funny joke, i know which branch of gaming i would have pegged as 'in decline'Quote:
Originally Posted by nuttyyayap
Light Fuse, Run Away
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funny joke, i know which branch of gaming i would have pegged as 'in decline'Quote:
Originally Posted by nuttyyayap
Light Fuse, Run Away
rofl, seriously. The thing is though, you can buy a SexBox for 300 bucks and get a machine that has all of the games the PC has and more. Sports genres aren't very PC friendly, and while I like FPSing on PC better there is just as big of a community on XBox. Again, if Sony has a cheaper machine I will buy that though. I don't have the cash to spend 2000 on a super gaming PC.Quote:
Originally Posted by rossmum
Seeing as how they've just built off the Reach engine, I don't see it being too difficult for them to bring the game to the PC as well. Bungie already has to have partial PC support in the engine for the tools, so it's already a 1/4 of the way there.
With all this 'rawr, new shit, rawr, new music, rawr, new story, rawr, rawr', it'd be pretty fucking stupid for them to limit themselves to just the 360. They have the resources, put it on the PC as well.
I would probably get it for pc unless the port was just awful. And assuming it also had an editing kit, otherwise I'll be getting it for the platform it was originally made for.
It's an XBox 360 title and they want to "do more." *laugh*
Also, why would you want to rationalize multiplayer deathmatch? The whole point behind it is that it's a branch off and makes no sense, the only people that care about multiplayer's place in the universe are the people who care far too much about lore and the folks like RvB who point it out just for the sake of lampshade hanging. It's about shooting people in the face repeatedly, not a blockbuster riveting tale.
Oh, so the likely announcement of the future MS console that will happen before this game launches wont take away from the 360?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotrod
That would also decrease sales by a fuckton. I can't be the only one out there who can't afford to buy the new Xbox at 400$-500$ as well as Halo 4 for 60$ (assuming I don't get a Limited Edition, which I would want to). By the time I and any other university/college/non-rich student/person finally buys the console, the game would be well past its prime and would have been robbed of a very large amount of sales.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warsaw
I'm not saying I wouldn't want it on PC (although console is where Halo has always been for me, asides from Halo PC/CE), but I completely understand why they're not doing so.
Not when it comes to Halo 4, no. Having Halo 4 on the 360 gives Microsoft more game sales for its baby, and most people who want a 360 have one already anyway. The problem with having it on both the 360 and PC is requiring to maintain both at the same time, while it would be much simpler and time saving to only have one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeph
In plus, most people would buy it on the 360 anyway, wanting to stick with what they know and love, and the PC port wouldn't be as big of a success and they would want it to be.
Because so little information has been released that those "perfectly valid concerns" are little more than wild speculation for the most part.Quote:
Originally Posted by rossmum
Console-Exclusive games like Halo are what keep the Console in the market. That's the primary reason why Microsoft has not put Halo back onto the PC since H2V (arguably considering the hooplah with H2V); Halo fans will have to buy a console to enjoy the most recent Halo games.
Oh look. They still use cubemaps. 343i, where's my real-time reflections!? :maddowns:
http://h9.abload.de/img/gif5tvzjs.gif
Underneath the armor: Aligator skin or bubble wrap?
I gotta say, I thought this game would be far worse. Glad it's not totally following in reach's footsteps.
Neither, the suit is actually flat, just the injections they give the Spartan IV's give mad acne.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkHalcyon
might matter if you took it to a forum where the devs and the rest of the community might actually see itQuote:
Originally Posted by rossmum
until then it's pointless nit-pickery in a corner of the internet that will have no impact on anything
Might as well just lock the thread and wait for release, then. It might do us all some good.Quote:
Originally Posted by t3h m00kz
"I've responded to it a couple of times. There aren't "perks" in the game as being described here. And classic Halo is still there. But there are things we will be rolling out soon to put all of this discussion in a much better perspective and I suspect calm frayed nerves." - Frank (link)
"We didn't mention them. That's why I put it in quotes. That term was coined by someone else to interpret stuff they saw in the UI. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things and to be expected during announce fervor. And yes, it's partly our fault since we re rolling out more information about this stuff at a later time. " - Frank (link)
http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/...l?read=1129698
Thank FUCKING god. :downs:
steam outsells every console combined, so i dont know where your getting this big community on xbox thingQuote:
Originally Posted by TVTyrant
also you dont need to spend 2000 to get a good computer that shits over anything the consoles have.
re-use screens, keyboards DVD drives, mice, case's power supplys harddrives ect and you save your self a ton. Thats what i did.
the only things that really need to be upgraded to make a computer a decent gaming computer is CPU, ram GPU and a motherboard that supports them.
