BB isn't a bad band, but they get a bit redundant with their lyrical and musical themes sometimes in my opinion.
I think these new maps are great. Glacier has a ton of potential and forge makes the other two seem a little more interesting.
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BB isn't a bad band, but they get a bit redundant with their lyrical and musical themes sometimes in my opinion.
I think these new maps are great. Glacier has a ton of potential and forge makes the other two seem a little more interesting.
New MP map MrBig mentioned ^^ (Supports 'Infection' so Zombies make a return)
I thought 'Holdout' was the FF map called Outpost because of its 'pixelated image' next to the Holdout game description stuff been a similar colour pallet, but obviously Holdout and Outpost are not the same map title so obv different maps.
The first one looks like an Infinity remake? Any thoughts on that?
Infinity was huge, thats more of a standoff style map
That forerunner structure in the background looks kinda... inventive. Like they've come up with a tower that's obviously not a beam tower. I'm pleased by this.
e: BWU's up, flair details. http://www.bungie.net/News/content.a...ink=BWU_082010
Unless we're only seeing one base and looking to the middle or vice versa, could be an S shaped map? Map images can be misleading for the overall size of a map and only give us a tease of the aesthetic really.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrBig
Loved the new vids, the 'visual flair' details are really cool I think actually. New firefight vids are great. Only thing i don't like is that the Engineers are all strapped up in armor n poop again, if we see them in Campaign I'd like to see them 'dressed down' like Virgil in ODST, they look to Brutish like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cagerrin
Well, Heretic Elites are just your standard Elites that use human weapons, it seems.
Didn't we already know that for a long time now?Quote:
Originally Posted by NotZac
There seemed to be a lot of confusion among a bunch of people that I've spoken to. I don't think everyone understood that they're not the Halo 2 heretics. Just clearing it up.
keep in mind these guys have to pump out a good deal of stuff and meet deadlines. they have dates where stuff has to be done, and probably have to work on a lot of different stuff. they may have a decent sized team working on it, but for all we know, the guy who animates all the third person animations and all the vehicles could be the same guy who animates every single first person animation. Either way, there are deadlines. they can't spend five hours adjusting thumbs or making sure everything isn't clipping. "Have this on my desk by the end of the day." A common generic office quote, still takes place in the video game industry. think of it from a game development stand point. honestly, a single set of weapon animations are not going to hinder a game's sales. there's much more than that this game has to offer.Quote:
Originally Posted by ODX
The game could have a box gun with the most horrible animations ever created. that negative is not going to neutralize forge world. one out of one hundred person sees the gun and refuses to buy the game. ninety out of one hundred people see forge world and buy the game. hopefully you understand what I'm trying to say, that was probably not the best way for me to put it.
despite any flaws it might have, the sales for this game are going to go right through the roof.
I've been looking forward to Reach for awhile and I'm amazed because there's always something to do in there. No matter what mood I may be in, I could go into Reach and find something to do. If I'm in the mood to own people in competitive multiplayer (or get owned), there's MM. If I just want to fool around with my buddies and fight Covies I've got Firefight. If I'm in the mood to be creative I'll play around in Forge World and maybe figure out how to make awesome maps. If I'm completely lazy I can just turn on Theater and watch my older matches to see how I can improve my technique or come up with cool screenshots.
I'm not going to lie and say I'm pro at Halo 3. I'm not, I just don't dedicate enough time to it. I don't find it particularly that interesting, I'm pretty good at Lone Wolves when I want to be. I'm more of a Team oriented person though, and so to have all my buddies be playing something else, not to mention how stale Halo 3 can get killed the experience for me after about a month of release. I am really hoping Reach has the hook to keep me coming back for more like say L4D2 does for me, I'm more of a co-op guy, and I love the idea of Firefight VS. It reminds me of VS mode for L4D2 and I've always had a guilty pleasure spot for that mode.
I really am excited for Reach and I'm going to the midnight launch for it, but one thing I'm curious about is someone mentioned there are already mods to max out credits for Reach? That seems a bit soon for things like that, though I admit part of me wishes I had the game so I could try it out and look over the entire armory to see what I'm going to invest in when and completely plan out my Spartan. Apologies for my lengthy post, I've had this pent up wanting to discuss Halo: Reach and I got here off a NeoGaf thread and they still haven't approved me yet, so I've had virtually no forum to discuss this game at. My Reach hype is piqued and I'm actually going to spoil some of it for myself to get the hype meter down before I explode >_>
Also end note, I love Breaking Benjamin so I thumbed up that leak video just for having Lights Out on it. XD
Full Armory
Belongs in the Leak thread, but this music is epic.
I'm debating on whether I should watch it or not...cause I do want to keep some of it as a surprise...
Nothing about is surprising and there are no spoilers in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotrod
Damn...that was awesome! The music is amazing, the armors look beautiful. Although, I'm somewhat disappointed that we don't have more visor colour choices...
I kinda zoned out watching that, and then I saw the Gungnir helmet. God damn is that hot.
Gungir is so weird, but I love it! I wonder where in the world they came up with that? And Security is back! Hell yeah!
I'm liking the Recon. It still looks pretty beast actually. I mean Scout looks like Recon with a slightly different helmet and some attachments so that one isn't bad either. I also am digging the new Mark V & Mark VI. Too bad he didn't go into the Mark VI to see what parts could be attached there. I wish there was a red visor, but since there isn't I suppose I'll just use blue. 50,000 cR doesn't look like it will take long. Full Campaign clear is like 25k I believe. Maybe more.
Mark V and gold visor yeye
Yeah but some items cost a bomb. Some of the later 'voices' for your character cost 100k each.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ellis
Too true, but its a good thing I only want Buck's Firefight voice. The only thing I see me wanting that's horribly expensive are the ODST Shoulders and maybe the full Mark V Chest and the Blue Visor. I figure thats 100k+ credits right there. After that I'll take my time and plan out the rest of my Spartan's look.
Disappointed with their Mk V and Mk VI helmets. They look half-baked and sloppy. Not in love with any of the gear, really.
I've always loved the Recon Armor since the first week of Halo 3. So I'll pretty much stick to that, I don't care if people call me a noob online. I look how I want to. I'm not a fan of the Black Visor at all. I like the Silver and Blue ones though, so I'll stick with those. I wish Jorge's color Red was selectable, I'm kind of dismayed that it isn't. =\
Recon was retarded. I wore it for a weak after I got it a couple months after Halo 3 came out.
YES EMILE'S KUKRI YES. YES. AWESOME.
Meh, I remember seeing a shot of Recon and wanting it long before those petition threads about it. It just appeals to me aesthetically. Doesn't make any sense but it just does. Nice to see its in the game without any attachments, I figured the Day One thing was only for the helmet with attachments. XD I suppose everyone will stick with that appeals to them personally. I'm going for Church colors with my character. XD
At least there's no fucking Hayabusa. I said it before and I'll say it again: that was the 'mesh tank top' of Halo fashion.
I wish there were shoe options. Preferably ones without caution strips.
I wish there was a green visor colour. That plus orange armour plus CQB helmet plus bulky shoulders and I could have been running around as Samus :(
Yeah, really, what gives on the lack of visor colours? We need red (like what Jorge has), green, purple and other cool colours. Then again, they might not fit as well into Halo...but seriously...black? That doesn't fit at all...
I can't believe they actually have black as a visor color. Did they even think about that for a second?
There's a reason that black armor didn't make it into Halo 2...
Heh, I'd go for a Halo 1 look.
It doesn't seem so much as black as it does just a dark grey. :| Regardless, I don't mind it, but perhaps another color would spark my interest a bit more.
I really liked the JPL helmet...I'm having a hard decision between it and the original Mark V.
can we add spoilers to the title of this thread?
