Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I meant in how they suck. It was more a joke than anything.
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Halo |OT3| Remember Reach?
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I meant in how they suck. It was more a joke than anything.
Hypertrooper
Member
Guardian Remake confirmed for PAX Prime.
It's not a jab at Reach, it's the same clarification I have given every time this comes up. We are approaching them as standalone efforts, rather than trying to have them serve dual purpose.
Whether you're a fan or not, I actually really enjoyed the empowerment and Deja Vu of Reflection.
I saw it as, "people think Reach maps came from campaign, let's just clear the air right away for Halo 4"
I can see why people would think maps came from campaign after getting Reach. I would imagine most people play campaign first. Then they play MP and say, "hey, this map is from campaign!"
All I know about Reflection is that my grenades get stuck in the woodwork.
That's greatly appreciated and like I said earlier the one map we've seen a little of so far (wraparound), looks wonderful. can't wait to see others.
Just don't make half the maps with gray blocks in forge world and I'll be happy.
Which isn't even realistic. Laminated wood is slippy as fuck.
My grenades get stuck on every fucking map. I tried to throw a grenade off the streets on Zealot the other day and it just stuck to the wall like a plasma, I was so fucking mad
Yeah, I saw no jabs. Clarifications, yo.
Kind of excited to see the maps now. Never thought much of H4's functional multiplayer before today.
Ah, gotcha.
Kind of excited to see the maps now. Never thought much of H4's functional multiplayer before today.
Ah, gotcha.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Lol, noob.
Knowing every inch of the map before you fire a single shot. Felt oddly comfortable.
Whatever lawyer man, atleast I have a
penis
It's probably the best looking map in the game, but I find it nearly unplayable with the addition of armor abilities. That map just cannot handle them.
Reflection is fine with AAs, Bungie even raised to roof to accommodate for jetpacks!
And as you thread the carefully designed movement routes you know so well, take a hailstorm of fire from jetpackers. That's how long the nostalgia lasted with me, at least.
ElzarTheBam
Member
A short anomaly.
Ohh, guess lawyers get what they deserve :lol
ViewtifulJC
Banned
This is the funniest reagequit post I've read in recent memory.
It's all fun and games in Reach until you go into the actual MP.
The Librarian
Banned
Bots have been confirmed for Halo 4.
Makes it more cinematic.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Hollywood type effects.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Those are actually the fully-leveled cutstomized Spartan Armor.
Yeah. Not my finest moment. :lol
What's funny is someone predicted it happening. There's a soothsayer among us!
How lazy Bungie was?
Exactly. Those are the unlockable MP armor permutations that give functionality as well as aesthetics. What Halo has been lacking is armor with wheels and shoulder cannons.
AA's ruined every map.
That's the day when I weep profusely.
Yes.
Question for 343 I which hope they address at some point. They've said maps are being designed with sprint in mind, since it's a base trait now. That is good.
How are maps being designed for jetpacks? I've never played a map on Reach made better for them; they simply let player bypass the intended movement routes and sight lines. I tried mightily to make the maps I built in Forge accomodate them and failed; in the end I just removed them from the loadouts for custom games. I really want to know how 343 will compensate for this. One possible (partial) solution is to alter the functionality of the jetpack, making it a jump pack.
Blue side Slayer is terrible (Red snipe is immune to blue off spawn because of the foliage and guardrail structure), objective placement is asinine. Stand in this killing field for ten seconds, bomb guy. Hope no grenades rain down!
It was meant for round based attack/defend gametypes, effectively splitting that power weapon count per team in two. Short rounds and that map split meant that it didn't suffer from the power weapon cycle that other maps do. It was never a great Slayer map, though.
I'm trying to understand the return of the jetpack. It appears that most everyone agrees that the jetpack destroys the flow of maps. AL was hated and it was cut, I'm trying to find out what good the jetpack returning will do...
Limiting it to customs for the "fun-factor" is one thing.. but I doubt they would implement an AA for that purpose only. Any idea why it would return in a Matchmaking setting?
Edit: Ghal'd
Limiting it to customs for the "fun-factor" is one thing.. but I doubt they would implement an AA for that purpose only. Any idea why it would return in a Matchmaking setting?
Edit: Ghal'd
Halo 4 is going to have waaaaaaaay more additional variables to consider than Reach ever had with its armor abilities. Balance and map design in Halo 4... I dunno. I will say nothing.
Bots in Perfect Dark ruled. It'd be fun as hell to try playing a bot team of 4 against a group of friends in customs.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
To note, we still actually don't know what the jetpacks are. I could still see the possibility of them not being Reach jetpacks, but more booster packs for extending jumps, etc. Not for flying around the top of a map.
You might not have caught the late edit, though it made your quote - but that is my hope as well.
Hypertrooper
Member
If the Jetpack makes its return in Halo 4, I hope it will not be the same as his counterpart in Reach. You nailed it already: Jetpack breaks the flow. And it will always do it, so long it is optional. I prefer it to be a thruster pack. It gives you a small additional boost to your jump, nothing more. Perfect.
And you edited your post and so my post is utter bullshit because I'm saying the same as you.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Ah, you're right, didn't catch it.
I'd be fine with "jump packs." That would help the movement of the game without adding the design difficulties full jet packs add.
Tha Robbertster
Member
I always thought that overlook (the place where sniper spawns for red team) would be a better spot for the flag or bomb arm spot. It's a pretty open spot but it's still defendable when you work together as a team.
Spops. I just can't condone AI in competitive multiplayer and its social derivatives.
I agree. I believe Duncan's variant has it up there (either there or the room behind it), and while I have my reservations about some of the other additions in that version, that placement is spot on. It ends up being very reminiscent of Relic, where you have the immediate option of jumping down and picking your flag route (which Boardwalk could do spectacularly with it's multilevel setup).
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Godly SWAT map
ElzarTheBam
Member
Just played spec ops the line demo, terrible and formulaic, the only thing going for it is it's relatively unique scenery (it's set in Dubai ).
Also I love how there always seems to be an army of video game bad guys hiding in containers, red containers no less.
Also I love how there always seems to be an army of video game bad guys hiding in containers, red containers no less.