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MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
Who will care what I have to say without my blue name?!

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MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

If it's not terminal there is so much wrong with this world

Bardeh posted:

Isn't the multiplayer going to get extremely fragmented with the system they've got going? Four games, multiple playlists on each game, not to mention the fact that nobody bought an Xbone in the first place.
It's not split by game. One playlist could include all 4 games with gametypes/weapons unique to each game.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

Booties posted:

This whole thing could flop because no one is happy.

Welcome to video games in 2014. Where gamers are entitled twats and developers can't do anything right.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
Judging by your comment, yup Really.

"No one is happy" is pretty much the 343i battle cry

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

Booties posted:

No one will be happy if they can't find matches in the split playlists because population sizes are so small. The counter to that is bunch it all together in one playlist? That kind of defeats the purpose of getting to play what you want if you have to vote on an engine. There is still a lot of unknows. I don't know what the gently caress you're talking about.

You mean like how they have a team slayer, team objective, etc?

You don't get to play what you want. When have you ever gotten to play what you want in matchmaking? You get to pick what you want based on what matchmaking offers you.

Don't want to play Halo 4? Play customs.

I don't know why people are so concerned about population segmentation. They're just forcing matchmaking to include all games, it's really not that complex.

Halo 4's good man.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
If they just let you play Halo 2 multiplayer who would buy Halo 5?

Booties posted:

Well I disagree and I'm not part of a small minority. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
you need to stop reading neogaf, it's made you jaded

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

Kin posted:

And why the playerbase for halo 4 died off at ridiculous rates.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=709697

If you compare that to halo reach rates they're almost identical.

Also you're kidding yourself if they intend on making Halo 5 a Halo 2 clone. Sure it'll get rid of the crap most people didn't like about Halo 4, but 2? Not by a long shot.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
Yeah unless you're playing with people who LOVED halo 4, you can assume it won't get voted for very much.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

LanceKing2200 posted:

Also remember that, as amazing as Halo 3's sustained playerbase was, when it came out it was basically the only not-totally-broken competitive shooter this side of a PC. There's just too much competition now for any game, even COD, to hold those kinds of numbers.

I've said this a bunch but most people just refute and say "Na man, halo 4 is bad, look how many copies they sold and couldn't keep people entertained!"


Basically high sales should = long term gaming, but gamers have really short attention spans and jump on whatever blockbuster game comes out this week.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

Reason posted:

They should have released this poo poo for PC.

Never say never...

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
If they kept the jumps in tact H2A Lockout gets my seal of approval.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
Hey guys remember when they shut off Halo 2 servers to increase the friends list size on the 360?

Remember that? The game that people were still playing?

Well gently caress you, buy a new console and a bundle to get more friends and your game back.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
Halo definitely still has kill trading.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
Halo 2's "whoever had more shields before the beat down" was probably the best way to do it.

That said, two people punching themselves to death doesn't seem that unlikely:

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

Soul Glo posted:

Are these guys twins?

Also yeah, I don't remember kill trading being a big deal in Halo 2, just Halo 3 (and now Destiny).

Before 1.1 update melee's could trade off if both players did enough damage to take down the shield + bleed.

After the update the player with the higher shield value would win. I think Halo 3 used this same method.

Still miss those 1.0 grenades....

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

PriorMarcus posted:

Looks exactly the same. The least they could've done is updated the models so everything looked consistent from CE to 3.

It looks the same because it is exactly the same. Halo 2 anniversary was the only one that got a graphical upgrade in the mcc.

Halo 3 has the same graphics. They just might look better at 1080p and 60fps but besides that there's literally no difference.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
Ok so how does H2A differ from H2 and H4?

H4 engine w/ retooled H2 weapons and mechanics?

e: forge looks sexy, especially the lack of monitor buzz

MickRaider fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Oct 28, 2014

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
anim8 just wants to show off his work

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

Napolean Bonerfarts posted:

Blur does the cinematics and afaik anim8 works for 343 :confused:
He does (or did I don't know) work for 343. He also linked to the ranking system, which isn't his dig in animation but he could have been involved. We don't really know

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
Na man reach's story almost brough me to tears. Halo 1 was a great beginning but compared to a game like half life I wouldn't say the story itself was great, just fun encounters.

Halo Reach was the most cinematic in my opinion.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

Sedisp posted:

Spartans aren't actually cyborgs. :goonsay:

That depends on how you view neural connections.

I'd say they're closer to cyborgs even though they're technically mechanized suits.

:goonsay:

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

WHAT A GOOD DOG posted:

All I'm saying is, whether they're cyborgs or not, they're basically all doomed to die in action. And MC needs to die so that the series can continue because MC is the dumbest protagonist (quite literally, since he makes no decisions on his own) and people realize that.
Yeah because Gordan Freeman totally made his own decisions as well. Certainly no one pulling his strings either.

McDowell posted:

Technically any person who has hardware grafted to their body is a cyborg. Captain Keyes had a chip in his brain so he was a cyborg, too.

This is my definition of a cyborg. Some sort of technology in your body. Neural connections, RFID chip, whatever

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
Instead let's argue about which game had the best SOUNDTRACK.

Halo 2, without a doubt.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

Those halo 5 clips :magical:

When is the beta again? I care more about that the MCC

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
Here's a theory to think on as you play through 1-4 on tuesday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YklFMcZ0c6s

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

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Azubah posted:

People over at NeoGAF are really upset over this leaked video.

http://i.gyazo.com/c8266004805e6f1e75f9eb065ca796de.mp4

What is this? Halo 5 footage?

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
omg people are changing something i liked for reasons i don't understand. gently caress them thinking they know how to make video games while i'm sitting here armchair game developing.


Halo 4 was fun you guys, quit being such nancy's

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

Napolean Bonerfarts posted:

RIP SolidHavoc and Ninja_Orca

(I started see a chiropractor btw I'll let you know how it goes)

I'm ready to get my 50. Kirbyabc, add me. Gamertag: faaart XCUSE ME

I'll miss that guy :(

Also a chiropractor won't help with depression and anxiety. See a therapist man

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

univbee posted:

Dude went back in time to 2001.



haha those controllers

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
Split screens and forge don't mix

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

-A n i m 8- posted:

In truth, the narrative of Halo MP is the VR. At least that's what us animators are keeping in our heads. It's e-sports.

Thank you. I am so tired of games taking themselves too seriously and adding brown and gray shaders just to add realism.

gently caress realism. Give me a silly game of brightly colored robot soldiers shooting blue plasma at each other and punching them with swords.

Halo 5 looks sick guys. I can't wait for the end of december now.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
This kind of poo poo is why I don't get launch day games anymore.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

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Kobayashi posted:

...by the time the kinks are worked out no one will be playing anymore. :v:

This should be the halo slogan.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

Zaphod42 posted:

It applies to Battlefield and Diablo and a dozen other games too though.

State of the industry 2014 :smith:

Na man don't you see, halo 4's drop off is clear indication that it sucks. I mean correlation equals causation rite?

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!
For someone not getting this for a while. You all are hilarious.

Keep on bitching.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

Zaphod42 posted:

Man this seriously feels like the cut all the corners they could. :smith:

So you mean this purely money making game was done hastily to push consoles to make more money?

You don't say :monocle:

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

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Calvin Johnson Jr. posted:

I just spent $500 on this bullshit so I could destroy goons and pillage pubbies and it's broken as gently caress

love, robocopping

add me @ ASAP Ruf

I told you man.

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

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Bonnie Ross is the biggest tool

MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

Now I smell like lemonade!

univbee posted:

No, don't say that! They'll revoke your ID@XBOX game. :ohdear:

Just get a 360 and replace Halo 2 with Halo Reach.

It's still loving bullshit they shut off the halo 2 servers.

That's what really gets me. One of the biggest games on MCC is a game that SHOULD still work. But they shut it off for some nonsense like increasing the friends limit to 100 which never loving happened.

Reach was poo poo by the way. God those maps were embarrassingly bad

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MickRaider
Aug 27, 2004

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Tighclops posted:

Reach was fun until 343 mangled it with their title update, but the maps were certainly unremarkable overall.

The removal of BR and the inconsistent DMR was the worst part about Reach.

I ended up using the needler rifle because that seemed more reliable. gently caress everything about headshots in reach.

McDowell posted:

So I'm watching some of the New Mombasa sections on youtube and they just ignored the facelift the city had for ODST. Why?

Because a Russian company made H2A, not Bungie.

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