The Halo Thread V12: The Last Thread Turned Into A Bridge

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Now what is Halo you ask?
Halo is a game series started in the late 90s by Bungie LLC. Originally conceived as a strategy game for the Mac, Halo was turned to an FPS when Microsoft bought out Bungie in 1999.
Halo was announced as a flagship title for the upcoming Xbox, beginning the series.

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Halo's heart is in it's rich story. So, as such, it needs quick summation. Halo takes place primarily between the years of 2552-2554, following Master Chief Petty Officer John-117,
and his AI companion, Cortana. Introduced in the second game was The Arbiter, also known as Thel 'Vadam, a Covenant Elite who was exiled for his loss of the Halo in the first game.
Long story short, an alien parasite known as the Flood was invading the galaxy a few million years ago, and after a long and costly war, the Forerunner race, the dominant species in
the Milky Way, created the Halo Array and the Shield System(AKA, the Sword and Shield). The Halo Array was a series of super weapons that could be individually fired or triggered
from The Ark, a salvation and control station outside our galaxy. The Forerunner were doomed, and, unable to flee into their shield worlds, was forced to trigger the Halos in order
to save the rest of the galaxy.

All life was extinguished, starving the parasitic Flood(also killing a great amount of them) and driving them to extinction in the Milky Way. In the 2500s, humanity has reached the stars,
and is now in the midst of a situation resembling Warhammer 40k. There are massive insurrections in the UNSC and many colony worlds have seceded from the main empire. In 2525,
this is made worse by the arrival of The Covenant, a conglomerate of alien species who see humanity as a threat to their religious salvation, and seek nothing but the total and utter
annihilation of man. Prior to this, the Spartan Program was created to quell the insurrection, as main UNSC forces were too little. John, AKA the Master Chief, was the most promising
candidate, and became the leader of the primary squad, Blue Team. So now the stage is set, the Halos are out there, somewhere, the Spartans have been deployed numerous times
against the Covenant and the games are soon to come. Read more at the Halo Wiki or play the games, and read the books.

Chronological Order

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Halo Wars takes place in 2531, and is a deviation from the Halo series as it's an RTS. The game's biggest downfall is being an RTS released as a console exclusive.
It's an extremely competent strategy game, and plays very smoothly. But, it also lacks a lot of depth you've come to expect from the RTS genre, and the plot feels a little cliche at times.
It's a solid game though.

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Historic Battle Map Pack- Contains the maps: Memorial Basin, Blood River, Barrens, and Glacial Ravine.
Strategic Options Pack: Contains three new game modes: Keepaway, Tug of War, and Reinforcements.

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Reach takes place in September 2552, around a month before Halo 1, during the Fall of Reach. You play a Spartan III, a somewhat lower form of Spartan II(like the Chief). Your
spartan and his squad are one of the few Spartan forces on the ground on Reach, and may be all that stands between the Covenant and whatever awesome plot device that
Bungie decides to pull out. Other than that, feel free to post plot details . The multiplayer beta ran in May 2010, and featured multiple game types, a preview of the armor
customization and a snippet of the weapons and maps available in the final game. Halo Reach marks the end of Bungie's development of the series.

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Noble Map Pack: Contains the maps Breakpoint, Tempest, and Anchor 9.
Defiant Map Pack: Contains the maps Highlands, Condemned, and Unearthed.
Anniversary Map Pack: Contains the maps High Noon, Breakneck, Ridgeline, Solitary, Installation 04, Penance, and Battle Canyon, all map remakes from Halo CE and 2.

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Halo was the first game in the series. Named after the main setting of the game, Installation 04("Halo"), the game features the first appearance of the Master Chief and Cortana.
Beginning in 2552, it starts after the Fall of Reach(see: Halo Reach). The UNSC Pillar of Autumn, running from the Covenant assault on the fortress world of Reach, and carrying
the Master Chief, is under the Cole Protocol which prevents them from retreating to any human planets. Captain Keyes instead opts to jump to a set of coordinates found on a Forerunner artifact. This leads them to Halo. The Covenant however quickly catch up and force the Autumn down onto the ring. Chief and the surviving crew begin an all out guerrilla war against the Covenant, but there's more to the ring than meets the eye. This is the game that started it all. Succeeded with no online multiplayer until the 2003 PC edition, and with the same maps until launch. That's a good game.

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Halo: Combat Evolved- Anniversary Edition is a full fledged remaster of Halo 1, with updated textures and sounds but the core Halo 1 coding, and, thus, gameplay and "feel". Now with online coop (2 players) and a mappack for Reach that replicates Halo 1 maps.

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Halo 2 is the 2004 sequel to Halo: Combat Evolved. Taking place roughly a month after the events of Halo, the Master Chief has returned back to Earth, and at the Covenant capital
city of High Charity(giant squid-looking space station), Thel 'Vadam is branded as the Arbiter for his loss of the Halo(he was the commander of the Covenant Fleet at Halo).
What follows is a plot spanning several days as the Chief and the Arbiter fight through the invasion of Earth, the Flood and eventually another Halo, this time with much more at stake.

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Bonus Map Pack: Contains the maps Containment and Warlock.
Killtacular Pack: Contains the maps Sanctuary and Turf.
Maptacular Pack: Contains the maps Gemini, Elongation, Backwash,Relic, and Terminal.
Blastacular Map Pack: Contains the maps Desolation and Tombstone.

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Halo 2: Anniversary Edition is another full fledged remaster of a Halo game, Halo 2 Anniversary follows in the same vein as Halo CE Anniversary, only this time with HD CGI cut scenes added to the mix.

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Taking place in New Mombasa in the weeks prior to Halo 3, and starting midway through Halo 2, you play as an unnamed rookie ODST(Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, what
happens when you mix Paratroopers and SAS Units in space), who had the misfortune of dropping into New Mombasa shortly before it was destroyed. Filling in some major
plot points between Halo 2 and 3, the game adds a lot of context to the series. Also added is the Firefight game mode, pushing up to four players in an onslaught against the
Covenant. The goal is to survive as long as possible and get as many kills as possible. ODST also includes a second disk containing the Halo 3 Multiplayer in full, with three
additional maps(Mythic Map Pack II).

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Halo 3 concludes the Halo trilogy's main plot. It's now several weeks since the end of Halo 2, in late 2552(presumably November, with Halo 1 in September). The Arbiter and
the Elites are now the main faction in the Covenant Civil war, choosing to ally with the UNSC. The Chief has been MIA since the end of Halo 2, but reappears at the beginning(durr).
The Covenant have been excavating something near the city of New Mombasa in Africa. It is a portal to The Ark, the control center of the Halo array. With the four factions
(the remnants of the UNSC, the Sangheili[species known as the Elites], the Covenant and the Flood) poised and ready to begin the final battle of the war, they all enter the portal,
some in chase of the others, in one final battle to either use the Halos or stop them once and for all.

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Cold Storage: A free map released on Bungie Day 2008. Halo Veterans will recognize this one.
Heroic Map Pack: Contains the maps Standoff, Rat's Nest, and Foundry.
Legendary Map Pack: Contains the maps Avalanche, Blackout, and Ghost Town.
Mythic Map Pack Set 1: Contains the maps Sandbox, Orbital, and Assembly.
Mythic Map Pack Set 2: Contains the maps Citadel, Heretic, and Longshore.

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Halo: Spartan Assault is a fairly run-of-the-mill top-down third person shooter available on the Xbox, PC, and Windows phones. It takes place on the world of Dratheaus IV and it's
moon between the events of Halo 3 and 4. You switch between playing as two different Spartans, Palmer, and Davis. Missions range from destroying targets, to wave defense, to
driving tanks and blowing shit up. While it isn't very innovative and has really short levels, the game does capture the feeling of playing Halo from the top down, and isn't very expensive.
If you like top down shooters, you'll probably like this game. If you don't, you'd be safe to skip this one.

