#2020 - Infection Year editionHalo: Campaign Evolved:>Assault on the Control Room, 28 Minutes of Gameplayhttps://youtu.be/C6JyOj-7tH8?si=qB-y7L4VoNxnDj3Y>The Silent Cartographer, 3rd Person Gameplayhttps://youtu.be/6FLR_KM_sPA?si=3FI9STyq-HZZ4Br6>Skull Modifiers and Co-Op Detailedhttps://youtu.be/6sUil_Tj_OQ?si=mvGhONx3WouYsADwHalo News:>Halo: Campaign Evolved Achievements Announcedhttps://www.halowaypoint.com/news/achievement-list-halo-campaign-evolved>Halo: Campaign Evolved Standard Edition Releases July 28th, Premium Edition Releases July 23rdhttps://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/07/halo-campaign-evolved-launch-preorder-xbox-games-showcase-2026/>Halo: Campaign Evolved Story Trailerhttps://youtu.be/0MxBFXH2a_U?si=PlQ5KQjE2XjxyO1TPrevious >>571021631
Bleach is the root of all.
>>571298137IS THAT THE HECKIN FLOOD?!?!?!?!?!
The final redpill is that Halo PC is where Halo peaked>Halo: Custom Edition>dedicated servers>halomaps.org>modacity>chimera>lumoria>SPV3>delta ruins, coldsnap, hugeass, portent>Yoyorast Island
>>571298238FUCK I MEANT TO POST THIS ONE(not halo forced etc)
>>571298238The Regulars
>>571298046>Why did developing for Xbox change so many things when Xbox was essentially just a Windows box running DX8?Because Bungie never built any of it. Then they had no time or it was impossible.
>>571298137Carrier Forms
>>571298137Crazy that 2020 was 6 and a half years ago
WHEN I SAW THE GORL ODST I CLAPPEDI KNOW WHAT ODSTS AREI CLAPPED I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW CARRIER FORMS
>>571298715and there is STILL a war in Ukraine
>>571298137So you want to play Halo: Campaign Evolved, but you DON'T want to spend a lot of money?>ALL GAME PASS PC USERS GET THE GAME AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGESimply purchase 1 month of PC Game Pass ($14), and get the game at no additional cost on July 28th. It's recommended you wait until right at release to purchase so that you can get a full month of time with the game.https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/pc-game-pass/cfq7ttc0kgq8?icid=CNavAllPCGamePassSometimes you can also find a 14-day FREE trial, which would allow you to play the game for 2 weeks at no cost.>PURCHASE THE PREMIUM EDITION UPGRADE TO PLAY THE GAME 5 DAYS EARLYYou can also play the game 5 days early by purchasing the Premium Edition Upgrade ($20) which will stack on top of your Game Pass Subscription, giving you 5 days of early access (July 23rd vs 28th) and access to Premium Edition in-game cosmeticshttps://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/halo-campaign-evolved-premium-edition-upgrade/9MT7PRG7NSLDIf you plan on purchasing the Premium Upgrade, make sure to purchase it only after signing up for PC Game Pass first.NOTE: Game Pass "Essential" and "Premium" Tiers do NOT include Day 1 Access to Halo: Campaign Evolved. Only "Ultimate" ($23/mo) and "PC" ($14/mo) Game Pass Tiers include access.
>>571298447>The final redpill is that Halo PC is where Halo peakedThis but unironically. Except SPVjeet.Shame Macrojeet jewed us with 2 Vista.
>>571299035Snoy here. Looks like I'll unfortunately have to pay full price. PC isn't good enough.Looking forward to playing with you guys... if you'll have me.
>>571298238You literally couldn't do an ad like this for a game today lmao
>>571299250We'll have you, but surely your PC is good enough for MCC at least? That's more what we play.
Halo CE? Halo 2? Halo 3? Reach?It's all pure artistic skill.Most of the models are very basic (by today's standards), and are only covered with a simple "photo texture".Some were given a basic Bump map + specular map to give more glossy, metallic vibe, but nothing fancier than that. Water has some simple Planar reflections and refraction, that was old news at the time as well.All that's then coated in mostly pre-baked lighting, with some dynamic light sources. Smaller, self-contained "rooms" obviously help keep the things within the console's RAM budget.Because strong hardware limitations breed invention and polish.
>>571298046>Why did developing for Xbox change so many thingsThey had to redo a lot of stuff in a shorter dev cycle is about the jist of itAs for the specific differences between the minimum PC requirements Halo would've needed and what Xbox could, do you'll have to look to someone else for answers>>571298235That was just an example of fighting in close-quarters, although, 343 Guilty spark (level) does have even smaller passageways at times but you're not quite meant to fight in themPre-Xbox builds had the later Chief and Elite models so by time it would launch it would look more like the designs we know
>>571299083Snoy here and I hate jews
>>571299593Halo CE was one of the earliest games to incorporate bump/normal mappingHalo CE had bullet casings looked like real metal shells, didn't disappear quickly but remained on the ground for a long time (nothing cooler to see tons of bullet shells scattered everywhere after a fire fight), and watching them realistically roll down hills.Specular on bsp is all kinds of broken in Halo 2, different ways depending on version of the game. Bungie disabled it on many surfaces because of this. In MCC it has a broken directional computation, in Vista it just doesn't work at allHalo 2's maps were so big the original Xbox couldn't handle it. Containment is the biggest map in Halo 2.Halo 3 ran at 1152x640, it wasn't even 720p>“[Y]ou could argue we gave you 1280 pixels of vertical resolution, since Halo 3 uses not one, but two frame buffers, both of which render at 1152×640 pixels,”a Bungie representativewrote. “The reason we chose this slightly unorthodox resolution and this very complex use of two buffers is simple enough to see: lighting. We wanted to preserve as much dynamic range as possible, so we use one for the high dynamic range and one for the low dynamic range values. Both are combined to create the finished on screen image.”Stuff like warthog tires, scorpion treads, ect are parallaxed in 3.ODST didn't have any rain because the engine didn't support itReach's motion blur technique, like in Tekken 6, works on an individual object basis>Reach's lighting system means that there can be upward of thirty or more light sources on screen at once, given off via weapons fire, explosions, and environmental lighting, such as the glow given off from lights inside buildings. All of these light sources are real-time, and interact with their surroundings. So a gunshot, or rounds from a Needler will light up surrounding areas, and change the shadows created by moving objects. Each individual projectile from the Needler also has its own light source
>>571298447If that's a recent screenshot it's nice to see ROK and ASH. Never got into the clan stuff but as server names they seem familiar.
>CARRIER FORMS
Microsoft went into the industry knowing they’d be losing money on the hardware. Unlike Sega they basically had unlimited money to spend on getting a foothold in the console market.Microsoft never turned a profit from the sale of Xbox consoles >INB4 Zune>INB4 Windows Phone>INB4 Windows ME>INB4 Windows Vista>INB4 Groove Music>INB4 Kin>INB4 MSN TV>INB4 Xbox One>INB4 Microsoft Band>INB4 Bing (Chrome front end doesn't count)>INB4 Cortana
>carrier forms
It's UP.https://youtu.be/qE_vbyN6CKM?si=CpEkpaHZQNnU8zpe
Forms?
>not Mint Blintznot clicking.
>>571299593I agree
>blintzlol
>>571300002>Microsoft never turned a profit from the sale of Xbox consoles Loss-leading is a legitimate strategy. Even companies that do make profit on console sales don't get most of their revenue from that.
What would /hg/ been like when Halo 2 released in 2004
Only Act Man gets clicks from me.
>>571300116>BlintzESL. Go back to your designated shitting street, Raj.
>>571300396>What would /hg/ been like when Halo 2 released in 2004blinded by its majesty
THE WALLSARE CLOSINGIN
>>571300416>>571300309>>571300116Act Man?>Dude World at War>Dude RE4>Dude Dark Souls>Dude KOTOR>Dude Halo 2 quotes >Dude Halo 5 >Dude Xbox is dead/alive
Unironically I wish all Bungie Purists fucking hung or shot themselves. I genuinely hope you die and kill yourself tonight. I wish you were literally, actually dead. Like on the floor in your own blood or hanging from the ceiling with no pulse.I'm so fucking sick of you whiny, pedantic, moronic, OCD-ridden, nostalgia-blinded FAGGOTS, who are obsessed with every change in Halo, big or small. I hate you with every fibre of my being. I wish that a meteor would hit your house and specifically your room while you sleep tonight. I wish you caught ebola at the airport. I wish you got in a fatal car wreck on the highway. I wish your mother aborted you. I wish your father pulled out. I wish a localized solar flare event extinguished your life. I wish a wild and rabid animal attacked you in the woods. Fucking. Kill. Yourself. Now.All you've done for the last like 16+ years since Bungie left, is whine, complain, rant, and generally be complete fucking pricks to be around. No other fanbase is this fucking petty and I absolutely loathe the fact that I have to share not only the same game community with you, but also share this planet with you.
>>571300116>>571300424irrelevant dude hates the new game.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMzHXCu4LN8
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THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN
>>571300396Brown, just like it is now.
>>571298447troof NOOK!
>>571300574>World at War>RE4>Dark Souls>KOTOR>Halo 2>Halo 5What were you trying to prove here?4 of those are legitimately great and World at War is pretty decent as far as CoD goes.
Hasn't even been a fortnight and the shillwave has subsided. I think that's a record.
>>571300574Nah, even him I never got into watching consistently. I do like hearing just about anyone do a lengthy examination of Halo, but I'm in no rush to see them all.
Why does everyone suddenly like Halo 4 now?
>>571300603With the sense of humor the universe seems to have whoever wrote that originally will likely experience of those fates.That aside, it's weird how people complain about players wanting the devs to prioritize integrity and leave well enough alone, which would free up time for working on other content. Doubly-so with 343's track record of launching with major features downgraded or fully missing at launch.
>>571301189they are Snoys
>>571300617Buy an ad.
>>571301189Notice how nobody ever makes posts talking about how good Halo 4’s actual gameplay was
>>571300464AgreedI wonder if there'd even be an /hg/ if /vg/ was there in 2004 or if too many people would be on Bungie's forums and elsewhere for a general to be maintained
>>571300559>>571300617What did the retard say? I'm not watching his video
>>571300667>>571300559People hated Halo 2 because:>No AR>No 3sk pistol>Cut levels (Covenant Ship, Forerunner Tank, Earth Ark)>Downgrades across the board to get the game to run on OG Xbox>Dual wielding>Arbiter being playable >Cliffhanger ending>Bungie cut the 3rd actPeople hated Halo 3 because:>AR returns but is a total joke>BR to Win: The Game>Arbiter was shafted >Truth is a completely different character>Marty killing Miranda and Johnson made no sense>Downgraded multiplayer compared to the high skill Halo 2 BXR >Worse maps than Halo 2People hated Reach because:>Story retconned The Fall of Reach book>No Blue Team and Chief>Armor Abilities>Armor Lock>Reticle bloom>Motion blur>Multiplayer maps were campaign maps>Forge World maps were laggy and lazy>No BR>No MLG playlist at launch>No Ranking from 1 to 50>22fps at times>TU Update and Anniversary PlaylistPeople hated Halo 4 because:>Doubled down on Reach's gameplay (everyone wanted Halo 3-2)>Chief and Cortana romance>Humans are no longer Forerunner>Retcons>Short campaign>CoD clone>Spartan Ops>Less features than Reach despite releasing 2 years later>Ugly lighting enginePeople hated Campaign Evolved because:>Can't use Johnson's weapon
#TruthNuke
>>571300667>>571301579halo "fans" bitching about a reskinned railgun from H4 that is easily the least interesting power weapon in all of halo's sandbox. practically m1 to deletemeanwhile halo remake has been torn limb from limb and is at this point more UNLIKE to halo CE than it is similar. almost unrecognizable
>>571301189Not sure what that's about but I will say I like the DMR design even if I don't like it more than the original
>tyrone says i can play campaign evolved tonight
>>571302251kek rest in pacha Xytan
>>571302596
Troll face in Halo AnniversarySoul...
The Endless has arrived
waga na wa juhabaha
>>571299795Reach is Bungie firing on all cylinders. The best campaign mission sandboxes and IMO the most interesting enemy encounters in the franchise. I also love the UNSC Army faction design, which is both grounded and also futuristic. I love that the game has a more serious tone, and that it plays out like a tragedy with a very strong conclusion rather than leaving you hanging (the freedom of knowing you're not making a direct sequel I suppose). Plus Firefight and all the custom game modes rocked.The game got way too much hate from the Halo 3 MLG scene for its multiplayer changes, and it's a shame that "serious professional Halo" was at its zenith at the time because the game is phenomenal even if it messed with the Halo 3 multiplayer formula.
AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>571303413Reach was done by about a third of Bungie while the rest was working on ODST and Destiny - of course some people were helping/monitoring two or even three projects.
>we could have had the flamethrower in campaign redeemed
>>571303482Only one of them is inside Ilsa Zane.
Many have been inside Ilsa Zane.
more like Ilsa LAME
>>571305980You should’ve killed me when you had the chance
>>571306425what a giga!!
>>571306425KEKI forgot all about that edit>Infinite was 2021still doesn't feel like it was so long ago
CARRIERFORMS
Forced
Carrier Forced
Force Application Carrier
>>571311592nice one
Endless Carriers
>>571312772WAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH
>>571303424mod?
Carrier forms.>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XqxYAJG_os>buy an adCARRIER. FORMS.
>>571314341the flash granade having carrier form.the plasma pistol having carrier form.the sniper having carrier form.The shield having carrier form.
>>571298301The dangai is a copy of the slipstream space.
>>571314872woah. This much blood came out of a colony of worms?
Halo was cucked
It's like this progression in the first 3 games>CE: don't let the ring fire>2: stop the ring from firing mid sequence>3: fire the ring
Halo.
>>571311592kek
>>571315798>consider phlebas
>>571315798joggers paraside
>>571316292Why'd the put jpegs of mountains on it
You are not going to post Rendezvous at Rama, though.Only because I mentioned it now, so it doesn't count.
Halo
The Ultimate Halo Game.Every weapon from Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST, Reach, 4, 5, Infinite, and Campaign Evolved.Every vehicle from Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST, Reach, 4, 5, Infinite, and Campaign Evolved.Every multiplayer map from Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST, Reach, 4, 5, Infinite, and Campaign Evolved.Firefight modeled after Ultimate Firefight Series, containing enemies and allies from 1, 2, 3, ODST, Reach, 4, 5, Infinite, and Campaign Evolved, as well as cut content from the games.Fully fleshed out campaign with skulls, secrets, easter eggs and hidden areas, where you can play as your customized Spartan.Almost every armor customization and option from Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST, Reach, 4, 5, Infinite, and Campaign Evolved.Halo 2 Anniversary Cortana from the Blur Cinematics used as the in-game Cortana, but(t) naked, and...FULLY. MODELED.Music composed by Marty O Donel, Michael Salvatori, and whoever did the Halo 2 Anniversary and Halo Infinite sound tracks.Playable and customizable Spartans, Elites, Brutes, Promethean Soldiers and Flood Combat Forms.Body Type Male. Body Type Female.Forge.Warzone.Battle Royale.Theater.Custom Games Browser.Modded Custom Games Browser.Big Team Heavies and Big Team Fiesta available on launch as permanent playlists.Dual-Wielding.No sprint, clamber, slide, or armor abilities.Equipment works like Halo 3 (Some aspects of old armor abilities/equipment reworked into this Halo 3-style equipment).Proximity Chat.Campaign Matchmaking Playlist.(Optionally) Up to 3 bots can accompany you in campaign and will follow you around and support you if you don't have friends and want to play co-op.Halo 3 water, but improved.Halo 3 physics.Bots can be played against and alongside human players, online or offline.Enemy AI combatants can be added to multiplayer matchesDRM-free.Available natively on Xbox, Windows, and Debian-based Linux distributions through the software repository.Nintendo Switch Port.
>>571317118Thank you, every jewtube comments section.
>>571317048the fucking turtle covered in asteroids but somehow the elephants are fine?
>>571317118>Firefight modeled after Ultimate Firefight Seriesbuy an ad
>>571317307aaaaaiiiiiieeeeeeeeee
>>571317118I'm sold!
>>571317307he also wants shitty 4 and 5 armor in thereHeaviesAutists are just not to be trusted
It's important to have the correct mindset about campaign v multiplayer. That being that a true Halo game is a campaign experience first and foremost.I'd be perfectly fine with the CE remake having firefight or some other PvE mode as its "multiplayer" offering for this reason.Halo CE/1 had multiplayer thrown in the game in the last few months of development for the same reason any multiplayer was in a console game at the time, it was just expected to be there. The campaign WAS the game, and the multiplayer was extra. Now, it did turn out to be really good and pretty addicting, but it's important to understand that this existed in mostly a party game atmosphere. Yes, there were comp tournaments, but they are not representative of the average Halo CE multiplayer session.Halo 2, or really rather Xbox Live, changed this, and set this unrealistic standard of Halo multiplayer being the face of the series. It was never meant to last, but it stuck, even as CoD 4 and onwards drained the popularity 3 years later.tl;drA PVE-only game is sorely needed at this point to correct this wrongdoing and artificial ballooning of Halo's multiplayer to be its core identity.
PVP is the only reason Halo got as big as it did.
Halo was played.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_adix0SgxQ
>>571318153Buy an ad.
>>571315356neato
>>571317118>Firefight modeled after Ultimate FirefightGo back.
>>571317118I'm also sold!
>>571317845True, but without campaign CE doesn't blow up
this wall of text faggot needs to visit the palace of pain slip n slide
>>571316665>>571317048Not Halo.
I would say campaign gave CE a big enough install base, which allowed LANs and split screen multiplayer to grow from friends playing. Then with Halo 2 and Xbox live multiplayer became at least twice as important as campaign in terms of sales and playerbase, and with Halo 3 I wouldn't be surprised if 90% of people that bought it bought it mainly for multiplayer (if they had to pick a reason). H3 had three times as many sales as CE, and millions more than 2, so a good chunk of the playerbase had never even played the previous campaigns. Multiplayer was a social contagion
>>571317118>Nintendo Switch Port.This
>>571319896>n-not Hal- ACK!
i ordered chinese btw
Why did so many people hate the cliffhanger in h2? The game ends climatically enough with stopping Tartarus, and it sets up the finale of the trilogy like tons of second installments do. Yet somehow it caused people to shit and piss everywhere.
I ordered timbits again...
>>571320696(you)
Halo died the moment they (yes, they) removed dual wielding.
>>571321812lol imagine thinking meme wielding was anything more than a gimmick
>>571321812Adding sprinting>>>removing dual screen coop>>>>>>>>removing dual wielding>>>that annoying ledge grabbing animationIn order
HiddenExperia should be the new James Bond
no
HiddenExperia should be the new face of Halo
>>571322275>lol imagine thinking meme wielding was anything more than a gimmick
>>571323369das right
I use dual wielding to outdual BR autists to this dayfun stuff
>>571323654You have a sub 1 kd
>>571323654baaaaaaased
>>571323859>You have a sub 1 kd
>>571323654in halo 2 yes, especially SMG/PRin halo 3 never ever
>>571324043gottem
He found it>>>/v/741520578
>>571324952What about the /hg/ wiki?
Luc is 5'6
if you buy the halo remake you are basically what's wrong with the game industry and a goy slave
>>571325845
>>571326150I will care about the current game industry when it affects my PCSX2 and Duckstation library. In the meantime I will enjoy Campaign Evolved for what it is.
>>571326319>I will enjoy Campaign Evolved
Top 10 biggest reasons for halos fall off. >1. Modern warfare series and blops. The casual gamer moved on. Fayvn and others can cope all they want but it's true>2. Changes to core gameplay that made Halo feel less unique and fine tuned, be it reach armor abilities, bloom, sprint, no bleed through, loadouts, kill streaks. Then in h5 all the advanced mobility shit. Halo lost it's simplicity. >3. Halo 3's ending shut the book, and H4 dropped the ball hard trying to come up with something. The average player had no clue what the fuck was going on in H4, and the presentation and dialogue lacked the soul of the Bungie games. Hype killed.>4. Xbox One flopping. 360 was massive and actually outsold the ps3 for most of its life, so then the xbone came out and focused on retarded shit and no one cared. Also didn't help that>5. MCC flopped. One of the worst launchs of all time >6. Loss of features. H4 lost campaign theater and had a shit forge world. Halo 5 and infinite then launched without forge, made the games feel less complete than Halo 3. >7. Artsyle change. So much of halos soul was lost with h4s new artsyle.>8. Halo 5s story was a legitimate abomination that killed the goodwill from even h4 fans. 343 had to soft reboot the series with infinite>9. Shit maps. Reach and 4 both had way worse maps on average than even 3, which had worse maps than 2. Tons of boring designs, or they just played like shit. This and gameplay changes made the multiplayer feel so much worse>10. Destroyed the lore and world building. Even though the vast majority of the playerbase doesn't care, it's effects are still felt, making it all feel less compelling and simpleTo sum it up it really came down to losing bungie's soul. UI, music, dialogue, artstyle, easter eggs, plot, lore, even the mechanics all lost the sauce. Just compare halo CE to 3s menus with 343 halos, it's not even close. 343 just either didn't understand Halo, or didn't care about it. Either way they lost halos soul.
I hate to break it to the doomers, but yes, the Halo General will be playing the new Halo Game.
It's unfortunate that there hasn't been a new halo game announced since 2008.
>>571326318He ate Installaton00.
HOLY SHIT
Summer Session 1 is falling apart!
>>571327381AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>571325845based
>>5713267644's maps are actually underratedIt doesn't matter because the "infinity" game types render map control pointless, but if you ever got to play them with weapons on map and classic settings, they were much better than Reach/5 tier and I'd say on oar with 3's.Otherwise that's a very accurate and well thought out post you have, and I agree with all 10 points, including the order.
>>571329398that's because they were made by based Hoberman and the C.A. team in Texas (basically the Halo 2 mp team), not 343i, but they were made for the older build of gameplay that was scrapped because it "played too much like Halo" and was replaced with the Killstreak and loadout shit.
pu to ty raputotyrannosaurus
Den-O better
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343 does not respect us. No splitscreen for PC? Online only for console split screen? Two Microsoft accounts and gamepass/xbox live/PS+ subscriptions needed for split screen? No firefight to offer no repeatability? Horseshit art style and animations? No mark IV armour outside the prequel missions? No significant remixes to the levels or new weapons or enemy types? What a fucking joke. I had more hype for halo 5 for god’s sake.
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww who couldve expected all of thissssssssss
Why don’t they just make dual wielding the SMGs unique gimmick? It has to be duel wielding and it’s the only gun that can be dual wield? That way we can get the 60 round AR back and the SMG can co exist.
Come watch anime on VC
>>571331701I believed in Halo Studios
>>571331508just play MCC with usSlopaign Devolved is a mess
>>571331701Why are you laughing in Japanese, you son of a bitch? What's so funny?
>>571326764>Halo 5s story was a legitimate abomination that killed the goodwill from even h4 fans.Except this is too harsh on H5 and too soft on H4. Both of their stories are mid. If anything I find 5's more tolerable since the execution of the actual writing is better even if the concepts and premise is stupid, wheras H4 has a great premise ruined by bad executionAnyways I think you're overcomplicating things. You can sum up why Halo fell off to just 4 things:>CoD 4 beating out Halo 3 and then CoD having yearly releases so by the time Reach came out, CoD already had multiple entries released since 4 to further build it's audience and to make Halo feel like old news>Reach being controversial>4 being controversial>Xbone floppingYes, 5 also being controversial and MCC being buggy didn't help shit, but by the time those came out the damage was already done. Halo 5 could have been universally praised and it still would not have meant a huge comeback for Halo. Infinite MAYBE had a shot for a comeback but it dropped the ball with the slow content rollout.
>>571332318Don't tell me what to do.
>>571332318You cannot. They have me on the blacklist for the third time.
>>571331793nah
>>571326764>1. Modern warfare series and blops. The casual gamer moved on. Fayvn and others can cope all they want but it's trueIt's weird that people argue about this. Guess it's because I am slightly older than the "average" Halo fan these days and/or actually had a pretty large friend group back then?
>>571332574what?
>>571333979it's more that people have a retarded and simplistic way of viewing history that they lived through.So much of what people engage with is just circumstantial, but retards look back with no thought put into it and think "DURRR HALO 3 HAD A MILLION PLAYERS AT LAUNCH HOW DID DEY FUCK IT UP HURRRR"We saw this stupidity play out in real time when MCC came to PC and a fuck ton of idiots thought that all they needed to do was go back to fat kid and jenga only to realize that those modes were never anything special and it was more just an extra little thing to do after grouping up with a lobby, thwn they all fucked off and went back to CS Go and Fortnite.The truth is that within 8 weeks of launch, Halo 3 had already lost most of its players. It just started with so many that it was never in danger of having a lean population for a few years.
this looks so generic its unreal, looks like the fucking protoss made it
>>571334972it's sad man
>>571334972wow lol it looks really small
>>571334972I really wish they would stop trying to greeble fuck the ring with ridges and glowing lights. It completely annihilates all sense of scale.
>>571335285You see, newer graphics means more useless details!
>>571334972>it's sci-fi so it needs blue energy lights!!!!>it needs to be shiny!!!I fucking hate what they've turned halo into
>>571335754So when are we playing this instead of MCC?
We?
we, the retards?
It's really funny that the Death Star is fucking TINY compared to a Halo ring (the widget of the ring is 2x the diameter of the death star) and yet it "feels" so much bigger than the new design of the ring due to the same reason the OG ring design felt big.
>>571336747The windows?
Da 'cord is silent.
I'm using my 3rd party controller for tonight.
9:00 be there or be square
>>571335239not saying I prefer it, but lore-wise og CE's ring is way too wide
I will show you something wide...
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>>571335754>multiplayer HUH? What's that?
>>571338548>halo writers fucking things up with numbersMan such cases.
>>571338548Yeah I've seen a scale model of it based on lore and it looks wack. They should just base the proportions on the CE model and retcon the width
>>571299284I never understood why Chirac was on that.
>>571338801kekit's too advanced of a technology, anon. like how we had the technology to put a man on the moon but lost it. Halo Studios simply just can't recreate it.
>>571338956yup.
>>571338956Wouldn't be a hard retcon either. I think it is only mentioned in shit like the encyclopedia, it's never mentioned in any game.
Gaymin' timeJoin on THE ONE BIG RED
#BRICKED
playstation: better
FRENZ
>>571340875A
>>571342196FUCKING
>>571343928CUP!
/hg/ has WON Halo Reach
I barely play H2AMP on top of sucking fat shit this is how long it took me to get this lol
Halo 2 Classic will rape /hg/.
/hg/ has WON Halo: Combat Evolved
/hg/ has WON Halo Fou- erm I mean Halo 2 Anniversary/hg/ is now 3-0
>>571334972>this scares 343i
>>571344279the absolute state of (YOU)
NEPO babyy OWNS THIS GENERAL
/hg/ has WON Halo 2 Classic4 - 0
>>571345846>>571344405>>571344318god damn it was tonight the game night?
>>571345864All Halo.
>>571345931We're still playing. Just join. There's space left.
The flood/gravemind is so OP that it makes any solution nonsensical if allowed to become spaceborne. See: Halo 3. Even the original ending of Halo 2 left the flood infested high charity as a cliff hanger.
Nerd
/hg/ has WON Halo 3GET THE FUCKING BROOMS OUTSWEEEEEEEEP
>>571345997I can't, i'm tired
We are still playing, things have slowed down but we got a couple of matches left in us.
/hg/ is out of control
>>571344184>>571344318>>571344405>>571345846>>571345973CE Background SOUL
Anime time.
>>571301574literally>what, no mark iv in the main campaign, pre-rendered videos with no cutscene cosmetics, PS+ controversy? DISAPPOINTED
wait the remake is always online? lmaooooooooooo
>>571351421Nahhh
>>571351421most games are now
>>571351421only xshit and piss5 probably.
>noooo we can't use the stanchion!did its total absence from the demo you received not already strongly indicate that?>noooo the mark iv is only available in the johnson missions!who the hell carestotal lorefag death>noooo muh skeenz won't show up in cutscenes!niggercattle/10>noooo there's no theaterso what, theaters always been janky as fuck, if you really need your shit on YouTube just capture it>noooo there's no photo mode!take a screenshot faggot>muh coop accounts and sheeeitnot my problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNp2fZ_Vgyc
>>571351740Exposing goys
>>571351740Gayest post ITT. Probably contains AIDS and monkeypox.
>halo 2 remake>halo 3 remake>halo reach remake
>>571351740>>571351954>>571351972YOU are the goys, autists
>>571351740>nigger>fagYour MS paymasters won't approve of you using that language on your shill posts. Better delete it.
>Congrats on playing a PC game for 15 minutes!>That entire 15 minutes was spent waiting for Halo Infinite to do shader compilation again, and then waiting for it to load playlists and other parts of menus which were initially bugged, not actually playing itpraise ms
>>571351421>>571351507We don't know for sure yet, it might be like MCC where a one time sign in is required but after that it works fine offlineI certainly fucking hope it's not always online
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1b7qGdg1p0
You'd be happier if you smiled more.
