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Halo |OT4| Trust's a Tough Thing to Come by These Days
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Hypertrooper
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huh? I am not talking about playlists?
Voltron64
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sorry if this post is sloppy. Im still on the show floor.
My initial impressions after playing ONE match...
BR felt great. Felt just right...first thing I did was get a head shot kill with it.
The AR feels a lot more powerful. The sound it makes when you fire it is deep...I really like the audio in the game.
The game feels similar to Halo 3 at a faster pace.
Domino says the sniper is hard as hell to use now.
Not sure how I feel about the ordinance drops.
I was already slightly annoyed with the hard light shield I must admit. I mainly used Promethean vision. It came in handy...maybe bit too handy...
More impressions later.
Gabotron ES
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It might be pretty much on every mode, it's 314's new way to fellate players, just like cod/bf does.
Hell, we need more Halo 2-like boss battles. They were interesting change to normal gameplay and challenging, while still feeling like Halo. Though they were way too hard to Legendary... good thing at least Tartarus had easy trick to defeating him (Carbine to drop shield, Brute Plasma Rifle to deal massive damage on him, more than any other weapon).
Mister Negative
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How'd aiming feel and FOV seem? Aiming sluggish like H3, or responsive like Reach?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Exactly.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Huh? Those are obviously not at all like Prime's boss fights. They're terrible because boss fights in FPS games can really only work with an evade option, which they seem to have now.
Hypertrooper
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Haha... No. Get out.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Speed/power boosts in ordinance drops. Cool.
Mister Negative
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From what we've heard, I'd expect it to give the same benefits as armor lock (stopping the attack from happening for a brief period) but without it slowing down the game. No longer will you just wait there for the person to get out of armor lock, you'll try to get around behind them to attack their vulnerable side. If it's anything like other third person weapons, it will slow your turn speed.
Promethean vision?
Sounds a lot like EV from Shadowrun, except in Shadowrun you have smoke to counter.
What will be PV's counter in Halo 4.
Honestly, one of the main reasons why abilities worked in Shadowrun, and didn't work in Reach was because most magic or tech abilities could be countered.
Cannot say the same in Reach. For example, what is the counter to armor lock? Waiting?
I really hope343 thought about the loadouts and abilities, and effective counters for each. I also hope that it is not just a bunch of abilities thrown into the mix just for the sake of having these abilities.
i'm happy about thatMore bosses. That is, no more than 3 per game, of course... preferrably less. But still want to see boss battles. Or at least interesting ending sequences... Haven't seen those since boss battles and Halo CE (redoing the exact same thing is no good).
As i said, they were too difficut on higher difficulties, but the ideas behind each were great.
Hypertrooper
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What I have seen it looks like you can easily destroy it when you shoot at it. (See campaign gameplay at the first Promethean knight fight or in the Spartan Ops B-roll)
Mister Negative
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Oh! Maybe that red glow people saw in the video briefly was from someone using Promethean vision?
thezerofire
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I'm most interested in hearing whether all this stuff we're hearing about is specific to this one gametype or game-wide
Ok, Ghal, I want to hear your turret sounds, because if someone next to me was making that noise I would immediately vacate the area.
Voltron64
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Strafe speed felt great, it felt quicker than Halo 3. Aim assist felt like it was toned down.
I believe that the Metroid Prime visor from the campaign demo is Promethean vision.
So how often did you feel like your aim was "on," nailing 4sk, etc.? Or did you actually feel like having a great shot would be an accomplishment? Did you ever feel like, "Damn, that guy had a great strafe?"
Well those two tweets right there seem to be just talking about sales and the fact that the game is an Xbox exclusive.She has deleted the tweet so I can only get this:
So what was the gist of her tweet bashing the Halo community then?
The Librarian
Banned
We have had massive boss fights in a Halo campaign before. They're called Scarabs, and if 343 has boss fights in Halo 4, let's hope they're in the same vein.
As far as multiplayer goes, I'd really like to know the state of my pro-pipe. Ghal mentioned this earlier, but from that MP video it looks like player health is NOT tied to vehicle health. Please don't let that be the case.
In Shadowrun you could tell when someone was using enhanced vision as well, but it also had a hard counter which was smoke.
Knowing where your opponents are and getting the jump on someone in Halo is extremely advantageous. PV just seems quite over powered , and I really do hope there is an effective counter to someone using it.
