CplDavisI hunt the arctic SnonosJoin Date: 2003-01-09Member: 12097Members
lol
I like towards the end of the vid when the guy jumps into the warthog, leaves his teammate (who is trying to climb into the gunner postition) in the dust and then runs over his other team mate.
This is then immediatly followed by him driving straight into that big rock pole with no other distractions in his way lol.
Then he finally beats down the enemies at the last instant and captures the flag. YAY.. only to be promptly run over by the guy on the ghost.
<!--QuoteBegin-Skidzor+Aug 25 2004, 10:20 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Skidzor @ Aug 25 2004, 10:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> GAH DARN FILEPLANET WAIT TIMES!!! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Heh. For some reason, even though I cancelled my subscription a while ago, Fileplanet still considers me a paying user and I get fast downloads. This is the third time I've continued to receive services even after I stopped paying. But I'm not complaining.
Downloading the movie now. Since I'm the biggest Halo fan I know IRL this should be quite interesting to watch all the people I'm going to massacre when the game hits shelves. Or rather, hits my front porch.
I've been to Zanzibar. Man, they have some terrible bugs out there. What was God thinking when he made the scorpion-spider? "Oooooh, today, I think I'll combine two freakish creatures and let them loose. It'll compliment the tetsi fly, which is like a mosquito but five times as big. It's <i>fun</i> to make abominations!"
Now that I've watched the video, I feel sorry for whoever was playing that. He <i>sucks</i>, and he's all over the internet. Also, the SMGs look a lot weaker than they did before - I mean weaker than the MA5B. Either the player was completely incompetant, or the Needler and SMG are going to be filler, throw-away weapons for me, much like the MA5B and old Needler are in Halo. Probably the combo I'll be using the most is Battle Rifle and Sniper Rifle, or Battle Rifle and Energy Sword, but this may change - I don't know anything about the Covie Carbine.
The SMG is more of a 'volume of fire' weapon. It's meant to throw out a lot of bullets, as fast as possible. It's probably the closest in comparison to the old assault rifle. The needler is supposed to have more ammo and do more damage (and it is an old build), but doesn't seem to do it here.
Seeing as there's no health bar anymore, a plasma rifle + smg probably works the best (and it seems to, in the video).
The battle rifle is apparently a futuristic M16, seeing as it only has 3 round burst (although, it appears you can just tap the button as fast as you want to get the full-auto effect going), and only single shot when zoomed in. Seems to be a backstep for a cyborg (who should, really, be able to control a weapon at full-auto with a lot of stability).
<!--QuoteBegin-Surge+Aug 26 2004, 10:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Surge @ Aug 26 2004, 10:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What the hell is everyone angry at Fileplanet for? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Because people don't understand the idea of paying for a service.
I mean, who in their right mind would pay $7 per month for access to closed betas, faster download speeds and full games. They must be <i>crazy</i>.
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<!--QuoteBegin-esuna+Aug 26 2004, 05:08 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (esuna @ Aug 26 2004, 05:08 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Surge+Aug 26 2004, 10:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Surge @ Aug 26 2004, 10:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What the hell is everyone angry at Fileplanet for? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Because people don't understand the idea of paying for a service.
I mean, who in their right mind would pay $7 per month for access to closed betas, faster download speeds and full games. They must be <i>crazy</i>. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeah.
BTW- if you honestly don't want me to PERSONALLY flame you, stop with the anti-fileplanet stuff. I've totally outright flamed others with facts before than know quite a bit more about all of this than you obviously do, so you really don't want me doing that.
Its kind of embarressing for me too <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
But I personally liked the demo. You got to see a lot in the video(though he wasn't doing too good). I myself would have kept my needler over the rocket launcher, but thats mainly because I'm a spammer. My fav thing to do is Just needler around, and now that the needler is buffed, I'm gonna dual wield those suckers and own everything on the field. I just hope they have allowed us now to hold more ammo for it- frankly, when You only get 2 extra clips for it, and the Assault rifle gets TEN extra clips, thats just now balance. In fact, its just stupid.
"Because people don't understand the idea of paying for a service.
I mean, who in their right mind would pay $7 per month for access to closed betas, faster download speeds and full games. They must be crazy."
Because they used to do it for free. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+Aug 26 2004, 08:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Aug 26 2004, 08:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-esuna+Aug 26 2004, 05:08 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (esuna @ Aug 26 2004, 05:08 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Surge+Aug 26 2004, 10:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Surge @ Aug 26 2004, 10:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What the hell is everyone angry at Fileplanet for? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Because people don't understand the idea of paying for a service.
I mean, who in their right mind would pay $7 per month for access to closed betas, faster download speeds and full games. They must be <i>crazy</i>. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeah.
BTW- if you honestly don't want me to PERSONALLY flame you, stop with the anti-fileplanet stuff. I've totally outright flamed others with facts before than know quite a bit more about all of this than you obviously do, so you really don't want me doing that.
Its kind of embarressing for me too <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
But I personally liked the demo. You got to see a lot in the video(though he wasn't doing too good). I myself would have kept my needler over the rocket launcher, but thats mainly because I'm a spammer. My fav thing to do is Just needler around, and now that the needler is buffed, I'm gonna dual wield those suckers and own everything on the field. I just hope they have allowed us now to hold more ammo for it- frankly, when You only get 2 extra clips for it, and the Assault rifle gets TEN extra clips, thats just now balance. In fact, its just stupid. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Well, if I ever rejoin Live I will have to meet you sometime. We can kick the console Neanderthals' ****. You with the double Needlers and me with the Battle Rifle and Energy Sword.
QuaunautThe longest seven days in history...Join Date: 2003-03-21Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
<!--QuoteBegin-Gadzuko+Aug 26 2004, 12:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gadzuko @ Aug 26 2004, 12:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The needler would have been awesome in Halo if the projectiles had just moved <i>faster</i>. That and the ammo are all they really needed to change. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Speed of needler has been adressed.
Though I too hope ammo goes different.
One surprising thing about this video: This looks like old halo. Like...as if there have been 0 graphical advances. At all.
Zig...I am Captain Planet!Join Date: 2002-10-23Member: 1576Members
<!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+Aug 26 2004, 01:51 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ Aug 26 2004, 01:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Also, the SMGs look a lot weaker than they did before - I mean weaker than the MA5B. Either the player was completely incompetant, or the Needler and SMG are going to be filler, throw-away weapons for me, <b>much like the MA5B</b> and old Needler are in Halo.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> the assault rifle was one of the best weapons for legendary play in Halo..
<!--QuoteBegin-UltimaGecko+Aug 25 2004, 11:50 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko @ Aug 25 2004, 11:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The level's pretty cool, it makes me actually want to play the game (since, I've kinda disregarded it since Fable, HL2, Stalker and Rome: Total War have entered my mind. Although it looks cool with all those people, I'd need Xbox live for that many, and that'd be another $60...soo, pffft, not for awhile. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> <a href='http://www.xbconnect.com' target='_blank'>Xb Connect</a>
Have you heard of this? They say it's legal, and an alternative to XB Live, assuming you have some computers nearby.
Yea, there's another one like that too, but I was having trouble with it about 6 months ago, it just didn't want to register server lists properly. Plus it suffers from a lot more lag than Xbox Live.
Yea, the game doesn't look much better there (aside from the big rotating thing). You have to remember that the graphics need to be toned down because: 1. The codec used might not be all that great. 2. It's multiplayer, and in order to be sufficient for 16+ players, the graphics can't be quite as good as the single player. 3. All dynamic shadows and movements take CPU power (which the Xbox is lacking much of) and bandwidth (not as much of a problem).
However, it still looks pretty nice. The vehicles are obviously more detailed (even if they look a bit blurry with the video). The level features something that's not organic, rock or sheetmetal, and they seem to be designed pretty well. Weapon models look a little better (for the guns that are the same, at least). The MC's armor looks obviously a lot better.
[looking at it again, just now: The codec sucks a lot. It has a lot of bleed-in between frames, so they look kind of bad (since you have the last few frames light burn in looking thing....going on...(if you know what I mean))]
I'm sure if they wanted to actually show off the graphics it'd be a better codec...It is a gameplay video, afterall.
It looks a lot like old Halo though...but it does look more fun than old Halo MP.
Yeah, this video's quality definitely leaves something to be desired. If we could get a video of this with the quality of the E3 video, that would be fantasmic.
<!--QuoteBegin-Zig+Aug 26 2004, 09:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zig @ Aug 26 2004, 09:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+Aug 26 2004, 01:51 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ Aug 26 2004, 01:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Also, the SMGs look a lot weaker than they did before - I mean weaker than the MA5B. Either the player was completely incompetant, or the Needler and SMG are going to be filler, throw-away weapons for me, <b>much like the MA5B</b> and old Needler are in Halo.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> the assault rifle was one of the best weapons for legendary play in Halo.. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Where the hell did you get that from?! It would take a whole clip to take down about 3 Grunts on Legendary, and the damn things so inaccurate you'd have to be at point-blank range.
The best anti-Covie weapon combo on Legendary was the plasma pistol and pistol. The best anti-Flood weapon combo was shotgun and rocket launcher.
The Needler and SMG both look weaker than I thought they would be is all I'm saying; it took a lot of hits from an SMG and Needler firing simultaneously to kill a single opponent, which is unacceptable next to quick and easy solutions like the Battle Rifle and Particle Beam rifle. Maybe they just looked really bad because the guy playing was terrible, but we'll see when Halo 2 is released.
Another thing I don't get is the Particle Beam gun - they say it acts exactly the same as the human sniper, overheating after four shots. Then what's the point of adding it? I think the Covies should've gotten something unique, like a lightning rifle that could zap shields and shock others in close proximity to the target.
<!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+Aug 27 2004, 12:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ Aug 27 2004, 12:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The Needler and SMG both look weaker than I thought they would be is all I'm saying; it took a lot of hits from an SMG and Needler firing simultaneously to kill a single opponent, which is unacceptable next to quick and easy solutions like the Battle Rifle and Particle Beam rifle. Maybe they just looked really bad because the guy playing was terrible, but we'll see when Halo 2 is released.
Another thing I don't get is the Particle Beam gun - they say it acts exactly the same as the human sniper, overheating after four shots. Then what's the point of adding it? I think the Covies should've gotten something unique, like a lightning rifle that could zap shields and shock others in close proximity to the target. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Actually, the guy playing wasn't bad. The SMG and the needler are slow to kill things is all. Think of the SMG as the Halo assault rifle, and the Halo 2 rifle as the Halo pistol.
As for the particle beam, to be fair, it never needs to reload. Space out your shots enough and you can fire more often than with the sniper rifle, I'd say.
Exactly, they kill things slower. Which means if you are playing against fellow pros in multiplayer you must kill them faster than they kill you; you won't be able to rely on their crappy aim or lack of tactics to unload an SMG on them if they can kill you in a split second with a BR burst to the face within milliseconds of detecting you.
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<!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+Aug 26 2004, 09:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ Aug 26 2004, 09:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Where the hell did you get that from?! It would take a whole clip to take down about 3 Grunts on Legendary, and the damn things so inaccurate you'd have to be at point-blank range.
The best anti-Covie weapon combo on Legendary was the plasma pistol and pistol. The best anti-Flood weapon combo was shotgun and rocket launcher. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> i've literally played the Legendary campaign for HUNDREDS of hours. i "get" it from personal experience, don't ever doubt it.
advantage 1)the rifle is the most economically efficient, highest capacity, and most commonly found conventional weapon in the game.
advantage 2) the rifle has better accuracy in burst fire than the plasma rifle.
advantage 3) grunts and jackals are easily downed. in legendary, grunts take 3-5 well-placed shots. jackals a few more, but it's not very hard to shoot the "sweet spot" in their shields.
advantage 4) the rifle is a very inexpensive kill. the ammunition is everywhere.
advantage 5) in the levels that feature covenant AND flood, the rifle performs just the same vs. the covenant and is the second-most effective weapon vs. flood (barring explosives). a very short burst to down a group of enemies, and quick placed shots to keep them down. CHEAP and UBIQUITOUS in those levels: never run out of ammunition.
when i bring my xbox home, i can take some pictures of accurate shot grouping with the rifle, if you'd like.
like i said, i've been playing this game damn near my whole life. **** me if i don't know EVERYTHING about it. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
No, that's quite alright. I've been playing Halo since it came out, and I'm the best I've ever played. Even in Halo PC - I've never found a server I couldn't dominate within minutes of arriving.
I'm going to have to disagree with you on points 4 (other weapon ammo is just as plentiful in almost every level) and 5 (the pistol will do anything in except the Seninels if you have perfect aim, which I do).
I don't think it really matters, to each his own, especially in a game like Halo that has weapons that are almost perfectly balanced. Still, there's no denying the pistol/battlerifle WILL kill faster than the SMG/AR if every shot hits.
About four months ago, my friends and I came home from an evening of reasonably heavy drinking to play some 2 on 2 halo. Since I owned the X-box and was the only one who had finished the game on 'legendary', I got the guy who-- for some unknown reason-- had never played before.
