Which no one plays..so I play against DarkSims
Also PDZ is $5 this week on XBL, not sure if its worth that though.
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Halo |OT5| Believe, Again
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Which no one plays..so I play against DarkSims
Also PDZ is $5 this week on XBL, not sure if its worth that though.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
I once knew a Spaniard with a Scottish accent that claimed to be from Egypt.
I said, "Cool story bro."
Finished Vanquish a couple hours ago.
Thought it was decent, but IMO it's overrated. 6.5/10
Haha, not worth it at all.
Thought it was decent, but IMO it's overrated. 6.5/10
don't kill me
Bought it from Gamestop for like $2.99 a few weeks ago.Which no one plays..so I play against DarkSims
Also PDZ is $5 this week on XBL, not sure if its worth that though.
Haha, not worth it at all.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
No, that's about right. It's an average shooter with exceptional play control
Hahaha these are amazing. You can pull of such cool shit in that game.
The Real Napsta
Member
PDZ was so bad.
Dat super slow movement
dat evade
dat long reload time
no aim assist either i don't think.
Dat super slow movement
dat evade
dat long reload time
no aim assist either i don't think.
Rickenslacker
Banned
You don't need some big playerbase of random games you can hop in at all times. The joys of Perfect Dark come from grouping together some pals and playing in all sorts of stupid modes. With this, the XBLA version is perfection. The only thing I can fault about the XBLA version is what they did to Joanna's face.No one plays it though
Out of all the things in a shooter, I hate bullet sponges the most.
Every enemy in Vanquish is a bullet sponge.
There can be only one.
too much eslim
Member
I would be down for PD XBLA. awesome game is awesome.
PDZ with adjusted aim + Zombie mode for $5 is worth it though lol
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Well, until there's more, and more, and more.
You do not need luck. Your donging abilities alone will get you the position. But in the rare scenario that they are not appreciative of dong, then good luck!
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Any tips for the on-rails falcon grenade launcher part on Tip of the Spear Legendary? Sucks...
EDIT: Nevermind, beat it. Now for spire...
EDIT: Nevermind, beat it. Now for spire...
The Real Napsta
Member
memorize it.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Start shooting targets before they are there, know whats coming and be fast.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Behind the curve much? Jesus man!
Also, get that banshee and don't leave it until everything is dead.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Done with that level, just had to make sure to EMP everything on the turret.
Plasma rifles do wonders to Elite shields.
Stopping at Long Night of Solace for today. That space battle gives me chills just thinking about it on Legendary. Not to metnion the area where you defend Jorge.
Plasma rifles do wonders to Elite shields.
Stopping at Long Night of Solace for today. That space battle gives me chills just thinking about it on Legendary. Not to metnion the area where you defend Jorge.
User 73706
Banned
Kind of late now, but Focus Rifle + DMR is a crazy useful combination for the Spire part of Tip of the Spear, especially for long-range stationary targets like that Shade at the base of the tower.
Follow the right side of the mountain after your falcon crashes. Kill grunt with pp near the top of the hill and take it. Hop on the rocks right behind him to avoid the turrets. Get on car, drive onto spire lifts, plasma pistol sword elite after taking out the grunts. SKILL
Get 'er done. gl
User 73706
Banned
It depends on what I'm in the mood for. Usually I'll just nab the Banshee, but I've tried stupid co-op stuff like all Plasma Pistol kills or even Punchmaster Extreme where you have to go and punch the shit out of everything and not shoot. It's difficult but possible with multiple people.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I grabbed the plasma turret from the Elite and demolished everything. Went up the Spire, lured the sword Elite outside and Plasma Rifled his shield then AR'd him.
Just hop in the Pelican turret and wreck. Can be a bit difficult if you don't have surround sound to aim until they blow up the gun, though.
I substitute reality with my own.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Took some screenshots before turning it off.
Dat skybox. My new iPad 3 wallpaper.
I think Long Night of Solace, the beach area, is one of the best looking parts in the game,
Dat skybox. My new iPad 3 wallpaper.
I think Long Night of Solace, the beach area, is one of the best looking parts in the game,
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Man, the grain filters just ruins those shots, they would look so much better otherwise. =/
One of my favorite areas in the game for visuals would be the tundra on ONI: Swordbase, they really nailed that look IMO. Visually stunning.
Tip of the Spear, The Package and POA are my best looker runner ups.
One of my favorite areas in the game for visuals would be the tundra on ONI: Swordbase, they really nailed that look IMO. Visually stunning.
Tip of the Spear, The Package and POA are my best looker runner ups.
