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[Not a Jellyfish]

Screencap of the trailer it is.

Yup it is, re-watched trailer just now and it is within the last 20 seconds (Spartan with Jetpack dropping down on an enemy).

Edit: Thanks, Letters.

 

[Stahsky]

Wait, was that ragdoll reacting to the hail of gunfire somewhat correctly? That's pretty rad.

 

[Jon]

I never thought I could get excited about Halo again...and yet here I am. I honestly completely forgot that ODST came with the beta for Reach, until seeing the trailer for this game. I am really looking forward to this.

 

[TacticalFox88]

Have they said anything about the Falcon piloting in MP or SP? Cause I know that it's going to be abused to hell....by me.

 

[Gui_PT]

Have they said anything about the Falcon piloting in MP or SP? Cause I know that it's going to be abused to hell....by me.

*Avoid this player*

 

[Devin Olsen]

Wait, was that ragdoll reacting to the hail of gunfire somewhat correctly? That's pretty rad.

I was going to mention that... Looks like the body is being 'thrown' around by the spray of bullets after he dies.

Pretty awesome if that is the case.

 

[feel]

That blue guy must've been a huge dick to everyone on the match. Someone even tries to snipe his dead body.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Have they said anything about the Falcon piloting in MP or SP? Cause I know that it's going to be abused to hell....by me.

They confirmed that it's in both.

 

[Stahsky]

Has there been any explanation on how the loadouts work? I haven't kept up with anything aside from footage on this game.

 

[TacticalFox88]

They confirmed that it's in both.

I meant it's balancing, weapons, speed, etc.

 

[NJ Shlice]

Has there been any explanation on how the loadouts work? I haven't kept up with anything aside from footage on this game.

Nope, we don't even know exactly what loadouts are.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I meant it's balancing, weapons, speed, etc.

Then you should have said that!

Other than calling it "the Warthog of the sky", nope. From the visuals it's lacking missiles. I was surprised we didn't see it - or any of what is said to be numerous new vehicles - in the trailer.

 

[def sim]

Is this game going to have a class based system like BF2 or MW2? I haven't been keeping up.

 

[TheOrangeKid007]

Have they said anything about the Falcon piloting in MP or SP? Cause I know that it's going to be abused to hell....by me.

I think they need to utilize the elephant much more...maybe having a gametype that features an elephant drag race with teams attempting to protect their driver and having obstacles on the course...remake of Wario stadium anyone?

Maybe I think too far outside the box.

 

[Lazslo]

Is this game going to have a class based system like BF2 or MW2? I haven't been keeping up.

With the given information so far, It's going to be the regular Halo cheeseburger but with a load-out system that consist of different armor abilities. So far there is sprit, cloak and jetpack duke nukem 3d style. Each armor ability will have a certain amount of time to each respective ability, once it runs out, it then has a recharge time before you can use it again.

 

[metareferential]

It seems like everyone is in position waiting for anything new Reach-related.

Thread was empty then I posted that screen et voilà HaloGAF unite.

By the way, speaking of the new podcast: brutes confirmed?

 

[Trasher]

It seems like everyone is in position waiting for anything new Reach-related.

Thread was empty then I posted that screen et voilà HaloGAF unite.

By the way, speaking of the new podcast: brutes confirmed?

That was confirmed way back when the Vidoc came out.

I can't find it right now, but someone had a screen-cap from the Vidoc of someone looking at their computer monitors with a brute on the screen.

 

[InvincibleAgent]

I don't know where this comes from, it was posted in another board, maybe it's just a screen cap of the trailer.

Um, is it just me, or is the player holding 2 of the same gun? Or do the AR and DMR just look really similar?

 

[Tashi]

Sweet, thanks!

I tried watching it yesterday but my connection was awful

I hook HaloGAF up on my stream.

It might be because I stream at a pretty high bit rate. I stream at 2mbs. 1800kbs for the video and a little over 200kbs for the audio. If you're having trouble again, you can lower the quality of the stream by fiddling with the video player options.

 

[Gui_PT]

Um, is it just me, or is the player holding 2 of the same gun? Or do the AR and DMR just look really similar?

I can't really see what the other weapon is. It's almost invisible on the HUD

The weapon you can see is the weapon he's using at the moment

I hook HaloGAF up on my stream.

It might be because I stream at a pretty high bit rate. I stream at 2mbs. 1800kbs for the video and a little over 200kbs for the audio. If you're having trouble again, you can lower the quality of the stream by fiddling with the video player options.

Thanks, I'll try that next time.

Got your 50 back btw?

 

[Trasher]

Um, is it just me, or is the player holding 2 of the same gun? Or do the AR and DMR just look really similar?

Huh? He has an AR out on this screen, and it looks like he has a pistol secondary judging from the gun image in the top right.

