electricpirate
Member
Yea, too bad we have to judge the visuals from a blurry magazine shot instead of a high def trailer.
Ohh wait.
Ohh wait.
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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed
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Revelations
Banned
Can someone pm me assets to said certain interests, please?
The Librarian
Banned
For the MP, Reach will have full feature parity with Halo 3 and more.
That means Firefight is probably in.
That means Firefight is probably in.
SecretBonusPoint
Banned
Ha ha ha, have read some of it and theyre playing the usual "the sky box won't be just that, its gonna have tons of shit happening with it!!" just like with Halo 3.
Hope they don't go back on it AGAIN.
Hope they don't go back on it AGAIN.
electricpirate
Member
Halo 3 ~20
Halo 2 ~10
Halo CE: was similar to Halo 3, unless you tried to do Rocksliders Mega battles, then Who fricken knows.
Keikoku: I'm not sure if there will be a game play video soon, the beta's in 3-4 months otherwise. I'm sure we'll get something before then though.
Halo 2 ~10
Halo CE: was similar to Halo 3, unless you tried to do Rocksliders Mega battles, then Who fricken knows.
Keikoku: I'm not sure if there will be a game play video soon, the beta's in 3-4 months otherwise. I'm sure we'll get something before then though.
squidhands
Member
Holy shit, Sam Fisher is Noble 6!
The Librarian
Banned
Certainly not 20 in CE. The biggest number of enemies in Halo 3 probably came during the battle outside the Citadel with two scarabs (I REPEAT: TWO SCARABS). I don't think I could make an educated guess as to how many enemies were in that fight, though.Splinter said:
electricpirate
Member
I think in terms of raw troops the "Brute clusterfucking of VOI" tops out around 18 or so.
Primethius
Banned
gibonez said:
I think its more that both are different angles and that in one he's aiming up and in the other he's aiming down.
Kibbles
Member
Yeah. They obviously need to work on the mountains and stuff to make them smoother. Like that picture of the cliff doesn't look smoothed out at all. It's just a line and then a drop. Everything looks great, but there is still tons of time for the much needed additions and polish. Grass for example... is just a flat texture in some pics.Major Williams said:
I said Wow at the pic with the new AR, the helicopter thing, and the Covenant Spirit dropship. So hot and brings back memories of Halo 1.
Currently reading article...
Also: Wort Wort Wort.
BerserkerBarage
Neo Member
squidhands said:
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Oh my God @ all this Reach info! What a way to wake up.
DMR is the new BR, hm? Awesome.
What a way to wake up.DMR is the new BR, hm? Awesome.
Revelations
Banned
GhaleonEB said:
Basically they occured in waves. You take one down another comes in. It was an effective illusion of fighting more than it actually is.
StriKeVillain
Banned
Please, let's have more than 16 players in MP.
24 player minimum for BTB.
24 player minimum for BTB.
Primethius
Banned
Splinter said:
They're smart and they attack in packs.
Revelations
Banned
What ranks are there?
Carter - CDR
Jorge - CWO
Kat - LCDR
Emile - WO
Jun - WO
And it actually make sense for these Spartan III's to have charged armor abilities with limited usage. It fit right in between ODST and Spartan II. Sense they use controlled injections for performance boosts and such.
Carter - CDR
Jorge - CWO
Kat - LCDR
Emile - WO
Jun - WO
And it actually make sense for these Spartan III's to have charged armor abilities with limited usage. It fit right in between ODST and Spartan II. Sense they use controlled injections for performance boosts and such.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
I'd just like to give a big thank you to Marty and his Audio team for hearing our cries of weapons sounding too weak and completely revamping them for Reach.
RebornYeti
Member
Can't wait for the "Fix the DMR" complaints.
Shake Appeal
Member
I'd be pretty happy if they lowered the player limit to 12, tbh.striKeVillain! said:
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Revelations said:
Commander
Chief Warrant Officer
Lieutenant commander
Warrant Officer
Warrant Officer
...I think.
:lol
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Splinter said:
They're called Skirmishers and are described as "cousins to the Jackal". They attack in packs and flank their targets.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
I'm really surprised they didn't really say anything regarding Multiplayer.
Hope we get some reveal and/or media for Multiplayer soon.
Hope we get some reveal and/or media for Multiplayer soon.
Revelations
Banned
Metroidvania said:
What is Lone Wolfs rank? I didn't catch it.
There's hardly any info about multiplayer in the article but here are some things that really should be fixed in Reach following Halo 3:
- Spawn system
The spawn system in Halo 3 is complete crap. It's easily the worst spawn system that has ever appeared in a competitive multiplayer game. People often spawn in the middle of:
- Grenades going off
- Power drainers going off
- In front of an entire enemy team
- In front of vehicles speeding by for instant splatters
That shit doesn't happen every once in a while but rather it's a fucking common occurence in every game. I've often had teamates spawn nearby me as I'm crouch walking towards an enemy thus giving up enemy location on their radar. I've once even spawned in front of a teamate as they took a shot with the sniper rifle. The game will also begin to spawn people outside of the base on Valhalla and Standoff as they're getting raped. Beginning of the game? It spawns people inside and on top of their base. As they're getting raped? Oh, the game decides to spawn people outside. Does that make any fucking sense to anyone? The fact that this spawn system made its way into Halo 3 is inexcusable.