Rickenslacker
Banned
A cool choice for 343 to employ if they incorporate a "343 Pro" feature in Halo 4 is to let you take lossless screenshots from the game for a rendering minute or something. Loads of excellent shots, but the compression really botches them from something like wallpaper use.
dangerbyrnes
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couldn't find a better picture
but man, this covenant ship was beautiful. it sucks that you don't even spend very long on it. i would kill for a covenant ship mission as long as truth and reconciliation with this style.
this pic also reminded me, we've never seen the inside of a covenant Super carrier, other than the shadow of intents bridge, and hangar bay briefly in halo 3. halo one had a cruiser, halo 2 had high charity, and halo reach had a corvette.
but man, this covenant ship was beautiful. it sucks that you don't even spend very long on it. i would kill for a covenant ship mission as long as truth and reconciliation with this style.
this pic also reminded me, we've never seen the inside of a covenant Super carrier, other than the shadow of intents bridge, and hangar bay briefly in halo 3. halo one had a cruiser, halo 2 had high charity, and halo reach had a corvette.
So, I was looking through that Bungie Halo 3 Publication:
Bungie did something very similar to how Valve made thousands of zombie variants fit into memory in L4D2 on consoles. Gradient Ramp Mapping:
So, almost every muzzle flash in Halo 3 used one single, shared, low res greyscale texture. The small black and white one in the middle of the slides shown below:
Notice its the same one for all these guns. That save a ton of memory.
The muzzle flash is then remapped using a custom made 256x1 texture (the bar down at the bottom of each picture) which tells the material how to color the greyscale smoke texture and where to make it transparent. Each flash has its own gradient, which is how the get all the variation for their various guns.
I decided I would take a swing at making my own Plasma Material.
(All done in Photoshop, so it's not animating like it would in a particle system and theres no transparency/fade animation like there normally would be)
Looks trippy!
I always liked the way Plasmas Would have those cool electric arcs. Especially in Halo 3.
Bungie did something very similar to how Valve made thousands of zombie variants fit into memory in L4D2 on consoles. Gradient Ramp Mapping:
So, almost every muzzle flash in Halo 3 used one single, shared, low res greyscale texture. The small black and white one in the middle of the slides shown below:
Notice its the same one for all these guns. That save a ton of memory.
The muzzle flash is then remapped using a custom made 256x1 texture (the bar down at the bottom of each picture) which tells the material how to color the greyscale smoke texture and where to make it transparent. Each flash has its own gradient, which is how the get all the variation for their various guns.
I decided I would take a swing at making my own Plasma Material.
(All done in Photoshop, so it's not animating like it would in a particle system and theres no transparency/fade animation like there normally would be)
Looks trippy!
I always liked the way Plasmas Would have those cool electric arcs. Especially in Halo 3.
User 73706
Banned
Truth and Reconciliation in CEA took a lot of elements from the Corvette aesthetic if I'm remembering right. A Supercarrier interior probably has enough going on that you could spend a whole campaign in it though, honestly.
Rickenslacker
Banned
That's cool and all, but you've RUINED HOW I LOOK AT SHOOTING GUNS IN HALO 3 FOREVER!
But the thing is, you cant actually tell that its the same texture because the gradient changes it almost entirely, and the emitter can change other material properties and animations that I can't do in photoshop alone.
What's impressive is that they had around 2000 (IIRC) effects in the game and they would have to fit a ton of those in memory at the same time. So they would have to plan ahead and make sure that the multiuse textures like that greyscale one could be used in so many different ways. That's skill.
halo.xbox.com having file shares now is great news. Figured it was coming. Any mention on when we can render clips and if Halo 3/ODST will get some love? Right now the site doesn't even track game history for those games. I'm no computer engineer but how hard can it be to do? I mean sites like halocharts and halotracker used to do it. What gives?
Also, Halo 3 and ODST will still be playable online for at least until Halo 5 releases.
Also, Halo 3 and ODST will still be playable online for at least until Halo 5 releases.
OKC first team in NBA history to come back from 3-1 deficient in finals. Bet it.
Steelyuhas
Member
Incredible.
Seriously though, if you get a chance, try going into theatre mode and try holding very lightly on the trigger while looking at and particles. (Shader/Material Animations are not limited to the 30fps limit on everything else in theatre)
It's truly impressive.
Can someone post a .gif of plasma explosions in Halo 4?
GrimBrother One
Member
Lololol. So good.
Halo 4 E3 MP discussion with Bravo MLG
Probably been posted already just haven't seen it yet. Feel better about the RL after watching.
Probably been posted already just haven't seen it yet. Feel better about the RL after watching.
too much eslim
Member
Anybody expect Bungie's next game to be a direct threat to Halo?
too much eslim
Member
why you say that? This new franchise allows them to do the things they wanted to do with Halo, but couldn't because they had to stay within the series in their minds. Plus they will most likely have the features that have been cut in Halo 4. So I can see people liking Bungie's new game more.
Why would Destiny have features cut from Halo 4?
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Reach = Unused early Destiny assets bro!
I expect it to be a direct threat to my free time.
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