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Halo |OT8| A Salt on the Control Room
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GodfatherX
Member
My opinion on Cortana's new model - They obviously have made major improvements to character models across the board, which from what we have seen recently from the in game cutscenes, is some of the best work in the industry in this aspect. Cortana needed a new model to not look out of place, and she got the same treatment the other character models did, a realistic but stylized design. She looks like the digital form of a real woman. Yes she has curves but there is nothing ultra sexual about her. They didn't give her huge breasts or a big ass, pigtails or even a sexual pose. Just a real woman in digital form.
Der Flatulator
Member
Maybe in the form of a tactical package that allows you to switch your AA once per life? Or as an ordnance reward?
If you pick up grenades with an armor mod now... Maybe there will be a mod that will allow you to pick up armor abilities?
Would be neat.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I just hate the blind commitment you had to put into what ability you want with no way of knowing what you're up against, and the only way of changing that is through death. Like weapons, I should be able to take an AA from a corpse.
Poker Face
Member
this is a good idea.
replace this armor mod with the one that allows you reload faster pls
I agree with all of these things.
I never noticed that, thanks. Great to hear some original Halo music incorporated as well, sounds awesome.
I need that as a wallpaper.
Shake Appeal
Member
I don't get into cars with strangers, so this one doesn't bother me too much.
Gabotron ES
Member
So was that grifball map made all in forge? I think it looked great.
Der Flatulator
Member
This makes so much sense I'm surprised no-one's thought of it before. (Well, I haven't heard anyone mention it.)
Rickenslacker
Banned
The functionality was there, but it wasn't used very well. Even in the rare opportunities that you could switch out in campaign it wasn't a matter of choosing a playstyle or wanting to try a new approach, it was extremely limited. Like the Armour Lock you can find near the end of Winter Contingency, it's only good for that single encounter, and when you lock the doors and trigger the cutscene you're given Sprint for the end section of the level.
And outside of Jetpack in MLG, I don't think it was ever implemented in anything competitive in MP. It wasn't very well thought out.
Der Flatulator
Member
We're still not sure. It's confirmed that it's part of a larger forge map, which to me implies that it was constructed in Forge. Which is awesome. It could always be like FW's Colosseum though.
Der Flatulator
Member
NobleGundam
Banned
Those were an earlier concept of Knights? Weird, their size and design form looks more distant alien-ish looking for Halo. Thanks GAF.
Der Flatulator
Member
Best I can do, given the video. I'm sure someone else could do a better job.
edit, gimme a minute.
edit edit. no this aint working for me....
Hypertrooper
Member
They have shown early concept arts of the MasterChief, Cortana and the Promethean Knight. The pic you posted is not really an artwork. It isn't a screenshot either. The picture shows what 343 wanted to archieve in-game.
Edit.: Which is the definition of a concept art.
It might not be big, but they gave her a VERY naked ass.
Halo 3's Cortana basically wore a digital thong, but it somehow didn't make her look as sexualized as what we have now (or maybe she was just REALLY bad at using digital toilet paper)
I don't know if the breasts are bigger, but they're now detailed enough to move the design from "stylized representation of a naked female body" to "hell yes, you can wank to this, space cowboy".
I do think she looks nice, but I don't think it's the right kind of nice for this character. It's distracting and coupled with her new fragile, victim-like demeanor it just makes the whole design appear creepier than it probably should. It no longer looks like her chosen form, a statement and extension of her personality. Now it looks like she was designed for your pleasure.
I'd hate to pour salt this early on a lovely Sunday morning but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJOhe_uT0i4
"We've been working closely with the Griffball teams..."
-Kevin Franklin
You should have asked any team of four that's ever played Team Objective about CTF and if there should AT LEAST be the option to play traditional CTF where the flag can be dropped and picked up, just as in previous installments of the storied Halo franchise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJOhe_uT0i4
"We've been working closely with the Griffball teams..."
-Kevin Franklin
You should have asked any team of four that's ever played Team Objective about CTF and if there should AT LEAST be the option to play traditional CTF where the flag can be dropped and picked up, just as in previous installments of the storied Halo franchise.
Ellis or someone said not to expect it from Waypoint til next week, we have to rely on another site to upload it.
Der Flatulator
Member
Erm... MLG had priority all throughout E3. I think it's only fair that they get some attention too.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Mark V/VI will probably be the last unlockable, like the Marathon helmet in Halo 3
There was only Infinity Slayer, Team Slayer, and Regicide playable bruh.
Not to mention only, what, 3 AAs usable, and about 1/3 of the weapon sandbox usable as well?
Hydranockz
Member
Can someone gif the mid-air catch near the end? Loving the trails.
Rickenslacker
Banned
The Security helmet was one of the later unlockables in Reach as well, but the Mark V/VI weren't too out of the way. I mean it would make sense if they put it under a grindathon to get, but obnoxious.
MLG players played a early version of a beta and worked on a strategy guide, Griffball got a entire mode, map, weapon, etc dedicated to them. With all that too how will people watch these matches if you put all that time into them? Some bandwidth could have been awesome with spectator mode.
It was sick; I think it'll really play great for Oddball too.
Oddball is my favorite gametype, and it just hasn't been the same since Halo 2.
I just think the flag option to play traditional style should be there.
That being said, I think the two things I'd like to see changed to the current flag system is to not have a constant waypoint over the flag carriers head and not having the flag be auto pick up.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Time to play some Halo 4 today.
Frank, if you're going to be on the floor let me know. You could give me a run down of the new stuff.
Frank, if you're going to be on the floor let me know. You could give me a run down of the new stuff.
GodfatherX
Member
so I know this was posted yesterday, but was this talked about during the PAX panel? people seemed to think it was concept art because the UI is different but I think it looks very much in game and matches the rendering and lighting of the other in game character models have. I'm thinking its not an earlier concept of a PromKnight but instead Promethean Warrior class like someone else stated
I'm still hoping for them to be Waypoint related. Beating the various games on Legendary or some such should unlock the whole suit and 100%ing them should unlock a new armor skin.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Outside of the MM environment, I am very excited to see what kind of awesomeness the community comes up in terms of custom, wacky content.
Namely, people like Petetheduck and Darth Human.
ArchedThunder
Banned
We saw Mark VI yesterday. Also Chief has Mark VI, but it is upgraded by Cortana.
He said next week yesterday, so we will get it this week some time probably.
Der Flatulator
Member
They already had the game-type. The map is a forge world environment, and which weapon did they get exactly?
VivaciousJazzy
Member
No zero bloom gametype.
We don't have no bloom oddball variants.
edit: dammit jazzy.
Did they confirm thats a new forge world environment? my point being is it sucks that they got this kind of exclusivity with their mode and I'm salty with just a strategy guide that no competitive player will get. I wasn't mad about spectator mode not being in until Franklin uttered those words at the panel.
The Hammer isn't "canon" for the game since no brutes will be in the story mode, and the Sword got gametype specific functionality in that if you kill the griffball carrier with it, you automatically take the ball from that player.
They stated that this was a concept image used to express what things should look like in game with no ambiguity. If somebody coding shaders needs to know what the metal should look like, they would point to this and say "make it look like that".
Oddball could become a massive troll fest if there is no way to avoid catching the ball if its thrown perfectly at you. Close quarter 1v1 situations where one player has the ball could turn into a game of how much damage you can do to the opponent before they toss the ball back at you. The most frustrating thing could be the people that throw you the ball while youre in the middle of a fight ultimately causing your death, they clean your kill up and pick the ball back up and repeat.
ArchedThunder
Banned
The hammer is going to be in the campaign and Frankie said he couldn't say why because of spoilers.
Orochinagis
Member
Spoilers, spoilers everywhuuuurrrr, where is the pic with John and the arbiter meme when you need it.
Finally see the Vidoc, It give more hype to play the Campaign first and I know Serina was a little sexualized in Halo Wars but that Cortana model....
She even gain new legs and a "moe" personality, And is me or they reduced some quality model with the Elites (The elite thrown by the elevator have less polygons than the first time).
Finally see the Vidoc, It give more hype to play the Campaign first and I know Serina was a little sexualized in Halo Wars but that Cortana model....
She even gain new legs and a "moe" personality, And is me or they reduced some quality model with the Elites (The elite thrown by the elevator have less polygons than the first time).
Halo 1 Oddball worked similarly in close quarters, but only because you could drop the ball, not huck it across the map.
With the throwing, it would be hilarious to save a teammate getting rushed by a shotgun user by throwing the ball at him and making him pick up the oddball.
Der Flatulator
Member
It's hardly special functionality. Player with bomb dies, auto-pickup gives you the bomb. A line of code would assert that the player who sliced the bomb-carrier gets the bomb, but that's hardly a big deal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFALWdo4fOo&feature=player_detailpage#t=37sKevin Franklin said:
Yes. They said that it was a small portion of the new forge environment and that there was much more outside.
So would say... allowing players to drop the flag also be that easy?
Playing devil's advocate at this point, but I think you see what I'm trying to say.
That's pretty cool, except it's still gray... Hope the outside is like, purple or something.
NobleGundam
Banned
Ah okay. Took me a bit to be clarified, Thanks Hyper.
Edit: Cortanas design really took a deep realistic perspective of humanity. But her current state of rampancy is a conflict of her image she portrays. Just stating the irony 343 mentioned in the video.
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