The Librarian
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There's an huge ice cluster above BR3. If you shoot it, it kills everyone in BR3.
You mean that?
Are you being serious right now?
Because that sounds amazing.
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Are you being serious right now?
Because that sounds amazing.
There's an huge ice cluster above BR3. If you shoot it, it kills everyone in BR3.
You mean that?
Map control was overrated anyway
Computer
Member
from reddit Halo http://i.imgur.com/ad8D9SA.gif what the new lockout would look like if it was still blue.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/check-out-halo-2-anniversarys-remastered-map-locko/1100-6421959/
Watch the video at the 1:20 mark to see a guy use the ice to kill someone.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Depends *why* it's orange, I suppose. If it's as simple as changing the color of the light source, I don't see why not, but if they've got the whole thing baked in it could be tougher. Still, with 2 months until launch, I think they could pull it off if they so chose.
Obviously, the above is just guesswork.
User 73706
Banned
Better interactive element: throwing a nade in the Rec Room hoop spawns a basketball which you can dribble to build power and then throw to deal AOE damage. On direct hits, it can ricochet, letting you catch it again.
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
I will wait to judge until I see gameplay but I don't understand the heavy use of browns in all these maps. This muted color tone sucks. I miss the bright colors. I mean look at Pitfall, just terrible.
Poodlestrike
Banned
User 73706
Banned
Protip: Halo 4 was Halo Reach + Halo 2.
Halo 2's colorations were heavily dominated by greens, browns, purples and grays and were largely muted / faded compared to Halo CE's more "balanced" variation on the green-purple-steel blue cobalt trinity.
Halo Reach had more warm "bassy" colors.
Halo 2 Anniversary is using the Halo 4 engine, so it's going to be something like 85% Halo 2, 15% Halo Reach.
Fuck, I guess now that I have a job and the MCC looks really good (and there's a small glimmer of hope for H5), I have no choice but to buy an Xbone, huh? Oh well...
New Lockout looks mostly pretty good, although I don't like the addition of actual Flood forms to the shotty hallway and I kind of hate the destructible glacier thing. Whatever, it looks pretty awesome otherwise.
Also I just had the hilarious realization that MCC will have 3 Blood Gulches and 2 Valhallas. Welp.
New Lockout looks mostly pretty good, although I don't like the addition of actual Flood forms to the shotty hallway and I kind of hate the destructible glacier thing. Whatever, it looks pretty awesome otherwise.
Also I just had the hilarious realization that MCC will have 3 Blood Gulches and 2 Valhallas. Welp.
The Librarian
Banned
That looks awesome!
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Well the video sure looks far better than the "brown" screenshots. I'm quite happy with the aesthetic of this remake.
Poker Face
Member
Yep. I still wish they would tone it down a bit, but not as bad as I thought it would be.
I'm pretty excited about H2A's multiplayer, I thought it would be terrible and it doesn't look too bad. Nice job 343.
Edit: here's a link to JUST the b-roll for Lockout http://t.co/tcvFBxZ4dy
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
It's going to be very interesting to see where the main population groups are and which one(s) I/friends settle down with. I've a feeling H2A is going to draw some solid attention.
User 73706
Banned
Not digging the orange, but I sure as heck am digging that avalanche of ice as an interactive element.
Can it be disabled though?
Fata1moose
Banned
It's so beautiful!
It's no waterworks but I like the interactive placed in the map
The Librarian
Banned
That gameplay footage looked great!
Can you do the button glitches in Halo 2 Anniversary? If not, it's gonna be my definitive version of Halo 2.
Can you do the button glitches in Halo 2 Anniversary? If not, it's gonna be my definitive version of Halo 2.
The Librarian
Banned
Not in H2A, but can you do this in OG Halo 2?!
H2A disables button glitches?!
H2A > H2 confirmed.
Since H2A is using a variation of the Halo 4 engine it was to be expected.
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
I am to excited to be critical. Probably been answered before but will you be able to pre load in advance. There are a multitude of people ready to dominate me so the sooner I get in the sooner I get my head taken off.
Halo 2 Anniversary is based off of a modified Halo 4 engine, so not possible to do the same button glitches or cheats.
It all depends on the last map, and how forge is. 6 maps can't really sustain for too long. They'd need some forge remakes of say CE, 3 or other maps and then I can see H2A be viable for the long run. Otherwise, the full Halo 2 multi-player suite, in 60 fps and updated resolution just too tempting.
I too think that the glitches should have been fixed. But it depends on what they found regarding what most of the players wanted. Do people here want the glitches in or would you have preferred then removed?
The Librarian
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If I start to get bored of H2A I could simply go to Halo 3...or Halo 1.
This is, like, the best game ever.
I'm for the button glitches, such as BXR, BXB, RRXYYRRX, et al. They require a degree of skill and are available for all players to utilize and doesn't significantly alter the game IMO.
Plus, it's what made MLG Halo 2 interesting.
Yeah, that's the best part of the unified menu and all of them on one disc. You're literally a few button presses away from playing the other games. Tired of 4v4 team slayer in Halo 2, go play BTB in Halo 3 at full 60 FPS.
Will the Canadian version of MCC have French on the back cover? Please let me know and I'll drive down and get a copy from the states. I don't mind the extra $10 Canadians have to pay on games now, but I hate when games and Blu-rays have the bilingual French on them
The Librarian
Banned
I'd like it to be multiple, with a respawn time of maybe 2 or 3 minutes.
I think it's a good addition. I remember it was kind of hard to unseat those on top of the BR tower.
This is the first time it's gotten a proper remake. They completely butchered Blackout, and Shutout was a Forge map.
Definitely not the greatest Halo map ever though, at least not for team slayer games - with good players, slayer games just devolve into standoffs 90% of the time. I JUST got done playing an MLG TS game on Lockout so this is fresh in my mind - with about 6 minutes left, and the score tied at 36, the game grinded to a dead halt. We were set up at snipe tower with the sniper in our hands, they were set up at BR tower, and because it's so easy to cover all possible angles of attack, any push is unlikely to succeed. This means the best strategy for both sides is to camp, throw nades across the map, and shoot pot shots hoping to get lucky. The game finished with a score of 42-40 (we lost).
I actually like the map quite a bit, I guess it's a nice change of pace from the rest of the small maps that tend to be more free flowing, but I always thought it was overrated because of the tendency for the game to grind to a halt.
Darknight34
Member
Rofl I honestly love the look of the map, it has a nice sun poking through vibe. Will Coag also have the "orange tint?"
GringoSuave89
Banned
That's what I like about this map. It's this whole winter sun thing going on. Super cool. I doubt Coag will be exactly this shade, if orange at all.
Garrett 2U
Member
dat lockout footage =]
seriously. I wish they'd make all the playlists Title Update version
seriously. I wish they'd make all the playlists Title Update version
Altered Juice
Member
10:00 am huh....so what time zone is the schedule?
edit: never mind, found out. no thanks to you guys.
edit: never mind, found out. no thanks to you guys.
User 73706
Banned
What if the second interactive element is unsealing all of the Flood abominations down at Shotgun spawn? :O
Garrett 2U
Member
Sorry, we can't even afford going to all 3 major game shows with our current revenues, so PAX is simply not an option for us.
Altered Juice
Member
stinkles was the white balance off in those screencaps because:
the non-orange one looks so good
wish i didn't see this
Steelyuhas
Member
hahahahaha
Frank might answer this for absolute clarity, but I would be shocked if the game didn't support preload. Preloading is currently available on the platform (Destiny is already downloaded on my box) and it's just up to the publisher if they want to have preload available. I have no idea why any publisher of a AAA title would not allow preloading, let alone MSFT's own first party games.
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Screens looked whack, but Lockout looked really nice in that video.