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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed
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Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
I love how all the weapons have some massive kick-back to them. Not only makes the weapons seem stronger but it adds weight to your character and the weapon you're holding.
"God's Beard!"
Member
So I'm not a big Halo gamer and I'm only interested in this for the jetpacks and map making, but one thing stood out to me: wouldn't people be able to peek around corners with armor lock? I know that shockwave thing comes up, but if you were 5-10 feet from the corner it seems like you'd still be able to see around it. Maybe there's a flash that would show on the walls or something?
Heh. These are from the same clip, just from different perspectives.Letters said:
this guy spawns up some kind of grav lift shaft
The detailing across the board is just staggering - little touches everywhere. The shake when taking fire using the armor lock, the lighting on the ground, contrails from the grenades, the way the Elite jetpack side boosters open up, the nuances to the death animations. Every gif and shot has tons of stuff to soak up. It's just incredibly impressive stuff.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Letters said:Aight, more gifs
for some reason pictured this being done by Ghaleon
really nice sequence, it seems jumps have much less height
bullet tracers confirmed to still not come out from the guns
this guy spawns up some kind of grav lift shaft
(edit- nope, the guy is just jumping as he spawns, thanks shishka)
Same dude different perspective right?
EDIT: Beaten :lol
Nice animations - god this game looks so good.
P.S. Am I really weird for sort of wanting a 3rd person viewpoint? The animations look too good to pass this up, I doubt it would be played much and wouldnt be much more than a gimmick, but I would be in heaven.
Zeouterlimits
Member
It's flashy and probably noisy.God's Beard said:
And Halo's a bit quicker-paced, peeking wouldn't be a huge advantage (if you can't fire while doing it).
lakesideflight
Member
wasn't it 3-1, I thought str8 won that first narrows ctf gamerac said:
BladedExpert
Member
Tashi0106 said:
I was laughing the whole time :lol
BladedExpert
Member
kylej said:
Yup, after seeing BtH in that game I though Instinct would get steamrolled.
Back on topic: Those Gifs are so sweet I'm thinking of an avatar change
Slightly Live
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ManCannon said:
Thanks!
And thanks everyone else for taking the time to read it.
BladedExpert said:
You would
I'm pumped for the Winner's semi matches. Instinct vs Triggers Down & Classic vs FB. I'm calling FB over Classic, they're destroying right now. Instinct vs Triggers Down might be too tough to call. I haven't seen any of them play yet this weekend. Should be an AWESOME series.
Feel free to shoot me a PM if you have anything particular in mind. I'll try and get it done as soon a possible. Same goes for anyone else who wants a gif avatar from the new stuff, just PM me.BladedExpert said:Yup, after seeing BtH in that game I though Instinct would get steamrolled.
Back on topic: Those Gifs are so sweet I'm thinking of an avatar change
Slightly Live
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Customs later on folks, don't forget.
BladedExpert
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Letters said:
PM so sent!
Reminds me of a thought I had the other day. We Halo 3'd our avatars. We ODST'd our avatars with the ODST helmet. How does one Reach-ify their avatar? There's no signature image that fits; the cast of the game is an ensemble, the player's visual style malleable. I'd love to Reach-ify Soffish over there, as he was for ODST, but I'm not sure how. Perhaps holding the new AR?Letters said:
I'm interested to see how the roll works in action. From the first person shot, it looks like you can roll in the opposite direction you're looking - the Elite dodges away from the Spartan while looking back at them. Should lend itself to some wicked jukes in close quarters ending in assassinations.RdN said:GTTV last night was awesome.. I'm a Spartan player, but the Elites are looking sooo good. 2 weeks!
Letters, do you have a gif of the Elite stabbing the guy on the ground with the plasma dagger, and a link to your other gif posts? I'd like to put two animated gifs in the OP of assassinations in action, one Elite and one Spartan.
The Librarian
Banned
I thought we had Oonsk?GhaleonEB said:
Tashi0106 said:Who's gonna be my battle bro?
I'd be your BB but you'd just slow me down
That is definitely not true
Just say the GTTV episode and loved it, tons of great and new info. This game is looking ridiculously awesome and it's far from finished
Bungie never disappoints
GhaleonEB said:
This Soffish do Jetpack ... ?
bobs...onGaf
Member
GhaleonEB said:Reminds me of a thought I had the other day. We Halo 3'd our avatars. We ODST'd our avatars with the ODST helmet. How does one Reach-ify their avatar? There's no signature image that fits; the cast of the game is an ensemble, the player's visual style malleable. I'd love to Reach-ify Soffish over there, as he was for ODST, but I'm not sure how. Perhaps holding the new AR?
I'm interested to see how the roll works in action. From the first person shot, it looks like you can roll in the opposite direction you're looking - the Elite dodges away from the Spartan while looking back at them. Should lend itself to some wicked jukes in close quarters ending in assassinations.
Letters, do you have a gif of the Elite stabbing the guy on the ground with the plasma dagger, and a link to your other gif posts? I'd like to put two animated gifs in the OP of assassinations in action, one Elite and one Spartan.
Noble Scoffish. Give him the Noble 1 logo?
Its a good point though, there seems to be a greater focus in letting the player create theyre own version of Noble 6.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Works for me.Dax01 said:
But the Rookie's main helmet would count in terms of recognition.
Sticking the 'Noble' badge onto our avatars would also work.
Edit: Bobs and I are on the same wavelength obviously.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Speaking of reach's identifying imagery I have a question. Is it just me or is Noble 6's standard helmet too ODST looking? Like, it isn't.. but it is. Especially with the armor color. Maybe its just me but it reminds me of a Spartan with an ODST helmet.
Not a complaint. Just a thought. Its really evident in the update where the elite is throwing the spartan. Maybe its just me?
Not a complaint. Just a thought. Its really evident in the update where the elite is throwing the spartan. Maybe its just me?
Kibbles
Member
Here's 2 that have been made already.GhaleonEB said:Letters, do you have a gif of the Elite stabbing the guy on the ground with the plasma dagger, and a link to your other gif posts? I'd like to put two animated gifs in the OP of assassinations in action, one Elite and one Spartan.
or this one
les papillons sexuels
Banned
In forge mode are we still going to take the body of a sentinel/343/oonsk?
Cuban Legend
Member
Holy hell why didn't I think of this yet, that's a good question.les papillons sexuels said:
343 Isn't in Reach for all we know.. OR IS HE.
dun dun dunnn
I thought we were going with urk red beards?GhaleonEB said:
Feel free to use the one Kibbs made.Ghal said:Letters, do you have a gif of the Elite stabbing the guy on the ground with the plasma dagger, and a link to your other gif posts? I'd like to put two animated gifs in the OP of assassinations in action, one Elite and one Spartan.
Here's some older gif posts in case you need something else
mp reveal
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20086847&postcount=15688
april fools
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20562484&postcount=21494
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20567890&postcount=21648
vidoc
(Devin Olsen)
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19762532&postcount=12
(Nutter)
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19763027&postcount=84
(Spasm)
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19763148&postcount=102
Please no. I'm still paying for therapy.Dax01 said:
edit: whoa wtf, screwed up the links, wait a sec
edit2: links are fixed
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
After watching the GTTV footage several times now and loving it each time, the main thing that sticks out to me is not only does it look like they have kept the core fun gameplay of the franchises multiplayer but it appears they have managed to bring the fun of the campaign into the multiplayer side.
Looking at the differences in the Elites and really seeing good footage of how fast they move, they dodge, and their overall size compared to the Spartans it really looks like they took the fun of fighting the Elites in Halo: CE and managed to create it in competitive multiplayer. This has me really excited, only 2 more weeks.
Looking at the differences in the Elites and really seeing good footage of how fast they move, they dodge, and their overall size compared to the Spartans it really looks like they took the fun of fighting the Elites in Halo: CE and managed to create it in competitive multiplayer. This has me really excited, only 2 more weeks.
neoism
Member
thanksKibbles said:
damn that needler looks sooo fucking awesome!Kapura said:
... and then steal it. Also, 24 rounds in the needler's clip. Nice.
:Obobs...onGaf
Member
Cuban Legend said:
The April fools Vidoc confirmed it pretty much.
Will be interesting to see if they tie it into the story at all, right now I would be happy with it being the case just because its easier for players, afterall most of them dont even seem to know what "that weird forge ball thing" is.
Slightly Live
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les papillons sexuels said:
We won't be finding out anything about Forge mode for some time. However, the April fool's day video did feature the Monitor and it looked similar in use to Halo 3's Monitor.
I'd say it'd be a safe bet that the Monitor will be back in Forge mode just don't be expecting to find out for certain any time soon.
Thanks. It took me a bit, but I found Letters' other assassination gif from the trailer.
Edit: in the ten minutes or so it took me to find it, you posted a handy index. Thanks. :lol
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Assassinations | An optional flourish added to from-behind melee kills, triggered by holding down the melee button. Essentially a way to rub in a kill, they render the player vulnerable for a few seconds as they are performed.
Edit: in the ten minutes or so it took me to find it, you posted a handy index. Thanks. :lol
Fuck yes. If anyone could add a Sage beat to Soffy there I'd be deeply grateful.Letters said:
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Assassinations | An optional flourish added to from-behind melee kills, triggered by holding down the melee button. Essentially a way to rub in a kill, they render the player vulnerable for a few seconds as they are performed.
3D Quicktime of an air-to-air execution (save-as).
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Letters said:
Bungie beards? :lol
Suppose adding beards would be a fun way to spice avatars. Need to support my fellow beard brothers.
Also, Letters, awesome work on the gifs over these past months dude. I suck at making gifs (I don't even know what the best program would be to use) and it's so awesome to have little awesome animated reminders.
metareferential
Member
My god, I'm speechless.
Really, it exceeded every optimistic expectation I could have had.
And it is just a little fraction of what Reach is going to be.
Also, thank you all guys for all the little details you always catch.
Dani, awesome article on Invasion, very helpful.
May the 3rd has never been so distant.
Really, it exceeded every optimistic expectation I could have had.
And it is just a little fraction of what Reach is going to be.
Also, thank you all guys for all the little details you always catch.
Dani, awesome article on Invasion, very helpful.
May the 3rd has never been so distant.
Gareth Bale
Member
Letters said:Aight, more gifs
more shotty love, thing looks so great <3
Can anyone clarify what's happening here? There's that glow as if he's using armour lock, but he's dead...?