Spoiler Halo Mega Thread

Yeah, the Deci helm isn't as bad in game as it looks in the preview.  Still wish it didn't have such a massive forehead, though.

why does the undersuit still have the terrible color scheme?

Ugh, the more I hear about Created shit the less excited I get about Halo.

Same. It's almost like Mass Effect. I always thought Halo was too unique to go in this direction, but it did.

Let's not forget that Halo CE is almost a blatant copy of Starhammer crossed with Aliens. Halo's also been building towards this to an extent, as AI in Halo are literally just human minds powered by electricity. The fact they've had little to no rights and are treated as being disposable isn't gonna bode well when you've got some AI who start realizing how shitty their situation is.

And as far as artificial intelligence breaking away from those that created them, I will admit Halo is the first sci-fi universe I've seen with an AI faction that actually wants to protect and increase the quality of life rather than enslaving or eradicating it.

So 343 just brought back their own take on the BUNGiE favorites, exept instead of actually improving  the fileshare system to what it should be, with an in-game interface and search, they half assed the fuck out of it with the whole makeshift friend adding thing.

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http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/The%20Smiths01/video/14972476

This is my second time posting this clip (first was on XBL), but basically......

Halp 5 needs some serious help

So 343 just brought back their own take on the BUNGiE favorites, exept instead of actually improving  the fileshare system to what it should be, with an in-game interface and search, they half assed the fuck out of it with the whole makeshift friend adding thing.

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And if you took the time to read their official announcement, they acknowledged its a temporary system, and teased the File Browser would be akin to the update Forge received.

So 343 just brought back their own take on the BUNGiE favorites, exept instead of actually improving  the fileshare system to what it should be, with an in-game interface and search, they half assed the fuck out of it with the whole makeshift friend adding thing.

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And if you took the time to read their official announcement, they acknowledged its a temporary system, and teased the File Browser would be akin to the update Forge received.

Its good to know that it only took two games for 343i to finally get a file browser system to work where any other Halo game prior had it working day one.

So 343 just brought back their own take on the BUNGiE favorites, exept instead of actually improving  the fileshare system to what it should be, with an in-game interface and search, they half assed the fuck out of it with the whole makeshift friend adding thing.

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And if you took the time to read their official announcement, they acknowledged its a temporary system, and teased the File Browser would be akin to the update Forge received.

Its good to know that it only took two games for 343i to finally get a file browser system to work where any other Halo game prior had it working day one.

and by "any other" you mean Halo 3 and Reach

So 343 just brought back their own take on the BUNGiE favorites, exept instead of actually improving  the fileshare system to what it should be, with an in-game interface and search, they half assed the fuck out of it with the whole makeshift friend adding thing.

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And if you took the time to read their official announcement, they acknowledged its a temporary system, and teased the File Browser would be akin to the update Forge received.

Its good to know that it only took two games for 343i to finally get a file browser system to work where any other Halo game prior had it working day one.

and by "any other" you mean Halo 3 and Reach

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Who's side is Roland on? During that level in Halo 5 when all those AI's are pledging themselves to Cortana we hear Roland as well, but at the end of the game we see he's still with the humans. Is he a double agent for Cortana or is he a double agent for the humans?

Pretty sure you don't hear him pledging to Cortana and he's still on the Infinity's side.

Who's side is Roland on? During that level in Halo 5 when all those AI's are pledging themselves to Cortana we hear Roland as well, but at the end of the game we see he's still with the humans. Is he a double agent for Cortana or is he a double agent for the humans?

Pretty sure you don't hear him pledging to Cortana and he's still on the Infinity's side.

You're right, I thought I heard him during that moment.

I want to fight Brian Reed.

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A little more information on the next content update. Looks like the pistol is finally getting a loadout weapon, but has an odd and new attachment to it.

If Blackbox were to side with Cortana, humanity would be fucked.

I want to fight Brian Reed.

A fight would imply he has some chance of winning.

Damage-Boost + CE Magnum

Just let that sink in

Called the Halo 1 pistol.

Now wait for the Reach DMR or something

Called the Halo 1 pistol.

Now wait for the Reach DMR or something

The Reach DMR looked cool and all but knowing 343 they'll put Bloom back on it for a novelty gimmick and completely ruin it, or even better: carrying it replaces the thruster with armor lock.

There's concept art of Jun's Reach-design sniper rifle and Emile's reach-design shotgun.

Knowing 343 they were both finished months ago and they're waiting to use them to pad out a shitty 'content patch', if the CE pistol is anything to go by.

There's concept art of Jun's Reach-design sniper rifle and Emile's reach-design shotgun.

Knowing 343 they were both finished months ago and they're waiting to use them to pad out a shitty 'content patch', if the CE pistol is anything to go by.

What makes it really suspect is the fact that when they designed Halo 4, they programmed the weapon sandbox so they could easily shit out balance changes whenever they wanted to, thus all the early mods with replacing bullets with rockets,  changing the aim assist, and a whole lot of other shenanigans.
I'd find it strange if a similar system wasn't in place in Halo 5. I mean is that not what all of the weapon variants are?

There's concept art of Jun's Reach-design sniper rifle and Emile's reach-design shotgun.

Knowing 343 they were both finished months ago and they're waiting to use them to pad out a shitty 'content patch', if the CE pistol is anything to go by.

What makes it really suspect is the fact that when they designed Halo 4, they programmed the weapon sandbox so they could easily shit out balance changes whenever they wanted to, thus all the early mods with replacing bullets with rockets,  changing the aim assist, and a whole lot of other shenanigans.
I'd find it strange if a similar system wasn't in place in Halo 5. I mean is that not what all of the weapon variants are?

...It is?

They designed the engine to be able to handle new weapons and vehicles being added in as "DLC". Older games wouldn't handle new objects being added, hence why you needed to fuck up your console to add new weapons and shit into Halo 3 and Reach (All the mods that added AA shades and campaign falcons were just utilising code from the map files and making it accessible to the player). Halo 5 is designed to have stuff added over time.

I'm unsure what your point is though, I was referring to 343 purposefully withholding content to pad out their content drops/ releasing the game without most of its vital features so it looks like we're getting more than some shitty skins.

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There's concept art of Jun's Reach-design sniper rifle and Emile's reach-design shotgun.

Knowing 343 they were both finished months ago and they're waiting to use them to pad out a shitty 'content patch', if the CE pistol is anything to go by.

What makes it really suspect is the fact that when they designed Halo 4, they programmed the weapon sandbox so they could easily shit out balance changes whenever they wanted to, thus all the early mods with replacing bullets with rockets,  changing the aim assist, and a whole lot of other shenanigans.
I'd find it strange if a similar system wasn't in place in Halo 5. I mean is that not what all of the weapon variants are?

...It is?

They designed the engine to be able to handle new weapons and vehicles being added in as "DLC". Older games wouldn't handle new objects being added, hence why you needed to fuck up your console to add new weapons and shit into Halo 3 and Reach (All the mods that added AA shades and campaign falcons were just utilising code from the map files and making it accessible to the player). Halo 5 is designed to have stuff added over time.

I'm unsure what your point is though, I was referring to 343 purposefully withholding content to pad out their content drops/ releasing the game without most of its vital features so it looks like we're getting more than some shitty skins.

I guess my point was that if the models and such are for those guns are indeed already finished, then why are they not released other than for reasons of padding out content, if implementing them is as simple as taking the sniper properties and tweaking them in that weapon tuning engine.
After all in The Sprint didn't it take them like a week to get the Plasma Caster from Concept to working?

Was it just Concept art or an actual Model?

There's concept art of Jun's Reach-design sniper rifle and Emile's reach-design shotgun.

Knowing 343 they were both finished months ago and they're waiting to use them to pad out a shitty 'content patch', if the CE pistol is anything to go by.

What makes it really suspect is the fact that when they designed Halo 4, they programmed the weapon sandbox so they could easily shit out balance changes whenever they wanted to, thus all the early mods with replacing bullets with rockets,  changing the aim assist, and a whole lot of other shenanigans.
I'd find it strange if a similar system wasn't in place in Halo 5. I mean is that not what all of the weapon variants are?

...It is?

They designed the engine to be able to handle new weapons and vehicles being added in as "DLC". Older games wouldn't handle new objects being added, hence why you needed to fuck up your console to add new weapons and shit into Halo 3 and Reach (All the mods that added AA shades and campaign falcons were just utilising code from the map files and making it accessible to the player). Halo 5 is designed to have stuff added over time.

I'm unsure what your point is though, I was referring to 343 purposefully withholding content to pad out their content drops/ releasing the game without most of its vital features so it looks like we're getting more than some shitty skins.

I guess my point was that if the models and such are for those guns are indeed already finished, then why are they not released other than for reasons of padding out content, if implementing them is as simple as taking the sniper properties and tweaking them in that weapon tuning engine.
After all in The Sprint didn't it take them like a week to get the Plasma Caster from Concept to working?

Was it just Concept art or an actual Model?

padding out content

You already know the answer.

The good Halo games don't have the DMR in them

The good Halo games don't have the DMR in them

This is canon.

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Good to know I can get Spawn Boarded in my own base now

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Good to know I can get Spawn Boarded in my own base now

I'm so glad I traded in that mess of a game.

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Good to know I can get Spawn Boarded in my own base now

Now all they need is to patch in an early fuel rod gun exploit and 30 second matches will be the future of Warzone.