User 73706
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Relevant to the MCC Freedom Bundle discussed yesterday:
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HaloGAF |OT: Anniversary| So fades the great harvest of our betrayal.
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I don't think its an official collectors edition, seems to be something put together by the retailer.
Gnome Scat
Member
While the game did lack good character development, it had a great mood and direction to it. Levels were designed well for the most part, too.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I actually liked the character development. Look at Halo. The first Halo game did not have a lot of character development in it either. Now had they not pretty much killed everyone off a Reach 2 could have expanded on them. I thought though for what we got they were interesting. The only one I found a bit bland really was the player. He really had no character to him at all which is sad. Maybe giving him an AI companion or something would have helped him be more interesting. The supporting cast though I did like.
Gnome Scat
Member
That is true how not many Halo games have good character development, save ODST and Halo 4 (in my opinion). Although now that I think about it, some Reach characters actually had their moments, such as Jorge and the girl, Emile in New Alexandria, Carter in the Pelican, and Kat when confronting Halsey. Other than that, though, it was bland. Although Reach, if you consider the planet as a character, was brilliantly done.
Isn't Six like the Rookie then in terms of characterisation?
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I've never liked the Reach campaign much. There's very few moments I'm ever interested in replaying. Same with Halo 2. My favorite campaigns are easily Halo CE and ODST, with large parts of Halo 3 being really great, too. Halo 4 is probably at the bottom of the list, but by no means terrible.
Edit : And I'm talking about gameplay, not story. My rankings would be very different if I'm grading by story.
Edit : And I'm talking about gameplay, not story. My rankings would be very different if I'm grading by story.
Steelyuhas
Member
I really like the Reach campaign, but nothing beats CE simply because it's weapon sandbox and combat loop is just better than the other games.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Yea but still he could have been interesting. Even the guy delivering his dialog came off a bit uninterested. Also they mention he had a pretty extensive history it seemed. That's one of the things they missed out on. I'd have loved to learn more about his past. They hint to some things in it like the Saber program and how he was a part of that. They never follow that up though. I'd really have kind of liked a Reach 2 that went more in depth on that stuff but of course with everyone dead that would be kind of hard. Also there is the whole Halo thing lol. Maybe a side series or something had more of them lived.
The lady who did girl Six's dialog did a much better job I think out of the pair of them.
Haven't played through female before. Should look up the cutscenes and see.
NobleGundam
Banned
'cuz Reach didn't believe in equipping their Spartans with protective butt plates.
They all look really weird though. Just looks like a bit of armor slapped on their backsides to me.
Steelyuhas
Member
Don't do that to yourself
NobleGundam
Banned
Space diapers or exposed under suit is acceptably appealing.
Armor backside plates do look odd in 4.
Nothing like looking a guy in the face only to have him assassinate you because you/him are so incredibly lagged.
PachinkoChampBruh
Member
lol i just remembered that, brute shot up to the attic in 1080p 60fps.
unless they just include pitstop.
Please excuse me if this has been discussed already (couldn't find it with search) but this tidbit from Polygon's story caught my attention:
Source: http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/25/5938225/halo-master-chief-collection-release-date-multiplayer-glitches
I wonder how this will be implemented, or in which playlists it will be implemented. Or say if a player likes Halo 1 Damnation and consistently votes for it if he/she will find themselves in more lobbies voting on Halo 1 maps with similar minded players (either that or find themselves consistently voting for purple themed maps...)
Source: http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/25/5938225/halo-master-chief-collection-release-date-multiplayer-glitches
I wonder how this will be implemented, or in which playlists it will be implemented. Or say if a player likes Halo 1 Damnation and consistently votes for it if he/she will find themselves in more lobbies voting on Halo 1 maps with similar minded players (either that or find themselves consistently voting for purple themed maps...)
Poodlestrike
Banned
Hmmmm... interesting. If it works (and it doesn't shoot matchmaking times through the roof), it could be a very good way of handling the hopper issues people have been talking about. Smart hoppers, in a way.
Of course, it could end up backfiring in any of a dozen ways. Still, cool idea.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Huh, that sounds like it could be cool. I'm really curious about how they're implementing it, though.
They should do that in 5 but I doubt they will actually. They just look so out of place on the armor itself. It's really noticeable in the third person view as well.
Orochinagis
Member
Heh, reminds me of wheel's rubber but didnt the spartans-IV have more butt armor?
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
If anyone from 343 can answer this that would be cool, but are we going to see Halo 5 as well as MCC at Gamescom?
im betting the most we'll see is a trailer like at E3. The beta is coming a year before the actual game afterall.
not too hopeful for much in the form of Halo 5, I assume they'll save anything else for post MCC release which would be amazing.
That's a good point. Reach and 4 stuff is obviously taken care of, but I dunno about the legacy stuff.
Would be awesome for Microsoft to take the opportunity to overhaul their stats and Waypoint experience and make it a much more social experience. Bungie was ahead of the curve for consoles back in 2007 but now the world has changed and we have become bastards entitled to a certain quality experience.
I was testing out some SFM and 3D Photogrametry/Scanning software packages.
I had a bunch of high-res screenshots of Ascension lying around, free of any annoying lens distortion that would need to be corrected, so I used 'em and got a 3d point cloud reconstruction of Ascension:
This one took 85 screenshots (The image plane for each screenshot is shown as a blue rectangle if you haven't guessed yet.)
This might be nice for online/in-browser Forge Map previewing since the mesh that is generated from this can be uploaded to a WebGL 3D previewing site like sketchfab:
You can even annotate places of interest like I have in the model above. (click the floaty numbers or use the bottom right navigation arrows to flip through all of them) Things like weapon spawns with descriptions of timers would be a natural fit.
I had a bunch of high-res screenshots of Ascension lying around, free of any annoying lens distortion that would need to be corrected, so I used 'em and got a 3d point cloud reconstruction of Ascension:
This one took 85 screenshots (The image plane for each screenshot is shown as a blue rectangle if you haven't guessed yet.)
This might be nice for online/in-browser Forge Map previewing since the mesh that is generated from this can be uploaded to a WebGL 3D previewing site like sketchfab:
(Click to view in 3D on your browser or phone)
Note: This is with relatively few photos and the fastest processing settings. The results can resolve with much higher quality given more attention and processing time. I didn't bother to cut
out false points like the fog surrounding some of the meshes. It's still decent results for essentially no work, just take screenshots, mark points of interest and have it process a mesh.
out false points like the fog surrounding some of the meshes. It's still decent results for essentially no work, just take screenshots, mark points of interest and have it process a mesh.
You can even annotate places of interest like I have in the model above. (click the floaty numbers or use the bottom right navigation arrows to flip through all of them) Things like weapon spawns with descriptions of timers would be a natural fit.
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
Considering the beta is coming in about 4 1/2 months, I think it would be about time to hear at least something about it.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Ehh, I don't know. I think they'll reveal just enough beta information to increase the perceived value of the MCC. I wouldn't expect a huge information blow out till right after the MCC is out.
Not to mention that releasing a beta a year out means that the beta is an *actual* beta, not this "stress test and polish" stuff we've been getting the last few years from many companies. I don't think they'll have a lot to actually show until they get to whatever they're going to push out to us.
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
i just had a cool thought, i wonder if Breaking Benjamin are rerecording Blow Me Away for Halo 2: Anniversary
Great stuff man.I was testing out some SFM and 3D Photogrametry/Scanning software packages.
I had a bunch of high-res screenshots of Ascension lying around, free of any annoying lens distortion that would need to be corrected, so I used 'em and got a 3d point cloud reconstruction of Ascension:
This one took 85 screenshots (The image plane for each screenshot is shown as a blue rectangle if you haven't guessed yet.)
This might be nice for online/in-browser Forge Map previewing since the mesh that is generated from this can be uploaded to a WebGL 3D previewing site like sketchfab:
(Click to view in 3D on your browser or phone)
Note: This is with relatively few photos and the fastest processing settings. The results can resolve with much higher quality given more attention and processing time. I didn't bother to cut
out false points like the fog surrounding some of the meshes. It's still decent results for essentially no work, just take screenshots, mark points of interest and have it process a mesh.
You can even annotate places of interest like I have in the model above. (click the floaty numbers or use the bottom right navigation arrows to flip through all of them) Things like weapon spawns with descriptions of timers would be a natural fit.
Poodlestrike
Banned
My money's on yes. They've been teasing Halo like mad for Gamescom (which could of course just be MCC stuff), but then there's this image (which I can't find right now, sadly) of some art depicting a pistol, a plasma sword, and an unfamiliar looking take on the AR. Could be nothing, could be significant. Ve shall see, a ha ha.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Oh man, I completely forgot about that song. I got into BB from playing Halo 2. Would be interesting to find out if they have any renewed involvement in MCC
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, it's really weird to think about.
It'll be hilarious no matter what.
nillapuddin
Member
Crazy
SHIFTYkiwi
Member
So twitch now has music copyright ID, and now my speedruns of h3 are getting flagged from in game music. So in my legendary PB there is 30mins of no audio.
I'm super excited to see more footage, specially of full matches. I hope we get to see the gungoose.
Still not that pumped about speedboost being added into the game, but atleast you cant just call it down anymore and whatnot. Unless Infinity slayer is one of those "many more returning gametypes".
Still not that pumped about speedboost being added into the game, but atleast you cant just call it down anymore and whatnot. Unless Infinity slayer is one of those "many more returning gametypes".