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[MrBig]

Anyone else thinking this will have a new Legendary ending that goes directly into Halo 4? Or at least shows us more of where the teaser left off.

I'm pretty sure the terminals are going to be the only things that impart any knowledge of H4.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Hey, it was just a thought guys. I want to see that ass grabbing elite as much as the next guy

EDIT: Also I kind of forgot about the terminals there for a second lol

 

[Slightly Live]

I just realize that I guess this means people that elect to buy it on Games on Demand at launch instead of retail miss out on the skull.

Games On Demand never launch day and date (and price) with retail.

 

[senador]

Wow CEA is looking good. Now I am excited. I hope preorder stuff is general, I'll order through Amazon as I am done with GameStop.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Games On Demand never launch day and date (and price) with retail.

Wonder when this will change (the price mark ups need to go first!)

 

[Risen]

What kind of wizardry has to take place to make a forum avatar work? AHHHHHH! I've tried resizing to get under size restrictions... roughly looking at other folks images for a template of size... I place the direct link and save it... aaaaand nothing.

Help please?

 

[Sikamikanico]

CE is looking sexy. I want it. Maybe if I play the orginal and just squint a little... :/

Oh well. Roll on November. 3 LAN Parties in 3 months. My years annual leave entitlement is taking a battering!

Gears 3 September
BF3 October
Halo CEA November.

Can't wait!

 

[Slightly Live]

Wonder when this will change (the price mark ups need to go first!)

When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east," said Don Mattrick Duur. "When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then Games on Demand will not suck, and not before."

 

[Gabotron ES]

Anyone else thinking this will have a new Legendary ending that goes directly into Halo 4? Or at least shows us more of where the teaser left off.

I'd rather see Johnson's shortsword escaping Halo before its destruction.

Edit: Seeing the tagged files, GAFers who submitted their spartan entry are:
Lyphen, Yeti, CQQB, Gui, Tawpgun and Wu... am I missing someone?

 

[wwm0nkey]

I'd rather see Johnson's pelican escaping Halo before its destruction.

You mean shortsword

 

[MrBig]

Gears 3 September
BF3 October
Halo CEA November
Skyrim November

My wallet. It hurts.
Also I will probably not be going outside for a few months thanks to Skyrim.

Games On Demand never launch day and date (and price) with retail.

I'm hoping this will change soon. There's an interesting topic going on right now
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=437532

My thoughts

I agree with this. The cross-game networking in XBL is always there, Steam's is unconstant. Based on MS's stance on cloud storage and physical storage, their next console will likely feature full game releases in the same way that Steam has done.

There are issues though. Not everyone wants to use the social media and non-gaming features.
There needs to be levels of the service beyond Gold and Silver. Silver would remain the free service. Gold would offer exactly the same game experiences that Gold currently does. Platinum would offer all of the Gold experiences plus all of the social media, movies, tv, hulu, etc

Silver - free
Gold - $40 MSRP
Platinum - $60 MSRP (current price for gold)


But the current policy of no free DLC and no modding community support (with the obvious securities) needs to go. Let the developers do what they want.

 

[FyreWulff]

I was under the impression that CE:A was day and date on GoD. Which would explain the retail preorder bonus. Now I need to go trawl through all of 343 employee's HBO posts to see where I got that impression from.

And now I'm suddenly reminded how Halo 2 is still missing from Games on Demand for some reason.

 

[The Real Napsta]

I was under the impression that CE:A was day and date on GoD. Which would explain the retail preorder bonus. Now I need to go trawl through all of 343 employee's HBO posts to see where I got that impression from.

How would that explain the pre-order bonus? All triple-A titles have a pre-order bonus.

 

[FyreWulff]

ODST is also still missing from GoD.

I want to be able to launch all the Haloez from my harddrive, MS

Spoiler

Also drop the damn price from 30$ for both 3 and Wars.

 

[Gabotron ES]

You mean shortsword

Oh snap!
fixed

 

[Hypertrooper]

CE is looking sexy. I want it. Maybe if I play the orginal and just squint a little... :/

Oh well. Roll on November. 3 LAN Parties in 3 months. My years annual leave entitlement is taking a battering!

Gears 3 September
BF3 October
Halo CEA November.

Can't wait!

I would kill someone to attend an Halo LAN.

 

[Kujo]

I want to see what maps are being remade

Spoiler

Halo 1 is so overrated

 

[ncsuDuncan]

Okay, so it looks like 343 isn't going to straight copy/paste the skulls from Halo 3/Reach. How about we start making a wishlist for skulls? Keep in mind you're constrained to whatever the Halo 1 engine can do, so I don't think we'll see skulls adding destructible vehicles or anything like that.

