Halo 5: Guardians [XO]

A bit of romance in Halo wouldn't hurt, it worked like a charm in Halo 4 and it's my favourite part. Cortana looks like a young girl waiting for romance at the end of the game and she realises that she is in love with John 117.

She. Is. Dead. :yep2:

Talking of dating software, did you see Her? :runaway:
 
343's choices with the storyline are obviously up for debate, but they seem to be making decisions based on logical extensions from the first trilogy. Introduce new conflicts in the wake of the human-covenant war and at the same time explore the Forerunners, remove the remaining emotional support from Chief to force him to change, and so on. You can argue with the implementation but the directions were fine IMHO.

I don't mind what they tried to do with the story, although the reheat of the covenant was disappointing, it was what they thought they could strip from the gameplay mostly for purposes of improving assets that showed that showed they didn't get it.

And when criticism is so specific and so core to the game series they have taken over then it's legitimate to continue bringing it up. You can't talk about Halo 5 without the misjudged central game elements of Halo 4 being your reference point.
 
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If you're gonna post that again I'll put you on ignore. Seriously.

Edit: also, you really need a lesson in learning to appreciate other people's right to an opinion.
Agreed. Also guys this is a H5 thread. It is a bit of a misdirect if the first couple of pages was all about H4. Each game should stand on its own merit regardless of who develops it. I'm big on RTS and rage over SC1 and SC2 is still not over.

It is a different game at the end of the day and people need to accept that just like they will need to accept 343i's vision of the game.

We could go through this argument with Mass effect and how that game changed over the series as well. There is no end to it, so let's just keep this about Halo 5. 2 hours to go to he proper reveal so if you can hold it in that would be great.
 
Man the gameplay they showed of Halo 5 guardians was pretty sick. The announcement about warfare mode was also pretty great. I do wish they would have shown some Chief gameplay, but it was a graphical wonder. I'm pretty sure it isn't native 1080 but who cares.
 
Weird, but to me, the new gameplay demo didn't look HALO , more like what Destiny looks like everyday mixed with blurs and COD dialogue, in terms of colours. Even Titans super was there with end boss popping up Vex style. Also, collapsing floors and walkways with explosions everywhere from COD are in Halo now. Yeah, evolution of the franchise.

I should just go play Destiny, I guess.

Edit : :LOL: it just occurred to me the game is even called 'Guardians'. :LOL:
 
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Man if 343 did this at 60 FPS what could they do at 30? 343 are some BEASTS. And here I thought Turn 10 was Microsoft's new technical star after delivering Forza 5 looking great at a locked 1080p/60.

I'm assuming here they at least delivered 1360X1080 or so of course.
 
Far too much aliasing for 1080p IMHO - but then again we'll probably not know for sure until the final release.
 
Didn't get a great look at the gameplay, but it felt a little like ODST but with some Star Wars Republic Commando order system. Now that's cool! Can't wait. Lot more hyped for it than I was for Halo 4.

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Far too much aliasing for 1080p IMHO - but then again we'll probably not know for sure until the final release.
Yup looks closer to <900P. But 343 Frank O'Connor already stated 2 days ago in a NeoGAF thread that resolution was still WIP..

Then again, Alien Isolation has nearly as much shaded aliasing and it was running at 1080p...The Order and Ryse really nailed that issue tho
 
She. Is. Dead. :yep2:

Talking of dating software, did you see Her? :runaway:
:) She is not. Sorry to burst your bubble. She can be recovered if you look for the fragments.

As for Joaquin Phoenix, thanks for the recommendation, what a geeky plot. His best movie is another love story. Please, if you can, watch it with your girlfriend. It's one of my favourite movies. Two Lovers. Great great movie.

Halo 5, looked nice, not so impressed but it has been always like that with every Halo E3 trailer since the Halo 2 days.
 
A more interesting question would be if they will still include the scene from the first CG trailer. Chief is alone there, so whatever happened to the rest of his team?
 

Man if 343 did this at 60 FPS what could they do at 30? 343 are some BEASTS. And here I thought Turn 10 was Microsoft's new technical star after delivering Forza 5 looking great at a locked 1080p/60.

I'm assuming here they at least delivered 1360X1080 or so of course.

Watched to two minutes in.

*sigh*

Looks like I'm buying an Xbox one. :(

Edit: Arrrrbyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
They need to add dynamic lighting to the promethean aircraft gun fire. Looks pretty weird with it just being glow cards.

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Levels are 4 times larger than in Halo 4, according to i343, we shall wait and see.

Hopefully not just corridors four times longer, but volumes that can be populated that are four times bigger. Halo 4 banshee sections tended to be very claustrophobic. A 2x2 increase in the footprint of the play areas would open things up nicely.

They need to add dynamic lighting to the promethean aircraft gun fire. Looks pretty weird with it just being glow cards.

I'm guessing they're not using Forward+ then?
 
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