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Halo: Spartan Strike is the sequel to Spartan Assault and for the most part, plays exactly the same. It does however add a few new vehicles and weapons such as the battle rifle, warthog,
and the new Kestral Vtol. You'll also visit the famed New Mombasa and Installation 03, a newly discovered Halo ring.

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An ancient evil awakens...
Halo 4 is the first game in 343's new Halo series. The Reclaimer saga once again follows Master Chief, and Halo 4 finds him on Requiem- the so called "Legendary Planet" from Halo 3.
Requiem is similar to one of the Shield installations, not unlike Onyx or the Armoury World from Halo Wars- and it is protected by the Prometheans, a highly esteemed sect of Forerunner
warrior caste soldiers brought back to the frontlines during the end war with the Flood.
This is a full release and first true sequel to Halo 3, and, as such, revamps several aspects of the game. This includes, but is not limited to, adding sprint as a basic character function,
new armor abilities, gameplay that's been described as an evolution of Halo 3's with bits and pieces of Reach, for good measure, and customization unseen in the previous games. Halo 4
is the first in the series to be presented in HD @ 720p, and features Nvidia's FXAA technology.
Opinions on it vary greatly, and mentioning it here is pretty much guaranteed to start a heated argument.

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Crimson Map Pack: Contains the maps Harvest, Shatter, and Wreckage.
Majestic Map Pack: Contains the maps Landfall, Monolith, and Skyline.
Forge Island: A free map designed for use in Forge.
Castle Map Pack: Contains the maps Daybreak, Outcast, and Perdition.
Champions Bundle: Contains the Bullseye Pack, the Infinity Armor Pack, the Steel Skin Pack, five weapon skins, eight Player Card stances, and five armor skins.
-Bullseye Pack: Contains the Vertigo map, Pitfall map, and Ricochet armor.
-Infinity Armor Pack: Contains the Mark V, ODST, and Prefect armor sets.
-Steel Skin Pack: Contains steampunk-inspired skins for all loadout weapons.

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Halo 5 Guardians is the next upcoming FPS in the series. It will continue the Reclaimer Saga and will have the player playing as two different protagonists, not unlike Halo 2. You'll be playing
as Chief, and a new character first introduced in the Halo: Nightfall 5-part show, named Locke. The game features new abilities such as ground pounding, clambering, and thruster packs
available to all players. a new PVE/PVP mode is also making it's debut, dubbed Warzone. It pits two teams of 12 against eachother, and each team needs to rack up points by either killing
the other team, taking bases, or killing NPC enemies spawned throughout the maps. The campaign features a drop-in drop-out co-op system and the ability for the player to command three
other spartans when playing solo (a lot like Republic Commando). The game also features a REQ system that basically like Engrams from Destiny or unlocks in Mass Effect 3 multiplayer, except all the powerful guns and vehicles can only be used in Warzone, keeping everyone on equal ground in regular multiplayer.

343N wrote out a really good explanation of the REQ system here. [url]https://facepunch.com/showthread.php...1#post48708657[/url]

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Halo Wars 2 is the sequel to the Halo Wars real time strategy game. Very little has been revealed about, it including when it is set, but it is slated to release fall 2016, will also be a strategy game,
and sees the return of Red Team.

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The Master Chief Collection brings Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, and Halo 4 to the Xbox One. Boasting higher visual fidelity, 60fps, a total of 45 campaign
missions plus more than 100 multiplayer (including the original Halo Combat Evolved maps) and Spartan Ops maps. Along with new prologue and epilogue cut scenes foreshadowing
Halo 5: Guardians. The game's launch went extremely poorly. Numerous bugs and glitches plagued the game and multiplayer was virtually unplayable. 343 has managed to fix the majority of the issues, but there is still occasional bugs in the multiplayer.

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Remnant: A free remastered version of Relic for Halo 2: Anniversary.
Halo 3 ODST: Adds the ODST campaign to the Halo 3 section of the game. Free for anyone who owned the MCC in the first 4 months.

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[B]Books and Stories[/B]
Dr. Halsey's personal journal- A booklet co-written by Eric Nylund and is included with the Halo: Reach Limited and Legendary editions. It covers various elements from the Halo universe and
is written through the eyes of Catherine Halsey herself. Contains some rather interesting and important information about the good doctor and her work, as well as confirmed a few theories.

[B]The Original Eric Nylund Trilogy[/B]
Halo: The Fall of Reach- Essentially, this is the most important book of all. It documents the pre-game events of the Halo universe and gives all you need to know about the Master Chief.
Very good read.

Halo: The Flood- A retelling of Halo: Combat Evolved, its an interesting book. Adds a bit of depth to the main story of the game, and pretty entertaining to read.

Halo: First Strike- Bridging the gap between Halos 1 and 2, the book recounts how the Master Chief, Sergeant Johnson, Cortana and the rest of the Spartans made
it home to Earth. Adds a lot of details to the plot, and has some seriously interesting scenes. Answers many questions about Halo 2.

[B]Miscellaneous Series[/B]
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx- Ghosts is an extremely good read, and seems to be the most well received of the Halo books. Focusing around Kurt "Ambrose", a Spartan II
turned trainer for the Spartan IIIs, the book takes place on the secret world Onyx, where the UNSC is training the next gen Spartans and a component of the Halo
array lies in wait. This book introduces the concept of Shield Worlds, the Spartan IIIs and SPI armor.

Halo: Contact Harvest- Following the first contact with the Covenant at Harvest, the book centers around Sergeant Johnson during the pivotal days during the violent
battle that was Humanity's first encounter with aliens. I found it to be a very good book, as it adds a lot of character to Johnson and it gives a lot of clarity about the
first contact, the Covenant's political layout and the enigmatic Engineers.

Halo: The Cole Protocol- The book centers around the character of Captain Keyes, who was a main plot center in Halo 1. The game takes place in the 2530s, and
introduces the Arbiter outside of his role as the Arbiter, merely being Thel 'Vadam. For that, this book is good. It also provides some back story into the Insurrection
in the UNSC and has a few really awesome battle scenes. It also goes into detail about Gray Team, a group of Spartans that was basically given guns, pointed to
Covenant space and told to fuck shit up.

Halo: Evolutions- A book of short stories revolving around the Halo universe. The poems are kinda cheesy, but the stories are fantastic, and most are considered Halo canon.

[B]Forerunner Trilogy[/B]
Halo: Cryptum- The first in the planned trilogy of novels depicting the final years of the Forerunners leading up to the activation of the Halo array. The first novel, in trilogy form,
introduces the main characters and paints an image of the Halo universe as it was over 100,000 years ago. Brings loads of ridiculously detailed new info, much of which was surprising.
Including some on Forerunner society, the existence of humans and their role in the Forerunner empire, the existence of the races that formerly comprised the Covenant, and the
mystery of the Precursors. I won't go into much detail, as I don't wanna spoil anything, but it's a fascinating read if you're a hardcore fan.

Halo: Primordium- The second installment in the Forerunner trilogy. After the events of Cryptum, Bornstellar's human allies find themselves lost on a partially destroyed Halo.

Halo: Silentium- The third installment of the Forerunner trilogy, this book focuses on the Ur-Didact and the Librarian. The book explains a bit more about the Precursors and
ends the Forerunner Trilogy.

[B]Kilo Five Trilogy[/B]
Halo: Glasslands- The book is the first of the Kilo Five trilogy, and is written by Karen Traviss. the trilogy takes place between Halo 3 and 4. It offers a lot of background info
to the Halo 4 story. The book and introduces Kilo Five, an ONI team with the mission of disrupting the Sanghelli covertly and keeping them from being able to attack Humanity
again. Many people disliked the trilogy because of it's continuity errors and subjectively bad writing, but it does explain some things about Halo 4 and gives a conclusion to
the Ghosts of Onyx arc.

Halo: Thursday War- The second book continue's where Glasslands left off and introduces the Infinity. It offers a bit of insight into Sanghelli culture and brings back the idea
of an Insurrection in the UNSC.

Halo: Mortal Dictata- The third book ends the Kilo Five arc and takes place (for the most part) on a human colony heavy with insurrectionists. While it doesn't offer much
to the overall lore, it does delve into the background of some of the Kilo Five Soldiers.

[B]Shows and Movies[/B]
Halo Legends- Halo Legends is a series of animated shorts created by various studios under 343's supervision. While every story with the exclusion of Odd One Out is canon, artistic liberties were taken, and as such many of the visual designs are not canon.

Halo: Forward Unto Dawn- Following a group of UNSC academy students in the days leading up to, and the initial attack of the covenant. It gives a good glimpse into life as a UNSC cadet, and shows how sudden the Covenant's attack really was. Don't expect a lot of action in this one though. The film heavily centers on the drama within the school.

Halo: Nightfall- Nightfall follows a mixed team of ONI agents lead by Commander Locke (before he became a Spartan), and a Colonial Guard group from the planet Sedra. After a covenant terrorist attack on Sedra with an expermental bomb, the ONI /Colonial Guard team tracks the bomb's chemicals to a damaged section of Installation 04 (the ring from the first game), and go on a mission to blow up the ring fragment before anymore can be made. While more action oriented than Forward Unto Dawn, it's still a bit light when compared to the Halo games.

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Halo, due to it's popularity, customization and multiplayer choices, has become a major haven for Machinima creators. The most known of all is Red vs Blue, a comedy and later action series by Rooster Teeth.
It began during the Halo 1 era, and continues all the way through Halo 4- and likely beyond. Halo 3 made the Machinima scene far more accessible due to the addition of the Theater,
which allows players to view real-time reconstructions of a game they previously played, allowing for complex camera angles to be used.

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[URL=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/957581-The-Halo-Thread] The Halo Thread V1[/URL]
[URL=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/995320-The-Halo-Thread-V2-Forklifts-Never-Die] Forklifts Never Die [/URL]
[B] The era of leach139[/B]
[URL=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1001969-The-Halo-Thread-v3-Zealots-Zealots-EVERYWHERE] Zealots, Zealots Everywhere [/URL]
[URL=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1007564-The-Halo-Thread-v4-SWAT-Edition] SWAT Edition [/URL]
[B]Arachnidus gets his shit back on time[/B]
[URL=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1032755-The-Halo-Thread-v5-Kat-s-Ass-Fan-Club] Kat's Ass Fan Club [/URL]
[URL=https://www.facepunch.com/threads/1089307-The-Halo-Thread-V6-STILL-STUCK-ON-CILENT-PHOTOGRAPHY%3Cbr%20/%3EPack%20II%29.%3Cbr%20/%3E%5BURL="[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1160502"] V8: NOOO Mongoose, Come back! [/URL]
[URL=http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1222407] V9: God fucking damn it, Delta! [/URL]
[B]Playin it by ear[/B]
[URL=http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1250081&p=39733249&viewfull=1#post39733249] V10: Egghead Edition [/URL]
[URL=https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1446350] V11: Spartan Charge is useless! [/URL]

[Makol]

Master Chief is a big dumb baby.

[RaikohZX]

halo 5 spoilers
[sp]i can't be the only one puzzled by how Cortana barely even resembles her Halo 4 self facially, and what're the odds now that she's packing fucking tron armor after that one guy who helped design Cortana bitched about Quiet's awful stripperific design in MGSV[/sp]

[Katra804]

My apologies if this isn't the right place to ask this, but I feel that this might be the right place since it's partially Halo related. I'm thinking of either getting the XBone or X360 and some of the Halo games sometime between now and the beginning of next year, and I'm wanting to get some input from you guys. Would I better off going with the XBone and the Master Chief collection, or should I go with the X360 and just grab each of the Halo games for it separately when I get the time (excluding Halo 5 since for obvious reasons if I go with the X360)? Aside from some graphical updates and a difference in character customization from what I've heard, I don't really know what the advantages or disadvantages are between the X360 copies and the XBone copies in the series.

[Makol]

[QUOTE=RikohZX;48977253]halo 5 spoilers
[sp]i can't be the only one puzzled by how Cortana barely even resembles her Halo 4 self facially, and what're the odds now that she's packing fucking tron armor after that one guy who helped design Cortana bitched about Quiet's awful stripperific design in MGSV[/sp][/QUOTE]
[sp]I'm part of the group of people that think that the Cortana in Halo 5 isn't really the Cortana from the previous games, but a fragment of what was left after she "died" in Halo 4. So that could explain why her face looks different.[/sp]

[editline]25th October 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=Katra804;48977263]My apologies if this isn't the right place to ask this, but I feel that this might be the right place since it's partially Halo related. I'm thinking of either getting the XBone or X360 and some of the Halo games sometime between now and the beginning of next year, and I'm wanting to get some input from you guys. Would I better off going with the XBone and the Master Chief collection, or should I go with the X360 and just grab each of the Halo games for it separately when I get the time (excluding Halo 5 since for obvious reasons if I go with the X360)? Aside from some graphical updates and a difference in character customization from what I've heard, I don't really know what the advantages or disadvantages are between the X360 copies and the XBone copies in the series.[/QUOTE]
There is no reason to get a 360 at this point in time.

Get the Xbone.

[RaikohZX]

[QUOTE=Makol;48977267][sp]I'm part of the group of people that think that the Cortana in Halo 5 isn't really the Cortana from the previous games, but a fragment of what was left after she "died" in Halo 4. So that could explain why her face looks different.[/sp][/QUOTE]

Yeah, that makes sense I suppose

[QUOTE=usaokay;48977265][img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQL2P0IUkAA1zHl.jpg[/img]

nice

Nice

Nice.

[B]Nice.[/B]

[B]NICE.[/B][/QUOTE]

shit, i get these exact box types and i'd literally not even be able to use the codes

[EpicRandomnes]

[QUOTE=RikohZX;48977253]halo 5 spoilers
[sp]i can't be the only one puzzled by how Cortana barely even resembles her Halo 4 self facially, and what're the odds now that she's packing fucking tron armor after that one guy who helped design Cortana bitched about Quiet's awful stripperific design in MGSV[/sp][/QUOTE]
[sp] I thought she looked pretty similar, but she's an AI projecting a hologram representing herself. Couldn't she just change it at will? [/sp]

[Makol]

[QUOTE=RikohZX;48977305]Yeah, that makes sense I suppose[/QUOTE]
[sp]Her behavior also kind of hints that it may not be the same Cortana.[/sp]

[editline]25th October 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=usaokay;48977323][t]http://halofanforlife.com/wp-content/uploads/Monster-REQ-Codes.png[/t]

[B]really NICE[/B][/QUOTE]

[B]PERFECT[/B]

[343N]

[QUOTE=usaokay;48977323][t]http://halofanforlife.com/wp-content/uploads/Monster-REQ-Codes.png[/t]

[B]really NICE[/B][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Makol;48977325]
[B]PERFECT[/B][/QUOTE]

i am oblivious

[Prez]

I can't get an xbone until Black Friday (splitting with my bro who needs to wait til then), so in the meantime I'm finally playing through my copy of Halo 4 on 360. I've heard it's a controversial title in the halo series, but honestly I don't find it half bad. It's quite different than the past games but I find it pretty interesting based on the storyline. However I do have to say that the Promethians suck to fight against, and I'm finding that I run out of ammo a lot more than I remember doing in the previous games.

Can't wait to play Guardians too, looks sick

[Agoat]

Pretty excited to be on the -1th page.

