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Halo: Reach |OT6| There Are Those Who Said This Day Would Never Come
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Hypertrooper
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Don't you see the "etc." at the end? What do you get if you are CoD Elite member? The same stuff I think? (And stats etc. but that was free for Halo and should be always)Ramirez said:
It has, but did you see the other environment on Highlands? Still an awesome looking map.PooBone said:
Hypertrooper said:
I never said I was enough of a fool to buy the CoD garbage either. Season passes should be no more than 30 bucks, and that should encompass about 4 map packs plus a few other small things.
I'll never buy a season pass until I actually play the game a lot to see if I'm actually going to play it to even use the entire pass. Glad I passed on Gears 3, they really dicked people over in the first map pack considering you can only play them in private matches upon release.
It's kind of surprising though that it's already on OT3 despite not really having a traditional multiplayer component, and also has a separate community thread.Ramirez said:Doubt it, eventually people will beat it, get frustrated and quit, or move on to the next big single player game. This thread will last for another year.
Is this the part where we throw in the overused M$?reggie said:
I would have thought 343i would have been able to swing a huge sale on all Halo Content (including full games) for Halo's 10 anniversary. Like a month long, probably would get people on the fence to jump in and try out Reach (or heck maybe even a halo game). I think they should make the Halo 3 maps free, put the ODST Disk (not multiplayer disk) on Games on Demand for $20 or less.
I've sure Microsoft must have recouped the development costs for Halo 3's Map Pack by now. It would be interesting to see the sale numbers of Halo 3 and its DLC.
I feel like I've gotten my worth for paying for Halo 3's DLC (twice!), I'm pretty sure none of the people that play Halo 3 and Own the DLC would mind if they went free. More players for DLC required playlists (and maybe a boost in population?).
I'm in the same boat. New maps keep the game refreshing and exciting for me. I've played close to 6000 games of Reach so far, but the amount I'm playing it slowing down (mostly because of time, but also nothing new currently).Homeboyd said:
Hypertrooper
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It's the hype. Dark Soul is a good game, but people are going to play it till January and then only the hardcore fans will post in the thread.Lyphen said:
Steelyuhas
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wwm0nkey said:
To release a AAA multiplayer console game these days without something similar to COD's DLC matchmaking algorithm is flat unacceptable. I was amazed and baffled that Reach didn't have anything in place for DLC, especially after Halo 3's horrid DLC implementation.
DLC is going to cost money and is not likely to ever go to a free-later model, so you need to actual reward players that are willing to spend more money on your game.
Especially now that games come out with like 4 maps, cause fuck it, we'll have DLC coming out.
squidhands
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Indeed. I'd even go so far as to sacrifice the texture resolution back to H2 levels if it meant being able to create genuinely unique spaces that didn't cause the gamebreaking lag that Forge World does.Devin Olsen said:
Falagard said:
There's generic blocks and stuff to make your own buildings out of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yN0M8LUZTE
ElRenoRaven
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Steelyuhas said:
That's a prime reason why I refuse to buy DLC maps. The only reason I have the DLC I do is give aways, Bing rewards, etc.
ElRenoRaven
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FyreWulff said:
That's pretty cool. I like how they worked around the man cannons on the narrows map. Very original and kind of cool.
Steelyuhas
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PsychoRaven said:
I can't blame you one bit for that. You are not rewarding for paying for them. That's also why I've always been willing to pay for COD maps even though I don't play the game nearly as much as Halo. I am rewarding for buying the maps in those games, and that certainly has to be a contributing factor to their DLC sales being through the roof.
Kind of makes a little sad about CEA maps, because those 6 maps are hands-down better than anything on the Reach disc, Noble, or Defiant and you'll still be stuck playing a three map rotation of Countdown, Zealot, and Forge World in everything outside of CEA required playlist(s).
Hypertrooper
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To play some serious Halo on SwordBase with Bloom and Armor Lock? You know that you'll miss it.Ramirez said:
Steelyuhas
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Ramirez said:
Well I won't, but a lot of people will. (Those people are very confused)
squidhands
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self-flagellationRamirez said:
Worth it.TheOddOne said:Ohh GOD NO. Keep that shit away from Halo.
Bound to happen
Got the GOW3 season pass, getting the Hardcore MW3 edition... if HaloCEA or 4 have some sort of season pass i'll go for it.
If i save money on map packs, i'm down. I HATE having to buy 800 MS points every 3 months.
Syracuse022
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The Real Napsta
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MLG Zealot v6 is good.Karl2177 said:
Kibbles
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Beaver Creek NYCC video, Rockets galore - http://www.gametrailers.com/video/nycc-11-halo-anniversary/722441
Steelyuhas
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Powerhouse is very good, Zealot is decent, Countdown would be good but is held back by terrible power weapon choices, Unanchored is not terrible although will never show in MM. That's about it (for 4v4).
The Henery
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PooBone said:
Are you referring to Condemned? You must not use scoped weapons in Halo then. Scoping from top blue base to red door is about 10 frames per second and that's being generous.
ONI's Challenge today would be doable were it not for Kat. I just gave it a few tries, and she got me killed twice on the opening sequence. After I got through it on attempt #4 or so, I made the mistake of letting her gun the Warthog. She literally can't kill one Grunt sitting front of the Warthog. She fires a few tiny pulses, missing or doing marginal damage, and then we get over charged and then stuck. That was enough for me; a total waste of time.
The higher difficulty settings really bring out how horrifying the Reach NPC AI is. It is borderline game breaking on levels where they accompany you throughout. Were this same level of challenge available in Halo 3, or without Kat trying to murder me, it would be fun.
The higher difficulty settings really bring out how horrifying the Reach NPC AI is. It is borderline game breaking on levels where they accompany you throughout. Were this same level of challenge available in Halo 3, or without Kat trying to murder me, it would be fun.
The Real Napsta
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PooBone said:
Me too, but the MLG version is great.
ElRenoRaven
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Louis Wu said:Wow, that was horrific.
4 minutes of infinite-ammo no-reload rockets with 12 players on a relatively small map... and the person we're watching gets 6 kills?
That should never have been put online.
I dunno. I think it was worth putting online just for the laughs it gave me.
ElRenoRaven
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PNut said:
I just love it when he's like gee I'll run out into this with a Brute Hammer. I can't stop laughing at that shit.
Louis Wu said:Wow, that was horrific.
4 minutes of infinite-ammo no-reload rockets with 12 players on a relatively small map... and the person we're watching gets 6 kills?
That should never have been put online.
This should be a trope. Call them "Multiplayer preview baddies".
Steelyuhas
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Louis Wu said:Wow, that was horrific.
4 minutes of infinite-ammo no-reload rockets with 12 players on a relatively small map... and the person we're watching gets 6 kills?
That should never have been put online.
Seriously.
If that was at NYCC, did 343 set that game up? For shame if so, not a great way to show off the map.
They've been trolling hard every time a CEA map is shown. I hope we'll get to see some proper Classic multiplayer sometime before launch. Classic gameplay seems like a huge afterthought at this point instead of the focus of the showcase of CEA multiplayer it should be.Steelyuhas said: