[Silent_Buddha]

Originally Posted by Laa-Yosh

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

Original production cancelled due to budget concerns, yet MS financed it for 5-10 million?
Goes to show, that if you don't use big name actors you don't end up with a big time budget.

Originally Posted by Acert93

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

Looks badass from the trailer. Hope the whole thing is as good as the trailer looks. Loved it when MC showed up.

Regards,
SB

[rekator]

First time my wife said "it be cool in the room"
May be it's time to change the 360 (for the last year before the Next Gen)

More detail here:
http://majornelson.com/2012/07/14/xb...ego-comic-con/

[Laa-Yosh]

Originally Posted by Silent_Buddha

Original production cancelled due to budget concerns, yet MS financed it for 5-10 million?

I think it had more to do with the way MS constructed the deal... They basically didn't take any of the risk, it was all to go on the studio's side but they did want a large cut of the profits.
At the time there weren't any game-based movies that were big successes and Blomkamp wasn't a big name either, so everyone declined.

This web-movie may be an investment to demonstrate the big screen possibilities in the franchise - if it becomes a success, and H4 sells upwards of 10 million as well, MS may make another attempt at the big screen movie. SF-action movies are just becoming big again, we had three Transformers movies, Pacific Rim is coming, Elysium is also quite promising and District 9 has already put Blomkamp on the map (although who knows if he wants to give Halo another try) so perhaps the project isn't completely dead yet.

[kagemaru]

Some new footage shown in a video shown at Comic-Con. Hopefully we get direct feed footage soon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35_p...tailpage#t=94s

[warb]

http://youtu.be/8AfFAlxtSSk

Here's the game footage from the Comic-Con trailer. This is a very pretty game.

[Gitaroo]

its good that this year end there is barely any big PS3 exclusive title but some big 360 exclusive. Time for a change.

[Deviousb33r]

That off-screen footage looks great. I'm glad 343i is taking motion-capture seriously along with their new facial animations. We need some more direct feed footage of all this! D:

[dragonelite]

Some Spartan Ops off screen Footage.
Love the lava landscape

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2jyTf1A7rc&hd=1

[Rangers]

Originally Posted by dragonelite

Some Spartan Ops off screen Footage.
Love the lava landscape

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2jyTf1A7rc&hd=1

A few of the holdover weapons, animations what have you, about Halo annoy me and look ugly imo.

Covenant carbine (think thats the name) for one. Just ugly. Contrast that with the forerunner guns all looking cool.

Never been a fan of the whole ripping gun off turret and carrying it thing either.

[Cyan]

Originally Posted by Silent_Buddha

Original production cancelled due to budget concerns, yet MS financed it for 5-10 million?
Goes to show, that if you don't use big name actors you don't end up with a big time budget.



Looks badass from the trailer. Hope the whole thing is as good as the trailer looks. Loved it when MC showed up.

Regards,
SB

Hey there Silent_Buddha, long time no see, huh? Kinda missed reading you in the forums. Not too much happened in my case. I haven't been very active myself except on PC forums but after a brief PC gaming fling I feel like any other console gamer here who is back to their roots.

Originally Posted by rekator

First time my wife said "it be cool in the room"
May be it's time to change the 360 (for the last year before the Next Gen)

More detail here:
http://majornelson.com/2012/07/14/xbox-360-limited-edition-halo-4-console-bundle-accessories-revealed-at-san-diego-comic-con/

That one looks pretty good. However, I have enough consoles at home -3 Xbox 360-, long story (one very old, one from 2008 with HDMI and a slim, I've lent them to my siblings).

I am likely to buy a new generation console, if it's possible for me, when the next generation begins, whenever it happens.

Lately the only console I was interested in was the PS Vita. I just thought it would suit my life style then, and... over time I realized a portable console isn't that necessary for me after all.

I am still interested to some extent, but there are other priorities for me right now, expenses-wise.

[Rotmm]

Originally Posted by Silent_Buddha

Original production cancelled due to budget concerns, yet MS financed it for 5-10 million?
Goes to show, that if you don't use big name actors you don't end up with a big time budget.

But you do end up with something that looks like one of those 3rd rate TV shows.

For a game promo, it looks good, but nothing more than that.

[antwan]

Originally Posted by Rotmm

But you do end up with something that looks like one of those 3rd rate TV shows.

For a game promo, it looks good, but nothing more than that.

I think it does look amazing, plus I believe it's aimed at the teen / halo market so to them it's probably the best thing ever; even if it wasn't amazing.
3rd rate tv shows? No way, the actors are way to good for that. The only thing that will probably feel off to adults will be the dialogue and the plot, that is judging from previous halo media. The acting will be top notch, believe it.