 

[The Crawf]

You can see clearer here. Secondary weapon is above and smaller.

 

[Gui_PT]

You can see clearer here. Secondary weapon is above and smaller.

I need better screen settings on my laptop =\

 

[Tashi]

Thanks, I'll try that next time.

Got your 50 back btw?

Ugh no. I had it back yesterday for like 2 games and then proceeded to lose 7 straight. I've been playing real inconsistently for the past few days so it's been a pain in the ass getting it back. I'm not worried though, I'll get it back. I should have kept running 2's in MLG yesterday instead of 3's. We got matched and lost to a foreign group of guys yesterday twice in a row. That didn't help. Also against some semi pros that dominated us on Amplified TS.

 

[Syracuse022]

-Luke is still out BR'in or DMR'in Voc. in play tests.

The Bullshit Flag. I'm throwing it.

I think they need to utilize the elephant much more...maybe having a gametype that features an elephant drag race with teams attempting to protect their driver and having obstacles on the course...remake of Wario stadium anyone?

Maybe I think too far outside the box

Go into Sandbox on Forge, place the VIP areas where you want the "race" to go, remove all spawn points except ones on the Elephant (and block emergency spawns if you can), add whatever weapons/vehicles you want teams to be able to cross to the other ship on, then play honor rules - only the VIP can drive the big rig to the waypoints.

 

[InvincibleAgent]

lol, I forgot the equipped weapon is visible and assumed the visible one was the secondary :lol

 

[BladedExpert]

Ugh no. I had it back yesterday for like 2 games and then proceeded to lose 7 straight. I've been playing real inconsistently for the past few days so it's been a pain in the ass getting it back. I'm not worried though, I'll get it back. I should have kept running 2's in MLG yesterday instead of 3's. We got matched and lost to a foreign group of guys yesterday twice in a row. That didn't help. Also against some semi pros that dominated us on Amplified TS.

From what I saw the last couple of days you've been getting real unlucky with some host shenanigans. Quite a few yellow bar games anyway.

 

[metareferential]

That was confirmed way back when the Vidoc came out.

I can't find it right now, but someone had a screen-cap from the Vidoc of someone looking at their computer monitors with a brute on the screen.

Yes, I know during the ViDoc we got a glimpse of a work-in-progress Brute, but that was all.

We also saw that one screen of the Huragok, though we don't know if they're in.

But hearing "we recorded some grunts, elites and brutes" is a bit more than a simple screen.

 

[Tashi]

From what I saw the last couple of days you've been getting real unlucky with some host shenanigans. Quite a few yellow bar games anyway.

There definitely have been games like that but that's no excuse. I should be winning most of the games I play.

edit: It's just a little funk. There are days where I win like almost 20/25 matches. A few days ago though, I lost 13 straight. Peaks and valleys.

 

[Trasher]

Yes, I know during the ViDoc we got a glimpse of a work-in-progress Brute, but that was all.

We also saw that one screen of the Huragok, though we don't know if they're in.

But hearing "we recorded some grunts, elites and brutes" is a bit more than a simple screen.

So uh...brutes confirmed for a second time.

??

I mean what do you want me to say lol. We already knew they were in the game.

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

So uh...brutes confirmed for a second time.

??

I mean what do you want me to say lol. We already knew they were in the game.

Agree. It is just a matter of figuring out for what purpose, mostly just FireFight and possible AI controlled in Invasion gametypes.

 

[The Librarian]

I don't know where this comes from, it was posted in another board, maybe it's just a screen cap of the trailer.

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Oh wow that's---
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Gr! Way to get my hopes up. :(

 

[Gui_PT]

So uh...brutes confirmed for a second time.

??

I mean what do you want me to say lol. We already knew they were in the game.

What he meant was that you also saw an engineer but you don't know if they will be in the game. The same could happen with the Brutes

But yeah, Brutes confirmed twice

 

[feel]

Now that the elites will be the main enemies we fight, I'd like for the brutes to be included in campaign as the occasional "oh shit run!!!!!" kind of enemy.

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

What he meant was that you also saw an engineer but you don't know if they will be in the game. The same could happen with the Brutes

But yeah, Brutes confirmed twice

For people who know the story of Reach or read "Fall of Reach", it is almost a given that we will at least see an engineer in the game at some point, even if only a glimpse.

Spoiler

Fall of Reach, Chief sees them taking apart a car in seconds to examine and store information about it, IIRC.

 

[def sim]

With the given information so far, It's going to be the regular Halo cheeseburger but with a load-out system that consist of different armor abilities. So far there is sprit, cloak and jetpack duke nukem 3d style. Each armor ability will have a certain amount of time to each respective ability, once it runs out, it then has a recharge time before you can use it again.

