343 announces new F2P Halo PC game tailored for Russian audience

[staticchanger]

Most of me wants to think this is an April fools joke. It says on the site they "partnered with Saber Interactive and Innova Systems to make an all-new, free Halo multiplayer PC experience that will launch in spring, only in Russia."

It's running on a heavily modified Halo 3 engine so it can work well on older systems.

Seriously? WTF

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https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/halo-online-closed-beta-launching-in-russia

http://kotaku.com/theres-a-free-to-play-halo-game-coming-to-russia-1693616232

[arbiter901]

fuck, sounds like shit filled with microtransactions.

Hopefully these are the first steps in bringing Halo 3 to PC.

[Amit]

*shake my head, shake my head*

What are they playing at?

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

why

[n00b1n8R]

cyka

[Dwood]

They know Kornman's American and don't want him to get his hands on the game.

[Rentafence]

343 Сука Блять

[jcap]

modacity.ru

[JackalStomper]

Microsoft can't into logic

[Btcc22]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=612_qzVHRQg&app=desktop

Well, didn't see that coming. I seriously reckon they killed off the H3PC port in favour of doing this.

[staticchanger]

It's like finding out your dead wife survived, but then ended up marrying some Russian dude.
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[CabooseJr]

They reskinned Avalanche and made it desert themed and remade Turf. I want this now.

[Btcc22]

They reskinned Avalanche and made it desert themed and remade Turf. I want this now.

I know it looks like the game you knew and loved but take a closer to look at the video - the resemblance is only skin deep.

[arbiter901]

I wonder what changes they made to the engine.

[sanni]

Go to halo-online.ru and click on создай аккаунт on the right side. Click on Facebook icon, sign in with facebook. Check the box and accept. Tell them where you live and your email. Now all you need is a code.

http://i.imgur.com/crdD6JG.jpg

Spoiler: 0000 0000 0000 0000 didn't work :ohdear:

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

game has leaked, kek

[arbiter901]

Apparently people are saying it's running on a downgraded H4 engine.

http://s27.postimg.org/6imfns06r/1427414113940.jpg

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http://s27.postimg.org/v2yeyi6er/1427415572631.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/b8cdcdr73/full/)

http://s27.postimg.org/in1p4rd2r/1427416585327.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/sx44402y7/full/)

http://s27.postimg.org/rynr1ppmb/1427417110035.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/j3mwr70tr/full/)

http://s27.postimg.org/cfuwic6pf/1427417950952.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/qmandkhkf/full/)

http://s27.postimg.org/xo3zm0vsj/1427418885772.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/is5gefkdr/full/)

http://s27.postimg.org/6g75eolwz/1427419358175.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/ngq1ncyy7/full/)

http://s27.postimg.org/af4cxiak3/1427424975034.png (http://postimg.org/image/ebhothvjj/full/)

http://s27.postimg.org/6hh383nqr/1427425274500.png (http://postimg.org/image/ox1k5i1v3/full/)

[Tnnaas]

Apparently people are saying it's running on a downgraded H4 engine.
Do they know that it's an upgraded H3 engine? There's a big difference between the two.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

http://i.imgur.com/4JeQVLU.jpg

[Zeph]

Apparently people are saying it's running on a downgraded H4 engine.
Of course, it has halo 4 assets. no way it's possible for those old engines to handle high definition and modern assets.

[arbiter901]

It's running way smoother than h2v ever did on my PC.

[Btcc22]

Of course, it has halo 4 assets. no way it's possible for those old engines to handle high definition and modern assets.

It's the Halo 3 engine.

[Zeph]

It's the Halo 3 engine.
But....it has halo 4 assets....how can we feel superior to [other franchise] if it's not the most modern powerful optimized tech ever built for a console?

[Dwood]

It definitely doesn't FEEL like Halo 3 did. Oh well. I'll keep my eye out for when someone gets lan running.

[thehoodedsmack]

Oh snap, sons. Time to party like it's 2007!

Dig up the graves; ring the bells; light the beacon of Amon Din. Time for Modacity 2: Plasma Boogaloo.

