"Halo 4: I Get a Woman!" - Sgt. Mjr. A.J. Johnson, RIP

[DarkHalo003]

I know, I heard it in that trailer for those snippets, but I want to hear how he is in the next episode. In other words, I want to go by an epsiode rather than a trailer.

[Zeph]

I know, I heard it in that trailer for those snippets, but I want to hear how he is in the next episode. In other words, I want to go by an epsiode rather than a trailer.
Wouldn't surprise me if that little snippet is the very end of the next episode. They've done a very good job of stretching this out and are relatively awkward in transitions.

[DarkHalo003]

Wouldn't surprise me if that little snippet is the very end of the next episode. They've done a very good job of stretching this out and are relatively awkward in transitions.
Yeah.lol.

Lately, a lot of gaming trailers and move trailers have been brandishing the snippets from the end in their trailers. That really bothers me now.

[Sanctus]

Yeah.lol.

Lately, a lot of gaming trailers and move trailers have been brandishing the snippets from the end in their trailers. That really bothers me now.

I noticed that too! It's really annoying sneaking in a spoiler like that.

[Amit]

So many issues with this vid that I can't even list them all:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=k-xBlKez2WE

[Tnnaas]

Looking at the bright side: every generation of multiplayer has been radically different than the one before it. That's something CoD can't say.

So, by effectively slipping into the status-quo of FPS multiplayer, it effectively became its own unique gem within the Halo franchise. :iamafag:

[DarkHalo003]

That video is old, like a week or so. You mind listing the issues you think are there?

I'm only skeptical gameplay-wise in regards to weapon drops (basically like Killstreaks, but I like that it's based off of points rather than kills and won't send a gunship to make it a shit game) and armor mods (like some mods make you more resilient to grenades or allow you to pick up and carry more grenades). Everything else is looking really nice. I like the philosophy around players being able to choose their starting weapons so that they can learn said weapons, not to mention having the choice is really good to begin with. It puts Halo where it needs to be to compete with other modern FPS shooters that give players similar choices and larger scales.

[Zeph]

I think the biggest issue is the fact that they are saying all the old halo games were old and/or broken so they've "fixed" everything. I've told everyone that this isn't Halo any longer for a stupidly long time and here they are finally saying it now. This is their own title based on what a studio that hasn't made a game yet thinks a game should be.

[Masterz1337]

Oh please. They're letting it evolve with the rest of the game industry. Halo's fallen behind other games, and the progressive style games have been eating away from Halo since COD4. Everyone who's played H4 says the gameplay is the best out of the series, or at least on par with H1. The MP is going to be different for sure, but it's not like any of the other Halo games respected their predecessors MP either.

On another note, that trailer pumps me up for SPOPS. The pre rendered cutscenes look amazing, based on suiting up scenes we were shown, I'm inclined to think that they stream you a video based on what your player profiles armor is set to, hence why you can only do SPOPS with a connection to XBL.

[Ki11a_FTW]

I think the last multilayer experience I enjoyed on Halo was when Firefight first came out on ODST. I bought Halo Reach, however I wasn't gonna rejoin xbl again when I heard the multiplayer sucked compared to Halo 2/3s multiplayer. Personally, in Halo 4, some things look cool, some don't. I don't really like the fact that they offer you weapons at spawn, was never into that, the announcer talks WAY to much, and unlocking skins/weapons, is wtf considering all the skins look like shit. But I did watch some BTB on the new valhalla which looked pretty badass. I might just play mp just to see how it is.

[Zeph]

Oh please. They're letting it evolve with the rest of the game industry. Halo's fallen behind other games, and the progressive style games have been eating away from Halo since COD4. Everyone who's played H4 says the gameplay is the best out of the series, or at least on par with H1. The MP is going to be different for sure, but it's not like any of the other Halo games respected their predecessors MP either.
And while doing so they're doing everything that has shown to cause gameplay to snowball beyond control and make things not fun for the loser. Halo was great because everything was on equal footing until the end. Now, it's make perfect use of the new stuff or die, die again, and die once more until points lose you the game. It's miserable to experience and it's even worse to watch as a spectator. They're taking away most of the ways you could play and are now saying you have to play it 'this' way to succeed because we've scripted it this way. Saying you can play Halo the old way with a custom game isn't going to cut it either since some of the new mechanics drive the established game modes and that's not what is going to be filling the XBL queues. They're not even doing these things for a meta game either.

The only supposed good thing out of this is that you can play catch with the oddball now. I say supposed because depending on the map it could just be abused (IE that floating island with clouds surrounding it in Halo 2).

[Bobblehob]

And while doing so they're doing everything that has shown to cause gameplay to snowball beyond control and make things not fun for the loser. Halo was great because everything was on equal footing until the end. Now, it's make perfect use of the new stuff or die, die again, and die once more until points lose you the game. It's miserable to experience and it's even worse to watch as a spectator. They're taking away most of the ways you could play and are now saying you have to play it 'this' way to succeed because we've scripted it this way. Saying you can play Halo the old way with a custom game isn't going to cut it either since some of the new mechanics drive the established game modes and that's not what is going to be filling the XBL queues. They're not even doing these things for a meta game either.

The only supposed good thing out of this is that you can play catch with the oddball now. I say supposed because depending on the map it could just be abused (IE that floating island with clouds surrounding it in Halo 2).

Stop being so over dramatic. If anything, these new changes are easier on the "loser" just because now you get rewards, medals, and xp for pretty much everything you do. In older Halo, you weren't given anything unless you got kills or completed objectives. That is it.

Also, have you actually played the Halo 4 mp yet?

@Amit, please list the issues you see with the Vidoc.

[Masterz1337]

Everyone still starts on equal footing. When I played I scored best on my team at level 0 when everyone else was running around with light rifles and DMRs. The weapons you start with are all balanced. You rank up slow if you suck, good performance makes you rank up faster. In my brief time playing, there were never any abilities or starting weapons that made me feel like the game was unfair.

Also, in custom games/forge, you can set the games spawning and mp rules to be just like H2/3. So yeah.

[DarkHalo003]

Everyone still starts on equal footing. When I played I scored best on my team at level 0 when everyone else was running around with light rifles and DMRs. The weapons you start with are all balanced. You rank up slow if you suck, good performance makes you rank up faster. In my brief time playing, there were never any abilities or starting weapons that made me feel like the game was unfair.

Also, in custom games/forge, you can set the games spawning and mp rules to be just like H2/3. So yeah.
And what qualifies this is that everyone can start with what weapons they want to. They have the choice to decide how they want to play, not to mention the niches of the weapons are all streamlined and defined. Each has a great capacity to own and even more so each player can develop styles around them. I like that sense of tactics and strategy personally. So it may not be the literal sense of starting equally like Halo 1's OP Pistol, but in the sense that everyone can equally choose how they want to play.

[Warsaw]

My question about that is this:

How "equal" will it be for a new player 3 months after release when people have had time to level up and unlock things to a significant degree?

Will it be like Battlefield and CoD where you get assraped first thing or will it be more or less like Halo has always been, with player skill being the determining factor.

Food for thought.

[DarkHalo003]

My question about that is this:

How "equal" will it be for a new player 3 months after release when people have had time to level up and unlock things to a significant degree?

Will it be like Battlefield and CoD where you get assraped first thing or will it be more or less like Halo has always been, with player skill being the determining factor.

Food for thought.
As far as weapons go, I think it will be fine. There are a lot of ways to play with the different weapons, not to mention every weapon is powerful enough to effectively tackle different situations. However, I fear for your theory in regards to Armor Mods. We will seriously have to wait and see what happens when a lot of players playing better or for longer have those mods versus players who don't. That's really my biggest concern.

