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Vyse The Legend said:
I'm back, after having completed level 1 on Heroic.



NON-story-related general impressions (spoiler-tagging for the sensitive):

The Opening is badass.
The music is superb.
Heroic is proving a bit more tough than I thought it would be. Vyse am weak-sauce confirmed. Coming off the extremely easy Bioshock, however, it is a welcome change of pace.
Enemy AI is super smart (duh!). Watching them deploy bubble shields throws me for a loop every time.

Outside of campaign stuff, I've only looked at Forge on High Ground. Forge, alone, is the reason I'd give this game a OMGAH/10. The interface is very simple, but intuitive.
Man, oh, man, do I wish there was a Forge option for campaign. I'm sure there's a big technical hurdle for it, though. (messing up event triggers, plus the file size for custom campaign maps).


I will answer NON-story-related questions.

Also, for those asking me where I got the game. It was a mom and pop store in the Bronx called Mobile World, I believe (might be Zone). It was completely by luck that I decided to check them out today. After I walked in, they told me they were expecting the shipment today, and so, I hung around awhile. When it came, they first counted out how many they received (they had to satisfy pre-orders, and I did not have one). Luckily, they had a handful of extras. As of the time I am posting this, they are sold out, sadly. I tried to snag one for my good friend, SnakeXs, but no dice. =/

However, for those in the NY area, I know of other stores that will have it this week (most likely Friday). One being J&L Game Trading in Chinatown. Keep the hope alive!
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Thanks. Which version did you get and will you be posting pictures of your purchase. I like looking at pretty pictures of boxes... I'm sad like that.

:D
 
armubaba said:
I got semi-spoiled earlier today by a friend of mine. One "GOD DAMNIT" later, he retracted his statement, saying it was unconfirmed. Needless to say, I remain unconvinced. And NO, I do not want anybody comparing spoilers so I can see whether those were real. I'll just find out as I go along.

But yeah, I think it's time to put everybody on ignore except the following:

SpudBud, TDG, Eric WK, ButtonBasher, Toothpick, Domino Theory, Stinkles, GhaleonEB, LukeSmith, ferrex, MaizeRage25, darkressurection, plague, The Lamonster, DoctorWho, cjelly, Traveler, Y2Kev, Striker, DopeyFish, Dartastic and Mr Voc. Eh, maybe a few others.
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Fuck you buddy! :D
 
Domino Theory said:
Is this a MP spoiler ? Because if it is, even though it isn't as impactful as campaign, it should still be spoiler tagged.
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Nah, it's not a MP spoiler. It's just my avatar which is another armor permutation. Does it look like a Ninja Turtle to you too?
 
DoctorWho said:
Thanks. Which version did you get and will you be posting pictures of your purchase. I like looking at pretty pictures of boxes... I'm sad like that.

:D
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Yeah, I want some box pictures.

You're probably busy with something stupid, like playing the game.
 
Vyse:

How did the Carbine feel ? Weaker than the beta ? Is the green exhaust cool when reloading ?

Gamersyde gameplay videos from Lipzeig show the spike grenade flailing some fire and smoke when thrown.. is this true ?

How does the pistol feel ?

Any cool actions that the Grunts do ?

Thanks. :D
 
Vyse The Legend said:
I'm back, after having completed level 1 on Heroic.
I will answer NON-story-related questions.
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Did you play it by yourself or did you opt for Co-op?


I'm just trying to figure out what difficulty I should play if we have 4 people playing.

Is the difficulty scaled for co-op? ex. Adding one player will add 10 enemies to the level?
 
DC Tactical said:
Nah, it's not a MP spoiler. It's just my avatar which is another armor permutation. Does it look like a Ninja Turtle to you too?
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That's what I'm talking about. I don't think anyone of us know about that "Scout" armor permutation.
 
DoctorWho said:
Thanks. Which version did you get and will you be posting pictures of your purchase. I like looking at pretty pictures of boxes... I'm sad like that.

:D
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No problem. :lol

I got the regular edition. It was the version I was planning on getting anyway. :D

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Sorry, it's not very pretty. :lol I took some more of the back, inside and leaflets, if people are interested. They'll be in shitty quality too, due to the fact they are cellphone pictures.
 
Day Six
CAPTAIN'S LOG

I'm still a spoiler virgin. There are people scratching at the doors trying to break in. I can hear their nails. It's so hot in here. I think I'm going to be sick. I need some water. I need something. I need some air.

Who? What? WHO OPENED THE DOOR?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 
Deadly Monk said:
Just got back from dinner.

Miss anything in the past 100 posts?
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I posted a Gameplay time a couple pages back. I used the spoiler marks for those who might not want to know how long it took my buddy to get to the last level on Normal. Page 200 I believe.
 
apocalidiot said:
Can we seriously stop using spoiler tags for punch lines?
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I love Gaf, but I have to say Gaf's obsession with the whole spoiler tag punchline thing is way past its sell-by date regardless of actual spoiler concerns.

Oh, and I'm LOVING the Carmine armour permutation, though not as much as the Mark Five.

Now I think I'll log a couple of episodes of The Mighty Boosh and a game of Soltrio Solitaire before waking up to T-minus seven days.
 
I never believed in using the ignore list, but ILL2 kept trying to plead his case by posting spoilers that nobody even asked for and it annoyed me to the point that he made the ignore list - first-ever too...

And BTW, that Scout permutation looks cool - Bungie wasn't kidding when they said therE'd be tons of 'em!
 
Alright, wish me luck. I'm gonna tour my local 7-11s again and see if someone'll sell it to me early. I'M A MAN WITH A MISSION.
 
Does anybody know if you can go into spectator mode in multiplayer matches while everybody else is playing? I remember in the beta there was an option to limit the number of spectators.
 
CHEVYGUYChvy said:
Does anybody know if you can go into spectator mode in multiplayer matches while everybody else is playing? I remember in the beta there was an option to limit the number of spectators.
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there was a spectator mode in the beta in the custom games lobby. i got into it by pressing random buttons on my controller

i cant imagine they'd take that out
 
sixthsubset said:
there was a spectator mode in the beta in the custom games lobby. i got into it by pressing random buttons on my controller

i cant imagine they'd take that out
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Do you know if it's a free roaming camera or just a third person view of the players?
 
I forgot to mention one important thing. The game is very pretty. Not beat you over the head pretty, like Gears or BioShock, but still pretty, especially some of the nice set pieces.

_dd_ said:
Did you play it by yourself or did you opt for Co-op?


I'm just trying to figure out what difficulty I should play if we have 4 people playing.

Is the difficulty scaled for co-op? ex. Adding one player will add 10 enemies to the level?
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I'm playing solo. I have my xbox360 disconnected from the internet. I know I probably won't be banned, but I'm still a bit paranoid. :D

As far as I know, difficulty IS scaled for coop. At least, I think it was in Halo 1 and 2.

Domino Theory said:
Vyse:

How did the Carbine feel ? Weaker than the beta ? Is the green exhaust cool when reloading ?

Gamersyde gameplay videos from Lipzeig show the spike grenade flailing some fire and smoke when thrown.. is this true ?

How does the pistol feel ?

Any cool actions that the Grunts do ?

Thanks. :D
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The grunts act the same way, as always. They're pansies and run when you kill their squad leader.

Pistol feels like a pee-shooter. I used it a few times to dispatch grunts, but then quickly disposed of it.

Carbine has a very nice green glow, and it did feel pretty weak against Brutes and Jackals.

I'm going to have to get back to you on the rest for now, since they are more multiplayer-based questions, and I've only played campaign.
 
Is there going to be an execution mode or survival mode like GoW and Counterstrike in this game? (as in, you die, you are dead for the rest of the round.)
 
HolyStar said:
Is there going to be an execution mode or survival mode like GoW and Counterstrike in this game? (as in, you die, you are dead for the rest of the round.)
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You could do that in Halo 2, just set the max number of lives to 1.
 
HolyStar said:
Is there going to be an execution mode or survival mode like GoW and Counterstrike in this game? (as in, you die, you are dead for the rest of the round.)
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I'm not sure but couldn't you set up a game like that in Halo 2?
 
HolyStar said:
Is there going to be an execution mode or survival mode like GoW and Counterstrike in this game? (as in, you die, you are dead for the rest of the round.)
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you could make that in halo 2 by setting the number of lives
 
CHEVYGUYChvy said:
You could do that in Halo 2, just set the max number of lives to 1.
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No, like online mode. You could do it with clans and stuff, but I am talking about something like that for a regular mode in matchmaking.
 
HolyStar said:
No, like online mode. You could do it with clans and stuff, but I am talking about something like that for a regular mode in matchmaking.
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There's a Bungie Favorites option for Forge, where you can download Forge gametypes people have made. I imagine such a gametype will be the first thing people come up with and upload.


H3ADG3AR said:
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Vyse, thanks for coming back to give your impressions so soon.
What TV are you playing on?
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I'm playing in 720p on my widescreen monitor (23in).
 
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