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[daedalius]

Thought you wanted a giant gif,

343 are wizards.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Heh - you're the first person I've ever heard try to argue that that's not the 'Dare Mission'. Yeah, sure, you don't PLAY as Dare - but it's still the Dare mission.

I've never thought of it as the Dare mission either, just the one that Dare appears on. Thin distinction I know, but the others were flashbacks where you actually play as someone else.

I don't mind it, I really like how the map looks. My main problem with the map is that the only vehicle that spawns is the Rocket Hog and what ever covie vehicle might drop every 8 years. The Rocket Hog should have been a regular ol' machine gun Hog.

I find I get caught on geometry a lot on Unearthed; a lot of the jumps and corner areas are not well polished.

It's inexplicable how they built a fantastic map for vehicles, and then put the rocket Hog on it, after everyone was clamoring for a regular Warthog map give the rocket Hog was on Beachhead (which itself was a mistake).

Yeah. The playspace choices for FF were odd. Overlook, ugh.

The Covenant hangar was okay, which just just proves your point, Club Errera would be great for FF (assuming you deal with how to spawn in the covies, outside of dropships the spawns in Hangar are pretty easy to abuse because the shield doors don't block grenades).

Edit: for Bex to English translation.

I've said this before, but I think of it ever time Club Errera/Crater comes up: Boss wave. Disco lights and music fire up instead of regular boss music. It could have been so amazing. Lost opportunity there.

 

[wwm0nkey]

343 are wizards.

Seriously, picture what they can do next generation....

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Compare that with that ugly stiff piece of shit that was Lord Hood in Halo 3

 

[ArchedThunder]

Seriously, picture what they can do next generation....

The things full on tessellation integration will do for Halo...
Also maybe we will finally get real time reflections in water and visors.

Compare that with that ugly stiff piece of shit that was Lord Hood in Halo 3

I have been, it's practically a generational jump. Hell even comparing it to Keyes from Reach is a pretty big jump.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

To me, it's a Rookie mission, Dare is only there half the time and you don't play as her. I wouldn't consider it a Dare mission in the same way that Coastal Highway isn't a Vergil mission.

Installation 04.

I have to agree. To me to call a mission someone's they have to be playable in it.

 

[Stinkles]

Probably due to the TV's like at SDCC

Remember 343 remove the motion smoothing and set input label to PC to eliminate that stuff for your PAX showcase!

We do, but every time we go to a new venue they put in new TVs and nobody ever does it right except our core events team. Any input lag was TVs, but that's an extraordinarily old build. PAX will have much newer code.

 

[Mister Negative]

quick lightning round, which ODST had the best looking armor?

Spoiler

if you answered anything but Romeo sorry try again

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Compare that with that ugly stiff piece of shit that was Lord Hood in Halo 3

I don't know why but every time I see his face I think of Droopy.

 

[Plywood]

Compare that with that ugly stiff piece of shit that was Lord Hood in Halo 3

http://images.wikia.com/halo/ja/images/5/51/Lordhoodhalo.jpg

All of the humans in H3 were awful. Lord Hood takes the cake with the mud textures though.

 

[wwm0nkey]

We do, but every time we go to a new venue they put in new TVs and nobody ever does it right except our core events team. Any input lag was TVs, but that's an extraordinarily old build. PAX will have much newer code.

Yeah, can't really blame you for SDCC seems like their help there was not very helpful at all...


Also are you telling me the aiming got even better than it already is!?

 

[daedalius]

Compare that with that ugly stiff piece of shit that was Lord Hood in Halo 3

They've come so far in terms of making things look so much better across the board(not just in Halo, just in terms of the whole generation), I wonder if it is just more familiarity with the hardware, or if the 3d artists/texture gurus are just getting that much better?

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

quick lightning round, which ODST had the best looking armor?

Spoiler

if you answered anything but Romeo sorry try again

Dutch wants to speak with you

 

[Stinkles]

They've come so far in terms of making things look so much better across the board(not just in Halo, just in terms of the whole generation), I wonder if it is just more familiarity with the hardware, or if the 3d artists/texture gurus are just getting that much better?

Money, people and time. Reach had better faces than 3. Bungie's next game will have better faces than Reach, and so on.

 

[Overdoziz]

We do, but every time we go to a new venue they put in new TVs and nobody ever does it right except our core events team. Any input lag was TVs, but that's an extraordinarily old build. PAX will have much newer code.

Will events after PAX also use the "newer code"?
I may be going to the First Look event on 6 and 7 October here in the Netherlands so I'm curious.

 

[Mister Negative]

Money, people and time. Reach had better faces than 3. Bungie's next game will have better faces than Reach, and so on.

