with Plasma Cannon ledge. <3 powerhouse
Tunesmith in the H4 Screens thread caught this:
That bad of a port?
I always felt what held back H3 was the lack off AA and AF more so than the sub 720p.
Wasn't it stated somewhere that Halo 4 is set in 2557? EDIT Halopedian: Beginning approximately on July 20th, 2557 [14][12]
Halo 3 ending happens in Christmas 2552. Hmm.
Hypertrooper
Member
Sorry Plywood, this time it is you.
Halo 3 ends March 2553.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I'd agree almost if they had allowed you a lot more control over your settings options. Option wise it's limited as all hell. Let me turn on or off individual settings if I want damn it. Also it required a pretty damn beefy computer at the time when it really shouldn't have.
Steelyuhas
Member
You could do it as a spartan. I think you had to crouch jump though, which I do on every single jump I've ever made.
Then ending speech, yes. But the destruction of the Ark? Gotta re-check from Halopedia...
EDIT Halopedia: Date: December 11, 2552[1]
It wasn't even a sure thing with the crouch jump, and usually you had DMRs & nades raining down on you so it was a pointless thing to even try.
I made a comparison video on Youtube a long time ago comparing what was in the E3 demo and what made it to the final game. I used Vista to cap the "now" video. It was funny to see people claim in the comments that it looked worse than the actual game. I should have remembered to tell them there's no actual graphical level settings, it's just gamma and AA.
Hypertrooper
Member
December, 11, 2552.
squidhands
Member
I do it too; apparently I just suck at it. :-\
The Real Napsta
Member
I almost always crouch jump too.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Really? ROFLMAO. Why does that not surprise me one bit? People are so stupid sometimes.
And man. That video brings back memories. I always wonder what could have been if they had been able to make that version of the engine work. It was suck an amazing looking game at that time.
Dat human architecture.
neoism
Member
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Basically Halo 1 was a modders dream Gearbox released the HEK (halo editing kit) which consisted of Tool (for compiling) Guerilla (for tag editing) and Sapien (for placement kind of like forge 0.5)
Later 2 modders Kornman00 and Steelix B Created easier to use and more advanced versions of these programs and arguably the biggest thing thats happened is "Open Sauce" Which uses various .DLL files which hook into the pre existing engine and run time to allow for some fantastic additions.
However Halo 2 MS decided they wanted to support modding but not in a smart way instead they for some reason (likely GFWL and servers) they wanted to allow partial modding, yea you have a "map maker" but a modder is much more limited in what the can do.
I felt like ODST was too easy with the enemy highlights, and the city (which is really the central character of the game) less impressive with VISR on. So I bumped up the in-game brightness and only use it in a few situations. Much better.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I always liked the design work in Halo 2 the best. I really think that design wise it was the best out of all the Halo games.
ElzarTheBam
Member
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I have to disagree Halo 2 has the Worst Human structures IMO, I dream of
I've always liked Halo's human architecture. It fit the right role of functional, futuristic with an underlying interesting design. It wasn't 'gritty' by construction or ultrasleek. Even the construction of New Alexandria wasn't too bad, although I think it strayed a little too much from what I liked the most--it was still the most interesting location in Reach, I think.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Oh don't get me wrong Halo 3 and ODST had a lot of good stuff too. Some of the environments in them are good. I just didn't care for vehicle and character designs as much.
The Librarian
Banned
Yeah. One of my disappointments for the ODST hub world was the lack of tiered streets as shown in the last ViDoc. I mean, I don't think any city has that today, but it would've been really cool.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
ODST pre-release stuff had interesting gameplay designs built into them.
Dont even remember these :O
spindashing
Banned
Hello, everyone. Newbie in Halo here.
Is there a site I can use to get weapon information? Which weapons should I use/How should I use them/In what situations should I use them/How many shots kill/Should I always aim for the head? I'm starting to play Halo Reach more at college with friends and I am at a loss at what weapon does what.
Is there a site I can use to get weapon information? Which weapons should I use/How should I use them/In what situations should I use them/How many shots kill/Should I always aim for the head? I'm starting to play Halo Reach more at college with friends and I am at a loss at what weapon does what.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Which gametypes/playlists are you and your friends playing?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
1. Don't play Halo: Reach
2. If one isn't an option, spam DMR
2. If one isn't an option, spam DMR
ElRenoRaven
Member
See now the last two are what I would have loved to see more of. The city was so flat from an exploration standpoint. Minus the occasional building to go into. But even then it was mainly hallways most of the time.
Yup I agree.
sounds about right
spindashing
Banned
We usually just play Slayer (Sprint Only) on Reflection, Sword Base, Zealot, and Boardwalk (if we get enough people.)
Sometimes we dabble in a little Classic Slayer, SWAT, and Infection.
One isn't an option. DMR? Cool. I guess I'll learn how to use that weapon better.
Gimme your gamertag, I will carry you.
Play Refuge instead