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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed
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bobs...onGaf
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GhaleonEB said:
You must be pretty good at the game or playing against rubbish people, personally if I try and stick a vehicle:
I Get gunner down by Hog gunner
Ghost backtracks and destroys me while my stickies dont go far enough
Chopper/ Banshee speed off
Either way stickies are pretty hard to use on vehicles unless they dont know about you!
As for the beta ive got a feeling its going be be right in the middle of my exam period, I just hope my last exam gives me a few days of beta playing before the beta ends
Hydranockz
Member
I like this! Halo 2 was really good that way in that if you managed to knock off the cover, the hog was way more vulnerable to most firearms. Wasn't it similar to the Scorpion? Didn't that have a hatch that, once broken, allowed the driver to be sniped?Sill4 said:
Also, I hope Reach features more unique map points. The gate on High Ground, the teleports in Relic from H2, the wheel and vehicle blockers on Last Resort. Citadel almost had an elevator. I am a sucker for those as they make the gameplay experience truly map specific. I know it took a lot to implement them but once done well, they serve as pivotal yet not vital points to defend/attack.
RebornYeti
Member
Halo Reach Wishlist:
To be able to shoot out the tires of a Warthog and have it actually affect the handling.
To be able to shoot out the tires of a Warthog and have it actually affect the handling.
Probably 90% of all my matchmaking games are in BTB. To me, vehicles and Halo are like ice cream and french fries.bobs99 ... said:You must be pretty good at the game or playing against rubbish people, personally if I try and stick a vehicle:
I Get gunner down by Hog gunner
Ghost backtracks and destroys me while my stickies dont go far enough
Chopper/ Banshee speed off
Either way stickies are pretty hard to use on vehicles unless they dont know about you!
As for the beta ive got a feeling its going be be right in the middle of my exam period, I just hope my last exam gives me a few days of beta playing before the beta ends
I like blowing up vehicles. It's what I spend half my time in matchmaking doing. :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90zWIvrF2T4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH506mxbbZ4
http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=98938897&rfilm=98939476
http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=89713739&rfilm=89714693
The Librarian
Banned
May 17th was the official start date, if I remember correctly. It lasted three weeks - into early June.Blueblur1 said:
GhaleonEB said:
It's so satisfying to stick vehciles with sticky grenades.
The Ghost in Halo 2 could be destroyed (while being manned) by being sniped to the gas tank. That wasn't in Halo 3 for some reason, and not sure why. Halo 2 also has the duo at Warthog with the chain-gun and Gauss. While many favored the Gauss, and rightfully so, it was good to see more styles included. I only had wished Bungie didn't cut/decide the other rumored Warthogs (white 'Hog with snow tires, Jungle 'Hog, etc.).Sill4 said:
Shake Appeal
Member
Difficult to communicate the second point to the player, though (whereas cooldowns can be made obvious by sound and animation).Nutter said:
Seriously, lock people into firing it. It will cause all sorts of hilarious accidents, and make it a much more skillful weapon to use, with the laser-carrier having to gauge their warm-up, and the targets getting risk-reward opportunities to bait the carrier into wasting shots.
As for vehicles, I have no problem with a stick or two not trashing a warthog, but they would sure as hell kill the people inside. I appreciate it's sort of problematic to have bodies come flying out of an unbroken warthog, though.
The Librarian
Banned
I think I could get behind this if there were less than five shots to the laser.Shake Appeal said:
Gui_PT said:
Halo 3 has an option to make vehicles indestructible.
Shake Appeal said:
You could have the top half of the charge meter on the reticule be shaded red and have the sound of the weapon change when you hit the 50% mark. Add in a deep hum or something.
MagniHarvald said:
Oh hell yes. Best skull ever.
Another One
Neo Member
Louis Wu said:
Dip some Wendy's fries into a Frosty is the only way to eat them (other than bbq sauce, of course)
EDIT: Yes it is that popular.
EDIT #2: Hahaha
LunaticPuma
dresses business casual
Nothing is more satisfying that driving a chain gun hog with a skilled gunner. Also, plasma grenades should not stall vehicles. Where is the EMP field coming from? I would also like to know why everyone is assuming elites won't be a skin option in MP? The article stated that spartan characters would look the same from SP to MP. How did that turn into now elites in MP? Besides, if MP goes class based, why do all the skins need to have the same hit boxes?
