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Halo |OT4| Trust's a Tough Thing to Come by These Days
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Gabotron ES
Member
You move faster so yes, it's a possibility.
If there's going to be versus Scarab encounters again, no flying vehicles. The first Scarab encounter in Halo 3 was "wtf this is certainly new and challenging".
The final encounter against two Scarabs (OMG!).. is just get in the Hornet and circle strafe until dead. ODST's encounter with the Scarab was also too easily cheeseable (and practically begs you to do it anyway), the Scarabs along the highway were scarier and more interesting even though you didn't actually engage any of them.
I'm guessing they just reduced the range of the HDR even more.
God good man, what's your rig like?
(Although I just spent 15 hours rendering out a stream of particles for an animation at work, and that was on a Quad 2.5 GHz Mac Pro tower with 22 GB of RAM. I think work cheaped out on the GPU.)
ViewtifulJC
Banned
You mean get in the Mongoose and launch yourself off the ramp onto the Scarab, fight your way to the back, blow up the core, get back on the moongoose and launch off the back right as it explodes like a fuckin' boss
Yeah, I don't have a real good history with Mongoose jumps
You're only applying the multi-approach application to one of the encounters and not the other one. There are more ways to take down two scarabs that are fun and possible(on Legenedary even) than just using the Hornet/Banshee. They have side seats for a reason
There's 3 encounters in Halo 3. The Storm, The Ark, and The Covenant. Ark's was pretty good too. I just think being allowed to use flying vehicles against the Scarab is just too easy, even on Legendary. Their AA abilities are a joke.
You're only applying the multi-approach application to one of the encounters and not the other one. There are more ways to take down two scarabs that are fun and possible(on Legenedary even) than just using the Hornet/Banshee. They have side seats for a reason
The Librarian
Banned
On my last run of Halo 3 I decided to take out both Scarabs by primarily using a Wraith (on Heroic). Something I had never done before. IIRC, it was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. The Wraith can't turn on a dime and it's quite vulnerable in the back. Given the two Scarabs, the Banshees flying around, and the vehicles on the ground, you have to be paranoid about where you're going to get shot from next. Must've died a dozen times before I got it right.
Hornets are a flip of the coin for me. Half of the time when I land on one of the Scarabs they survive for me to use alter, the other half they either fall off or get destroyed or I'm forced to abandon them.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Some good games on Halo 3 Atm with Bobs and some RL firends.
fun times
fun times
Poker Face
Member
That's what was so great about Halo. Literally ANYTHING can happen.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Yeah good games man! Im going to have to back out for a bit (I assumed you left?) but I will be back on in like half an hour if your still going.
ncsuDuncan
Member
Three hours.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Huzzah!
*girly screech*
The Antitype
Banned
Played a marathon of Reach with some buddies last night. Good times.
You know, for as much criticism as the game gets (some earned, some not)... if a better console FPS has been released in the time since, I haven't played it.
You know, for as much criticism as the game gets (some earned, some not)... if a better console FPS has been released in the time since, I haven't played it.
Poker Face
Member
It's a good game, just not a good Halo game.
UUUUUUUGHHH
I was hoping for around 8-10 minutes, I don't want to see 15 clips by every member, will have to pass.
Not sure if serious.
Fuck you.
ncsuDuncan
Member
1 clip per member x 54 contributors (with a few group clips thrown in for good measure)
Just under 14 minutes. Did my best to keep it short, but didn't want to sacrifice quality or participation.
I mean if you really want me to shorten it I can always delete your clip.
That was before I added the four-minute Starwolf tribute.
Garrett 2U
Member
I think he meant 3 hours until its finished lol
bobs...onGaf
Member
Dont worry, he has spoiled the entire thing, you can tell what each clip is from the thumbnails. Nice one Duncan.
The Librarian
Banned
1 clip per member x 54 contributors (with a few group clips thrown in for good measure)
Just under 14 minutes. Did my best to keep it short, but didn't want to sacrifice quality or participation.
I mean if you really want me to shorten it I can always delete your clip.
