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Halo: Reach |OT4| This Thread is Not Your Grave, But You Are Welcome In It
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Shake Appeal
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Whatever happened to EazyB? He used to be such a sweet kid.
Also, Devo, if you are playing again, let us round up Tails and do it like the old days.
If you haven't deleted me, that is.
Also, Devo, if you are playing again, let us round up Tails and do it like the old days.
If you haven't deleted me, that is.
Devolution
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Shake Appeal said:
Yeah we should.
Devolution
Member
Sai-kun said:
Yeah alls good in the hood, I got an apology. And "premium slut baggage" is so going into my insult dictionary.
Shake Appeal
Member
"You're of terrible character" is good too.
Xenocock is hilarious :lol
I get nasty of mind. Nysto mino. Nist of mind. Nist.
And when they finally get New York state of mind. They think I got it from that fuckin stupid ass Jay Z song with Alicia Keys. That's empire state of mind. New york state of mind is by Nas.
I never sleep, cuz sleep is the cousin of death
I get nasty of mind. Nysto mino. Nist of mind. Nist.
And when they finally get New York state of mind. They think I got it from that fuckin stupid ass Jay Z song with Alicia Keys. That's empire state of mind. New york state of mind is by Nas.
I never sleep, cuz sleep is the cousin of death
squidhands
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I just thought you were a Billy Joel fan. ;-)Tashi0106 said:
bobs...onGaf
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The Headhunters series is shaping up to be pretty awesome. I read Evolutions so long ago it really is mostly fresh for me again. I do find it frustrating how after emp'ing and flashbanging an Elite and 2 grunts the dude decides to spray duel SMG's at them rather than just headshot them, but it seems to be a running thing in these type of videos lol. I hope they get back around to filling out the rest of the Mona Lisa story aswell.
In a way im not sure the whole Spartan 3 thing has been good for the cannon, but I guess it will be interesting to see how 343 acknowledges them in Halo 4.
In a way im not sure the whole Spartan 3 thing has been good for the cannon, but I guess it will be interesting to see how 343 acknowledges them in Halo 4.
Tha Robbertster
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wwm0nkey said:
I was thinking about this. Maybe, Glasslands will be an introduction to the new universe like the Fall of Reach was to Halo CE's universe.
bobs...onGaf
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wwm0nkey said:
Yeah I was thinking as much, I didn't want to get my hopes up (and im not sure it could be pulled off very well). Im still gutted Nylund isnt the one writing that, is it known why he isnt penning it?
Well Onyx the planet is gone and now there is a giant ass Sentinel there (I want to fucking see that so badly!) but who is to say what Master Chief is going into isnt a teleporter to the shield world. Also maybe Glasslands will introduce the new enemies as well.A27 Tawpgun said:
Tha Robbertster
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wwm0nkey said:
Weren't there like a million little sentinels in space rather then 1 big one?
Miggytronz
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Tha Robbertster said:
This is what i thought.
Tha Robbertster
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wwm0nkey said:
I do know they destroyed a human and covenant fleet, both fleets having more then 10 ships but I'm also a little warry on the details.
bobs...onGaf
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wwm0nkey said:
Im quite worried that the Covenant might not be the main focus of the next game, the Forerunners were cool, but nothing from Halo 1/ 2 or 3 made it seem like they would actually be a fun enemy to fight. Clearly there are wheels in motion, and im sure some of the recent Waypoint videos have been hinting at stuff, but its all gone over my head so far.
I guess I should really read Halo Cryptum!
The Librarian
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I doubt it. It'd be easier to keep the two plots separate.A27 Tawpgun said:
The trillions of sentinels combined together to form what looks like a protective sphere around the miniature shield world.wwm0nkey said:
Edit: Also, I'm going to re-read FoR, FS, and GoO before GS comes out.
bobs...onGaf
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wwm0nkey said:
100% true, without The Fall of Reach painting the picture of the Spartan program, a lot of the 'story' would be totally lost. I dont know who deserves credit, him or Bungie, because im not sure who originally though that stuff up, but if it wasnt for his novels I wouldnt be interested in the Halo stories at all beyond loving how mysterious all the forerunner stuff is.
Tha Robbertster
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The problem with games and FPS's in general is that there isn't enough space for those complicated stories as you find in books since the vast amount of gamers aren't interested in watching cutscenes, longer then 3 minutes and the story must be understandable for most people.
But I agree, Eric Nylund as lead story writter for Halo 4 would be awesome. I think he would be able to make the introduction of a new enemy very interesting and perhaps as scary as the introduction of the Flood.
I'm not saying that 343 wouldn't be able to do this but we already know that Eric Nylund is a great story teller for the Halo universe.
