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HaloGAF |OT: Anniversary| So fades the great harvest of our betrayal.

jem0208

Member
Yeah it had a similiar atmosphere to the installation, but due to protocol spark was forced to quarantine it. At least that's how I remember it.
Nothing's been mentioned about it since.

Destiny beta is pretty fun, MP is okay I guess.

I thought so. Very bizzare, what ring was that on?

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to go back to playing Destiny MP after playing Halo again. It just pales in comparison.
 

Mistel

Banned
I thought so. Very bizzare, what ring was that on?
That was instillation 04 it was encased in the sarcophagus:
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I thought so. Very bizzare, what ring was that on?

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to go back to playing Destiny MP after playing Halo again. It just pales in comparison.
As storm said, was in the terminals.

I kinda knew destinys MP wasn't going to be it's strong point, from the limited amounts of games I've played I feel as if I won't be really interested in it. Although I'll give it to bungie, the vehicles are really fun to drive and mess around with, something they have always been good at.
 

QKT100

Banned
It's kinda a shame that Ensemble aren't still around, considering Halo Wars was more faithful to the universe than Halo 4, I would have given them a shot at Halo 5.
 
At level 8, the game says you're at max level for the beta.
And activating the Moon missions says "see ya in September". I'd say those are pretty clear messages.
Though they can be easily missed...

Oh I see, well theres the problem, I only reached level seven and called it lol. I mighta missed the see ya in September stuff, I just read something about a darkness on the moon or something and that I didnt have the requirements. My bad. Thanks for the help.
 

Woorloog

Banned
It's kinda a shame that Ensemble aren't still around, considering Halo Wars was more faithful to the universe than Halo 4, I would have given them a shot at Halo 5.

I don't think they have ever done a FPS.
Also "more faithful to the universe" makes only sense when it comes to unofficial interpretations, i think, like mods.

EDIT The fuck i was doing just a moment ago? I have some feeling i did write some post or something, but i have no memory of doing anything.
 
Went to the comic shop and looked through the TPBs for the Fall of Reach. I was really tempted to buy, but they were $16.99 each and were not very thick on content at all. Will hold out for next time though. Also flipped through some Escalation single issues. Art is still subpar but whatever.

Played more of the Destiny beta today. Single player is growing on me - I actually saw myself buying the game this year.

Then I finally unlocked PvP. That was terrible.

Just a mess. Not a fan and probably will not buy.
 
Went to the comic shop and looked through the TPBs for the Fall of Reach. I was really tempted to buy, but they were $16.99 each and were not very thick on content at all. Will hold out for next time though. Also flipped through some Escalation single issues. Art is still subpar but whatever.

Played more of the Destiny beta today. Single player is growing on me - I actually saw myself buying the game this year.

Then I finally unlocked PvP. That was terrible.

Just a mess. Not a fan and probably will not buy.

Escalation's art is the only thing keeping me from adding it to my pull box. I know they're on a schedule and need a quick turn around time, but there has to be someone better. Fall of Reach was good, but most comic places still charge too much. Try Amazon maybe?
 

Woorloog

Banned
Went to the comic shop and looked through the TPBs for the Fall of Reach. I was really tempted to buy, but they were $16.99 each and were not very thick on content at all. Will hold out for next time though. Also flipped through some Escalation single issues. Art is still subpar but whatever.
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Here's my issue with comics in general. Too expensive for the content offered (most comic book albums, TPBs, are some 20€ usually).
For that price, i could get two pocket book sized books (in English).

I've seen those Fall of Reach comics here too but... they really don't look that great. And i actually have two copies of the book itself (the old one and the newer edition).

EDIT actually, this is my issue with 99.9% of video games... If i pay 60-70€ for a game, i expect 500h+ of content or fun or both.
 
Escalation's art is the only thing keeping me from adding it to my pull box. I know they're on a schedule and need a quick turn around time, but there has to be someone better. Fall of Reach was good, but most comic places still charge too much. Try Amazon maybe?

Yeah I was thinking Amazon or CheapGraphicNovels.com. I have pretty much always stuck to TPBs but I'm actually going to start getting a few single issues from now on. It's a money pit. But a good one.

Here's my issue with comics in general. Too expensive for the content offered (most comic book albums, TPBs, are some 20€ usually).
For that price, i could get two pocket book sized books (in English).

I've seen those Fall of Reach comics here too but... they really don't look that great. And i actually have two copies of the book itself (the old one and the newer edition).

Part of the appeal is the visualization. You can get most of these pretty cheap on Amazon, IST, or CGN. Sure, you have stinkers like what we have now with Escalation that are basically buyable for plot and story alone but when you have a team like Snyder and Capullo on the current Batman run, I would pay $5-$6 an issue if I had to because the art and story, in tandem, are so damn good.

Halo already has my curiosity but they need a damn good artist to get my attention.
 
Yeah I was thinking Amazon or CheapGraphicNovels.com. I have pretty much always stuck to TPBs but I'm actually going to start getting a few single issues from now on. It's a money pit. But a good one.



Part of the appeal is the visualization. You can get most of these pretty cheap on Amazon, IST, or CGN. Sure, you have stinkers like what we have now with Escalation that are basically buyable for plot and story alone but when you have a team like Snyder and Capullo on the current Batman run, I would pay $5-$6 an issue if I had to because the art and story, in tandem, are so damn good.

Halo already has my curiosity but they need a damn good artist to get my attention.

I am sooooo glad that Batman Zero Year is finally ending so we can get back to current batman.
 

