Contact Harvest is fantastic, and it would be my first suggestion. The "tactical error" occurs on literally the last pages - an epilogue. It's the ending to the book. Had to shoehorn in a happy ending somehow.
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Contact Harvest is fantastic, and it would be my first suggestion. The "tactical error" occurs on literally the last pages - an epilogue. It's the ending to the book. Had to shoehorn in a happy ending somehow.
Gabotron ES
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I found a spanish copy of Contact Harvest at a book store and went ahead to read that part (knew it was right before the end), started to laugh like some phsycho will trying to keep a serious face, people started to look weird at me, oh god.
It was just too good.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Random question, but this IS community.
Anyone from Ft. Wayne Indiana or around there? I have some questions.
Anyone from Ft. Wayne Indiana or around there? I have some questions.
Ajemsuhgao
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I know this was a few pages back, but I need to quote this. Really, really good read.
bobs...onGaf
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Wonder why someone is going after Halo fansites, seems like a weird thing for a fan to do. It must be a fan, because who else would even know about those sites?
I am a huge science fiction nerd and have read tons of scifi but for some reason I have always shied away from reading any of the Halo books because the idea of reading a book based on a video game just seemed strange to me.
I suppose I shouldn't just dismiss it like that. Perhaps I'll try reading one. Fall of Reach seems to be the most consistently referenced so maybe I'll go with that.
I suppose I shouldn't just dismiss it like that. Perhaps I'll try reading one. Fall of Reach seems to be the most consistently referenced so maybe I'll go with that.
bobs...onGaf
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Its a fair feeling, but The Fall of Reach is so good im sure you will come away feeling very suprised by how well a Halo book can be handled. It surprised me for sure.
As I had said earlier, fanboyism has ascended to a new level.
Somewhere, Bigshow just felt this post like Obi Wan felt Alderaan getting the zap.
xxjuicesxx
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Its funny how pumped they are getting for just another forgettable mediocre campaign moment.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Sarcasm, I'd assume?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
1 shot
2 shot
-enemy tries to Sprint away-
3 shot
One of the only action cutscenes of MC actually doing something fast that I remember is him running in Halo 2 as shit was collapsing around him. Now 343 is showing him in these frikkin high-action scenes so I doubt it's going to be "forgettable" at the very least ;]
1 shot
2 shot
-enemy tries to Sprint away-
3 shot
Except it's hard as hell to hit people with the pistol
The first half will help you get some sleep, that's for sure.
Tha Robbertster
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I've been gone for a few days so I'm going to ask the question some people hate over here. Did I miss any new information. I checked HBO, the Halo council and the OP but since I read some talk about leveling, I thought I may have missed something about that (there's nothing about that on any of the sources I mentioned.).
Barrow Roll
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Thanks you all for the suggestions. Havok's required reading list is exactly what I had in mind so I'm going to start there.
I'll probably check out Contact Harvest eventually as well.
Edit: Primordium not available in paperback until December. :C
Good: Fall of Reach, Ghosts of Onyx, Contact Harvest, Evolutions, First Strike, Cryptum.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Thanks for this thread :]
I know I sound like a broken record repeating myself, but I cannot stress this enough.. Fast kill times helped with that too. Holding power positions on maps in Halo 1 was obviously how it was played competitively, but you never felt overwhelmed because a couple quick shots and teamwork placement kept the games flowing.
Nope, pretty sure that it's all speculation at this point. The only thing we have seen is the PAX videos showing people 'rank up' with credits, I mean Spartan Points.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
This Murder miners is quickly turning into gears of war, lol.
Yeah. Anniversary maps are fun for a change of pace, but if the teams aren't fairly evenly matched it becomes a slaughterfest, same with Prisoner. Even back in the day Hang em High was me in a corridor camping with a Shotgun.
It doesn't help that the Reach pistol in Anniversary is so random.
Shotty fest?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Yeah, shotty/dodge fest.
BuggyDClown
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Alright. Getting on Murder Miners. Gamertag: HenryGaie (tag was taken so I used a capitol i)
Poker Face
Member
its been more of a pistol sniper fest for me
Yeah, but you can still tear it up. The shallow clip is more of an issue. Anniversary is my best playlist statswise.
Beaver Creek plays a lot better overall. But really CE's maps were middling. Aside from questionable power weapons, the CA remakes play a bit better in many cases.
That's what I use.
Poker Face
Member
it is what i use as well
Bungie had an idea similar to invasion for Halo 2?
Prisoner: just broken. Halo maps shouldn't be this vertical, and not this small at the same time. The Gemini of Halo 1. Has a sniper rifle for some reason, and two of them.
Damnation: 1-sided only please, and has the teleporter problem. Would rather have a spiritual successor. Suffers from the Halo 1 issue where every map had to have a damn sniper rifle no matter the size.
Beaver Creek: Too small and cramped for modern Halo, although the CA version slightly alleviates this, but it's not even truly symmetrical. One team has direct access to the rockets under cover while the other one must climb the exposed rock arch. By the way, sniper rifle. On a small map. Halo 1.jpg
Hang Em High: Okay I get the history behind this map, but please, let's make Reach the last game this version shows up in. Longshore was a much better version of this map actually adapted to modern Halo. It's seriously been in or had a successor in every single mainline Halo game. Stop burning DLC slots on this.
Timberlands: The only 99% symmetrical map in the Anniversary map pack. Also doesn't exist in matchmaking anymore, unless you're playing the Ridgeline variant. It probably helps that this was made by a team that was making the map to be played online originally in Halo PC.
Headlong: The only modern-style map in the Anniversary map pack, which is probably left over from the fact that it was originally designed for Halo 2's Invasion. Slayer didn't work on this map in 2004, it doesn't work in 2012.
The CA versions of the first 3 alleviate some of the issues, although Damnation just feels more like an alternate weapon layout. High Noon is essentially a weird hybrid of Hang Em High and Tombstone, and for some reason they inverted the bases from Tombstone (which was the proper move for online 1-sided play) in the name of Halo 1 accuracy.
Nice, I'll be on after Steelers/Broncos game.
Here's a Murder Miners - Introduction and Gameplay for people that want to check out the game.
Yep, Bungie had been trying for Invasion since Halo 2, and finally succeeded with Reach. Zanzibar was the original map designed for Invasion in Halo 2. Headhunter was also a mode that was attempted for Halo 2 and then cut for time.
Halo 2 Invasion maps:
Zanzibar (100% sure)
Headlong (mostly sure)
Halo 3 Invasion map:
Sandtrap (100% sure)
Last Resort would have possibly been part of the re-attempt, but I have yet to see it mentioned as one.
Playable Elites in 2 and 3 MP were actually due to the attempts at Invasion.
edit: fixed tenses
Personally I like having sniper rifles on smaller maps. Turns it into a more high risk, high reward weapon. Better than a shotgun or sword IMO (see Countdown).
MrGreencastle
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This looks really cool. I may just have to check it out. If I buy this beta version, do I also get the full version when it's released?
You get any version that it updates with I believe, no bait and switch persay with updates.
YourExWife
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
Your roommate was clearly not Tashi, is what I'm getting out of this post
Whoa! That's so awes...zzzzzzzz
3/10
Poker Face
Member
its so crazy how ambitious bungie was/is, i know they had an option for theater mode in one of the beta builds for halo 2, but if they had succeeded in all of the things they planed halo 2 would have been insane
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