If only you had used Halo 4 in your comparison so I could tell IGN, "343's Frank O'Connor admits that they're not as good as Bungie"

 

[ArchedThunder]

Money, people and time. Reach had better faces than 3. Bungie's next game will have better faces than Reach, and so on.

That doesn't explain how Del Rio looks so realistic on 7 year old hardware. How many souls did you guys sacrifice to pull this off?

 

[TheOddOne]

That doesn't explain how Del Rio looks so realistic on 7 year old hardware. How many souls did you guys sacrifice to pull this off?

Frankie called in Willie.

 

[VivaciousJazzy]

Will events after PAX also use the "newer code"?
I may be going to the First Look event on 6 and 7 October here in the Netherlands so I'm curious.

How many other events will have halo 4 after PAX?

 

[FyreWulff]

That doesn't explain how Del Rio looks so realistic on 7 year old hardware. How many souls did you guys sacrifice to pull this off?

That really is it. Invent new tech to improve looks, implement it, now that it's established you build up on it for the next game. Since you're familiar with it, you spend more time arting and less time programming it in. Then animators "sell" the art with their animation (for an example how how animators can make or break an art asset, see: Reach assets used in Anniversary scenes)

 

[Plywood]

Every time I read Del Rio in this thread, I am reminded of the wrestler:

 

[Louis Wu]

I've said this before, but I think of it ever time Club Errera/Crater comes up: Boss wave. Disco lights and music fire up instead of regular boss music. It could have been so amazing. Lost opportunity there.

I've never played that area on Coop Campaign matchmaking (does that even exist any more?) - I wonder if it suffers from slowdowns due to the lighting, or something?

 

[ArchedThunder]

That really is it. Invent new tech to improve looks, implement it, now that it's established you build up on it for the next game. Since you're familiar with it, you spend more time arting and less time programming it in. Then animators "sell" the art with their animation (for an example how how animators can make or break an art asset, see: Reach assets used in Anniversary scenes)

I was kind of making a joke.
Still, in comparison to everything else on the console you wouldn't think faces like that would be possible. The length of this generation has done more good than harm I think.

Every time I read Del Rio in this thread, I am reminded of the wrestler:

Alberto, Andrew, same thing.

 

[TheOddOne]

That really is it. Invent new tech to improve looks, implement it, now that it's established you build up on it for the next game. Since you're familiar with it, you spend more time arting and less time programming it in. Then animators "sell" the art with their animation (for an example how how animators can make or break an art asset, see: Reach assets used in Anniversary scenes)

Wouldn't you say optimizing the code and implement newer more cutting edge stuff? They did that with Forza Motorsport 4 with the whole implementation of Image Based Lighting.

 

[Louis Wu]

How many other events will have halo 4 after PAX?

First Look and Eurogamer Expo in Europe, at least...

 

[GhaleonEB]

I've never played that area on Coop Campaign matchmaking (does that even exist any more?) - I wonder if it suffers from slowdowns due to the lighting, or something?

I've never had any issues, even with four players; it's a small area with a low population. Perhaps it had issues in FF testing, but that's all I can think for why it might not have been included.

 

[Beckx]

I've never played that area on Coop Campaign matchmaking (does that even exist any more?) - I wonder if it suffers from slowdowns due to the lighting, or something?

Nah. Had 4 players in there several times, fighting, goofing around on top of the ball, dancing, generally being idiots. Never a slowdown.

 

[Plywood]

Barrow is out and about again,

Also I dropped some huge Halo .gifs in a gaming side thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41452280&postcount=608

 

[Steelyuhas]

Barrow is out and about again,

Barrow is everywhere!

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Barrow is out and about again,


Also I dropped some huge Halo .gifs in a gaming side thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41452280&postcount=608

Tell him to get that fucking tattoo filled in.

oh u

Barrow is the one eyefucking everyone.

Yuh, also, I'm sure you're gonna get some Halo hate in that thread. GAF loves to hate on some Halo.

 

[Plywood]

Tell him to get that fucking tattoo filled in.

oh u

Barrow is the one eyefucking everyone.

 

[Karl2177]

oh u

Barrow is the one eyefucking everyone.

Would bone Barrow.

Also, I lol'd:

 

[Hypertrooper]

Is Barrow a serial killer? Somehow I feel that way. I am sharing a room with him. Is he going to kill me?

 

[wwm0nkey]

Is Barrow a serial killer? Somehow I feel that way. I am sharing a room with him. Is he going to kill me?

Yes.

 

[TheOddOne]

Also I dropped some huge Halo .gifs in a gaming side thread.

People coming out the woodwork to prove you are wrong, Plywood. You will not finish this fight, let the flood take control.

 

[squidhands]

I've never played that area on Coop Campaign matchmaking (does that even exist any more?) - I wonder if it suffers from slowdowns due to the lighting, or something?

fortunately, yes.

