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[Hypertrooper]

Halo 4 console is available to pre-order at the banned site shop to.com for £269.99.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006120/

Who is Roland?

The only Roland in Halo fiction I know was the Spartan-III in the Headhunter Short story. But he died.

 

[TheOddOne]

German candies are great, as is German chocolate but the cookies are more interesting. Slightly unusual peppery flavors, sweet, but with herbal or spice notes.

Have you even visited a German supermarket? Candies and cookies galore. I was overwhelmed.

 

[Blueblur1]

I'm up to level 6 on Halo CE Anniversary on Heroic. Holy shit this game is amazing, i can see why the series is popular. Can't wait till i get up to the newer ones.

It's still awesome even though it is 10 years old. I recommend you keep playing through the series.

 

[Rand0m TAG]

It's still awesome even though it is 10 years old. I recommend you keep playing through the series.

dont play reach

 

[TheOddOne]

dont play reach

Do play Reach, it has some great open locations and great level design.

 

[Talents]

Specializations:

• 
  [*]RPG Approach to Mp experience
• Customize to fit styles
  [*]get max level cap- reenlist into specializations (sniper, gunner etc)
  [*]10 lvl progressions
• unlock exclusive armor mods, emblems, early access via special edition
  [*]Classic modes altered
• Regicide has king
• Mode specific assassinations.

Hahahahhaaa good troll...
...please be trolling?

 

[Rickenslacker]

dont play reach

All the campaigns are worth playing, but he's definitely in for a low point jumping off Anniversary and going into 2.

 

[Rand0m TAG]

Do play Reach, it has some great open locations and great level design.

in my opinion, the easiest of the bunch. framerate issues, corny story telling. story didnt make much sense either. hated the ending

 

[Tha Robbertster]

Have you even visited a German supermarket? Candies and cookies galore. I was overwhelmed.

As a Dutch person, you can't give complements to Germans! You dishonoured yourself and your family, junior!

I can't remember any particullar German candy, even though I live 500m from the border :lol

 

[TheOddOne]

As a Dutch person, you can't give complements to Germans! You dishonoured yourself and your family, junior!
I can't remember any particullar German candy, even though I live 500m from the border :lol

You gotta see their liquor collection, like top premium stuff for dirt cheap. They won, bro.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

You gotta see their liquor collection, like top premium stuff for dirt cheap. They won, bro.

Never! NEVER!!!

 

[Lucky Gonk]

Help me HaloGAF: has anyone got that awesome gif of the chopper being jacked on Sandtrap?

 

[Blueblur1]

--Please 343, put out a vidoc like this, or perhaps this, describing the changes to MP and your thoughts behind them. Bungie was so great at putting out videos that actually explained their game (such as this), but there's a HUGE hole in the way information is communicated from 343. Fan reaction videos, sizzle reels, typically poor gaming journalism muddling messaging, and now liveblog updates from convention panels is sending tons of incomplete, out of context or poor communicated information to most of the fan base. Please, put something together about your MP along the lines of the vidocs above, they're not only sorely missed, but given the scope of the changes to MP, I think they're a critical tool for actually explaining this stuff in ways 343 has not done a great job of so far.

Quoted for truth (and to make sure the 343 folks see this post)!

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

dont play reach

I'll never understand this sentiment. I thought reach and ODST were the best in the series story/setting wise.

 

[ArchedThunder]

I'll never understand this sentiment. I thought reach and ODST were the best in the series story/setting wise.

Reach had the best faces in the cutscenes and... um...

 

[Omni]

I'll never understand this sentiment. I thought reach and ODST were the best in the series story/setting wise.

I can overlook ODST as that was pretty great, but Reach was terrible. I really can't be bothered going into it, but the story was really, really disappointing.

 

[Swarmerr]

Nice to see some videos of comic con that are not behind the shoulder. Still wish the br was a 4shot instead of 5, sigh.

 

[Seance]

I can overlook ODST as that was pretty great, but Reach was terrible. I really can't be bothered going into it, but the story was really, really disappointing.

I forgot the story even as it was happening. I didn't know the names of the spartans that were dying and I had lost track of the ones that were already gone.
Before i knew it my solo legendary run was over (did it in one sitting) and I just went straight into matchmaking. Haven't played the campaign since release day. Haven't wanted to.

Spoiler

lol, i think

 

[Rickenslacker]

I can overlook ODST as that was pretty great, but Reach was terrible. I really can't be bothered going into it, but the story was really, really disappointing.

Was it just the story that disappointed you?

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Nice to see some videos of comic con that are not behind the shoulder. Still wish the br was a 4shot instead of 5, sigh.

It might be depending on where you shoot. Frankie hinted at that in the gamespot interview.