Haunted Halo - All enemies have unlimited Active Camo, fading in only when they shoot you.
Feet Don't Fail Me Now - Enemy movement speed is at 200%.
Infection - All dead enemies return as flood-infected forms, regardless of what level you are on.

Any other ideas?

Wonder when this will change (the price mark ups need to go first!)

It's a complicated issue.

Basically, if Microsoft released Games on Demand on launch day at the same price it would piss off all of the retailers like Gamestop, Walmart, etc.

Microsoft can't do that, they depend on those retailers to sell Xbox hardware, i.e. consoles and controllers.

Valve isn't worried about angering retailers with Steam, because they don't depend on them for hardware sales.

 

[Kujo]

No Clip skull so I can skip The Library

 

[Striker]

Halo CEA's first-person UI looks great. And I've hated the shield bar being top middle like it's been for Halo 3, ODST, and Reach.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Halo CEA's first-person UI looks great. And I've hated the shield bar being top middle like it's been for Halo 3, ODST, and Reach.

I find it odd to have strong feelings about the HUD.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Okay, so it looks like 343 isn't going to straight copy/paste the skulls from Halo 3/Reach. How about we start making a wishlist for skulls? Keep in mind you're constrained to whatever the Halo 1 engine can do, so I don't think we'll see skulls adding destructible vehicles or anything like that.

Haunted Halo - All enemies have unlimited Active Camo, fading in only when they shoot you.
Feet Don't Fail Me Now - Enemy movement speed is at 200%.
Infection - All dead enemies return as flood-infected forms, regardless of what level you are on.

Any other ideas?

Midgy Cricket - The pistol gets a "recoil"(The player flies a few meter, after he/she shot the pistol)

Spoiler

Yeah I saw MiB1 yesterday

 

[MrBig]

I find it odd to have strong feelings about the HUD.

The HUD is the main source of information to the player in any game. Differences in it have strong effects.

 

[FyreWulff]

Golden Boy:

Every enemy in Halo 1 becomes a Gold sword-wielding elite.

 

[The Henery]

Okay, so it looks like 343 isn't going to straight copy/paste the skulls from Halo 3/Reach. How about we start making a wishlist for skulls? Keep in mind you're constrained to whatever the Halo 1 engine can do, so I don't think we'll see skulls adding destructible vehicles or anything like that.

Haunted Halo - All enemies have unlimited Active Camo, fading in only when they shoot you.
Feet Don't Fail Me Now - Enemy movement speed is at 200%.
Infection - All dead enemies return as flood-infected forms, regardless of what level you are on.

Any other ideas?

Great idea. Reminds me of nightmare mode in Doom and the Archvile's.

I'm happy they decided to copy the game verbatim with improved visuals. However, couldn't they add extra amounts of enemies for repeated playthrough's? Like, add a Mythic difficulty mode where there's five hunters instead of the usual two. I realise this is pretty uninspired but I love those moments when you've fought for half an hour, ammo is running low then BAM three more Elites arrive and you have to navigate the game in a completely different way than if you had full plasma pistol/precision weapon.

I want to be really challenged because, while CE was a massive challenge on Legendary 10 years ago, it's quite straightforward now.

 

[Gabotron ES]

Midgy Cricket

Spoiler

Yeah I saw MiB1 yesterday

lol 2 is much better

 

[Striker]

I find it odd to have strong feelings about the HUD.

The first two games were different, but they were simplistic. Ever since it feels like they tried spreading things out or forcing things on screen.

 

[FyreWulff]

Great idea. Reminds me of nightmare mode in Doom and the Archvile's.

I'm happy they decided to copy the game verbatim with improved visuals. However, couldn't they add extra amounts of enemies for repeated playthrough's? Like, add a Mythic difficulty mode where there's five hunters instead of the usual two. I want to be really challenged because, while CE was a massive challenge on Legendary 10 years ago, it's quite straightforward now.

I'm almost expecting a skull that adds enemy count throughout the levels

 

[Tawpgun]

Looks so good. The music was subtly better too. But I want to know how A Walk in the Woods and Under Cover of Night was affected.

And if the guitar solo during the Cartographer escape has changed

Kyle, are we going to Pax East this year or what?

I don't think Boston could handle the combined Ray-Ban wearing hipsterdom of us both. I'd probably go for like 2 seconds if Halo was there then leave and just hit some bars with my Halo Bros. I'll buy Tawpgun a diet coke.

Oh please. I only drink the hard stuff.

No but really I hope Halo is there... It would be in the spring... perfect timing for some Halo 4 Multiplayer Beta Early Access amirite 343? Show the Beast Coast some luvin.

