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Halo |OT5| Believe, Again
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Blue Ninja
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It's the new avatar.
In all seriousness, though: no idea. I'm only cranky when it comes to Halo, I think I'm pretty much done with it.
My Ninja edit! Vadernoo.gif
Finally, one that works.
I'm only jonesing.
I've actually grown on Halo 4, what with all the direct feed multiplayer footage. Still think there are tweaks to be made, but the base game looks sweet.
Do you think the Reach Spartans look good?
Tha Robbertster
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Same for me here. I don't know if you're a multiplayer guy but for me, what I'm hearing just doesn't sound good for a Halo game. It may very well be a fun game to play, but not a fun Halo game.
Campaign looks good though but that's a whole different beast for me.
Blue Ninja
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I'm not big on multiplayer, but yeah, you're right.
Nobody does, right? Riiiight?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I'll show Dust love the moment it's actually released and not a minute sooner.
All about Tony Hawk HD.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I think some do, but some look awful. That's more down to personal customization. I've always envisioned Spartans as being sleek and streamlined, then I'll go into matchmaking and see 8 people with every large piece of armor you can buy on their Spartan and just think how stupid that looks. I think Noble team looks fine in campaign.
Blue Ninja
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Yeah, that's true. But the mix-matched armor pieces people cobble together in multiplayer really made me wish Bungie had given us less options, like Halo 3. Armor in that game looked fine.
Except Hayabusa.
Der Flatulator
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Got to be the best Halo promo video ever. http://youtu.be/cBPnUFn4s_4
Watched it so many times, doesn't get old.
Watched it so many times, doesn't get old.
bobs...onGaf
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I think for me im just de-hyped from the lack of information, for a blowout e3 was steeped in ambiguity. That said I haven't watched all of the MLG footage but to be honest seeing a sub section of the sandbox in a action sack style mode doesn't do much for me. In all that footage there's so little interesting gameplay and I know that doesn't reflect on the game because we are seeing stuff that I doubt is indicative of a proper team slayer match.
What im trying to say is, with such little to work with I don't know either way right now, but yeah, from the little we have seen, and more importantly, from the 3rd party reconstructions I'm just not expecting much from the game, that's only because most of what I know has come through stuff like game informer lol
Reagan's BR
Banned
They should release a Halo 4:ODST as a downloadable expansion that has a short campaign and classic firefight.
Mister Negative
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I do
Well, depending on armor of course. There are a lot of ugly armor pieces.
Plus, the default pose they put them in makes most everything look terrible.
Der Flatulator
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I wouldn't be against it, but it kinda goes against the whole idea of Spartan Ops.
Perhaps a spartan ops disc with S2 of Spartan Ops, AND firefight?? I don't know.
Tha Robbertster
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You know, an ODST spartan ops season could actually work if it wasn't for the big amount of resources needed.
Set it on Requiem with the squad from the previous games. You have a small hub world where you can always travel around as the rookie, fight covenant and promethean patrols and have a base camp with ammunition, vehicles etc. Than as the weeks progress, you get missions ala Spartan Ops and ODST. You have to go to the certain location in the HUB world to start the linear mission.
A man can dream.
Set it on Requiem with the squad from the previous games. You have a small hub world where you can always travel around as the rookie, fight covenant and promethean patrols and have a base camp with ammunition, vehicles etc. Than as the weeks progress, you get missions ala Spartan Ops and ODST. You have to go to the certain location in the HUB world to start the linear mission.
A man can dream.
Yes I was. Hire me 343
bobs...onGaf
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I think standalone games can work really well, especially if they use those standalone games to have different mechanics. I still want a stealthy Halo game but dont think that could carry a full priced stand alone experience. Until then though Master Kart 360 will have to do.
Tournament should just be postponed until a good halo game is out tbh, or failing that it should be postponed until someone makes a time machine so we can go play a good halo game.
Yeah you heard me, I want a time machine to just go play halo.
Radical departures like ODST are what I am looking for, infuse it with new ideas, innovations and gameplay that we have not seen before. It is also a perfect testing ground to go further, without compromising the mainline games.
StalkerUKCG
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PM Ghaleon but seriously its likely that we will still be on this OT by the time the tourny hits and the tourny isnt a huge event i dont know if it derserves to be in the OT, with alot of the higher quality GAF players not playing my interest in it had declined.
