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Halo |OT4| Trust's a Tough Thing to Come by These Days
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Poker Face
Member
are avatars not showing up or is it just me?
No, they're down so GAF doesn't completely crash.
E3 man, E3. They're turned off for now.
They're off for E3.
his avatar is not in its unbound state.
ElzarTheBam
Member
My baby, the Carbine. Man, the possibility of SO bieng supported for a number of years...that just puts a huge smile on my face.
Good that Bungie put gameplay first.
Wat? I do not follow.
You mean to say he needs to update his avatar to the new Didact one? (thanks zerofire)
Mister Negative
Member
Why does the BR only have 106 ammo at full?
5 or more shots to kill on anything but the fully-automatic weapons or the PP/Needler would be a disappointment.
"Full", it's the beginning ammo count. Likely just a pre-assinged number like in Reach, where you had 600 ammo for the AR in the first mission, even though 600 can't be evenly divided with 32.
I agree, but I'm not foolish enough to get my hopes up for the human rifles and the covenant carbine. Even if the BR is back to 4SK, bloom, recoil, and spread make them less than optimal. From what I can tell from the demo, the Forerunner rifle has none of those.
The Real Napsta
Member
So what happened with those MLG folks at e3?
TS x Massacre
Member
Probably tomorrow or something, Frank said MP would start getting shown off tomorrow at Noon PDT.
So they probably don't have it on the floor yet since "actual" E3 didn't start yet.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Battle Rifle sounds great now!
The AR sounds very nice too
Everything sounds amazing, not really imitating real life weapon sounds per se, but rather a much more defined sci-fi sound.
They are playtesting tomorrow afternoon with news/fans for a few hours, along with that MLG is recording footage for their MLG Anaheim weekend with some 343i folks heading there Friday. As a MLG/Halo fans this doesn't make any sense since it's going to just be PC and Fighters at the event and no Halo, but if it's new footage I'm all for it.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I don't like it. It sounds like 3 and Reach's, which sounded slow. Listen to Anniversary's, it sounds like it's going to shred something with a bullet shower, 4's sounds throttled in comparison. BR sounds fine to me though.Battle Rifle sounds great now!
The AR sounds very nice too
For comparison:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pstN_ZfCGzs#t=27s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td9T4lCFTM8#t=3m18s
Edit: Replaced the IGN version of Halo 4's footage, audio was ass.
My baby, the Carbine. Man, the possibility of SO bieng supported for a number of years...that just puts a huge smile on my face.
That's a LOT of precision weapons, they're starting to add up. Needed due to the unlocking mechanic, but I wonder how well they will be differentiated.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Exactly, everyone's talking about DMR versus BR, but there's a whole heap of primary precision weapon that the sandbox has to account for. It will be interesting seeing how they balance that particular element.
TS x Massacre
Member
Style (sound and aesthetic), mechanics (some people prefer a faster burst gun like the BR while other's prefer single shot), it's going to be more a matter of preference and since we can select our primary and secondary now, I see no harm in having more weapons, especially with the unlocking mechanic in Multiplayer.
Agreed, I'm intrigued to see if they really will be balanced at launch/before any patches.
What? Halo 4's AR sounds like machine gun, a powerful one, which is good.
That said, it sounds wrong too, too much like a machine gun instead of of an assault rifle.
Ah, well, i'll be using the BR and Storm Rifle and whatever the Promethean counterpart for AR is.
Good indeed. I could do without the cinematic touches. And god forbid a QTE makes it into Halo.
The Henery
Member
- The game looks to have astonishing production values. Graphically it's on a par with anything I've seen on the 360 and further footage pending, may actually be the best I've seen. I just hope the 360 can keep up, framerate-wise.
- Watching the latter part of the jungle sequence, I got a real 'Predator' vibe from the footage; it felt as though you were being watched, paranoia creeping up increasingly.
- The sound design was particularly impressive. I don't think Alien Shogun has anything to worry about: listen to the Chiefs fall at the beginning and his subsequent steps. The weapons sounded great as was expected after the bombast of CEA's weapons.
- The motion of the Elite was well done and the way he pushed the Grunt was a nice little touch.
- New enemy design was slightly generic but this was eclipsed by the fact it's the first new 'race' of enemy we've seen since Halo 2; it's new and different enough from Brutes and Elites to be exciting.
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- New multi footage looks fast. Very important after the often sluggish Reach. Most of the new weapons look overpowered rather than under, which is a good thing.
- The BR still sounds a little 'off' to me. It should sound like the crack of a explosive-laced whip rather than the toy gun sound we have now.
- The announcer is surely placeholder seeing as this is B-roll from months ago. Right guys?
Overall, very impressed, bravo to all involved and I'm infinitely more hyped for the game than I was from earlier reveals. Great stuff.
- Watching the latter part of the jungle sequence, I got a real 'Predator' vibe from the footage; it felt as though you were being watched, paranoia creeping up increasingly.
- The sound design was particularly impressive. I don't think Alien Shogun has anything to worry about: listen to the Chiefs fall at the beginning and his subsequent steps. The weapons sounded great as was expected after the bombast of CEA's weapons.
- The motion of the Elite was well done and the way he pushed the Grunt was a nice little touch.
- New enemy design was slightly generic but this was eclipsed by the fact it's the first new 'race' of enemy we've seen since Halo 2; it's new and different enough from Brutes and Elites to be exciting.
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- New multi footage looks fast. Very important after the often sluggish Reach. Most of the new weapons look overpowered rather than under, which is a good thing.
- The BR still sounds a little 'off' to me. It should sound like the crack of a explosive-laced whip rather than the toy gun sound we have now.
- The announcer is surely placeholder seeing as this is B-roll from months ago. Right guys?
Overall, very impressed, bravo to all involved and I'm infinitely more hyped for the game than I was from earlier reveals. Great stuff.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Sounds a lot like Reach's AR to me, which I didn't like. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯ I'm fickle, I liked using CE's AR (and 2/ODST's SMGs) solely because they sounded cool to fire.I swear the sound effects are very, very different.
I agree with Halo CE AR and 2/ODST SMG being awesome though.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I think it's the campaign footage acoustics that are throwing me off, it sounds pretty different in the War Games b-roll now that I'm rewatching it. Though it's mostly the way it sounds like it shoots slower.
Odd considering it seems to have a lot faster rate of fire. Halo 4 AR sound is a bit softer, i think.
TS x Massacre
Member
yeaahhhhh buddy.
To think, we havent REALLY seen any MP, nothing about the AA's, support upgrades, tactical packages, unlocks, maps other than speculation.
We havent seen basically ANY Spartan Ops stuff or More than 2% of the campaign.
Nothing about theater/forge.
We've seen about 3% of the total package and we're fucking amped. Imagine once we really know what this game is about!!
EDIT: More stuff we have yet to see: How Waypoint is going to continue the tradition of online stat tracking with H4, how that new SmartGlass tech truly will work with H4, I'm so happy that they're going all in with the Halo franchise.
Rickenslacker
Banned
4's has a 32 shot mag while CE's has 60. They both seem to empty at the same time so I guess there's my answer. CE's AR ROF was just insane because it had a higher capacity. Bring that back!
Thanks. Then the podcast will be pushed until tomorrow so we can't talk Campaign, Spartan Ops and Multiplayer!
Can't wait, gonna be awesome.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Lol, unlucky.
I meant faster than Reach's AR. I really don't compare across games, that's not relevant usually.
Let's see, Halo 3 AR had 32 round mag with 16 rounds per second ROF.
Reach's AR has 32 round mag and is slightly slower, i think, maybe 14 or 15 rounds a second. Gotta test that.
If i recall correctly, Halo CE AR (60 round mag) had 15 or 16 rounds per second ROF, i think it took almost 4 seconds the empty the magazine (but the accuracy deteoritated really badly after 1.5 second of firing). But i'm not sure, again, need to test this too.
I hope no one kills me for this but here's the times with the pros (if you see Best Man/Prototype say Hi, nicest guys ever):
Demoncarnotaur
Member
So good:
Yup, so fitting. Halo 4 looks damned impressive.
I got this kind of vibe
from this:
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Seeing them side by side though, holy shit 4 looks awesome.
Yup, so fitting. Halo 4 looks damned impressive.
Kibbles
Member
Is this being streamed or do we have to wait for someone to record some handheld footage?
I have not heard anything besides IGN show happening at the exact time the Pros/Fans are playing and MLG recording footage with Gamespot tomorrow. I would love to see some, some of the THC guys will be there recording (if its allowed).
Hypertrooper
Member
The live-action trailer is available at press.xbox360.com now. If you want to have it in better quality.
Sounds like it is a public event, so yeah I hope recording is allowed.
TS x Massacre
Member
4-7 EST?
Ape Gone Insane
Member
Has this HD footage of multiplayer, Spartan Ops and Campaign been posted?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=hbZ3FlcNGpU
Not had a proper look through the thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=hbZ3FlcNGpU
Not had a proper look through the thread.