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HaloGAF |OT: Anniversary| So fades the great harvest of our betrayal.
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The honeycombing's cool but the visors should be reflective golden, not muted yellow.
Looks very "matte finish" to be sure...
So why does the blue Spartan's look more glossy and reflective?
Fahzgoolin
Banned
That's not the case because it has "Ball dropped!" being said throughout the video. I think the game recognizes when you purposely launch the ball away from you and thus, "Ball thrown!" In fact after watching it over and over it looks like throwing might be a dedicated button (probably not)? It just seems to fly out of the guys hands in a high arc and afterwards is killed. It happens at the 50-52 second mark. If you stop and start you can see him launch it and it goes a bit higher maybe because of a grenade.
Orochinagis
Member
That look is from the Halo 4 engine right?
Good point, wasn't paying attention, hopefully there will be a Ball Fumbled announcement as an homage to the infamous Fumbleayame back in the day MLG Halo 2.
You could always get that high arc on the Oddball by looking up and jumping, then dropping it at the peak of your jump for the farthest throw.
Hope it just leftover code or something, would suck for competitive if people really want to do H2A tourneys.
They should include unlocks with the Halo books."Nightfall will contain game unlocks for the Master Chief Collection."
The Waypoint site is getting an upgrade! https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/halo-waypoint-to-get-a-new-look
Real time reflections on the visor would be sweet, but the resources dedicated to achieving that could be spent elsewhere (on cooler things) methinks.
BigEvilTurtle
Banned
Oh hey I forgot about this! Old news though bud.
Yeah, i know.
Doesn't stop me from wanting them though.
Halo 3 PC version would solve that, i reckon. Not that i'd ever see the effect though (i rarely, if every use theater mode in any Halo).
The color is nicer still don't like the honeycombing I prefer it without or maybe a bit less prominent.Looks better here. Shinier.
BigEvilTurtle
Banned
Agreed, I also dislike it. I don't like the red and blue colors of the Spartans either. Too muted.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
looks like we are okay. I think it's based on it's trajectory and/or distance to surface impact making it a throw vs a normal drop. He looks to simply "drop" it from the lift, but since it's high up it's considered a throw. Kind of cool if it makes that distinction. If someone "plays the ball" in Lockdown you will know from the announcer someone threw it off the ledge sooner than just "dropping" it.
Made this quick GIF:
BigEvilTurtle
Banned
looks like we are okay. I think it's based on it's trajectory and/or distance to surface impact making it a throw vs a normal drop. He looks to simply "drop" it from the lift, but since it's high up it's considered a throw. Kind of cool if it makes that distinction. If someone "plays the ball" in Lockdown you will know from the announcer someone threw it off the ledge sooner than just "dropping" it.
Made this quick GIF:
That looks like a throw from Halo 4 in my opinion.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
I didn't play enough of 4 to know there was such a thing. Dang =P
Just watched a vid of 343 showing oddball throwing. Did it devastate the oddball gameplay? On paper and demonstration it looks like fun.
User 73706
Banned
You got a picture of Nexuiz
That game was alright.
Yeah, it's placeholder. I loved that the aesthetic was basically HD Metroid Prime Hunters meets Halo Reach with a more oriental-spacepunk theme though.
I could never figure out how to properly use the Jetpack.
BigEvilTurtle
Banned
Honestly yeah, it ruined oddball for me personally. I don't know how others feel about it.
It could be a smidge darker like the colors in reach were maybe?
Didn't mind it too much seemed to work better with people we knew what they were doing than randoms.
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
The question would be then, why make a change just to make a change? I mean do we really think not having ADS is preventing people from buying or playing Halo?
All which are anti-Halo.
BigEvilTurtle
Banned
Yeah that's it. The colors need to be darker. They're way too light; pastel almost.
The gloss disappears with dynamic lighting (i.e. the skull fire in this case) for some reason.
The FXAA shader is tweakable (different between PS360 & PC), but from what I can tell, it looks somewhat close to 3.11.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, this is a big disappointment. Obviously it's just cosmetic stuff and won't ruin the game, but still, eww. I really hope they bring back the classic medals (and classic Steitzer!) in Halo 5.Looks like we are getting the Halo 4 styled medals and that they aren't placeholders.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
I honestly preferred the smaller ones in H4. Sure they didn't look as flashy, but took up less screenspace. The problem was there were too many medals (IIRC)
NobleGundam
Banned
Waypoint 2.0 will include a new background with Stinkles's third leg avatar for premium gold members.
Source: Ozzy.
They've got the whole pastel chief look from the campaign of H2A a fair bit.
BigEvilTurtle
Banned
Yeah I'm not a huge fan. It makes the armor look crappy and cheap.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
I think it's because of that awkward glow that everything has. H4 had it in place too. Looks like the spartans are straight up glowing like angels on pieces of their armor. It cheapens their ruggedness.
H3:
VS H2:A
User 73706
Banned
What's up with that depth-of-field effect, though?
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Probably a theater thing man.
Angels are super badass. They blow up stuff with giant cross explosions and rainbows. This is more like hard candy with a light shining behind it or something. One is tastier but one is cooler.
No I don't. I don't really like ADS either and I hate change for the sake of change.
However if it HAS to be added in, this is the only way I can think of that would work without screwing a fundamental part of Halo. As long as I don't have to stick a rifle butt up my nose whenever I need to scope in and it operates the same as always I can live with it.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Hexagons continuing to "ruin" sci-fi, Flipyap would turn in his non-quite-dead-at-all grave.
"Nightfall will contain game unlocks for the Master Chief Collection."
Skulls maybe?
Yeah, I seriously don't understand the medal dilution. If you hand out a medal for every little thing, it stops making them special and interesting - it defeats the whole purpose.
I don't understand why there aren't dedicated no-scope and quick-scope medals for the sniper rifles (things people have been requesting), but there's a medal for tons of little stuff no one cares about. I also don't understand why they redefined the medals in Halo 3 and onward, either.
A running riot is ten kills in a row, and four kills at once is a killtacular, dammit. Why did kill frenzy have to be changed from "at once" medal to a streak medal?
Boggles the mind.
User 73706
Banned
When you think about it, it's a pretty fucking metal gametype for Spartans to be running around earning points for tossing around a flaming skull.
It's rumored Halo 3's art direction alone sent Flipyap into a blind rage for 16 straight hours.
It's rumored Halo 3's art direction alone sent Flipyap into a blind rage for 16 straight hours.
It won't truly be unless this plays while holding it
Don't you mean Yapflip?
Oh wait you mean that guy. I miss him.
Zeouterlimits
Member
It's funny, I've heard McCaffrey make non-Xbox platform references in the MCC videos over the past few days, which honestly kind of lessens the "This is pr filtered through IGN" feeling that the IGN First platform gives off.
It's also just weird though. I guess he lacks the roguish tone to make it charming and not awkward. Glad he asked about other platforms for the Channel, don't get me wrong.
IGN is .. odd. Their summary video yesterday sounded like it was being awkwardly read off a script, and looking at the article, lo & behold, it's practically identical, almost word for word.
It's also just weird though. I guess he lacks the roguish tone to make it charming and not awkward. Glad he asked about other platforms for the Channel, don't get me wrong.
IGN is .. odd. Their summary video yesterday sounded like it was being awkwardly read off a script, and looking at the article, lo & behold, it's practically identical, almost word for word.
RIP Flipyap