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HaloGAF |OT: Anniversary| So fades the great harvest of our betrayal.
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So, Halo 2A looks incredible. Couple of things I would really like to be addressed by launch though (because I know it's WiP):
1.) No more hit marker for grenades. This leads to a bigger gameplay change than I thought it would (love the hit markers for guns though) with scouting/fishing happening. Maybe increase the glow from grenades like Halo 2 had so you know they're close.
2.) The shake of the screen for grenades is WAY too overkill. It's nuts! Definitely need to lessen that.
3.) (This is more of a feedback for Halo 5) The aesthetic of forerunner/metal/sheen look is getting a little old. New Sanctuary has this awesome jungle look. The Halo 5: G beta first look showed off some more environments and already the industrial/metal look is apparent. Really would love to see more stuff like Burial Mounds, Relic, etc.
1.) No more hit marker for grenades. This leads to a bigger gameplay change than I thought it would (love the hit markers for guns though) with scouting/fishing happening. Maybe increase the glow from grenades like Halo 2 had so you know they're close.
2.) The shake of the screen for grenades is WAY too overkill. It's nuts! Definitely need to lessen that.
3.) (This is more of a feedback for Halo 5) The aesthetic of forerunner/metal/sheen look is getting a little old. New Sanctuary has this awesome jungle look. The Halo 5: G beta first look showed off some more environments and already the industrial/metal look is apparent. Really would love to see more stuff like Burial Mounds, Relic, etc.
In the spirit of the tashi ceiling, he's there to prevent another Halo 4 from happening.
Tashi ceiling enforcer.
Definitely. Feels like I'm watching Cloverfield: The Game sometimes.
Yup, it's why no radar is always a hallmark of real competitive play. But you always have people complain that radar should always be there. I mean it's tough to remove for the average player because they get so dependent on it.
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Seriously. I'd be cool with every other game I want being delayed six months if I could get the MCC right now.
You won a match? Suuuuuure.
The Librarian
Banned
Calling it for VwS.
Orochinagis
Member
Y U SO SAD
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Having up to eight grenades in H2A MP is gonna be nuts.
The Librarian
Banned
Hot damn Excellence cleaning up. What's up with VwS?
Future PhaZe
Member
all i ever see naded do is catch L's these days 
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Just got Tomb Raider fo rmy 360, what should i expect?
Fun game quite similar to Uncharted I believe. Lots of silly and kinda pointless button mashing to open doors and chests. Awesome bow.
Reasonably solid game.
One of the best games around!
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Shoutout to Gears of War, bruh.
QUINN!!!!?!?!
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
YourExWife
Member
STRONGSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDEEEEE!!!!
NobleGundam
Banned
goddaaaaaaamn strongside double!
Future PhaZe
Member
strongside is my fav
that final play by naded was...i have no idea, kind of a choke
that final play by naded was...i have no idea, kind of a choke
The Librarian
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
Just hit over 21k viewers on stream!
Zoso Achilles
Member
Adding to this, more information through different tenses. Also, team mates should be listed first in the feed. For example:
Red 1 killed Blue 1
Red 1 was killed by Blue 2
You killed Blue 2
You were killed by Blue 3
I think Reach might have done this?
If you go to sleep now that's 6 hours closer to the MCC
Orochinagis
Member
Thats good to see, I really hope MCC get the communities back and have fun
Poodlestrike
Banned
#Weback
I think you're right actually. I'll have to go check.
Zoso Achilles
Member
I know I remember it from somewhere, beside I thought the "killed/was killed by" distinction was a simple and effective way of distinguishing teammates/opponents in the kill feed.
Alternatively, and more to what you described, the names can just be colored (so no preferential placement in subject or predicate.) With this, the addition of weapon icons to denote kills can be implemented.
I disagree with putting your teammates first. I think the sentence structure should be the same for each line to make seeing who killed who much easier. E.g:
Red 1 killed Blue 1
Blue 2 killed Red 1
You killed Blue 2
Blue 3 killed You
This way you would only have to read the names rather than the full sentence. Would make scanning through the info much faster. Colour coding the names would be a more effective way of distinguishing between team mates and enemies imo.
