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OutofSight posted:What kind of idiot commander and AI smack their battlecruiser (or whatever class the Spirit of Fire is) point blank into another ship? Spirit of Fire is a colony support vessel refit for combat. Also, having seen... every Forerunner installation presented in the series so far, why does this surprise you?
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OutofSight posted:Those precursor structures seems hilariously dangerous with no safety rules for space boating. The Forerunners and the Galactic Empire share a complete disdain for guard rails.
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Hell yeah, not only is the video way more watchable when you go on the offensive, you actually got gold from the mission too. Whatever units you lost during the mission were actually expendable from that pov
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For being so advanced, the Forerunners really should have put some safeguard in their tech against it just taking like, a handprint or a voice command from a human to activate, like the multiple times in the series the Covenant have made humans activate doomsday weapons under duress.
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TwoPair posted:For being so advanced, the Forerunners really should have put some safeguard in their tech against it just taking like, a handprint or a voice command from a human to activate, like the multiple times in the series the Covenant have made humans activate doomsday weapons under duress. As demonstrated by Star Trek as soon as you reach sufficiently advanced technology there's actually no way to secure that technology in any way.
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TwoPair posted:For being so advanced, the Forerunners really should have put some safeguard in their tech against it just taking like, a handprint or a voice command from a human to activate, like the multiple times in the series the Covenant have made humans activate doomsday weapons under duress. I think the big problem is that this stuff "wants" to be used. Like, it's really obvious with 343 Guilty Spark in Halo 1 and 3. He never really cared that the humans didn't want to fire the Halos. Having a "Reclaimer" press the button was just a box to be checked so he could light it up. And I mean, yeah, the Forerunners kinda had a blind spot for bad actors.
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I gotta say, "blow up the sun" is a big step up from the classic "nuke whatever planet/base/etc you're on" Halo ending
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I think that's the first RTS level I've seen that brought up gravity as a game mechanic.
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That's as gravity pulls down.
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Reminds me of the Stargate episode when they accidentally cause a star to go nova by gating directing through its core. Not a bad thing. That was a banging episode.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Reminds me of the Stargate episode when they accidentally cause a star to go nova by gating directing through its core. 
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Is that a sex joke? Because I'll have you know, this is a family friendly thread.
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Even if its not racing over a weirdly bumpy piece of terrain I hope there's an achievement for only using warthogs in this level, for consistency.
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FrenzyTheKillbot posted:Is that a sex joke? Because I'll have you know, this is a family friendly thread. It's a "hee hee, thingy go boom" joke. I may be childish, but I would never lower myself to such base crudity.
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Hey guys, just wanted to give a heads up that it may be a couple weeks until the Halo: Reach stuff starts. It's taking me longer than I expected to get everything organized and going. But until then, check out these old photos of when Swordfishhh, Cletus, and I went to the Halo: Reach launch event in Toronto! We got to play laser tag, try a demo of the game, and I totally still have the T-shirt and lanyard.   
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FrenzyTheKillbot posted:Hey guys, just wanted to give a heads up that it may be a couple weeks until the Halo: Reach stuff starts. It's taking me longer than I expected to get everything organized and going. Neat, looks like a fun time. It's a crazy time of year what with the holidays and everything. Take your time. The thread will still be here.
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My apologies for necro'ing the thread, but I've reached Halo 3 on a rewatch and was suddenly reminded of an old YouTube video that made fun of the hysteria leading up to 3's release. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvanJYOGlus
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theenglishman posted:My apologies for necro'ing the thread, but I've reached Halo 3 on a rewatch and was suddenly reminded of an old YouTube video that made fun of the hysteria leading up to 3's release. God that’s a time capsule from the mid-late 2000’s. Our problems back then seem so quaint now.
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Yeah that is definitely a 15 year old video, but it's pretty catchy. It reminds me that there used to be a Machinima video from Halo 3 where they cut a bunch of dialogue together to make them say stupid poo poo, but the only thing I remember from it is Cortana saying "yank me" in a stupid context and Sgt. Johnson talking about "man rear end". But it looks like the video got purged with everything else Machinima, and none of Swordfishh, Cletus, or I were able to magic it out of the internet. Anyone else know what I'm talking about? Also, still no ETA on Halo: Reach. I've been having a hard time getting the motivation to work on it, and instead working on a different project. Hopefully I'll get back to it soon.
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FrenzyTheKillbot posted:Yeah that is definitely a 15 year old video, but it's pretty catchy. Sorry, the only Machima video I remember is Deus Ex.
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Sorry to hear you had to suffer through existing in Toronto 
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Hey, so, remember this thread? Remember Halo? Remember Reach? I do want to apologize for the delay in this Halo project. I really wasn't intending to take that long break, but I started an Ocarina of Time LP thinking that I'd be able to do it as an easy secondary project. Turns out it was more effort than I expected, but then also kind of a nice break from the 2 years of Halo LPs. And then a whole year disappeared. In any case, I'm planning on getting the LP proper started on Friday, but until then, enjoy some promotional material. E3 2009 Announce Trailer - This trailer was shown during E3 in 2009 and was the first confirmation of the next Halo game, as well as the reveal of the title. The Day Before - This trailer is actually a compilation of three different short films, Patrol, Spaceport, and New Life. It shows some examples of normal, everyday life on the planet Reach before the events of the game. Pay special attention to the squad of marines. Birth of a Spartan - A live-action short film showing part of the journey taken by Carter-A259, leader of Noble Team, to become a Spartan. Deliver Hope - One of the most memorable Halo trailers. This short film depicts Noble Team fighting the Covenant on the planet Fumirole several months before the events of Halo: Reach. The mission does not go entirely as planned. FrenzyTheKillbot fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Dec 1, 2023 |
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Oh yeah, good to see this one back. This is all new stuff to me, can't wait to see where it goes.
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Hell yeah, glad to see this back.
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I never got around to playing Reach because I was just getting out of college at the time, but it was an absolute joy to play when the Collection came out. Wish I could have gotten in on the hype back in the day.
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One of the two Halos I really enjoyed, not the least because it's the only one in the series where you can, if you so choose, play as a woman.
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It's me, the inverted mouselooker. You will take my inverted mouselook from my cold, dead, carpal tunnel-ridden hand.
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Of the Halos I'm familiar with Reach is the only one that managed to get me invested in more than the guns. Master Chief Halos certainly had moments mostly in 2 - give them back the bomb, the arbiter's barely contained seething - but for all that was happening around you it really didn't let any of its characters live in it. I suppose pathos is a bit easier to get into but its not like the other games didn't have opportunities.
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inverted for flight, or not, depending on the game and plane or w/e one of the reasons that halo reach is the best one is that it allows you to equip all the very silly multiplayer armour and shows it in the cutscenes. noble team misses their old noble six and then up rocks this fucko with spiked furry vambraces and a sword strapped to his back and a hooded plague doctor helmet and says he's the replacement
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Yeah, I learned inverted control for flight games before mouselook was even a thing. Kept it up when it was the default for 20 years. Now it's become the opposite, but I can't be bothered changing. Also, what's that lowercase halo in the sky? 
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Do you want to know what John Halo did after his career in video games? He opened a restaurant.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Yeah, I learned inverted control for flight games before mouselook was even a thing. Kept it up when it was the default for 20 years. The rings of Csodaszarvas, one of those moons Frenzy didn't want to try pronouncing. The other one's Turul.
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The idea of a prequel game being in a conflict you know you'll lose is a very novel one. I mean, I'm sure they didn't invent that but I can't think of many games, particularly more action-y ones, that are like that. Well aside from there probably being a CoD game out there set in Vietnam...
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Wow instead of it just being you and having only regular military mooks helping you, in this game they give you a whole squad of Halos. What a luxury!
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Cythereal posted:One of the two Halos I really enjoyed, not the least because it's the only one in the series where you can, if you so choose, play as a woman. biosterous posted:one of the reasons that halo reach is the best one is that it allows you to equip all the very silly multiplayer armour and shows it in the cutscenes. noble team misses their old noble six and then up rocks this fucko with spiked furry vambraces and a sword strapped to his back and a hooded plague doctor helmet and says he's the replacement We talk about this a little bit in the next video, but yeah it's great. If you're going to do stories where the main character is anonymous and mostly silent, might as well let the player get into them a bit more. The Rookie is just some guy, but Noble 6 can be you. TwoPair posted:The idea of a prequel game being in a conflict you know you'll lose is a very novel one. I mean, I'm sure they didn't invent that but I can't think of many games, particularly more action-y ones, that are like that. Well aside from there probably being a CoD game out there set in Vietnam... I think in general it's very hard to do stories where people will be satisfied being on the losing side, especially when they know that going in. Ironically, the best example I can think of is 300 and the story of the Battle of Thermopylae.
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