According to stuff over on NeoGAF the game is out to the masses now, as in you don't need a JTagged to play it anymore. I'm not seeing this anywhere, then again those guys seem to freak out over every little thing. Meh I hate anti-piracy people. :P Anyway back to Reach, here is a video containing a full day one armory tour, without the maxed out rank, it also shows off emblems and custom options, as well as the beautiful OST. Marty has outdone himself this time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNoeSQTEeis
Who ever is browsing ANYTHING related to Halo Reach between a week ago and Sept 14th is just ASKING for a spoiler TBQH, and they only have themselves to blame. And the pope.
Yeah man. The Pope is to blame when anything goes wrong. The man looks like Emperor Palpatine, something just isn't right. I don't need Admiral Ackbar here to tell me that much >_> I don't mind spoilers though, it helps to down the hype I've let myself generate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
I told myself I'd grab the OST for ODST because it was a very pleasant surprise, but Reach is sounding even better from what little I've heard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ellis
I just innocently glanced at the Recent Forum Posts on the front page and had my shit spoiled. I wish people would grow the fuck up around here and wait 3 measly weeks for a game to come out. I'm happy to hear that MS is handing out console bans, but it would be nice if they could learn to handle the problem before it becomes a problem. Localize the game in-house and NEVER distribute it digitally so far in advance of release. Bungie must be equally pissed at MS and the pirates right about now. They probably can't wait to get to Activision after this amazingly unbroken 4-game string of leaks.
Their next game will be for +2 more platforms, tripling the probability of it getting leaked early. Especially when it comes to the PC which doesn't require any sort of modified hardware to play.
If anything, it should show that people really love [to play] their games if they're willing to crack at two of MS's distribution systems to play them. I don't think a CoD would ever create enough hype for people to do or care to do that heh.
Think all of us can agree with most of the youtube users that Cod sucks. Also "WHY DID ALL THE PS3 FANS THUMBS DOWN!?!?"
21 days and counting.
The 360 version of Modern Warfare 2 leaked, but that was a mere week early. When 3 out of the last 4 Halo games have leaked an entire month early, that's sheer incompetence. I just don't know what they were thinking exposing a digitally distributed copy like that. As soon as I saw that, I knew this would happen. You don't give pirates line-of-sight on code like that. They will figure out a way to break the flimsy plexi-glass between them and the prize.
I just feel bad for Bungie. I wish both Microsoft and the thieving hyenas would show the slightest bit of respect.
Kornman00 is right about people just getting pissed over spoilers, you fucking clicked the link, your fault.
I seen to many spoilers for me to go back now anyways, it doesn't irate me since I'm gonna be probably busy with school work a lot.
Like I said, I was spoiled by the Recent Forum Posts on the main page, where the title of the thread is written BELOW the post. So I hit the spoiler before I knew what I was looking at. It would be cool if a thread could be prevented from updating the RFP.
I don't really consider myself a big spoiler bitch, but come on. The thing that annoys me the most is that people are being given attention when they do not deserve it. Bungie had the talent, vision, and dedication. All these pirates have is a little bit of trial-and-error-based knowledge, a lot of time, a lack of ethics and a juvenile "look at me" mentality. If everyone were mature and could bring themselves to ignore this type of stuff, the hackers wouldn't bother.
Some pretty awesome posters :
Kat looks like a dude in that photo.
:/
Other then that badass.
This just in. Kat is from Anime! Sooo >_> Admiral Ackbar is on the phone hold on...
At first I thought Kat was Spock.
"Kat looks like a dude"
I am surprisingly okay with this.
Kat looks like she's a member of a military outfit.
Shocking.
A lot of these new members are awesome, hope some of them decide to stay!Quote:
Originally Posted by Qbob
Yeah, I'm all for protagonists that actually look like military people and not anime characters. -_- I'm also for Spartans that actually seem more human and that have faces as opposed to the invincible Chief. Cheers to Reach, 20 days and counting now.