Seriously this. For me, this was such a small but revolutionary thing in Halo 2. Yellow for shooting, orange for taking dmg (or red?), X for dead, etc. Loved it.
Maybe making medals dynamic, flashier, or have a sound upon kill (like the chirp from Killzone) would be awesome.
There's a slight issue with this. Do you color it based on team color or the standard ally/friendly color? Let's assume you and I are on red team and I kill Frankie on the blue team, and the following image represents the kill feed.
If it's color coordinated based on team colors, then the top one is going to seem correct. The downside to this is that enemies are generally red, and I am shown in red, potentially saying that I am an enemy. The bottom one seems more correct based on who is an ally, but not if you're basing it on team colors.
Earlier games made this easier on the player by using different phrasing based on if it was an ally or an enemy getting killed. A quick example is "Karl2177 was killed by Frankie" "Karl2177 killed Frankie" for an ally dying or an enemy dying respectively.
There's a slight issue with this. Do you color it based on team color or the standard ally/friendly color? Let's assume you and I are on red team and I kill Frankie on the blue team, and the following image represents the kill feed.
If it's color coordinated based on team colors, then the top one is going to seem correct. The downside to this is that enemies are generally red, and I am shown in red, potentially saying that I am an enemy. The bottom one seems more correct based on who is an ally, but not if you're basing it on team colors.
Earlier games made this easier on the player by using different phrasing based on if it was an ally or an enemy getting killed. A quick example is "Karl2177 was killed by Frankie" "Karl2177 killed Frankie" for an ally dying or an enemy dying respectively.
I feel like you should be able to instantly differentiate between your team colour and the enemies.
ViewtifulJC
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It is kinda funny coming back to Halo after playing TF2/CS:GO/Gears 3 with the standard team colors and icons, and its white text and I'm like "wait is that guy on a team or ok"
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
As with many UI / visual feedback matters, Reach nailed it. The different shades of blue and purple used to indicated team mates were in combat in Halo 4 were totally inadequate.
There's a slight issue with this. Do you color it based on team color or the standard ally/friendly color? Let's assume you and I are on red team and I kill Frankie on the blue team, and the following image represents the kill feed.
If it's color coordinated based on team colors, then the top one is going to seem correct. The downside to this is that enemies are generally red, and I am shown in red, potentially saying that I am an enemy. The bottom one seems more correct based on who is an ally, but not if you're basing it on team colors.
Earlier games made this easier on the player by using different phrasing based on if it was an ally or an enemy getting killed. A quick example is "Karl2177 was killed by Frankie" "Karl2177 killed Frankie" for an ally dying or an enemy dying respectively.
Man, touche. Good point.
I'm thinking more everybody on your team is Green and everybody on the opposite team, regardless if they are the blue team, is red.
It's almost as if it's second nature like the reticule (mouse over a friendly? Green. mouse over an enemy? Red).
While you would think it is instantaneous, people associate red with bad and blue with good. Halo 4 brings up a massive game complete screen based on your team color. Even I still get surprised when I see red pop up at the end in victory on red team.
Altered Juice
Member
There's a slight issue with this. Do you color it based on team color or the standard ally/friendly color? Let's assume you and I are on red team and I kill Frankie on the blue team, and the following image represents the kill feed.
If it's color coordinated based on team colors, then the top one is going to seem correct. The downside to this is that enemies are generally red, and I am shown in red, potentially saying that I am an enemy. The bottom one seems more correct based on who is an ally, but not if you're basing it on team colors.
Earlier games made this easier on the player by using different phrasing based on if it was an ally or an enemy getting killed. A quick example is "Karl2177 was killed by Frankie" "Karl2177 killed Frankie" for an ally dying or an enemy dying respectively.
don't see the issue, people should know what color team they're on.