 

[feel]

oh my that AR!!!!! Beautiful!! Reach AR = gtfo my Halo 1! (who said it looked small, you're thinking of the Halo 3 AR, in Halo 1 it looked lower like that)

Shame in the vid the AR wasn't used, to see if they also put the original badass louder sound back in

And the game overall looks great!! I'm really excited!

 

[The Real Napsta]

The HUD is the main source of information to the player in any game. Differences in it have strong effects.

I guess when H2 came out I though the shield bar over the radar thing was dumb, i got over it pretty quick though.

 

[senador]

I'd rather see Johnson's shortsword escaping Halo before its destruction.

Edit: Seeing the tagged files, GAFers who submitted their spartan entry are:
Lyphen, Yeti, CQQB, Gui, Tawpgun and Wu... am I missing someone?

I'll do one tonight when I get home.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

oh my that AR!!!!! Beautiful!! Reach AR = gtfo my Halo 1! (who said it looked small, you're thinking of the Halo 3 AR, in Halo 1 it looked lower like that)

Shame in the vid the AR wasn't used, to see if they also put the original badass louder sound back in

And the game overall looks great!! I'm really excited!

Shhh, for once we got footage where they favour the precision weapons. Hopefully this is the dawn of a bright new day.

 

[king picollo]

CE is looking sexy. I want it. Maybe if I play the orginal and just squint a little... :/

Oh well. Roll on November. 3 LAN Parties in 3 months. My years annual leave entitlement is taking a battering!

Gears 3 September
BF3 October
Halo CEA November.

Can't wait!

I can, some of us actually enjoy our sleep.

Damn your kittens, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.

 

[MrBig]

I'll do one tonight when I get home.

Is there a time he wants to get everyone in by? I'd like to participate but I won't be able to connect to live until this weekend.


Also I'm starting work on two new maps.
Would any experienced forgers like to join me next week so I can bounce some ideas around?

 

[feel]

Shhh, for once we got footage where they favour the precision weapons. Hopefully this is the dawn of a bright new day.

haha this is not MP, using the AR in campaign doesn't make me fell all BK, I loved spraying covies with it in Halo 1.

 

[Plywood]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU1-IkUZICI&t=1m4s

I always think of Moorelli when I watch this. 2:02 is me.

That was incredible.

 

[FyreWulff]

I guess when H2 came out I though the shield bar over the radar thing was dumb, i got over it pretty quick though.

Reminds me of all the changes to Halo 2's hud. At one point the shield indicator was just like.. sticking out of the radar vertically for some reason. Looked very weird. Looking back, it should have been more obvious that Halo 2's development was very troubled, when they hadn't even come close to finalizing the HUD 5 months before launch. The E3 2004 HUD was still using Halo 1 assets:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br8FdEexJBU

 

[lybertyboy]

oh my that AR!!!!! Beautiful!! Reach AR = gtfo my Halo 1! (who said it looked small, you're thinking of the Halo 3 AR, in Halo 1 it looked lower like that)

Shame in the vid the AR wasn't used, to see if they also put the original badass louder sound back in

And the game overall looks great!! I'm really excited!

This might be the first time I've been critiqued for NOT using an AR in a Halo video.

I included the AR at the beginning as an easter egg of sorts to show the new in-game model so the lore police would stop calling my home every night about the "appropriate" assault rifle designation.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Halo: Anniversary Exclusive Pre-Order Grunt Funeral Skull

OMG OMG OMG OMG. The skull is cool but finally some more gameplay footage and it's BEAUTIFUL!!!

Ok Preorder confirmed.

 

[feel]

This might be the first time I've been critiqued for NOT using an AR in a Halo video.

I included the AR at the beginning as an easter egg of sorts to show the new in-game model so the lore police would stop calling my home every night about the "appropriate" assault rifle designation.

haha

And I didn't let the multiplayer or the competitive community these past 10 years change my perception of how cool that weapon was when Halo wasn't about multiplayer yet, or even Legendary runs. 9 and 1/2 years ago it was all about rushing on Heroic into a room filled with covies, coop friend by my side, we both holding down the trigger of the AR and watching the visual and aural sex happen with a tear in the corner of my eye.

 

[FyreWulff]

Here's that weird shield indicator version of the Halo 2 HUD:

 

[The Librarian]

This might be the first time I've been critiqued for NOT using an AR in a Halo video.

I included the AR at the beginning as an easter egg of sorts to show the new in-game model so the lore police would stop calling my home every night about the "appropriate" assault rifle designation.

Dial 117 for the lore police.

 

[Louis Wu]

Just to illustrate the point...