We already have a backup OT creator for when Ghal is banned anyway
What? There's a lot of really good people in this tourney.
But it's all good, Ghaleon/his backup can make the next OT. Just would have made it easier to share information.
bobs...onGaf
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Elzars participating, that's reason enough to scrap it, Pretend it never existed, burn your hard drive and delete your Xbox account. Seriously avoid that guy, he brings in the dregs of halogaf like xand robberto krow and hydra.
I think that would be a cool tourney team if someone was cut
I was just watching that a couple of days ago and thought about re-posting it here. Couldn't agree more with your statement.
ODST wasn't radical enough. You were just as powerful as a spartan. Same abilities as a spartan except you couldn't *gasp* dual wield.
The silenced weapons weren't silenced at all. You spent the entire day in VISR mode without consequence. There were no special stealth elements. I was expecting a much more tactical experience.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
What about a game surrounding ONI spies? Stealth action, 343 developing with input from Kojima. Boom.
I understand where you're saying that ODST was conservative, but I'd say there were still substantial differences. You were definitely weaker than the Halo 3 Chief and couldn't dual-wield. Brutes with Brute Shots were far more deadly, as were Hunters. If you used VISR in the daytime segments you'd often enter areas where it'd be washed out and impractical to use. Not having a Motion Tracker made it far easier to get swarmed.
I didn’t say it was a perfect spin-off, but is a prime example of those experiences can be done and still feel like Halo. Going even more radical would make me much much happier.
Steelyuhas
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It's the only way I've ever downloaded a podcast. I've never gone through Zune.
Maybe it's a region thing.
It's all about that upcoming Lego LOTR. Looks so awesome.
Mister Negative
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I get his point about VISR mode though. There was really no reason at all to not have it on constantly during the night-time portions of the game. If it were on some sort of battery limit it would've been a way better experience.
When I play I force myself to turn it off when I'm not tactically assessing a situation.
TS x Massacre
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUTa8zeAZj8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Don't know what's worse, the music or the "montage".
Don't know what's worse, the music or the "montage".
Mister Negative
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I have never been more confident that I am better than someone at a video game than I am right now.
Sounds like Starcraft: Ghost; a lone, stealthy agent with an arsenal of top secret weapons and resources to draw from in a futuristic war with aliens.
That means "Yes", by the way.
Mister Negative
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Just give me more of that sweet, sweet ODST SMG action and I'll be down no matter what.
I wanted limited use on the VISR. Sort of like an AA almost. Use it only when you need it.
I wanted actual stealth and silenced weapons to work.
I wanted SUBSTANTIALLY less health than Chief. Only thing I got was less melee strength.
I wanted more. Remember that initial teaser trailer? Even the first gameplay trailer tried really hard to make it seem stealthy.
Reagan's BR
Banned
If we are talking about more spinoff games then they should not have the word Halo in the title. That will only further the idea series is departing from its roots. You have no idea how many of my friends are upset that they bought ODST. I do think that spin off games do breed fatigue with the series for people who did not understand what ODST was supposed to be and casual fans of the series. That said, I would really like to see a Halo Wars 2.
As for ODST titles, I can see where people might think it would take away from SOPS.
As for ODST titles, I can see where people might think it would take away from SOPS.
Preaching to the choir there, man. I wanted it to be Master Chief's default weapon in H4, remember. With a big scary hub world full of forerunner nasties to sneak through.
I like my version of Promethean vision better too.
What is this I don't even
Mister Negative
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I don't think there was anything more fun to tear through enemies with than a silenced ranged automatic weapon.
When all we knew of the "Assault Carbine" was its name I was so very hopeful that it would be an MA5K (the shortened AR from GoO) with a silencer. But alas, it's a covenant weapon.
Edit: Also...Man, I wanna play THAT game.
Tha Robbertster
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You are going to give him a shoutout at HBO right? Kid deserves it with such a great montage.
Look, I know what you think, I frontpage Tashi's stuff and all... but even I have to draw the line somewhere.
<3 Tashi - those montages are my favorite kind, minimal effects, just gameplay.
I'm ok with this.
Syphon Filter
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Spinoffs are ok but i agree that they shouldn't be coming out that much. That is up to Microsoft though. It has been 5 years since the last "real" Halo game but the spinoffs make it seem like Halo is being milked.
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