But I agree, Eric Nylund as lead story writter for Halo 4 would be awesome. I think he would be able to make the introduction of a new enemy very interesting and perhaps as scary as the introduction of the Flood.
I'm not saying that 343 wouldn't be able to do this but we already know that Eric Nylund is a great story teller for the Halo universe.
Well honestly if they go the 2 disc route (#1 for SP and #2 for MP) they could probably fill the disc up with enough cutscenes(un-skipable till you beat it)/extra levels to tell a good story.Tha Robbertster said:
Also I am shocked Eric wasnt hired by Bungie after writing The Fall of Reach, I get that he writes books but damn he would be a great writer for the games.
There's no way we'd be fighting actual forerunners. Perhaps their AI security and defense forces. But at the same time, why would this happen? Humanity are the reclaimers, the only reason sentinels ever attacked us was because we were trying to destroy Halo.bobs99 ... said:Im quite worried that the Covenant might not be the main focus of the next game, the Forerunners were cool, but nothing from Halo 1/ 2 or 3 made it seem like they would actually be a fun enemy to fight. Clearly there are wheels in motion, and im sure some of the recent Waypoint videos have been hinting at stuff, but its all gone over my head so far.
I guess I should really read Halo Cryptum!
If you read cryptum then,
the pre cursors are also unlikely. The consensus is that the prisoner is the last precursor. Now, if there are other precursors OR precursor AI, then that could be an enemy. Imagine if the prisoner acted almost like a gravemind like figure.
The flood is always a possibility and they could expand upon them, but I find it hard to believe they'd be a major baddie.
And then my least favorite option... A brand new bad guy. I think it would be kind of lame if humanity all of a sudden had some random new enemy.
Hypertrooper
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Ehm. Halo 4 is written by "schlerf"(or he is one of the writers. I really don't know.). He is the frankie type in term of tweeting. And I'm happy about it that Eric isn't writing the Halo 4 story. Eric Nylund is good at writing a book, but a videogame story is something different.wwm0nkey said:Because he is writing the story for Halo 4 o.0 (I wish)....no but seriously sad it isnt him writing Glasslands
The waywent out in Ghost of Onyx is still one of the best things I have ever read.Kurt
I want a new enemy. You can only do purrple rooms, grunts, and green zombies so many times. Series really needs a whole new set of weapons too. They've added plenty over the last few games but needlers and stuff like that have kind of gotten old and boring. Don't really care about the story I just want to see new stuff.
lybertyboy
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MrBig said:
I can usually find 12 month Live cards for $45 or less online. Look around for 5 minutes or less.
For the super lazy, Amazon has them for $49.lybertyboy said:
MrBig said:
$48 with free shipping at Buy.com
$49 as a downloadable code (no shipping) from Amazon
Not as cheap as they used to be - but they occasionally go on sale, too (for $35 or so); might be worth waiting.
Edit: beaten.
Hypertrooper
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I would love to have the problems like you americans. $49=35. And Amazon is selling them for 47.99(~$70). Fortunately you can redeem 12months codes on every account.
Hypertrooper
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60 is the official RRP, I think?Gui_PT said:
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kittens
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I totally agree. I want to feel intrigued and wow'd again. The novelty of Halo lore has long worn off. I remember the since of awe and excitement I felt when I saw my first underground Forerunner facility, Needlers, Ghosts, Hunters, the Flood, Sentinels, my first Warthog run... It was awesome. I want 343 to aim for that same sense of newness. I'd like for the Covenant to make some sort of appearance (preferably as an enemy still), but I want the primary enemy to be something entirely new.Kuroyume said:
To who ever gets to manage the playlists at 343.
- Rocket spawn on Anchor 9 (CTF variants) is 2 minutes. In a normal game that means at least 5 rockets with 4 shots = 20 Rocket Kills (if the player is competent with them).
Please make it 3 minutes, power weapons should never be 2 minutes spawns especially when on a small map like Anchor 9, but then again, nothing has been done about the sniper on Asylum.
- Rocket spawn on Anchor 9 (CTF variants) is 2 minutes. In a normal game that means at least 5 rockets with 4 shots = 20 Rocket Kills (if the player is competent with them).
Please make it 3 minutes, power weapons should never be 2 minutes spawns especially when on a small map like Anchor 9, but then again, nothing has been done about the sniper on Asylum.
Arsenal2022
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Bread said:
How are the matchmaking times? Reach is losing its appeal and Halo 3 is looking attractive again.
The Librarian
Banned
They're not that bad if you play SS. Hell, even with a population of 300-400 people in Team Mythic, finding a game takes about two minutes.ChenK said: