Gabotron ES
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I saw in the news you're doing pretty good without one :/
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Halo: Reach |OT7| What are They to Say Now?
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I saw in the news you're doing pretty good without one :/
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond Reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Frozen on the Dawn and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a Spartan II to sweep me off my feet
He actually managed to hit Rank 38? He's the Walshy of Bungie.
squidhands
Member
So you're saying Bonnie Tyler has gotten huge. ;-)
I keep missing them since I don't pay attention to this thread as much I used to. I'd be down as well if I see that people are doing them in time.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Halo 4: Bonnie Tyler Rising
HiredN00bs
Member
A Winner Is You (party up for dat weekly)!
bobs...onGaf
Member
Just finished Halo Glasslands, reading through the impressions posted earlier in the thread but as far as my impressions go, it was an incredibly well written book, I was hooked. However it fell totally flat in the last act.
I want to go back and read through the Data Drops and noticed the links in the OP dont lead to them now because of the redesign. I cant seem to find working links on the Waypoint site itself either.
Did it really just end without any resolution? Am I missing half the book or is this the Halo novel equivalent of Halo 2?
At least with Halo 2 I was immersed in the story, here it felt like I was yanked out just as it was getting on its own two feet. It was a very good set up for the next book in the series I suppose.
My biggest problem is, that it feels as though the entire novel was just a massive set up to the next novel. In itself that wouldn't be a problem but it feels like Karen Traviss just used this novel to position the pieces. In doing so she changed the nature of them and killed off a very interesting lead up. The Dyson sphere was pretty mundane and it felt like Traviss just wanted to get Halsey et al out of there and into position for how she wants to use the characters, instead of explore this exciting new world.
It was an amazing book and I loved all the backhanded deals and secretive Oni stuff, but I feel extremely let down with how Nylunds build up and characterisations have been shattered.
At least with Halo 2 I was immersed in the story, here it felt like I was yanked out just as it was getting on its own two feet. It was a very good set up for the next book in the series I suppose.
My biggest problem is, that it feels as though the entire novel was just a massive set up to the next novel. In itself that wouldn't be a problem but it feels like Karen Traviss just used this novel to position the pieces. In doing so she changed the nature of them and killed off a very interesting lead up. The Dyson sphere was pretty mundane and it felt like Traviss just wanted to get Halsey et al out of there and into position for how she wants to use the characters, instead of explore this exciting new world.
It was an amazing book and I loved all the backhanded deals and secretive Oni stuff, but I feel extremely let down with how Nylunds build up and characterisations have been shattered.
I want to go back and read through the Data Drops and noticed the links in the OP dont lead to them now because of the redesign. I cant seem to find working links on the Waypoint site itself either.
Blue Ninja
Member
Decently enough, but we need a government budget soon. Europe's breathing down our necks and our politicians just decide to pull the plug instead of getting shit done. Our elections were almost a year and a half ago, for fucks sake.
I believe that was in reference to some fake trailer going around.
Gabotron ES
Member
Still going?
The basic phases are prototyped out, now I'm fine tuning the positions of the objects. Then I'll build out the vehicles/weapons on the map.
That was my understanding as well. Her tweet seemed to be present tense, rather than forward looking.
Hope springs eternal.
My new TV has a 2D to 3D mode and it basically adds tessellation to the game, was on headlong and it looks like all tire marks are actually in the ground, rocks pop out and explosion marks make it look like you just created a 2 foot crater in the ground.
Steelyuhas
Member
Looking forward to seeing the final result.
Well that sounds fucking awesome.
Hypertrooper
Member
SO who wants to play the Anniversary Playlists? I'm too lazy to change discs... lol.
It really is, just adds extra detail to the game which is very nice.
The Librarian
Banned
That too. Or the Needler.
I would be ultra unhappy if we don't get more concrete news for the rest of the year.
She meant with that comment that 343 Industries did not make this (fake) trailer.
BR too low. Too many melee/CQC weapons. But most importantly..
Where the hell is the Needler!? That thing is hands-down the most unique weapon in Halo's sandbox, super underrated yet super deadly, any by far the most unusual Covenant weapon so far. Plus it was dual-wieldable in Halo 2, and that's just too badass.
DJ Lushious
Member
The sound of two Needlers unsheathing their pink glory upon its victim(s) is aural bliss!
The Librarian
Banned
Hypertrooper
Member
I'm not on this bitch etc train, but I laughed when I read this:
"Pelletier's newest project, Halo: Faith, is being regarded as revolutionary and a technological feat."
That dude is the director of Halo Faith.
"Pelletier's newest project, Halo: Faith, is being regarded as revolutionary and a technological feat."
That dude is the director of Halo Faith.
ElRenoRaven
Member
ROFLMAO. Why does that sound like he wrote that about himself?
Zeouterlimits
Member
Definetely one of the first I got too, such a wonderful weapon.
Odd beast in multiplayer, especially given how much it has changed with almost every title.
Steelyuhas
Member
The only true crime of that gametrailers list was melee at number one, or being on the list in general.
Hypertrooper
Member
lol @ Devo. You and Timedog should make a Sex scene with Grenadez. It'd be my ringtone.
Spoilertag that shit.
Spoilertag that shit.
No, you don't need to, but you spoiled the whole video I didn't want to watch.
Hypertrooper
Member
I have more fun with the Anniversary playlists and maps then I had with Reach's in the last few months.
If you like Reach and are still playing the MP, they're worth the price.
The maps are beautiful. Some of the playlist gametypes need some tweaks (mostly jump height in Classic,) but they've provided pretty much the most fun I've had playing Reach ever.
The Antitype
Banned
I can't believe I enjoyed some of these maps back when Halo: CE was out.
Damnation and Prisoner are TRASH. Penance makes some nice improvements, but it still feels pretty clumsy as far as map flow.
Hang'em High, Beaver Creek, and Headlong all hold up well though.
Damnation and Prisoner are TRASH. Penance makes some nice improvements, but it still feels pretty clumsy as far as map flow.
Hang'em High, Beaver Creek, and Headlong all hold up well though.
I think Damnation still works as a One Flag map (Anniversary One Bomb makes the carriers stupidly slow which pretty much breaks everything). It doesn't hold up for Slayer, though.
I've hated both versions of Prisoner on the few games I've played on them.
Hang 'em High got fixed in Halo 2, but they brought back the CE version. Neither HeH or Prisoner are very good for your typical Halo online.
There was never, ever anything wrong with Beaver Creek or Headlong anyways. So the only way to mess those up way to change something around drastically.
I'm really liking Ridgeline/Timberland and Headlong/Breakneck for BTB. Hang Em High, how does anyone like that map?
Prisoner is sorta a meh for me. Don't really hate it, but not a fan of it either.
Beaver Creek and Damnation can have their fun times, I enjoy them.
I haven't played much of the new maps but I definitely didn't like what little I played of Hang em high. Didn't like the H2 version. Didn't like the forge version in classic. It feels too open. Yeah there are random structures on the ground for cover but not sure what good it does if the bases are up top and people are either camping there or spawning there. I don't understand why people like it.
The Antitype
Banned
I like Hang'em High for modes like Crazy King and other modes that force players to stop camping in the high corners.
And sometimes if you have two evenly matched teams pushing back and forth, flanking each other out of cover and off the open platforms.
But often, if you lock down the top level, it's usually domination.
Interesting. Is 1-flag on Penance even in the playlist rotation? Or is that something for private matches?
And sometimes if you have two evenly matched teams pushing back and forth, flanking each other out of cover and off the open platforms.
But often, if you lock down the top level, it's usually domination.
Interesting. Is 1-flag on Penance even in the playlist rotation? Or is that something for private matches?
ElzarTheBam
Member
Can be found in the premium battle playlist.
HiredN00bs
Member
lol doll moves objectives
bobs...onGaf
Member
GRD Doll hurry up and just cap the flag goddamnit!
you don't seem to care for a lot of things.
now i never said your way of thinking was wrong or that you didn't have the right to an opinion, all i said was that you dont seem to care for a lot of things.
silly.
Can't wait to see flag launches with the doll on Timberlands and High Noon :lol
Also
I've gone celestial!