She has deleted the tweet so I can only get that but hey it was smart move on her part.
I think there are better people that can do it like: Bravo, Best Man, Gandhi, etc.
Mister Negative
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No, I mean that it was a visual indicator that the other person was using it.
Thagomizer
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No they weren't. They were completely contrary to the design philosophy of the rest of the game. Here, you have 3 units that can only be killed in a specific way or only from input from a NPC. There is absolutely no reason for the only way to kill Regret being "punch him in the face" besides a boss battle. Getting inside the shield? What? Halo shields do not work that way. And in any case, the Chief can punch though metal plate- he'd pulp Regret's head in one punch, let alone 3 sets of 4-5 punches each. Tartarus' shield is completely invulnerable to everything, literally everything, except one specific weapon? lolwut? And even when you take it down, he's immune to one-shot-kill headshots to the dome or getting cut up by a sword?
Stupid.
Mister Negative
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Honestly, it feels almost like the AR and the Turret should switch sounds.
Hypertrooper
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The boss fights in Metroid Prime 1 and 2 are amazing. But I do not want to see them in Halo 4. Why? Metroid Prime’s boss fights are designed with the gadget you find in the “dungeon” before. It forces you to use this gadget. I do not want to be forced to use a specific “armor ability” to defeat a specific type of enemy. For me it would be a breach against Halo’s sandbox design because I want to decide what I am going to use in the next encounter. On the other hand we do not know how AA are handled in the campaign.
Zeouterlimits
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Yup. Bungie avoid Boss Battles after that (343 barely counts) for good reason.
Zeouterlimits
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When i want boss battles, i don't mean they should force the player to do something specific. I just want unique, highly threatening enemies that have easy tricks to dispatch them or you can be conventional.
Think of what the Promethean Knight does, he teleports. Now give that, the grenade catching beam and armor lock to a unique enemy, and have us to fight him one-on-one (and the trick here could be to shoot off his weapon and then proceed to pummel him). Just don't give him anything that can one-shot the player.
I really wish that in Halo 2 one could have just shot the Prophet with a rocket launcher... if you had one. Or with sufficient shooting. In addition to boarding and punching him to death. The same with Tartarus, tricks or conventional playing.
Think of what the Promethean Knight does, he teleports. Now give that, the grenade catching beam and armor lock to a unique enemy, and have us to fight him one-on-one (and the trick here could be to shoot off his weapon and then proceed to pummel him). Just don't give him anything that can one-shot the player.
I really wish that in Halo 2 one could have just shot the Prophet with a rocket launcher... if you had one. Or with sufficient shooting. In addition to boarding and punching him to death. The same with Tartarus, tricks or conventional playing.
My bad. I thought you were talking gametype control options.
I just realized the sticky detonator will probably stick to enemies.. oh gawd, gunna be so awesome. Like the torque bow in Gears.
If you could shoot someone, stick them, and hold down the detonator for a while..
"Hey bitch, guess what... 3... 2... 1... *pulls trigger* BOOM"
If you could shoot someone, stick them, and hold down the detonator for a while..
"Hey bitch, guess what... 3... 2... 1... *pulls trigger* BOOM"
Hitmonchan107
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I think I like the new vehicle shapes on the radar.
The assassination noises sound extra squishy.
The assassination noises sound extra squishy.
Mister Negative
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Yeah, it looks like there's a point in the video where it does, in fact, stick to your enemy.
Hopefully it also sticks to teammates and vehicles.
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Sorry, Grenade Launcher, the Sticky Detonator just found a place in my heart.
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Hypertrooper
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Damn! I should have bought a headset today. Bad Hyper, Bad Hyper.
Masterbiggie's impressions
https://twitter.com/#!/mastrbiggy
A few things:
-Hard light makes you slow turn and doesn't guard against explosives
-Thruster (evade) is one use per charge, doesn't make you dive and roll obviously
-Gunplay extremely predictable and weapons feel great
https://twitter.com/#!/mastrbiggy
A few things:
-Hard light makes you slow turn and doesn't guard against explosives
-Thruster (evade) is one use per charge, doesn't make you dive and roll obviously
-Gunplay extremely predictable and weapons feel great
EdibleExplosives
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It's hard to keep up with all of the new media. It looks like Halo 4 is next on Gamespot, after Far Cry 3.
Added you.
Zeouterlimits
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What kind of phone do you have? Would that work?