[TeeKup]

Will be whoring the Carbine and the DMR. I might play around with the Suppressor.

[Tnnaas]

I might have a loadout with the Light Rifle and the Boltshot. It'll cover just about all the bases between point-blank range and cross-mapping. Is it the best combination? Probably not, but at least I can use it in a variety of roles.

[Masterz1337]

My question about that is this:

How "equal" will it be for a new player 3 months after release when people have had time to level up and unlock things to a significant degree?

Will it be like Battlefield and CoD where you get assraped first thing or will it be more or less like Halo has always been, with player skill being the determining factor.

Food for thought.

Thankfully we have trueskill working behind the scenes for situations like that. Players who play a lot and have a firm rank will play with another, the less expierenced players will play together too.

@Teekup, the surpressor is like the SMG basically, but slightly just spread and slower projectiles. Sounds cool though.

[Arteen]

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Those shaders/textures on the player models are awful.

[TeeKup]

That cant be launch halo 4, that just HAS to be an older build.

[Bobblehob]

Im reminded of the first few videos RvB did for Halo 4 when the Reach shotgun was still there as a placeholder xD

[thehoodedsmack]

They know how terrible the upper-body primary-colored under-armor looks, right?

[Bobblehob]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmFDlSOKo_0

[Masterz1337]

IDK wtf is with that RVB vid. The game does not look like that.

[Ryx]

Anyone else notice how fast the reloads seem?

[DarkHalo003]

Hey nerds:


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Confirmed Halos with this trailer. :)

[Masterz1337]

I highly advise no one who wants to be spoiled watch that. Dark, you may want to put that at the top of your post. That video is so full of spoilers it's nuts. Some of the dialog in it is even post credits.

[Zeph]

I'm actually surprised that was released through waypoint.

[PopeAK49]

I still can't believe the flood won't show up at some point. Oh well, maybe Halo 5.

[Higuy]

How is that a gameplay trailer when it hardly shows any actual gameplay what so ever?

[Tnnaas]

Oh for fucks sake. If you are going to give the Didact six fingers, give him two thumbs. He's got an extra pinkie-finger thing going on. Did no one play the Sacred Icon in Halo 2 at 343i? And that stuff probably wasn't even likely to be taken literally. It was probably made for ambidextrous users, not six fingered freakazoids (http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/9/99702/1833339-freakazoid_by_dragonballzcz.png).
Meant as a joke, but it still disturbs me a bit.

[DarkHalo003]

I highly advise no one who wants to be spoiled watch that. Dark, you may want to put that at the top of your post. That video is so full of spoilers it's nuts. Some of the dialog in it is even post credits.
Whelp, you said it not us. We would have just thought it was a harmless official trailer.

But I agree with Higuy, why would they call it a gameplay trailer if there is hardly any gameplay in it?

[Tnnaas]

Fuck six-fingered hands. :v:


Whelp, you said it not us. We would have just thought it was a harmless official trailer.
Something like "vague spoilers ahead" wouldn't have gone amiss. But yeah, there wasn't much in terms of revealing content other than some grass and a fucked up hand.


But I agree with Higuy, why would they call it a gameplay trailer if there is hardly any gameplay in it?Uh, did anyone consider this? They may be... what's the word? Retarded?

[DarkHalo003]

Fuck six-fingered hands. :v:


Something like "vague spoilers ahead" wouldn't have gone amiss. But yeah, there wasn't much in terms of revealing content other than some grass and a fucked up hand.

Uh, did anyone consider this? They may be... what's the word? Retarded?
Now we just have to find out in which sense. :v:

[Ki11a_FTW]

Why are the reloads in fast forward? and wtf is this at 2:22, Halo 1's physics are better than that.

[Bobblehob]

Holy f-balls...

Part 4 is out.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ_xn889cSk

[BobtheGreatII]

Ha ha ha. That was awesome, but the Chief made it as cheesy as I thought he would, but it was still pretty cool.

[PopeAK49]

Great episode, chief was awesome. Hunters look like they'll show up in the next episode.

[=sw=warlord]

Hunters confirmed.
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n599/cobby87/chrome2012-10-2621-51-50-33.jpg

[DarkHalo003]

2:49 / 8:11 / 8:53 / 14:22 FUCKING GREAT.

[Arteen]

A bit cheesy at times, but very cool.

I'm surprised to see needle rifles, since those won't be in the actual game.

[TeeKup]

The only issue I saw was:

"Call me Master Chief."

No, no John. You say:

"Master Chief Petty Officer John 117."

You give your rank and name not your monicker.

Other than that it was good. Gotta give it to John to snipe with his magnum.

[Zeph]

The only issue you saw? Lol.

But no, actually. Navy addresses its MCPOs as Master Chief [last name]. With their names still classified, that's appropriate.

[Sanctus]

Would love to see a First Strike or Fall of Reach version made like this.

[Zeph]

Would love to see a First Strike or Fall of Reach version made like this.First Strike/Fall of Reach has been retconned so hard by now it's not even funny.

[Arteen]

Not that it's a big deal at all. Those books need to be retconned.

Or the UNSC was losing a war against an army comprised entirely of grunts and jackals. And no one saw an SMG before until 2552.

[TeeKup]

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DMR looking pretty awesome. Nice to see someone who knows what they're doing.

[DarkHalo003]

That was a cool match. That guy definitely knew what he was doing. I can't wait for this game. ^_^

[Pooky]

DMR looking pretty awesome. Nice to see someone who knows what they're doing.

To my own surprise, I actually liked most of what I saw. FOV looks bearable, the bloom effect (mid range bullet spread) appears to be drastically toned down and the overall pace looks a lot closer to what we saw in Halo 3. Who knows, I might actually enjoy this game.

[Cortexian]

The only issue you saw? Lol.

But no, actually. Navy addresses its MCPOs as Master Chief [last name]. With their names still classified, that's appropriate.
Since when have you ever heard or seen John's last name used in the canon after he became a fully augmented Spartan II?

He always responds with his full official name of "Master Chief Petty Officer, John 117". For all intents and purposes, 117 is his last name since the whole Spartan program dehumanized the Spartan candidates.

[Zeph]

Since when have you ever heard or seen John's last name used in the canon after he became a fully augmented Spartan II?

He always responds with his full official name of "Master Chief Petty Officer, John 117". For all intents and purposes, 117 is his last name since the whole Spartan program dehumanized the Spartan candidates.
You don't seem to understand what I said. In today's USN, regular E-9s are addressed as Master Chief Whatever-The-Fuck-Their-Last-Name-Is.
In the lore, he lost his last name after being abducted and was given two pieces of identity. John and 117.
It is stressed that his identity and even the nature of the Spartan II program is classified. Hell, it's not even announced that the Covenant is fucking over planets yet.
Do you expect him to just merrily announce, "Why hello there cadets, I am Master Chief Petty Officer John 117," to these people?
They needed a way to address him, other than 'giant robot guy', and he gave them what he could to get by.
What I was pointing out was that the Petty Officer half of the title being left out was not wrong.
Never once did I say he should use a non-existent last name.

[DarkHalo003]

Shut it Military-Nerds.

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Discuss!

I wish the BR had more of that rounded shaping to it. With that Arctic Camo I can't help but think it looks too much like the MW2 FAMAS with Arctic Camo. The Needler is still pretty boss, it still sounds Needley, but it's not the same old sound we all know and love. Same with the Plasma Pistol.

