Then read The Thursday War because what I said only pertains to Jul 'Mdama in a very summed up sense. The book puts everything into context and it's a lot nicer. There are a lot more details and it is a pretty good read. But as we have all been guessing, the Didact is the main antagonist in Halo 4. Just fucking read the book or something.
I thought the Elite Speak was kind of weird in the terminal, but honestly it doesn't matter that much. It's a piece of narm that doesn't honestly detract from the overall product.
October 10th, 2012, 11:11 PM
Amit
Re: Halo 4, now on your xmom 360
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I thought the Elite Speak was kind of weird in the terminal, but honestly it doesn't matter that much. It's a piece of narm that doesn't honestly detract from the overall product.
It defeats the purpose of having the Elites speak their own language. What word did they use for Requiem before the Covenant discovered the humans? Obviously not Requiem. Knowing that really detracts from the immersion.
I honestly can't understand how some of you guys continue to be interested by this product. Every time they reveal something new it's just a further insult to the Halo universe.
October 10th, 2012, 11:40 PM
DarkHalo003
Re: Halo 4, now on your xmom 360
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It defeats the purpose of having the Elites speak their own language. What word did they use for Requiem before the Covenant discovered the humans? Obviously not Requiem. Knowing that really detracts from the immersion.
I honestly can't understand how some of you guys continue to be interested by this product. Every time they reveal something new it's just a further insult to the Halo universe.
I can understand how it kills immersion and it does sound weird, but it doesn't kill anything. It's just a short clip of a terminal. We'll probably still hear "Wort wort wort" and other sounds in-game. Also, if you read The Thursday War, Requiem is first understood by Jul in the English language. The Sangheili language only had symbols for it which were discovered later by the Sangheili, but names for those symbols were never given. Prone To Drift informed Jul 'Mdama of what Requiem is utilizing English to Sagheili. Because Requiem is a proper noun, it's English sound is the only one that probably works. The only problem with that is that Forerunners are still called in English, so I do agree that was annoying and it seems lazy of 343i. After listening to it again, it also sounds like a lot of Asian in the second half, which is also weird since it wasn't as bad in the first half. Needless to say, I still don't think it's a big deal, especially when you consider that the Covenant Jul' Mdama is leading is from a different side of the Galaxy and the Sangheili branch left "long ago" from the home world of Sanghelios. Just read The Thursday War. Wikias still aren't updated yet, sadly enough.
One part about the series that we all love is that you can go into those parts you don't like and reinvent them with your imagination. That's basically what Halo Custom Edition allowed by default when it came to modding the original campaign and then that lead many people down great roads of creativity. The point I'm making is that you're making this too big of a deal and frankly I'm not understanding how you can keep calling this game deteriorating when the the more stuff that's being released is looking pretty fucking cool. It may not be on PC, but does that make it shit? Of course not. If you're actually a gamer and love the series, then you'll play it regardless. And then you might say: "But I don't consider this to be part of the series...." blah blah blah. Simply put, you're being closed minded to letting only one shepard lead a flock. Bungie may not be the leaders this time, but it's pretty obvious that 343i is trying to keep working with the series in a fashion that isn't releasing the exact same thing over again.
I'm not really defending the actual choices that 343i makes when it comes to designs. I find the language to be kind of dumb to be honest, but it's for entertainment purposes, so lighten up. I'm defending 343i's ability to interpret and express what they think the Halo Universe is going into with Halo 4, technical shit like Forge and gameplay shit like SP/MP. I don't understand how anything introduced so far besides Greg Bear's Cryptum and Primordium are insults to the Halo Universe. All things considered, I simply think a lot of you are being overdramatic because you don't have another PC release. Face it, Microsoft doesn't want to invest in PC gaming. They probably see too much rivalry from Valve's Steam to be able to cost-effectively compete. On top of that, explain to me ALL of these insults that are ruining this unreleased game for you. I'm only speaking positively from anticipation and how it seems really cool as a new installment. What are you seeing as insults for the series? Honestly, it's just looking more like it's not all lining up with your immediate opinion/guesses, so you're slamming it to compensate.
October 10th, 2012, 11:54 PM
Timo
Re: Halo 4, now on your xmom 360
I miss the good ol' wort wort wort :(
October 10th, 2012, 11:58 PM
DarkHalo003
Re: Halo 4, now on your xmom 360
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I miss the good ol' wort wort wort :(
You can hear it sometimes in Reach, but alas, it's not always easy to hear as a result of all of the noise/chaos going on in the game. :(
Here's a good example of when you can hear it!:
October 11th, 2012, 12:36 AM
itszutak
Re: Halo 4, now on your xmom 360
god damnit
when I first read up on the elites in halo 3 (the limited edition came with a little thing explaining the biography of each race) and read that they had a "feudal" culture, I thought they mean like, european-feudal. Knights and serfs and shit. Then the halo anime thing came out and they made them super-japanese. But they fucked up so much in that anyway (elites without split jaws?) that I figured "fuck it, it's anime, they can have their japanese whatever".
...The elites sound like god damn george lucas aliens speaking japanese. I don't know if that's fake or placeholder voices or whatever, but seriously?
October 11th, 2012, 12:46 AM
Warsaw
Re: Halo 4, now on your xmom 360
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You can hear it sometimes in Reach, but alas, it's not always easy to hear as a result of all of the noise/chaos going on in the game. :(
Here's a good example of when you can hear it!:
They spruced it up. It's not as derpy as the original.
Derpyness is what made Halo 1 so timeless. To give an example, something as simple as replacing its built-in animations with Havok physics would ruin the game completely.
October 11th, 2012, 06:53 AM
Tnnaas
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god damnit
when I first read up on the elites in halo 3 (the limited edition came with a little thing explaining the biography of each race) and read that they had a "feudal" culture, I thought they mean like, european-feudal. Knights and serfs and shit. Then the halo anime thing came out and they made them super-japanese. But they fucked up so much in that anyway (elites without split jaws?) that I figured "fuck it, it's anime, they can have their japanese whatever".
Fuck Origins BTW. Some of the videos were really bad, but fuck that one in particular. I cleansed my mind of those female non-split jaw elites immediately. And besides, didn't Halo 3 female elites look about the same as the male ones? Not flat-faced at all.
October 11th, 2012, 10:22 AM
Kornman00
Re: Halo 4, now on your xmom 360
Mexican pirates. Of course they're too lazy to put it up on usenet like any normal frenchie person
October 11th, 2012, 12:03 PM
DarkHalo003
Re: Halo 4, now on your xmom 360
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Mexican pirates. Of course they're too lazy to put it up on usenet like any normal frenchie person
