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[Ragnarok Flames]

Yeah, I could do that. But I was asking if there was another one so I could hear the actual game and not the commentary. There's no need to get snippy.

This is the only stream. And I'm not getting snippy. Being matter of fact. But if that bothers you then that's your hang up not mine.


Competitive halo has always been this way.


Also, will we have to be connect ted to xbl to play LAN? Cuz that's kinda shit.

 

[dwells]

So I just got around to watching the PAX panel and then that CTF stream, here's my take:

Halo CE

• Disappointed in the lack of details, but glad to hear we'll be seeing more next month.
• Nice to see instant switching confirmed.

Halo 2 Anniversary Campaign

• Re-recording the audio and soundtrack feels like change for the sake of change - it's not like visuals where massive improvements have occurred over the past few years.
• That said, the code changes to the 3D sound space with echoes, pitch changes over distance, environmental layout impacting audio, etc. are fantastic and really contribute to immersion in my opinion.
• Would it have been so hard to just be upfront about the Breaking Benjamin and Incubus songs and say "yeah, they're not in the new version due to licensing/contracting issues?"
• More details about the classic version of the campaign would be nice, if any fixes/changes are being made, if we'll be getting higher quality original assets, etc.

Halo 2 Anniversary Multiplayer

• Forge improvements are good. Hopefully effort will be made to allow for visual improvements as well - Forge maps in the previous games had the major issue of looking bland and with flat lighting that really took away from the experience.
• I can't see the stalactites impacting Lockout that much - chances are everyone's just going to shoot them down in the beginning of the game.
• I get that they were trying to do something different with Lockout and doing the whole sunrise/sunset color palette thing (orange being a complementary color to blue, right across on the color wheel, etc.), but I just don't think it looks good.

Halo 3

• Interesting to hear they're making visual improvements, but we really need some good, high-quality direct feed videos to actually be able to observe them.
• Similarly, more specific detail on those visual improvements is needed.

Halo 4

• Based on the limited information that was given, it sounds like no visual changes are improvements are being made, just the resolution and framerate bump.

Misc. Panel Comments

• I really wish the multiplayer portions of the original games would get addressed. There's so much we need to know about them - graphical changes, netcode adjustments, what's being done with Halo CE in bringing it to Xbox Live for the first time, rankings and playlists, etc. We've gotten very, very little detail on all this, and it's the main reason I'm buying the collection and an Xbox One.
• The Q&A section was difficult to watch due to how awkward it was. It's like they screen the askers ahead of time and only pick the most socially awkward ones.
• Frankie's mixed accent is interesting, it almost sounds like a Vancouver-area accent at times.

H2A Touranment Stream

• Still not a fan of loadouts and Halo 2 being anywhere near each other.
• Not feeling the fast flag run speed - I think flag tossing is a huge, huge part of Halo 2 CTF.
• I'm surprised the kill/death reports being duplicated in the feed wasn't patched prior to this build being shown to the public.
• The commentators constantly criticizing the players for a while there got annoying.
• Enemy team spawning in rocks when running the flag through rocks is the bane of my existence.

 

[Akai__]

I haven't even tried my Astros on my xbox one, do I need to buy that dumb adapter Microsoft released? Kinda sucks because I can just plug it into the USB of my PS4 and it just works.

Yes, you will need it. There are also some other settings which you will need to disable/enable. Check out their tutorial video on YouTube.

 

[Stubo]

That ending was tense as hell!

The WOOOOOOOOO gets me every time hahaha.

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

That ending was tense as hell!

The WOOOOOOOOO gets me every time hahaha.

EX all the way.

 

[kittens]

damnnnnn

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

That game was insane, Ghost and Bravo doing a good job casting.

 

[YourExWife]

The end of that KOTH game. So gud

 

[The Librarian]

Excellent comeback by Excellence!

Halo 2 Anniversary Multiplayer

• Forge improvements are good. Hopefully effort will be made to allow for visual improvements as well - Forge maps in the previous games had the major issue of looking bland and with flat lighting that really took away from the experience.
• I can't see the stalactites impacting Lockout that much - chances are everyone's just going to shoot them down in the beginning of the game.
• I get that they were trying to do something different with Lockout and doing the whole sunrise/sunset color palette thing (orange being a complementary color to blue, right across on the color wheel, etc.), but I just don't think it looks good.

Pretty sure from watching the matches the stalactites respawn.

 

[Onikaan]

I have a couple of questions about H2A:

1. Is the plasma pistol homing reduced in comparison to Halo 2?
2. Can you still lunge with the sword without having it out completely like in Halo 2?
3. Has the Carbine been given a buff in comparison to Halo 2's Carbine?

Can confirm this is true. Someone did it yesterday in the tourney.

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

Excellent comeback by Excellence!


Pretty sure from watching the matches the stalactites respawn.

2-3 minuts timer when you shoot it Down.

 

[HTupolev]

Halo 4

• Based on the limited information that was given, it sounds like no visual changes are improvements are being made, just the resolution and framerate bump.

Really? I got the sense they were tweaking things in Halo 4 as well.

The game's visuals certainly have a ton of opportunity for improvements here and there. Like implement dynamic spotlights so that vehicles don't have to have ridiculous pointlight headlights. I don't know how much they want to "change" things in that sense though, or if they're mostly just tuning up what's there to be smoother and more precise.

 

[The Librarian]

Can confirm this is true. Someone did it yesterday in the tourney.

nooooooooo

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

nooooooooo

Does that mean we can do it in Halo 4?