[Laa-Yosh]

We've only seen pretty raw footage, no VFX, no grading, I'd wait with the judgment...

[antwan]

Holy Shi- at "Tom Green" being included This makes the movie even more awesome!!!

[Cyan]

Originally Posted by antwan

I think it does look amazing, plus I believe it's aimed at the teen / halo market so to them it's probably the best thing ever; even if it wasn't amazing.
3rd rate tv shows? No way, the actors are way to good for that. The only thing that will probably feel off to adults will be the dialogue and the plot, that is judging from previous halo media. The acting will be top notch, believe it.

I have just watched a couple of videos about the game, but what I find impressive about Halo 4 is the music.

This one gives me the goose bumps (especially at 1 m 5 seconds in and the rest straight afterwards):




Another great song of the game:



I wonder who is the new composer.

[AzBat]

Originally Posted by Cyan

I wonder who is the new composer.

Neil Davidge

http://neildavidge.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Davidge

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203118/

He's not too bad. Definitely a different take than Marty, but a good different. Sounds more befitting of a movie instead of a game, but I think it will still sound fine during gameplay.

Tommy McClain

[NRP]

Marty will be hard to top.

[Billy Idol]

Originally Posted by Cyan

I have just watched a couple of videos about the game, but what I find impressive about Halo 4 is the music.

This one gives me the goose bumps (especially at 1 m 5 seconds in and the rest straight afterwards):




Another great song of the game:



I wonder who is the new composer.

I love the HALO soundtrack...hoping the new composer delivers, but this sounds already great imo!

[RudeCurve]

MS has a pre-order offer...$25 Store credit. Got mine pre-ordered. Funny but this will be my first Halo game as I've never been a fan of the franchise until now. Never liked the art direction of previous Halo games but this newest installment looks good.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/..._CTA_OrderGame

[Laa-Yosh]

Have you played the previous games, are you familiar with who's who and what's going on?

[RudeCurve]

Originally Posted by Laa-Yosh

Have you played the previous games, are you familiar with who's who and what's going on?

No, should I play them first to get up to speed?

[BRiT]

Originally Posted by RudeCurve

MS has a pre-order offer...$25 Store credit. Got mine pre-ordered. Funny but this will be my first Halo game as I've never been a fan of the franchise until now. Never liked the art direction of previous Halo games but this newest installment looks good.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/..._CTA_OrderGame

Just one thing to remember, the $25 shop credit needs to be used before the end of the year, so you'll have roughly 1.5 months to find something to spend it on. Here's the full disclaimer: Limited time offer valid on eligible products thru 11/5/2012. $25 single use promo code coupon will be delivered via email within 10 days of game release. Offer and promo code not valid on previous orders, cannot be transferred, redeemed for cash or combined with any other offer or promotion. Online and in-store terms may differ. Promo code may only be used for future online purchase and expires on 12/31/2012. Limit 3 per person

[RudeCurve]

Thanks for the heads up, I didn't realize that.

[Laa-Yosh]

Originally Posted by RudeCurve

No, should I play them first to get up to speed?

Well, they're certainly fun games even today, Halo CE Anniversary is a good demonstration of how the gameplay can still be entertaining. But Halo 2 especially is kinda ugly, even on a 360 it runs at just 640*480 upscaled.

However I've always found the story parts engaging, they've made some very good calls with the voice talent for the Chief, Cortana, and the Arbiter - and his storyline is actually pretty interesting, although it doesn't look like he's a part of Halo 4. These characters have some history that'll probably add a nice context to whatever's going to happen.

But it's probably not necessary to go through the games, there's surely going to be a story so far video from someone. It looks like 343 is building the game for a larger audience who's not that familiar with the first trilogy and they're exploring new directions so they'll probably explain everything in the game, too.

[fearsomepirate]

Originally Posted by RudeCurve

No, should I play them first to get up to speed?

Short version: There's a zombie outbreak that threatens to destroy the galaxy, and it's up to the Doom Space Marine, who has recently been promoted to Master Chief, to stop it! Also, there are aliens who worship the zombies, and it turns out that it was created by a super-ancient civilization that's totally gone now and might have made the human race and left giant zombie-blasting rings all around the galaxy.

And now you know everything you need to know.

Halo 1 is a really good game right up until the Flood. Same with Halo 2. Of course the graphics are pretty dated. I'm actually playing the first game right now on my OXbox (never beat it on Legendary). The AI was really an achievement at the time, and it's still better than a lot of current-gen games.

I like how Cortana was initially not supposed to be hyper-sexualized, and then they said, "Screw it, let's give her enormous breasts and a perfect butt!"