[Cortexian]

You don't seem to understand what I said. In today's USN, regular E-9s are addressed as Master Chief Whatever-The-Fuck-Their-Last-Name-Is.
In the lore, he lost his last name after being abducted and was given two pieces of identity. John and 117.
It is stressed that his identity and even the nature of the Spartan II program is classified. Hell, it's not even announced that the Covenant is fucking over planets yet.
Do you expect him to just merrily announce, "Why hello there cadets, I am Master Chief Petty Officer John 117," to these people?
They needed a way to address him, other than 'giant robot guy', and he gave them what he could to get by.
What I was pointing out was that the Petty Officer half of the title being left out was not wrong.
Never once did I say he should use a non-existent last name.
I know what you mean, and this is to early in the lore for people to know that he's a Spartan, or even more specifically "the Chief". So IMO he would of likely stated his rank and number in this case, "Master Chief Petty Officer 117" and left it at that. Very few non-Spartans ever called Spartans by their actual names. Captain Keyes and Dr Halsy being two of the only ones that I know of. They reserved names for talking to each other, otherwise they used ranks and numbers, or shortened ranks and numbers.

My point is that the Chief came off as to socially integrated in his role. When asked who/what he was he should of given a snappy response of "Master Chief one-one-seven", since the "Petty Officer" is implied. He talked way to much in his role IMO, as the Chief always just "did" or gave very brief and concise instructions to other non-Spartan military personnel.

[Arteen]

Plasma pistol and needler sound awful.

[Donut]

i think thats the first time ive ever seen a halo game and thought "wow. i really dont care for anything im seeing here".

has there been any statement on why the dmr reloads so fast?

[Masterz1337]

He might have the quick reload perk.

[Ki11a_FTW]

He might have the quick reload perk.

:gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::gonk::g onk::gonk::gonk::gonk:

[Donut]

oh theres actually perks for that sort of thing? maybe hes using a default class or something, because every video of the dmr ive seen has the guy reloading that fast

[DarkHalo003]

i think thats the first time ive ever seen a halo game and thought "wow. i really dont care for anything im seeing here".


:(

I liked it....

It'll be a lot of fun.

[p0lar_bear]

Call of Halo: Futuristic Warfare 4

And (yes, I know 343I is making it and not Bungie) didn't Bungie also get purchased by/partnered with Activision? I smell a conspiracy... :tinfoil:

[Warsaw]

They weren't purchased, they are just in an agreement with Activision to publish their next game.

[Ryx]

So I hate the weapon sounds and most of the covvie reticles, but the rest looks okay. Except for killcams and perks. Yeahhhhh :tinfoil:

[DarkHalo003]

So I hate the weapon sounds and most of the covvie reticles, but the rest looks okay. Except for killcams and perks. Yeahhhhh :tinfoil:
I'm positive Killcams are for specific gametypes and can be disabled. Perks are still to be judged and I won't mind them as long as they don't break the game. I hate how gimmicky the quick reload perk is with nearly every game now, but what can you do when it's a core component of the game? I think it will make the game more dynamic though, kind of like when you're fighting some Elites and a Hunter shows up, so you do have to change tactics a bit.

[Warsaw]

Wait, perks are in campaign? What the fuck?

[leorimolo]

Wait, perks are in campaign? What the fuck?
The mini thruster thing is glorious when fighting the hunters.

[Warsaw]

So is a rocket launcher...

:p

[DarkHalo003]

So is a rocket launcher...

:p
You apparently didn't play Halo Reach. :(

[leorimolo]

You apparently didn't play Halo Reach. :(
I'm referring to the thruster pack actually,
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120610223141/halo/images/thumb/5/5b/Halo-4-thruster-pack-600x337.png/400px-Halo-4-thruster-pack-600x337.png
Hunters are CRAZY in this game.

[DarkHalo003]

I'm referring to the thruster pack actually,
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120610223141/halo/images/thumb/5/5b/Halo-4-thruster-pack-600x337.png/400px-Halo-4-thruster-pack-600x337.png
Hunters are CRAZY in this game.
Oh no, I was talking about Rocket Launchers being effective against Hunters in Halo Reach at Warsaw. But this is pretty cool. I don't mind how perks can be integrated into the single-player so long as it isn't too unfair against the AI.

How crazy are the Hunters? What makes them different than Halo Reach?

[leorimolo]

Oh no, I was talking about Rocket Launchers being effective against Hunters in Halo Reach at Warsaw. But this is pretty cool. I don't mind how perks can be integrated into the single-player so long as it isn't too unfair against the AI.

How crazy are the Hunters? What makes them different than Halo Reach?
Exactly where I saw hunters they had the thruster pack, and they were so fast and had a much longer melee range, that if you got up close to them to shoot them with a shotgun without this I would often end up dead by melee. So you could get close shoot them, and then evade them using it, it was really cool.

[Warsaw]

You apparently didn't play Halo Reach. :(

Aim at the back. Plenty effective.

Gotta know how to Halo man...

[DarkHalo003]

Aim at the back. Plenty effective.

Gotta know how to Halo man...
Lol. Remember when a pistol shot to the back killed them? I do too.

And in every game but Halo Reach you could just blast them in the face.

[DarkHalo003]

Exactly where I saw hunters they had the thruster pack, and they were so fast and had a much longer melee range, that if you got up close to them to shoot them with a shotgun without this I would often end up dead by melee. So you could get close shoot them, and then evade them using it, it was really cool.
Sounds pretty awesome. I always love it when the Hunter AI gains a rehaul, mainly because Hunters have only been scary a handful of times throughout the series.

[Ryx]

Sounds pretty awesome. I always love it when the Hunter AI gains a rehaul, mainly because Hunters have only been scary a handful of times throughout the series.
Halo CE was scary, but easy to kill with one shot.

Reach on legendary I've pumped like 10 shells into the back, and it takes ~10 front hits with a guass hog to kill.

[DarkHalo003]

Halo CE was scary, but easy to kill with one shot.

Reach on legendary I've pumped like 10 shells into the back, and it takes ~10 front hits with a guass hog to kill.
Yeah the Reach suckas were tough shit, but they were kind of clumsy. I like that they were intimidating at least though. Halo 3's campaign was so rushed that they hardly left an impact beyond the occasional "I'm big, bad, and kill me please."

[Warsaw]

Lol. Remember when a pistol shot to the back killed them? I do too.

And in every game but Halo Reach you could just blast them in the face.

Actually, shooting them in the face with the needle rifle is an extremely effective way to deal with them. Remember those Hunters at the entrance to Sword Base? That's precisely how I kill them.

[Masterz1337]

Hunters in Reach were annoyingly hard, the ones in H4 are really fun to fight as you can quickly dodge their attacks with AA's and sprint. Also, there's always fun anti hunter guns to fight them most of the time when you find them.

[DarkHalo003]

Actually, shooting them in the face with the needle rifle is an extremely effective way to deal with them. Remember those Hunters at the entrance to Sword Base? That's precisely how I kill them.
Fuck yes. That was basically the only efficient way to kill them in Heroic/Legendary.

[Ryx]

Fuck yes. That was basically the only efficient way to kill them in Heroic/Legendary.
You do know you can get the guass hog to that point and just shoot them with that? It's what I always do.

[DarkHalo003]

You do know you can get the guass hog to that point and just shoot them with that? It's what I always do.
Mine always exploded before then. :(

I used the Revanant somehow though. Got it through those gates and was a free win. I was speaking of times without those vehicles though.

[Warsaw]

The only Hunters I hated in Reach were those two hanging out with all of the Skirmishers when you are attempting to get to the MAC. That whole setup is just crap. Other than that, I enjoyed them in that game. I don't have a problem dodging them, it's usually an issue of finding a decent gun to kill them with because Bungie doesn't believe in ammunition.

Fake E: How did you lose the Hog man? Just kick the bitches out and drive'n'gun all on your own.

[DarkHalo003]

The only Hunters I hated in Reach were those two hanging out with all of the Skirmishers when you are attempting to get to the MAC. That whole setup is just crap. Other than that, I enjoyed them in that game. I don't have a problem dodging them, it's usually an issue of finding a decent gun to kill them with because Bungie doesn't believe in ammunition.

Fake E: How did you lose the Hog man? Just kick the bitches out and drive'n'gun all on your own.
I lost it because I hate driving the Warthogs on that level.

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Exciting.

[Warsaw]

Looks fun, but what's up with the Transformers audio effects?

Also, nice to see the UNSC totally trash a Covenant ship.

[BobtheGreatII]

Also, nice to see the UNSC totally trash a Covenant ship.

Lol. That made me laugh.

[Higuy]

50 missions?

I'm going to go ahead and assume there either very short, or simply very repetitive and uninspired.

[ODX]

Well that's a terrible assumption. You should be assuming that they're likely to be varied as the team has been working on them for a while and have a ridiculous budget. Not to mention all the inspiration each one has as well as the entirety of the game world already around them.

I'm confident that 343i has cooked up a lot of good missions that people will likely play over and over more times than some campaign levels.

[Higuy]

After seeing what they have done with the actual campaign itself, its pretty easy to see where the rest of it will be in terms of more single player.

[TeeKup]

Did the Infinity just PLOW through a battlecruiser? 343 you gave that ship 4 fucking MAC cannons and you decided to make a cutscene where it just rams a battlecruiser. I don't get it.

[ODX]

After seeing what they have done with the actual campaign itself, its pretty easy to see where the rest of it will be in terms of more single player.Well, I haven't played campaign yet so I'm trying to have some faith.

[DarkHalo003]

After seeing what they have done with the actual campaign itself, its pretty easy to see where the rest of it will be in terms of more single player.
From what I heard, Ops takes a relatively different approach to the Single Player because it's basically the culmination of everything that the devs wanted in the main campaign, but couldn't fit for many reasons. But ODX is right, you're gaining a bad mindset by assuming anything.

[Sanctus]

Infinity gon' fuck yo shit up. Jus' sayin

E: I recognize that Spartan's voice from Skyrim.

[DarkHalo003]

Infinity gon' fuck yo shit up. Jus' sayin

E: I recognize that Spartan's voice from Skyrim.
Oh God is that why Bethesda has been so quiet since Skyrim: Dawnguard and Elder Scrolls Online?! :tinfoil:

[EX12693]

What's up with the ONI logo flashing in a single frame before the Xbox 360 logo appears?

[PenGuin1362]

I'm confident that 343i has cooked up a lot of good missions that people will likely play over and over more times than some campaign levels.

Given the sheer amount of raw talent at that company, I'm going to keep an open mind about this game. It may not be the same Halo I've loved so dearly in the past, but that doesn't mean it can't still be a good game set in the halo universe. I'll continue to hold my judgement until I've played it.


4 fucking MAC cannons and you decided to make a cutscene where it just rams a battlecruiser. I don't get it.

Why spend time shooting the grunt when you can easily plow it over with your warthog :p (given that the ship looks MASSIVE by comparison)

[Amit]

Regarding the ship, nobody seems to have noticed this: The ship just came out of slipspace, so it wouldn't have the time or the space to fire MAC rounds at the ship. Hell, they wouldn't even known that it;s there. Although, 343i should have let the ship come out somewhere else and then blow the crap out of the cruiser. If you freeze the frame where the ship smashes through the cruiser, you can see that it takes zero damage. In what universe does that happen? Then again, these are the same people who put gundam helmets in the game.

[Bobblehob]

Regarding the ship, nobody seems to have noticed this: The ship just came out of slipspace, so it wouldn't have the time or the space to fire MAC rounds at the ship. Hell, they wouldn't even known its there. Although, 343i should have let the ship come out somewhere else and then blow the crap out of the cruiser. If you freeze the frame where the ship smashes through the cruiser, you can see that it takes zero damage. In what universe does that happen? Then again, these are the same people who put gundam helmets in the game.

I doubt the ship will take no damage, probably some bit right after the snip that we saw that shows the aftermath.

[TeeKup]

Why spend time shooting the grunt when you can easily plow it over with your warthog :p (given that the ship looks MASSIVE by comparison)

I wouldnt compare a battle cruiser to a grunt. The Infinity is an impressive ship and I love its design, but that cruiser has an internal structure, base super structure, corridors, plasma conduits etc. Infinity's prow should be bruised if not beaten to all hell by ramming another starship at that speed.

While we're on technicalities, a battle cruise that close to a slipspace gateway should have been shredded to all hell by the gravitation eddies being spewed out by that thing anyway.

[Zeph]

Regarding the ship, nobody seems to have noticed this: The ship just came out of slipspace, so it wouldn't have the time or the space to fire MAC rounds at the ship. Hell, they wouldn't even known its there. Although, 343i should have let the ship come out somewhere else and then blow the crap out of the cruiser. If you freeze the frame where the ship smashes through the cruiser, you can see that it takes zero damage. In what universe does that happen? Then again, these are the same people who put gundam helmets in the game.
It happens in the universe that decides to ignore its own lore.

[PopeAK49]

Because the ship has.....Infinity health.

:caruso:

[DarkHalo003]

It uses Forerunner-Human hybrid technology. Your arguments are invalid. - 343i.

[Tnnaas]

343 you gave that ship 4 fucking MAC cannons and you decided to make a cutscene where it just rams a battlecruiser.
Drive me closer, I want to hit it with the Chief.

[Sanctus]

Well personally, if I were a creative director at 343 and I got a mandate from Microsoft to make a new Halo trilogy continuing directly after the end of H3, I would try and come up with an entirely new enemy and threat in a brand-new kind of setting. I would try my hardest to keep away from the Covenant and the Flood, and look toward other elements of the fiction to find new styles of environments to explore outside of the standard Covenant purples, Halo greens, and Forerunner greys that so widely populated the original games. I would try and pick out the most basic elements that make Halo's combat unique - a carefully crafted set of conventional and exotic weaponry, each with a specifically designed function; the seamless integration of vehicular elements; a variety of enemy types, some intelligent, some not, each requiring different strategies to effectively combat; etc. - and find a way to take those elements and rework them into something new and original.

But that's just me.

E: oh and I'd also release it on PC the same day as the 360 version with a full-fledged editing kit and no GFWL, but again, that's just me

Fucking called it didn't you? +rep

[Warsaw]

Except, Halo 4 doesn't have a carefully crafted set of conventional and exotic weaponry, each with a specifically designated function. 343i also didn't stay away from the Covenant, and they are still using the same traditional Halo settings. All they did was add in a new enemy type while keeping most of the old ones...kind of like every Halo game before, no?

By far the most interesting environment I've seen is that volcanic area in the Spartan Ops trailer.

[Sanctus]

Ok so he didn't exactly called it, but it was in the ballpark. I just pre-ordered a few minutes ago so now all there is to do is wait.

[Tnnaas]

Oh god. Renaming the thread had me in tears. :lmao:

[Amit]

While we're on technicalities, a battle cruise that close to a slipspace gateway should have been shredded to all hell by the gravitation eddies being spewed out by that thing anyway.

I was thinking the same thing, but why is it then that ODST drop pods didn't get completely fucked when Regret's ship went into slipspace above New Mombasa? New Mombasa definitely got fucked up, but as we can see, it wasn't incinerated to oblivion as we saw in ODST despite its proximity to the Covenant ship. Then again, as Jcap pointed out, the Halo games don't follow their own lore. A perfect example of this is the ODST version of New Mombasa looks significantly different than the Halo 2 version. Pieces of the Halo 2 version that were untouched by the slipspace rupture were completely gone in the ODST version which makes it seem as though the Scarab boarding encounter never occurred.


Because the ship has.....Infinity health.

:caruso:

:neckbeard:

[Tnnaas]

I was thinking the same thing, but why is it then that ODST drop pods didn't get completely fucked when Regret's ship went into slipspace above New Mombasa? New Mombasa definitely got fucked up, but as we can see, it wasn't incinerated to oblivion as we saw in ODST despite its proximity to the Covenant ship.Slipspace fields may only cause gravatational shenanagins within the volume of space they occupy. Outside of that volume, incliment weather may occur. Gravity fuck-ups may not.

I'm thinking that it would be something similar to time travel in the Terminator movies.

[TeeKup]

Drive me closer, I want to hit it with the Chief.

Oh god that gave me a laugh.

[DarkHalo003]

FOR A BRICK, HE FLEW PRETTY GOOD.

[TeeKup]

Does anyone else have the soundtrack yet? Because if you don't, you should probably get it. Seeing as its fucking amazing.

[Bobblehob]

Does anyone else have the soundtrack yet? Because if you don't, you should probably get it. Seeing as its fucking amazing.

^This, To Galaxy was the first song that got me hooked. It and the others are awesome, I am impressed with Neil Davidge.

[Masterz1337]

I just bought it on itunes, I love it. I always through the other Halo's had a few good tracks, but were largely forgetable. Looking forward to his work in the rest of the games. Also 117 is awesome.

[Warsaw]

I dunno, I thought there were only a few gems in this one and most of them were only gems at a certain point in the piece. Davidge ain't no Bear McCreary...

[Bobblehob]

I mean he doesn't replace Marty, but he did some damn good work on this game.

Also, just in case anyone is interested, IGN's review is out, and they loved the shit out of it, 9.8/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNoSEj1k9V0&feature=g-all-u

You get to drive a fucking PELICAN... thats all I will say.

[neuro]

who cares, we've been driving pelicans for over 10 years.

[Bobblehob]

Its just nice to see the Pelican be a usable vehicle in the campaign, which it hasn't ever been before.

[Sanctus]

So I have this app on my phone that lets me download books for free. Usually they're amateur attempts at writing, but every once and awhile you come across legitimate novels. For example, I already have Spinoza's "Improvement of Understanding", a few poems by William Blake, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", and "The Divine Comedy." On a whim I decided to look up some Halo books and I found "Ghosts of Onyx" and "Glasslands." I am a very happy Sanctus. I'm gonna search for "Fall of Reach" later. :-3

[Ryx]

5:34 drivable mech in mutliplayer

[DarkHalo003]

It is IGN, mind you, but a pretty good review. I can't wait to play this myself though, which will probably be during the Holidays sadly.

Also, favorite parts during the review were at 6:35 and 6:41. Fucking great. ^_^

[=sw=warlord]

Its just nice to see the Pelican be a usable vehicle in the campaign, which it hasn't ever been before.
Actually you could in Halo Reach, just ask Kornman.

[Bobblehob]

Actually you could in Halo Reach, just ask Kornman.

Not really, yes if you spent the time to do the easter egg you could, but it didn't serve any purpose, it was basically just a big falcon.

[Sanctus]

5:34 drivable mech in mutliplayer
We already knew this good sir

[=sw=warlord]

Not really, yes if you spent the time to do the easter egg you could, but it didn't serve any purpose, it was basically just a big falcon.
Either you can or you can't, in this case you can and thus your argument is invalid.

[Bobblehob]

Either you can or you can't, in this case you can and thus your argument is invalid.

Are you seriously that invested in trying to contradict every last thing I say? In the end it really is the first time we seriously get to drive a Pelican, not as a neat little easter egg. You are the only person here who is trying to make it into an argument.

[DarkHalo003]

Warlord, stop trolling Bobble. It isn't worth it, especially when Bobble means driving a Pelican that can use guns and shit.

[Tnnaas]

I figured out how to get the Seraph on Long Night of Solice. That clearly means it's a drivable vehicle in the campaign, just like the Warthog. :v:

[DarkHalo003]

FkLKi6FQ8Yg

Old, but insightful.

[Timo]

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

[thehoodedsmack]

Hold on, what is this Firepower Armour Mod? "Let's you carry two primary weapons" is how the narrator described it, does that just mean you can have two primary weapons at the start of a game? The in-game description seems to suggest that. Or is the default mode now limiting the weapon combinations people can pick up and use?

[Ryx]

Hold on, what is this Firepower Armour Mod? "Let's you carry two primary weapons" is how the narrator described it, does that just mean you can have two primary weapons at the start of a game? The in-game description seems to suggest that. Or is the default mode now limiting the weapon combinations people can pick up and use?
"Firepower allows the use of a primary weapon in the secondary weapon slot".
Looks like your options are limited now. Do not like.

[DarkHalo003]

"Firepower allows the use of a primary weapon in the secondary weapon slot".
Looks like your options are limited now. Do not like.
I'm not sure if that's what it means. I think it just means you can put another primary in the secondary slot. Basically, it means I can have both a Covenant Carbine and an Assault Rifle to start with. Prepare to get owned suckas.

Also, I just recently realized that the Storm rifle Overheats! Excited for that to be honest.

[p0lar_bear]

"Firepower allows the use of a primary weapon in the secondary weapon slot".
Looks like your options are limited now. Do not like.

Isn't Halo 4 using initial class loadouts like Call of Duty now?

Because how CoD works is that you have an initial loadout that you spawn with. After you spawn, you're free to swap for whatever you might find lying around. If I wanted to, I could carry an M16 and an AK-47 if I find them laying around. The Firepower armor mod is basically MW3's Overkill perk.

[Higuy]

I gave in and pre ordered the game, but I only did it becuase I actually saw some decent looking envrioments in that trailer that reminded me of an actual Halo game. I'll be open to this one and judge it from there if Halo is actually worth continuing or not, but I still think it was stupid to have Masterchief... again.

[Masterz1337]

The firepower mod is exactly this. When you spawn, you can have a rifle and any of 3 pistol types. You can swap any gun for any gun anytime in game, once you've spawned. With that perk you get to spawn with 2 rifles and no pistol, so as stated earlier, you spawn with a DMR and an AR, instead of a DMR and a pistol/plasma pistol/boltshot.

[Tnnaas]

>Actual Halo game
Implying the last three Bungie releases weren't. No matter how much you hate it, those were actual Halo titles. I don't like it either, but I got over it. Your turn, critical Charlie(s). These things happened. Move on and quit your bitchin'. :v:

[Masterz1337]

I gotta say, the only Halo games i throughly enjoyed were H1, H3, and ODST. H2 is so terrible, everyone hated it's guts in the day, and Reach is interesting at first... but gets really old fast and is quick to show it's flaws.

[TeeKup]

...I loved Halo 2. I honestly thought it had some of the best story telling of the series. 3 was alright, didn't like the over focus on Earth. Reach....reach should have been like the damn book. I really liked ODST.

[Sanctus]

I freaking loved ODST. I did thoroughly enjoy H3 but I have to agree with my brother on its focus on Earth. I mean, I understand that the Covenant is invariably going to attempt an invasion but Earth itself shouldn't have been the main focus imo.

[TeeKup]

It should be A main focus, they just should have shuffled how they did it.

[Sanctus]

Tsavo Highway was fun but it just kind of dragged on. That whole sequence could have been replaced with something off-world. Or something. Idk

[Masterz1337]

...I loved Halo 2. I honestly thought it had some of the best story telling of the series. 3 was alright, didn't like the over focus on Earth. Reach....reach should have been like the damn book. I really liked ODST.

H2 Id agree had some of the best environments and story telling, but the gameplay in it suffered greatly. You spend most of the campaign without human weapons and fighting flood, not to mention the gameplay was incredibly broken and frustrating throughout most of it.

H3 only had 4 missions of story, and a bunch of random shit on earth, since everyone complained we didn't spend enough time on earth in H2. Now we have 2 games that take place mostly on earth (H3 and ODST) and Reach (which was earth with a different name), so going back to exploring the forerunners was one of the things I loved in H4.

[DarkHalo003]

Halo 3 needed to be longer. Period. For what it was, it felt way too rushed. I feel that if it had been about 1.5x more in the number and length of missions, then it would have been almost perfect. The remaining perfections would come down to changes in Multiplayer.

[Sanctus]

While we're on the subject of Halo 3, what was up with those transitions between checkpoints when Cortana was all in your face? Was she trying to contact Chief or what? I never got that. I know she stayed behind on High Charity but if she was attempting to make contact why didn't anyone notice?

[Bobblehob]

I think it may have had something to do with her and the gravemind, which can telepathically link itself to anyone... I don't really know, I wondered about that myself tbh :P

Also, ODST is probably my second favorite campaign, only eclisped by that of CE, it was just so atmospheric, the sound, music, the visual style... it was just a pleasure to sit and play. I could wander around at night and almost think of it as going out for a walk... with the occasional firefight xP

[jcap]

ODST had the most awesome opening cinematic of all the games. The music was outstanding and the scene of dropping from the edge of space was just intense as fuck.

[DarkHalo003]

ODST is simply a fantastic game in so many ways. Great music, great cinematics, great animations, great aeshetic choices, great gameplay, and it leaves you wanting more. That's just vaguely explaining why it's so great too.

[Warsaw]

Hold the phone, all of Modacity's antagonistic minds are agreeing on something!

[Sanctus]

Oh shit I better save this page as a screenshot and frame it!
But yeah the opening sequence was amazing. I loved the suppressed pistol and smg, but mainly the pistol. Idk why but ODST's Firefight had a certain appeal to it that Reach didn't. Don't get me wrong, it was hella fun in Reach, but ODST had something different. I don't know if it was the color palette or atmosphere or what.

[Ki11a_FTW]

ODST was my favorite after Halo 1. That game was fucking gorgeous, and played amazingly. I still go on youtube just to watch the cutscenes sometimes. Great game. I think that is the one game id give a 9.5/10. (minus .5 because no elites -_-)

[Warsaw]

ODST really shines when you play it on Legendary with Tilt, Catch, Thunderstorm, and Mythic all enabled. Except the escort mission...that one can suck a nut.

[Zeph]

Hold the phone, all of Modacity's antagonistic minds are agreeing on something!
Well, that's probably because ODST wasn't shit.

[Warsaw]

Facts never stopped us before...

[PopeAK49]

Hold the phone, all of Modacity's antagonistic minds are agreeing on something!

http://uboachan.net/ot/src/1337527517813.gif

[Higuy]

I gotta say, the only Halo games i throughly enjoyed were H1, H3, and ODST. H2 is so terrible, everyone hated it's guts in the day, and Reach is interesting at first... but gets really old fast and is quick to show it's flaws.

Your honestly the only person I ever hear this from, Halo 2 was an amazing game in my opinion and alot of others I know hold it in the same regard.


>Actual Halo game
Implying the last three Bungie releases weren't. No matter how much you hate it, those were actual Halo titles. I don't like it either, but I got over it. Your turn, critical Charlie(s). These things happened. Move on and quit your bitchin'. http://www.modacity.net/forums/styles/smilies/extra/v.gif

I implied it in the sense that 343 was a different developer, and for a long time all I saw personally was a game that looked radically different then what Bungie had created.

[Limited]

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/01/halo-4-gets-tough-on-sexist-players/


R (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/01/halo-4-gets-tough-on-sexist-players/)ofl, such bullshit. I don't condone sexism for sure, but just because all of a sudden some of the project leads are females they feel the need to start a campaign about eradicating sexism from the game. Personally I feel racist comments are more vicious when people use them. To me that is more the pressing issue, and it occurs a lot more often than sexism comments.

The fact that Bungie added into the game teabagging, which we all know what it is mimicking.

[=sw=warlord]

A little bit ironic, if a game is considered sexist then people immediately assume that the franchise is run by men.

[Timo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gULQ5GFIkcA

Cortana looks around 12. Chief confirmed as a pedo.

"don't spray and pray". God damn it.

[Bobblehob]

Episode 5 is out and is epic. Spartan Faces, Hunters, and fuck yeah.

E: Ninj'd by timo...

[Timo]

Too much staring and nodding.

[Tnnaas]

Cortana looks around 12. Chief confirmed as a pedo.
She's too young for you, bro.

[DarkHalo003]

She doesn't look like she's 12. She looks like an Asian girl. At College I've seen a lot of Asian girls that look like this.

And Halcyon's right. Get over it Timo.

"We're being hunted." - I see what he did there.


They show Fred's and Kelly's faces. Really interesting. This may be the last episode of the series, but it's really cool. It has that Sci-Fi narm to it that most beloved Sci-Fi productions have to them.

Cortana needed some cheek bones though: they are not consistent with the ones we see in Halo 3 and Halo 4.

Also:

SUSAN NOOOOOOOOOOOO!


http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/11/01/The-Halo-Bulletin-11112-.aspx

Why can't I do this?!

[TeeKup]

Good lord, did they send a big enough fleet with the Infinity?

[PopeAK49]

Why does the forerunner architecture look so god damn clean? It just doesn't look right with the environments. I know Forerunner architecture is suppose to be extremely durable, but it just seems like the structures were newly built.

[=sw=warlord]

This is a dyson sphere, it's supposed to be sterile.

[PopeAK49]

This is a dyson sphere, it's supposed to be sterile.

Ragnarok and a few others with a humid environment.

There is nothing sterile about that map. Some parts just seem unnaturally shiny for 100,000 year old architecture.

At least they got it right with Solace.

[Tnnaas]

100,000 years of monotony? Perhaps they formed cleaning crews and got off on the fact that a shiny building is a sexy building.

[TeeKup]

Um...Sentinels? I'm sure maintenace sentinels exist in many forms.

[Tnnaas]

The Prometheans obviously dressed up in little kawaii maid outfits and used feather dusters to clean and polish each building. :v:

[nuttyyayap]

The Prometheans obviously dressed up in little kawaii maid outfits and used feather dusters to clean and polish each building. :v:
:XD:
Sigged.

Can't wait for this game!

[Tnnaas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l0qw7FBokk

[Amit]

If they didn't see the death coming, then they are retarded. It was practically foreshadowed in the previous episode.

[DarkHalo003]

Reminds me of Talking Dead, except not as funny.

[Pooky]

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/01/halo-4-gets-tough-on-sexist-players/

That is the stupidest fucking thing. Only a woman could come up with something as dumb as that.

[=sw=warlord]

So the assumption that only a man could have been running the franchise previously isnt in any form of sexism?
Oh right, sexism is only derogatory when used against the female gender.

[PopeAK49]

Someone forgot where the kitchen was....

/sexism

[DarkHalo003]

If you aren't right now I recommend you guys watch the MLG Live Stream at MLG Dallas. Some nice gameplay action going on there.

