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[Ramirez]

The shield reminds me of the one from Gears, AKA something no good player will ever bother picking up. Could be interesting for storming a base on an objective, one way of assaulting campers who refuse to leave their base.

 

[Overdoziz]

Preorder cancelled.

Spoiler

if I actually had it preordered

Can't wait to get an ordnance drop, while standing on a weapon while getting a headshot all while capturing a territory.

 

[kylej]

wow 0/3 on the multiplayer map first impression, maybe they'll play better. waiting for Pro impressions. Just don't like any of the art styles at all and I'm not digging any part of the layouts I see in those brief clips.

Just want to re-iterate, bigger does not equal better when it comes to Halo maps. Sacrificing playability for map aesthetics was a trap Bungie fell into. Don't keep down the Condemned and Highlands map, 343.

Lockout, Midship, The Pit, etc. Clean, simple, and small enough to be able to force and hold map control. BTB maps should be like Valhalla, large yet contained and aesthetically pleasing. I don't care about maps made for people who read Halo novels, I like maps that are fun to play on.

oh yeah and text in the middle of the screen is absolutely awful, btw. Toggle. PLEASE let there be a toggle for it.

 

[Spawnling]

Click to make bigger

 

[Kibbles]

 

[kittens]

...



LOL

wow 0/3 on the multiplayer map first impression, maybe they'll play better. waiting for Pro impressions. Just don't like any of the art styles at all and I'm not digging any part of the layouts I see in those brief clips.

Just want to re-iterate, bigger does not equal better when it comes to Halo maps. Sacrificing playability for map aesthetics was a trap Bungie fell into. Don't keep down the Condemned and Highlands map, 343.

Lockout, Midship, The Pit, etc. Clean, simple, and small enough to be able to force and hold map control. BTB maps should be like Valhalla, large yet contained and aesthetically pleasing. I don't care about maps made for people who read Halo novels, I like maps that are fun to play on.

oh yeah and text in the middle of the screen is absolutely awful, btw. Toggle. PLEASE let there be a toggle for it.

100% agree. Well, 90%. I like most of the art design choices.

 

[Mister Negative]

i just threw up in my mouth a little bit

Is there ANY hope of that control scheme that Kittens posted could be put into the game? it seems perfect imo.

 

[killer rin]

Oh good, looks like credits will be based on game completion, winning, score, and objectives. Hopefully this promotes people to actually go for objectives.

Hopefully people dont take that as betray for the objective 3 steps before capture

 

[Franklinator]

mtw lied to us about the dmr. how could he

 

[daedalius]

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LOL

Nade on X... wat?

I mean, I guess I used Boxer forever ago and nade was on B; awful scheme.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

wow 0/3 on the multiplayer map first impression, maybe they'll play better. waiting for Pro impressions. Just don't like any of the art styles at all and I'm not digging any part of the layouts I see in those brief clips.

Just want to re-iterate, bigger does not equal better when it comes to Halo maps. Sacrificing playability for map aesthetics was a trap Bungie fell into. Don't keep down the Condemned and Highlands map, 343.

Lockout, Midship, The Pit, etc. Clean, simple, and small enough to be able to force and hold map control. BTB maps should be like Valhalla, large yet contained and aesthetically pleasing. I don't care about maps made for people who read Halo novels, I like maps that are fun to play on.

oh yeah and text in the middle of the screen is absolutely awful, btw. Toggle. PLEASE let there be a toggle for it.

I actually agree with you! (except for the text bit at the end).

I love me some big maps, but hope they also have the small ones.

 

[Spawnling]

gg

everyone go home.

 

[Ramirez]

Can't wait to get an ordnance drop, while standing on a weapon while getting a headshot all while capturing a territory.

You're simply trying too hard at this point.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

I don't use bumper jumper. I find it terribad.

 

[malfcn]

Bumper Jumper messed up?

 

[Trey]

Bumper Jumper has to account for dedicated sprint somehow!

Spoiler

I don't use it.

You're simply trying too hard at this point.

He over does it.

 

[Holiday]

Did you/are you getting Premium?
There was first person with HUD of the DMR in yesterday's B-roll. The bloom never expanded outside the outside circle and what very quick. It's clearly just a visual indicator on when you can fire again.

It was two shots, and inconclusive as to whether it reset all of the way after the first. Even OG Reach bloom looks inconsequential after two shots.

 

[789shadow]

wow 0/3 on the multiplayer map first impression, maybe they'll play better. waiting for Pro impressions. Just don't like any of the art styles at all and I'm not digging any part of the layouts I see in those brief clips.

Just want to re-iterate, bigger does not equal better when it comes to Halo maps. Sacrificing playability for map aesthetics was a trap Bungie fell into. Don't keep down the Condemned and Highlands map, 343.

Lockout, Midship, The Pit, etc. Clean, simple, and small enough to be able to force and hold map control. BTB maps should be like Valhalla, large yet contained and aesthetically pleasing. I don't care about maps made for people who read Halo novels, I like maps that are fun to play on.

oh yeah and text in the middle of the screen is absolutely awful, btw. Toggle. PLEASE let there be a toggle for it.

How the fuck do you make any legitimate assertions about those maps from what we saw. Jesus christ.

 

[Plywood]

Heh

Gorgeous, the ranking screen that is.

 

[Steelyuhas]

That Pistol Nade gun looks like its going to be abusable, am I right in thinking that once you lay down a trip mine with it, that the screen alerts you when someone is near it? People could easily potentially camp and set traps with that thing, then again the Reach Pro-Pipe had similar functionality and didnt really lead to camping, so I hope they get the balance right.

It will be awesome sticking an enemy spartan with it and then holding on and not exploding them until they run into a teammate or something lol.

