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Halo: Reach |OT7| What are They to Say Now?
- Thread starter The Librarian
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Pretty sure the whole thing is just gaf being bored and trying to force something out of nothing just for lulz and whatnot.
Devolution
Member
blamespace is terribly sarcastic which most people don't get and timedog is well my boo.
BlueScrote
Member
Buy 4-pack of Section 8 Prejudice for 11$ (!!), includes all DLC with each copy
http://store.steampowered.com/app/97100/
For those of you not quite familiar with the game, it's the one where you spawn ODST-style into the map.
I was gonna make it rain copies but you can only buy one four pack per account. Oh well
I thought it was a decent faster paced shooter when it came out. Now that the Tribes beta is out though, it doesn't compare.
People still want anything to do with the Tribes community? It's almost as bad as NMA.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
They're...internet famous.
Hey can have one and i cant?. HaloGAF hates me
Sure, just need the Steam name
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Stalker4589. Add me GAF
Sent you a PM with it.
Devin Olsen
Member
oh lawd that game looks good, if someone still has a spare copy I would <3 it.
Steam name is devinolsen
Steam name is devinolsen
StalkerUKCG
Banned
xxjuicesxx
Member
How come it said will shatter your expectations of what an XBLA game can do?
Is it for 360?
Looks like Mass Effect and Borderlands had a MP baby.
Is it for 360?
Looks like Mass Effect and Borderlands had a MP baby.
The Real Napsta
Member
Construct of Mordia
WTF?
WTF?
StalkerUKCG
Banned
its ALSO a XBLA game
And runs way better on there than on my PC!
It's also neat because you can fine tune what's visible on the HUD, so you can actually play the game entirely with no HUD at all, just your gun visible.
I play that way sometimes when I just want to chill out and drop on mans.
edit: XBLA version comes with 30 minutes of trial multiplayer time I do believe
StalkerUKCG
Banned
And runs way better on there than on my PC!
It's also neat because you can fine tune what's visible on the HUD, so you can actually play the game entirely with no HUD at all, just your gun visible.
I play that way sometimes when I just want to chill out and drop on mans.
edit: XBLA version comes with 30 minutes of trial multiplayer time I do believe
Ohh its GFWL?
It is, with a ton more achievements than the XBLA version has. It's pretty much only used for achievements and invite capability, otherwise you're just using a standard PC server browser and all games are on dedicated servers.
Both the 360 and PC versions let you remotely log into their command console, too, if you rent a server. I'm assuming the PSN version has the same capability.
Also, all 3 versions support clans
All versions:
PC-style server browser
Can search for specific map only
Dedicated servers that only rotate through the DLC and nothing else
Stat tracking on warisprejudice.com
Also a horde mode
Rickenslacker
Banned
Wow. An XBLA game shaming all big name 360 releases with its online features. Sounds cool. I only tried the demo for it a long while back.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Well then why aren't more people playing it? Must be shitty.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
COD Bro.
Don't think, choose a side and feel the happy.
Some people didn't like the aiming, personally I thought the game was awesome
My opinion of Breakneck has shifted pretty dramatically with the last few games - introducing a bunch of crap that the map was never in a million years designed for breaks the entire thing.
The Banshee's balance issues are well-documented, but on the Headlong variant, it has a hard counter with the Gauss Hog's inclusion. Breakneck has no such counter. Rockets are useless since they can't lock onto a maneuvering Banshee, and they don't fly fast enough to hit anyway. The sniper and DMR have a hard time hitting the thing when it's flipping all over the place in a confined space with a lot of floating objects as cover, and the Plasma Launcher's anti-air capabilities are a big joke.
Headlong has always had a bit of sniper dominance. With the mancannon on Breakneck, the offensive team has essentially just two safe routes outside the base, either going through the invis hallway or using the single Warthog (the lack of decent vehicle transport is another problem). The old Valhalla problem (yes, it was a problem) of being crossmap sniped when you have no control over your movement in the air, as well as camo campers at the landing zone basically renders that route off-limits, which in turn limits how many ways you can get into the base. Teleporters aren't ideal, I get that. But neither is limiting the viable routes for an offensive team by virtue of cheesy play.
Then there's the (probably biggest) problem that armor abilities simply weren't a twinkle in the designers' minds when Headlong was created. The map is based on distinct elevations and routes up to higher levels, a concept destroyed by the jetpack. Getting grenaded from a jetpacker who jumped from ground level to the back tunnel of the red base is infuriating because the map just wasn't designed to have cover for that sort of scenario. As mentioned before, camo guys will just lounge around at the lift landing zones with the shotgun relatively unassailable. Of course, evade does its usual thing. There was a very distinct pace to asymmetric objectives on Headlong, and that's something that is completely lost with Breakneck. It becomes a jetpackfest with no sense of flow and just a bunch of sloppy play.
The most unfortunate part of this is that Headlong, far and away the better version of the map, almost never shows up with 1 Flag or Bomb. It's always Breakneck.
