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Halo: Reach |OT6| There Are Those Who Said This Day Would Never Come
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Devin Olsen
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What is he going in for? (If you/he doesn't mind me asking).Tunavi said:
Either way good luck man!
Slightly Live
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Thanks. I figure it's a fun way to romp through the weekly.omg.kittens said:Keep'em coming. They're fun to read.
Winter Contingency | Success | 15 Minutes
ONI | Success | 29 Minutes
Nightfall | Success | 32 Minutes
Tip of the Spear | Success | 24 Minutes
Long Night of Solace | Success | 35 Minutes
Exodus | Fail | 37 Minutes
New Alexandria | Success | 30 Minutes
After a handful of missions filled with homages to Halo games past, New Alexandra is a breath of fresh air. There's not a level like it in the series; it feels a bit like ODST's hub world, set in the sky. The story stalls out entirely at this point - still knocking out communications jammers, really? - but the city itself tells a much richer story. Covenant and UNSC patrols, crumbling buildings, Covenant cruisers closing in, it's a city on the eve of its fall. It tells a better story about how Reach is faring in the overall battle than any narrative moment.
I wish the Falcon had a secondary fire I could control, and that the Club Errera and Reflection dash throughs were not so brief. The hospital shootout is superb. Still, a moody, free flowing mission that leaves a somber mood after it's through. It blows my mind that it was basically made by two people.
Domino Theory
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LOLThermite said:
Barrow Roll
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Looks like someone censored Dr. Manhattan's dangly parts.Dani said:
Devin Olsen
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Barrow Roll said:
Actually, it's a scene from the Watchmen movie where Manhattan is on Mars building his giant fucking thing, alluding to the capabilities of not FORward Unto Dawn but FORgeworld 2: terrain editing.
No clue, just tossing shit out at this point.
A27 Tawpgun said:
Heh, thanks. I've been hoping for a Cortana-as-villain twist for a while now (especially considering Marathon was pretty much entirely the result of Rampant AI too) and I like the idea of an entire ancient advanced planet trying to kill you.
Dani just pm'd me the reveal and I just have to tell everyone. Sorry Dani.
FUD is now leaving Halo Universe coverage and focusing exclusively on the MLG Pro Circuit. It will have scoops on team changes, interviews with the Pros and many more. Congrats Dani, I'm so excited.
FUD is now leaving Halo Universe coverage and focusing exclusively on the MLG Pro Circuit. It will have scoops on team changes, interviews with the Pros and many more. Congrats Dani, I'm so excited.
Slightly Live
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Dug said:
No promises made, so none to keep.
Im_So_Pringles
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*Enters thread and sees all of the hype, suspicion, and curiosity surrounding Dani's cryptic posts*
*Leaves thread quietly without any understanding of the situation whatsoever*
*Leaves thread quietly without any understanding of the situation whatsoever*
Slightly Live
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Tashi0106 said:
Devolution
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God it would be great if the TU could fix host selection. Literally played a game in which the other team was just lagging out of the way of stuff but killing my team with no issues what so ever.
Honestly, I'm surprised that some of the small (at least on the surface) technical issues weren't addressed. Things like getting host selection right the first time instead of switching immediately after the game starts, armor ability loss after host migration, the incredible save bug where Forge will just decide to replace the contents of your map with another's while keeping the name or just not save at all, and then of course the various bugs with Covenant vehicles whether it be the Revenant glitch or randomly flying into the air on Forge maps should merit at least some attention.Devolution said:
Hypertrooper
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Even if you think that there are no humans in the art trailer(I know you don't), we saw already an artwork of the UNSC Infinity at HaloFest and the new Warthog.A27 Tawpgun said:
Halo 4 will play a few years after Halo 3. Frankie mentioned it at the end of the lore and fiction video at Gametrailers. 343i heavily said, that the last fiction will have something to do with the later Halo-universe.(I know, that I'm using the wrong phrasing) So I think that Halo 4 will begin around 2559. Especially I wanted to see if we find out more about the Forerunner structures in the Halo comics "Helljumper" and "Bloodline".
I imagine an awful ending for Glasslands. In the last page the Captain of the UNSC Infinity gets the information, that they found him. No mention if it's the Chief etc. After playing through Gears Of War 3, I'm more hyped for Glasslands than I was before. Mrs. Traviss really gave Gears a good story.
Stumbled into a way of getting 3 free months of Prime added to current account, really nice to have in these last months of the year (free 2 day shipping for any item and also free release date delivery for games) wanted to share the info with you guys, so quote this post to reveal how, don't want to help spread it too much, so please don't repost it somewhere else if possible.
Slightly Live
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Ramirez said:
I aspire to bring Grifball to a new audience and explore the real men behind the dudebro façade.
Winter Contingency | Success | 15 Minutes
ONI | Success | 29 Minutes
Nightfall | Success | 32 Minutes
Tip of the Spear | Success | 24 Minutes
Long Night of Solace | Success | 35 Minutes
Exodus | Fail | 37 Minutes
New Alexandria | Success | 30 Minutes
The Package | Fail | 32 Minutes
The Pillar of Autumn | Fail | 37 Minutes
Weekly complete, 6/9 Flawless Cowboy. I freaking hate the Pillar of Autumn. That is all.
Took 4 hours and 31 minutes, all told. I wasn't rushing, but rather being methodical. Well, except for that last level.
ONI | Success | 29 Minutes
Nightfall | Success | 32 Minutes
Tip of the Spear | Success | 24 Minutes
Long Night of Solace | Success | 35 Minutes
Exodus | Fail | 37 Minutes
New Alexandria | Success | 30 Minutes
The Package | Fail | 32 Minutes
The Pillar of Autumn | Fail | 37 Minutes
Weekly complete, 6/9 Flawless Cowboy. I freaking hate the Pillar of Autumn. That is all.
Took 4 hours and 31 minutes, all told. I wasn't rushing, but rather being methodical. Well, except for that last level.
Hitmonchan107
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Off-topic: Can someone Google "Defiant Map Pack" and see if my review is on the front page of the results?
I'm looking at the top search queries for The Alligator, and "halo reach dlc" and "defiant map pack" are in the top 10. :lol
Search engine optimization ftw.
I'm looking at the top search queries for The Alligator, and "halo reach dlc" and "defiant map pack" are in the top 10. :lol
LMAO. The newsroom is going to love this.senador said:
Search engine optimization ftw.
Letters said:
That is super true. I was about to place the order on another site after being sick of not deciding. Good point.
So Cryptum will be here Wednesday and I placed my CEA order again to save $1 on release day delivery. Letters = <3
Hitmonchan107 said:
Yup 6th down. Nice work.
RebornYeti
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Tunavi said:
There better be some rad Custom games going on that day. Even though Gears 3 will have been out for barely a day, I would still love to play some Customs with you guys!