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Halo: Reach |OT3| This Thread is Not a Natural Formation
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Barrow Roll
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Woooooow.kylej said:
HiredN00bs
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Are you saying that because I'm a new user I'm incapable of following industry news? Perhaps you'd like to contribute a substantive response. If 343i is such a talented and resourced development house that is potentially making a remake of Halo:CE, why would they contract an outside developer to make maps for an already-built game?Tashi0106 said:
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HiredN00bs said:
Technically, they worked together with them. It wasn't a simple solo venture for CA.
HiredN00bs said:
Time and resourcing saving partnership?
HiredN00bs
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While it certainly seems that game development is something they're working towards (based on their job listings), it is presumptuous to think they will produce a game even close in quality to the ones made by Bungie. A development house is more than the sum of its parts, and they have no track record to go on.
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HiredN00bs said:
Why poop on their parade dude? Who is being presumptuous? Folks are hoping they will hit the high bar that Bungie set. Whilst it true that as a company they are unproven, they certainly have the talent and the passion to take a stab at it. Besides, we're talking future crazy talk here. Not today, tomorrow or this year. Crazy talk.
I noticed this too earlier today.kylej said:
Was playing reach arena with friends, we were getting destroyed by people using all kinds of bullshit like sword+evade, we decided to play Halo 3 instead and surprise surprise there was a higher number of people playing ranked there. We proceeded to get destroyed there too, but at least it was fair and square. We ended up playing online Kinect Sports rofl.
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I suppose I'd prefer to be pessimistic and pleasantly surprised rather than hopeful and disappointed.Dani said:
It is news to me that 343 Industries is building towards a full-fledged AAA game development studio. Does anyone know how many job postings have been made and taken down? The current list seems pretty varied, which could suggest they're just getting things started.
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HiredN00bs said:
News to you? It's pretty old hat around here. It's been no secret that they will be making the next major Halo game and continuing the franchise in addition to all of their current and future non-video game efforts.
Expect an announcement either this E3 or the next regarding a proper Halo title from them for certain.
HiredN00bs
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Oh, is it old hat? I thought it was just the other day that Frankie confirmed the next major entry in the franchise would be developed "in-house". I took that to mean MGS, not specifically 343 Industries. Viewing the job-postings just now was a revelation to me, but even the oldest of those aren't more than a few weeks old. I guess in internet-time that is like a decade.Dani said:
HiredN00bs
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Knew about Ryan Payton. Still, a producer, a couple animators and a game designer doesn't equal BIG games. I was mistaken, but it's not that ridiculous of a mistake given what I knew before.Havok said:
HiredN00bs
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Yeah, and the UI looks like butt now.
343i is a studio/org within MGS, chartered with carrying on the Halo franchise. They've been hiring and building up some high-profile staff ever since the split with Bungie was announced in the fall of 2007. It's now known that they have the Reach engine and are in the process of taking over the nuts and bolts of maintaining that game.HiredN00bs said:
343i is all about Halo going forward, they won't be handing it to anyone else.
oddworld18
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GhaleonEB said:
didn't they also recently move into bungie's old building? if they've got a building that size, you better believe they're intending to staff up to the size of bungie circa 2007, for sure.
As far as I can tell, 343 has three "arms" - a dev house, the waypoint/community team, and the IP/brand management arm (that works with Tor and all their other merchandising partners).
The dev house is skunkworks for now, but I'm sure they're doing something. You don't hire a celebrated engine programmer to build Waypoint.
The Librarian
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So basically a sword, a bow, and an axe.oddworld18 said:
Isn't the Reach number how many people are currently on where as the 3 number is a 24 hour count?
Btw, if 343 has the Reach engine does that mean they plan to use it again for the next game? I like the way Reach looks but the frame rate is a problem. I would like to see them use something new and get something smoother in there.
Btw, if 343 has the Reach engine does that mean they plan to use it again for the next game? I like the way Reach looks but the frame rate is a problem. I would like to see them use something new and get something smoother in there.
NullPointer
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I've very rarely had any framerate issues. Trying to zoom through smoke in some campaign levels, and on Glacier, where you're pretty much guaranteed to experience slowdowns. But besides that? I'm not seeing the problem, and I'd consider myself a framerate whore. (I do wish there was something they could do about Glacier though.)Kuroyume said:
Was just playing a few matches of co-op Fragfight on Beachhead, Waterfront and Overlook and I was amazed at how much STUFF this engine can have going on at once. All the frags and secondary explosions, enemy fire, bodies flying everywhere. Its freakin nuts what this engine can accomplish in terms of sheer chaos.
Edit: Just played a match of Firefight limited. At the voting screen one player dropped out, but they were splitscreening so the match was down two. By the time the match loaded it was just me and my lonesome against the covenant. Thanks Reach community, you're the best ;P
HiredN00bs
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I think a lot of people are mis-identifying freezing as drops in framerate. I installed the game to my HDD (Reach Limited Edition Console) on launch day, and ever since then, I would have moments where the game would freeze 4 times in succession. I saw this happen in all sorts of gametypes in matchmaking, single-player firefight and campaign games, and even once in the menu. I think it is an issue related to the HDD installation, because I cleared my hard drive and have been playing off disc for a week now and have not experienced it once.NullPointer said:
Steelyuhas
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Dax01 said:
LAWLZ
darthbob said:
Yeah, Microsoft isn't exactly a company that hires underqualified employees on a regular basis haha. Last time I checked they were a ridiculously successful corporation.
