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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed
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Hydranockz
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Zeouterlimits said:
I think for a lot of people the Hornet simply was not fun to drive. The controls were just a bit too different if you were used to the other vehicles imo. I'd imagine Bungie are tagging it with 'Warthog of the Sky' as a means to say the Falcon is fun, simle and effective to pilot.
Killer said:
itd be cool if we were able to put more than one objective in a single game, like having an oddball to pick up as well as flags to capture, particularly for large scale games
Hydranockz said:
i cant stand flying a hornet... its terrible. they should just add an apache helicopter and be done with it
Zeouterlimits
Member
People don't like the controls for the hornet?Hydranockz said:
It gots props from me because it was different, the controls felt fresh and interesting.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Blueblur1 said:
In that it was different to the other vehicles. Piloting it on 'The Covenant' was an un-expected change of pace and it was nice to expand to something that controlled differently.
The encounter around it.. was a bit easy, but ultimately for me it was a good part of a great level.
The Librarian
Banned
The Halo 1 pistol is returning?! :O
Letters said:The hornet felt weird, and I hope the falcon control is way more akin to the usual win you find in the controls of other vehicles in a Halo game, but the biggest difference and improvement, will be having a buddy manning a turret this time. I can already taste the fun times.
It'll be pretty easy and fun to control with Natal
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
"The new Elites got significantly larger, with a greater sense of weight and are much more 'animalistic'," explains Scott.
This. I always felt the Elites weren't animalistic eough, just felt like I was fighting big humans that would hop out of the wa of gernades and would make funny noises at me. :lol
This. I always felt the Elites weren't animalistic eough, just felt like I was fighting big humans that would hop out of the wa of gernades and would make funny noises at me. :lol
dilatedmuscle
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Blueblur1 said:
They G'd up the M6
AwesomeSyrup
Banned
I hope whatever is shown at X10 is about multiplayer.
The Librarian
Banned
It says in-game this pistol will feel very much like the Halo: CE pistol.Blueblur1 said:
AwesomeSyrup
Banned
Yeah if this pistol is really like the Halo CE pistol I will probably never pick up other weapons.
Hydranockz
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I always felt on a rail with that vehicle in that every movement felt like I was gonna be pulled in a big arc first before I ended up where I wanted to be. The way it handled made it feel slow and unresponsive. They hovering was made easy though and worked well in MP when camping the corridor in Avalanche....Zeouterlimits said:
In that it was different to the other vehicles. Piloting it on 'The Covenant' was an un-expected change of pace and it was nice to expand to something that controlled differently.
The encounter around it.. was a bit easy, but ultimately for me it was a good part of a great level.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
The marine looks like generational leap, and it is the most badass depiction of a soldier I have seen in any action game this generation. The new AR model is incredible, it feels so real that it could be used as a CG movie asset. The elite hasn't improved that much though, however since the big change comes from the skeleton, I guess we need to see the game in motion to notice the difference. The warthog just seems darker. I can see the texture improvements, but I believe it is another asset that I will need to see in game to appreciate the evolution it has gone through. I wish Bungie could do a comparison like this for scenarios though.
GarthVaderUK
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New models look impressive, even more so considering they can fit double the number of those guys in an encounter compared to what they could do in Halo 3
Awesome article. They should give Urk that kind of material for the BWUs. Feb 11th seems like a good date to reveal the MP portion of the game and after that I'd love to pour over the thought process of the gameplay designers.
I don't know, there's something about that smirk of the flight that really completes the package.Louis Wu said:
Think you guys missed a typo in that article
I would imagine there's supposed to be a "we" in there.
Refreshing to read an article like that. Most times I feel like a prisoner starving in a cell and every week I get a peanut thrown at me while a feast is being prepared just out of sight.
I would imagine there's supposed to be a "we" in there.
Refreshing to read an article like that. Most times I feel like a prisoner starving in a cell and every week I get a peanut thrown at me while a feast is being prepared just out of sight.
urk said:
It'd be so awesome if they just made it a reskinned DMR with 2x zoom just for nostalgia's sake. I'm afraid they'll want to differentiate it from the DMR (which sounds a lot like the CE pistol) thus forcing it to be different and not at all like the weapon that actually defined CE.Ramirez said:OMG, Pistol that feels like CE Pistol, yes please.
Return to your roots!
For some reason they think the AR is the iconic weapon./spoiler]
yea that wil.. wait WHAT NO! NOOOOO!!! Natal only in Forge and menu background movement. kthxbaiGui_PT said:It'll be pretty easy and fun to control with Natal
Easy there, previews said the same thing about the Halo 3 pistol, lol. But I can see it being better than that this time.Ramirez said:OMG, Pistol that feels like CE Pistol, yes please.
Return to your roots!
Sweetness. I hope it's a long one again.urk said:
What in the fuck would someone want to do in forge with Natal? Keep that flaming piece of shit away from anything I might possibly interested in.Letters said:
As far as the hornet goes, I think it's a decent way to spend an otherwise boring match of Avalanche but I'm really glad they're going for something new in Reach. I hope they totally revamp the controls for the falcon, while I have no trouble controlling it, it could be improved and made a lot more wild and fun to pilot. The hornet is pretty stale and as far as combat goes it just acts as something to annoy the other team with. With the Falcon I hope the flight made deeper like the banshee from CE to 2, make it feel like there's more weight and momentum to it, give it individual air brakes controlled using the bumper, and reward risk with viable offensive abilities. The hornet has shitty offensive abilities but almost no risk; not really a fun combo.
The Librarian
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The M6S was an awesome gun. Honestly, I'd settle for the Halo 3 pistol with a scope.vhfive said:
mmm... I would like to fling a warthog across a map with a flick of my wrist thank you very much.EazyB said:
But I should have been clear about this: Only include Natal support in forge as an option. FUCK NO as the only control method for that, I want to see what all the amazing people like nokiard, who have mastered it, can do with the new improvements.
For some reason I actually thought about including "and the podcast too" in the original post.. :lolurk said:
Stormtrooper30
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This. If Natal is in Reach I will airmail a steaming pile to Bungie's door- ATTN: Eric and Friends.EazyB said:
DiabolicalBagel
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Stormtrooper30 said:
A steaming pile of BBQ spare ribs. Man, you so generous.
DualX
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I think I'm going to have to agree with this. I've been very skeptical about Natal in general especially with how it's even going to apply to games I would even care about, but with Forge I think that'd be the very first thing I'd be interested in viewing.Letters said:
On another note, are you guys pulling my chain about the M6D? I'm at work so I can't view the pictures or view the links. I will be pissed if it isn't,
again
AwesomeSyrup
Banned
The comparison shot of the marines really shows how much of a difference there is between Halo 3 and Reach.
^^^^^^ I'm glad they put up comparisons for characters halo CE through reach. There is no denying it, the upgrade just from 3 to reach is astounding, plus almost twice as much AI running at once. Just give me a smooth frame rate, little bit of AA and last but not least don't skimp on the multiplayer modes (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE include matchmaking for CO-OP and firefight). If we can get all this it will be awesome.... what am I saying, its halo from bungie, more than likely I'll love it.
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
big ander said:Awesome.
I was also a fan of the M6S. Automag is beast in that game.
I wish Emiles profile told us about the shotgun/nade launcher he has. But oh well.
Hope Reach has a big news at X10. A beta date would be welcome.
I would love some MP footage or demo like they did with H2.
Emile-239's profile at gameinformer.com shows him with a pistol and there's a description that says it's the M6G and "the weapon will feel very much like the original pistol available in Halo: Combat Evolved". I wouldn't get too excited because the M6G is the Halo 3 pistol variant and we already know the DMR will be a strong mid-range weapon.
dilatedmuscle
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big ander said:Awesome.
I was also a fan of the M6S. Automag is beast in that game.
I wish Emiles profile told us about the shotgun/nade launcher he has. But oh well.
Hope Reach has a big news at X10. A beta date would be welcome.
I also thought it was a noob tube but If you look at the launchable grenades all over his body, they are huge in comparison to the diameter of the barrel... But then again it could use smaller rounds and the large grenades can be for the grenade launcher in the Concept Art.. that is if the grenade launcher is in the real game.
joey_z said:
While the character looks leaps and bounds above the Halo 3 character... thats not saying much considering the H3 marine looks pretty terrible compared to todays standards. And i could also remember thinking how cool they looked when they first came out. Although the new Marines looks great, they are not the end all be all of marine awesomeness, i see some questionable design choices but its not worth having a BR vs AR pointless arguement about.