*Edit*
Edge screens look great for a game that has months of production left.
*Edit*
Edge screens look great for a game that has months of production left.
squidhands
Member
I like how you correctly called them nuggets instead of throwing in the "chicken" misnomer.vhfive said:
But yeah, the Frosty/fried-something combo is quite the late-night delicacy.
The Librarian
Banned
Ew.Another One said:
DiabolicalBagel
Member
Over here we eat normal combinations of food.
I lie... I could eat anything if ice cream is involved.
Another good one is the...
'Naan, steak, crisps, spicy beef noodles, chilis, chicken, cheese, bacon, salsa, chorizo, various salad stuffs and then repeat in reverse' sandwich. Mmmmmm.
I lie... I could eat anything if ice cream is involved.
Another good one is the...
'Naan, steak, crisps, spicy beef noodles, chilis, chicken, cheese, bacon, salsa, chorizo, various salad stuffs and then repeat in reverse' sandwich. Mmmmmm.
Another One
Neo Member
DiabolicalBagel said:
Is that sandwich like 6 feet high? How do you eat such a concoction?
And the Halo thread has turned into the odd food combination thread. Wth.
Oh and Wheat thins and cream cheese is the best snack ever.
Gui_PT said:
I can see that being good even though McFlurry = rip off Blizzard.
Shake Appeal
Member
A friend of mine dips his burger in his shake on occasion.
And no, urk, this is not a euphemism.
And no, urk, this is not a euphemism.
Another One
Neo Member
Ramirez said:
Been a while since I had one. I was actually just about to head to McDonalds and grab some food. Might grab a McFlurry after all this talk.
Another One
Neo Member
Gui_PT said:
Will do.
big ander said:
And good save. Kind of got side tracked and now I'm hungry.
Oh and last food thing from me. Ketchup and eggs is like eating a bloody baby chicken. Think about that next time. :lol
I_D
Member
Honest question: Obviously it's a piece of cake to change your brightness/contrast on a TV. How difficult is it to change the brightness/contrast inside the game itself?
The released Reach screens have fantastic assets, but something looks a little off. That seems to be the majority opinion, anyway.
(This is not the same thing as the "Make Diablo 3 darker!!!!" complaint.) With a few slight changes to the brightness/contrast of the pictures, you can make the game look significantly better. The lighting becomes more apparent, the aliasing increases, and the models stand out vibrantly, just like shiny armor should, etc.
Would this be too difficult to do inside the game itself?
At any rate, I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to change TV settings to make the game look like this when it releases. Check them out:
The released Reach screens have fantastic assets, but something looks a little off. That seems to be the majority opinion, anyway.
(This is not the same thing as the "Make Diablo 3 darker!!!!" complaint.) With a few slight changes to the brightness/contrast of the pictures, you can make the game look significantly better. The lighting becomes more apparent, the aliasing increases, and the models stand out vibrantly, just like shiny armor should, etc.
Would this be too difficult to do inside the game itself?
At any rate, I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to change TV settings to make the game look like this when it releases. Check them out:
DiabolicalBagel
Member
There's no such thing as 'British food' or 'American food', well... there is, it just sucks. We steal all the nice stuff from the all the Eurasian countries.Louis Wu said:
Think of like... one of those huge 'aint for no bitch' burgers that you can just barely fit in your mouth and then completely forget about it because it does not compare to this thing in the slightest.Another one said:
It's good for when you've not had much to eat in a few days/are really, really exhausted and hungry.
Yeah, and as Ander said, Halo is a cool game.
Oh gosh!dax01 said:
The Librarian
Banned
Who wants to try dipping Halo into ice cream?big ander said:
squidhands
Member
Hot sauce (salsa) is better.big ander said:
Is EDGE supposed to be releasing more information, or have they already released what was planned on (which was a lot)?
EDIT: Hi, Kapura! Welcome to GAF.
Another One
Neo Member
Immortal_Daemon said:At any rate, I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to change TV settings to make the game look like this when it releases. Check them out:
Wow, that picture alone is convincing. Makes the game look way better than before.
There is something you can change in the HD settings that changes how dark things are. I did it with ODST and things got too dark. I'll have to look and see what it is after I get back.