Also. People, we back. Halo is not dad.

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

What? Apparently they have to replay Game 3. No idea why.

EDIT: Apparently Fear Itself's box froze near the end of the game, so they have to replay.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Really? I got the sense they were tweaking things in Halo 4 as well.

The game's visuals certainly have a ton of opportunity for improvements here and there. Like implement dynamic spotlights so that vehicles don't have to have ridiculous pointlight headlights. I don't know how much they want to "change" things in that sense though, or if they're mostly just tuning up what's there to be smoother and more precise.

We got confirmation during the panel at least the lighting in Halo 4 was getting a tweak.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Pistola pls

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

Hot Damn at that almost Running Riot

 

[The Henery]

PISTOLA RETURN OF THE KING

 

[aj1467]

Dat paddywack backsmack

 

[Orochinagis]

awwwww

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

so we dont get the DLC armor that we paid for unlocked in MCC in H4 (most DLC) and the Recon in Halo 3 (from vidmasters)


thats shitty

 

[YourExWife]

 

[wwm0nkey]

so we dont get the DLC armor that we paid for unlocked in MCC in H4 (most DLC) and the Recon in Halo 3 (from vidmasters)


thats shitty

I'm totally down to redo some vidmasters though.

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

so we dont get the DLC armor that we paid for unlocked in MCC in H4 (most DLC) and the Recon in Halo 3 (from vidmasters)


thats shitty

where'd you hear this?

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

I'm totally down to redo some vidmasters though.

Yeah, but we dont have the ODST vidmasters so how are they going to handle Recon?

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

where'd you hear this?

they said you have to unlock EVERYTHING again. now unless they have vidmasters to replace the ODST ones and we get all the DLC armor already unlocked then this is a problem

 

[singhr1]

Ascension is looking a bit rough in this build.

Dynamic lighting was turned off. Not sure why, I haven't been watching much.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Yeah, but we dont have the ODST vidmasters so how are they going to handle Recon?

Probably just new challenges, if they are redoing lighting and ext in Halo 3 I'm sure they are adding additional unlock permissions. Same with Halo 4.

 

[Poodlestrike]

they said you have to unlock EVERYTHING again. now unless they have vidmasters to replace the ODST ones and we get all the DLC armor already unlocked then this is a problem

They said unlock saves don't transfer, right? Could just mean that everything's unlocked from the get-go.

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

they said you have to unlock EVERYTHING again. now unless they have vidmasters to replace the ODST ones and we get all the DLC armor already unlocked then this is a problem

I'd imagine they'd tie it to other achievements, instead of the vidmasters themselves.

 

[NobleGundam]

so we dont get the DLC armor that we paid for unlocked in MCC in H4 (most DLC) and the Recon in Halo 3 (from vidmasters)


thats shitty

Yup they did say everything is a reset and other add-ons won't be present in the MCC.

If im not mistakened. please correct me if im wrong.

 

[YourExWife]

Dynamic lighting was turned off. Not sure why, I haven't been watching much.

Probably because it was glitching out on Ascension at the last tourney.

 

[ultimota]

they said you have to unlock EVERYTHING again. now unless they have vidmasters to replace the ODST ones and we get all the DLC armor already unlocked then this is a problem

so you mean....you're just guessing?

that being said it would seriously suck to lose the dlc armor i <3 fotus

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

Yup they did say everything is a reset and other add-ons won't be present in the MCC.

If im not mistakened. please correct me if im wrong.

What do you mean by Other add-ons?

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

Excellence is embarrassing Triggers Down right now.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

if this was XBL, blu team would be ragequitting/standbying right now

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

Excellence is embarrassing Triggers Down right now.

feel bad for TD right now

 

[tj hazuki]

gg

 

[ViewtifulJC]

edit: noooooooo

 

[darthbob]

Good casting by Bravo and Ghost.

Spoiler

seeing them in suit and tie is pretty funny tho

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

edit: noooooooo

jc pls

 

[GringoSuave89]

Good casting by Bravo and Ghost.

Spoiler

seeing them in suit and tie is pretty funny tho

really enjoyed it. feel like I'm learning callouts.

 

[BigEvilTurtle]

Halo. Is. Back. This stream is so good, the gameplay is great, Halo 2A looks awesome. I'm happy.

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

really enjoyed it. feel like I'm learning callouts.

Callouts arent that hard to learn

 

[Takashi]

No radar makes shit so much more intense

 

[Rev3rb]

Yeah, that match was nuts. Ex just demolished...

 

[RoKKeR]

Good casting by Bravo and Ghost.

Agreed.

Backsmackpaddysmackashottyhottybeaniesandsuites!

But yeah this stream is great, feels like Halo is back to how it should be.

 

[darthbob]

Agreed.

Backsmackpaddysmackashottyhottybeaniesandsuites!

But yeah this stream is great, feels like Halo is back to how it should be.

lolok, I'd say that Bravo's casting is superior, but Ghost is like the Jerry Lawler to Bravo's JR.

Spoiler

BAH GAWD GHOST THE HUMANITY

 

[defghik]

I'm not sure H2A could really be used as a competitive game because the map selection is so limited. Sanctuary and Lockout are the only maps that can really be used in a tournament setting (no, Ascension definitely doesn't count). I know there's Forge, but if the majority of H2A competitive maps were Forged (and it would have to be a majority, competitive Halo has always been at least 5 maps), that would be super boring to look at.