Gears of Halo Edition
The Warzone Firefight update is here! It includes the following:
- Warzone Firefight (available on 6 maps)
- Campaign Score Attack
- 1 new arena map
- 1 new warzone map
- 1 new warzone assault map
- 1 new forge canvas
- New bosses, including the Grunt Goblin
- New reqs, including the UNSC wasp vehicle and the Halo 2 Beam Rifle
- Req items available in forge
- 5 new campaign score attack achievements
- 3 new warzone firefight achievements
Official Warzone Firefight reveal trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3My_2vZQjBI [Embed]
Important Halo Links, Notes etc.
http://pastebin.com/64rb9y4w
>Latest Halo Community Update
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/warzone-firefight-preview
>Spartan Companies:
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/spartan-companies/halo%20general
>Looking for custom games/campaign co-op players/matchmaking squad
http://halolfg.com
http://halocustoms.com
http://halolobbies.com
Watch the threads for occasional party squads
>Xbox One clips and screenshots
http://xboxdvr.com/
The third /hg/tage is out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj0swJRlm5g
Previous thread >>147486075→
Starting this thread off right.
>>147585562
Replace Vale and it'd be correct
>>147585459
>thread made on time
Neat.
>No forge island info
Cmon man
>beat Halo2 on MCC
>black screen because lol MCC
>press back button to switch graphics on black screen
>see this
Fuck
>>147585780
sure you did
>>147585736
I'm not responsible for that, go call the Forgies.
>>147585848
If you could go be a faggot somewhere else, I'd appreciate it, bro.
I missed the customs night due to work.
How was it?
>>147585953
someone dox this queer
>>147585969
Pretty good. Needed more Snipers desu.
>>147586032
The butthurt is real.
>>147585969
It was fine.
Game modes were fun but not much talking and meming
>>147585780
>Five nights at High Charity
>>147586190
>but not much talking
good
>>147586231
I know it's not Halo related, but what the fuck made that game so popular?
>>147585905
Lazy.
Details on /hg/ island:
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians/xbox-one/map-variants?lastModifiedFilter=Everything&sortOrder=Modified&page=1&gamertag=Hect0rlo#ugc_halo-5-guardians_xbox-one_mapvariant_Hect0rlo_a16b8f2c-b5d1-4e9d-9574-b30b7784d995
/hg/ island vids:
[YouTube] /hg/ island 07-02-16 (embed)
[YouTube] /hg/ island 07-01-16 (embed)
[YouTube] /hg/ island 06-30-16 (embed)
>>147586231
>somewhere in the galaxy is a completely empty research station attached to an asteroid
You could set a fucking horror game on there. Just have one civilian alive running from a few jackals and maybe a hunter.
>>147586436
>/hg/ island vids:
>[YouTube] /hg/ island 07-02-16 (embed)
>[YouTube] /hg/ island 07-01-16 (embed)
>[YouTube] /hg/ island 06-30-16 (embed)
Good job there, Sparky.
>>147586351
Easy jumpscares.
Also animatronics are fucking spooky to begin with.
>>147585969
Could've been better with less CE. 7/10
>>147585969
>I missed the customs night due to work.
>How was it?
Considering it was a weekday, pretty good
>>147586351
Its setting was alright and the display was somewhat immersive. The laugh in the distance is top tier.
But I'd say the sequels lost the charm, but what do I know? I never played them.
Daily reminder:
>Bronze/Silver/Gold
You're bad
>Platinum
You're ok
>Diamond
You're good
>Onyx
You're great
>Champion
You're Fantastic
>>147586978
Let me fix that.
>Bronze
You're here on purpose
>Silver
You don't exist
>Gold
You suck
>Platinum
You're alright
>Diamond
You're good
>Onyx
You're pretty good
>Champion
You're not in our spartan company
Anyone have a brand spankin' new /hg/ activity chart?
>>147587080
Dimple is a champion of breakout
>>147587080
Too bad /hg/ doesn't play much arena.
Unranked: 49
Bronze: 0
Silver: 5
Gold: 17
Platinum: 19
Diamond: 9
Onyx: 1
>>147587361
He left lol.
>>147587429
Anyone up for breakout tomorrow?
>>147587254
What date range do you want?
>>147587813
Today to when Firefight launched?
>>147587798
Yap.
>>147587798
Rather play team arena or slayer.or swat
Im bout to hop on some warzone firefight, anyone already got a lobby?
>>147588042
I'll play arena, but only if we get 4 ppl
>>147587798
>>147588003
>>147588340
Mic required?
>>147588383
Not any of the people you're replying to, but I personally feel a mic should be required for Breakout.
Otherwise, I might as well go solo.
>>147587930
I think this is the right date.
Sorry no easy way for me to county FF separate from normal warzone matches.
>>147588340
I'll play arena. I don't have a decent mic though.
>>147589210
How does Napalm Donkey do it man.
>>147588383
>mic required
Absolutely
>>147589210
>59th place
Oh that's not good
>>147588471
>>147589517
What about team arena?
>>147589210
>played a few games a few days ago
>not on the chart at all
WHAT IS THIS
Also; friendly reminder that the little nigga from Contact Harvest is "Yayap", not "yapyap"
>>147589210
>second most games is alt
>>147586436
Details on /hg/ island:
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians/xbox-one/map-variants?lastModifiedFilter=Everything&sortOrder=Modified&page=1&gamertag=Hect0rlo#ugc_halo-5-guardians_xbox-one_mapvariant_Hect0rlo_a16b8f2c-b5d1-4e9d-9574-b30b7784d995
/hg/ island vids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayb4QEnJfcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xND7zTv5f5U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyUM6GgJGrE
>>147590052
I'm too lazy to keep track of everybody so it's just whoever is in company.
>>147590310
>jet skis
Damn son
>>147580063
>Anime is for faggots
of course
>Watch Game of Dongs and The Fag like a normal human bean
Fucking dropped, GoT is lame at best and Daredevil is an infinitely better capeshow than Flash.
Niggor
>tfw bias WILL BE GONE after Trump is elected
So if cortana is in control of the guardians does that mean she just conquered earth? Is halo 6 the Homefront of the series?
>>147593163
She is extremely OP right now, just look at the Infinity running away like a bitch, i'm sure she has enough power to control the whole universe. At least humans are the underdogs again.
>>147590310
Damn, it's looking prettycomfy
>>147593163
>>147593417
S̶h̶e̶p̶a̶r̶d̶ Chief will have to unite the various factions of the galaxy and come up with some plot device to stop the R̶e̶a̶p̶e̶r̶s̶ Guardians and V̶e̶n̶t̶b̶o̶y̶ Cortana
>>147593746
>at the end of Halo 6 you get to choose whether the ending cutscene has a red, green, or blue hue to it
This game is going places.
>>147593746
Didact somehow didn't die after being killed twice and used rampant cortana as a pawn to awaken the guardians and reclaim the galaxy
>>147589210
First time cookie beat me in 5 months.
>>147585459
Rentaroo should never make the op image edition
>>147589210
Boot everyone under oox
>>147596762
Hello oox.
>>147596585
Best Op image imo tbqh
Why do gold packs say discounted?
>>147597691
Summer Sale
>>147597691
>tfw bought the good goy pack
>tfw still no Mk IV
>>147585780
And this is why I'm glad I kept my original disc and 360.
Starting to hate ctf especially on Stasis. Fuck that map.
>>147599721
>be blue on stasis
>win
>be not blue on stasis
>ten minute farming match
B-b-but at least it's not Torque!
>>147597960
>Actually buying req packs
You deserve all the bad things that happen to you
It's 3 AM.
That means post webms of Sigmund getting fucked in the ass.
>>147602037
After hundreds of hours into a game I paid 60$ for I really don't care if I put in another 60.
I need someone to play Warzone with but not a tripfag (because they're all on the spectrum)
>>147602465
what's your tag?
>>147602465
Try again in like 12 hours.
![[gg]_Macross_Delta_-_10_[FAE5B24D].mkv_snapshot_19.04_[2016.07.03_21.30.18].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/j1QBDup.jpg "[gg]_Macross_Delta_-_10_[FAE5B24D].mkv_snapshot_19.04_[2016.07.03_21.30.18].jpg")
>>147602187
>>147602465
Only europoors and tripfags/attention whores are up at this time
>>147602953
Or people who work late shifts in the US like me.
>>147602953
And me.
>>147603241
>work
>>147585562
>No Dare
>No Kat
>No Kelly
Fucking plebs
>>147603326
>being a neet
>on 4chan
Are you new?