[Makol]

While Locke was busy getting a bigger head Chief found the Super Mushroom power up

[t]http://i.imgur.com/onxRMzd.jpg[/t]

[Wickerman123]

That statue is kick-ass. I want one :(

[SpartanXC9]

The thread title is amazing

[QUOTE=Katra804;48977263]My apologies if this isn't the right place to ask this, but I feel that this might be the right place since it's partially Halo related. I'm thinking of either getting the XBone or X360 and some of the Halo games sometime between now and the beginning of next year, and I'm wanting to get some input from you guys. Would I better off going with the XBone and the Master Chief collection, or should I go with the X360 and just grab each of the Halo games for it separately when I get the time (excluding Halo 5 since for obvious reasons if I go with the X360)? Aside from some graphical updates and a difference in character customization from what I've heard, I don't really know what the advantages or disadvantages are between the X360 copies and the XBone copies in the series.[/QUOTE]

The Xbox 360 versions are more likely to work while the Xbox One versions are not. But it is more price effective to buy the MCC. The main advantage of the MCC is the games are now in 60 FPS but when it was first released Halo 1 skipped levels, Halo 2 didn't save your progress and the friendly AI didn't work, Halo 3 was in 5 FPS and Halo 4 worked. Most of that has been fixed but I still don't think Halo 2's friendly AI works.

[overwatch pvt]

Really bummed I couldn't afford the Halo 5 statue. It looks pretty awesome (aside from Locke's death stare face)

[Wickerman123]

It's not even a death stare. It's like he had a full frontal lobotomy.

[Makol]

[QUOTE=Wickerman123;48978769]That statue is kick-ass. I want one :([/QUOTE]

If you're referring to the Chief in my post it's the Play Arts Kai figure. It's normally $100 but last week it was on sale for $40, along with the Noble Six and Carter figures that were $50 and $60 during the sale.

[xalener]

[QUOTE=overwatch pvt;48978892]Really bummed I couldn't afford the Halo 5 statue. It looks pretty awesome (aside from Locke's death stare face)[/QUOTE]

It's begging for a re-paint, that's for sure. I hope people do it.

People have managed some crazy good stuff just painting over shitty figures.
[t]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/27/df/a2/27dfa27d58fa253503c8afac5339bdc4.jpg[/t] [t]http://images5.aplus.com/uc-up/957cc458-cdac-4900-bf73-a66fcd6494e8/1969274_719869834753947_5758602534463893953_n.resize_640x.jpg[/t]

Hell, if I could afford the statue, I'd give it a shot.

[overwatch pvt]

Holy hell. I forgot how much of a pain the Regret battle is on legendary.

[Tuskin]

[url]https://twitter.com/Greenskull/status/658087717910130688/video/1[/url]

The intro to Warzone

[xalener]

God damn

[editline]25th October 2015[/editline]

would anisotropic filtering really have killed them?

[RaikohZX]

All that effort for fancy clouds with lightning on the way down and my autism gets annoyed by absolutely no effects upon the pods landing down

[Nomad]

Is that the new ODST drop pod?

[Tuskin]

I think it meant to be a newer version of the drop pods seen in Halo 2.

The ODST ones were more compact.

[Nomad]

I think I can live with the design even though I much prefer the one in ODST. As what was said above, having no impact fx is really throwing me off.

[Miya]

for those wondering where to find the halo 5 spoiler i encountered.

someone managed to upload a video of it on youtube

[B][U]massive gigantic fucking spoilers, the video title is one even if you dont watch the vid, DO NOT CLICK THE LINK BELOW[/U][/B]

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykRzmaGBxIU[/url]

[ElectricSquid]

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;48978877]The thread title is amazing
[/QUOTE]

I wasn't expecting it to get picked, actually :v:

[Neddy]

[QUOTE=Wii60;48980654]for those wondering where to find the halo 5 spoiler i encountered.

someone managed to upload a video of it on youtube

[B][U]massive gigantic fucking spoilers, the video title is one even if you dont watch the vid, DO NOT CLICK THE LINK BELOW[/U][/B]

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykRzmaGBxIU[/url][/QUOTE]

Don't understand why people feel the need to post even links to spoilers in this thread

[Miya]

[QUOTE=Neddy;48980829]Don't understand why people feel the need to post even links to spoilers in this thread[/QUOTE]

because someone asked me earlier to link it (or pm? i dont remember) and i didn't have it at the time.

[overwatch pvt]

[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;48980763]I wasn't expecting it to get picked, actually :v:[/QUOTE]
There was only one other suggestion, and it was kinda spoilery. You won by default :v: