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[Louis Wu]

Could Headhunter be a SWAT free-for-all of sorts? All they show are headshot kills... Maybe doming someone has them drop every skull they're carrying (plus one) for you to add to your collection.

Halopedia says

Headhunter was a scrapped game variant for Halo 3. It existed during the Halo 3 Alpha, but was decided to be scrapped before the Halo 3 Beta was released.

The objective of this game was to pick up skulls scattered across the map and carry them to certain points on the map to score points. When the player killed another player, that player lost all the skulls he carried.

Seems like they've just figured out a way to make it work.

 

[Trasher]

Could Headhunter be a SWAT free-for-all of sorts? All they show are headshot kills... Maybe doming someone has them drop every skull they're carrying (plus one) for you to add to your collection.

I'm guessing that it will be a FFA game where whoever has the most headshot kills will be the one everyone is trying to kill and steal the skulls that person has collected. They will be singled out kind of how like the juggernaut is in that game mode maybe.

Edit: Ah, cool find, Wu.

 

[Syracuse022]

Seriously? Have you NEVER killed a tea-bagger who was squatting instead of paying attention?

I was a little nervous about assassinations being "uninterruptible" like in Gears of War, where chainsaw kills had you turn invincible temporarily. The "oh shit help your teammate" indicator in the simultaneous assassination clip seems to suggest that Bungie is smarter than that.

 

[Kapura]

Halopedia says

Seems like they've just figured out a way to make it work.

But it also looked like a skull fell out of a dude's head in the trailer. Maybe there is at least one skull in every player, and then you have to carry them back to base or something.

 

[Pennybags]

Just read through everything and didn't see this addressed. You're making the assumption that Invasion = Slayer. The "Generator Destroyed" could well be for the invasion game type, meaning it's less about kills and more about taking over the enemy base and blowing their shit up. Either way, Invasion won't just be slayer.

Good lord what a way to wake up. :lol

More when I get to work.

From watching the video, it would seem that there are two variants: Invasion and Invasion Slayer.

 

[Trasher]

Hmm, another thought: If Active Roster is actually drop-in, drop-out like CoD's system, does that really work with Halo's traditional ranking system? Not really. I wonder what they're going to do to make it work.

I'm beginning to think that we won't see a ranking system like we had in Halo 3. I wonder what they are going to call Prestige mode. =/

 

[electricpirate]

I'm so loving the verticality on display here. Between the jetpacks and the level design it just gives me this vibe of playing Prisoner back in H:CE. <3 rockets on that map so much.

 

[Lazslo]

Looks good, had me thinking a lot about the first multiplayer trailer for H3. When I first saw that trailer/vidoc I was really exciting and soaked in anticipation. It's almost like the Halo cheeseburger somehow now tastes better, well played Bungie you fine chefs. Looking forward to seeing all the hidden gems found by you gaf.

 

[Wizman23]

AR still looks horrendous. Too much spray and pray in that video. Looks like clever video editing to make that floppy pistol look decent.

Is the "Invasion" thing for Firefight? Assassinations look horrendously bloated. Make it BTB only or something. I don't need an elaborate stabbing animation while I'm trying to grab the damn flag.

Need to see more mid-range weapons. I mean it just looks like Halo 3 with more bloat. I'll wait for the beta...

You are just going to bitch about the beta too. If Halo Reach came with a hot girl that gave you blow jobs on command you would find a way to bitch about that too.

 

[Trasher]

I was a little nervous about assassinations being "uninterruptible" like in Gears of War, where chainsaw kills had you turn invincible temporarily. The "oh shit help your teammate" indicator in the simultaneous assassination clip seems to suggest that Bungie is smarter than that.

Not sure if you knew this or not, but Bungie did say that you could kill someone during the assassination animation.

 

[Spasm]

They should have released this a day or two before the beta. This is just cruel.

Yeah, it's kinda like this,

 

[Louis Wu]

Edit: Ah, cool find, Wu.

Heh - I stole that from an HBO forum poster (who posted it 4 hours ago). :lol

 

[Trasher]

Yeah, it's kinda like this,

wtf is the white Spartan doing before he gets punched in the gut? Dancing?! :lol

Heh - I stole that from an HBO forum poster (who posted it 4 hours ago). :lol

Pssh, that's not stealing. It's your damn website forum. You own it ALL!