It appears to be exactly like the Grenade Launcher.

mtw lied to us about the dmr. how could he

First impression that wasn't glowing about the DMR.

 

[op_ivy]

Scattershot looks like it also disables vehicles.

i dont think so. he fired multiple times with no effect. i'm willing to bet it was something (like a plasma pistol burst) offscreen that emp'd the hog

 

[Fuchsdh]

Those who wanted their goofy H3 armor perms back:

I'd say your wishes have been granted.

Spoiler

Not the armor I'd have wanted, but some consistency is nice.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

LOL U4X bashing Walshy, along with T2 and MRS Violence...

https://twitter.com/u4iXXX/status/210086595355873280

I can see Mrs Violence and maybe T2, but not Walshy.

 

[Rickenslacker]

I don't use bumper jumper. I find it terribad.

It was objectively the best control setup to use in Halo 3, and I thought it perfected console FPS controls. You had all your primary movement and combat abilities mapped in a way so that you didn't have to take your hands off aiming. Elegant.

 

[Overdoziz]

You're simply trying too hard at this point.

Sorry for not liking bullshit in the middle of my screen?

 

[Tashi]

Multiplayer looks like a lot a fun. Still waiting to get a full, untouched match. Just so I could get a sense of how the respawns are, the weapon drops, the loadouts and map flow is. Tough to tell from that montage, although sexy.

Seems like all the guns are pretty cool too. Can't wait to get my hands on it.

When is the IGN demo or Gamespot one? Whichever?

 

[RebornYeti]

Ewww @ new Bumper Jumper scheme.

Well, I guess it's Default for me, unless a better control scheme is included.

 

[kylej]

How the fuck do you make any legitimate assertions about those maps from what we saw. Jesus christ.

wow 0/3 on the multiplayer map first impression, maybe they'll play better. waiting for Pro impressions. Just don't like any of the art styles at all and I'm not digging any part of the layouts I see in those brief clips.

Learn to read, dipshit.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

It appears to be exactly like the Grenade Launcher.

Except this doesn't bounce all over the place. This lets you put it wherever you want it.

 

[kittens]

Unlock proper control scheme with 200,000,000 Spartan Points?

 

[Spawnling]

When is the IGN demo or Gamespot one? Whichever?

On IGN at 4:40 PDT.

 

[Pennybags]

Except this doesn't bounce all over the place. This lets you put it wherever you want it.

Maybe it will have a reduced blast radius to balance out the ease of use.

 

[Rickenslacker]

Unlock proper control scheme with 200,000,000 Spartan Points?

It's weird to me how Halo is in this unique position where they can't possibly give you custom control schemes in the fear that it'll cause exploits and glitches.

 

[Tashi]

LOL U4X bashing Walshy, along with T2 and MRS Violence...

https://twitter.com/u4iXXX/status/210086595355873280

I can see Mrs Violence and maybe T2, but not Walshy.

Just to keep it real here, I've been an MLG fan since the Halo 2 days and I only really know U4ix from THC.

That's all I'm going to say.

 

[789shadow]

Learn to read, dipshit.

Read what? Where exactly are you seeing whole maps exactly?

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

It's strange that we haven't seen a demo of the power weapon ordinance drops, or did I miss it?

Sorry for liking bullshit in the middle of my screen?

You should be very sorry for not being as funny as you can be.

 

[Risen]

How the fuck do you make any legitimate assertions about those maps from what we saw. Jesus christ.

Not saying you can "know" one hundred percent what something is going to play like from such brief footage... but players with a certain bent can certainly immediately tell if it's a map in the vein of Pit, Midship, Lockout vs a map like Condemned, Ghost Town, or Tempest.

Read the rest of his post again about simple uncluttered layouts that are not over-large.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Maybe it will have a reduced blast radius to balance out the ease of use.

That's the same thought I have, especially looking at it detonate.

Just to keep it real here, I've been an MLG fan since the Halo 2 days and I only really know U4ix from THC.

That's all I'm going to say.

Oh, I get you 100%, like I said, I understand the hate for Mrs. Violence, but not for the other two.

 

[malfcn]

Something wrong with Waypoint? I launch and it asked me to DL and new version. When I load it, it asks me again to DL, but they I can play it. Then it loads and gives me a Kinect error. What the? I can't use Waypoint with my Kinect turned off.

 

[Kuroyume]

Don't tell me they fucking nerfed the DMR already.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Oh my.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Anyone got experience with the Sony KDL40EX723BU ?

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Don't tell me they fucking nerfed the DMR already.

How can they nerf a weapon that isn't even final yet?

 

[Tashi]

How can they nerf a weapon that isn't even final yet?

Don't tell me they're testing and adjusting the DMR already?!

 

[Hypertrooper]

Gamespot is going to have a live stage demo too. No times are called.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Don't tell me they fucking nerfed the DMR already.

It's not a 2 shot kill anymore, so yep, they nerfed it.

Spoiler

lol 2 shot kill

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

They show us great footage and gaf falls apart. Good stuff.

 

[Risen]

Just to keep it real here, I've been an MLG fan since the Halo 2 days and I only really know U4ix from THC.

That's all I'm going to say.

U4ix was a forum guy... like Cursed Lemon.

 

[Avinexus]

Just to keep it real here, I've been an MLG fan since the Halo 2 days and I only really know U4ix from THC.

That's all I'm going to say.

Apparently u4iX thinks having a Halo news site for a few months does more for Halo than being on various television shows, bottles of soda, etc. lol

 

[Fracas]

Anyone got experience with the Sony KDL40EX723BU ?

I haven't used that particular model, but I've seen several Sony TV's in action, and they all look great.