• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

Halo |OT6| I will not allow you to leave this thread!

Status
Not open for further replies.
ElRenoRaven

ElRenoRaven

Member
Karl2177 said:
I think that's where we differ. I liked the Halo 2 and 3 enemies a bit more because it wasn't always so serious. I can understand some aspects of making them feel really alien, but to me it lost quite a bit of personality. I really wished the IWHBYD skull made them more like the trilogy enemies in their dialogue, instead of what it did(did it even do anything in Reach?).
Click to expand...

You know I'm all for making them more vicious looking but surely they could do that while keeping them looking somewhat like they have in every damn other form of media they've been shown in.
 
D

Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State
Karl2177 said:
I think that's where we differ. I liked the Halo 2 and 3 enemies a bit more because it wasn't always so serious. I can understand some aspects of making them feel really alien, but to me it lost quite a bit of personality. I really wished the IWHBYD skull made them more like the trilogy enemies in their dialogue, instead of what it did(did it even do anything in Reach?).
Click to expand...

Yeah I can see that, but Halo 1 was so amazing to me because of how alien everything felt. With the overall design in 4 I get that feeling again. From the enemy design, all the way down to the trees on the maps.

I don't want the enemies to feel cheesy and hokey, and be joking around and yelling things about food nipples (still funny as hell though). I want them to be the Covenant I visualize when I read the fiction. Ruthless, honor-bound, don't take shit from nobody (except maybe Grunts).

Not that I hated the 2/3 enemies, I just prefer the more alien and hostile feel.
 
A

ArchedThunder

Banned
willow ve said:
Rumour has it they're making a reboot to the Godzilla franchise.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/07/15/godzilla-reboot-comic-con/
Click to expand...
Not a Rumor, it was announced like a year ago.

a zoojoo said:
Speaking of redesigns........
DSCF3096-570x760.jpg

.....gross
Click to expand...
Not a redesign, it's a new suit of armor.
 
D

daedalius

Member
Plywood said:
No one was trippin', the whole conversation was relatively civil before Daedalius flipped his keyboard in an uproar. People were just voicing their distaste on a redesign of an enemy whose design was already established. It's one thing to add your own flair it's another to give it a gears dino head.

That's because Reach isn't memorable in spite of the tagline.
Click to expand...

Keyboards were indeed flipped.

Perhaps clowns was not the right descriptor. I was referring to those who would criticize a change, but at the same time complain if something was not changed.

I think its fine to not like the design, personally I do, but I also like the fact they are trying to go with a more menacing feel to the Covenant, where before a lot of them came off as goofy (especially pre-reach grunts).

The main thrust of my grievance was that a brand new art team is going to change things, regardless of if they 'need' change or not.

Also, I still think it looks like a damn lizard bird.
 
P

Plywood

NeoGAF's smiling token!
mastrbiggy said:
Does anyone object to me giving Sai the xxs shirt?
Click to expand...
Yes.
daedalius said:
Keyboards were indeed flipped.

Perhaps clowns was not the right descriptor. I was referring to those who would criticize a change, but at the same time complain if something was not changed.

I think its fine to not like the design, personally I do, but I also like the fact they are trying to go with a more menacing feel to the Covenant, where before a lot of them came off as goofy (especially pre-reach grunts).

The main thrust of my grievance was that a brand new art team is going to change things, regardless of if they 'need' change or not.

Also, I still think it looks like a damn lizard bird.
Click to expand...
Fair enough.

edit:

Now my main gripe seems to be that it seems as though they're all trending towards a reptilian-esque design as they all look as though they have the same rough/scaled arms even the grunts.
 
A

a zoojoo

Banned
ArchedThunder said:
Not a redesign, it's a new suit of armor.
Click to expand...

I'm talking about from a production standpoint, not a fiction standpoint. It's a redesign. And a fugly one at that. It's not even the design itself, it's the "replacement" for the gold they've used prevously. If they reverted the tan back to gold, i would love it.
 
A

ArchedThunder

Banned
a zoojoo said:
I'm talking about from a production standpoint, not a fiction standpoint. It's a redesign. And a fugly one at that. It's not even the design itself, it's the "replacement" for the gold they've used prevously. If they reverted the tan back to gold, i would love it.
Click to expand...

Put some more red on that bitch too.
 
D

daedalius

Member
Plywood said:
Yes.

Fair enough.

edit: Now my main gripe seems to be that they really seemed to all be trending towards reptilian and they literally all seem to share the same rough/scaled arms even the grunts.
Click to expand...

You want Brutes back, don't try to deny it... with their luscious fur coats.
 
Y

YourExWife

Member
mastrbiggy said:
EDIT: and you know that the GL is my favorite weapon in Halo Reach.
Click to expand...

Sorry for the slow reply. I was watching Indie Game: The Movie (to further satiate my SMB fetish). Firstly, holy shit! Heckfu made Fez! Also, good movie.

Secondly, I know that it is your favorite biggy and I trust you. I just had to get my feelings down. Thanks to my schooling, my job, and well, me, I'm a huge math nerd and stuff like the GL just turned me on. As does finding sexy 'nade throws in Halo games. As do puzzle games (speaking of which, if anyone plays Bejeweled Blitz Live or Lumines, let me know).

Who knows? Maybe the GL will allow me to look at Reach in the future and will shine through my nostalgia glasses as what made me enjoy the game. Despite its problems, I genuinely enjoy it now (playlist mismanagement is a shame). Here's to November bringing us back to the golden days! :)


EDIT: Crap! I forgot an obligatory "do the math" joke :(
 
T

Tawpgun

Member
Just took a look at the E3 vid. Their necks are a lot bigger. But the close up of them really makes them look like a completley different covenant enemy.
 
F

Fuchsdh

Member
Tha Robbertster said:
Heh, that's true. Though I didn't really notice any big changes when I viewed that. Anyone has that GIF were you see the jackel pushing the grunt?
Click to expand...

Well we really didn't see them close enough to judge the changes. I thought they'd thickened up the neck, and that was about it.

The Iron Man suit with the overuse of tan does look bad, though. Who signed off on that paint job?
 
S

Slaker117

Member
If there are still free patches or avatar armor or whatever up for grabs, I would enjoy one, though I feel kind of bad asking as a new member.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

Halo Infinite Firefight Announced - December 5th
News 2
98
9K
twilo99 replied
IGN: Phil Spencer Has Now Been Head of Xbox for 10 Years; We Look Back at His First Decade
Opinion Analysis 2 3
130
11K
ZehDon replied
#SaveHaloDotAPI - I hate to post another negative 343/Infinite thread but this is bullshit
48
4K
ZoukGalaxy replied
Frostpunk 2 | Review Thread
Review
12
1K
geary replied
The State of Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks: A breakdown of all the Confirmed Projects, Leaks, and Rumors
Opinion News Rumor 2
84
11K
Ozriel replied
Top Bottom