>>147602953
I'm up playing Pokemon GO
It's pretty shit
I just realized there's two versions of the armory.
>>147586351
autism.
>>147603671
Dare is an annoying bitch
I've beaten Halo 1-3 three times within two days, and just beat 4 right now all for one fucking achievement. I feel so empty, /hg/
Daily reminder that wzff includes bullet sponges, increased respawn time, and enemies that kill you in one shot to increase the amount of reqs you purchase
![[gg]_Macross_Delta_-_02_[EA738580].mkv_snapshot_23.04_[2016.07.03_05.43.11].png](https://i.imgur.com/6wbDm1s.jpg "[gg]_Macross_Delta_-_02_[EA738580].mkv_snapshot_23.04_[2016.07.03_05.43.11].png")
>>147605061
>>147605048
Legend achievement? I want to do it for the armor
But yeah, achievements are really fucking lame. I want to get them even though I know they're fucking pointless and meaningless. It's weird. I guess if anything they serve as a "progress meter" or something that reminds you of how much you've done in a game.
>>147605536
No, I've already had the legendary ones. It was the Master Chief Saga playlist achievement, but it glitched up twice and I had to reset it both times. I don't really care for achievements that much but I do like going for them, and Halo is one of my favorite series so why not go for the complete on MCC.
>>147605812
I can't even fathom 100 percenting MCC.
there's just so fucking many achievements. And LASO, holy shit. I had to take a break from gaming for weeks after doing halo 2 legendary solo, I could never do LASO.
>>147605891
Yeah, I'm not looking foward to LASO one bit, but it'll just take time. Good thing about MCC is most achievements are just really easy filler ones that take maybe 5-10 minutes each. I've went from 50ish to 77% done with it, and it's pretty fun when it works. Probably gonna take a small break from it and maybe play some FF though.
>>147604472
What? Left and right flipped? Or normal and mossy?
>>147606063
Are the multiplayer achievements reasonable and do-able with the fairly low population? Or are they cheeseable in customs
>>147606173
I think they're doable, but they're going to be time consuming. I'm not sure if any are cheesable. Hopefully I can grab some /hg/ guys and go to BTB when I get ready to grind them.
>>147606173
A few say "matchmaking" but most say "multiplayer."
I think that aside from a few problems, 343 has done a good job make the tone so different from the original trilogy. The human covenant war is over. And there's no longer any glory in the fighting that needs to be done. There's thousands of competing arms companies restarting and cropping up again, all providing their own variants to military equipment and Spartans aren't so special anymore. Humans are starting to fight again, as in the nature. There's no longer a necessity for all leaders to be at the peak of competence, and all the vacancies left from the war are being filled with rookies and retards.
The post war bliss has gone to humanities collective head, even with the Prometheans running around. It's frustrating for everyone that survived the Human Covenant war, and it's frustrating for the players who did as well.
On the other hand it could just be me trying to make the abysmal story not hurt so much. I'm assuming its all been intentional on 343s part, when maybe its not and they're all just total retards. Hell, after Spartan Team Osiris' performance in Halo 5, if ANY of them die in the future it will be very hard to justify it, as they spent the entire game seemingly invincible.
>>147606149
The top deck isn't connected.
>>147606560
Sooooo they removed the staircase to the little platform? That's it?
>>147607328
No the staircase is on other side as usual but the top platform is separated into two pieces.
Mexican Bump
>>147608891
Canada bump
Sorry I was quiet/couldn't stay on long for MCC customs last night, had to get up super early for a hospital appointment and customs started at like 2am for me
I haven't played WZA since the update, how is prospect? I'm probably going to jump on later tonight if anyone wants to get a good mixture of firefight and assault going on
Saw this in last thread
>>If you held A back in CE, the ghost would pop a wheelie
You guys know you've been able to do this for a while now right? You can even do this in the wraith.
>>147610145
>you've been able to do this for a while now
Well, yeah. Since 2001.
>>147610135
Prospect is really cool. WZ Maps in customs fucking when
>>147606560
Well that's a pretty weird design decision
>>147611935
Looking at it more the whole tower structure is different.
Not sure why they bothered since it's still another boring armory.
>>147612483
Maybe they're at least attempting to change things up
So why do you think warzone maps aren't canvases in forge?
>>147613302
Probably because Warzone isn't meant for customs, since it would involve customizable a.i
>>147614206
I just mean the maps as a canvas.