Honestly, I haven't been impressed by any of this Halo 4 buisness yet to care.
Announce a PC version and I might start giving a fuck. All the games since Halo 3 have been pretty terrible IMO.
If they made Halo 4 for PC I would love 343i forever. Just saying - Halo 1 netcode = very :(
Halo 1's netcode makes me giggle...so many badkids who can't figure it out.
This. While I did just spend $3000 on a new rig, the truth is you can build one that is pretty fantastic for ~$500 if you scrounge. That's $200 for a machine better than any console and that can do more than any console.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bodzilla
Oh no, it's not that I didn't figure it out, it's that there is SO much more I'd rather do that it simply can't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warsaw
Not saying you didn't figure it out. Also, the one thing I want out of it that it can't do is online co-op.
Eh. Thats fair about the community thing, but :effort: about the other part. Its less expensive than it sometimes seems, but at the same time I don't have most of those things to scrounge in the first place. All the machines we have are laptops, and with a lack of funding (I only work in the summer) it makes that even harder. I payed 250 for my XBox, and I have never had any problems with it. I do think shooters are much more fun on the PC, but its tough when you don't have a good one and all of your funding goes elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bodzilla
Well, you can at least scrounge hard drives from a laptop...
http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines...tin-30712.aspx
Nice stuff in this Bulletin.
http://halo.bungie.org/halobulletins/40
Some things that stood out to me:
"The Covenant will definitely return...sonically) overhauled form". We can has babelfish again? Fuck that Reach shit, I like to hear my grunts freak out in english.Quote:
The HUD shown in the gameplay clips lacks a health bar. Will this change, has this changed, or will Halo 4 use the same health system as the one in Halo 2 and 3? -Gravemind
Health has been changed. There are no health pickups, but we'll have more news on how that system works in gameplay at a later date.
What will the ranking system be like? -xMcCarthee
It will be altered. More news later.
In the new footage we see the game type set as Slayer yet the score goes up not by individual kills but by points. Is this a custom game? A new Slayer variant? Or is this how the default Slayer scoring is going to be? -zNiTeY
The footage of MP you saw is taken from our internal Network test build and actually features a mashup of various game styles and UI elements, so don't spend too much time trying to figure out what's happening in it, because outside of surface elements, it's not going to teach you a lot about any particular game mode. However, our new implementation of Slayer will score differently than the traditional 0-50 method of yore, and is one of 100 things we'll share with you more deeply in the coming months.
Will there be any Covenant presence in Campaign or Multiplayer? Be it weaponry, equipment, architecture, etc. -Lloyd Jo en es
Yes. The Covenant will definitely return, albeit in a completely (graphically, politically and sonically) overhauled form, but they may be the least of your problems.
Does the BR have spread? Is it hitscan? -xBrutaIity
The BR is a three-shot burst weapon. It is hitscan. In its current tuning, it has recoil (not bloom) which causes it to rise slightly (in a predictable and suppressible way). It is not a replacement for the DMR as has been discussed in the community. You will not see bloom as it currently exists in Vanilla Reach on any weapon, but there will be different methods for reticle targeting that vary depending on the weapon, and players will have a wide arsenal of weapons to choose from. More news about that later.
Is Jen Taylor voicing Cortana? Who were the woman and man in the motion capture part of the Halo 4 video? -Jedi Otter
The man and woman in the video were incredibly talented actors. Their roles in Halo 4 are pivotal and essential to the story we're telling, but we'll talk more about those and other actors in the future. I think Halo fans will be calm and happy about our casting, including MP V/O, but we're not revealing more at this time.
"including MP V/O". I hope that means they've kept with JS for VOG.
e: go away DH, no one wants that waypoint crap. HBO archive FTW!