- Vehicles are too fucking strong
I didn't have any problem with the vehicles in a Halo 2 but in Halo 3 they're nearly indestructible and overpowered. I've seen warthogs get naded, fly through the air and do a 2880 degree move across the map, land on two fucking wheels on its side, get naded again and do a 720 degree move only to get destroyed when by some miracle it lands upside down and gets naded again. What the fuck is that? They also deal way too much damage. I understand that a vehicle's weapon should deal more damage than a firearm but they're a real fucking nuisance in a Halo 3 when the spawn system is such shit and player movement is so damn slow. Vehicles can dominate a team on Standoff in Halo 3 quickly and easily. The Spartan Laser isn't a solution when the dominant team makes it impossible for the other team to get it when there is a warthog constantly circling their side of the map.
- Weapon drops need to be addressed
It's nice to see that they're not going to have as many grenade types in the game, but I'd would also like to see them do something about the amount of grenades that fall to the floor after someone dies. I'm not sure how they could handle grenade drops considering they've been important to Halo gameplay, but the grenade spam in Halo 3 is ridiculous. There is a fucking constant barrage of grenades flying through the air in smaller maps like Construct. They also need to something about shitty weapon drops. It's bad enough to get AR starts on a map, but what's the fucking point of having players drop pistols after they die? No one is going to pick one up 99% of the time. I've often been killed on maps like Construct because I'm spending time trying to get a fucking BR equip prompt to appear on my HUD because the fucking floor is covered in pistols people have dropped after dying. That shit sucks.
- BR vs AR
I'm not going to really get into this argument as anyone who prefers the AR must either get off arguing about it or they're clearly stupid. What I don't understand though is the logic behind giving pistols as a secondary for AR starts and then giving people ARs for BR starts. I don't understand that.
- Glitches
One of the good things Bungie did with Halo 3 is that they're aren't nearly as many glitches in the game as there were in Halo 2. I haven't haven't seen people flying through the air with swords or doing any of the weird Halo 2 stuff. I have noticed though that sometimes I will see a BR at its spawn location and as soon as I pick it up like nearly all the ammo has been used up. What is that about?
- Spawn system
The spawn system in Halo 3 is complete crap. It's easily the worst spawn system that has ever appeared in a competitive multiplayer game. People often spawn in the middle of:
- Grenades going off
- Power drainers going off
- In front of an entire enemy team
- In front of vehicles speeding by for instant splatters
That shit doesn't happen every once in a while but rather it's a fucking common occurence in every game. I've often had teamates spawn nearby me as I'm crouch walking towards an enemy thus giving up enemy location on their radar. I've once even spawned in front of a teamate as they took a shot with the sniper rifle. The game will also begin to spawn people outside of the base on Valhalla and Standoff as they're getting raped. Beginning of the game? It spawns people inside and on top of their base. As they're getting raped? Oh, the game decides to spawn people outside. Does that make any fucking sense to anyone? The fact that this spawn system made its way into Halo 3 is inexcusable.
- Vehicles are too fucking strong
I didn't have any problem with the vehicles in a Halo 2 but in Halo 3 they're nearly indestructible and overpowered. I've seen warthogs get naded, fly through the air and do a 2880 degree move across the map, land on two fucking wheels on its side, get naded again and do a 720 degree move only to get destroyed when by some miracle it lands upside down and gets naded again. What the fuck is that? They also deal way too much damage. I understand that a vehicle's weapon should deal more damage than a firearm but they're a real fucking nuisance in a Halo 3 when the spawn system is such shit and player movement is so damn slow. Vehicles can dominate a team on Standoff in Halo 3 quickly and easily. The Spartan Laser isn't a solution when the dominant team makes it impossible for the other team to get it when there is a warthog constantly circling their side of the map.
- Weapon drops need to be addressed
It's nice to see that they're not going to have as many grenade types in the game, but I'd would also like to see them do something about the amount of grenades that fall to the floor after someone dies. I'm not sure how they could handle grenade drops considering they've been important to Halo gameplay, but the grenade spam in Halo 3 is ridiculous. There is a fucking constant barrage of grenades flying through the air in smaller maps like Construct. They also need to something about shitty weapon drops. It's bad enough to get AR starts on a map, but what's the fucking point of having players drop pistols after they die? No one is going to pick one up 99% of the time. I've often been killed on maps like Construct because I'm spending time trying to get a fucking BR equip prompt to appear on my HUD because the fucking floor is covered in pistols people have dropped after dying. That shit sucks.
- BR vs AR
I'm not going to really get into this argument as anyone who prefers the AR must either get off arguing about it or they're clearly stupid. What I don't understand though is the logic behind giving pistols as a secondary for AR starts and then giving people ARs for BR starts. I don't understand that.
- Glitches
One of the good things Bungie did with Halo 3 is that they're aren't nearly as many glitches in the game as there were in Halo 2. I haven't haven't seen people flying through the air with swords or doing any of the weird Halo 2 stuff. I have noticed though that sometimes I will see a BR at its spawn location and as soon as I pick it up like nearly all the ammo has been used up. What is that about?
TacticalFox88
Banned
2010 is gonna be fucking glorious.
Shake Appeal
Member
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PareidoliaGui_PT said:
What is the deal with the faces Bungie?!
strikeselect
You like me, you really really like me!
SpudBud said:
These things have me cautiously optimistic. It seems Bungie is finally starting to "get it".
Can't wait to get my hands on this game and try it out for myself.
Major Williams
Member
That is a result of someone with low ammo walking by and picking up the ammo that is in the weapon on the ground. If there is more than 0 ammo left in the gun, it can still be picked up.Kuroyume said:
That is what you were experiencing, and it's not a glitch.