>>571352398He's correct there
Let’s review the pros and cons.The cons:>ugly NPCs>asset reuse out the arse>incoherent and dogshit art style>online only SINGLE PLAYER game>gamepass/xbox live/PS+ needed on each account to play split screen>2 player spit screen limit for console only>no split screen for PC>have to find all the skulls to unlock modifiers, so enjoy playing standard Halo CE for the millionth time on your first play through>no firefight to minimise replayability>no multiplayer>no theatre mode>no scoring mode>mark IV armour not available past the prequel missions IN A GAME WITH SKINS??!?>Steve Harvey’s face and voice…>Cortana’s face…>unreal engine 5>reusing reach and halo 3 AI, both games more than a decade old>halo 5 animations>horseshit animations all around. Chief’s hand fucking clips through the needle rifle every time he reloads.>barely remixed any of the levels. It’s the same fucking game we’ve played before.>no new enemy types. The best they could do for the flood’s big bad come back was import the pure forms straight from halo 3.>if you want to add brutes to non prequel missions, you also have to add flood to levels prior to when they’re introduced to the story>no new weapons or enemy types>no new cool additions from previous halo games like dual wielding, equipment, assassinations, throwing fusion coils, portable turrets, or thrusters and grapples>added sprint but without a fucking slide which is where all the fun from sprint comes from>halo 5 HUD>new dialogue by cortana baby sitting you like literally telling you to walk up to a vehicle to hijack it -__->seat switching is in but the lazy fucks couldn’t be bothered animating it, you just teleport>$90 AUD for this masterpiece>meanwhile gears bros are getting a new game built from the ground upThe pros:>it uh…lets you modify the HUD, that’s kinda cool :/>uh…Another 343 banger. Halo is saved!
>game is a hate letter to the fans
>>571353283>>no new cool additions from previous halo games like dual wielding, equipment, assassinations, throwing fusion coils, portable turrets, or thrusters and grapplesIt has boarding and weapon trading.That's it. Those are the only gameplay features that were not present in the original.
why cant 343 make a halo game where you can have sex with cortana, fem elites and spartans? it would sell, give a lot more brand recognition and the fans would love it
>>571353512Why do those two get a pass but not the rest? Either capture the classic game accurately or stop being pussies and do something new with the story/premise. And don’t give me some cope about how they don’t le affect le gameplay as much as the other additions. Hijacking absolutely does.
>>571354071My guess is removing these features from the engine would take much more effort than leaving them as is. But Assassinations should definitely be in the game. With skulls, you also have more weapons that have been associated with dual wielding in the past than Halo 2 did on release (Magnum, Needler, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Pistol, SMG and Spiker).
>>571334972so THIS is the power of HALO Studios.....
>>571353283>PS+ needed on each account to play split screenThis turned out to be not quite true. >b-but they only changed it in response to controversy No, it was a mistake or misstatement. Microsoft has no reason to want to require people to subscribe to the other RIVAL to Game Pass
>>571354449counter point 343 is retarded
are you buying GTA VI?
>>571355349If it's $70, yes. If it's $80 or above, I have a moral objection to that and I might wait and let a roommate buy it and play it on his console instead
>>571355578It’s going to be $110
>>571355649Gonna need a sauce for that m8
>>571355349If it's 100, yes
are you going to read the new Bleach manga?
Halo? Played. Not Halo? Also played.
LANDSLIDE
we need to do better
We did fine nigga
May he find peace one day, amen
/hg/ Squid Game next weekend.
Playing 'alo 3 on Legendary when i get home tonight.
aylo free
MJOLINR MARK VIII - Voice Commands (Part 1)>Maximum ArmorThe Spartan's armor nanobots constrict their activities to reinforce the defense matrix. Slight reduction to movement speed, but allows the Spartan to receive much less health damage.>Maximum ShieldFocuses all power into the shield system. Recharge delay is reduced, recharge speed is increased, and can now overcharge by 10%, slightly raising its maximum capacity. Due to the heavy power rerouting, smart scope and some UI elements (including motion tracker and target identification tags/outlines) are disabled.>Maximum SpeedReroutes system power to the lower body to increase output and adjusts nanobot configuration to allow for increased mobility. Jump height, Forward/Back/Strafe acceleration, and movement speed are increased.>Maximum FocusFor a short time, enhances spatial awareness and heightens the Spartan's senses by increasing the nanobot activity and blood circulation within the user's brain. Acting as a sort of 'Stim', everything around the user seems to slow down as they're able to process their surroundings much more quickly, as if time itself is slowing down. Target reticle bloom and weapon firing recoil are significantly reduced, weapon accuracy and weapon reload speed are increased. Due to the potential adverse side effects of prolonged, repeated exposure, this ability has been given two cooldown timers. Using this ability within the first cooldown results in an extended cooldown for the second timer. Using this ability rapidly in sequence before the second cooldown has completed will lock the user out of this ability if the number of uses reach the maximum allotted uses until the second cooldown has completed. Once the 2nd cooldown has completed, the cooldown timers will be reset to their original values, and the amount of uses will also be restored. Despite these safety precautions, it is still recommended to use this ability sparingly, as long term usage not been fully documented.
MJOLINR MARK VIII - Voice Commands (Part 2)>Maximum StrengthReroutes system power to the upper body to increase output and adjusts nanobot configuration to allow for maximum work output and environmental object displacement. Melee attack strength is greatly increased, and the Spartan is now able to move and lift heavier objects in the environment. Small to medium-sized vehicles, such as the Endless Ghost and the Railgun Warthog can now be lifted and thrown like fusion coils. Enemies will flee more often and try to keep their distance. However, this will reduce the Spartan's IQ until the ability is deactivated.>Maximum IntelligenceIncreases the user's IQ with the help advanced LLMs and Artificial Intelligence linked directly to the brain. Enemy targets will now show a second reticle which adjusts as they move around the battlefield, allowing the user to predict where they might be in the future and adjusts the reticle to where they should aim. This is most useful for weapons with slower-moving projectiles such as the Fuel Rod Mortar and the Brute Incendiary Pistol. This ability also allows the Spartan to hack various computer systems which can open up new paths or unlock enemy weapon/supply caches. Unfortunately, strength and overall intimidation of the user is greatly reduced, and enemies are more prone to pushing directly to your position and using melee attacks repeatedly. While this ability is in use, vision is also blurred until the user equips vision-enhancing equipment.
We are all reading this.
we all had fun tonight!
>weThere's that word again.
MJOLINR MARK VIII - Voice Commands (Part 3)>Maximum CharismaIncreases the Spartan's ability to persuade and inspire enemies and allies through verbal communication and physical appearance. Being able to defeat the enemy and keep ally morale high greatly increases productivity and efficiency by opening up new paths and increasing efficiency by saving ammunition and supplies. Some dialogue options will appear allowing you to recruit enemies as allies, scare them away, or even have them surrender peacefully. This ability can also motivate allies to fight harder, share ammo and supplies, or take commands from you.For body type male Spartans, the speech receptors and other areas of the brain that affect communication are improved with the help of nanobots. Testosterone production is increased and the Spartan animal magnetism is strengthened. You will know that this ability is in use because the Spartan's crotch area of his armor will have a large bulge.Similarly, for body type female Spartans, nanobots are redistributed to certain parts of their brain and body to increase speech and communication skills. Estrogen is increased, and her persuasiveness and charm becomes more effective. This ability can be visually confirmed when the area surrounding her gluteus maximus is noticeably larger. Depending on her build, her hips and thighs may also see increased gains. Chest size remains the same, but this seems to have different effects depending on the target ally or enemy. (It has been documented that some allies/enemies respond more effectively to a specific chest size rather than a uniform size increase, so enhancements to the chest area may not necessarily improve this ability. Further observation and documentation may be required.)
>>571298137Where is the collage, we had 20 threads already.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u_LiD1fGDQ
Playing 'alo 3.
>The Endless
Halo: Campaign Evolved Red Version>Exclusive weapons: Mangler, Ravager, Spike Grenades, Gravity Hammer>Exclusive vehicle: Chopper>Exclusive playable race: Banished BruteHalo: Campaign Evolved Blue Version>Exclusive weapons: Pulse Carbine, Plasma Launcher, Plasma Grenades, Energy Sword>Exclusive vehicle: Ghost>Exclusive playable race: Covenant Elite
One month until Campaign Evolved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE_vbyN6CKM
Yeah, they're not adding dual-wielding back to 2 lol. That would be too much effort. It will literally just be Campaign Evolved but with Halo 2 missions/maps. And they will give some bullshit excuse like, "Well...we wanted to unify the Halo sandbox to keep it more accessible for new players, and more competitive for returning players. This way, it will keep all players on an even playing field, and keep every game in the trilogy more consistent. (There's no pvp in this game btw) By the way, we've introduced armor abilities to Halo Campaign Evolved 2! (Super Sprint, Armor Lock, and Jetpack) Also, please preorder to get your exclusive Halo 4 Armor Core to use in Halo Campaign Evolved 2!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dp9vy_mGEA
Insightful Documentary and discussion about how Halo 2 ruined everything, a Video Essay.>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktj2i-cYEaIDiscuss.
>>571367595H2A multiplayer included dual wielding just fine, and a remade 2 campaign would have less of an excuse to remove it as it doesn't need to worry about competitive balancing. Of course can't say how meaningful a data point that is since MCC was so long ago
>>571298137https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbr79Df-iuw
>>571370513Buy an ad.
Were ODSTs good being a rare thing instead of over-emphasized
>>571354449>incorrectlyThey're only saying that because they got caught. The same shit was said about the "needing internet connection every 30 days" thing and look what happened
GOOD MORNING MINTO
>>571372898
The quintessential halo multiplayer game modes4v4:SlayerKOTHStrongholds2 flag CTFNeutral bombOddballFFA and multi-teamSlayerKOTHOddball12v12 Big team:SlayerTotal control2 flag CTFOne bomb/one flag game modes should be regulated to invasionBreakpoint should become a staple and should be the designated hyper competitive slop modeInfection and everything else is custom game slopLike I don’t understand why we have so many game mode options in matchmaking if barely anyone plays them? And so many maps are just not designed to cater to so every game mode. I just played a neutral flag game on streets in halo infinite and it was certified garbage. It took legitimately 2 seconds to run the flag back to your base.
>>571367595>That would be too much effort.It was more effort to bring the Flood AI behavior back, that shit was commented out in Reach era Blam.Duel wielding is 95% functional in Reach.
Stalker > mangler > bandit with scope > vestige carbine > BR > regular bandit > sidekick > disruptor > commando
>>571370904when were they over-emphasized?
>>571367595Yep and scarabs in 3 will just be cutscenes, they're lost tech.
Rise and shine nigga
>>571370758No, I share it for free for fellow anons.
>>571344184>no JOBBER>no herr andrewi do not recognize any of players in the imagei miss those days. where are my boys ;_;
>>571351421Fortunately, yes. It's an ancillary DRM against piratechuds, not that any of you actually pirate.
Man goes to doctor, he says he's sad and depressed because he misses old Halo and his friends, says things aren't what they used to be. Doctor says "Treatment is simple. /hg/ is playing tonight, go play with The Regulars, that should pick you up" Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am a regular!"
>>571368016He's correct, ya know.
>>571368016>>571383687Buy an ad.
>>571383515
>>571368016Halo 1 > All Always.
>>571383687Ok marketer
>>571383951Insightful documentary and discussion about why most shooters can't do it like Halo: CE>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQRnqEMeUNs
>>571384773Buy an ad.
>>571384773Ok marketer
>>571384773No one asked. Stop shilling your shit videos and fuck off.
>>571368016>>571384773Thanks for this, ignore the irregulars.
>>571375660For me, it's...>Free For All (8 players)FFA SlayerFFA King of the HillFFA Fiesta SlayerFFA Beatdown (Includes Swordfight (Swords/Plasma Grenades) and Hammers (Gravity Hammers/Spike Grenades)FFA Explosive (IRockets, Rockets/Skewers, and Fuel Rod/Plasma Launcher)>4v4:Team Slayer (Includes: AR starts and BR starts)Team Snipers (Includes Team Snipers, Team Shotty Snipers, and Team Halo 5 Binary Rifles)Team SWATTeam Objective (Includes: Team King of the Hill, Team Capture the Flag [Classic], and Team Domination [Need only 1/3 caps to start scoring]Team Kill Confirmed (Enemies/Allies drop 1 dog tag on death. Pick up an enemy's dog tag to score one point, pick up an ally dog tag to permanently secure it from being picked up by an enemy. Dropped tags disappear after some time)>8v8 Big team (Can also be 12v12, but really just depends on the size of the map and it can easily scale up, but 8v8 might result in faster matches, could even be 6v6 with Halo 3 Valhalla-sized maps):Big Team Slayer (Includes: AR starts and BR starts)Big Team Heavies (Slayer)Big Team Fiesta (Slayer)Big Team Snipers (Same as 4v4 version above)Big Team Objective (Includes: Big Team Assault [Neutral Bomb], Big Team Capture the Flag [Classic], and Big Team Domination)>Grab BagAction Sack (Contains: Rocket Race, Duck Hunt, Snipe the Mongoose, FFA Swordfight Crazy King, FFA Hammerfight Crazy King, FFA Fiesta Crazy King, FFA Super Fiesta Slayer, Grifball, Sumo, FFA Kong Slayer, Monster Trucks, Punch-out, Protect the President, Run from the Tank, Boomer Shooter (FFA Slayer with increased speed/acceleration/movement and weapons similar to oldschool arena shooters), and any other popular/fun/novel modes voted on by the community.>InfectionZombies (Maps are ALL user-made forge maps or variants based on voting/popularity, and includes: Trash Compactor, Cat and Mouse, Toilet Plunger, Fat Kid, Aliens, Infection, and any other popular Infection modes voted on by the community).
Btw for Infinite they should roll the Squad Slayer modes into the Big Team Playlist and add Heavies and Fiesta variants to them. For Big Team Modes the amount of players shouldn't matter, it's the impact of the gameplay itself. Battles should only 'feel' bigger, they don't necessarily need to be physically bigger. The Basic Big Team Slayer might as well be 4v4 team slayer because you only get a minimum amount of vehicles and power weapons. It's too boring even if the map is bigger and there are more players, since it feels like normal team slayer. It's not enouigh to have a warthog and a ghost. You need more vehicles and more fun weapons at the start. In fact, normal Big Team Battle should get phased out, if you want my honest opinion. If you want to play normal Big Team Battle in Infinite, go play regular 4v4 Team Battle and it will not feel that much different.
>be dying franchise>increase btb lobby size to 12v12pure genius
>>571366793>>571367902
>>571382687well if you join, you'll get new boys
>>571386321free for all lone wolves/rumble pit should be 4 players
The Reguloids are 5 - 0/hg/ will rape all summer
>>571390327erm no!
>>571298447>SPV3
>>571366513Is we watching this on VC?
>>571372668Why in the fuck would Microsoft want to require people to subscribe to PS+?
>>571390418Why? Having only 5 players in FFA is literally this:>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpGtBnVZLSk4 players would be torture. The match would feel so empty, even for a smaller map like Guardian. Every map would need to be shrunk down to the size of Cold Storage, which is the most reasonable map for 5 players. Might even need to be trimmed down just a bit more for 4.
>>571396306>Every map would need to be shrunk down to the size of Cold Storage, which is the most reasonable map for 5 players. Might even need to be trimmed down just a bit more for 4.goodmap sizes need to come down
Let's see them.
>Why do jeets do the dumbest shit for izzat with no thought of future consequencesOh I dunno, Anon.
>>571396428You know what, that's actually pretty reasonable. 4-player FFA maps would encourage more split-screen multiplayer, matches would be faster to start, and less time would be spent creating maps themselves for the devs, so you could have more maps on release. Remove sprint (Required) and reintroduce dual-wielding (Optional) and I think you might be onto something.
>>571395539>Why in the fuck would Microsoft want to require people to subscribe to PS+?Sony requires it for all online play
>>571397489Splitscreen isn't online play, and if it was some bizarre requirement Sony was trying to impose, it doesn't make sense that the devs would manage to get them to change it so fast, after just one day of backlash discourse. Everything points to it having been a misstatement.
shut it yeeze
>>571397784>>571397489>>571395539it's because the game needs to be played under a Microsoft account, that's how MS handles multiplat games like Minecraft
>>571400848why doesn't call of duty do that then?
>>571400924CoD DOES do that, it's just handled through activision accounts rather than Microsoft accounts
>>571400848Yes, a Microsoft account which needs to be linked to a PlayStation account. Forza Horizon 5 on PS5 also appears to do this. But having a PS account is not the same as paying for a PS+ subscription, which is where the perceived issue arose
Halo was played just now.
yuck
>>571402414How did you know Halo Infinite was played?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krQ3QHRDmKk
>>571402903Buy an ad.
halo 2 sucks
>>571402903Birth of the Skewer.>>571403316No ad necessary. (Contains Modern Official Halo). Marketing is allowed for Official Halo products.Your post, in contrast, is off-topic and not Halo. (aka 'Forced') Please reevaluate your behavior and contributions to the discussion.
>>571403820Ok marketer
>>571396306Because, retard, the maps are balanced for a maximum of 4 people shooting all at you at once. Your shield recharge, grenade capacity and magazine size are all bound by the number of players in team slayer. When you add 3 more enemies, the spawns break and the balance breaks. You get unlucky. It's lame.
Don't say that word.
sSicks?
>halohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUCmQsVN_oU
Not Halo
>where is aviator?>is he safe?>is he all right?
>>571405864Not Halo.
the jannies have failed to protect the regulars, and in so doing put all our lives at risk
>>571405023Halo 2 maps with 8 player FFA was fine back then. At one point I think Halo 3 had 8 player FFA which was also fine (Better than 5 for sure), but I would have been happy with 6. Once it dropped back down to 5 it felt empty/slow, like there's nothing going on and every fight is just 1v1 or running around looking for people to shoot. Same with Infinite's maps even though they added sprint. It just sucks to play with only 4 other people. Half the fun of FFA is being able to get cheap kills or dying to some asshole that happened to be near a rocket so he got a triple kill on you despite all the hard work you put, but it also meant not investing too much into that much which should be fine for a noncompetitive mode. But even though you get unlucky during a match, you can also have a chance to get lucky and be in the right place at the right time. If you want perfect even luck and balance, there's ranked 4v4 or 1v1 on symmetrical maps. FFA is all about luck and dealing with the cards you're given. Halo is babby's first fps anyway, you don't need to get hung up on skill and competitive, especially in a non-ranked mode. We have counterstrike and Quake for the real sweaty stuff. You also have ranked, which is fine for what you want (5 players) but for a nonranked mode I don't see why you can't bump the number of players up at least to fill out the maps so they don't feel so empty/boring.
>>571406170Did you ever think the jannies might be irregulars?
>>571405721Kino. 343 (or whoever they hired to do the work) did a good job of Infinite's interiors, music and atmosphere.
>>571406592>343 (or whoever they hired to do the work) did a good job of Infinite's interiors, music and atmosphere.
>>571406475And btw why don't need to start with 8. That might be a bit much for some maps. But at least bump it up to 6 or 7. Whichever makes sense for the map and doesn't result in feeling too empty. 5 players (or even 4, if the map remains unchanged) basically turns the game into a liminal space. That's fine for campaign if you';re going for a lonely/unsettling atmosphere, but not for Halo pvp match among players that are trashtalking each other. There's no point in trashtalking when no one is around. If you want a battle royale on a big empty map, maybe they can make a separate mode for that.
larper above
tourist above
>>571406475yeah i'm not reading that. you already earned my contempt with the last one. get over yourself.
>>571401471You don't need to pay for PS Plus to play the game
>>571408207Correct. But there was a controversy over the past several days when 343 incorrectly stated that for Campaign Evolved on PS5 each splitscreen player would indeed need to pay for a different PS Plus account. Keep up.
Halo Studios is not halo
343 Industries however...
We're not fucking calling it Halo Studios. At least not unless/until they redeem themselves and produce something that's good out of the gate. Same as how we're not calling it X. It's Twitter.
>we
Tekken has been played.
Not Halo.
We (yes WE as in you and me) are not calling them "Halo Studios".
Dead or Alive 4 (Classic Halo) has been played....over a decade ago.
Choose one:a) 343 Industriesb) Halo Studiosc) Microsoft Game Studios
>>571412132AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>571412132WAAAAAAAAGHH
>>571412601Traitors>>571412827Based
>Bungie was responsible for Halo: Combat Evolved.>343 Industries was responsible for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.>Halo Studios is responsible for Halo: Campaign Evolved.These are the cold, hard facts. For better or for worse.
nah
>>571408202>you already earned my contempt with the last one.No hard feelings, anon. We are simply having a nice discussion about Halo.
This videogame shit is serious business.
>>571408202>yeah i'm not reading that. you already earned my contempt with the last one. get over yourself.
let's read halo
>>571415540Weren't they called something different during the development of CEA
>>571298137prove this isn't true
>>571417115I think at the moment we only knew of Xbox Games Studios or something
>>571416980I've read Ghosts of Onyx and First Strike. Onyx was great, love the Spartan IIIs and SPI armor. But I don't remember what happened in First Strike except that Chief met up with Johnson and fought a Brute (Or was that Ghosts on Onyx?).Currently reading The Flood, they're currently about to that Chief from his cryo sleep.
>>571419056thaw*
>>571419056The Flood is such a dogshit book compared to Fall of Reach and First Strike. The only mildly interesting parts are the ones with Yayap and Zuka 'Zamamee, but even them are very barebones compared to other villains from other books.The book even manages to make the Flood feel boring. It just goes on and one about the different forms of the flood and how Chief dodges and dispatches them.The book made me understand why they made that cinematographic with Keyes in Halo 2 Anniversarry. Because the book doesn't do much justice.It's fucking Keyes, the guy was an incredible character in Fall of Reach.
>>571419056I’m trying to get into it starting with 'contact harvest' or just the Fall of Reach, and maybe the Karen Traviss trilogy after that it’s that I don’t usually read science fiction
Stole this meme from da cord
Halo 2.
>>571421043no, start with Fall of Reach.
