We need to play Pirates (or whatever it is called) customs some day, i think. I wanna know how it works and if it is as fun as it sounds.
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Halo |OT8| A Salt on the Control Room
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We need to play Pirates (or whatever it is called) customs some day, i think. I wanna know how it works and if it is as fun as it sounds.
Steelyuhas
Member
Yeah, Heckfu and I just had a devil of a time getting an invite to one-another.
Demoncarnotaur
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So, Im replaying Perfect Dark Zero, and I have to say, this game has some damn good looking textures, and really pretty environments. While the character faces are blah, this game still looks good today.. I think it helped contribute to my disappointment in Halo 3s visuals. I would kill for another Perfect Dark.. I also love its approach to sandbox gameplay with multiple routes and optional objectives.
What are you talking about. Elephants are awesome!
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Are you using the beta dashboard?
PooBone
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PooBone
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I didn't notice anything like that. Got a time stamp for that?
FUNKNOWN iXi
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I seriously thought I was the only person who appreciated PDZ's visuals........
He must be referring to the mountains along the sides of the Mammoth and how it's boxed in, but in reality we don't know how much space we have in front of it.
thezerofire
Banned
I thought there was a really short clip of one driving on a road on the side of a cliff but I could be wrong
Orochinagis
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By far the best part of GoW2 campaign, Reavers (Flying horses or Nemacys (Flying Mortars)?
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Oh damn is that the video that had the Campaign spoiler in it? If so, I've only watched it once.. trying to avoid catching that spoiler lol - I was talking about the first clip we saw of the Mammoth.
The Elephant would've been cool with a Gauss Turret.
Slightly Live
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thezerofire
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I don't know what spoiler you're talking about, but I don't remember having anything spoiled.
But I've never read any of the books or anything like that so I'm not the best authority
Demoncarnotaur
Member
The Elephant was awesome, but underused.. Hopefully we can get more use out of that thing, maybe even center a gametype around em. Nothing crazy like invasion, but something that would exist in BTB.
The character art and direction is awful, but the environment and gun art is fantastic. Such a good looking game.
The character art and direction is awful, but the environment and gun art is fantastic. Such a good looking game.
The Librarian
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I really enjoyed Elephants. Well, when I could find a game in which they were useful. If my memory isn't faulty, most games I played they just sat there unused.
I love the concept of a huge Halo vehicle like the Elephant. I can't wait to see what we do with that huge vehicle in Halo 4 and if it's in multiplayer.
I love the concept of a huge Halo vehicle like the Elephant. I can't wait to see what we do with that huge vehicle in Halo 4 and if it's in multiplayer.
Steelyuhas
Member
That sounds like fun, wish I could join.
Vire
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
Good ol BTB lag. That's really where the P2P netcode shows it's limits
Pop
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Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I'm happy with them. The stupid Reach MP ones were horrible. You had to boost just to get them. 4 has more SP and SpOps.
Vire
Member
I'm pretty sure the point wasn't to make them difficult, but rather make people aware of the features and have people use them.
Also, thank god you aren't in charge cause difficult MP chieves fucking blow. It all comes down to luck most of the time.
Blue Ninja
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Plywood, I approve of your avatar.
And the Elephants were cool, but you basically couldn't drive them anywhere but on that 8-shaped road, which kinda sucked.
And the Elephants were cool, but you basically couldn't drive them anywhere but on that 8-shaped road, which kinda sucked.
Orochinagis
Member
Thank god, I want to play the game for fun not for doing an achievement. I hate Online cheevos
Achievements are supposed to be challenging, you're not exactly 'achieving' something if it's handed to you on a silver plater.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
You work for IGN?
Rickenslacker
Banned
Yeah, I'm going through my own Perfect Agent run of it right now and I'm finding it's not as horrible as I thought a long time ago. I mean, sure, the aiming is pretty weird, the framerate goes to shit, and the animations are quirky, but it's not like PD was without similar faults. This also has the benefit of ridding all the Skedar nonsense too.
I also like the added bits of randomization to the levels, enemy patrols will change when you restart, as will camera placements. Keeps you on your toes. The cartoony plastic characters are whatever, but I do enjoy the environments. Some of the new weapons were nice too, like the faux AK that has a secondary fire which pneumatically shoots out its bayonet.
I think you confused challenging with fucking stupid. The multiplayer achievements in the past games were atrocious, multiplayer should stand on its own accord without a player mentality altering meta layer on top of it.
Yeah, they're supposed to be challenging (solo legendary, solo legendary Spartan Ops chapter (meant for coop)) but if an achievement is based on luck...
Too many "challenging" achievements are very much luck-based often.
Also, MP achievements suck anyway.
HigherLevel
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Steelyuhas
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Yeah they are. Bungie did the same thing with Reach achievements. They said the design goals behind the achievements were to encourage the player to use all the different game modes and features in the game. It's pretty clear that 343 has done the same for H4.
Solo legendary isn't exactly challenging either. It's mostly more time consuming than challenging.
They should make a 'Mythic' campaign achievement, or something along those lines. (If skulls were in Halo 4.)
Everything you say from now on has no meaning. Like dust in the wind. Like Capcom's relevance to gaming. Like George Lucas and the Star Wars franchise.
StalkerUKCG
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Vire
Member
Multiplayer achievements aren't challenging, they are luck based bullshit that aren't easily replicated.
Something like solo Legendary is a way more fun achievement in my book.
Anyway, I was rewatching that Cinematic trailer and I noticed something behind the Grunt...
WATCH OUT DUDER.
Can anyone say three-way battles?
For an average Halo player it probably is challenging. For me, you, it is time-consuming.
I didn't know lol, I haven't been on really in 2 days, so haven't seen anything.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
We got new armor. Go back a few page.
There's a quick scene that passes by with a Prom Knight gripping an elite by the neck and tossing it.Anyway, I was rewatching that Cinematic trailer and I noticed something behind the Grunt...
WATCH OUT DUDER.
Can anyone say three-way battles?
HEY! Dragons Dogma is my GOTY, take it back I say!
Mock if wrong, but did 343 say all pre-order/LE DLC will be available on the marketplace at some point?
I really want Fotus, Recruit and Locus...
Looking at your avatar, i really like Halo 4's DMR's side profile.
Too bad i don't really like the way weapon acts, BR feels so much better.
Though maybe it is my Reach experience speaking?
Wonder if the Needle Rifle is in along with the Carbine. They both act alike but the Nerfle could be tweaked to be more like Covie DMR.
I didn't try any of Reach's achievements, but Halo 3's weren't really difficult, the most notable was something like get 2 double kills on a legendary map. Then there were others like get a perfection/overkill and almost anyone could get them, the only one I found that involved luck/boosting was the get a double laser kill in lone wolves or something.
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