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Halo |OT9| One Final Effort Is All That Remains
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Shake Appeal
Member
Me too. Verges on unbelievable.
Let's take a look at how far we've come since the start of this gen...
Let's take a look at how far we've come since the start of this gen...
Der Flatulator
Member
SO MUCH AWESOME FUCKING WANT NOW PLZ THNX!
/hype
Wow just waking up to all the new stuff.
First of all the game is looking absolutely amazing on a visual level. That alone makes me psyched to play it.
Campaign gameplay looks quite intense and fun. I love the 3 way battles between Chief, Covenant, and the Prometheans.
New MP map Solace looks pretty good. Probably the most promising map so far.
New Dominion mode looks kinda fun if a little unbalanced. As someone who did not like Invasion very much this looks better. I am definitely foreseeing a lot of extremely one-sided matches online though (like what we see in Invasion now). Definitely not a "serious" gametype but a decent addition I guess.
Glad to hear that Classic Playlists are still in but I'm still wondering: how classic are these classic playlists? No armor abilities and set weapon spawns classic? Hopefully, but it doesn't sound like it.
Beyond matchmaking details and maybe a few surprises we can't anticipate, what's left to reveal? MP maps and new vehicles?
First of all the game is looking absolutely amazing on a visual level. That alone makes me psyched to play it.
Campaign gameplay looks quite intense and fun. I love the 3 way battles between Chief, Covenant, and the Prometheans.
New MP map Solace looks pretty good. Probably the most promising map so far.
New Dominion mode looks kinda fun if a little unbalanced. As someone who did not like Invasion very much this looks better. I am definitely foreseeing a lot of extremely one-sided matches online though (like what we see in Invasion now). Definitely not a "serious" gametype but a decent addition I guess.
Glad to hear that Classic Playlists are still in but I'm still wondering: how classic are these classic playlists? No armor abilities and set weapon spawns classic? Hopefully, but it doesn't sound like it.
Beyond matchmaking details and maybe a few surprises we can't anticipate, what's left to reveal? MP maps and new vehicles?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
awesome halo content EVERYWHERE
must go to school and take a couple of test, but when get back....
COMMENCE TO FREAKING THE FUCK OUT
must go to school and take a couple of test, but when get back....
COMMENCE TO FREAKING THE FUCK OUT
That's awesome. Any more wallpapers?
It's edgy.
lolololol
And this pic looks particularly amazing (something already posted it early, just felt like posting again). I want that helmet.
Holy fuck I woke up and saw the description for Dominion and I'm so happy right now etc
Now hopefully it's playlist isn't a barren wasteland because it's an objective gametype
Now hopefully it's playlist isn't a barren wasteland because it's an objective gametype
Der Flatulator
Member
... Wait. That's not concept art?
No, brother.
Der Flatulator
Member
It is indeed a good sign when it becomes difficult to differentiate between concept art and in-game...
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Its sort of an objective.
I love how Halo 4's in-game art is very, very close to concept art.
Rarely this is the case in games, i usually find concept art better than the actual game environments etc.
It does some interesting things. I've only seen one video of it and not read any descriptions. But giving the team that's getting their ass kicked - losing all the
The enforced rules - locking dudes in the base until they re-captured it - will make it play more clearly. That particular detail reminded me of the decision to lock flag carriers into being, um, flag carriers. 343 is really pushing roles and goals in objective games. Capture the base...oh and by the way you can't leave until you do. Carry the flag...and keep carrying it. Clearly aimed at making them have more appeal and be more easy to understand for the masses. But here they're doing it in the context of a more complex game type than CTF, so it feels more necessary than it was in CTF.
Good stuff. So the known game types are:
Slayer
Capture the Flag
Oddball
Regicide
Dominion
I want to say I read that King of the Hill was in, but I can't remember where. Is that just early morning Ghaleon fatigue? It's a more narrow set of game types, but they've all be heavily redesigned. I think that alone will really help simplify matchmaking a bit.
Yup, it's the same in high level TF2. Casual players in pub games do nothing with them but calling stuff out is a big part of comp TF2.
Does the killcam in Halo show you how much health your opponent had ?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
So what is Dominion? Where do I read up on it?
This is what I watched.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aoJMAMR038&feature=g-all-u
Hyper has a media round up thread.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=492426
Infinity Slayer : Invasion Slayer :: Dominion : Invasion
Nope. So far I have no seen it in the footage released, like this.
Some awesome thruster pack maneuvers are on display in this vid. Also love the map.
Jetpack seems to be a little more tolerable this time around as well - seems to lose steam at about 30ft or so.
It's not that surprising when half of the screenshot is taken up by a matte painting.
I'd really like to see a developer camera fly-through of that scene. I think there's some fun perspective bending going on around the main section you're supposed to see during gameplay.
To be truely 'classic' it would need no AA's, no sprint, no bloom, no recoil, able to juggle the flag, no perks, no specializations (I have no idea what specializations actually are) and nothing else they've decided to add. So yeah, I doubt they are going to be classic.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Poker Face
Member
Shake Appeal
Member
I suspect they were mistaken about being locked in. I'm assuming, based on what I've heard/read, that the hardlight shields were installed by the previous occupants as they were upgrading, and it wasn't until the base was taken over that they were reset. But those shields only come in on the lower levels; if they'd gone upstairs there was probably a way out.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
I think that impression was based on a mistaken media member who didn't realize you can melee the shields open.
Please be similar, one of my favorite moments this gen.
Having played both I think Enslaved did it even better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR5DXsi772U&t=12m10s
Jumping around the wings of an airship crashing into New York.
The Halo 4 gif of first person jumping looks pretty weak. Hopefully the full scene is more intense.
squidhands
Member
My thoughts on the MP videos and .gifs so far:
I feel a lengthy illness coming on around Election Day. May last about a week.
I feel a lengthy illness coming on around Election Day. May last about a week.
I think that impression was based on a mistaken media member who didn't realize you can melee the shields open.
Bwahahaha.
Will we get a clear 343 description of the Dominion rules? I'd love to have these kinds of details explained.
and I know I'm going to get hate for this, but in my opinion...
it's too... visually heavy; there's too much going on at the angle the screenshot was taken. It might be better in first person, but at the moment it looks hectic and poorly designed. Maybe if they made Requiem a bit further away and spread out the ships a little more, it would be a little easier on the eyes.
Actually, that might be my inner photographer speaking.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Match starts with no bases captured.
Take base.
Base upgrades with new weapons, fortifications and vehicle the longer you hold it.
Use those items to defend your base and take others.
Once a base is upgraded the other team can capture and take it over in its upgraded state. (Teams can recapture or steal a base at any time. Just using this as an example.)
First team to have bases captured for the set amount of points, wins the game.
It's BTB and crazy fun. Love seeing my bases defense turrets come online.
Poker Face
Member
this is really random but that question just reminded me, are we getting an actual game manual with this game? I know alot of games have just opted out to essentially nothing, but i've always liked looking at Halo's
Shielding and Hardlight Shield.
Hmm.
Maybe Dexterity as second perk. BR and Boltshot.
When your shields are low, Hardlight Shield, wait for recharge, then switch to Boltshot, charge it and kill your opponent.
This is assuming shots hitting Hardlight Shield do not reset shield recharge.
Need to start making loadout prototypes... Have a lot of ideas.
Hmm.
Maybe Dexterity as second perk. BR and Boltshot.
When your shields are low, Hardlight Shield, wait for recharge, then switch to Boltshot, charge it and kill your opponent.
This is assuming shots hitting Hardlight Shield do not reset shield recharge.
Need to start making loadout prototypes... Have a lot of ideas.
Not sure if you've answered this, but is the gametype 'forgeable'?
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
As far as I know.
Shake Appeal
Member
You left out the weirdness that occurs when all three bases are held by one team!
As far as I understand it, the main benefit of the Magnum is it has the quickest draw and reload in the game. Fastest gun in the west.
Goddamn, that's pretty much what I wanted with that gametype concept. Sign me up.
Poker Face
Member
This shouldnt happen if players are matched up by skill
So no kill farming? Sounds good in theory.
Der Flatulator
Member
Will there be any more news on Forge before release?
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Oh yeah, when all bases are held by a single team, the other team goes into Last Man Standing mode. They are out of respawns, but have over shields. The only way to get back in the game is to recapture a base. If they all die without doing that the game ends. The team with the bases is the winner, regardless of score.
Der Flatulator
Member
You sunk my battleship.
But seriously, this game-type sounds uber-fun. The next Invasion?
Also, the Magnum can headshot, unlike the Boltshot (as far as i know anyway). I hope the Boltshot cannot headshot, because that way the Magnum still has some use.
Still, i know i won't be using the Magnum, i'd rather take Dexterity and either the Plasma Pistol or Boltshot.
Dom King of the Hill
Forge a map that has one base in the center to act as a hill.. Give it only a turret that can be built. Whoever is in control of the hill long enough captures the turret, which pings the other team. The other team must destroy the turret or recapture the hill to switch the turret to their side.
edit:
I should refresh more.
Forge a map that has one base in the center to act as a hill.. Give it only a turret that can be built. Whoever is in control of the hill long enough captures the turret, which pings the other team. The other team must destroy the turret or recapture the hill to switch the turret to their side.
edit:
I should refresh more.
Oh okay. Seemed a little too 'controlled' to be Forgeable, but awesome if it is. I can already think of some awesome maps that could be made with the mode in mind.
Der Flatulator
Member
Fix'd. This would be the best game-type EVER!
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Good, now we don't have to sit through a whole game of one team donging until the cap time runs up.