On a related note, I had the worst game of BTB in terms of randoms in that playlist so far tonight on Breakneck.
The Banshee's balance issues are well-documented, but on the Headlong variant, it has a hard counter with the Gauss Hog's inclusion. Breakneck has no such counter. Rockets are useless since they can't lock onto a maneuvering Banshee, and they don't fly fast enough to hit anyway. The sniper and DMR have a hard time hitting the thing when it's flipping all over the place in a confined space with a lot of floating objects as cover, and the Plasma Launcher's anti-air capabilities are a big joke.
Headlong has always had a bit of sniper dominance. With the mancannon on Breakneck, the offensive team has essentially just two safe routes outside the base, either going through the invis hallway or using the single Warthog (the lack of decent vehicle transport is another problem). The old Valhalla problem (yes, it was a problem) of being crossmap sniped when you have no control over your movement in the air, as well as camo campers at the landing zone basically renders that route off-limits, which in turn limits how many ways you can get into the base. Teleporters aren't ideal, I get that. But neither is limiting the viable routes for an offensive team by virtue of cheesy play.
Then there's the (probably biggest) problem that armor abilities simply weren't a twinkle in the designers' minds when Headlong was created. The map is based on distinct elevations and routes up to higher levels, a concept destroyed by the jetpack. Getting grenaded from a jetpacker who jumped from ground level to the back tunnel of the red base is infuriating because the map just wasn't designed to have cover for that sort of scenario. As mentioned before, camo guys will just lounge around at the lift landing zones with the shotgun relatively unassailable. Of course, evade does its usual thing. There was a very distinct pace to asymmetric objectives on Headlong, and that's something that is completely lost with Breakneck. It becomes a jetpackfest with no sense of flow and just a bunch of sloppy play.
The most unfortunate part of this is that Headlong, far and away the better version of the map, almost never shows up with 1 Flag or Bomb. It's always Breakneck.
On a related note, I had the worst game of BTB in terms of randoms in that playlist so far tonight on Breakneck.
Timegate's name recognition isn't that big and the game is heavily Objective-centric
They added a mode after launch that lets you just play Deathmatch.. don't know why anyone would actually want to play that though
Best moment was us getting a Convoy mission and people dropped like 20 supply depots on it to keep it healed. Took the other team a bit to figure out to attack the depots instead of the Convoy
They added a mode after launch that lets you just play Deathmatch.. don't know why anyone would actually want to play that though
Best moment was us getting a Convoy mission and people dropped like 20 supply depots on it to keep it healed. Took the other team a bit to figure out to attack the depots instead of the Convoy
I can try to get on, but man you're cutting it real damn close!
edit: wait shit my 360 is still at another house, this might be a bit
StalkerUKCG
Banned
So, im not sure about this, but since we are way Off Topic ill just say it.
I think our beloved devo might have a facial hair fetish.
I think our beloved devo might have a facial hair fetish.
Devolution
Member
So, im not sure about this, but since we are way Off Topic ill just say it.
I think our beloved devo might have a facial hair fetish.
Speaking of, Frankie you rockin' the goatee lately. Hope so.
Steelyuhas
Member
So, im not sure about this, but since we are way Off Topic ill just say it.
I think our beloved devo might have a facial hair fetish.
YESSSSSS. I will prevail!
StalkerUKCG
Banned
You wernt meant to be online when i posted this, it was supossed to be 3 pages of disguted, curious and mean gaf before you seen this.
My plans have come undone.
In reality its just a tad shocking to me, i rarely meet people who like facial hair and even rarer women (if i can call you that
)lol, I had the same reaction...
Devolution
Member
You wernt meant to be online when i posted this, it was supossed to be 3 pages of disguted, curious and mean gaf before you seen this.
My plans have come undone.
In reality its just a tad shocking to me, i rarely meet people who like facial hair and even rarer women (if i can call you that
Dudes have like 2 things I don't that I envy, an easy way to piss and facial fur.
When the day comes I have to take off this glorious mane i'll shave the word DEVO into it. Then we'll ride off into the sunset on a majestic steed.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Well, you have boobs guess they are petty cool. (not yours, i mean like yours are, but im talking in general not yours specifically, ill just be in the hole if you need me)
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Ill shave your name into something else for you if you want?
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Looks like this holiday weekend is ending just in time.
This thread is getting weird even by HaloGAF standards.
This thread is getting weird even by HaloGAF standards.
Well at least someone said it.
Tell us what the next weekly is
I need to call the dentist and finally get 5 teeth pulled so I need to know if i'm just slightly fucked or totally fucked
StalkerUKCG
Banned
If you give us that Halo 4 Et Tu Frankie vidoc with the full unveil of the firefight,forge,campaign,multiplayer,halo ce biggest easter egg,12th terminal and that new game mode you guys created that blows every game for the next 5 years out of the water. we would have something to talk about, except you know 343 is mean.