Guests:

http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/gamestats.aspx?gameid=704990642&player=Risen%20GBG

Lovely Teammates - with Skill Restriction on:

http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/gamestats.aspx?gameid=706563967&player=Risen%20GBG

These games are why some GAFers have "anecdotal" comments on why TruSkill isn't working as they wish it would. These aren't even anomalies... they are a regular experience.

As it is - if you are a player of skill, the only way to find competitive matches is to search in Arena or MLG. Go in either without a full party and even with the Skill restriction turned on - it does a better job of matching you AGAINST your skill level than with... which is equally important.

Most playlists are a sleepy affair outside of Arena and MLG as a result, and the only way to play a competitive Objective game is in MLG.

I don't remember Halo 3 having this same difficulty as often - but then again it had Ranked playlists.

I wanted to see how 'off' these were. I was surprised.

The numbers in the 'overall' section are competitive only. The bolded numbers in the front are kills and deaths for the game in question.

Blue Team:
15-12 - BGiant: Overall K/D 1.14 (2487 games), MLG K/D 1.12 (2242 games)
13-8 - Charrdonnay: Overall K/D 0.89 (523 games), MLG K/D 0.87 (465 games)
13-8 - xEnvyMassarce: Overall K/D 1.35 (1899 games), MLG K/D 1.34 (1820 games)
9-8 - Iunaa: Overall K/D 1.25 (23 games), MLG K/D 1.25 (23 games)

Red Team:
16-9 - NYSTOFMIND23: Overall K/D 1.25 (2465 games), MLG K/D 1.18 (1913 games)
13-12 - Risen GBG: Overall K/D 1.59 (1130 games), MLG K/D 0.98 (190 games)
4-12 - AmOver9000: Overall K/D 1.01 (310 games), MLG K/D 0.81 (127 games)
3-17 - x Mr Awesome x: Overall K/D 1.58 (3305 games), MLG K/D 1.08 (35 games)

Seriously - the two guys who lost the game for you do NOT look, on paper, like they should have lost the game that badly. AmOver9000 has stats that are better than Charrdonnay's (though for half as many overall games, and a third as many MLG games), while x Mr Awesome x's stats are better than BGiant's (except without any real MLG experience). Trueskill numbers for a team of 4 require somewhere between a hundred and 200 games to be fully nailed down - I'm not sure what sort of system would do better with people like this.

I'm not saying it's not frustrating to get dragged down like this - I'm saying that on paper, at least, the two guys who dragged you down should NOT have been so badly outclassed. The system didn't fail - those two players did.

 

[HiredN00bs]

Halo: Anniversary Exclusive Pre-Order Grunt Funeral Skull

Looks awesome! Boy, it's nice just to see some new footage of the game.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Anyone else thinking this will have a new Legendary ending that goes directly into Halo 4? Or at least shows us more of where the teaser left off.

Well we might get a squeeze from Johnson but that's about it I think.

 

[Steelyuhas]

Gears 3 September
BF3 October
Halo CEA November.
Skyrim November
AC Revelations November

That wallet's tears will be vast, and my eyes will bleed.

I'll order CEA when I see what the TU does, and what maps they are remaking.

Halo CEA's first-person UI looks great. And I've hated the shield bar being top middle like it's been for Halo 3, ODST, and Reach.

Moving the shield to the top was one of the best things they did with the HUD IMO, much much easier to see.

 

[feel]

The real-time switch for new and old visuals of Anniversary was a genius way of having your game slap people and their bad opinions for you.

"Really? No visual improvement whatsoever?? Exactly the same? Press Select..."

Though the jump in visuals will be way more apparent when people play it in their 47' screens at home, rather than judging from a youtube vid.




VVV

I disagree. The jump is very very damn apparent from the Youtube video alone. If someone denies that then they're blind.

And I agree with you. Can't believe people think it looks bad, seeing the beautiful updated models to the old classics made my d*** twitch,

but maybe I'm biased or influenced by nostalgia, I don't know. It still hurts seeing 343's work and direction being trashed like that in that thread, people where expecting a Halo CEmake that looked/played nothing like Halo CE but more similar to whatever is the hot gritty new trend now or something? I hate gaf/theinternet

 

[ElRenoRaven]

The real-time switch for new and old visuals of Anniversary was a genius way of having your game slap people and their bad opinions for you.

"Really? No visual improvement whatsoever?? Exactly the same? Press Select..."

Though the jump in visuals will be way more apparent when people play it in their 47' screens at home, rather than judging from a youtube vid.

I disagree. The jump is very very damn apparent from the Youtube video alone. If someone denies that then they're blind.

 

[wwm0nkey]

I disagree. The jump is very very damn apparent from the Youtube video alone. If someone denies that then they're blind.

.