 

[Omni]

Was it just the story that disappointed you?

Well, I left out crappy level design, bland visuals, mediocre encounters and temporal anti-aliasing which made everything smudgy. And of course the gameplay.

/opinion.

 

[TheOddOne]

in my opinion, the easiest of the bunch. framerate issues, corny story telling. story didnt make much sense either. hated the ending

That is why I said to play it for the massive levels. The story itself is fine, but felt rushed.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Nice to see some videos of comic con that are not behind the shoulder. Still wish the br was a 4shot instead of 5, sigh.

Gameplay will be still tweaked.

 

[Akai__]

I'll never understand this sentiment. I thought reach and ODST were the best in the series story/setting wise.

For ODST you are right, but Reach? The story was not as good as Halo 3's. And Halo 3 was my personal favourite. Sure, Reach had some epic moments (like the UNSC ship getting destroyed by a Covenant Cruiser or several deaths from characters), but thats all. Bungie proved, that they can create a "dark" campaign and it wasn't that bad.

A question, that has bothered me a while now.
Is Reach's campaign canon? I'm still reading through books and I never payed attention to this. I would say, that it isn't, because of the way Cortana was introduced.

---

Now something Halo 4 related...
Does anybody know, if it is possible to do yoinks and showstoppers in Halo 4?
I didn' saw it once and I would appreciate it, if atleast yoink is gone forever.

 

[Overdoziz]

You're disabling radio beacons during 3/4rd of Reach's campaign. The only 'real' story begins towards the end when you discover Halsey's lab.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

For ODST you are right, but Reach? The story was not as good as Halo 3's. And Halo 3 was my personal favourite. Sure, Reach had some epic moments (like the UNSC ship getting destroyed by a Covenant Cruiser or several deaths from characters), but thats all. Bungie proved, that they can create a "dark" campaign and it wasn't that bad.

A question, that has bothered me a while now.
Is Reach's campaign canon? I'm still reading through books and I never payed attention to this. I would say, that it isn't, because of the way Cortana was introduced.

---

Now something Halo 4 related...
Does anybody know, if it is possible to do yoinks and showstoppers in Halo 4?
I didn' saw it once and I would appreciate it, if atleast yoink is gone forever.

Perhaps I'm just a sucker for "sad" and "end of the world" type of stories, but I really liked the tone of ODST/Reach over all of the other games. I loved knowing that in the end, Reach was doomed. Reach was the first of the Halo games I sat down and played on legendary the first playthrough and didn't stop till I was finished (10 hours straight) I loved everything about it.

You're disabling radio beacons during 3/4rd of Reach's campaign. The only 'real' story begins towards the end when you discover Halsey's lab.

The story IS Reach, and what's going on in/on Reach. The rest is a tie in to the rest of the games with Cortana/Chief IMO.

 

[Omni]

A question, that has bothered me a while now.
Is Reach's campaign canon? I'm still reading through books and I never payed attention to this. I would say, that it isn't, because of the way Cortana was introduced..

Yes. 343i tried to patch everything to fit together into canon months ago... It works, but I still don't like it.

 

[Akai__]

Perhaps I'm just a sucker for "sad" and "end of the world" type of stories, but I really liked the tone of ODST/Reach over all of the other games. I loved knowing that in the end, Reach was doomed. Reach was the first of the Halo games I sat down and played on legendary the first playthrough and didn't stop till I was finished (10 hours straight) I loved everything about it.

I liked it, too, but I was somehow dissapointed, too. My 1st playthrough was like this: "Oh my god it can't get worser, right?" There were so many bad things happening. Every time you thought, you have accomplished something, the game was like fuck you. lol

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

I liked it, too, but I was somehow dissapointed, too. My 1st playthrough was like this: "Oh my god it can't get worser, right?" There were so many bad things happening. Every time you thought, you have accomplished something, the game was like fuck you. lol

See, that's exactly what I liked about it. It was a hopeless fight until the end.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Reach's campaign is canon. 343i tried to fix the problems with the Data Drops.

 

[Rand0m TAG]

odst had a fun campaign (not the best story but fun)
2 had to be the most irritating on legendary but i liked the story
ce best story and gameplay
3 had awesome gameplay but story felt half-assed. you didnt even get to fight the gravemind and had to settle for guilty spark
reach: had nice graphics, but story was lacking. gameplay was good until you got framerate issues (which was often). didnt enjoy it too much. only beat it once. nothing memorable

 

[Akai__]

See, that's exactly what I liked about it. It was a hopeless fight until the end.

"From the beginning, you know the end". That's the way Bungie was marketing the game. But, I was expecting bigger things, like epic battles for example. There was so much potencial, but they didn't used it. I guess, the book ruined this for me.

Edit:

Reach's campaign is canon. 343i tried to fix the problems with the Data Drops.

I never read through those. I actually didn't found one of them, besides the Lab from Dr. Halsey. But yeah, thanks for clarification.

 

[Garrett 2U]

Gameplay will be still tweaked.

I feel like they wouldn't have nerfed the carbine if they were going to make the BR 4 shot. =\

 

[Poker Face]

on one of those videos released yesterday from comic con, under spartan ID you have "portrait"

anyone know anything about that?

 

[Fuchsdh]

on one of those videos released yesterday from comic con, under spartan ID you have "portrait"

anyone know anything about that?

I assume something like XBL avatars, where you can choose positions for your thumbnail image?

 

[ElzarTheBam]

on one of those videos released yesterday from comic con, under spartan ID you have "portrait"

anyone know anything about that?

Now, that is interesting.

Kinect mugshots! (I'm joking).

 

[NobleGundam]

*Insert Shopped Portrait of Ellis Here*

 

[ArchedThunder]

"From the beginning, you know the end". That's the way Bungie was marketing the game. But, I was expecting bigger things, like epic battles for example. There was so much potencial, but they didn't used it. I guess, the book ruined this for me.

Edit:

I never read through those. I actually didn't found one of them, besides the Lab from Dr. Halsey. But yeah, thanks for clarification.

You are thinking of Data Pads. The Data Drops were things posted on Waypoint.

 

[Plasmapunch]

Btw, first post here =)

^This^
Was alot better then mine, Stopwatch objective days "abba abab".
We have seen some try to some what accomplish this with Brink, and Reach Inv, but haven't taking to the likes of RTCW.

 

[Akai__]

You are thinking of Data Pads. The Data Drops were things posted on Waypoint.

Ah, okay. My bad. Now I have to do something for this Sunday, because this weather here is freaking me out.

You can find them here.

Thanks, dude.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Ah, okay. My bad. Now I have to do something for this Sunday, because this weather here is freaking me out.

You can find them here.

 

[The Librarian]

--Please 343, put out a vidoc like this, or perhaps this, describing the changes to MP and your thoughts behind them. Bungie was so great at putting out videos that actually explained their game (such as this), but there's a HUGE hole in the way information is communicated from 343. Fan reaction videos, sizzle reels, typically poor gaming journalism muddling messaging, and now liveblog updates from convention panels is sending tons of incomplete, out of context or poor communicated information to most of the fan base. Please, put something together about your MP along the lines of the vidocs above, they're not only sorely missed, but given the scope of the changes to MP, I think they're a critical tool for actually explaining this stuff in ways 343 has not done a great job of so far.

To add to this:

This impression may be just me – hopefully it's not – but the BTS videos 343 has been releasing seem like summations of people saying how awesome everything will be. And that's not helpful for informing consumers about the game, or the developers' line of thinking.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

You can find them here.

Thanks, I hadn't seen them either.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Halo 4 console is available to pre-order at the banned site shop to.com for £264.85.

Had to fix that for you Hyper. : )

The controllers are also available separately for 37.85 (wrong picture though).

 

[Hypertrooper]

To add to this:

This impression may be just me – hopefully it's not – but the BTS videos 343 has been releasing seem like summations of people saying how awesome everything will be. And that's not helpful for informing consumers about the game, or the developers' line of thinking.

About Halo 4? They only have released two BTSs. The series is called Making Halo 4 and we got the reveal and the music.

 

[Fuchsdh]

To add to this:

This impression may be just me – hopefully it's not – but the BTS videos 343 has been releasing seem like summations of people saying how awesome everything will be. And that's not helpful for informing consumers about the game, or the developers' line of thinking.

And more to the point for me, I think some of 343i's choices from a fiction perspective are stupid. I'm certainly willing to be convinced otherwise, but they really haven't even put any effort into trying to address that either.

Case in point: They've muddled their already-nonsensical Mk IV designs with Forward Unto Dawn... why?

 

[ElzarTheBam]

At 2.05, in this video, the frag grenade explosion pushes the plasma grenade away, it thought it was extremely cool.

Does this happen in any other Halo game? It's something I've never noticed before.

 

[The Librarian]

About Halo 4? They only have released two BTSs. The series is called Making Halo 4 and we got the reveal and the music.

Sorry, not BTSs. Whatever they're called. 343 releases videos like Halo 4 at E3 that aren't really helpful and don't tell me much. I'd rather see multiplayer ViDocs and the like.

 

[CyReN]

Halo 4 - DMR Gameplay all game

&

 

[kylej]

He has fine tuned it hundreds of times over the months.

Unlike the Halo 4 marketing plan.