[~ZMT~Trace]

Pretty freaking neat-o. Can't wait to try this when I get home.

[ThePlague]

Count me in.

[Cortexian]

I hope they bring it to North 'Merica...

[Don]

They wont need to bring it to North America, we have the files :realsmug:. Soon my child, soon >: )

[Cortexian]

I know you're new here and optimistic and stuff, but this community is really good at waiting and saying that something will happen "soon". I've been waiting years for something like Halo 3 on PC.

[itszutak]

Hey how did that z target thing for CE turn out anyway

Speaking of works in progress

[supersniper]

It's running way smoother than h2v ever did on my PC.Don't hate on my baby :(

Anyways I was so fucking pissed when it was announced for Russia only, I'm glad it was leaked. Kind of expected Russians leak Microsoft Builds all the time...

I kinda expected it.

[Ki11a_FTW]

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but forge is now playable and works to a decent degree.

[Cortexian]

"Works" as in you can place weapons and that's it because we can't change menus. D:

[arbiter901]

You can now navigate the forge menus with a x360 controller in the latest release.

My camera keeps pointing upwards while in forge mode...

[TVTyrant]

Why the fuck did they introduce this for Russia only?

Fuck the state.

[Resinball]

http://i.imgur.com/c0kZTPT.jpg
Halo H3X - The Edge

[staticchanger]

Boooooo, those bullies.
http://i.imgur.com/CDnV5ca.png

[Reaper Man]

Wat

[arbiter901]

http://i.imgur.com/xHxw26C.jpg

Probably just the streaming thing between windows 10 and the xbox..

[arbiter901]

Looks like the forge camera has been fixed.

[NullZero]

http://torrentfreak.com/microsoft-hits-halo-online-modders-with-copyright-complaint-150402/

[Lateksi]

DEE yer famous.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

looks like a lot of us are famous now

[Rentafence]

You guys better remember me when ur Halords

[InnerGoat]

illegal stuff going on oh no i hope deelekgolo is ok :(

[supersniper]

das not good to be famous for :( You don't want your name out there against MS like that :/

[Apoc4lypse2]

why the hell are they making something this cool only available to Russia...!!?!? wtf?

I want a "halo online pc game that works" with the ability to make custom weapon selections with addons and custom loadouts... what the fuck Microsoft...

[Tnnaas]

why the hell are they making something this coolIt's not that cool.


why the hell are they making something this cool only available to Russia...!!?!? wtf?
Xbox isn't as popular over there as it is in the United States, and that means Microsoft isn't making a whole lot of money from Russia.
This free to play Halo game on the PC is designed to have purchasable (rentable?) weapons (and powerups? I'm not really following it atm)
It'll probably make it overseas one day, and I bet by then it'll either be horribly maintained or dead (H2V levels of both).


I want a "halo online pc game that works"Halo: Combat Evolved for the PC and Halo: Custom Edition already work. Sometimes there are mostly Blood Gulch CTF 24/7 servers and really bad custom maps, but the games do indeed work. I've seen some pretty bad map variants and gametypes on the servers in Eldewrito, so apparently only graphics have improved, not peoples' taste.
:smug:


I want a "halo online pc game that works" with the ability to make custom weapon selections with addons and custom loadouts...Loadouts and custom weapons can sometimes be fun, but Halo's philosophy in balance was "Everyone starts with these two weapons, everyone is balanced" with everything else pretty much being a power weapon. It worked well, and it continues to work really well. When you mess with that balance, to me, that's when it starts to feel less like Halo and more like generic modern shooter 2.

Reach did all right with loadouts where the only difference between different loadouts on most gametypes were your armor abilities. The only exception to this rule I can recall is Invasion and Firefight, but then that also worked really well because it was Spartans versus Covenant and was intentionally imbalanced; this meant that players had to change up their play styles from traditional Spartan versus Spartan matches. Because of the customization behind them, I have doubts about Halo: Online's version of loadouts.


what the fuck Microsoft...Same tbh