Beex, Yo.
Awesome Happy Spartan Thread.
That was ace.. Sorry I vanished. BabyTheVision started crying... Pah.
Didn't know what was happening, didn't know the maps, didn't know some of the weapons, but Flood/Zombies with GovY was acebest. Confusing people with the cloak is genius.
Promeeans are tricky to fit if you havent grasped all the mechanics. Here's a good run-down with a weapon lexicon as well.
My tic-tac for soing away with an arena full: snipe the Watchers with a light rifle, then bolt-shot or light rifle the crawlers, then take on the knights last. Kights can take forever but release a charged covenant plasma pistol into one and then use a spread weapon at close range or your medium ranger of choice and just empty it into them. If ey arent down after that combo by the time you have reached them a melee might work, but do try to melee em from behind.
Taken systematically, they are manageable even in large humbers. Impatience is not rewarded on Heroic.
My tic-tac for soing away with an arena full: snipe the Watchers with a light rifle, then bolt-shot or light rifle the crawlers, then take on the knights last. Kights can take forever but release a charged covenant plasma pistol into one and then use a spread weapon at close range or your medium ranger of choice and just empty it into them. If ey arent down after that combo by the time you have reached them a melee might work, but do try to melee em from behind.
Taken systematically, they are manageable even in large humbers. Impatience is not rewarded on Heroic.
GovernmentYard wrote:
Taken systematically, they are manageable even in large humbers.
You've been living in Hull too long.
Gah. ipad keyboard + lack of patience with autocorrect = gah.
Anyway, you need to play Halo 4. Either you'll really enjoy it or it will drive you spare, which I need to hear if that's what's going to happen.
Anyway, you need to play Halo 4. Either you'll really enjoy it or it will drive you spare, which I need to hear if that's what's going to happen.
I had a look at Forge last night. It seems pretty similar to Reach so far apart from one clever addition. You can turn "magnets" on which will make the scenery you place down, lock and stick together.
I was buildng yesterday on "Infintiy" and I like the magnets, but the frequency with which I keep accidentally deleting shit at had taken me ages sent me running back to campaign.
Still want to come yp with a nice SWAT map thoug, until they get some swat playlists into WarGames.
Still want to come yp with a nice SWAT map thoug, until they get some swat playlists into WarGames.
Finished Campaign. What are you looking at me like that for? There's something in my eye, alright? Fuck off.
I don't know what this story is about, which ain't a good sign. I know I've got to kill this mega bad guy who will do something bad to humanity or summats. But I've no idea why after that bleeding cut scene that was horrendous gash.
The shooting is good but, fuck me, I can't remember the last good sci-fi story. Oh, I do remember, HALO. Mega rings created to destroy all living things. The race between the humans and aliens to the mega awesome things big red button. That's all you need.
Simple. Groovy.
"The promethians are ancient humans running from the do dar enslaved by the procastinator who wants to be digital. But then didn't. But couldn't get off the Internet"
Oh do fuck off.
The shooting is good but, fuck me, I can't remember the last good sci-fi story. Oh, I do remember, HALO. Mega rings created to destroy all living things. The race between the humans and aliens to the mega awesome things big red button. That's all you need.
Simple. Groovy.
"The promethians are ancient humans running from the do dar enslaved by the procastinator who wants to be digital. But then didn't. But couldn't get off the Internet"
Oh do fuck off.
Ian Fairies wrote:
"The promethians are ancient humans running from the do dar enslaved by the procastinator who wants to be digital. But then didn't. But couldn't get off the Internet"
Please tell me the game has the Procrastinator in it.
The thing is if you want more than a couple of games, you need a bit more plot. People have embraced the books, sided games, DVD, terminals, etc. It's a pretty decent story, all in all, no worse for being expanded way beyond the original intended scale than Aliens, Star Wars, Matrix etc.
But really it is Master Chief and Cortana, it's an interactive buddy movie. And it plays like molten awesome.
Dimrill will be along shortly to expand on how Beren/Luthien = Aragorn/Arwen and so on. It's an endlessly repeating meme.
But really it is Master Chief and Cortana, it's an interactive buddy movie. And it plays like molten awesome.
Dimrill will be along shortly to expand on how Beren/Luthien = Aragorn/Arwen and so on. It's an endlessly repeating meme.
I got very little of that synopsis (thanks by the way, very helpful) from that wretched cut scene.
"Chief, you need your DNA ultra forming? Can I defeat him without ultra forming? No. Ok then, ultra form me up strange grey cock with a stingray face being from my dreams"
"Chief, you need your DNA ultra forming? Can I defeat him without ultra forming? No. Ok then, ultra form me up strange grey cock with a stingray face being from my dreams"
Mrs. Me will attest to my grins and gasps when the Librarian rocks up and backs you against her husband. Had I not read up preperation, I would have been clueless.
Anyone else notice the Foreunner are basically Voldemort?
Anyone else notice the Foreunner are basically Voldemort?
Rubbish story aside, I'm really enjoying playing Halo, but it's like playing Halo after you haven't played Halo for a while and then you go back to Halo, and it's cool cause it's Halo how you remember Halo being, but then again it's just another Halo.
Finished Halo!
So what was it like? The answer is: Halo!
Well of course it was. It's always been a decent blast, hasn't it? You get some challenging pew pew in, a lot of corridors and a lot of wide open spaces, you get a bunch of Solider philosophy, some hoo-rah, some big angular structures and some bland metallic catwalks.
In recent times, you even get some air combat. You might travel between identical looking blocks and you may fight alongside some tiney-tiny soldiers. You might throw a grenade or hundred. You may duke it out with twenty odd enemies at a time. You might fight a couple of big guys at a time. You might operate a turret!
All of this is ace. You dart back and forth with a shotty between pillars trying to close the gap on the big un's. Close enough to see their glowing faces before you explode them into the ether. Shit, there's actually two of them! Retreat! Retreat! LOB ALL YOUR GRENADES.
I had fun. Lots of fun. It's fun!
But it hasn't really moved on much. I couldn't tell it wasn't Bungie behind the helm either so it must be a testament to the awesome programmers programming that they've pulled this off. IT'S HALO!
Now, that may be fine for everyone who was worried that 343 were onboard but I don't care. I just play the games; I'm not bothered about who's doing what. I just want to play awesome games. Its good but I can't see where Halo goes from here. More of the above? It took Call of Duty until CoD4 to radically alter the template and we've had 5 near identical Halo games. When do we get bored? Im happy with this Halo but I'm also disappointed that it didn't shake things up.
So what was it like? The answer is: Halo!
Well of course it was. It's always been a decent blast, hasn't it? You get some challenging pew pew in, a lot of corridors and a lot of wide open spaces, you get a bunch of Solider philosophy, some hoo-rah, some big angular structures and some bland metallic catwalks.
In recent times, you even get some air combat. You might travel between identical looking blocks and you may fight alongside some tiney-tiny soldiers. You might throw a grenade or hundred. You may duke it out with twenty odd enemies at a time. You might fight a couple of big guys at a time. You might operate a turret!
All of this is ace. You dart back and forth with a shotty between pillars trying to close the gap on the big un's. Close enough to see their glowing faces before you explode them into the ether. Shit, there's actually two of them! Retreat! Retreat! LOB ALL YOUR GRENADES.
I had fun. Lots of fun. It's fun!
But it hasn't really moved on much. I couldn't tell it wasn't Bungie behind the helm either so it must be a testament to the awesome programmers programming that they've pulled this off. IT'S HALO!
Now, that may be fine for everyone who was worried that 343 were onboard but I don't care. I just play the games; I'm not bothered about who's doing what. I just want to play awesome games. Its good but I can't see where Halo goes from here. More of the above? It took Call of Duty until CoD4 to radically alter the template and we've had 5 near identical Halo games. When do we get bored? Im happy with this Halo but I'm also disappointed that it didn't shake things up.
When they introduced dual wielding, people said it wasn't Halo anymore. When they let you play as a Covenant, people said it wasn't Halo anymore. When they set it on Earth and you weren't a genetically engineered super soldier, people said it wasn't Halo anymore. When they introduced armour abilities, i.e. anything gameplay changing at all, people said it wasn't Halo anymore.
I don't think there will be any radical changes for Halo 5, but it will certainly be a good yardstick for the next gen. It might even launch the next Xbox, if they're well underway with it already.
Warning though: just played Spartan Ops by myself and lost my Live connection just before the end of Episode 1 part 4 on Heroic, which is a nasty bout in an enclosed space dense with Prometheans. Game ended, I got my XP and levelled, but I am not down as having completed the game. Don't want to play through it again, but don't want to go onto part 5 witht part 4 being checked off.
Hitting the forums, will report back with any fixes. Shame this, as I love Spartan Ops.
I don't think there will be any radical changes for Halo 5, but it will certainly be a good yardstick for the next gen. It might even launch the next Xbox, if they're well underway with it already.
Warning though: just played Spartan Ops by myself and lost my Live connection just before the end of Episode 1 part 4 on Heroic, which is a nasty bout in an enclosed space dense with Prometheans. Game ended, I got my XP and levelled, but I am not down as having completed the game. Don't want to play through it again, but don't want to go onto part 5 witht part 4 being checked off.
Hitting the forums, will report back with any fixes. Shame this, as I love Spartan Ops.
Ian Fairies wrote:
ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
Having played through Episode 1 of Spartan Ops on my lonesome and enjoyed it well enough, I watched Episode 2 then searched for players to join in the first level of ep. 2
It was shitting awesome. We blazed through and it felt brilliant. That's how to do it. I would ask if anyone off here wants to join me for some SpOps this week when ep. 3 comes out but it doesn't seem like the time/love is there for it, alas.
It was shitting awesome. We blazed through and it felt brilliant. That's how to do it. I would ask if anyone off here wants to join me for some SpOps this week when ep. 3 comes out but it doesn't seem like the time/love is there for it, alas.
As expected, Spartan Ops is utter gash on your own.
With others it's acebestester.
With others it's acebestester.
I finished the campaggen last night and I thoroughly enjoyed most of it. The QTE's were utterly pointless and annoyed me and the plot was a bit nonsensical at times but overall I thought it was a most worthy addition to the series.
Good/Bad as follows;
Good/Bad as follows;
ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
Ian Fairies wrote:
As expected, Spartan Ops is utter gash on your own.
With others it's acebestester.
With others it's acebestester.
Episode 3 and they are now pushing forward the main character narrative, which is a good thing.
The first level of ep. 3 is awesome with four players, in terms of what you go up against and how. Then on the second level we got lag-glitched, the framerate dropped very far, briefly and suddenly, and thereafter the baddies were all in/under the ground, with weapons floating about on the floor and it being impossible to kill them. If this happens to you, use an auto-turret to make short work of the buggers.
Sarah Palmer from Spartan Ops = Commander Shepard = Bastilla Shan = Samus Aran.
GovernmentYard wrote:
Sarah Palmer from Spartan Ops = Commander Shepard = Bastilla Shan = Samus Aran.
Luls Shepard is a man, man
Grim... wrote:
GovernmentYard wrote:
Sarah Palmer from Spartan Ops = Commander Shepard = Bastilla Shan = Samus Aran.
Luls Shepard is a man, man
You forget my digital transvestism. Ever since Ant Attack. The only Shep is Femshep.
GovernmentYard wrote:
Grim... wrote:
GovernmentYard wrote:
Sarah Palmer from Spartan Ops = Commander Shepard = Bastilla Shan = Samus Aran.
Luls Shepard is a man, man
You forget my digital transvestism. Ever since Ant Attack. The only Shep is Femshep.
I got told off at the recent EvE meet in Toronto for digital transvestism. My explanation of 'a female avatar being more pleasant to look at' wasn't accepted in light of the fact you're inside a fluid-filled space pod for 99.999999999% of the time.
The whole point of videogames beyond a core mechanic is escapism and doing something different, so why anyone would want to be a gender they already are IRL is beyond me.
Besides, I'M A PRETTY LADY.
/edit though I've disavowed the notion that the female spartan skin in Halo multiplayer has a smaller collision detection footprint in-game. That or I'm shitter than I thought.
Besides, I'M A PRETTY LADY.
/edit though I've disavowed the notion that the female spartan skin in Halo multiplayer has a smaller collision detection footprint in-game. That or I'm shitter than I thought.
GovernmentYard wrote:
/edit though I've disavowed the notion that the female spartan skin in Halo multiplayer has a smaller collision detection footprint in-game. That or I'm shitter than I thought.
Are we having a Halo night soon? Not Friday.
Crimson map pack is apparently free to download NOW. Mit not be by tomorrow morning. ms fuckup but reported free by so many people it has to be true.
Dimrill wrote:
I HAVE BOUGHT HALO4 DAVE!
FUCK ME! WOOOOOOOOOO!
Just as I was bemoaning last night on Forza that Halo 4 was dead in the water for BEEX action.
Noooooo. I already spent a fortune yesterday on a new pad and headset.
I've ordered it as well but i've never really managed to get into the multiplayer of it that much (although enjoyed a few Beex nights on Halo3 or ODST in the past)
Mr Dave wrote:
Dimrill wrote:
I HAVE BOUGHT HALO4 DAVE!
Considers it boughted then.
There is a super map that would be good for Mr Dave style rocket action.
Excellent. I shall be available tomorrow evening most probably.