>>571421043I could try to help you. What do you know already about Halo and what are you looking to read? Like adventure, a war, something more esocteric, set pieces that lead onto investigations and character encounters, characters just trying to survive? Do you want shorter stories or a long continuous one? Do you prefer alien characters or humans?
>>571422827thank youI think i know the basic story from the games and if something wasn’t clear i saw enough youtube videos not long ago... the ancient civilisations and the flood, the covenant war, reach falling, and from there it’s been fairly linear and hasn’t moved much right?for what i’m looking to read, adventure yes... the others feel a bit vague and I’m not sure which to pick... maybe characters trying to survive? human ones perhapsshort stories are fine to start but if there’s something longer that’s better no problem
>>571421735Forced
If “Halo Studios” can’t even design a Halo ring correctly, they shouldn’t be anywhere near the franchise.
It’s 2011. Halo is under new management. They remaster Halo CE with models from the newest entry. No theater, no mp, the ring is ugly.It’s 2026. Halo is under new management. They remaster Halo CE with models from the newest entry. No theater, no mp, the ring is ugly.
>>571425917They fucked up Halo 1 three times.
6 players is best for ffa 6v6 is best for two-team4v4v4v4 is also fun though
>>571424687I was going to recommend you Rubicon Protocol but I don't find that a good entry point. And if you didn't a book focused on war, and you prefer human characters... well.I would recommend you starting with Halo Escalation. You can skim most of it pretty fast. Then try this trilogy (pic related)It focus on human characters, albeit the main character is a bossy female (but she has the fucking right, considering she's the daughter of John Forge), you need to be ok with that, and a fun adventure in space. They visit many planets and cities in this one. Loads of ONI motherfuckers, Covenant remnants and forerunner tech. I'd say, Rion Forge is the closest to Han Solo this franchise had.This trilogy explains a lot and ties with Halo Epitaph, which ties with Empty Throne, which ties with a lot of the plot lines from current Halo. And when I say "a lot", holy shit do I mean it.
>>571425917I'm glad they aren't touching the multiplayer
>>571428996Excuse my bad english, I'm very tired. I will have to survive the next week on Halo books.I still have so many to go through. I never read Ghosts of Onyx. That's probably the next one I'm going to read before Parasite's Wake comes out.
Campaign and firefight: 4 playersFFA: 6 playersMulti-team: 2v2v2v2Team versus: 4v4Invasion: 8v8Infection and action sack: 16 playersBig team battle: 12v12Warzone: 16v16Custom games: 32 or below. Do what you want.
This convinced me to not buy campaign evolved
>>571434117
>>571433692>Team versus: 4v4nah, 6v6
Forced poster= forced
force 343 to make a good game
i will force them to do something else
I'll force them to force themselves on Minto
>we could totally attach the skins man, we just wanted to respect the loreOOOOOOOOOOH NOW WE RESPECT LORE, WHY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR USING YOUR OWN INCOMPETENCE AS A MANIPULATION TACTIC AND FAIL AT IT SPECTACULARLY YOU FUCKING RETARDS
I will force nuggies don't my throat.
>>571438868Fucking autocorrect, fuck
OUR HEROES(JJAB also showed up at one point go say hi)
>>571439173You meant cocks?
>>571439341never forget how they humiliated the BEAR clan
>>571439341is there another game night next weekend?
>>571439693I hope so
Abandon your fear. Face forward. Advance. Don't give an inch. Retreat and you will age. Be afraid and you will die. Now shout my name!!
The back half of ruby's rebalanced CE is so good when it's not shoving you in hallways full of shielded elite flood combat forms
>>571334972This is a good example of the artist not understanding the basic concept of reduced three dimensional depth and parallax caused by scale and viewing distanceFor example:Standing on a city street, nearby and distant buildings shift dramatically relative to each other as you move your head, creating strong depthLooking at the same city from 30,000 feet, everything is so far away that those relative shifts are minimal, so the city appears more like a flat mapThis is why the original design of the halo ring with the flat 2D texture looks so much more gargantuan and awe inspiring compared to this new “Artstation-slop” design
>>571433692>For me:Campaign: 4 playersFirefight: 4-8 playersFFA: 6-8 playersTeam versus: 4v4Action sack: 16 playersInfection: 16 playersBig Team Heavies: 8v8Custom games: 8-16 playersSmaller arena maps like Guardian and Cold Storage will need to be scaled up (Add some extra hallways/rooms/platforms). Minimum size map for 8 player FFA is around Epitaph size.Smaller big team maps like Standoff and Valhalla will need to be enlarged to the size of Sand Trap.Big Team Battle would get phased out. Big Team Heavies would take its place to emphasize vehicles and power weapons.Sprint will be removed, equipment limited to one use only. Infection will only have player-created/modified maps and modes. Every default/developer version of Infection has been garbage, including the maps. Let the community take over this mode entirely.
>>571444915Also I want to say 12v12 is good but the issue is that I only have Infinite for reference which uses sprint, and the extra mobility plus the faster vehicles don't give a clear answer. The maps are also designed to funnel players into certain chokepoints so even though the maps are bigger and there's more players, the fights still feel small like Team Slayer, espeically in base big team battle. Big Team Heavies feels more like a proper Big Team Battle mode for Infinite specificially. Where as the maps in 3 and Reach are sometimes too small for the heavier vehicles.
>>571334972It's not meant to be a giant building in space. Those giant holes is where the beams of mass destruction come out
>they think Halo is a toyhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/e3hk3TGKg5Q
>>571439341I miss that little twink so much.I plan on redownloading MCC at some point and getting blackout drunk for old time's sake, likely next week but are you cunts seriously still on discord? Ever plan migrating to something y'know, not gay?
>>571449840you never saw him even once
>>571449840Maybe I'll try gamebar next week
>>571444776I recognize you from xitter
>>571450089I've seen the hentai hoodie, anon.
>>571449840name some optionsDa Cord will consider themDon't say gamebar
Da Cord has lost it.It's arguing whether or not to kill women
>>571449840What do you suggest? Because i doubt Red will want to maintain a Matrix server.
Da Cord works fine for voice chat
I am the Fifth RevelationI *am* HaloI am Industructable
IT-IT'S LIKE YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED BREAKOUT!!!!
>>571451484>>571451894honestly I have no fucking idea, i've been living under a rock. clean it up, redcord jannies.
Breakout is fine.
okay Im bored now
i am modding haloBADLY
>>571452181IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY!
>>571452191Those kots are arguing?
>>571449840>twinkFATjab is anything but.
Go to /soc/.
/soc/ these nuts bitch
>>571424687>maybe characters trying to survive? human ones perhapsshort stories are fine to start but if there’s something longer that’s better no problemGet Evolutions, it's an anthology of short stories, some okay and some not but the best is The Mona Lisa and it's what you're looking for.
>>571456227Fuck you for making me check that shitty ass board.
I just read "Ghosts of the Gyre"...So the last part after the plunge in that pit in Zeta Halo, the character was already dead or something? Like, she was dead, looking at a dead sangheili and wondering how she could have survived when in fact she was also dead?
Is this the halo thread?
>>571457658Can you fucking knock? holy shit
Time for 'alo 3.
KINGtos.That's all.
>>571458553me when people disrespect women in the VC
>>571456004Don't tell me he hit the wall.
Good Morning Halo~
fuck off
yeah, fuck off dude
>>571458553Based cringie shitpost
>>571459380He transitioned, he is a she now.
I for one respect her new pronouns. Happy for her.
>>571460075gz JJAB uwu!
i miss what this thread used to be
