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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed
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Syracuse022
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This.EazyB said:
Yeah, so Halo 3, but instead of going "to war" with Miranda, you just go "to bed." Skyboxes, fragile crates, and space forklifts all look better when you're getting space mouth jobs. Master Chief has been woefully "unemployed" for what, his whole life?urk said:
FlawlessCowboy
Member
Kapura said:
So, basically, Mass Effect 2 is the terducken of gameplay experiences.
AwesomeSyrup
Banned
Yeah...so that Halo Reach game is looking pretty good.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Damn son. I don't completely agree, but you make some interesting points. Halo lacks a cinematic feeling. Bungie has never delivered the complete package. Gameplay wise though, all of Bungie games are heads and shoulders above the competition IMHO. I am also excited to see where things go with 343 though.kylej said:
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Yeah its a decent shooter (better than Gears Of War or Uncharted for example) with cool dialogue. Mass Effect 1 was also a shooter (a bad one) if you set all the leveling up elements to auto, but these were thankfully removed for the second game. You won't get any enjoyment out of the story if you play ME2 by itself though. All the context of the dialogue will get lost.OuterWorldVoice said:
dilatedmuscle
Member
kylej said:
Damn i didnt notice that at all... Kinda sad.... But i still love halo's design.
dilatedmuscle
Member
Kapura said:
LMAO... i was going to say....
Kapura said:
well played.... well played indeed.
Botolf said:
One thing that is beyond me in the Haloverse is the spartans personality. The UNSC treated these kids like slaves and created elite super soldiers out of them.... then why do they have the personality of marines? Marines enlist, spartans are abused from childhood, there should be a difference in personality. And i would expect Kat and Carter to be really pale and pasty since spartans usually are wearing their helmets in the field. They shouldnt be "normal" they should be slightly psychotic and cutthroat efficient. The UNSC took kids and didnt allow them to grow up as regular people so they can create the perfect soldier *cough*cerberus*cough*
Disregarding the things Kylej said about set-pieces, linearity, and encounters in Halo (things I think it does better than almost any other game); I do believe the story and storytelling in Halo has been shit. Seems like they're giving it more attention with mocap, the facial motion thing, and the handicam cinematic. Reach could be a huge step in this regard.godhandiscen said:
In the end I wouldn't really care if these things never improved as long as they kept pushing the gameplay elements that set the series apart but I'm sure it'll make a lot of other people happy.
And while ME2 does a much better job of character development, which is to be expected given that it's an RPG, I wouldn't place it's plot much higher than the shit we got with Halo 3. I actually thought it was much less interesting than ME1's and paced really poorly.
What, what, what? Hating Cortana's level design, etc. makes perfect sense, but hating on the graphics?kylej said:this but at least those might be forgiven because they're human environments. Still confused why the penultimate Halo 3 level in an alien environment had to look like this
The least you could do is place it in some sort of alien warehouse or maybe inside Cortana's ass.
It's the best-looking alien rectum level I've ever seen! (and I've seen plenty)
Except for the bits with simplistic matte painting backgrounds, the art design and graphics on that level are pretty darn great.
It's the prettiest level in Halo 3, and it's set in a gross, shapeless monstrosity's ass! That's quite an achievement.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Wow, are you sure you are playing Mass Effect 2 and not Gears of Wars 2? Because that's basically what you described, a lame shooter with a story worse than the one in Halo 3. I agree with the bolded. It would just be awesome to see Bungie getting some emotion out of me with their cutscenes. I mean, they have one of the best composers of our generation on their side, yet the storytelling feels so flat... whatever.EazyB said:
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
kylej said:
Microsoft just shot themselves in the foot.Nutter said:
I don't know how much the rest of you know about online multiplayer culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is the PS2 where nobody gives a shit about the old PSN. If you bring down LIVE for the OG Xbox, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the Halo 2 players, after hearing about this, are not going to want to purchase Halo Reach, nor will they purchase any of 343's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Microsoft has alienated an entire market with this move.
Microsoft, publicly apologize and keep LIVE for the OG Xbox or you can kiss your business goodbye.
godhandiscen said:
Microsoft just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about online multiplayer culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is the PS2 where nobody gives a shit about the old PSN. If you bring down LIVE for the OG Xbox, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the Halo 2 players, after hearing about this, are not going to want to purchase Halo Reach, nor will they purchase any of 343's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Microsoft has alienated an entire market with this move.
Microsoft, publicly apologize and keep LIVE for the OG Xbox or you can kiss your business goodbye.
All..
Halo 2 on Xbox Live
Players Online:213
Unique Players (Last 24 Hours):3,594
Matches Logged (Last 24 Hours):5,849
3,594 of them?
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
The meme is old and it means that I don't give a crap. It is sad, but what can you do?Sai-kun said:
Instead of continuing to derail I'll just post my little review I wrote up in a more appropriate thread and link to it.Ramirez said:
ME2 Thoughts
Not the first time my views on a AAA game have differed from the main consensus (Fallout 3 and AC2 come to mind).
3.6k is pretty impressive for midweek numbers. More than 10% of the ODST numbers. I can guarantee you weekly numbers are more than 10k unique players. Seems pretty shitty that they're doing this but it could (I hope) be for a better reason than saving money on servers.Sai-kun said:
Zeouterlimits
Member
Mother fuckers.Zeouterlimits said:
The day after I ask! The bastion of the original Xbox!
:'-(
Poor MS and their backwards compatibility woes. They have them for Windows, and they have them for Live. Remove stuff in order to move forward and people will bitch. But then people will bitch because their OS does not move forward or is clogged up with fat. They are most likely wanted to remove original Live games due to some infrastructure limitation.
squidhands
Member
I wouldn't mind getting in some final H2 games with you guys.
BladedExpert
Member
Blueblur1 said:There's always Halo 2 Vista. But it doesn't have Tombstone and Desolation.
Or a more than 50 people online at any single time (that I've encountered anyway). The only games I ever see are Multi Flag 8v8 Coagulation. With a 150+ ping (As expected, not living in Amurrica)
Well, shit, I almost never played lately, but it was nice to have the option. These final Halo 2 matches will be so depressing. But if this improves current xbl, then I'm all for it. The hardcore can just use kai and xbc from now on I think. We should do customs for like every night the whole last week straight.
BladedExpert
Member
Gui_PT said:
This means it's way too early for those kinds of shenanigans
That doesn't follow in the slightest. MICROSOFT IS GOING TO STOP SUPPORTING LIVE FOR ORIGINAL XBOX TITLES. ALL OF THE HALO 2 PLAYERS WILL, THEREFORE, NEVER AGAIN BUY A HALO GAME. Because they enjoy a game, they won't buy more games in the series. Right. Personally, I wish they were keeping original xbox titles online, but if it ian't economically feasible, Microsoft has every right to shut it down.godhandiscen said:
Neverender
Member
Kapura said:
jesus christ. it's a meme.
BladedExpert
Member
Neverender said:
Anybody have the link? Or a screengrab? The original still makes me chuckle.
LunaticPuma
dresses business casual
Neverender said:
However, it's not a good meme (or easy to remember). Chill out.