Halo is the alltime best game for small parties with mates. Ever since I had a screw up with my xbox live and could no longer connect to the bungie servers, cutting me off from matching forever (seriously, having played in online with strangers since '07 :frown:), I hadn't bothered to pck up the game.
Last night 3 of my mates and I decides to play custom games. Invisible swords for 5 hours, it was the best macth I have ever played, I fell over from laughter once simply because we were making each other jump constantly.
I miss the days when I could come online and see 5 or 6 of my friends in a custom games lobby and just join in.
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;24362975]Halo is the alltime best game for small parties with mates. Ever since I had a screw up with my xbox live and could no longer connect to the bungie servers, cutting me off from matching forever (seriously, having played in online with strangers since '07 :frown:), I hadn't bothered to pck up the game.
Last night 3 of my mates and I decides to play custom games. Invisible swords for 5 hours, it was the best macth I have ever played, I fell over from laughter once simply because we were making each other jump constantly.
I miss the days when I could come online and see 5 or 6 of my friends in a custom games lobby and just join in.[/QUOTE]
You got to try Slowly to the Hill. Moving at minimum speed, everyone is invisible, you only need to be on the hill for 1 second and you can't figure out who is going to make it there first.
It's insanely stupid yet fun.(You might need to make a custom map for it though, I recommend Guardian.)
[QUOTE=cephalopoid;24357663]That is because fanboys/12 year olds don't know how to construct an argument.
Anyway, I've been playing Halo 2-3 and Halo PC for the past few weeks.
And although I'm excited about Reach, I know there will be somethings that will be different . . . things I'll miss.
For one thing, I'm not sure I'll feel the same about killing an Elite after Halo 3. I'll feel like I'm effing MC and the Marines over for when the Elites break from the Covenant to help with the flood.
I'll miss fighting Brutes. I loved when the got pissed and charged.
I'll miss the overwhelming sense of dread when walking into an area and hearing that sound. . . that fucking sound grapes being stepped on and the weird growls that are the flood.
Bungie keeps repeating that Reach is in many ways going back to their original formula that made Halo so great. But one thing I loved about the first game is that it was this killer action game, then became an FPS survival horror game, then became a cluster fuck of 3 factions duking it out. I remember playing CE for the first time and shitting my pants when the flood. I was playing in the dark . . . and for the rest of the game there were times I jumped out of my seat.
Will Reach have anything [I]scary?[/I]
I'll miss walking into an area, and trying to decide if I should:
Kill Flood first.
Kill Sentinals first.
Kill Covey first.
Try to sneak by.
Try to run by.
Start hucking 'nades and blow everything up.
It seems reach will manly be a two sided war, which will be fun, but I'll miss having that third/fourth party X factor to deal with. I hope that the "wildlife" in Reach will by dynamic enough to be territorial and kill whatever comes near it.
Any one else feel the same?[/QUOTE]
This is the single deepest statement relating to Halo I've ever seen. And I concur. However, Reach has that different feeling to it. The other Halo games were meant to feel like a journey, like Lord of the Rings. Reach is more the hopeless last stand.
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[QUOTE=kattolil;24362020]New live action trailer = [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOUzkE02h00[/media]
God fucking damn it it looks awesome.[/QUOTE]
HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
This is the reason a Halo movie [i]needs[/i] to be made.
[QUOTE=kattolil;24362020]New live action trailer = [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOUzkE02h00[/media]
God fucking damn it it looks awesome.[/QUOTE]
That trailer was sexy.
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;24362456]Compared to other Halo authors, of course.[/QUOTE]
To be honest I thought The Flood was better written. Sure, most of it was a simple recounting of the game as played on easy (what else would it be?), but the original parts were great. Again, Jenkins sub plot is best thing I've read in any of these yet.
I need to preorder Reach soon before its too late. I cant wait to start screwing around in Forge. I want to try and make a 1 versus All sneaking Mission thing... dont know if that work but im curious. It would have to be infection... :P
I dont know where i should do the preorder at, Any recommendations like Play.com or something?
[QUOTE=BmB;24363406]To be honest I thought The Flood was better written. Sure, most of it was a simple recounting of the game as played on easy (what else would it be?), but the original parts were great. Again, Jenkins sub plot is best thing I've read in any of these yet.[/QUOTE]
I agree that the original parts were the best, it's hard to make a novel out of a game in a 1:1 ratio with the gameplay. For me, I think the Nylund novels had more interesting settings (Since, I of course knew what had happened in Halo 1 already).
