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Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.
Cool ... so i was hoping these guys wouldnt be back ...

Hoping its only in some form of zombies game mode or something :(

https://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/Detail/war-games-screenshots/fbcd7c53-da90-4274-b4d3-86571f5e5280#imageNumber=6

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Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.

Funkmaster General posted:

People with flashed drives can't play Halo 4 online after pirating it. Period.

Sure they can, its not a JTAG only rip thats online:

- Grab yourself an xkey, load the iso onto a usb drive and away you go
- Burn the iso using one of those ihas drives, then if you've flashed your drive you can play online.

Xkey can actually do this as far as anyone knows quite safely (no bans this far), obviously in this case though playing this far in advance will get your rear end banned.

Waiting for my collectors edition (from EB) on the 6th like everyone else that isn't an rear end hat and i must be one of the few who is in it more for campaign than multi. Im guessing they'll still be using the existing netcode model - and for anyone outside the U.S that plays like absolute utter poo poo as soon as one person from the U.S gets into the lobby.

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.

Funkmaster General posted:

If you don't think Microsoft is keeping an eagle eye on who is playing this while connected to Live you're crazy.

Yes exactly, why i said "obviously in this case though playing this far in advance will get your rear end banned." instead of the typical mechanism of 'we have detected altered hardware so gtfo'.

The xkey is generally pretty cheap to get setup, around the cost of 2 games i would say and up until this point hasn't had any issues with dash / games updates etc

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.
The blur was terrible, first mission as you falcon in, if you look anywhere off center you can see it, no idea the reasoning behind it.

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.
So ... i thought i'd give Halo 3 a quick run through on Legendary in prep for 4's release, watching through 'The Arrival' cinematic i heard the following (or something to the like):

Arbiter: We must move, the Brutes are onto our scent.
Johnson: Those Brutes must love the smell of Bvulgari ... what? Yeah im doin a little product placement, I gotta get paid too!

Hah! Didn't realise there were so many variants on the one scene!

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.

V for Vegans posted:

... halo games never mentioning human on human fighting, to suddenly ...

I know there has been a lot of complaining about how bad forward onto dawn is, but so far this has the clearest explanation as to what the current state of the Halo (human) universe is possibly just after the initial contact with the covenant (im not sure how far in it takes place, but it appears very early on).

Everyone is training to take on 'the innies' - 'poor overtaxed farmers' etc etc.

I'm actually quite liking it so far, looking forward to this weeks ep.

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.

Zaphod42 posted:

I was watching the FUD videos, and something really bothered me. There was a scene where the Chief came across as sort of a bully, and I understand he had to survive and stand up for himself, but my Chief, the guy I was playing all this time, was a selfless hero.

Which FUD episode is this? So far John hasn't been in it spoiler (not really): None of the kids are the chief) the only spartan that we can actually confirm is Fred at this point.

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.

lenoon posted:

No ODST hekmet?

More so annoyed that there is no ODST helmet D:

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.
Infinity + Broadswords doing this please ... completely epic.

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

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.
When is the next FUD due to drop ... isn't it tonight?

*edit* Oh, it just did ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gULQ5GFIkcA

Binskin fucked around with this message at 11:29 on Nov 2, 2012

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.

Namaste posted:

It says so at the end of the reprint of The Fall of Reach that came out alongisde Reach the game.

wtf ... did they change / add anything else? Thats poo poo.

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.
Also, came across this:

http://store.spawn.com/products/Halo-%252d-Forward-Unto-Dawn-Resin-Statue.html



Why do American companies hate on us Aussies and not ship here :(

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.

Rageaholic Monkey posted:

Going to a midnight launch in like an hour or so. Goddamnit, I am going to be falling asleep at my desk tomorrow :negative:

Did this today ... midnight pickup, home 12:30am ...

clock check 2am - nah, play for a bit longer

clock check 4:30am - FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

6am - Kids come in and wake me up

OH GOD WHY DID I DO THIS I AM NOT IN SCHOOL ANYMORE!!

Fire eyes all day in the office.

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.
First spartan ops episode:

So in the video after Infinity exits slipspace and owns the Covenant carrier, is that seriously Frigates being launched from within it? As in ships equivalent to the Forward Unto Dawn? If so ... if doesnt sound right that Infinity is meant to only be 5klms long. Still COMPLETELY EPIC however.

The actual campaign needed more moments like this@!

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.
So i have a pretty stupid question, picked up the LE version which comes with the war games pass etc for the map packs and a number of other avatar dress up items im likely to never claim, but there does not seem to be a code for war games itself, its noted on the same card as the avatar items but not codes specifically for it.

From what i can see from the LE opening videos on youtube im not missing anything from the package, so im wondering how i'll end up getting the map packs?

Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
Better this then 'Stupid Newbie'.

madadric posted:

The season pass map pack is listed with a bunch of other stuff under one code. I did the same thing until I went back and reread the card

AH! ... So i am a retard, thanks, i guess i didn't read past 'specialisations'

Cheers, guess i better add it.

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Binskin
Dec 15, 2005
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McTimmy posted:

The new Episode of Spartan Ops is out. Looks like 4 of the maps are reused from the first Episode.

I've played through the first three and this already makes me incredibly fearful for the longevity of Spartan Ops, it has great potential ... but not like this :(

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