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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed
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Cuban Legend
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With the limits in today's generation of console memory . There are going to be out-of-place lower-than-usual textures, always.
Kibbles
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Apparently Bungie filed a new trademark for Marathon.
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77953184
I'm on my iPod right now, but it was on n4g.
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77953184
I'm on my iPod right now, but it was on n4g.
Future PhaZe
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sigh...
The Librarian
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Yep. Halo 3's water is still one of the best on consoles. I took a look at that GoW III video and wasn't all that impressed.GhaleonEB said:
A new Marathon seems about right. Are people really expecting Bungie to develop a totally different game and throw away everything they've learned and perfected the past 10 years?? And they want the sales the Halo fanbase will provide, not gonna happen if they do a singleplayer rpg or something, so it's understandable they will stick to the same genre. I'm all for a new fps from Bungie that kinda feels like a major sequel to the Halo franchise (specially when it comes to online MP), yet it's in a different universe.Kibbles said:
Of course, a new Halo-like game on a totally new IP would be the best.
A Marathon reboot would be the most amazing thing ever, great series and Infinity was my favorite one. Also correct me if I'm mistaken, but doesn't 1(a) status mean they will 100% use it and a 1(b) mean they might or something like that? I'm asking this because this is filled under 1(a) so they might already be working on it.Kibbles said:
I'd love to see a Marathon reboot. I played the first one a bit on Aleph One, and the second on XBLA, but nowhere near as much as I've played Halo.
We were talking about the rivalry between Dubna and Berkeley during the "Transfermium Wars" in chemistry class, and it got me thinking about Ununspetium, also known as Element 117, the only element yet to be discovered in the classic periodic table.
Just thought it'd be cool if it were named Spartanium or something like that once it's discovered
We were talking about the rivalry between Dubna and Berkeley during the "Transfermium Wars" in chemistry class, and it got me thinking about Ununspetium, also known as Element 117, the only element yet to be discovered in the classic periodic table.
Just thought it'd be cool if it were named Spartanium or something like that once it's discovered
Letters said:
Yep.
I honestly expected Bungie to have a new IP FPS that used what they learned/did from Halo, but setting the tone to be a darker one like Marathon/Oni.
EDIT: Though, if it is going to be Marathon, I really hope they keep the animations for assassinations from Reach, just so I can hopefully grab onto the back of a Drinol/Hulk and pound it until it's dead.
ToyMachine228
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Yeah who knows what renewing the Marathon name means. Personally I expect them to do a new IP altogether after Reach. Then maybe something Marathon related if it really happens.
Bungie has owned the marathon IP for years now, perhaps they are just planning to re-issue a console Marathon collection, or maybe just re-issue the Marathon trilogy as a stand-alone product. We've been told several times that the next big thing is a brand new IP, so I don't think it has anything to do with marathon.
I could not disagree more, but it's just personal preference. I'm utterly unimpressed by pretty, non-interactive water. I've seen it many times, and it is convincing until the moment something comes into contact with it, after which it becomes comically fake (as in that GoW video). Seeing a big splash and wake left behind after plowing through the river on Valhalla is pretty cool, as is the distortion in the water as it flows over bodies/weapons/vehicles.EazyB said:
It's a typical Bungie approach to do more than is needed; they could probably get a better visual result by dropping the physics and making the surface look perfect. But they want their water to not just look like water, but behave like it. That's my preference as well. Hell, during the Beta and later in custom games I remember being in games where people were just parking stuff in the water and watching it flow around them. It's that kind of attention to detail that I get such a kick out of in the Halo games, from the physics to the AI. It's a short cut they could take, but don't.
In other words, this, this and this. It's a big part of what sets Bungie apart from the crowd, IMO.dilatedmuscle said:
snoopeasystreet
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When I played Marathon as I kid, I used to to find it really scary. So if Bungie were to make a new Marathon, here's hoping that it'd be more survival horror-y than Halo.
Hydranockz
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Halo lockin was fantastic. 16 players does not break Hallway. We started around 8pm and finished keeping score at 7:07.07am 16 players, 4 teams, MLG Pit, for 45 minutes with no sleep was made of awesome. 1354 kills
16 players, 4 teams, MLG Pit, for 45 minutes with no sleep was made of awesome. 1354 kills 
AwesomeSyrup
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On the subject of Bungie's next game after Reach, I'm hoping for a FPS as well. Nobody does online MP better than Bungie so seeing them do something completely new would be awesome.
