Well, the collapsing structure is the same structure as the Silent Cartographer island. Otherwise I thought they differed slightly.
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Well, the collapsing structure is the same structure as the Silent Cartographer island. Otherwise I thought they differed slightly.
The Librarian
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Are you sure it's 1:1 besides the rock bridge? That area feels so much smaller in Halo 3 than it does in CE, and it feels like the battle up to the control room is smaller as well.
NobleGundam
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That's BS. They'll get what's coming to them. Sorry to hear that bro.
It's different. CE had a diagonal pathway up, while Halo 3's are platforms with ramps.
I think they probably will be playable. The 360 I believe used software to make backwards compatibility work rather than using hardware, so I don't see why they can't do the same for the next console. I've also got a crapload of arcade games that hope will transfer over. I guess we'll have to wait until next year to find out.
New ME3 maps are out!!!
There's some artistic liberty in terms of the flow of the design so that you have to make your way up in a specific way, but it's pretty much the same.. or at least based off the geometry. There's also the fact that there's Halo 1's super wide FOV versus Halo 3's narrow FOV to play into what size it looks like.
Domino Theory
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Using a rough count from HBO's Cutscene Library, Halo 2 is just under 60 minutes, give or take, CE's is about 40 minutes, Halo 3's is at around 55 minutes, ODST at about 45, and Reach, surprisingly, is a little over 60 minutes.
Very rough counts, some of CE and ODST's tiny in-mission vignettes weren't counted because doing this in my head was already confusing enough and I'm too stupid to take the ten seconds to find a pen and paper, the co-op variants weren't included, and some of those figures are surely a few minutes off. That includes credit sequences and epilogues, as well.
Demoncarnotaur
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lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
I was part of that conversation, and that is not what Greg said.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
That's what mastrbiggy told me, blame him! I could've sworn there was talk of something major being on the cover.
OdysseusVA
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GGs lilty.
I didn't have my mic on because I was eating
I'll get back on about the same time as you.
I didn't have my mic on because I was eating
I'll get back on about the same time as you.MaximumFlipFlop
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Well they're doing something to a Cryptum...
Steelyuhas
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Well technically Halo 2 had 15 missions, with 13 being full length missions.
I know I'm going to get slapped with some Halo 3 defense force here, but I've always felt that Halo 2's campaign felt larger in scale and more grandiose/epic in scale than any of the other Halo games and that was in large part due to the fantastic cinematics and a very good script. I hope for that aspect in Halo 4.
Team Wu is the on the march, which curiously didn't have any Wu on it during the second round.
GGs lilty.
I didn't have my mic on because I was eating
Yea GGs for sure. I actually just had a fajita and that didn't take long to eat, so I'm on if you want to keep playing.
Well technically Halo 2 had 15 missions, with 13 being full length missions.
I know I'm going to get slapped with some Halo 3 defense force here, but I've always felt that Halo 2's campaign felt larger in scale and more grandiose/epic in scale than any of the other Halo games and that was in large part due to the fantastic cinematics and a very good script. I hope for that aspect in Halo 4.
Team Wu is the on the march, which curiously didn't have any Wu on it during the second round.
He had to sit out because we could only round up 3.
OdysseusVA
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lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
There was no talk of anything on that cover poster.
I think he's gone till the 25th.
Steelyuhas
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Yeah your team hit the Tashi ceiling.
Aggrotek
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You guys playing reach?
Yea I talked with him already. Just let me know when.monsterfracas said:
Hey, added you to FB group. Now pending approval from Duncan.
edit: Also, we should totally play Halo 3 later. Not now though, my bro and I plus a friend are playing Gears 3 on Insane
OdysseusVA
Banned
Yeesh.
Fracas when is the next deadline?
Yeah, currently waiting on lilty to finish his match.
Aggrotek
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Can I join you guys?
OdysseusVA
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The Librarian
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I don't think it's controversial to state Halo 2 was better at conveying scale through its cutscenes than Halo 3's did. However, Halo 3's gameplay was better at conveying a sense of scale than Halo 2's. I do wish Halo 3 had better cinematics – it would've given an even greater push to the game's already large sense of scale.
Xx Overkill VR
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Funny how a met you on BF3 a week before the game came out.
We totally owned everything that moved during that week.
Good Times.
Xx Overkill VR
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But Halo 2 overall was better at conveying a sense of adventure and exploration.
Delta Halo has the best scenery and architecture of anything I remember from the Halo series.
No invisible barriers every 5 feet also allowed you to not only approach combat from unorthodox positions but also escape levels completely.
Will never forget climbing the mountains on Delta Halo with a Ghost... spent 5+ hours just going everywhere.
Are you me?
I need Halo 2 Anniversary, i want to explore all the maps with brand new graphics, so much fun.
Hypertrooper
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Halo 2 had the best cutscene. Hell it had even one of the best intros in a video game. "There was only one ship"
Oh. I am staying in my hotel room.
MrGreencastle
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Hydranockz
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Aww maaaaaan. That night with you and Xand was beautiful.
Hypertrooper
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Quick question: Were those areas intended to be accessible by Bungie? Because Halo 2's level were pretty linear.
Steelyuhas
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I'd agree to an extent, Halo 3 did have some huge scaled encounters which were great, but there is still something in the entire combination of Halo 2, including level design that has that huge sci-fi epic/mysterious feel that isn't really matched in the other games.
Frankie karaoke confirmed.
Halo 3 sounds good, drop me an invite if there is space. I'll probably be on ME3.
NullPointer
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When does Silentium release? I'm not much of a fan of the story so far, but I've gone this far, might as well read the conclusion to the strangeness.
Kibbles
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The hell is Halo Unity?
Xx Overkill VR
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Maybe... the Scarab Gun was WAYYYYYYY out of the normal play space.
So yeah, there was the mountains on Delta Halo, the rooftops of Outskirts, the Scarab Gun on Metroplolis and countless others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imQCxo-Xe7A
I would always use the Ghost during method 3.
Hypertrooper
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January 8.
OdysseusVA
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Rand0m TAG
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Know how you feel
Xx Overkill VR
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As much flack as I give those guys it is indeed boring without them.
VivaciousJazzy
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Agree. I think it really comes down to the writing, which is something we don't have a sense of yet in Halo 4. I'm dreaming of a game with gameplay as good as Halo 3, story telling as good as Halo 2, melded with Halo 1's sense of ancient mystery and exploration, done in a new style. A boy can dream.
(Not literally looking for that, just using them as touchstones.)
NullPointer
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ElzarTheBam
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I feel the same way. That's not to say the rest were underwhelming, because they aren't.
Seeing stuff like this was incredible.
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