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Halo |OT7| You may leave, Juices. And take Team Downer with you.
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thezerofire
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MW3 has you start with an M4 and end with a P99
and CS, the original, has you end on knife
Pop
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I do
Pop
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Hmm, how unfortunate.
Wasn't the MP trailer the debut of MP for Black Ops 2? This is not something I care about, but it seems like an odd comparison.
Why do people compare Halo 4, a Xbox 360 exclusive title, to a game, which is available on all platforms?
I don't dislike CoD, but seriously, why?
Not positive, but I think so.
Needs moar zoojoo.
No.
Fine.
I'll record my own podcast. Today. Enfinit, Mix, and YourExWife, i'm lookin at you!
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Because they're direct competition, especially since they're a week apart from each other.
snore.
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Damn Viewtiful.. a little harsh, no?
ViewtifulJC
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Why would people compare two huge shooters releasing the same month, they have been in direct competition with each other since one eroded the other in popularity since 2007, and has been playing catch-up ever since with specializations and ordnance drops?
Are you seriously asking this question?
dangerbyrnes
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Steelyuhas
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Sort of. You get more powerful weapons until the last two, which are the China Lake and the Knife shot thing.
Mister Negative
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Yeah, I think Black Ops had you end with the spring loaded knife thing.
User 73932
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inv heckfu and i!
I can understand the comparisons, but "playing catch-up" is hardly the way any intelligent person would word it.
Pop
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I feel great, thanks for asking. I'll be getting both so I'm not worried about youtube numbers.
User 73932
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then I'm afraid your podcast has already failed...
ViewtifulJC
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"Utilizing the best ideas of contemporary shooters to further evolve this iconic franchise, Halo 4 introduces specializations, loadouts, and ordnance drops that reward constant, competitive play and more customization options then ever before to increase individuality of your Spartan."
Are you serious with the specialization and ordnance drop catch up part?
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Edit: Correct me, if I'm wrong but ordnance drops are only in one playlist.
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Even if Halo is copying parts of an other game, it will still be Halo.
However, I was asking this question, because CoD has a larger playerbase as Halo. It's represented on all platforms, while Halo isn't. It's ridiculous to compare it, in this way. If you want to compare it, compare it to the Xbox 360.
And Black Ops introducing Theater mode? Or File Shares in MW3? Both developers are creative enough to create new ways to play, and both developers are intelligent enough to notice player trends and give players many options to play the way they want to play. It's not "catching-up" as much as it is keeping strong in the industry.
User 73932
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Karl pls...
User 73932
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The time difference might be a problem as I am traveling, but I would like to here Heckfu's thoughts on Halo 4's FOV.
Zoso Achilles
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When I was forced to get a new xbox, I got a slim with the 250 gig hard drive. I've been actively trying to fill it, it's just too hard to do.
nillapuddin
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Are we to expect all armor abilities will be distinguishable on each multiplayer character?
I remember in the halo reach beta trailer the player using armor lock had a large 'backpack' looking device, obviously this didn't make it in the game. But if it had it might have gone a long way in letting players "know" what they are up against
I'm thinking
Jet pack = obviously even in reach this was present
Thruster = distinguishable from jet pack
Hard light shield = a noticeable module on forearm
Hologram = ?
Regen = ?
Turret = maybe on hip if small enough,
Is there any desire for aa's to be more visual?
I remember in the halo reach beta trailer the player using armor lock had a large 'backpack' looking device, obviously this didn't make it in the game. But if it had it might have gone a long way in letting players "know" what they are up against
I'm thinking
Jet pack = obviously even in reach this was present
Thruster = distinguishable from jet pack
Hard light shield = a noticeable module on forearm
Hologram = ?
Regen = ?
Turret = maybe on hip if small enough,
Is there any desire for aa's to be more visual?
MaximumFlipFlop
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User 73706
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We could end up with an interesting subplot where Halo CE's theme of "You (and just you) vs a shitton of factions who are all fighting eachother at the same time!" gets ramped up significantly. Say, for example, the Reds and Blues are having an internal struggle and it's just getting them wrecked by the Proms and Covvies. Your only hope of having some coordinated allies is by uniting the two factions or something like that.
Added my ideas. I would love for that stuff to be more visual on your armor.
have 0 problems with this.
Got 99 problems and a heckfu ain't one
Sorry, I guess you'll never know.
Yeah, it was an off the cuff comment I made a while back (also Megalo, easy way to remember: it's the first part of the word Megalomaniac). Reach doesn't have progress bars because, to super simplify things that Bungie employees posted, Reach doesn't actually know when a game will end. It knows when to actually end the game when conditions are meant, but it doesn't know "how long until" because the end condition could change at any time. An example would be Invasion, which creates a new round and puts time back on the clock.
So when I saw 4 had progress bars, I just was like "oh, there might not be Megalo anymore and went back to hardcoded gametypes". But now that it kind of just looks like it changes the long tail of the graphic to whoever is in the lead, that's uh.. interestingly Megalo-y. Or they could have just added a component to Megalo that says "the game will end in this many points, start drawing y'all bars".
Fuck Zealot.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
hckfu pls
StalkerUKCG
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Someone needs to let me in on this podcast action.
This shit is gon b so cash, brah
added to mental list.
definitly doing it on skype next time.
added to mental list.
definitly doing it on skype next time.
nillapuddin
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Glad you agree, I'm not sure there are any drawbacks, I thought a few
Hundred
Am I mistaken in saying that 343 has said in the past that our characters gameplay modofications would change our visual appearance also?
I feel like that was on a panel or something?
Does anyone remember?
Also I'll clip that armor lock pic later, I'm on mobile but it's an interesting concept that was cut
Halo is a better game but CoD has popular system elements that are apparently desirable from a gamemaker's point of view. I myself am not quite convinced they are being integrated into Halo in a desirable way, but then Spartan Ops seems like the franchise's notable addition in the vein of theater/forge/AAs/online. Specializations and its ilk are more like sprinkles, and it remains to be seen whether they are shit flavored or not.
NobleGundam
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? Not Jetpack.
Thruster > Evade
Evade would launch you with a Barrel Roll lol
Thruster Pack is a quick strafe with similar distance as evade without the launch.
someone named names
Zoso Achilles
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What are you talking about? All he said is thrusters should be visually distinguishable from the jetpack. We know how it works.
We need a British voice on a podcast. Brings an air of assurance.
Plus all the Americans sound similar ;-)
nillapuddin
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NobleGundam
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Gotcha, My mistake. Could say the same for PV, yes or no?
nillapuddin
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Ah! That's the I one I forgot to mention. Thanks
We know that the visor glows red so I'm guessing that's the tell.
Just what the internet needs, more content from you.
Zoso Achilles
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Things like PV and holo would be hard to communicate visually. I think it will be fine just knowing when someone is using one of those; they already said there will be visual and audio cues when someone uses it.
Shots fired.
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