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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed
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Devin Olsen
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NJ Shlice said:
iSimon is your man
iSimon said:
Hydranockz
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@Dani: That was a damn awesome write-up.
Zeouterlimits
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Have ye seen 'Master Chief Sings'?
:lol :lol
:lol :lol
Shake Appeal
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Hmm, I think I disagree with Dani's account of how Invasion works on Boneyard.
Edit: but I'm wrong. There are in fact three box territories (I found one I'd missed on "Refinery 2nd Floor"). DISREGARD. ABORT.
I appreciate this would be easier to decipher with helpful pictures like FUD has, so here are the three:
Edit: but I'm wrong. There are in fact three box territories (I found one I'd missed on "Refinery 2nd Floor"). DISREGARD. ABORT.
I appreciate this would be easier to decipher with helpful pictures like FUD has, so here are the three:
The Librarian
Banned
My impressions of the episode:
1. The shotgun looks so sweet. Can't wait to fire that baby.
2. As most of us suspected, new loadouts become available the further the game you are. This should make things really interesting.
3. The plasma repeater looks amazing. Damn. I'm already ready to call it better than the plasma rifle.
4. I LOVE the fact that your screen doesn't turn red, around the corners or otherwise, when you have low health. THANK YOU BUNGIE. <3
5. Invasion Slayer looks like it goes up to 100 kills.
6. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like how long the Beta lasts is up to Bungie. They'll run it "as long as [they] need to run it."
7. The ghost looks awesome. Looks deadlier.
8. For Invasion: "Teammate waiting to respawn (enemy nearby)" So, if I'm not mistaken, you can choose your own spawn for Invasion and NT1? Nice.
9. Even the plasma pistol looks deadly. Bungie's bringing out all the stops.
10. Needler looks good too. Everything looks good.
11. Boneyard sounds like it'll be damn interesting to play on. Takes place on a decommissioned UNSC ship that's being taken apart? Do want.
12. Echoing everyone else, that Elite assassination with the sword is fucking awesome. My favorite assassination animation out of all the ones I've seen.
13. Aside from no new AR footage and they didn't delve too deeply into what exactly Invasion is, I'm not disappointed with this episode. Given that next week seems like it'll be the biggest reveal wise for the Beta, the new footage is enough to hold me over.
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14. Did anyone else notice that there wasn't any mention of the Spartan Laser throughout the entire episode nor that it wasn't in any of the game footage?
Oh, and great write-up, Dani.
Edit: And the game looks way awesome. Watching the HD footage on GTTV, I didn't see the huge aliasing problem that was present in Halo 3. Almost everything looks pretty smooth.
1. The shotgun looks so sweet. Can't wait to fire that baby.
2. As most of us suspected, new loadouts become available the further the game you are. This should make things really interesting.
3. The plasma repeater looks amazing. Damn. I'm already ready to call it better than the plasma rifle.
4. I LOVE the fact that your screen doesn't turn red, around the corners or otherwise, when you have low health. THANK YOU BUNGIE. <3
5. Invasion Slayer looks like it goes up to 100 kills.
6. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like how long the Beta lasts is up to Bungie. They'll run it "as long as [they] need to run it."
7. The ghost looks awesome. Looks deadlier.
8. For Invasion: "Teammate waiting to respawn (enemy nearby)" So, if I'm not mistaken, you can choose your own spawn for Invasion and NT1? Nice.
9. Even the plasma pistol looks deadly. Bungie's bringing out all the stops.
10. Needler looks good too. Everything looks good.
11. Boneyard sounds like it'll be damn interesting to play on. Takes place on a decommissioned UNSC ship that's being taken apart? Do want.
12. Echoing everyone else, that Elite assassination with the sword is fucking awesome. My favorite assassination animation out of all the ones I've seen.
13. Aside from no new AR footage and they didn't delve too deeply into what exactly Invasion is, I'm not disappointed with this episode. Given that next week seems like it'll be the biggest reveal wise for the Beta, the new footage is enough to hold me over.
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14. Did anyone else notice that there wasn't any mention of the Spartan Laser throughout the entire episode nor that it wasn't in any of the game footage?
Oh, and great write-up, Dani.
Edit: And the game looks way awesome. Watching the HD footage on GTTV, I didn't see the huge aliasing problem that was present in Halo 3. Almost everything looks pretty smooth.
Shake Appeal
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Didn't spot the Phantom. Guess that makes it even more likely the circular territories in Invasion Slayer are supply drops. Maybe the tiers are unlocked solely by the time in the game? Or by the score? The only time we see a Tier Unlocked message in Invasion Slayer, if I'm right, is near the beginning of the footage, where the score is conveniently at 50-38. Maybe things kick up to tier 2 at 25 kills and tier 3 at 50 kills, with 100 to win?
I have no clue about Covenant A/B/C, though.
Edit: Nope, we see another Invasion Slayer Tier Unlocked message at 4.59 in the downloadable video. It's Tier 2. The score is 25-24.
Have I guessed right? The ramping tiers correspond to the rising score?
I have no clue about Covenant A/B/C, though.
Edit: Nope, we see another Invasion Slayer Tier Unlocked message at 4.59 in the downloadable video. It's Tier 2. The score is 25-24.
Have I guessed right? The ramping tiers correspond to the rising score?
Glad everyone is digging what they're seeing. We never know how these things will turn out considering we do about 2 hours of interviews and provide 10 full minutes of footage that gets cut down to a few minute segment.
You definitely will not have to wait until Friday for more info. Next week is a busy week, least of which is the media embargo lifting on Tuesday for impressions and screens.
You definitely will not have to wait until Friday for more info. Next week is a busy week, least of which is the media embargo lifting on Tuesday for impressions and screens.
Shake Appeal
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Heyyy ManCannon. If we ask questions about Invasion (within reason), do we get answers?
The Librarian
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Good to hear! You've been really awesome over this past month, ManCannon. Thanks for all the little extra bits of info.ManCannon said:
backflip10019
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You know, you could probably just show us those 10 full undoctored minutes next time. I wouldn't mind.ManCannon said:
hey guys, where are the people getting the latest videos of the game from? I checked GTTV but there was only a promo trailer.
edit : hmm I think I suck, seems to be tons of stuff on GT, maybe I just hadnt refreshed the site in a while , ah well
edit : hmm I think I suck, seems to be tons of stuff on GT, maybe I just hadnt refreshed the site in a while , ah well
Shake Appeal
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Since it's unlikely people read my long-ass, pictureless posts:
See screencaps below: the tiers in Invasion Slayer likely unlock as the score rises. Tier 2 unlocks when the highest score has reached 25, and Tier 3 unlocks when the highest score has reached 50. That means "half" the game will be played at the most chaotic and "heavy" level, although I would expect the speed at which the score ramps up increases as power weapons and vehicles come into play.
See screencaps below: the tiers in Invasion Slayer likely unlock as the score rises. Tier 2 unlocks when the highest score has reached 25, and Tier 3 unlocks when the highest score has reached 50. That means "half" the game will be played at the most chaotic and "heavy" level, although I would expect the speed at which the score ramps up increases as power weapons and vehicles come into play.
Trickster
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Dax01 said:14. Did anyone else notice that there wasn't any mention of the Spartan Laser throughout the entire episode nor that it wasn't in any of the game footage?
http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/halo-reach-leak.jpg
I know it's just one of the blurry leaked pictures, so no way to know for sure. Regardless though, they were mainly focusing on the new stuff in reach, so it's not to surprising they didn't spend time talking a lot about old weapons.
Neverender
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Will you be my battle bro?ManCannon said:
bobs...onGaf
Member
I love the new look "dirty" medals. I wonder what the story/ decision behind that was.
Shake Appeal
Member
I'd want to get better at Halo again, cause I have been playing like ass lately. But don't worry, I will be loose and limber and ready to be your Bro come release.SailorDaravon said:
Shake Appeal
Member
Boneyard is really big. It contains all of these sublocations, and likely more:
Bay 21
Junkyard
Loading Bay
Refinery
Refinery 2nd Floor
Refinery Windows
Refinery 3rd Floor
Shop
Smelter Hallway
Smelter Skylights
Low Road
Middle Approach
Cliff Approach
Bow
Bulkheads
Under the Bulkheads
Under the Ship
Port Scaffold
Hold
Bay 21
Junkyard
Loading Bay
Refinery
Refinery 2nd Floor
Refinery Windows
Refinery 3rd Floor
Shop
Smelter Hallway
Smelter Skylights
Low Road
Middle Approach
Cliff Approach
Bow
Bulkheads
Under the Bulkheads
Under the Ship
Port Scaffold
Hold
The Librarian
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Kibbles said:
Shake Appeal said:
That sounds really wrong :lol
After playing a shitload of Halo 2 and playing MW2 for a few months, you're probably still 10x better at Halo 3 than me any way. Probably not this weekend, but the next two weekends I'll start playing Halo 3 again fo' sure again.