[TeeKup]

So I'm playing through Halo 1 -3 to get a refresher and something funny has happened on Oracle in Halo 2. The two elites with Rtas died but the grunts lived. Both of them lived pass the bottom of the elevator sequence and into the containment room with all the turrets. I gave them plasma rifles and needlers and they were holding their own. Halo 2 was one of those games where I went out of my way to protect my allies because they had the most interesting dialogue in this game.

The entire time the grunt with the needler was making these apathetic AUGH noises, like he knew he was probably going to die and why the fuck did he have to deal with this shit. It's kind of hilarious. They eventually died in the containment room, there was a mishap with a plasma grenade and...3 carrier forms.

[Tnnaas]

Hey guys, spoiler for Halo 4.

Halo dies at the end. :v:

[Ki11a_FTW]

So I'm playing through Halo 1 -3 to get a refresher and something funny has happened on Oracle in Halo 2. The two elites with Rtas died but the grunts lived. Both of them lived pass the bottom of the elevator sequence and into the containment room with all the turrets. I gave them plasma rifles and needlers and they were holding their own. Halo 2 was one of those games where I went out of my way to protect my allies because they had the most interesting dialogue in this game.

The entire time the grunt with the needler was making these apathetic AUGH noises, like he knew he was probably going to die and why the fuck did he have to deal with this shit. It's kind of hilarious. They eventually died in the containment room, there was a mishap with a plasma grenade and...3 carrier forms.

Oh man, id restart if my men died. Not too long ago I played Sacred Icon, and I found 4 grunts and 2 jackals on the way(as usual), I gave both jackals carbines and grunts needlers. At the part with the enforcer, right before the gondola, I just jumped right down, assuming they were all gonna die there, turns out that i drew its fire, so when I jumped down, all of the grunts and jackals end up pwning this thing. Then, after the gondola got to the other side, I thought we were fucked with the flood. EVERY SINGLE ALLY LIVED. Even though they have no firing positions or anything at that point. They couldn't follow me after that :(

[Kornman00]

Halo 2 was one of those games where I went out of my way to protect my allies because they had the most interesting dialogue in this game.

This bullshit with the 'let's give the elites/brutes/grunts their own language in the games too!' has to be one of the stupidest things about the most recent changes to Halo. For crying out loud, don't fix what ain't fucking broken.

Halo4 grunts already look like shit. The least they could have done was made them sound decent.

It's like how GTA tried to get more 'serious' in IV. It was acceptable. But it's not acceptable to touch my fucking grunts.

There should be a skull that unfucks this kind of shit.

[TeeKup]

The AI got boring to fight in later games just because you couldn't understand them. The Elites were so fun to listen to in H2. All the enemies just got obnoxious in Reach I swear, the elites in H2 had these really awesome sword swings and you could tell they put a lot of effort into kicking your ass with it. Then in Reach they just poke you to death.

[Tnnaas]

Then in Reach they just poke you to death."Awhm gonna jawb it wit dis steik to see if awh con piss 'em awf."

[DarkHalo003]

Hey guys, spoiler for Halo 4.

Halo dies at the end. :v:
What does this mean I don't even....

[Ki11a_FTW]

The arbiter's sword swing in H3 FTW.
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGG GGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

[Pooky]

So I'm playing through Halo 1 -3 to get a refresher and something funny has happened on Oracle in Halo 2. The two elites with Rtas died but the grunts lived. Both of them lived pass the bottom of the elevator sequence and into the containment room with all the turrets. I gave them plasma rifles and needlers and they were holding their own. Halo 2 was one of those games where I went out of my way to protect my allies because they had the most interesting dialogue in this game.

The entire time the grunt with the needler was making these apathetic AUGH noises, like he knew he was probably going to die and why the fuck did he have to deal with this shit. It's kind of hilarious. They eventually died in the containment room, there was a mishap with a plasma grenade and...3 carrier forms.

Halo 2 Sword Elites had cool animations but they weren't really all that dangerous.

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

These motherfuckers on the other hand, make me wet myself.

[=sw=warlord]

What does this mean I don't even....
Bring on the trumpets.

[n00b1n8R]

do i buy this tomorrow?

[nuttyyayap]

I got mine today :smug:
But I probs won't play it until the weekend :saddowns:

[Tnnaas]

But I probs won't play it until the weekend :saddowns:
Same. http://i.imgur.com/nqDdM.gif

[DarkHalo003]

I got mine...OH WAIT I'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

[Spartan094]

Haha me and my friend are going to do a bunch of shooting at the gun range then go pick up Halo 4 and play it all night.

[Masterz1337]

I'm bringing my modded xbox to the local gamestop to play as I wait to pick up my copy. Considering making people pay to play.... or just playing last mission in front of everyone.

[DarkHalo003]

I'm bringing my modded xbox to the local gamestop to play as I wait to pick up my copy. Considering making people pay to play.... or just playing last mission in front of everyone.
Masterz: Expert troll that takes pictures of girls being choked by him.

[ODX]

Heading over to Game Stop immediately after school tomorrow, fuck yeah. Hoping to skip swim practice too, then I have a late arrival day the next day so I can stay up even later.

Oh and I can't forget that there's no school next Monday either. 3 day mother fucking weekend.

I've never been this damn excited for a game.

[Timo]

It's been out here for 10 hours if that helps (but I won't be picking it up till next week)

[n00b1n8R]

7:14

[DarkHalo003]

Heading over to Game Stop immediately after school tomorrow, fuck yeah. Hoping to skip swim practice too, then I have a late arrival day the next day so I can stay up even later.

Oh and I can't forget that there's no school next Monday either. 3 day mother fucking weekend.

I've never been this damn excited for a game.
Fuck you ODX, that sounds like the golden days of my High School.lol.

I'm not sure why, but skipping Swim practice for new video games felt sooooo good. It's basically saying "fuck you assholes, I just swim for the health of it and you don't own me."

I'm still pissed I have to wait till Christmas. FUCK.

[ODX]

Well it's only swim club and I occasionally miss anyway so it's not too huge a deal. Then again, I missed 2 days last week...

Oh well.

Edit: But srsly guise, add me on Live so maybe we can hook up: iODX

[Tnnaas]

Edit: But srsly guise, add me on Live so maybe we can hook up: iODX
I sent you one. My XBL is ButtmadDidactSixFingers.

[DarkHalo003]

Well it's only swim club and I occasionally miss anyway so it's not too huge a deal. Then again, I missed 2 days last week...

Oh well.

Edit: But srsly guise, add me on Live so maybe we can hook up: iODX
You add me and maybe we'll play a game or two....after Christmas.

[TeeKup]

TeeKup.....you feggets.

[thehoodedsmack]

Guys, hurry up and upload all the cutscenes to YouTube, so I can get back to not purchasing or caring at all about this game.

[PopeAK49]

You guys get Halo 4 before I do.....

.....Alaska Time Zone, ftw.

[Ryx]

You guys get Halo 4 before I do.....

.....Alaska Time Zone, ftw.
m00kz and Spartan we should all meet somewhere so I can mug you because I don't have enough money to buy the game atm.

Also, this.

[ThePlague]

Preordered it, going in 2 hours for it!

[t3h m00kz]

got mine bitches.

Steve Downes signed it.

[PopeAK49]

got mine bitches.

Steve Downes signed it.

Faggot. I have 3.5 hours left.

[Amit]

I appreciate the thread title change.

[Warsaw]

I liked the previous one better...