Huh neat

Anyway, after playing BC2 on 360, I really hope they give us dedicated servers. Sweet low latency gameplay has gotten me spoiled.

 

[EazyB]

Got a good laugh from Luke not even being able to tear himself away from the alpha to record the rest of the podcast. :lol

Must be a really cool game.

Spoiler

Or Urk is that dreadful to record with

 

[Gui_PT]

For people who know the story of Reach or read "Fall of Reach", it is almost a given that we will at least see an engineer in the game at some point, even if only a glimpse.

Spoiler

Fall of Reach, Chief sees them taking apart a car in seconds to examine and store information about it, IIRC.

Yeah, I know. I was just explaining the intention of the question.

 

[Major Williams]

Poh Reetzhu! :lol

 

[metareferential]

I didn't want to start a debate xD

I just wanted to stress that now there are no doubts about them being in the game.

That screenshot of the brute could have been put there just to tease and mislead us xD

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

Yeah, I know. I was just explaining the intention of the question.

Sorry. Didn't mean to argue.

Also, any word out on if their are current embargoes right now on new Reach content? I know we won't get anything SP for a loooong time, if at all but they did do the flyby of a map at X10 and with this being GDC safe to say they will be showing the game to a select few in some form.

 

[Blueblur1]

Actually, it's Pu Ritsu. Well, that's the way Marty spelled it at least.

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

Actually, it's Pu Ritsu. Well, that's the way Marty spelled it.

When the beta hits HaloGAF will have to have many toast while playing together.

Shots + Halo = Better team play.

 

[Gui_PT]

There definitely have been games like that but that's no excuse. I should be winning most of the games I play.

edit: It's just a little funk. There are days where I win like almost 20/25 matches. A few days ago though, I lost 13 straight. Peaks and valleys.

That has to be annoying. All those games seem pretty stressful, especially if you want to keep yourself at 50.

I couldn't handle the pressure :lol

Sorry. Didn't mean to argue.

That's fine

 

[Trasher]

I didn't want to start a debate xD

I just wanted to stress that now there are no doubts about them being in the game.

That screenshot of the brute could have been put there just to tease and mislead us xD

Haha, as much as Bungie likes to tease, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't show that unless it was actually in the game.

Now I wonder if we will actually see them in multiplayer though. The thought had occurred to me before, but at the time I was under the impression we were getting only Spartans in multiplayer. Now we have elites too. Do you think they will throw some Brutes in to Invasion? Honestly, I doubt it. I think it will strictly be Spartans vs Elites in homage to Halo CE.

@Letters: Yes! That's how the brutes should have always been used imo. Instead they just became like a regular enemy in 2 and 3. They should be implemented in a way that makes them sort of like a mini-boss.

Which makes me wonder...why did Bungie go that way with the brutes in the first place? Seems like it would have kept encounters a little more fresh if they mixed in brutes sparingly with elites. As Marcus said though, they are taking the best parts from every Halo game. That could very well mean we get both of these enemies in the same encounters now. Or so I hope.

 

[Falagard]

Haha, as much as Bungie likes to tease, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't show that unless it was actually in the game.

Dual sword wielding Elites, decapitations / amputations and Brutes that shove a warthog over on its side say "hi".

 

[Trasher]

Dual sword wielding Elites, decapitations / amputations and Brutes that shove a warthog over on its side say "hi".

Yeah, but we are talking about a species that has played a huge role in both previous games (edit: and ODST haha)...

It's not like it's a new idea that they are trying out. It's a WHOLE race of enemies that we already know about and that has been fleshed out in previous games. To call the brutes on par with something like the idea of dual sword wielding? Come on lol. You can't really compare the two.

Think about it like this. If the brutes are in the game then they are most likely interwoven into the story no? You can't really just remove them from the game, at least not very easily I would think, and probably not at this stage in the game's cycle lol. Something like dual sword wielding? Yeah you can remove something like that. It's a pretty minor and secondary element of the game.

 

[InvincibleAgent]

One thing I'll miss with alien language is quotes like "The demon is dead, by my hands!"

 

[squidhands]

Now that the elites will be the main enemies we fight, I'd like for the brutes to be included in campaign as the occasional "oh shit run!!!!!" kind of enemy.

http://i39.tinypic.com/34t1zbp.jpg

I agree completely. Something like this would be awesome, even though I know it probably wouldn't be keeping with canon.

 

[Dirtbag]

I hope fighting brutes is like somewhere between fighting the Hunters and the elites. Faster moving then the hunters and something a bit more substantial then an elite to take down, but not a total tank like the Hunter (and no secret weak spot outside of the unshielded headshots). I really hope they fight with more rage then before and are even bigger then the elites, like the type of enemy you are constantly trying to keep some space from. Looking forward to battling the Brute cheiftans again, especially now that we can have even larger battles still.