ODST are completely out of proportion in real life. I saw someone make a to-scale ODST helm. and it was wayyy too narrow. Are ODSTs secretly horses?
OT: Reach looks amazing, trying to stay away from spoilers as best as I can.
http://www.bungie.net/news/blog.aspx?mode=news
You can now enter your Halo PC key to unlock the nameplate icon.
Sweet, got mine.
Here's the final Live Action Trailer for Halo: Reach. Its entitled "Deliver Hope" Enjoy. It's pretty alright, but its just one of those over one minute ones again, way too short. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IMTK7yuoq0
I wish my jetpack could get me that far :mech:
Just a fantastic trailer. I've gone Dark on Reach now because of all the spoilers around and I want to be surprised by this Halo Game, but I don't mind watching these Live Action trailers - and they're great!
I like that Live Action Trailer, I was over lurking at NeoGAF since they still haven't approved me as a poster and one of the Bungie employees confirmed this is a video of how Kat lost her arm, and how the original Noble Six, Thom died. So this is actually a prequel to the prequel game. Also I'm listening to Blow Me Away - Breaking Benjamin from Halo 2. I still love this song, and I loved listening to it when it came up during the game. :D
I like that one comment:
"It's always a fucking banshee"
man, look at all them youtubers thinking this is actually the end of Reach lol
So, they gave the previous SIII who covered their six (see what I did thar :haw:) a name? Thom? Wonder if this will ever get put into some short story or (:ugh:) anime (:ugh:). Nice video, but kinda sends off mixed signals with the whole "remember where it all began" while this video takes place before the Reach attack and thus I don't think that battle is on Reach but hey, it's a nice video and that's what matters in the end right?.
Yeah I hear what you are saying on the mixed signals thing, and the way Bungie figures it, the casual fans will think the battle is on Reach while the hardcore people will know its before it. I just got a chuckle out of the prequel game getting a prequel trailer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
Also here's a quote from the Bungie Employee, his forum handle on NeoGaf is Mancannon "you guys nailed it - essentially this is Kat pre-arm loss - the mission in which she lost it - and presumably the original noble six you replace at the start of Reach the game. This was Bungies position, that it's not actually on Reach - but its intentionally nebulous. Casual fans won't care and will assume it's Reach, hardcore fans know it cant be. You guys are Halo CSI - can't get nuthin past you http://www.neogaf.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif"
and one more from Mancannon "
original early storyboards showed Kats arm being severed but turns out ratings boards and networks arent keen on dismemberment :) favorite memory from those meetings was our suggestions for a noble six/kat exchange as he picks up the bomb.. "let me give you a hand with that" "the bomb is disarmed" etc (more fun if you do it with a campy Schwarzenegger style accent)"
Just a note in case anyone was as curious as i was about the MFDD being able to take that cruiser out. The output is 63 terajoules, which equals 15057.361376694 tons.
That's a big bang.
Ow. See how she landed on her arm? No shit she lost it.
"guess you can't stick it" :realsmug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ellis
It reminds me of the scene in First Strike where they use a Covenant Cruiser to dampen the EMP field of a nuclear grenade.Quote:
Originally Posted by SnaFuBAR
too bad they loose a spartan doing so
anyways reach has invaded my dreams the latest one involved me p,aying a level that made NO SENSE and for some reason noble 6 was on fucking stilts...also the hulk somehow got in there
http://deelekgolo.codebrainshideout....08-29_1023.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by SnaFuBAR
oh hoooo
In other news, relating to the whole you can have Kat's arm for your Spartan, the guy I'm talking to who did the Infection 16 Player video has told me that the Robotic Arm is part of a chest piece. He said its part of more than one chest piece, so I'll keep an eye out for that the next time I see another full armory tour with everything unlocked.
Infection 16 player video? Where is this?
It was removed last night by Microsoft, as well as all of that user's Reach videos.
Yeah it was removed. I talk to the guy who did it tho, he was trying to set up a live stream but Justin TV wouldn't recognize his dazzle or capture card as I call it. :P
Yeah, it's like a combo chest piece. I know there is one, maybe two that are like this. You need to buy the "base" chest piece first, then you can select the one with the robotic arm. It's weird though, since it doesn't work the same way as helmet accessories.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ellis
Any idea how much it costs? The base and then the arm? o.oQuote:
Originally Posted by jcap
i saw the "haunted" helmet, costs only 1 Cr...the prerequisite you ask?
own ALL helmets AND their addons to unlock it
Man those 3 milligrams TNT really made the difference :PQuote:
Originally Posted by SnaFuBAR
Don't you find that amusing it points out who spends a lot of time, to buy all the helmets and addons.Quote:
Originally Posted by sevlag
:allears:
It's just like the Katana from Halo 3. :v:
Hopefully it won't be as prevalent.
At least it's cooler than the Katana. Gives new meaning when Elites say "Demon!"
God I got sick of seeing fucking hayabusa katana setups everywhere. At least this I could tolerate.
I get the feeling we're not going to see any for a while, especially if the requirement includes armour effects.
(hayabusa shoulders are the only good shoulders, every other hayabusa piece including the katana sucks)
It includes armor effects? From what I understand it's all helmets which don't need special prerequisites themselves (ie, Waypoint) plus all their attachments.
yeah, I didn't read the sevlag's post properly and thought it meant you had to unlock everything.
nope just need to unlock the helmetsQuote:
Originally Posted by Cagerrin
as for armor effects i might use the stink cloud...BEHOLD THE SMELLIEST SPARTAN TO LIVE!
Meh, even if I do eventually get that skull helmet, I won't be using it, nor will I be using any armor effects :D
use the stink cloud we can be stinky spartan groupQuote:
Originally Posted by Hotrod
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0D4rjom3Ew Check out some Epic Firefight gameplay. Its nice to see the game played by someone who is actually pretty good at it.
So, that forerunner map from the IGN article that nobody could find on the disc...
Rumour has it that it's unlocked/downloaded on Campaign completion, but you have to be connected to XBL(and of course none of the people playing leaked copies are).
Would you be referring to Glacier or some other map that I've yet to hear anything about? o.O
Nope, isn't Glacier. There were pics earlier in this thread but I can't seem to find them.
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/...0095447803.jpg
First two pics in third row.
I declare that BS. Reviewers got the game early and would then be able to do it if that were true.
More than likely, it's an older build of what is now Forge World or future DLC. Since all of the MP/FF maps were taken from the campaign, I don't think it could be a pulled game map so either it's something we can look forward to in the future or is just an old FW. My money is on an old FW.
Nope, someone on GAF was watching a stream of the ending and the message saying to sign in to live for the dlc popped up.
It's definitely not an old Forge World, since there's a picture of Forge World right on top of it, second row second column. No, that's something completely different. And if somebody DOES know what it actually is, please do not post it here, since I don't want to have anything spoiled for me, thanks :)
Well anyway Gamesradar has some decent videos of the Bungie devs playing on Paradiso in a 4v4v4v4 and then a 16 Man Invasion on Spire. Maybe I'm alone in this but I almost think Invasion looks kind of... boring. I played it in the beta and the fact I couldn't pick my preferred species in it, and that it almost purposely split me up from the friends I partied up with just killed it for me. I dunno you guys be the judge I suppose. Enjoy. http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/ha...83110445815090 Also Paradiso reminds me of Timberland from Halo: CE. Its a good thing though.
Paradiso looks pretty amazing if you ask me, reminds me of both Timberland (as Ellis said) and Death Island which were two of my favourite Halo PC maps ever.
Reminds me of a mix between Wizard, Danger Canyon (scenery), and that custom map in CE with all of those structures on the island....not Death Island, but it's on a massive cliff and the island is circular.
Am I the only one that thinks explosions are over exaggerated?
Namely, the fuel rod.
Dude, I don't think it's possible to use the words "explosion" and "too big" in the same sentence.
