Halo 4

[Laa-Yosh]

Check any Halo related wiki.

 

[BoardBonobo]

The Master Builder executed the original Diadact

Spoiler

on the Halo that the precursor is taken too, and escapes on. Bornstellar become the new Diadact and gains the originals memories in the same way that the Librarian had implanted the 'souls'? of defeated humans in the regressed versions of the human race. So that the knowledge of how to defeat the flood would never be lost.

There was some vague talk of a super network of consciousnesses that the forerunners were connected to and then lost contact with. I think this was a remnant of the precursors tech after they were defeated by their children (the forerunners) but not before they released the flood.

 

[Acert93]

So is anyone up for playing the campaign through in coop right out of the gate?

 

[SteelOak]

New screens from campaign:

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/30/2329475-h4_campaign_forerunner_thirdperson_02_copy.jpg
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/30/2329459-h4_campaign_dawn_firstperson_01_copy.jpg
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/30/2329463-h4_campaign_dawn_firstperson_05_copy.jpg
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/30/2329474-h4_campaign_forerunner_firstperson_07_copy.jpg
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/30/2329471-h4_campaign_forerunner_firstperson_04_copy.jpg
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/30/2329470-h4_campaign_forerunner_firstperson_03_copy.jpg
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/30/2329441-h4_spops_sniperalley_thirdperson_01_copy.jpg
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/30/2329479-h4_campaign_forerunner_thirdperson_06_copy.jpg

WOW

 

[Laa-Yosh]

Yeah a media embargo has been lifted. GAF has a collection of videos and interviews and such:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=42380059#post42380059

The amount of stuff this engine can push and at what quality is simply amazing.

 

[NRP]

So is anyone up for playing the campaign through in coop right out of the gate?

I've done this for every Halo game ever released. Usually in one sitting too.

 

[RobertR1]

No coop out of the gate for me. I'll solo Heroic first and then go into co-op before doing Legendary Solo.

 

[kagemaru]

Yeah probably going to play the campaign solo first then I'll be down for a legendary co-op run if anyone is still down to play.

Also some good campaign footage in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPN-Z3XdleA

 

[Billy Idol]

Also some good campaign footage in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPN-Z3XdleA

Wow! Looks phantastic...better media blackout for me now - can't wait!!

 

[ShadowWolf64]

No coop out of the gate for me. I'll solo Heroic first and then go into co-op before doing Legendary Solo.

I always start a new Halo campaign on Legendary solo because well I enjoy the brutal punishment of it..

 

[Tap In]

IGN-
"but to the eye you’d be forgiven for believing this is a fresh piece of next-generation tech. That’s not hyperbole; Halo 4 is a clear leap over any and all of its predecessors, with an obvious fidelity boost that has the game runing in actual 1280x720 resolution, which should please those sticklers who noted that previous Xbox 360 Halos technically ran a few pixels below the native HD specification. It’s sharp, it’s crisp, and it’s gorgeous."

can't wait to see this live on my tv

 

[NRP]

I just hope the SP campaign is fun. Reach kind of dropped the ball there (at least from a replayability perspective). Halo 3's SP campaign was infinitely replayable imo.

 

[Acert93]

Interesting, while watching this video (notice they have on screen HUD element for power weapons -- nice!) I noticed the reticle is off centered downward (436 pixels from the top of the reticle to the top of the screen but only 270 from the bottom to the bottom of the screen):

This is a good IU move IMO. You don't really need to see the ground / low as much as you do upward. Offsetting the screen makes some sense as you aim from your shoulder but you are looking "over" your gun.

 

[AlNom]

The reticle was also not centered in Halo 2 IIRC.

 

[Acert93]

Newegg has it for $45 with code, but no release day guarantee. Deal ends today 9/23.

 

[SteelOak]

The reticle was also not centered in Halo 2 IIRC.

Isn't it the case with all Halo games ?

 

[kagemaru]

Isn't it the case with all Halo games ?

All games since Halo 2. Halo 1 had it centered but the following titles did not.

 

[fehu]

Yeah probably going to play the campaign solo first then I'll be down for a legendary co-op run if anyone is still down to play.

Also some good campaign footage in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPN-Z3XdleA

Finally they perfected skin rendering and animation, hairs are good to, but a little too static

 

[egoless]

Delete

 

[Karamazov]

Because the engine has been so much downgraded. Only art is different.
(but then if it's only art difference, why woukd they need to downgrade the engine ? Paradox ! Spacetime collapse imminent !)