:mech:

[n00b1n8R]

i have this game waiting for brother to come over so we can co-op it like its 2004~~

[DEElekgolo]

You guys are JUST getting halo 4?
http://i.imgur.com/OdFBK.jpg

[Cortexian]

Chief wakes up where he left off in Halo 3, floating in the broken remains of the Forward Unto Dawn. Cortana wakes Chief up because they've been boarded by some Covenant who were presumably guarding the planet you see in the Halo 3 Legendary ending.

This planet turns out to be a dyson sphere shield world.

You go inside, discover the Prometheans and some tid bits about the Forerunners.

You start picking up a signal, it's the UNSC Infinity responding to the distress beacon Cortana had been playing from the Dawn.

You realize you need to warn the Dawn away because there was no discernible way out of the dyson sphere.

You realize some glowing tower energy things are causing interference, you work on disabling them but instead you awaken a Forrunner surviver. He was basically the military leader of the Forrunners. He's pretty damn powerful.

The Coveneant ally themselves with him.

Infinity enters the sphere and you meet up with Latski, Cheif is placed under arrest by the Captain of the Infinity, Chief doesn't give a fuck since he's the Chief and has better things to do like stop the Forrunner douche bag from activating the Halo's on a quest for vengence against the Flood.

There was also some point where the Forrunner dude talked about how the Forrunners encountered the Human race long ago, and that they went to war with them to protect their area of space. The Forrunners then found out that we weren't expanding agressively, but running from the original Flood. Flood destroyed both civilizations since the original humans weakened the Forunners.

Anyway, Chief goes after the Forrunner douche and ends up killing him.

That's my synopsis of Halo 4.

[Timo]

Are you trying to get me to take a fence?

[Zeph]

Lol. Concerning the history of humanity, does that retcon the forerunner books that we're all hating on so bad or just expand on them?

[ChemicalFizz]

Mother of God... 343... Did you really go there? I hate you... I'm so upset I'm not even gonna spoil it.

[Tnnaas]

These Prometheans are so kawaii.

http://i.imgur.com/PTkCB.png

[Warsaw]

Lol. Concerning the history of humanity, does that retcon the forerunner books that we're all hating on so bad or just expand on them?

Expands on it.

[TeeKup]

DMR, Carbine, and Boltshot are my favorite weapons. The Didact is intense and multiplayer is fun. Really want some people to jump on Spartan Ops with me though.

[Warsaw]

Do they give you gobs of ammo like Halo 1, or are you forced to work with three magazines? I like being able to keep a combo through an entire mission WITHOUT having to melee 70% of the enemies I meet to death.

[Bobblehob]

Do they give you gobs of ammo like Halo 1, or are you forced to work with three magazines? I like being able to keep a combo through an entire mission WITHOUT having to melee 70% of the enemies I meet to death.

Some weapons have plenty of ammo, or replacements lying around, some don't. But generally, there is less ammo lying around than in H1. You won't have to melee everything, but you will have to make do with sidearms fairly often. Mostly because the general ammo capacity of all the weapons weirdly low, like you can only hold 44 total needler rounds :\

[PopeAK49]

Campaign is incredible so far, and multiplayer is REALLY REALLY Good. I thought the multiplayer would be complex at first with perks and ordinance, but it is perfectly simplified. Random weapon spawns are awesome, and the scoring system is awesome.

[Bobblehob]

I had an odd bug in a multiplayer game last night, where after the initial weapon drop in infinity slayer, all the weapons and grenades had Spartan Laser Icons, but they weren't spartan lasers :(

[Tnnaas]

I'm not voting because I'm retarted and that requires thinking. I'll buy Halo 4 instead. (http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/11/06/halo-effect-young-gamers-to-skip-voting-for-halo-4/)
^Applies about the same to Halo 4 as much as it does to the election.

EDIT: And I know it's FOX. That's the joke.

[Amit]

Well, it's true.

[PopeAK49]

Both equally waste time...

[TeeKup]

Flood mode is amazingly fun. Played a few games of Regicide and I really like it. Yet to play Big Team or Dominion.

[PopeAK49]

Flood mode is amazingly fun. Played a few games of Regicide and I really like it. Yet to play Big Team or Dominion.

I was the last one left and got gang banged by 5 flood dudes at once....It happened so fast.

[t3h m00kz]

spartan ops?

more like spartan drops

you know, since it's all drop ships

[=sw=warlord]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR14j7RBKGk&feature=results_video

[TeeKup]

Wow really?

[Warsaw]

Some weapons have plenty of ammo, or replacements lying around, some don't. But generally, there is less ammo lying around than in H1. You won't have to melee everything, but you will have to make do with sidearms fairly often. Mostly because the general ammo capacity of all the weapons weirdly low, like you can only hold 44 total needler rounds :\

Sounds like they made ammo low to force you to scrounge and use the new weapons. Not to be a cynic, but it's a symptom of too-many-guns-osis.

I await Christmas to play this game.

E: At video: holy fucking what...

[Ryx]

So erm... WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS IT NOT PUBLICIZED ANYWHERE I NEED 8 GIGS OF SPACE TO PLAY MP??? Also, most exciting part of the game was opening it and not having an instruction manual. Microsoft is finally catching on.

But seriously, haven't played it yet, I tried MP but it's like, 'yew needz a hard dick drive 2 pley r gamez' and mine broke, don't want to spend money for a new one. And no usbs lying around ;_;

Also, the fox thing isn't a joke. Inside my copy was something telling me to go vote...

[Timo]

http://i.imgur.com/44oxC.jpg

[DarkHalo003]

Also, the fox thing isn't a joke. Inside my copy was something telling me to go vote...
It's there because people on Facebook and Twitter were saying to hell with voting because Halo 4 is out on the same day as the election. 343i doesn't want nonsense to be pushed on them and Frankie even told a dude that he will ban him if he doesn't do his civic duty. It's basically a disclaimer, I wouldn't take it too seriously.

[ODX]

This game fucking kicks ass, and anyone who doubted it can go shut the fuck up.

Also change the damn thread title back: this is Halo for sure.

[DarkHalo003]

I'm glad to say I will be playing come Christmas and hopefully by then I will have a hard drive capacity to play the game in multiplayer.

[ThePlague]

Slowly making my way through the campaign, great as usual!

[Warsaw]

This game fucking kicks ass, and anyone who doubted it can go shut the fuck up.

Also change the damn thread title back: this is Halo for sure.

Begging your pardon, but people said the same thing about Modern Warfare 3.

[Tnnaas]

It's just a first-person version of Gears of Wars. Get your shit right. :v:

[Donut]

im loving these titles. fucking loled at "fisher price"

[TVTyrant]

Is this actually good or not?

[nuttyyayap]

Yeah, it is. Aside from the shit-tacular ending of course. Worth a play.
No Promethean maids though

[Ryx]

Is this actually good or not?
Doin it on legendary, it's not reach difficult, I'll give it that, and the first level was really cramped. But overheating a storm rifle into a grunts face and not having it die certainly is one neg.

Fun stuff though, I'd go for it. SP doesn't have shittacular black cock sucking with loadouts, and I have yet to encounter armor abilities.

[TVTyrant]

Good or fun? I can wait a year for fun. I need to decide between this and watching all the awesome movies coming out in the next two months.

[Ki11a_FTW]

Welp.

http://www.examiner.com/article/halo-4-will-not-release-on-the-pc-platform-grifball-mode-walkthrough-released

As if MS could suck anymore dick.

[Spartan094]

I like this game.

[BobtheGreatII]

Anyone else notice that the DMR icon is Bungie's DMR model?

[Ki11a_FTW]

I think it is really stange how the DMR sticks out, out of the human weapon set. Is it using the same model from reach?

[Pooky]

Finished the Campaign 3 times today. This game is fantastic. Massively better than Reach or H3.