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Originally Posted by Kornman00
Jen stayed with Bungie as I recall.
I think the explicit avoidance of saying whether Jen would voice Cortana was a sign that Jen won't be involved.
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343i put mustard turd skid marks on their BR
And?Quote:
Originally Posted by nuttyyayap
Does anyone else really really really not like the new Battle Rifle? It looks like it's what would have been in Reach if the BR had made it to Reach.
I really really really do not like the new Battle Rifle.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobtheGreatII
(The only good one was in Halo 2).
Except it looks almost nothing like the DMR, or any other Reach weapon, excluding the yellow stripeQuote:
Originally Posted by BobtheGreatII
I like the nice smooth metal grip at the front
In all honesty. It looks like one of Warsaw's concepts for FoF back in the Halo2CE days. No joke.
Voice actors tend to not have any particular loyalty to a company though. I seriously doubt she wouldn't voice Cortana.Quote:
Originally Posted by =sw=warlord
Yeah, not to mention that she's done other voices outside of Bungie, such as Zoey in Left4Dead. Not having Jen Tayor and Steve Downes do Cortana and the John (especially since Cortana has done other Halo 4 related stuff already, such as the Warthog in Forza) would be extremely stupid of them.
Also, I love the look of the new BR. The blue could be darker, but asides from that it looks great.
Agreed, but my biggest issue is with the practicality of the yellow stripe: why would the BR have it in the first place? Shouldn't it not have bright colors for stealth purposes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotrod
NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkHalo003
It was bad enough with CMT and the yellow strip on the assault rifle.
It doesn't ruin anything for me, just a curiosity. If it's simply because it's for an aesthetic purpose only, then alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by =sw=warlord
>See CMT AR yellow stripe shitstorm xP Also, watch out for Kornman, mention yellow stripes on guns and he will show up, stick his head up your ass and start ranting.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkHalo003
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Originally Posted by =sw=warlord
Too late, a page back:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehob
Tis what actually got me to talk about the yellow strip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
I don't wait for babies, I make 'em:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehob
Also, any one who :downs: the yellow strip has a vagina, so if I'm going to stick any heads in any holes, it's going to be there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
There are some things which an artistic license is void with. Using lolcolors on human-rifles is one of them.
e: People get to bitch about shit like armor lock, so I get to bitch about nonsense like using diarrhea to paint decals on weapons in Halo.
http://kornnersoftware.com/images/boner.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
yah yah yah yah yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Can I Halo 4?
:v:
If you're going to model that, move the scope forward about three rail-notches so it's in the right location for proper sighting.
The yellow stripe is there for aesthetic purposes only, and are most likely going to stay no matter how much everybody bitches about it.
/subject
Also, am I the only one who thinks the scope should be a tad longer?
Optics have come a long way in 500+ years vOv
Tsk. It was only a matter of time I suppose. Still, I actually like this BR aesthetically, so put it in CE.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobtheGreatIICan I Halo 4?
:v:
Prepare to be yelled at :PQuote:
Originally Posted by DarkHalo003
It's just a bullpup G36, idk what's so awesome about that.
And you have to remember, future-optics can be small and still provide outstanding magnification!
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Originally Posted by DarkHalo003
HHOW DARRREEE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUITZGOT TEH YALLOW SHIT STRIPE ON IT AND ITS GREEBLED ABD BAD AND AWFUL AND SHITTY AND HALO4ISMOSTTURRIBLE HALOZ EVAR
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk...q0mdo1_500.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehob
I'm more or less not worried about the stripe on the texture. However the scratches make it look like someone put it on cement and drug it across the ground.
Didn't you read? It weighs so much that, unless you're a Spartan, you'll be doing just that: dragging it across the ground. Mus-turd paint weighs as much as a Nibbler nugget in the future. True story, thank the Forerunners, they wanted to keep that ugly shit from ever leaving the god awful sources they originate from #ForerunnerPhysics.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobtheGreatII
I lol'd
I just watched the Rewind Theatre for the new trailer. Chief's armor disgusts me. Also why does Chief's waist look like Paris Hilton's??? WTF 343?