HiredN00bs
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No, but shipping a AAA game is a pretty stringent requirement. You're eliminating the acquisition of upcoming talent and playing it safe with people who've already proven themselves. It's a management choice that is not without flaw.darthbob said:
Never had that. In fact I've never heard that complaint. Most of the framerate drops occur on Forged maps. Look at Asylum for example: Looking down the center corridor(snipe to snipe) will cause your framerate to drop from about 30 fps to 20-25 fps. It may not seem like much, but the other dudes are still going at 30, so you could be a couple frames behind where they really are.HiredN00bs said:
Great games, Hitmonchan107. We should get together and force Legendary on poor unsuspecting randoms more often. That Corvette game was bonkers.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Score Attack 2X is a real hoot. Fun for chipping away at vehicle and AR kills.
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On the opposite end of the spectrum, Score Attack 2X is a real hoot. Fun for chipping away at vehicle and AR kills.
OT: today's treats.
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HiredN00bs said:
why would MS contract an outside company to build a map pack for halo 2, or for halo waypoint? You act as if this is the first time.
I mean have you ever looked at company who's making the map pack? They've done the same thing for other franchises like COD and L4D. Not to mention it's founded by former members of bungie.
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Also, Certain Affinity developed Halo Waypoint in partnership with 343i, not just the Defiant Map Pack. =)
Haven't played much halo since getting blops. Let's see what I can do:
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=512365401&player=Booties
faaaaaaaaaaaaaaart. 1540 in 4 games. nbd.
I love that first day of arena when the game just pairs you against anthropomorphic beings that can manage a -20 game.
Like the long ass arena seasons too, not that I'd play enough of it for it to matter anyway
. Seriously, just give me a number that resets every month and I'll be cool. One of the problems with halo 3 ranks was that people who lost a lot had a hell of a time leveling up. Stroke the penis of the BK. Reset that 25 after 30 days and give him a fresh start at breaking 30.
saw you online. couldn't join bc my ODST MP disc is too scratched and idk what maps I have on my hard drive for halo 3. I still want to level my TS up. It's still young and hardly has any bad games.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=512365401&player=Booties
faaaaaaaaaaaaaaart. 1540 in 4 games. nbd.
I love that first day of arena when the game just pairs you against anthropomorphic beings that can manage a -20 game.
Like the long ass arena seasons too, not that I'd play enough of it for it to matter anyway
again
kylej said:
saw you online. couldn't join bc my ODST MP disc is too scratched and idk what maps I have on my hard drive for halo 3. I still want to level my TS up. It's still young and hardly has any bad games.
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GhaleonEB said:
Most fun I've had with Reach in awhile. Thanks!
There's nothing better than getting pincered by Elite Rangers. Epic.
GhaleonEB said:
Every time you drove toward the shore, I thought you were going to plummet into the water.
Well just got done with my little party and me and my friends played some Halo 2. Apparently its like 20 FPS with 4 player split screen so we had to restrict it to 3 players but my god, so...sooo much fun. My friend was destroying with the most unconventional weapons (dual needlers)
Anyone ever used this http://www.xbconnect.com/index.php?topic=about or know if it still works?
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Technically yes, though I tried about a month ago and couldn't find any active games. Could have just been the time of day I logged on, though.equil said:
Steelyuhas
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Booties said:
Just to clarify, you are aware that the game ratings in Arena don't mean anything anymore. You are no longer placed in trueskill by your rating.
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XBOX360achievements.org have a new interview with Frankie online:
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/...ise-Development-Director--343-Industries.html
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/...ise-Development-Director--343-Industries.html
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doesn't really fee that differentHypertrooper said:
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I haven't said that there are new information. I only said that this is a new interview. And it is a new interviewDani said:
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Hypertrooper said:I haven't said that there are new information. I only said that this is a new interview. And it is a new interview
Sorry, that was a spelling mistake that popped out at me within a few seconds. I don't post like that if I can help it. =)
So, Halo 4 this November? Saweet. =P
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Hypertrooper said:
Speaking of the sight name there, why haven't we heard about the achievements that are coming with Defiant? We have to hear about them this week, but I felt like we knew the Noble achievements before the week before release.
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Played some fantastic Double Team with a friend this weekend. So good now they've taken invis and armour lock out of it.
Now they just need to drop evade, hologram, sprint, jetpack, bloom, increase the running speed, increase the jump height....
I kid. It was fun.
Just need Jeremiah to get the Classic Playlist up and ready, and I'll be a happy man.
Now they just need to drop evade, hologram, sprint, jetpack, bloom, increase the running speed, increase the jump height....
I kid. It was fun.
Just need Jeremiah to get the Classic Playlist up and ready, and I'll be a happy man.
Hypertrooper
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There are a lot of events for the Defiant Mappack this week.(Microsoft's Seattle Event/PAX East) Defiant is coming out tomorrow in a week. So this would be the week, where we get all the stuff. A new Sparkast is coming, and a lot of user impression, too. And I think 343i will publish a lot of videos and the achievements, of course.Steelyuhas said: