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AlStrong · 01-Jul-2012, 21:28

Seems to be a (brief) BTS look at the live action/CG stuff shown at E3: http://www.methodstudios.com/work/the-commissioning

function · 02-Jul-2012, 10:34

Sorry to ask a stupid man question (I've been trying to avoid Halo 4 stuff for fear of spoilers), but the game still has co-op, right?

And I'm not talking about no scrubber DLC, I'm talking about the actual game. The Halo 4 main game has co-op like Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST, Reach did, right?

AlStrong · 02-Jul-2012, 10:51

Yep.

function · 02-Jul-2012, 11:06

Hooray!

Thanks. I was starting to get worried that this Spartan Ops stuff was instead of a proper Chief and friends/clones co-op mode.

Hype restored. All I need now is for Arby and Shipmaster to pop round and be like "hey guy what is going on in here" and it'll be a full on old school excitement, just like the days when I didn't get back ache.

kagemaru · 02-Jul-2012, 19:33

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Originally Posted by AlStrong

Seems to be a (brief) BTS look at the live action/CG stuff shown at E3: http://www.methodstudios.com/work/the-commissioning

Nice...

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the most notable being the control room’s holographic schematic of the Infinity. Once again, as this item features within the game itself

Though suspected, I guess that confirms we'll go aboard the Infinity ship at some point during the game.

Acert93 · 02-Jul-2012, 23:55

Coop: 2 player? Spartan Ops: 4 player?

BRiT · 03-Jul-2012, 00:32

Ugh... They better have 4 player Co-Op story mode. If not it'll be a little bit less great.

kagemaru · 03-Jul-2012, 15:59

According to Frankie, campaign is still 4-player co-op.

Also if this is true, the MP requires an install:

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"At a minimum, you'll need at least an 8GB USB Flash Drive or an Xbox 360 Hard Drive to play Multiplayer mode in Halo 4," reads the official Xbox.com product page (via OXM). "For an optimal experience playing with an Xbox 360 Hard Drive is highly recommended."

It's possible that the recently revealed Spartan Ops campaign, which will eventually feature 12 "incremental" hours across 50 missions, will increase required HDD space even further.

Yesterday Microsoft released a teaser trailer for its live action Halo web series.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...e-8gb-install/

Edit:

Looks like this is true:

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Originally Posted by Stinkles

It's not ideal, but the actual gameplay experience will be much smoother as a result and some of the things we're doing are only possible with this requirement. I am surprised to hear you don't have a HDD Fyre, the numbers would suggest you're a very rare edge case - a serious Forge/Map creator with XBL and no HDD.

(((interference))) · 04-Jul-2012, 01:20

I think they've taken out online 4 player split screen though.

Acert93 · 04-Jul-2012, 01:45

Reach had 2 way split screen for campaign but 4 for MP iirc. If normal MP goes split screen only then it better look fantastic. And while I liked 4 way local it is HARD to see squat.

(((interference))) · 04-Jul-2012, 05:31

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Originally Posted by Acert93

Reach had 2 way split screen for campaign but 4 for MP iirc. If normal MP goes split screen only then it better look fantastic. And while I liked 4 way local it is HARD to see squat.

IMO 4 way local was pretty damn playable and great for when you had friends over - the only real problem in Reach was the stupid UI design issue to not truncate the killfeed and so it would frequently end up obscuring your reticle.

However, the game details page for 4, does not bode well for fans of local multiplayer:
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Pr...919?nosplash=1

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Features

Offline players 1 - 4
Offline co-op 1 - 2
System Link 1 - 4
Dolby Digital

Online features

Online multiplayer 1 - 16
Online co-op 1 - 4
Content downloads
Leaderboards
Voice chat

This is in addition to earlier news from a Gameinformer interview with the MP designer:http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featur...ltiplayer.aspx

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All the traditional split-screen modes will be supported as well, including 4-player local split-screen and 2-player split-screen online.

Not only does it not seem to support taking 4 players splitscreen into online MP but system link seems to only support 1-4 players. Which either means only 1 player per 360 (when playing with a total of four 360s linked) or 2 players per 360 (with two 360s linked).

If that's true, then I don't see my friends playing much Halo 4 MP since we usually are only able to set up two 360s and TVs and it has always worked great with Reach and 3 where you could have 8 people playing. So that would be a huge disappointment.

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Also, I noticed the Halo website has been updated to show all the different armor abilities and loadout options:
http://halo.xbox.com/halo4#!halo-evo...4-3adc6e1eadca

BoardBonobo · 04-Jul-2012, 21:08

I've just pre-ordered along with Borderlands 2. These and Last of Us (along with Dragons Dogma and Kingdoms of Amaluar) are probably going to be the last purchases I make on this gen of consoles.

Deviousb33r · 07-Jul-2012, 23:07

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=nJLhSt8dOjc

^ A great 16 min video on Forge. Sit back and relax.

Acert93 · 07-Jul-2012, 23:28

I wonder when we will see a FF / Spartan Ops forge ... Halo 5?

RudeCurve · 08-Jul-2012, 06:04

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Originally Posted by (((interference)))

If that's true, then I don't see my friends playing much Halo 4 MP since we usually are only able to set up two 360s and TVs and it has always worked great with Reach and 3 where you could have 8 people playing. So that would be a huge disappointment.

Headphones and 22" LCDs are cheap, what seems to be the problem? If you're a semi-serious gamer having a couple of spare 22" LCDs shouldn't be a problem? Seems much less cumbersome than "Lan Parties"...

dragonelite · 08-Jul-2012, 15:58

Some multiplayer footage from RTX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjzileW0knY&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXJ1G_4-yXA&hd=1

function · 09-Jul-2012, 23:35

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Originally Posted by RudeCurve

If you're a semi-serious gamer having a couple of spare 22" LCDs shouldn't be a problem?

Aw come on, what the hell is this shit? Why are you confusing income and space with passion or fun?

We had a load of fun with Halo 1, two tvs and two Xboxes back in the day. The fun happened when it happened, without having to buy and store spare consoles and tvs. If you have money to spend on two spare 22" tvs you have money to spend on more games and consoles, which is what any semi-serious gamer would prefer to do.

AlStrong · 10-Jul-2012, 02:15

Notice: Computron, your post was moved http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.p...postcount=1784

Computron · 10-Jul-2012, 03:56

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Originally Posted by AlStrong

Notice: Computron, your post was moved http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.p...postcount=1784

Ah, thank you.

I was wondering why this thread was lacking any technical discussion...

Laa-Yosh · 11-Jul-2012, 16:06

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/...halo-movie/#/8

Acert93 · 13-Jul-2012, 02:42

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca3Y8...&feature=g-u-u

antwan · 13-Jul-2012, 09:33

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Originally Posted by Acert93

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca3Y8...&feature=g-u-u

Looks really cool and surprisingly high production! If they can keep that up for the full 90 minutes then we have a winner!

swym · 15-Jul-2012, 13:43

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Originally Posted by antwan

Looks really cool and surprisingly high production! If they can keep that up for the full 90 minutes then we have a winner!

Looking good. Thinking about this, they even brought in Ayelet Zurer (Munich, Angels & Demons) - an actress who actually did military serice.

antwan · 15-Jul-2012, 15:58

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Originally Posted by swym

Looking good. Thinking about this, they even brought in Ayelet Zurer (Munich, Angels & Demons) - an actress who actually did military serice.

That is correct! I believe she is from Israel which means she has to do training and service.
I also recognized the actress from "Narnia".

I think it will be really great, given the actors who are taking part in this project

Billy Idol · 15-Jul-2012, 18:59

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Originally Posted by Acert93

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca3Y8...&feature=g-u-u

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca3Y8Ws3plI">YouTube Link</a>

Oh yeah! I would love to see such a movie!!

01-Jul-2012, 21:28	#351
AlStrong penguins Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,978	Seems to be a (brief) BTS look at the live action/CG stuff shown at E3: http://www.methodstudios.com/work/the-commissioning __________________

02-Jul-2012, 10:51	#353
AlStrong penguins Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,978	Yep. __________________

02-Jul-2012, 23:55	#356
Acert93 Artist formerly known as Acert93 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 7,704	Coop: 2 player? Spartan Ops: 4 player? __________________ "In games I don't like, there is no such thing as "tradeoffs," only "downgrades" or "lazy devs" or "bugs" or "design failures." Neither do tradeoffs exist in games I'm a rabid fan of, and just shut up if you're going to point them out." -- fearsomepirate

03-Jul-2012, 00:32	#357
BRiT ... Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cleveland Posts: 4,294	Ugh... They better have 4 player Co-Op story mode. If not it'll be a little bit less great. __________________ IBSL: 2835, 6541, 8531, 9299, 20484, 86985, 87130 FBSL: 7221, 9255, 15892, 20484

04-Jul-2012, 01:45	#360
Acert93 Artist formerly known as Acert93 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 7,704	Reach had 2 way split screen for campaign but 4 for MP iirc. If normal MP goes split screen only then it better look fantastic. And while I liked 4 way local it is HARD to see squat. __________________ "In games I don't like, there is no such thing as "tradeoffs," only "downgrades" or "lazy devs" or "bugs" or "design failures." Neither do tradeoffs exist in games I'm a rabid fan of, and just shut up if you're going to point them out." -- fearsomepirate

02-Jul-2012, 10:34	#352
function Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,392	Sorry to ask a stupid man question (I've been trying to avoid Halo 4 stuff for fear of spoilers), but the game still has co-op, right? And I'm not talking about no scrubber DLC, I'm talking about the actual game. The Halo 4 main game has co-op like Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST, Reach did, right?

02-Jul-2012, 11:06	#354
function Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,392	Hooray! Thanks. I was starting to get worried that this Spartan Ops stuff was instead of a proper Chief and friends/clones co-op mode. Hype restored. All I need now is for Arby and Shipmaster to pop round and be like "hey guy what is going on in here" and it'll be a full on old school excitement, just like the days when I didn't get back ache.

04-Jul-2012, 01:20	#359
(((interference))) Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,956	I think they've taken out online 4 player split screen though.

04-Jul-2012, 21:08	#362
BoardBonobo Senior Moment Join Date: May 2002 Location: SurfMonkey's Cluster... Posts: 1,737	I've just pre-ordered along with Borderlands 2. These and Last of Us (along with Dragons Dogma and Kingdoms of Amaluar) are probably going to be the last purchases I make on this gen of consoles. __________________ "We're a virus with shoes" - Bill Hicks "The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. " — George Bernard Shaw "The Tree of Life is Self-Pruning" - The Darwin Awards

07-Jul-2012, 23:07	#363
Deviousb33r Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: California Posts: 110	http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=nJLhSt8dOjc ^ A great 16 min video on Forge. Sit back and relax.

07-Jul-2012, 23:28	#364
Acert93 Artist formerly known as Acert93 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 7,704	I wonder when we will see a FF / Spartan Ops forge ... Halo 5? __________________ "In games I don't like, there is no such thing as "tradeoffs," only "downgrades" or "lazy devs" or "bugs" or "design failures." Neither do tradeoffs exist in games I'm a rabid fan of, and just shut up if you're going to point them out." -- fearsomepirate

08-Jul-2012, 15:58	#366
dragonelite Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: netherlands Posts: 1,458	Some multiplayer footage from RTX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjzileW0knY&hd=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXJ1G_4-yXA&hd=1

10-Jul-2012, 02:15	#368
AlStrong penguins Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 13,978	Notice: Computron, your post was moved http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.p...postcount=1784 __________________

11-Jul-2012, 16:06	#370
Laa-Yosh member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,509	http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/...halo-movie/#/8 __________________ My opinions do not represent that of my employer blah blah etc.

13-Jul-2012, 02:42	#371
Acert93 Artist formerly known as Acert93 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 7,704	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca3Y8...&feature=g-u-u __________________ "In games I don't like, there is no such thing as "tradeoffs," only "downgrades" or "lazy devs" or "bugs" or "design failures." Neither do tradeoffs exist in games I'm a rabid fan of, and just shut up if you're going to point them out." -- fearsomepirate

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