 

[Prine]

Nope, never in my 8,235 games played have I done this.

I guess Assassinations (w/animations) are legit. I'm really happy that they're not mandatory.

Its really there to insult the enemy. Articulating visually your superiority over them. Thats how i see it and welcome it.

 

[Chip N Chance]

In the trailer it appears that the X button does a lot, much like in Halo/Halo2. Everything from picking up weapons, to boarding a ghost. Maybe with dual wielding out, they don't need the bumpers to do all the weapon work, and are reserved for armor ability's.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Going to stick my neck out and say 32 players.

 

[Syracuse022]

But it also looked like a skull fell out of a dude's head in the trailer. Maybe there is at least one skull in every player, and then you have to carry them back to base or something.

Yeah, that's why I guessed that, but it could be that he was just holding one skull.

Not sure if you knew this or not, but Bungie did say that you could kill someone during the assassination animation.

If I knew, I forgot. Sage podcast?

wtf is the white Spartan doing before he gets punched in the gut? Dancing?!

A lot of the assassination animations have that, where the players sort of inexplicably drop what they're doing in order to "engage" their killers before contact has been made (shower scene, for example).

 

[GhaleonEB]

I'm so loving the verticality on display here. Between the jetpacks and the level design it just gives me this vibe of playing Prisoner back in H:CE. <3 rockets on that map so much.

Yup, one of my favorite elements as well.

Random observation before I (finally) head to work: love the animation at 1:19, where the Spartan's upper body spins back after taking the headshot. Animation across the board just looks awesome.

 

[Kapura]

Yep. Beardcast.

 

[Kapura]

Yup, one of my favorite elements as well.

Random observation before I (finally) head to work: love the animation at 1:19, where the Spartan's upper body spins back after taking the headshot. Animation across the board just looks awesome.

Haha, like sniping in Halo: Combat Evolved. I picked up some huge CE vibes from the trailer, just in the way the Spartans look and move.

 

[Stahsky]

Not much of a visual showcase, which leaves me sad. But the new stuff looks fun. That bubble shield thing was all sorts of badass.

 

[Trasher]

If I knew, I forgot. Sage podcast?

Yup.

Also, in regards to how the Headhunter gametype may work, I bet everyone is worth one skull at the beginning of the match until they start accumulating more from players they kill, and then they would obviously drop more skulls once they have collected some. But those players that have no skulls would still most likely be worth one skull to anyone who kills them at that point. Otherwise the game couldn't progress at the beginning of a match. :lol

 

[Kapura]

Yup.

Also, in regards to how the Headhunter gametype may work, I bet everyone is worth one skull at the beginning of the match until they start accumulating more from players they kill, and then they would obviously drop more skulls once they have collected some. But those players that have no skulls would still most likely be worth one skull to anyone who kills them at that point. Otherwise the game couldn't progress at the beginning of a match. :lol

Exactly what I was thinking. I wonder how you score the skulls, though. Maybe some sort of moving Hill-like dispenser.

 

[Louis Wu]

Hmm... one thing I just noticed - secondary weapon is no longer shown anywhere. (Your primary is shown where the secondary would be in Halo 3.)

I wonder why?

 

[GarthVaderUK]

metareferential, any chance you could host those gifs somewhere else please?

 

[Trasher]

Hmm... one thing I just noticed - secondary weapon is no longer shown anywhere. (Your primary is shown where the secondary would be in Halo 3.)

I wonder why?

It's there above your primary weapon. Look at 16 seconds in.

 

[Kapura]

Hmm... one thing I just noticed - secondary weapon is no longer shown anywhere. (Your primary is shown where the secondary would be in Halo 3.)

I wonder why?

In the HUD? You're just not looking closely enough. It's there.

 

[pringles]

And if they aren't mandatory, what's the point of having them at all? If the animation makes you vulnerable, who the hell would ever use it in multiplayer?

Why would anyone stand over someone's corpse and repeatedly click crouch?

People love to humiliate eachother online. A lengthy assassination animation is more humiliating than a quick tap in the back.

 

[Chip N Chance]

It looks like the apex of your jump is also very minimal now, outside of the jet pack.
55 seconds into the trailer.

 

[Lunchbox]

Elites can Roll like Marcus Fenix

and Spartans can jump higher?


Elites win

 

[Louis Wu]

It's there above your primary weapon. Look at 16 seconds in.

Ah, you're right. it's just very small and faint in this vid. (I'm sure it's better in-game.)

Thanks. Getting old... :lol

 

[derFeef]

It looks like the apex of your jump is also very minimal now, outside of the jet pack.
55 seconds into the trailer.

Maybe because of the jetpack?

 

[Kapura]

It looks like the apex of your jump is also very minimal now, outside of the jet pack.
55 seconds into the trailer.

I dunno. In the clip with the Elite rocketing a Generator, his jump seems very high indeed.

 

[Trasher]

Ah, you're right. it's just very small and faint in this vid. (I'm sure it's better in-game.)

Thanks. Getting old... :lol

Lay off that crack pipe maybe.

Was really hoping to see how Jorge's bigass gun worked.

 

[Syracuse022]

The map at 1:08 (while the Spartans vs. Elites text is on-screen), the one I've been calling Rock Garden, is straight out of the first ViDoc (we see iterations of it as tech/lighting are added, then we see it as the AR shoots against the fence and makes sparks).

 

[Proelite]

I am guess roll is the default action for the equipment button when no equipment is loaded.
I wonder what the equivalent for spartans is. It can't be sprint since that's a loadout.

 

[Trasher]

I am guess roll is the default action for the equipment button when no equipment is loaded.
I wonder what the equivalent for spartans is. It can't be sprint since that's a loadout.

That may make sense. I find it hard to believe that being able to roll would be a result of a certain loadout...

 

[Dirtbag]

The assassination animations make me wonder if a tap to the back of the head is still going to be a one hit kill on a fully shielded opponent though.

 

[RebornYeti]

So, I'd imagine that Arena is just UT-style gameplay, or to be more specific, mainly for MLG?

That's how I see it anyway..

Also, I need to know what Invasion is! Hopefully urk explains it in detail the BWU.

 

[Syracuse022]

Holy shit. In most of those clips, it looks like the ground geometry is such that grenade bouncing may actually be an intelligent strategy again! Two thumbs up to that.

 

[feel]

 

[Pennybags]

I'd bet a penny that sprint is default for Spartans, roll is default for Elites.

(I'll probably lose that penny)

 

[InvincibleAgent]

wtf is the white Spartan doing before he gets punched in the gut? Dancing?! :lol

I think he's supposed to be "recovering", but from what? Like getting boarded?

 

[Trasher]

The assassination animations make me wonder if a tap to the back of the head is still going to be a one hit kill on a fully shielded opponent though.

Yes it still works like the assassinations we know from the previous Halo games. Think of these animated assassinations like optional teabagging. Just a way to taunt your opponent.

 

[electricpirate]

The assassination animations make me wonder if a tap to the back of the head is still going to be a one hit kill on a fully shielded opponent though.

Still a one hit kill, confirmed in the beardcast in january.

 

[Trasher]

I'd bet a penny that sprint is default for Spartans, roll is default for Elites.

(I'll probably lose that penny)

I think someone said that the sprint loadout icon is the one with the lightning bolt design on it.

You have plenty of pennies though. I'm sure you will be fine.

 

[Killer]

what does the announcer say at 0:12 ?

EDIT: FLAG TAKEN!!

 

[Kapura]

I think he's supposed to be "recovering", but from what? Like getting boarded?

It's kinda like at the dam in S-117, where that Brute Chieftain is kicking the shit outa Johnson. Cept now it's in multiplayer.

 

[Syracuse022]

1:08 (again) - all 3 Spartans have AR's and the 2 Elites have plasma rifles. No freeze evident and if those are the Spartan vs. Elite spawn weapons, it seems to suggest that they want those two weapons on a fairly equal playing field. Meh to that. Hopefully they have something to differentiate them gameplay-wise.

what does the announcer say at 0:12 ?

I think it's just "Flag Taken."

 

[Trasher]

what does the announcer say at 0:12 ?

Oh wow. Didn't notice that. Sounds like he says "Un-" something. Can't quite catch the rest. =/