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[Shake Appeal]

So much scripting.

 

[Korosenai]

Anyone have a time for the Spartan Ops reveal tonight? Spike TV again?

Spike at 9 central

 

[Fuchsdh]

Fuck Halo Nation, Halopedia is so much better. http://www.halopedian.com/Durance

So, undead Forerunners driving robotic bodies that have somewhat demonic looks called Promethean Knights.

I wonder if we get to meet live Forerunners, friendly ones that is.

I imagine the number of living Prometheans would be slight--wouldn't most of them have died fighting the Flood?

As to other Forerunner ranks, your guess is as good as mine.

 

[Homeboyd]

Spike at 9 central

Thanks bro!

I owe you one handy.

 

[Zoso Achilles]

Please, for the love of god, get that text out of the middle of my fucking screen. Thank you.

 

[Woorloog]

I imagine the number of living Prometheans would be slight--wouldn't most of them have died fighting the Flood?

As to other Forerunner ranks, your guess is as good as mine.

Maybe there are not many Forerunners left... but they can survive long times in Cryptums.
Also, i think the Anniversary Terminals indicated The Librarian is still alive. I doubt she'd be antagonistic towards humans.

 

[CyReN]

So much content.

Also if you missed it:

Now onto the juicy stuff, Halo Pros will be playing Halo 4 mutliplayer with observers/reporters tomorrow afternoon, not sure if they can get footage but Gamespot will be recording some stuff to broadcast over MLG Anaheim weekend. Now I have NO IDEA why MLG would do this since there will be a 2% Halo fan population there but be on the lookout for that MLG weekend.

 

[J10]

Fuck Halo Nation, Halopedia is so much better. http://www.halopedian.com/Durance

So, undead Forerunners driving robotic bodies that have somewhat demonic looks called Promethean Knights.

I wonder if we get to meet live Forerunners, friendly ones that is.

Well, I like the idea of them being, as you just said, 'undead.' It would help justify the glowing skull, to make them kinda ghostly. I'm struggling to make sense of their appearance.

 

[Hydranockz]

So much scripting.

Shocked me too.

Armor locking the Ghost on the beach before the Sabre takeoff. The Elite that walks in front of the player. The spartans taking out the covies on the beach.

Demo gameplay man. Not indicative of the rest by any means.

 

[Arnie]

Multiplayer reveal with MLG pros tomorrow? So excited.

 

[Korosenai]

Thanks bro!

I owe you one handy.

Ill hold you to that, and your post has been saved in my favorites lol

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Is this a too good to be true situation?

Everything is looking and sounding amazing, amazing.

 

[feel]

watched campaign demo and B-Rolls

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW

Everything looks great and sound so good! :O

So good to have Chief/Cortana back and in such great fashion. Not a fan of Cortana-cam, something weird about seeing her displayed as she speaks, I hope they keep that to a minimum during gameplay


Shit even the MP footage made me hyped as fuck. So meaty!

 

[daedalius]

Waypoint as well as Frankie refers to them as Promethean Knights, at least the bipedal one. Didact made himself a AI army.

Sounds about right.

That or the Knights are driven by the durances of ancient prometheans.

Is this a too good to be true situation?

Everything is looking and sounding amazing, amazing.

Pretty much!

 

[Korosenai]

So much content.

Also if you missed it:

Is anaheim a ppv event?

 

[Gui_PT]

Shocked me too.

Armor locking the Ghost on the beach before the Sabre takeoff. The Elite that walks in front of the player. The spartans taking out the covies on the beach.

Demo gameplay man. Not indicative of the rest by any means.

This always happens. They want to show you something specific so scripting it is the best way to be sure it happens.

We've seen this in other halos and the scriptedness...ess was not in the final version of the games

 

[CyReN]

Is anaheim a ppv event?

They have a free stream, I know 343i guys will be there Friday at the event for sure. I really don't know how many Halo fans will be there.

 

[Thermite]

The game looks really impressive, visually, for a console game. The forerunner weapon animations are particularly awesome. I can only hope and pray that the multiplayer gameplay is good; it would be nice to play a Halo game again.

 

[kylej]

I'm pretty hyped that we get to fight Ghost Rider in the campaign

 

[Kuroyume]

That's what you get after years and years of fiction fans whining about how the gameplay should reflect the strength of the Spartan in the books... A lot of QTEs that take a lot of control from your hands and will in all likelihood be really annoying to have to sit hrough during repeated playthroughs.

 

[Fracas]

Is the EA conference on Spike and G4?

 

[Blueblur1]

just seen this on the halo.xbox.com site for the first time
"The epic campaign and Halo Infinity Multiplayer including 10 War Games maps and Spartan Ops. "

map count confirmed?

I really hope this isn't true.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

One minor stupid critique: I didn't like the way the announcer said overkill, and his double kill wasn't fantastic either. But maybe I'm just conditioned to like the old way because of the association it has to kicking ass in previous halo games.