Zeouterlimits
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NJ Shlice said:
May 16th to June 10th (including the 4 day extension due to the messy launch).
Not sure what to do with this 16-player 45 minute 86mb MLG Pit match...
Hydranockz
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Render it obviouslyZeouterlimits said:
Devin Olsen
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Stolen From WuNJ Shlice said:
Friends & Family program went live May 11, 2007
Beta officially opened May 16, 2007 - Crackdown bug caused major problems
Vast majority of Crackdown owners got access May 17, 2007
Beta official end date: June 6, 2007
Because of the Crackdown issues, this was extended to June 10, 2007
Last Custom game ended on LIVE (Bungie boots players): June 14, 2007
So: if you got your access via Crackdown, you were SUPPOSED to have 3 weeks (21 days). At worst, you got 24 days because of the extension. If you were part of the F&F program and you managed to hang out in a custom game until you were booted, you got 32 days.
Lazslo
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Yeah, I would love to see Bungie make a game like Borderlands. Some RPG with looting components mixed with a great fucking story but also keeping their amazing track record in terms of gameplay. Any type of open world experience developed Bungie would be phenomenal. In a perfect world there would be a game that had elements of Borderlands mixed with some FarCry2 aspects blended with Bungie's ability to create a vast, immersive universe grounded in deep ficton. I can dream can't I?vhfive said:
Thanks man, did you ever see the 30 rock when Tracy goes: "What am I in Horseville, cause I'm surrounded by Nay-sayer, WORD PLAY!" I still get a kick out of that line, that mad is comedy gold.Sai-kun said:
I ended up with three F&F invites. One from Crackdown, one from the HBO email contest, and one from a secret admirer (someone just sent me one, i can't for the life of me remember who it was, but THANK YOU!!! whoever you are).Schmitty said:
I gave one to my kids and held a contest at HIH for the last one. I posted "Who want's a F&F invite?" in a HIH thread. It took a while, but the first person who said "Please" was the winner. :lol
Devin Olsen
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Crackdown didn't include a F&F invite, did it?NOKYARD said:
From what I can remember Crackdown just had the public beta on it.. Though perhaps I am incorrect.
Since we're on the subject of the Halo 3 F&F, what qualified a person to be invited to the F&F beta? I know obviously being friends and family of Bungie employees, what I'm wondering is did they give them out like they did with the first round of mythic maps? (Community leaders, contests and the like)
Crackdown only included the public beta, you're correct.
Devin Olsen said:
Crackdown only included the public beta, you're correct.
FilthyLies
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If you're looking for him, just post a thread about the Mazda 3.big ander said:
Like bees to honey.
RebornYeti
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Don't hurt me, but I think Frankie did a much better job describing Halo 3's water than urk did describing Reach's water.
Not saying you didn't do a good job, urk. It just didn't make me thirsty for water.
Not saying you didn't do a good job, urk. It just didn't make me thirsty for water.
But it made you thirsty for Reach, correct?-Yeti said:Don't hurt me, but I think Frankie did a much better job describing Halo 3's water than urk did describing Reach's water.
Not saying you didn't do a good job, urk. It just didn't make me thirsty for water.
Because that's what really matters.
RebornYeti
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big ander said:
Yeah, I guess you're right.
I can have water any time I want.
Reach, however, is beyond my reach.
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soldat7 said:
I'd rather have something colorful, we have way too many dark and gritty games already.
RebornYeti
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soldat7 said:
Sounds pretty cool.
Personally, I would want a Battlefront style Halo game. That would be so badass in my opinion.
You are correct.Devin Olsen said:
I just asked my kids, they gave their Crackdown disk to a friend when i gave them the F&F code. Now i have to try to remember where i got 2 invites.
[edit] one was random from HBO (Miguel Chavez), another from the HBO contest, one more to go...
To support this stance, I wanna link to this video from Far Cry Instincts. This was a port of a 2004 PC title to the original Xbox. Keeping that in mind, look at how good the water looks! I just find it weird that most console games skimp out on real water reflections and in Bungie's case push for what's probably just as taxing with their water physics.Kenak said:
Also note how this 2005 port managed to pull off a decent level editor, and that was Ubisoft's first go at it. Bungie gets a pass for 3's Forge, but there's absolutely no excuse for no having something exponentially better in Reach.