>>147614361
Probably because the buildings are built into the map and there'd be no point
Armor lock
>>147614894
Sanghelios, Apex 7, and ARC would all be neat to have for customs even with the buildings stuck on.
>>147615254
I feel like they're too empty to warrant it
>>147616019
I'm imagining using them as base for race courses or other stuff.
post halo collections
>If your team has reqs, FF is too easy
>if your team doesn't have reqs, it's an unfair uphill battle
Remind me again why no one just remade the ODST firefight? We don't even have ODST firefight in the MCC
>>147616631
>>147616631
That bed is still concerning
>>147617160
Probably because it was never going to be "Firefight," especially since it's just Spartan Ops
>>147616631
What do you even use that helmet for
>>147619174
it sits on a shelf
collectors edition shit isn't ever practical
So, has anyone tested the difference between the H5 and H2 beam rifles?
>>147619759
It had better hipfire, I think
>>147603671
>kat
You guys think we'll get a Chief centric campaign for Halo 6?
Seems like pretty much every fan despised how Locke and co were the primary protagonists (me included)
>>147621010
Not if Bonnie Ross is still in charge, I expect a fully non-white Spartan team next time, main protagonist will be female. Screen cap this.
>>147621010
Hard to say. They've been listening to fans so far, trying to fix what was obviously broken or not really working. Depends whether or not they want to really give up on their own characters they pushed.
I'm not too bothered about Osiris as long as they get a smaller role and as long as Palmer gets the axe I'm happy. Locke and Buck are the only notable members for me and Buck didn't exactly fit Osiris that well to be honest but how else would they use him?
It would be nice to see Lasky step in and have a bigger role, we had all this build up for this character and we never really got to see him. I really can't remember the campaign that well since I only played it once, what happened to exuberant witness? Would be nice to have her as a recurring character. 343s trilogy is really missing a "Johnson", aka a character that fans love across multiple games. If Palmer is their answer for this then holy shit
>>147610135
>Sorry I was quiet/couldn't stay on long for MCC customs last night, had to get up super early for a hospital appointment and customs started at like 2am for me
It's fine.
It was an ok time but about half the people playing were people I've never heard of that didn't want to talk or didn't have a mic.
CTF on Infinity was fun.
I feel like the non-crazy gametypes would be more intense if we were playing for something. Maybe we should make a few 8-player sub teams and every once in a while compete in MCC matches against each other.
>>147621010
>>147621542
343 are idiots that make a lot of mistakes but also fix them when people complain enough. So yeah, i'm 100% sure Chief will be the main playable character for the most part.
How hard can it be to add black undersuits?
Have they given a reason for not adding them?
>>147621828
>I feel like the non-crazy gametypes would be more intense if we were playing for something. Maybe we should make a few 8-player sub teams and every once in a while compete in MCC matches against each other.
I've thought this exact thing for a while.
/v/ did this a while back with Halo 3. They had Halo fests and they kept score. They had 4 teams of 6 people and played through a set list against each other.
Do you guys think we will see a arby and chief reunion considering they're together at the end?
They're going to be having an all out war against cortana so would be nice to see different parts of the galaxy as osiris, blue team, chief and arby and the sangheili all try to beat back the guardians and promethans whilst cortana, the rings and flood loom in the background
>>147622084
It's probably just because of "muh artistic vision". I'm expecting Halo 6 to have black undersuits though, people have been making a lot of noise about that just like the covenant skins in Halo 4 and they changed it for 5.
>>147622179
I like the thinking, but you have to start smaller than this.
Maybe do a doubles tournament in Halo 5 first.
>>147622376
>doubles tournament
I'm in
Warzone Firefight really sucks. Once you get past the first two waves there's literally no point in using anything except a vehicle, because getting close to enemies with power weapons is pretty much a guaranteed death with an absurd respawn time.
Pretty disappointed, I was hoping it would save Halo 5 for me but nope, back to finishing playlists in MCC I guess.
>>147622257
343 confirmed the flood wont return in any mainline halo games
>>147618126
I don't get it, what's concerning about that guy's bed?
>>147622716
With Halo 5s campaign 343 haven't really gave me any reason to trust them. Why would they show the rings, is she just going to activate them and exterminate all life so AI take over? Seems like a dumb story going full circle, maybe we'll finally get the supposed story of Chief going round destroying rings then
If you have a H5 disc, you can start it without the disc being in your console.
>>147622864
She's going to useThe Flood.
>>147623003
Why is that?
What is this 3GB update I'm getting right now?
>>147623303
Likely has to do with the game being free for gold members, but it could just be a big fuckup.
>>147622864
The story can be cleaned up.
The worst part is that 5 will always be a disappointment to play through, but we were bound to get a bad campaign eventually.
There's no reason they can't make 6 have a good campaign
Back peddling has already begun
>"Microsoft's blog post has been updated to narrow the scope of what it promised will support Xbox Play Anywhere. It now states, "Every new title published from Microsoft Studios that we showed onstage at E3 this year will support Xbox Play Anywhere and will be easily accessible in the Windows Store." Limiting this to games shown at E3 suggests future Microsoft Studios games--say, Halo 6--won't necessarily come to PC"
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/all-future-microsoft-published-games-are-coming-to/1100-6441494/
>>147623740
I didn't expect anything and I'm still disappointed
rank the halo games in terms of cover art alone
>>147623987
3 > odst > reach > 4 > HW > 5 > 2 > CE > CEA > MCC
>>147623987
ODST
Halo 4
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo Anniversary
Reach
Wars
Halo CE
Halo 5
Halo MCC
I think Halo 4 would have been great if they would have kept the artstyle more like 2A/3, tweaked the story a bit to be slightly less dramatic, made the forerunners not look like turtle people, and dropped all the "cinematic/qte" nonsense. I just replayed it, and it bothered me how it just felt nothing like any of the other Halos, but had some decent levels. The story is better than 5s but it was just so poorly executed in my opinion, and the actual gameplay felt so clunky and boring that it sucked some of the life out of it. Also, completely personal opinion, but I still don't like sprint in Halo, but instead would love a base movement speed increase.But seriously, fuck nanomachines. Why not just start him with his regular armor and give him new shit on infinity?
just made a neat webm
share yours
>>147623987
Wars > 3 > ODST > 4 > Reach > 5 > 2 > CE > TMCC
>>147624583
>But seriously, fuck nanomachines. Why not just start him with his regular armor and give him new shit on infinity?
It's the same armor. All Cortana changed was his HUD.
The armor looking different is just an artist's different depiction of the MK 6.
Not every cosmetic detail needs a lore reason.
>>147624638
>just made a neat webm
>share yours
K
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/THE%20ONE%20BIG%20RED/video/19316915
>>147624782
Oh, well thats a really bad redesign then.
>>147624761
WaaW is the pinnacle of cover art
>>147624782
>Not every cosmetic detail needs a lore reason
No it doesn't but in Halo that's what you're used to, like the armor switch from CE to 2. Halo 4s a really huge change and it would have went over a lot better for most of the community if some kind of reasoning was given.
>>147624982
It's okay at most, but it's not as good as its older designs.
>Banshee Raiders
>>147626491
>fast and low
>>147626491
>Round 1
>Defend the Armory
Has anyone here completed their REQ collection?
I'm very close now to finishing silver packs, how long does the run of gold packs take before you get everything?
>>147623987
Halo cover arts are pretty bad desu. ODST seems to be the only interesting one due to the atmosphere.
>>147624982
MC's armor is 4 and 5 is the best armor to date.
He finally looks like a Walking Tank and not a Plastic Action Figure.
https://youtu.be/TyyckYKgPRc?t=7m21s
Max luck, or skill?
>>147627565
I like it more than the old Mark VI, but it's worse than Mark V.
>defend the garage
>Ultra banshees, Ultra wraiths and Inc cannon knights
>Kill 3 Warden eternals
Hello Halo Goys I am hosting firefight and by hosting i mean playing alone till some of you join me. If you arent in the company just shoot me a message and I will add you in.
>>147627649
Luck, but it's still neat
>round 2 kill knight marshals
>in a warthog tearing through them
>people keep getting into driver's seat and trying to splatter knights and chasing crawlers and taking me away from the targets
fucking pug groups are such cancer
>Playing warzone without a full party
It's like you want to lose
>>147628510
>Having a group
normies get out
>>147627565
just reminded myself, 1 thing i like about 343i's portrayal of the Master Chief is that when he is not in battle giving commands its clear he is a bit of an odd ball. ive read some of the books and the scene where he accidentally kills an ODST and has trouble understanding what he did, put MC in proper perspective. something bungie would never have done, make John a person in their game and not just their bad ass Terminator spouting 1 liners. His interaction with Cortana at the end of Halo 4 and Laskey highlights that he struggles to be a person. even around his squad in halo 5
>>147628647
Halo us a group game.
Not sure what you mean by this.
>>147628671
4's (and even 5's) depiction of the chief was perfect.
Why 5 moved away from that in favor of the OC steel donut group with awful chemistry, I'll never know.
It's obvious there were major script rewrites around the time Hunt the Truth season 1 ended.
>>147628702
Says you
>>147628870
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qne0WBfCuj8
Actual 343 employee here.
Company is currently in shambles as to the future of the franchise, although there is a plan. It's just not the plan we had when we were founded and up until 1.5 years ago.
I will answer the first 3 questions I get asked.
>>147629241
Why did halo 5 have so little content on launch?
>>147629241
What happened with MCC?
What does the future hold for Halo 6 and the franchise?
>>147629241
Why dont have hire black people?
>>147629227
The video where that guy melts down talking about his suicidal and shitty childhood is cringey and autistic as fuck.
>>147629241
disregard this anon
>>147629379
What is the plan now?
>>147629241
Does bonnie actually look this hot in real life?
>>147629241
>Microsoft pouring loads of mone into a 1st party studio
>Putting a woman in charge
"We're in shambles"
>>147629581
He should probably just kill himself.
>>147629241
Bonnie Ross pink slip when?
>>147629241
When will bonnie get btfo from 343i
>>147629987
I would like to slip her pink if you catch my drift.
>>147629241
Which youtubers and halo communities are shills?
Don't mind me, just a reminder that Forge World is the best canvas because it was made by bungie.
Being spawncamped by hyper tanky knights with incineration cannons has to be the most fun part about WZ FF
>>147629241
Was there any Halo 5 content that was held back at launch?
Take away armor being locked behind REQ packs. Would you still play Warzone?
>>147629851
>>147629581
show some respect
without this guy we wouldn't know half the stuff we know now about 343i's genune misdirection
the guy was being outright bullied by the cocksucking halo youtubers who fondle 343i's balls all day long when all he did was speak out about the game, its disgraceful, shows how far the community has fallen
>>147629241
>I will answer the first 3 questions I get asked.
>Doesn't answer a single question
343 knowhow ladies and gentlemen
>>147629341
Answer 1 of 3
>Why did halo 5 have so little content on launch?
This is a three part anwer.
First, there was an agreement on delivering "quality over quantity". We were moving towards the release date (we had to beat the competition, being a 1-platform game on the Xbox One) and we knew we were not going to have everything ready for that date.
Big Team Battle for example was not even started and there was some debate over whether to make maps for it but we settled on allowing the forge community to do that after launch.
Forge was done, but hadn't gone through all the proper testing and we didn't want to release it in a non-related state after the previous year (see: MCC).
Pretty much almost all the reqs that have released post-launch were legitimately created post-launch.
Other things WERE COMPLETED but were purposely held off to stretch out the DLC offerings, Attack on Sanctum/Urban and Infection being the notable ones.
Finally, the Master Chief Collection was a big part of the reason the content that launched with Guardians was what you got. There were some of the studio working on fixing it, but that didn't really take from 5's development. Instead, we just wanted to avoid a bad launch, so the content you did get was vigorously tested before launch. Any content that couldn't reach this level of testing was witheld.
>>147630868
>without this guy we wouldn't know half the stuff we know now about 343i's genune misdirection
What's to say any of the bullshit he's spouting is true?
>>147630859
Of course
>>147630868
>Implying he is telling the truth
>>147630982
>>147631270
what this guy says seems to make sense to me. i for one definitely remember halo 5 being talked about as being open world over a year before it was released, and they clearly made significant changes to the campaign after the negative reaction to halo 4's spartan ops series.
>>147630868
That "leaked info" video he made was useless, he said stuff we already knew and deduced.
I can't respect a guy who spent 10 minutes crying about his shitty life. It's perfectly fine if you're depressed and suicidal but i really despise attention whores like him.
>>147631425
>I FEEL LIKE HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH
lmao
>>147631594
so you're saying he's lying and 343i had no problems at all making halo 5 and everything went exactly to plan?
>>147631837
Did you really need that video to realize something went wrong during development?
>>147631837
No, im saying that he is lying and that he doesnt know what actually happened. He just wants some of that sweet sweet Youtube money
>>147629358
Answer 2 of 3
>What happened with MCC?
You don't get to ask 2 questions, so I'm going with this one since it was your first.
The Master Chief Collection went through several planned iterations.
At first it was supposed to be just Halo 2 Anniversary and an Xbox One launch title but when Saber made it clear that window was impossible for them, Microsoft let us scale it back to the Halo 2 10 year anniversary release date. However, they used that extra time as justification to ask for more (I suspect the underperformed X1 was a factor as well and they wanted a Halo adrenaline shot). We also were locked into the promise of delivering "a new Halo experience running in 60 frames per second in 2014" after E3 2013.
There was a lot of collaboration between the Saber team and the certain affinity team working on the Anniversary 2 multiplayer. But that was it. The contact with Ruffian games and United Front was very VERY limited. This game all came together with very little time before release.
There WAS testing done, and to be honest the tests mostly showed up all green, but there clearly wasn't enough.
For the record, we haven't given up on the MCC. There's plans for a Halo 3 Anniversary update. But now it's looking like that might be a standalone thing or even something attached to 5 (not free DLC).
Also, it's not the universal UI that doesn't like your connection when trying to get into matchmaking. It's the UI talking to the games it's getting ready to run and then relaying that back to your network. The game actually loads up all possible game types on all possible maps for each playlist before it even connects the player's together in the pre-game lobby, and if one of those scenarios doesn't work right, it starts the process over, hence the "players found, connecting, searching for players, etc"
>>147632047
answer both faggot what else are you here for
>>147632047
>You don't get to ask 2 questions
You better answer it you faggot. That was your 3rd question.
>>147632047
>>147629241
I don't believe you. Post your blurred employee ID with tits and timestamp.
>>147632253
this
>>147632047
I want to know what the future holds for Halo. You can't just say that the plans that were in motion were changed and then not elaborate on it. Come on dude
>>147629379
Answer 3 of 3
>Why dont have hire black people?
I realize this is supposed to be satirical but I can actually use it to shed some light on what's been going on lately.
1st off, most of the studio that was hired over the early years was done so because the vision they had for the series matched up with the direction management wanted to take it in, as well as with Microsoft's diverse credential plan ("diverse" as in they came from a lot of different successful studios, not as in race or gender).
The problem now is that very vision pretty much no longer exists. It got majorly scrapped after 4. Halo 5 was supposed to be about Halo rings and the Janus key and a complicated struggle of ideals between the UNSC (with ONI at the helm) and a lone chief without Cortana). Locke was always going to happen, but he wasn't going to be the main character or anything.
But now we have squad gameplay, a huge chunk of 5 missing and what is there was majorly altered. Halo "6" (don't get too used to the numbering in the titles from here on out) is looking to be something completely different than planned.
People are angry. This wasn't what they signed on for. Others are more calm and are seeing this as more of a bump in the road.
I have positive feelings for the next installment, but even I admit it's not where we thought this was all going even 3 years ago.
>>147629227
:3 i loved spartan ops.
Im ok with MC being replaced.
I expected Locke to be the replacement.
I like Locke, he also kinda shares MC's Mission first nature... while failing be seem human (Armor lock donut scene for more details)
Didnt a spartan ops team get murdered in a Comic Book?
Also the Spartan Ops teams/characters were not serious enough to take center stage.
I was ok with how Halo 5 turned out. probably helped that I ignored most of their advertisements and ARGs and took into account Locke's lack of personality and his mission.
A green guy with aspergers searching for his only friend with his metal family, being chased by an Oni soldier with aspergers, then stuff happens and its a search and rescue.
Tho Spartan Ops made it pretty clear where Cortana could have gone.
will be interesting to see where the story goes. I doubt the Gravemind on the Ark is dead. An Army of Brutes, the Flood, a Rampant AI with full control of Forerunner tech, the covenant is poo, and Elites are friends with Humanity.
>>147632253
He kind of does answer it anyway here >>147632930
>>147632930
>Halo 5 was supposed to be about Halo rings and the Janus key and a complicated struggle of ideals between the UNSC (with ONI at the helm) and a lone chief without Cortana)
Confirmed not a real 343I employee
Fuck off faggot
>>147633072
This is actually in line with literally every other leak we have seen.
We know for instance that the Janus Key storyline as well as the didact was purposely ended in the comics when the plans for Halo 5 got retconned to be about Cortana and her reapers.
>>147632930
kys
Actual Blur studios employee here.
I was one of a team assigned to work on the cutscenes for Halo Wars and Halo 2 Anniversary, and I have some input into the cutscenes of Halo Wars 2.
I am here to answer your questions.
>>147629241
>>147630954
>>147632047
>>147632930
nothing of value here. bravo
see
>>147633427
Rate this leak on the believe-o-meter, /vg/
>1 - My wife's son could have done better
>2 - Lies, but at least an attempt was made
>3 - Derived from something that was possibly at one point true, but mostly made up
>4 - There's something here, but take it with a truck load of salt
>5 - I WANT TO BELIEVE
>6 - Half of it is bullshit
>7 - More than 50% of it is true
>8 - This is mostly credible
>9 - I would bet on this
>10 - He speaks the truth
>>147633928
8
This lines up with everything we know.
He is probably speculating a bit, but I believe the details.
>>147633928
Somewhere between 3 and 4
>>147633928
3
I don't believe sanghelios map was done at launch.
>>147630954
Sorry just realized I had a typo.
Attack on Sanctum was not completed before launch.
I meant Battle of Noctus.
Ok, I'm out.
>>147633928
1
anyone could say this shit
Post proof
>>147633928
7.5
Urban was clearly done and I believe infection was too.
And yeah, I believe the Halo 5 rewrite claims.
>>147633928
0 - i dont really care. stories and games change in development, especially when owned by massive corporations.
>>147634281
>>147634546
convenient
>>147633928
Like an 8 honestly, he's obviously not from 343 but what he said could totally be the what happened.
>>147634546
This bumps my believe rating up from a 4 to a 6
>>147633928
7ish
When did /hg/ start?
>>147624638
>>147635193
when /vg/ was split from /v/. Its died and been reborn for a while now.
>>147621542
this
>>147634585
This. It wouldn't be hard to post proof without identifying yourself.
>>147622257
>as Osiris
no
Former 343 employee here
-Customization options were cut down because we were having trouble rendering so many combinations and meeting the 60fps 1080 resolution.
-Black undersuits was a topic that came up many times. After much play testing it was shown to be an advantage of certain maps so we scrapped the idea of any undersuit customization.
-Jul was going to be our go to boss for Halo 5, but with the lack of interest in Spartan Ops it was obvious we needed to change our baddie
-We decided to bring Cortana back after we scrapped the idea of Chief going around destroying the remaining Halos early on. This also allowed us to put in team Osiris as management was really pushing them.
-We had 3 more Chief missions planned, but were ultimately scrapped due to time and constraints. Many of us weren't happy with this and unsure how the community would take it.
-After Halo 4 we realized we lost a bunch of the core audience that had been with the franchise with the beginning. During our development of reqs word got out early that we would bring some old weapons back to hopefully draw some fans back in.
>>147622716
>343 confirmed the flood wont return in any mainline halo games
or course, rated T for Teen
>>147635513
So what thread is this? Like 1000?
>>147622716
>343 confirmed the flood wont return in any mainline halo games
I don't believe this will be the case for Halo Wars 2
>>147635193
Since the first day the /vg/ board was created back in 2012 i think. Died in early-mid 2013, was reborn for TMCC in fall 2014, died again in early 2015 and reborn a second time for Halo 5 in fall 2015.
>>147635812
>Jul was going to be the main boss
>le halo 4 killed the audiance meme
Confirmed for shitposting
>>147623987
Wars>ODST>3>Reach>2>1>black construction paper>4>5>MCC
Rabbit needs to come back
>>147636067
Is there a way to find the first couple of threads?
>>147636227
>if 343 made it, it's bad
>>147636323
Kill youself, furfag.
>>147636323
This post just turned me furry
Is there a way back?
has it occured to anyone that the prometheans make no sense
after having never been mentioned, alluded to, referenced or even hinted at, this massive army of forerunner robot men suddenly appeared in halo 4, on requiem
so ok, i guess they're native to requiem, as cortana says in halo 4
but then 343i started putting them everywhere, on installation 03, on sanghelios, even on the Ark
whats their 'lore excuse' for this?
if the prometheans were designed to fight the flood, why aren't they on installations 04 and 05?
do the sentinels still exist in 343i's universe?