Hydranockz
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That is correct sir. Although they may change as the match progresses.ezekial45 said:
Deputy Moonman
Member
That is exactly what I thought. The looks on all of the faces of the guys being interviewed were like, "uh... we're trying to tell you about our game and you keep asking us stupid, and irrelevant questions to be funny." I thought I could see the look of "are you serious?" especially on Chris Carney's face, when asked why the armor abilities were more advanced even though Reach is from an earlier time.bobs99 ... said:
Kibbles
Member
Few more gifs. I love the storm in the background.
I'm so glad you roll in first person too. For some reason, I was under the impression it was in third person, which would be really weird doing it over and over.
I just noticed you can throw plasmas while charging the plasma pistol. At one point in the video an elite is charging a plasma pistol, throws a plasma grenade, and his plasma pistol is still charged.
I'm so glad you roll in first person too. For some reason, I was under the impression it was in third person, which would be really weird doing it over and over.
I just noticed you can throw plasmas while charging the plasma pistol. At one point in the video an elite is charging a plasma pistol, throws a plasma grenade, and his plasma pistol is still charged.
Shrennin
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GhaleonEB said:
Cuban Legend said:
That makes sense. Although I saw those shield in certain maps (perhaps all of them) and I thought each base had a shield that only teammates of that base could go to. So I was assuming that if you couldn't spawn near any teammates, you could spawn inside of the base and be safe from attack thanks to the shield.
Then I thought that it may not make sense because that would have to be there for every map.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Im really feeling Invasion. Thats gonna be my gametype i can feel it. Im curious about Generator Defence too, but with that 3 on 3 cap, it sounds more frustrating than fun.
Kibbles said:Few more gifs. I love the storm in the background.
I'm so glad you roll in first person too. For some reason, I was under the impression it was in third person, which would be really weird doing it over and over.
I just noticed you can throw plasmas while charging the plasma pistol. At one point in the video an elite is charging a plasma pistol, throws a plasma grenade, and his plasma pistol is still charged.
Yes that's what I was talking about, the skyboxes look absolutely amazing!
Hydranockz
Member
Perhaps you haven't played enough MW2 thenezekial45 said:
My point is, there is a grea class based game already out there that Bungie don't need to replicate.Broman1978
Junior Member
I like how much better the Sniper Rifle looks compared to Halo 3
CrazedArabMan
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Kibbles said:Few more gifs. I love the storm in the background.
I'm so glad you roll in first person too. For some reason, I was under the impression it was in third person, which would be really weird doing it over and over.
I just noticed you can throw plasmas while charging the plasma pistol. At one point in the video an elite is charging a plasma pistol, throws a plasma grenade, and his plasma pistol is still charged.
He actually got 3 shots with the sniper off pretty fast there.
Hydranockz
Member
It's still there. I can see it in the gif posted above anyway.nilam01 said:
Princess Carl
Member
The frags don't really seem that much stronger.
At one point in the video i think a frag explodes right under a ghost and it does almost nothing to it in terms of damage.
Though another interesting thing is that that same footage shows how little the ghost moved from the explosion. Maybe they toned down how far you get pushed from grenade explosion in vehicles?
Look at the gif above you broseph
Edit: Beaten like a drum
At one point in the video i think a frag explodes right under a ghost and it does almost nothing to it in terms of damage.
Though another interesting thing is that that same footage shows how little the ghost moved from the explosion. Maybe they toned down how far you get pushed from grenade explosion in vehicles?
nilan01 said:
Look at the gif above you broseph
Edit: Beaten like a drum
bobs...onGaf
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I just played a game of Throwback and I couldnt control it, Bumper Jumper is better than defualt but after playing Halo 2 so much im like a retard. :lol
Luckily the entire enemy team quit otherwise I would have got trounced, I did get a message after the game accusing me of booting them though, so I have to ask, have people figured out how to boot people in this game?
Luckily the entire enemy team quit otherwise I would have got trounced, I did get a message after the game accusing me of booting them though, so I have to ask, have people figured out how to boot people in this game?