SPARTAN 117

HOLA, BROCHACHO!!!

cool pictures! whats going on here anyway?

well... I wouldn't say it is necessarily drastically harsh but it is much more than any other multiplayer would do

If your unsure about Halo 4 than I'm right there with you. Just read the recent Game Informer for myself, and I think the campaign sounds fantastic and shouldn't disappoint, as it seems to be with all the Halo titles. However, like you, I am worried about the direction 343i is taking with Halo 4. Overall, Spartan Ops sounds cool as a short multiplayer side story, and I like how the missions will change every week, free of charge. I think the result will be more like MW2's Spec Ops gametype than the flop of Arena mode in Reach. Hopefully the multiplayer's integration into the campaign is not as heavy as it was in, say, Mass Effect 3 because if I want to play the campaign, I only want to play Campaign mode. I will need a little more information to devise a proper opinion, but I think 343i really went mainstream with Halo in regards to custom loadouts and armor-specific effects (so now the armor permutations affect gameplay). Like other multiplayers, these two elements hinder a veteran's ability to weed out the noobs in a multiplayer that is built upon skill, not individual advantages. As for the loadouts, I doubt 343i will allow just any starting weapon, so BR fans will have their BR, DMR fans will have their DMR, and so on but nothing crazy. Please, no more mainstreamy elements. These advantages are what make me despise games like Call of Duty. So, yay, no more armour lock. Best thing they took out of the new multiplayer. However, more Jet Pack? More Invisibility? Forerunner Vision? Just do what Halo 3 did - armor abilities collected and used in game by only those fortunate enough to run into them. Oh, and 343i made Sprint a universal ability, which I like. As for Firefight, it was fun when I played it, but I can't say I'll miss it. So long as there is Grifball, I will be satisfied with the multiplayer

This question has probably been posted on numerous occasions, but with new Halo 4 information being released and my recent privation of forum activity (mostly due to the fact that I no longer get internet service at my home anymore) has lead me to ask a rather concerning question -- will Halo 4 launch multiple title editions (i.e. Collector's, Limited, or Legendary) as Bungie had for most of its Halos? Many developers do not to lower production cost and whatnot, but as an avid Halo fan, I would be willing to pay an extra $10-$20 for a limited edition copy of Halo 4 (so long as adequate extras are included) and I am sure many others would as well. Thanks in advance for any relevant info posted on this topic. Leave it to 343i and the Halo community to build the friendliest and most knowledgeable forum of any video game community ever conceived.

the most recent Game Informer somewhat discussed the joining/quitting issues infamously associated with past Halo titles, and (apparently) integrated a new system that allows a player to join a matchmaking game only in order to replace a quitter, whether or not the quitter will be penalized remains to be seen but I doubt 343 will be as harsh about quitting as Bungie was

just read this and its pretty interesting (btw gameinformer offered alot more info on their recent release, for those interested). So there is going to be an option for custom loadouts and and gameplay-affecting armor options? 343 is pushing the conformity envelope a bit but i think they can make an ultimately original rendition of the halo we love. And if h4 turns out like every other mainstream shooter, i hope they add a classic gametype for us original fans.

i hate to see banning as well but that is a tough chioce for them to make. because halo has traditionally not allowed in-game server joining, the only remotely threatening way to keep a-hole quitters from screwing their teams is by threatening to temporarily ban them from their servers. whether 343 will allow in-game joining or stick with the ban system, i do not know, but i think they will decide between one of those 2 options.

i really doubt 343 will make a rts game...

no armor abilities except for sprint

MasterDebator

that sounds aggressively epic

depends... if chief landed on Janjur Qom (the San 'Shyuum homeworld), we will be fighting a race of prophets

i hated ranking down and having to play ranked matches to level up...

maybe for the tanks, hornets, and banshees... if they are in the game that is (perhaps not the banshee )

is there a Mk. V torso piece then?

I am only a Brigadier right now so I don't know and Halopedia isn't helping at all. I want to know how many Mk. VI armor permutations are available in Reach. Right now, the only item I may purchase is the helmet. I want to know if there are shoulders and a torso piece as well. :crazy:

no doubt a cool find but not a terminal im afraid

just read Halo: Cryptum and Halo: Primordium. In these novels is everything and more

I hope 343 nixes all of the armor abilities except for sprint. If it were the only ability then all multiplayer matches would be more fair