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[QUOTE=Highwind017;24363422]I need to preorder Reach soon before its too late. I cant wait to start screwing around in Forge. I want to try and make a 1 versus All sneaking Mission thing... dont know if that work but im curious. It would have to be infection... :P
I dont know where i should do the preorder at, Any recommendations like Play.com or something?[/QUOTE]
Well Gamestop, GAME, or any other one that carries the preorder bonuses I think. If you're going to preorder you might as well reap the benefits.
[QUOTE=LasGunz;24361216]Sooooo do any kind souls have spare xbox live subscription codes or anything :h: I really wanna play some Big Team on H3, I haven't played for months and I kinda wanna get back into the swing of things for Reach.[/QUOTE]
You're already getting a Halo Reach Xbox 360 Slim, and you keep mentioning it every few pages... are you sure you aren't rich enough?
Besides, doesn't the halo 360 slim come with a month of game time anyways.
Or he could do a new XBL account, right?
He could start a new one but he'd only be silver.
Unless he chooses to use a code for Gold.
Don't new account get a free month of gold?
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;24362456]Kat doesn't seem to have her robot arm in the trailer, so it's either an oversight, OR a depiction of how the previous Noble 6 died.[/QUOTE]
Could it be how she lost her original arm and needed the robot arm?
[QUOTE=Religous Nutjob;24364353]Could it be how she lost her original arm and needed the robot arm?[/QUOTE]
Yep.
That's pretty cool, if it is.
[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;24364309]Don't new account get a free month of gold?[/QUOTE]
New xboxes (dunno about the slim) get a few weeks of free gold on ONE new account.
[QUOTE=Trooper-guy1;24363081]You got to try Slowly to the Hill. Moving at minimum speed, everyone is invisible, you only need to be on the hill for 1 second and you can't figure out who is going to make it there first.
It's insanely stupid yet fun.(You might need to make a custom map for it though, I recommend Guardian.)[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately a lot of people don't have the patience for customs with retarded rules or honor rules. :(
I hate it when uninvited randoms join, then say "This sucks" and they leave, especially when it's a gametype/map you made.
Waking up to see a new live action trailer felt pretty awesome.
So yeah I know some of you will know but for those that don't, in the new 'Deliver Hope' trailer that came out you see how Kat lost her arm and Noble Six you seen picking up the bomb was the old Noble Six, Thom.
I can't remember if this was how Thom died (and subsequently brought Spartan B312, our Noble Six) or if this was just another mission but Kat and Cartner both claimed the responsibility of Thoms death when he went solo and tried to take on the covenant himself - Which is possibly when he took the bomb alone to that Covenant Vessel.
Either way, that's the old Noble Six and how Kat lost her arm :p
Maybe he died from the carrier exploding?
It didn't look like he got out.
This was on IGN a few days ago, but I haven't seen it here, so I'll post it.
It gets me REALLY excited about the possibilities for Reach. An Outcast Spartan II? Crazy Human Factions?
Anyway, here: [url]http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/111/1115144p1.html[/url]
[B]Six Things You Might Not Know About Halo, But Should[/B]
[B]Don't go into Reach without this intel.[/B]
[B] August 24, 2010 [/B]
As with any [URL="http://xbox.ign.com/objects/015/015922.html"]Halo[/URL] game, the excitement surrounding [URL="http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/142/14276699.html"]Halo: Reach[/URL] is huge. But this installment is especially significant. It could be Bungie's last Halo game, as [URL="http://games.ign.com/objects/025/025169.html"]Microsoft[/URL] owns the Halo brand and Bungie just signed a 10-year deal with Activision to create an entirely new series. Also, like [URL="http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/852/852871.html"]Halo 3: ODST[/URL], the story is based on occurrences that do not involve Master Chief. This shouldn't be too surprising, considering the Halo universe has been rapidly expanding since the break-out popularity of the first game. In preparation for Reach, we've read the books, scoured the comics, and watched the anime to bring you a few facts about the Halo Universe that might have escaped you.
[B]A Rebel Spartan [/B]
During the Spartan II project on the planet Reach, some candidates did not fare well during the augmentation process. One of these was Soren-066, who was made incredibly strong by the enhancements fed into his body, but also left irreparably deformed. Soren was rejected by the Spartan program and left to a desk job. His feeling of uselessness and resentment lead him to join insurrectionists in a plot against the UNSC. In the chaos that follows, Sorren escapes a UNSC camp, but is shot down over the forest. Because his body is never recovered, its possible that he continued to live in the wilderness of Reach.
[B]Elite Elites [/B]
In one of the short stories from the Halo Universe we briefly encounter a group of Elites, or Sangheili, that use red energy swords and wear complete sets of armor, including full face guards. This equipment appears to be reserved for the special-forces wing of the Elites and is described as easily detecting and taking down cloaked Spartan IIIs. Whether or not there is an official class of Elite soldiers above the golden-armored Elite Zealots that appeared in the other Halo games remains to be seen. We'll likely find out this fall.
[URL="http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/142/14276699.html"]Halo in 5 Minutes: Watch This Video To Catch Up On the Story[/URL]
[B]Spartan IIIs Are Nuts [/B]
Cigar-chomping Sergeant Major Avery Johnson is perhaps the best known Spartan I, and of course Master Chief is the ultimate hero of the Spartan II program. However, we still have yet to experience the very different Spartan IIIs in a game. What we do know is that the Spartan III program was initiated without the knowledge or consent of Dr. Halsey, who devised the Spartan II recruitment parameters. While taking in eligible candidates the psych profiles were pretty much ignored. This means that Spartan IIIs are more likely to fight through an impossible situation, or take on a suicide mission. It also means that some of them are slightly off-kilter mentally.
Spartan IIIs are also outfitted with experimental technology. We've already seen armor powers like the hologram drop, jet pack, and sprint. The books also allude to upgraded visors that have improved zoom and vision modes that can detect camouflaged Elites. All but one member of Noble team in Halo: Reach is a Spartan III, so we'll get up close and personal with the latest UNSC fighting machines very soon.
[B]A Second Human Faction [/B]
Before the arrival of the Covenant the humans were involved in a civil war between the inner and outer colonies. One particularly fierce group of insurrectionists disappeared after a number of encounters with the UNSC. They returned on one occasion with heavily modified craft to aid against the Covenant. The best guess about the goals of this splinter cell of humans is that they are establishing human existence outside of known space to ride out the war and the threat from the Flood. There's a long-shot possibility that Admiral Cole (the originator of The Cole Protocol) managed to escape death in his final confrontation with the Covenant and has joined this group.
[B]Cortana is Dying [/B]
Dr. Halsey is the genius responsible for the Spartan II program and the woman behind the existence of Cortana. She made the AI in her own image and like all "smart" artificial intelligence systems Cortana is capable of expanding her abilities and knowledge base. However, after a period of seven years she will amass too much knowledge to properly index all of it and will shut down. This is called rampancy and effectively signals the death of an AI.
[B]Master Chief Was at the Battle of Reach [/B]
During the battle of Reach there is a critical mission led by Master Chief to secure data from a space dock just above the planet. The Chief is joined by a small team of Spartans in accomplishing this task just before he escapes aboard the Pillar of Autumn and lands on the original Halo from Halo: Combat Evolved. One of Bungie's big unveils at E3 2010 was space combat, indicating that running into Master Chief is a distinct possibility as the battle on Reach rages on the ground and in the air.
I think it'd be interesting to meet that Rouge Spartan. Kinda like an easter egg.
Please don't post spoilers, guys, if you know any. I'm trying to keep my mind pristine for Reach's campaign.
And even more interesting to meet the Chief on the PoA or on Reach somewere.. even if it were just a silent nod or something it would be total badassery.
Thanks for presenting me with the second use for a block function ever. I appreciate it.
This line gives me chills..
"[I]Six has made entire militia groups disappear. Curious... hyper lethal... there's only one other Spartan with that rating.[/I]"
-Dr Halsey..
Aww maeeeeen I can't wait for the 14th. I have college that day though :(
[QUOTE=BmB;24365808]Thanks for presenting me with the second use for a block function ever. I appreciate it.[/QUOTE]
none of those facts were spoilers from the game, most of that info is from Novels
I don't know why, but whenever I see that someone has the song Blow Me Away on their iPods or whatever, I laugh really hard. It's really cheesy, and that I almost always have to tell them that the song was written for Halo 2.
[QUOTE=Tk1138;24365957]none of those facts were spoilers from the game, most of that info is from Novels[/QUOTE]
Novels can go to heck, and did you really think I'd read carefully through it? Heck no one glance and I temporarily forget the alphabet.
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