Probably because no one up until Reach took into consideration that there are big muscly people underneath the thick armor which has to sit on top of said big armor.
:realism:
You're confusing "skinny" with "disproportionate". The sheer mass of his armor isn't what I'm talking about, I get what you're saying about pieces sitting atop one another, but at the same time 343i doesn't have to fall back on that mentality where ungodly skinny waists are appealing. Bioware did the same damn thing with Ashley Williams in Mass Effect 3
Bro, I don't understand what you are talking about, his waist isn't disproportionate. The only difference in size from old is the fact that there is no armor on the sides, around his hips and below his ribcage, look at that next to an anatomical drawing and the shape under the armor is quite proportional.
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Check out this picture, if you look, his proportions are the same as those of the H3 Master Chief, but because the groin piece doesn't wrap around he looks skinnier.
Obama did it.
Yeah, the only difference I see in the size of his thighs is the fact that there's no armour covering them, making them seem thinner without actually doing so.
I like the aesthetic of the G36, so it would make sense for me at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cortexian
Oh god, that's the first I've seen of that armor. It looks retarded.
this. The joints look fucking awfulQuote:
Originally Posted by Pooky
Lol, he's got lady feet.
H4 helmet is retarded. If this wasn't a sequel, maybe I would accept the helmet, but I also wouldn't already have a preexisting connection/knowledge with John 117 and his two previous armor iterations. So I wouldn't care so much. But it is a sequel and it looks like shit.
Such a bunch of negative nancys :3
El gato, el gato...
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Originally Posted by =sw=warlord
Just came across the following post on HBO which suggests (and has backing support) Jen won't be the babe behind Cortana's voice and facials...:-3Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkHalo003
It's going to be damn strange if Cortana's voice changes.
So the somewhat annoying female voice I ignore will be played by someone else? I might or might not approve.
I'd love to see Kaori Mizuhashi voice acting as Cortana :realsmug:
^^Nah, fuck that.
Lydia Mackay or Tiffany Grant FTW.
or Lady Gaga
More like lady KakaQuote:
Originally Posted by t3h m00kz
That's still an understatement when it comes to her...err... "music".Quote:
Originally Posted by TVTyrant
Or her err... Person as a whole.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotrod
*Walks into thread and sees talk of Lady Gayga*
*Walks out*
Hmmm, I'm okay with this, mainly because I find her attractive. We shall see in the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
I thought it only meant that she was going to be the one off whom they're basing the model of Cortana, and not the voice itself. In plus, wasn't it confirmed at Halofest that Jen Taylor was returning?
This too I guess.lol. I could have sworn she was returning too, but you know how shit gets over time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotrod
I'm not sure how to react to any of this. I think I'll wait until an official report from Frank O'Connor (or perhaps some ending credits) before mulling it over in my mind. I'm just dissapointed that we don't have Angela Bassett on board for Halo 4.
Additionally: I hope the Spartan IVs are going to be pretty damn cool.
Because they're just a bunch of regular grunts, rather than some underaged mutated children.
MS got Bungie to kill off Johnson in H3 so they wouldn't have to pay to get her to be in the game.
Also, haters gonna hate Lady Gaga.
Also, Jen may still be the voice of Dr. H.
Bitches can't read my poker face.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
Are you in a bad romance?
Depends, you wanna take a ride on my disco stick?
http://kornnersoftware.com/images/boner.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
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Originally Posted by t3h m00kz
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Originally Posted by EX12693
This entire thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
EDIT: If the Didact, the Librarian, and/or Mendicant Bias shows up, I will faithfully announce "Called it."
You can probably be certain at least one of them will show, but I'm betting it's Mendicant Bias. I really can't wait for this game.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkHalcyon
I'll throw up a few :woops: around if all three do show up.
Wouldn't surprise me if Didact turns out to be the "great evil".
Guilty sparks comment about his anger kind of gave it away.
Don't forget that the Terminals talked a lot about the Flood, and Spark even directly called them the "Ancient Enemy".
If they bring back the Diadact and he needs to be better than that horrible excuse of one we got in Cryptum.
Lol, the Didact will be assmad in Halo 4 because of what Greg Bear did to his past. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by TeeKup