 

[Korosenai]

They have a free stream, I know 343i guys will be there Friday at the event for sure. I really don't know how many Halo fans will be there.

Hopefuly its more than about ten minutes worth, and maybe a best of 7 replay or something along those lines

 

[Homeboyd]

One minor stupid critique: I didn't like the way the announcer said overkill, and his double kill wasn't fantastic either. But maybe I'm just conditioned to like the old way because of the association it has to kicking ass in previous halo games.

Placeholder? Not being a sarcastic ass.. I'm just assuming it's a possibility. Same with the medals.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Is the EA conference on Spike and G4?

On both I think.

 

[Recarpo]

So much content.

Also if you missed it:

When's the Anaheim event?

 

[Hypertrooper]

When's the Anaheim event?

This weekend.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

That's what you get after years and years of fiction fans whining about how the gameplay should reflect the strength of the Spartan in the books... A lot of QTEs that take a lot of control from your hands and will in all likelihood be really annoying to have to sit hrough during repeated playthroughs.

Can't say I'm a fan of those cinematic gameplay sections either, just on a concept level that no matter what difficulty, or how many times you play the game, it's always gonna play out the exact same way and take control away from you.

 

[Franklinator]

Yeah, I didn't like the tackle sequence either.

 

[op_ivy]

Placeholder? Not being a sarcastic ass.. I'm just assuming it's a possibility. Same with the medals.

the announcer is definitely a placeholder.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

the announcer is definitely a placeholder.

Okay, if you know this somehow, cool.

 

[Holiday]

Ugh, reticle in the lower half of the screen is so annoying. Needs to be centered so bad.

The reticle has to be lowered to make room for the ridiculous HUD text. Duh.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

If this is 1/3th into the campaign, does that mean we'll be fighting the covenant till then?

 

[zap]

Cyren, I gotta say I love the "initial impressions" video you posted of u4ix on THC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v4uNisdjuFA

So good.

 

[daedalius]

If this is 1/3th into the campaign, does that mean we'll be fighting the covenant till then?

It seemed from what Cortana said they had already encountered the Diadact, but maybe not his troops.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

It seemed from what Cortana said they had already encountered the Diadact, but maybe not his troops.

It didn't quite look like the first encounter to me.

 

[Fuchsdh]

If this is 1/3th into the campaign, does that mean we'll be fighting the covenant till then?

I dunno. The fact that we knew who the Didact was suggests we fight non-Covenant enemies at some point prior, but the demo wasn't any good because it was scripted up so that it appeared you only met them that level. I imagine it might be different in the final game.

 

[daedalius]

Cyren, I gotta say I love the "initial impressions" video you posted of u4ix on THC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v4uNisdjuFA

So good.

nerd chills.

So many.

 

[squidhands]

If this is 1/3th into the campaign, does that mean we'll be fighting the covenant till then?

uh...

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

Cyren, I gotta say I love the "initial impressions" video you posted of u4ix on THC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v4uNisdjuFA

So good.

haha, brilliant, didn't miss a beat. And yes, nerd chills like never before.

 

[CyReN]

Cyren, I gotta say I love the "initial impressions" video you posted of u4ix on THC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v4uNisdjuFA

So good.

Haha, u4ix says thanks!

We edited the Halo 4 mp gameplay, think it follows a lot better with music and editing.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

uh...

I think I read it in this thread or the other thread on gaming side.

 

[Korosenai]

The storm rifle looks sooooo good

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Haha, u4ix says thanks!

We edited the Halo 4 mp gameplay, think it follows a lot better with music and editing.

I didn't know "nerd chills" had a name, but I got them at the same point he did. Good to know it's a "thing."

 

[ElzarTheBam]

The storm rifle looks sooooo good

All the weapons look great, I'm not gonna lie, when he whipped out the DMR, it just looked lethal, never mind if it actually was!

 

[Syphon Filter]

All the weapons look great, I'm not gonna lie, when he whipped out the DMR, it just looked lethal, never mind if it actually was!

The storm rifle looks shitty.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Haha, u4ix says thanks!

We edited the Halo 4 mp gameplay, think it follows a lot better with music and editing.

:-O That looks really fast..

 

[Gabotron ES]

Haha, u4ix says thanks!

We edited the Halo 4 mp gameplay, think it follows a lot better with music and editing.

Holy shit I just noticed that dude got disintegrated in the multi b-roll, I thought it was campaign only. Awesomesauce!

 

[Hydranockz]

So yeah, AAs seem to recharge as the player obtains medals. That seems like a good way to limit the use of them somewhat. You can run away from a battle once, but you're going to need to win one before you can run again.

What's the icon immediately above the radar, does anyone know?

Edit: Waaaait, that box is ordnance! lol. Fuck me, the other icon is the AA haha.