Halo 4 Thread.

Since 5435 Days

Posted by Optimusv2

The most stunning things to me visually about everything that I saw were, first, the whole entire look of the scene where that gigantic orb (maybe Mendicant Bias) came up behind the chief, then seemed to scan him along with the immediate area before speeding off in the direction of the UNSC Infinity. The sense of speed of when it took off was most convincing, the effect around it as it hovers is really well done. The camera work was great, giving you an idea for the sheer size of the thing, and I loved the nice, fluid animation of the chief. It was great the way he seemed to take a pause and look up at the orb, and concluded that shooting at something like that might not necessarily be a good idea lol.

Yeah i loved that section.

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BLackHawkodst

Since 6142 Days

Spike TV Spartan Ops Interview - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wME3sbSNadI

lots of chapters per episode, man i cant wait.

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Prepare To Drop!!

fabreezwait

Since 5435 Days

Looks Epic!! :)

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volvicstraw

Since 5262 Days

Great stuff, should be more footage coming today :D

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sanex

Since 5443 Days

That sounds so awesome!

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Optimusv2

Since 7147 Days

Yep, I initially believed them to be forerunners when I heard them classified with the term Promethean, but that's just a sign that they are tools of the Promethean rank of Forerunner Warrior Servants.

I don't know how much taller they'll be, but their being tall should be a given, but Cortana pretty much gave it away pretty early when she stated that the enemy wasn't organic, and we know Forerunners are organic. So, even as they have such a cool showing, they're still keeping some huge secrets.

They have people from the Mass Effect team in 343, and I really think it shows during combat. It's seriously like Halo 4 is doing all of the things I've been dying to see done in Halo and then some. Seems like we'll probably be getting more advanced or expressive enemy behaviors during gameplay, too. This segment was clearly to introduce us to some of the new enemies, so no doubt certain things were scripted to be a certain way as part of the narrative driven moments where the player still has control that 343 told Gameinformer about. I gladly welcome such scripted gameplay segments for storytelling purposes, mixed in with the usual sandbox halo combat, along with the expected cutscenes where you just sit and watch. It will help a great deal with the telling of the story.

They aren't just saying they're putting more of the books into Halo games. You're actually seeing signs of it. This has been said before, but never has it been as convincing as what I saw of Halo 4. The Chief is, thank god, talking more. He's not making long speeches obviously, but he's actually not being such a mute, which he obviously isn't. New enemies that will require explaining along with whatever their objectives might be, UNSC infinity, humanity will learn of the Chief's survival, we learn more about the Spartan 4s, Cortana's rampancy is a big subjectof the story, the Chief may learn about the other Spartan 2s and possibly also Halsey, a huge -- possibly contender class Forerunner AI -- seems to factor into the story. Just so much ground to be covered in this game. Now, obviously what 343 showed there was a specific narrative focused section of the game, which obviously meant more conversation between Cortana and the Chief, but I love what I see.

Love the infrared, the tiny vid windows inside the helmet, the visor giving you the name of the gun on the ground. Would love to get more SP footage, but we probably won't be getting anymore for a long time. Hope I'm wrong, though.

Compression on that video is pretty bad, doesn't do the game justice.

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Yep, I initially believed them to be forerunners when I heard them classified with the term Promethean, but that's just a sign that they are tools of the Promethean rank of Forerunner Warrior Servants.

I don't know how much taller they'll be, but their being tall should be a given, but Cortana pretty much gave it away pretty early when she stated that the enemy wasn't organic, and we know Forerunners are organic. So, even as they have such a cool showing, they're still keeping some huge secrets.

They have people from the Mass Effect team in 343, and I really think it shows during combat. It's seriously like Halo 4 is doing all of the things I've been dying to see done in Halo and then some. Seems like we'll probably be getting more advanced or expressive enemy behaviors during gameplay, too. This segment was clearly to introduce us to some of the new enemies, so no doubt certain things were scripted to be a certain way as part of the narrative driven moments where the player still has control that 343 told Gameinformer about. I gladly welcome such scripted gameplay segments for storytelling purposes, mixed in with the usual sandbox halo combat, along with the expected cutscenes where you just sit and watch. It will help a great deal with the telling of the story.

They aren't just saying they're putting more of the books into Halo games. You're actually seeing signs of it. This has been said before, but never has it been as convincing as what I saw of Halo 4. The Chief is, thank god, talking more. He's not making long speeches obviously, but he's actually not being such a mute, which he obviously isn't. New enemies that will require explaining along with whatever their objectives might be, UNSC infinity, humanity will learn of the Chief's survival, we learn more about the Spartan 4s, Cortana's rampancy is a big subjectof the story, the Chief may learn about the other Spartan 2s and possibly also Halsey, a huge -- possibly contender class Forerunner AI -- seems to factor into the story. Just so much ground to be covered in this game. Now, obviously what 343 showed there was a specific narrative focused section of the game, which obviously meant more conversation between Cortana and the Chief, but I love what I see.

Love the infrared, the tiny vid windows inside the helmet, the visor giving you the name of the gun on the ground. Would love to get more SP footage, but we probably won't be getting anymore for a long time. Hope I'm wrong, though.

Compression on that video is pretty bad, doesn't do the game justice.

Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

Optimusv2

Since 7147 Days

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2012-p100/731...

Here's a video of the spike demonstration.

If you check out the instructions, there

You form a corner edge to form the group of superheroes into a unite gun.
You form a straight line to create a unite sword.
You form a circle to create a unite hand.

Ahh, that sucks, the audio totally craps out right as the action is picking up. Video keeps running, but audio gets all screwed.

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Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

fabreezwait

Since 5435 Days

LOL WRONG THREAD OPS, HALO ON THE BRAIN :)

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fabreezwait

Since 5435 Days

SPARTAN OPS VID - http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/halo-4-spartan-ops...

WAR GAMES - http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/halo-4-war-games-g...

INFINITY - http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/halo-4-infinity-mu...

Not the best quality, but it will do :)

Move Bitch, get out the way!!

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Optimusv2

Since 7147 Days

OOPS! haha.

I'll make up for it with spartan ops footage.

Seems to be a mission beginning to end, but they clearly skip around to make it faster.

http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/halo-4-...

More multiplayer gameplay.

http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/halo-4-...

And Halo Infinity Multiplayer Trailer, explaining it all.

http://halo.xbox.com/en-US/Universe/detail/halo-4-...

Haha, you beat me to it :P

Yep, I noticed those behaviors from the covenant. I loved seeing the Elite push the grunt out of the way. This is why some scripted segments mixed in with traditional halo sandbox gameplay will be a good idea. Halo gameplay we know and love, plus some of the cool narrative driven segments showcased in the Halo campaign demo. You can tell 343 doesn't want to spoil too much. They really didn't show us too much.

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OOPS! haha.

I'll make up for it with spartan ops footage.

Seems to be a mission beginning to end, but they clearly skip around to make it faster.

http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/halo-4-spartan-ops-gameplay/c0f3e0d1-0626-4c3a-b933-5c0b97f591a2

More multiplayer gameplay.

http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/halo-4-war-games-gameplay/3ffc2863-0ca0-4dfe-a11a-9e94d1eb4b15

And Halo Infinity Multiplayer Trailer, explaining it all.

http://halo.xbox.com/en-US/Universe/detail/halo-4-infinity-multiplayer/1fceffd8-4f83-4ca9-9dad-4d71b30cb0cf

Haha, you beat me to it :P

Yep, I noticed those behaviors from the covenant. I loved seeing the Elite push the grunt out of the way. This is why some scripted segments mixed in with traditional halo sandbox gameplay will be a good idea. Halo gameplay we know and love, plus some of the cool narrative driven segments showcased in the Halo campaign demo. You can tell 343 doesn't want to spoil too much. They really didn't show us too much.

Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

BLackHawkodst

Since 6142 Days

Spartan Ops, oh my!

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Prepare To Drop!!

Optimusv2

Since 7147 Days

Haha, great screens.

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Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

Frozpot

Since 7014 Days

Posted by fabreezwait

Move Bitch, get out the way!!

Love this- actually demonstrates the caste system in game. I've been waiting for these little things ever since reading Fall of Reach... That rendering engine...

Woah- if you look closely at the grunt who gets pushed, you can see him venting some kind of gas. Nice touch...

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Oooh, Profound, isn't it?

Optimusv2

Since 7147 Days

Venting gas? Oh wow, you're right... The Grunt before he is pushed is very clearly venting gas from his, I believe, methane breathing apparatus. What a damn nice touch that is.

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Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

IRAIPT0IR

Since 5963 Days

dat armor!!

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Real Madrid C.F. fan.

Optimusv2

Since 7147 Days

Oh crap, he looks like the guyver. Didn't even think to compare it that until just now.

Man, comparing the jungle in this game to the one at the start of Halo 3, which I think was partly their intent, and it's not even close. However, superior art probably has a lot more to do with that than anything.

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Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

fabreezwait

Since 5435 Days

Posted by Frozpot

Love this- actually demonstrates the caste system in game. I've been waiting for these little things ever since reading Fall of Reach... That rendering engine...

Woah- if you look closely at the grunt who gets pushed, you can see him venting some kind of gas. Nice touch...

nice catch did not see that.

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Optimusv2

Since 7147 Days

Seriously, and I thought I obsessed :P

They're up on youtube, high quality now.

War Games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCiGiVqgqTA&feature...

Spartan Ops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn89_AXCRUY&feature...

In reply to

Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

Optimusv2

Since 7147 Days

I love the new electric effect underneath the ghosts. Didn't notice that before.

Spartan Ops also showcases that the running animations are way better. When they come running in to start the mission. Running has never looked so good :)

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Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

fabreezwait

Since 5435 Days

Nice, love how polished it looks.

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dcdelgado

Since 7115 Days

All this footage looks stunning!

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** Yes We CAN!! **

Optimusv2

Since 7147 Days

Posted by dcdelgado

All this footage looks stunning!

And we have still yet to see a single legitimate forerunner. We are only seeing some of the inorganic weapons/tools that obey them. How sick is that? Imagine what a Forerunner Promethean rank Warrior Servant will look like?

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Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th

Optimusv2

Since 7147 Days

Someone on gaf pointed out that, depending on the lightning, you can actually see the detail on the inside of the Chief's helmet. I had no idea. It goes back to being mostly black when you head to a darker location, but when the lightning hits it just right, you can actually see the physical inside of the Chief's helmet. Nice, subtle little touch, but I like it.

And I didn't realize that was an elite getting tossed to the ground like a rag doll by one of Promethean Knights in the trailer. Wonder if it was still alive and about to be interrogated maybe? Can't really tell if he's dead or just simply knocked out.

In reply to

Halo Reach using 360 tesselation unit extensively.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of th