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Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
So is that level next? I'm interested to see how it has been remastered.

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Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Does anyone know how Sgt. Johnson survives that ending?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Sorry, I didn't mean to ruin the surprise for those unfamiliar with the sequel. I actually played the second one before the first, so my exposure to Sgt Johnson was a little different. I look forward to the interstitial videos coming up that explain things.

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.

Kibayasu posted:

I remember being kind of disappointed that the game left Earth so quickly. Obviously we gotta go do the space stuff but it's a really strong opening that leaves you wanting more.

Wasn't sure if I clicked on my Mass Effect or Halo bookmarked thread

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.

Cythereal posted:

I'm watching this blind, but... yeah. Sure, I'm here for the Covenant invasion of Earth when the Covenant don't even know it's the human homeworld and the entire thing is presumably a giant rolling clusterfuck for everyone involved.

I must have missed something, the Covenant doesn't know they landed on Earth?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Don't want to get too much into the future games in the series, but I though Covenant species were incapable of operating Forerunner tech?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
So activating the Halo rings was to destroy the Flood, specifically to starve them by killing all sentient life, right? And this event happened millions of years ago? So then why is there still Flood? :confused:


EDIT: I know it's to have different enemy combat encounters, but I mean lore wise.

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Does Master Chief even care about the Flood's motives? When they show up didn't he just start :blastu: ?



EDIT: I don't remember the Gravemind looking so creepy in the original.

Outpost22 fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Sep 4, 2021

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Remember to purchase an all new Xbox 360 to complete the Halo Saga (TM)!
-Microsoft

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
I'm so excited for Halo 3, did it get some polish too?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Believe? What did gamers back then not trust that Microsoft was going to release a sequel for their new console?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
I always wondered how things seemingly progressed so rapidly before you got back to Earth. I guess Master Chief was gone a while just due to the travel time.

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.

Carbon dioxide posted:

Wait.

Did you just say they tested the children to see if they were 'lucky'?

People who are genetically 'lucky' is a very important part of the plot of Larry Niven's Ringworld.

That's got to be a subtle reference. No way that's a coincidence.

What kind of tests? Guess the dice roll, pick a card from a deck? Win the lottery?

EDIT: Oh, it was a coin toss

Outpost22 fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Feb 5, 2022

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Mongooses? Shouldn't the plural be mongeese?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.

Cythereal posted:

ODST was a game that really disappointed me, personally. I felt there was a huge opportunity for a very different Halo experience playing as a regular human as opposed to John McJesus-117, and instead the Joe Schmoe of the setting plays and fights almost exactly like a Spartan. He's a little slower, and his guns are worse, and he has a visor instead of a flashlight, but it's a mostly by-the-numbers Halo experience. It's a good by-the-numbers experience, ODST is one of three entries in the Master Chief Collection I really enjoyed along with 3 and Reach, but it could have been something special and unique for the franchise, and I can't help but feel that it's a shame.

It felt like a hard sell not playing as the Master Chief

EDIT: I forgot you play as the Arbiter in 2

Outpost22 fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Mar 5, 2022

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
About the engineers: they are with the enemy, and earth is a battlefield, but still ... they always make me sad :(

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
I don't think you fight Elites again until Reach.

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Maybe the Covenant did nothing wrong?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
But isn't he a demon in the sack ?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Halo: Reach > Halo 4 imo

Even though Reach was a prequel without Master Chef, I'm still not sure what 4 was even about. Something about Protheans and different looking Elites? No ringworld but instead a Dyson sphere?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Whoa, I just noticed in the first cutscene, does Kat have a bionic arm?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.

CzarChasm posted:

Maybe just the busted shield glass break noise and 0 shield alarm effects.

Also, I was going to ask if we knew in game what the Covenant were looking for here on reach, but it turns out that was answered at the end of the video.

Aren't they looking for Master Chief? Is he even on Reach?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
We got a cameo from Buck from ODST, does that mean we also get a cameo from Master Chief?

(If that's a spoiler you can ignore my question)

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
You guys weren't joking when you said Master Chief was lucky. That's his actual canonical super power: good luck

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Also don't forget that the armor ja...

Eh, nevermind that joke's been run into the ground.

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
The MCC is only $10 on Steam, should I get it?

EDIT: I have until Feb 13th to decide.

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Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.

Leal posted:

So Bungie's first Halo game starts with the Pillar of Autumn and their last game ends with the Pillar of Autumn



It all comes full circle, like some kind of...I can't think of anything.

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