Woorloog

Banned
t most of these pretty cheap on Amazon, IST, or CGN. Sure, you have stinkers like what we have now with Escalation that are basically buyable for plot and story alone but when you have a team like Snyder and Capullo on the current Batman run, I would pay $5-$6 an issue if I had to because the art and story, in tandem, are so damn good.

Halo already has my curiosity but they need a damn good artist to get my attention.

Art... comic art i really like is very rare. Or comics i like in the first place.
I've never been into comics, and i have so strong imagination that good text description creates far better image in my mind than any picture will ever look. What is someone else's visualization of something next to my living, vivid, unique image?
 

Mistel

Banned
Escalation's art is the only thing keeping me from adding it to my pull box. I know they're on a schedule and need a quick turn around time, but there has to be someone better. Fall of Reach was good, but most comic places still charge too much. Try Amazon maybe?
The only things that I know of Sergio Arino who is the penciller for escalation has done is erotica and siege thunderbolts. If that's not eidetic of my tastes then I don't know what is.
 
Spoiler: New Russia is a planet and the New Space Russians are actually disguised in Fallen shells to recover tech from the Golden Age.

Source: my ass
 
OT but Mark/Wahrer/whoever else on HaloGaf considers themselves decent at art:

Ever had somebody ask you to sketch up a tattoo for them? Not just as a rough idea but as a "get this done and I will have it on my body forever" type of thing? This shit is maddening. She told me a clef and some hearts like what am I supposed to do with that?

At least if I do it right she's gonna bring me a big ol pan of authentic Enchiladas for my trouble.
 
OT but Mark/Wahrer/whoever else on HaloGaf considers themselves decent at art:

Ever had somebody ask you to sketch up a tattoo for them? Not just as a rough idea but as a "get this done and I will have it on my body forever" type of thing? This shit is maddening. She told me a clef and some hearts like what am I supposed to do with that?

At least if I do it right she's gonna bring me a big ol pan of authentic Enchiladas for my trouble.

Beware fubar, beware.
 
OT but Mark/Wahrer/whoever else on HaloGaf considers themselves decent at art:

Ever had somebody ask you to sketch up a tattoo for them? Not just as a rough idea but as a "get this done and I will have it on my body forever" type of thing? This shit is maddening. She told me a clef and some hearts like what am I supposed to do with that?

At least if I do it right she's gonna bring me a big ol pan of authentic Enchiladas for my trouble.

No, but I specialize in black-and-white iconography. Do you need something? I have pen and paper on me but won't have access to Illustrator until the 30th.
 

FyreWulff

Member
It's kinda a shame that Ensemble aren't still around, considering Halo Wars was more faithful to the universe than Halo 4, I would have given them a shot at Halo 5.

They were an RTS studio, not FPS studio.

But then again, C&C Renegade disproves my point. sogood
 
I am sooooo glad that Batman Zero Year is finally ending so we can get back to current batman.

Year Zero was great, it just lasted WAY too long. Now we get a 1-2 issue one off, then Endgame (whatever that means). Since it takes place after Eternal I might hold off reading them (of course I'll still buy em).

Halo comics have yet to wow me, sadly.

The only things that I know of Sergio Arino who is the penciller for escalation has done is erotica and siege thunderbolts. If that's not eidetic of my tastes then I don't know what is.

That explains so much, its scary.
 

QKT100

Banned
They were an RTS studio, not FPS studio.

But then again, C&C Renegade disproves my point. sogood

I appreciate that, however I still believe they'd be preferable to 343i due to the latters lack of experience. Maybe give 343i a new Blinx game to work on?
 
I appreciate that, however I still believe they'd be preferable to 343i due to the latters lack of experience. Maybe give 343i a new Blinx game to work on?

Are you real? Cause between this and your comments in the other Halo thread, I suspect you have to be trolling.
 

QKT100

Banned
Sheesh, I'm serious. I just thought in a hypothetical situation where Ensemble still exist, it'd be good to give them Halo 5 because they did really well with HW.
 
Sheesh, I'm serious. I just thought in a hypothetical situation where Ensemble still exist, it'd be good to give them Halo 5 because they did really well with HW.

They have literally only made RTS games (Age of empires, Star wars: Galactic battlegrounds), so giving them a full FPS is a huge risk...

Lore wise maybe they stayed pretty true to the normal and expanded universe, but thats not enough to give them a main game in the franchise...
 

Dub117

Member
Halo 4 mp>Destiny beta mp

that is all.
I agree... It makes me unhappy, but it feels... I couldn't get addicted and stay up too late playing it. I couldn't be excited from the kills I got and wake up ready to tell my best friend how I made an amazing come back... Is it November yet?

Edit: that being said, I'm positive arena shooter leaning COD fans will love it, like Titanfall, except different. I can't explain what I'm thinking, but I guess the best way I can put it, it Doesn't Feel Like Halo. I'm all for another experience to draw me in. Single player story did, but it has no legs without multi...imo
 

Random17

Member
Like I said in the gaming side thread. Yea Halo 2 did this with an interesting character and it didn't work out so well.

That's your opinion. The Arbiter's side of the story was infinitely more interesting than the MC's side of the story in Halo 2 IMO, although there was a lot of darkness and grimness in the level design early on.
 

Random17

Member
The group in Nightfall seems to be diverse like FuD, which is a definitely more representative of what the UNSC should be like. Hopefully this can be extended into the games as well; at least for the marine personalities. They were quite well done in Halo 2 with their conversations, I might add.
 
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