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HaloFest |OT| 10 Years of Halo - Streaming Panels, Grunt Plushies, The future of Halo
- Thread starter Deadly Cyclone
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ElRenoRaven
Member
Havok said:
It really is. If I had to pick only 1 weapon I would want to see die a horrible fiery death I'd choose the laser over the br/dmr. Those two would be a very close second though to die forever.
holy shiiiiiit
Ign just confirmed when halo 4 is taken place!
2554
it's the model year of the forza 4 warthog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4AsOmpGWA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
skip to 1:30
Ign just confirmed when halo 4 is taken place!
2554
it's the model year of the forza 4 warthog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4AsOmpGWA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
skip to 1:30
CrazedArabMan
Member
Letters said:
This, I want my classic playlist BTB or something like this, or at least 6 v 6 classic. Also I did not see any changes relating to grenades at all, I hope this just haven't been announced yet as grenades are another problem with Reach at this moment.
edit: lol beaten by the post above me
Oh sorry, when I read your post I thought you were at Halofest playing Ridgeline and interacting with 343i employees.Havok said:
I'm frustrated at all this Armor Ability garbage on display today trying to be passed as saved Halo and the fact that almost noone else seems to care about it.
Ah, I see. Sadly, I'm just making do with the web stuff.Letters said:
You're not wrong, there's a disturbing amount of Jetpacking on display in these videos, but I wouldn't be surprised if a Classic Slayer game or something was on display by or shortly after the multiplayer panel on Sunday. The more fanciful armor abilities still draw in a less hardcore crowd, so that's what they're showing, and they've got plenty of time to appease the hardcore who are already happy with just the changes they've shown off.
^ cool
unrelated:
N4g seems to have the panels in their video section. They're all split in a bunch of parts and scattered around at random
http://n4g.com/channel/xbox-360/media/all/above0/low/2
unrelated:
N4g seems to have the panels in their video section. They're all split in a bunch of parts and scattered around at random
http://n4g.com/channel/xbox-360/media/all/above0/low/2
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Really? How did that work?soldat7 said:
Vehicle health was tied to driver health. It wasn't 100% of the damage that you would sustain outside of the vehicle, but it was enough to keep them from being indestructible, while letting you survive long enough to get where you were going. If you were good, you'd use vehicles in guerilla tactics.omg.kittens said:
ElRenoRaven
Member
Havok said:
Yup. I was damn good at that too. I could keep a Warthog that looked like total shit still alive and kicking. I loved that. I would have preferred vehicles like Halo 1 sure but if they have to go with damage to them then I think Halo 2's is the way to go to be honest.
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Huh, cool, never knew.
Vehicle health is one of my biggest gripes about Reach. I've had countless encounters where my direct rocket hit barely scratches a Warthog. And I dunno, correct me if I'm misguided, but shouldn't sticking a plasma grenade to a Hog be a sure kill? Wasn't that how it was in past games?
It feels wrong that the best methods for taking out vehicles are the Splaser and Snipe.
Vehicle health is one of my biggest gripes about Reach. I've had countless encounters where my direct rocket hit barely scratches a Warthog. And I dunno, correct me if I'm misguided, but shouldn't sticking a plasma grenade to a Hog be a sure kill? Wasn't that how it was in past games?
It feels wrong that the best methods for taking out vehicles are the Splaser and Snipe.
ManBearPanda
Neo Member
I love all the TU information so far, especially the multiplayer map reveals/confirmations (HEADLONG OMG YES; Timberland was the best Halo 1 BTB map, come at me Blood Gulch bros). Certainly, 343's real test is still going to be how Halo 4 turns out, but to deploy this significant an update this late into a game's life (relatively speaking), definitely gets them brownie points from me.
The one thing the gaffers at Halofest keep an eye out for is the framerate and performance on the maps. Reach was (surprisingly) terrible about its performance, and I sincerely hope 343 and Certain Affinity kept in mind the limitations of the engine when designing the maps, lest we get another Glacier/Forge World fiasco.
The one thing the gaffers at Halofest keep an eye out for is the framerate and performance on the maps. Reach was (surprisingly) terrible about its performance, and I sincerely hope 343 and Certain Affinity kept in mind the limitations of the engine when designing the maps, lest we get another Glacier/Forge World fiasco.
ElRenoRaven
Member
soldat7 said:
Um I'm as big a defender of the game as anyone but it does have a few framerate issues. Namely on some Forgeworld maps and Glacier in firefight. Also there are a time or two in campaign when it dips. More so depending on how one plays it.
This is kinda silly but headlong returning is the reason I'm going to buy the halo CE anniversary.
Kinda sad it doesn't seem to come with all the reach map packs like ODST did with halo 3, but eh.
Now if only waterworks could make it into reach, that would be awesome. Halo 2 had some awesome maps.
Kinda sad it doesn't seem to come with all the reach map packs like ODST did with halo 3, but eh.
Now if only waterworks could make it into reach, that would be awesome. Halo 2 had some awesome maps.
ElRenoRaven
Member
The panels are almost all up at IGN. Only one I see missing still is the Halo Universe one.
http://www.ign.com/events/halo/
http://www.ign.com/events/halo/
ElRenoRaven
Member
Letters said:
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the forza thing is cool, but i think they should've beaten up the hog a little, give it a bit more character, like MC's armor.
It looks too sterile and boring as is.
It looks too sterile and boring as is.
I come home, and I'm overwhelmed by all the Halo news. I may have to eat my hat and say I'm actually excited for Halo: CEA now from all of this news that has come from 343. Thanks to OP and Forward Unto Dawn for keeping me on track.
What has me MOST hype though is this Halo 4 art in this video. Do we have HD of these pictures yet? Did I miss the discussion on these pictures, concept art, architecture and ship design? Tons of tidbits about Halo 4 were dropped today, goddamn. Still gotta watch the terminals.
What has me MOST hype though is this Halo 4 art in this video. Do we have HD of these pictures yet? Did I miss the discussion on these pictures, concept art, architecture and ship design? Tons of tidbits about Halo 4 were dropped today, goddamn. Still gotta watch the terminals.
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fawaz said:
how exactly does this confirm when halo 4 takes place? It tells the story of the daedalus, i thought master was on forward unto dawn?
or is there any link to the ign confirmation?
Ajemsuhgao
Member
fawaz said:
God that Warthog looks like complete ass. Everything that I've seen on Halo 4 looks..just..horrible. Like someone just learned how to bevel things and went to town. Gameplay better be amazing for this game.
Barrow Roll
Member
I always knew that Reach wasn't beyond saving and holy fuck are 343 saving it. Everything about this TU just looks so good. Everything.
My only wish now is that the majority of the player population abandons vanilla Reach so 343 can just switch everything over to Classic++ and we can pretend that first year never happened.
I wonder where the DMR will be placed in bloomless 3SK gametypes. Semi-sniper? Seems redundant.
And why does IGN have their HaloIGN Youtube channel if they're not even going to upload every video there? Their website player is ass.
My only wish now is that the majority of the player population abandons vanilla Reach so 343 can just switch everything over to Classic++ and we can pretend that first year never happened.
I wonder where the DMR will be placed in bloomless 3SK gametypes. Semi-sniper? Seems redundant.
And why does IGN have their HaloIGN Youtube channel if they're not even going to upload every video there? Their website player is ass.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Ajemsuhgao said:
You know I want to try and deny what you said but I can't. I really can't. I sit here trying to honestly find something I've liked about what we've seen of Halo 4 so far but can't find anything. I don't like the way Cortana looked in the trailer. I don't like the armor Chief has on. I don't like the Warthog design for Halo 4 that is in Forza 4.
I guess the one thing I can say is give them a chance. The stuff in that teaser trailer is very very early and wasn't in game. Things change. I really hope they do. The Warthog can change too. Just because it's in Forza looking like that doesn't mean it will look that way in Halo 4. So far 343 have done a good job of listening to the community. So I'm going to give them every chance. I will not write them off till I have rented Halo 4 first. Keep in mind i know you haven't either. Once I rent it I will play it and judge them based off of what I played. If it sucks I'm done. I walk away and move on. I won't make any sites saying how much they suck and it sucks. I won't go into the threads talking shit. I'll just move on. If it kicks ass I'll go buy it. And I'll probably buy future one's without a thought. I don't kid though when I say Halo 4 is 343's true test.
Keep in mind I'm hard on them only because I love the franchise and universe that Bungie has created here. I'm sure the people at 343 do too. I've also seen others Bungie created though taken over when given up and either left to rot or run into the ground. Now with all that said it doesn't matter if it turns out good or bad. I'll still have respect for everyone who works at 343. There are good people working there.
Ok time to lighten the mood again. Dat Anniversary!!!!
Barrow Roll said:
I'm sure they will. It just takes a hell of a lot longer to upload to youtube and it's faster to get it up on their site so people can see it.
Holy shit at the community panel. I was actually nervous when Dust Storm started talking, as I made a few controversial appearances on that show. Luckily he stuck to only mentioning his favorites.
Very cool to see all these folks on one panel, but very sad I couldn't actually attend. Would have loved to meet them face to face. :_(
Very cool to see all these folks on one panel, but very sad I couldn't actually attend. Would have loved to meet them face to face. :_(
RebornYeti
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The details shown and revealed at HaloFest have really made me not want to touch Reach until the TU and Beta Hoppers are out.
I need that bloomless gameplay now!
I need that bloomless gameplay now!