Nice one, Letters. :lol
^ reading quoted text is a lost art
I wouldn't mind, as a quick clip in a comp without explanation/context it will look like just a pretty shitty triple kill.1 clip per member x 54 contributors (with a few group clips thrown in for good measure)
Just under 14 minutes. Did my best to keep it short, but didn't want to sacrifice quality or participation.
I mean if you really want me to shorten it I can always delete your clip.
ncsuDuncan
Member
Oh ye of little faith.
Gabotron ES
Member
My clip is the best one, get shit on ladies.
Consider my curiosity piqued.
Psh, if mine even made the cut, all I've got is a weak ass Killtacular thanks entirely to the poor spawns on Uncaged.
Too bad I didn't belong to GAF when 3 was big, I actually had some decent films for that.
I removed all the clips I had a few days before Duncan announced the montage. :/
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Im still bummed I didn't submit a clip for the montage, but I didn't really have anything saved to submit so its not like I missed out on sharing something epic.. Well I do have a funny mongoose clip, but that wouldn't have worked, haha.
This should be an emblem in Halo 4.
So I said I was going to mockup a Majestic Squid emblem, and here it is. Sorry for posting it so late at night, but this is what happens when I'm bored and have Illustrator.
edit: is there any way to get transparencies working for avatars on gaf? right now I just have the background the same color as the page, but apparently it doesn't work too well, since it's showing up white on other threads.
This should be an emblem in Halo 4.
Did you use Halo 3's Forge? Shit was frustrating just to create a single line of blocks, especially in Sandbox. You had to save and exit all the time, re-start the rounds, and go through hurdle after hurdle to get any ounce of geometry to merge. Even that might not work perfectly because there's no parameters to set. It would take hours on end for several days to complete a simple task you can do in Reach's Forge that can take 3 minutes.
Now you can complain about the Forerunner aesthetics, but any theme/setting will get extremely old once it is out for years and is the only option we've got. All three settings in the Forge mode we've gotten so far have not been appealing whatsoever. Unless you're telling me the puke green and ugly orange/brown in Sandbox were a delight to see.
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Tha Robbertster
Member
Elzar, get on WhatsApp fool!
xxjuicesxx
Member
Back at it right now.
Tha Robbertster
Member
User 73706
Banned
I think one of the worst parts of that whole constant round-restarting process was the unwritten "anti-poopsocking" rule put into Halo 3's forge, whether it was intentional or just due to RAM constrictions or something: you could spend a maximum of 100 rounds forging, potentially less if you did a lot per any given round. After that, rather than start a new round, it instantly went GAME OVER and you lost anything you hadn't saved up until that point. It was horrible because you could very easily go through hundreds of rounds for more intricate maps. I don't know if Reach has the same problem, but it's not as much of a problem because you can cram about a few thousands of rounds into one session if you really want to because of interlocking, geomerging, etc. built-in to Forge this time around.
It was even lower than that, 32 rounds before the game would suddenly end. They actually apologized about that, although when they were making the game they obviously didn't know people would need a bunch of rounds to be able to abuse a glitch easily
Also yeah, loading up H3 Forge now is like "How in the fuck did I use this"
Blue Ninja
Member
I think most of EuroGaf is watching the match right now
Watched the first twenty or so minutes, got kinda bored. :lol
Tha Robbertster
Member
Chelsea just plays so defensively, it's really boring to watch them play. Bayern has some nice actions though so it's not that bad.
Steelyuhas
Member
Indeed
Franklinator
Member
I'll make a thread
"Official HaloGAF Reach Montage starring Franklinator"
"Official HaloGAF Reach Montage starring Franklinator"
Tha Robbertster
Member
For the fans, a new mass effect gamer poop is online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCWBi_7lqp4
Damn right!
Damn right!
I think most of EuroGaf is watching the match right now
I wish I wasn't.
The Henery
Member
Just seen a Blops 2 advert during the Champions League final half-time. If I don't see a Halo 4 advert during the Euro final then I'll consider the advertising campaign to be small time and minnow-like.
I saw a Max Payne 3 trailer.