Nah. Had 4 players in there several times, fighting, goofing around on top of the ball, dancing, generally being idiots. Never a slowdown.

I've never had a problem on that level either, but getting people to play it in co-op is a rare event. I will say that co-op campaign is one of the few (if only) playlist where douchebaggery with random players is almost nonexistent. There's even actual teamwork at times, which is a little bit amazing.

 

[Plywood]

People coming out the woodwork to prove you are wrong, Plywood. You will not finish this fight, let the flood take control.

I have no intention to finish.

 

[Devin Olsen]

lmao who is the woorloog dude? He is putting fyrewulf to shame... I don't even know what to say about that.

So any GAFers play H4 at Fan Expo? Thoughts/Impressions

Edit: You rock Wu

 

[Louis Wu]

So any GAFers play H4 at Fan Expo? Thoughts/Impressions

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41439219&postcount=7004

 

[squidhands]

Is Barrow a serial killer? Somehow I feel that way. I am sharing a room with him. Is he going to kill me?

You're not considered a serial killer if no one knows about the bodies. Sleep tight and leave evidence.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

quick lightning round, which ODST had the best looking armor?

Spoiler

if you answered anything but Dutch sorry try again

Fixed

Edit: You rock Wu

Some more about movement, etc.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

First Look and Eurogamer Expo in Europe, at least...

The fact that so few HaloGAFfers are going to Eurogamer Expo is starting to put me off. Interested more for the chance to meet and converse with Frankie. At which point I should take the few days off and go on Thursday to his talk..

Booked flights and Saturday tickets, but they were pretty cheap..

 

[m23]

lmao who is the woorloog dude? He is putting fyrewulf to shame... I don't even know what to say about that.

So any GAFers play H4 at Fan Expo? Thoughts/Impressions

Edit: You rock Wu

I had a pretty similar experience to Lilty. Adrift wasn't as fun for me, the input lag and everyone bunching up together in one area kind of ruined it. 8 v 8 was maybe too much for that map.

DMR was a beast, especially on Longbow which was a very fun map to play on. Ghost felt awesome, much better than Reach, felt like Halo 3 for me. I got to try out the spartan laser on Longbow as well.....loved it, again it felt like the Halo 3 version not the crap Reach one. I tried out the turret on the warthog, I can't say if its stronger or equal to previous games though. I got to use rockets, splash damage is very much reduced, I basically had to get a shot right on the spot to get a kill.

On Haven I tried out that speed boost pickup (not thruster pack), it was VERY useful in BR battles for obvious reasons. Haven was a pretty fun map as well, bigger than I thought from watching videos. Tried out scattershot here, got a couple kills with it but not as powerful as I thought, maybe because I sucked with it.

 

[Woorloog]

It is Woorloog, not WoorLoorg. Tha latter would make a good name for an orc.
Do not ask about the pronounciation, it is impossible.

Also, the best ODST Armor... eh, they all look the same really, too small differences.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

I have no intention to finish.

Well, just be sure to to finish first.

Blah, Blah, Blah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxFCpoxADbU

 

[GrimBrother One]

Fixed

Damn skippy. Dutch FTW.

 

[Steelyuhas]

I had a pretty similar experience to Lilty. Adrift wasn't as fun for me, the input lag and everyone bunching up together in one area kind of ruined it. 8 v 8 was maybe too much for that map.

DMR was a beast, especially on Longbow which was a very fun map to play on. Ghost felt awesome, much better than Reach, felt like Halo 3 for me. I got to try out the spartan laser on Longbow as well.....loved it, again it felt like the Halo 3 version not the crap Reach one. I tried out the turret on the warthog, I can't say if its stronger or equal to previous games though. I got to use rockets, splash damage is very much reduced, I basically had to get a shot right on the spot to get a kill.

On Haven I tried out that speed boost pickup (not thruster pack), it was VERY useful in BR battles for obvious reasons. Haven was a pretty fun map as well, bigger than I thought from watching videos. Tried out scattershot here, got a couple kills with it but not as powerful as I thought, maybe because I sucked with it.

 

[feel]

What's the story with the crazy girlfriend meme girl? I think it's the second time a pic of her with someone gets posted here in the past 2 days.


#plywoodmegagifs
Halo 4 looks absolutely amazing visually. If they were going for a gameplay sequel to Halo 2/3 in the mp side I would probably be dying in anticipation right now.

 

[Risen]

Misplaced rage... laser is wonderful in H3, those that hate it just want to stomp kids in a vehicle with no reprisal and no thought at all to controlling a power weapon that could end their rampage.

Place one of them on the map, limit the spawn time and number of shots... and it's a weapon well done.

 

[Devin Olsen]

What's the story with the crazy girlfriend meme girl? I think it's the second time a pic of her with someone gets posted here in the past 2 days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh0AhrY9GjA