At about five minutes and four enemy flag captures in, I specifically remember turning to my partner, who had several more suicides than kills, and saying, "You are by far the <b>worst</b> Halo player I have ever seen".
<!--QuoteBegin-Caboose+Aug 26 2004, 06:05 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Aug 26 2004, 06:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <a href='http://files.mythica.org/torrents/MLG-Seattle-Halo2.mov.torrent' target='_blank'>http://files.mythica.org/torrents/MLG-Seat...lo2.mov.torrent</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> For the first time, i get over 200kb/s with Bittorrent. Nice <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> [I have 2.5mbit connection tho]
<!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+Aug 27 2004, 01:05 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ Aug 27 2004, 01:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> No, that's quite alright. I've been playing Halo since it came out, and I'm the best I've ever played. Even in Halo PC - I've never found a server I couldn't dominate within minutes of arriving.
I'm going to have to disagree with you on points 4 (other weapon ammo is just as plentiful in almost every level) and 5 (the pistol will do anything in except the Seninels if you have perfect aim, which I do).
I don't think it really matters, to each his own, especially in a game like Halo that has weapons that are almost perfectly balanced. Still, there's no denying the pistol/battlerifle WILL kill faster than the SMG/AR if every shot hits. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Well, there's no denying that the Halo pistol kills faster than the Halo AR. They've basically just kept that balance and changed the weapons.
Zig...I am Captain Planet!Join Date: 2002-10-23Member: 1576Members
<!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+Aug 26 2004, 10:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ Aug 26 2004, 10:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm going to have to disagree with you on points 4 (other weapon ammo is just as plentiful in almost every level) and 5 (the pistol will do anything in except the Seninels if you have perfect aim, which I do). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> i think you'd better play through the flood levels again on legendary: the pistol is NOT an effective weapon vs. them.
The weapons in Halo are probably the best balanced of any game. Aside from the pistol, they are all decently balanced. The pistol on legendary doesn't really help much once you get to the flood. It can take out jackals, grunts and hunters in one hit, but flood will still take numerous tries. Generally they come in groups too, so it's better to shotgun them, rocket them or spray and pray them.
Playing legendary without co-op, the pistol only works well until you get to the flood. In multiplayer it dominates, though.
So: Plasma pisol: terrible damage, but the capacity to take down a shield instantly. Plasma rifle: decent rate of fire, and in multiplayer freezes enemies (no different than the plasma pistol's damage, really) Needler: small clip, ability to blow up opponents, homing projectiles (only sub-par weapon). Sniper rifle: ability to kill quickly, only 4 shots Rocket Launcher: 2 rockets, generally sparse ammo Shotgun: very good at killing; only super effective at close range Assault rifle: large clip with decent accuracy, little damage Pistol: sniper rifle esque accuracy, larger clip than SR, 3 shots to the head to kill
[that'd be for multiplayer <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> ]
Something that strikes me odd about the video, is that the grenades don't look as cool as the first game. Online games, me and friends would whip infinite grenades out into the fields in Bloodgulch, it'd look like we were launching mortars (huge plooms of debris, explosions galore). They just look like every other games grenades now. Just kind of sprite-ish...and boring.
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I like towards the end of the vid when the guy jumps into the warthog, leaves his teammate (who is trying to climb into the gunner postition) in the dust and then runs over his other team mate.
This is then immediatly followed by him driving straight into that big rock pole with no other distractions in his way lol.
Then he finally beats down the enemies at the last instant and captures the flag. YAY.. only to be promptly run over by the guy on the ghost.
heehee
Heh. For some reason, even though I cancelled my subscription a while ago, Fileplanet still considers me a paying user and I get fast downloads. This is the third time I've continued to receive services even after I stopped paying. But I'm not complaining.
Downloading the movie now. Since I'm the biggest Halo fan I know IRL this should be quite interesting to watch all the people I'm going to massacre when the game hits shelves. Or rather, hits my front porch.
Ugh.
Seeing as there's no health bar anymore, a plasma rifle + smg probably works the best (and it seems to, in the video).
The battle rifle is apparently a futuristic M16, seeing as it only has 3 round burst (although, it appears you can just tap the button as fast as you want to get the full-auto effect going), and only single shot when zoomed in. Seems to be a backstep for a cyborg (who should, really, be able to control a weapon at full-auto with a lot of stability).
EDIT: Also, good to hear they have the SMG in finally. It's only been almost 3 to 5 years. Now let's see if they get the minigun.
Because people don't understand the idea of paying for a service.
I mean, who in their right mind would pay $7 per month for access to closed betas, faster download speeds and full games. They must be <i>crazy</i>.
Because people don't understand the idea of paying for a service.
I mean, who in their right mind would pay $7 per month for access to closed betas, faster download speeds and full games. They must be <i>crazy</i>. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah.
BTW- if you honestly don't want me to PERSONALLY flame you, stop with the anti-fileplanet stuff. I've totally outright flamed others with facts before than know quite a bit more about all of this than you obviously do, so you really don't want me doing that.
Its kind of embarressing for me too <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
But I personally liked the demo. You got to see a lot in the video(though he wasn't doing too good). I myself would have kept my needler over the rocket launcher, but thats mainly because I'm a spammer. My fav thing to do is Just needler around, and now that the needler is buffed, I'm gonna dual wield those suckers and own everything on the field. I just hope they have allowed us now to hold more ammo for it- frankly, when You only get 2 extra clips for it, and the Assault rifle gets TEN extra clips, thats just now balance. In fact, its just stupid.
I mean, who in their right mind would pay $7 per month for access to closed betas, faster download speeds and full games. They must be crazy."
Because they used to do it for free. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Because people don't understand the idea of paying for a service.
I mean, who in their right mind would pay $7 per month for access to closed betas, faster download speeds and full games. They must be <i>crazy</i>. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah.
BTW- if you honestly don't want me to PERSONALLY flame you, stop with the anti-fileplanet stuff. I've totally outright flamed others with facts before than know quite a bit more about all of this than you obviously do, so you really don't want me doing that.
Its kind of embarressing for me too <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
But I personally liked the demo. You got to see a lot in the video(though he wasn't doing too good). I myself would have kept my needler over the rocket launcher, but thats mainly because I'm a spammer. My fav thing to do is Just needler around, and now that the needler is buffed, I'm gonna dual wield those suckers and own everything on the field. I just hope they have allowed us now to hold more ammo for it- frankly, when You only get 2 extra clips for it, and the Assault rifle gets TEN extra clips, thats just now balance. In fact, its just stupid. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well, if I ever rejoin Live I will have to meet you sometime. We can kick the console Neanderthals' ****. You with the double Needlers and me with the Battle Rifle and Energy Sword.
Speed of needler has been adressed.
Though I too hope ammo goes different.
One surprising thing about this video: This looks like old halo. Like...as if there have been 0 graphical advances. At all.
the assault rifle was one of the best weapons for legendary play in Halo..
The level's pretty cool, it makes me actually want to play the game (since, I've kinda disregarded it since Fable, HL2, Stalker and Rome: Total War have entered my mind. Although it looks cool with all those people, I'd need Xbox live for that many, and that'd be another $60...soo, pffft, not for awhile.
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<a href='http://www.xbconnect.com' target='_blank'>Xb Connect</a>
Have you heard of this? They say it's legal, and an alternative to XB Live, assuming you have some computers nearby.
Yea, the game doesn't look much better there (aside from the big rotating thing). You have to remember that the graphics need to be toned down because: 1. The codec used might not be all that great. 2. It's multiplayer, and in order to be sufficient for 16+ players, the graphics can't be quite as good as the single player. 3. All dynamic shadows and movements take CPU power (which the Xbox is lacking much of) and bandwidth (not as much of a problem).
However, it still looks pretty nice. The vehicles are obviously more detailed (even if they look a bit blurry with the video). The level features something that's not organic, rock or sheetmetal, and they seem to be designed pretty well. Weapon models look a little better (for the guns that are the same, at least). The MC's armor looks obviously a lot better.
[looking at it again, just now: The codec sucks a lot. It has a lot of bleed-in between frames, so they look kind of bad (since you have the last few frames light burn in looking thing....going on...(if you know what I mean))]
I'm sure if they wanted to actually show off the graphics it'd be a better codec...It is a gameplay video, afterall.
It looks a lot like old Halo though...but it does look more fun than old Halo MP.
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Where the hell did you get that from?! It would take a whole clip to take down about 3 Grunts on Legendary, and the damn things so inaccurate you'd have to be at point-blank range.
The best anti-Covie weapon combo on Legendary was the plasma pistol and pistol. The best anti-Flood weapon combo was shotgun and rocket launcher.
The Needler and SMG both look weaker than I thought they would be is all I'm saying; it took a lot of hits from an SMG and Needler firing simultaneously to kill a single opponent, which is unacceptable next to quick and easy solutions like the Battle Rifle and Particle Beam rifle. Maybe they just looked really bad because the guy playing was terrible, but we'll see when Halo 2 is released.
Another thing I don't get is the Particle Beam gun - they say it acts exactly the same as the human sniper, overheating after four shots. Then what's the point of adding it? I think the Covies should've gotten something unique, like a lightning rifle that could zap shields and shock others in close proximity to the target.
Another thing I don't get is the Particle Beam gun - they say it acts exactly the same as the human sniper, overheating after four shots. Then what's the point of adding it? I think the Covies should've gotten something unique, like a lightning rifle that could zap shields and shock others in close proximity to the target. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Actually, the guy playing wasn't bad. The SMG and the needler are slow to kill things is all. Think of the SMG as the Halo assault rifle, and the Halo 2 rifle as the Halo pistol.
As for the particle beam, to be fair, it never needs to reload. Space out your shots enough and you can fire more often than with the sniper rifle, I'd say.
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i've literally played the Legendary campaign for HUNDREDS of hours. i "get" it from personal experience, don't ever doubt it.
advantage 1)the rifle is the most economically efficient, highest capacity, and most commonly found conventional weapon in the game.
advantage 2) the rifle has better accuracy in burst fire than the plasma rifle.
advantage 3) grunts and jackals are easily downed. in legendary, grunts take 3-5 well-placed shots. jackals a few more, but it's not very hard to shoot the "sweet spot" in their shields.
advantage 4) the rifle is a very inexpensive kill. the ammunition is everywhere.
advantage 5) in the levels that feature covenant AND flood, the rifle performs just the same vs. the covenant and is the second-most effective weapon vs. flood (barring explosives). a very short burst to down a group of enemies, and quick placed shots to keep them down. CHEAP and UBIQUITOUS in those levels: never run out of ammunition.
when i bring my xbox home, i can take some pictures of accurate shot grouping with the rifle, if you'd like.
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I'm going to have to disagree with you on points 4 (other weapon ammo is just as plentiful in almost every level) and 5 (the pistol will do anything in except the Seninels if you have perfect aim, which I do).
I don't think it really matters, to each his own, especially in a game like Halo that has weapons that are almost perfectly balanced. Still, there's no denying the pistol/battlerifle WILL kill faster than the SMG/AR if every shot hits.
About four months ago, my friends and I came home from an evening of reasonably heavy drinking to play some 2 on 2 halo. Since I owned the X-box and was the only one who had finished the game on 'legendary', I got the guy who-- for some unknown reason-- had never played before.
At about five minutes and four enemy flag captures in, I specifically remember turning to my partner, who had several more suicides than kills, and saying, "You are by far the <b>worst</b> Halo player I have ever seen".
I now stand corrected.
For the first time, i get over 200kb/s with Bittorrent. Nice <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
[I have 2.5mbit connection tho]
I'm going to have to disagree with you on points 4 (other weapon ammo is just as plentiful in almost every level) and 5 (the pistol will do anything in except the Seninels if you have perfect aim, which I do).
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Well, there's no denying that the Halo pistol kills faster than the Halo AR. They've basically just kept that balance and changed the weapons.
i think you'd better play through the flood levels again on legendary: the pistol is NOT an effective weapon vs. them.
Playing legendary without co-op, the pistol only works well until you get to the flood. In multiplayer it dominates, though.
So:
Plasma pisol: terrible damage, but the capacity to take down a shield instantly.
Plasma rifle: decent rate of fire, and in multiplayer freezes enemies (no different than the plasma pistol's damage, really)
Needler: small clip, ability to blow up opponents, homing projectiles (only sub-par weapon).
Sniper rifle: ability to kill quickly, only 4 shots
Rocket Launcher: 2 rockets, generally sparse ammo
Shotgun: very good at killing; only super effective at close range
Assault rifle: large clip with decent accuracy, little damage
Pistol: sniper rifle esque accuracy, larger clip than SR, 3 shots to the head to kill
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Something that strikes me odd about the video, is that the grenades don't look as cool as the first game. Online games, me and friends would whip infinite grenades out into the fields in Bloodgulch, it'd look like we were launching mortars (huge plooms of debris, explosions galore). They just look like every other games grenades now. Just kind of sprite-ish...and boring.