I really liked H4 before this update. I still think the campaign is the best one since the first halo, despite it's faults.

Cue flame war.

In my opinion, the main problem with Halo 4's story is that it was too rushed. I mean seriously, the rush from Requiem, to Installation 03 (I think), to Earth was way too quick. Usually Halo stories take longer to flesh out the storylines. This can be seen in Halo 2, where the chief was on Earth, then you were sent to Threshold as the Arbiter. Then you both went to the new ring that was discovered.

These events all had reasons, told reasons that weren't easily guessed. Did you guess Regret was going to jump to another Halo when he was running from the UNSC on Earth? I know I didn't. When the Didact was leaving, it was obvious he was going somewhere Forerunner related to get the "Composer". However, the ring was a little surprising, but the UNSC facility wasn't. Earlier in the game, Lasky mentions they recently came from a Halo ring. Voila, instant obvious story plot.

Other than that, it was a fun storyline, but just rushed.

New Carbine Scope/HUD:

It looks awesome :D
But seems a bit off centre... I don't know why but the centre reticle seems a bit to the right.

I'd smooth out the outer rings, make it more organic

Also do note, the Carbine is currently for TSC:Evolved, not SPV3. Some of you may have seen in the youtube comments for some of the vidocs that the carbine is being replaced in SPV3 with a new weapon with similar functionality. The reticule and scope are going to be reused from this for it however.

HAHA YES
Regardless of public opinion I am sick of people putting Halo 2 on a pedestal. I've played through it and find it generally unimpressive, the campaign is lacking, and the environments/graphics are hideous. Except for one or two campaign levels I liked I don't have much of a drive to play it again.
This could be because either a) I missed the massive and presumably incredibly fun Halo 2 online MP hype once the game first came out or b) the PC port is terrible.

I agree that things seem too dark in halo 2 graphics wise.

Halo 2 sucked overall, the real reason it's remembered fondly is the mp. I dare anyone to take a week and play each campaign on legendary, and tell me they had a good time in h2.

That first part where they come out of the sealed door, fun on normal, unforgiving on legendary.

H2 legendary was ridiculous.

H4 on LE was fun

reach was tough

H1 was easy

H3 was easy but a challenge

If you know how to bypass them, easy as hell :P

To be honest, Halo 2 would have to be the best campaign for Legendary because there are so many ways you can avoid/skip encounters.

But the player should never want to skip an encounter, even if its hard.

So good gameplay is when you use exploits and skip parts of the game?

That WAS my biggest problem with Halo 2 in the long run. It was a 'long game' that played like a short game and really only existed to serve as the linking of Halo 1 to Halo 3. It was a decent length but it rarely delivered in the campaign. I liked the scarab scene and I liked fighting tartarus but most of the levels in that game were lack luster. What I did like, however, was that the game looked like a claymation version of Halo 3.. Oh, and that damn sword lunge was the most OP weapon in any game. I could aim it at someone from across Sanctuary and still kill them.

By the way, @Guywhosaiddon't343itup you do realize that weapon balancing is something that CMT always struggled with? From the grenade launcher battlerifle, where the Battlerifle shot paper rounds and the grenade launcher would send you flying off the map to the assault rifle.. *shudders*
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Oh, and very much like 343, they're recycling Halo. Like, have you ever thought about Halo 4's striking resemblance to Halo 1? People are hating on 4, 5, and 6 yet they can't see that the game LITERALLY carries the same narrative from a different angle.

• Start the game with Covenant boarding your ship


• Crash land on a new planet


• Both have scenes where the music cues in upon seeing the landscape (Requiem and a30)
  
• Both have 'ancient evils'


• The third levels of both games are both espionage


• No duel wielding


• Fall damage


• 'We must destroy Halo!' 'We need to destroy the composer!'


• Both have the 'OMGBADASS' scenes where you have access to every vehicle


• Both have a 'race against time


• 'Halo, it's finished.. No.. I think we're just getting started..' 'The reclamation has begun.'

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I can't be the only one who caught that. Don't be surprised If Halo 4 Anniversary comes out in 2022


Edited by AllySuzumiya on Jun 6, 2013 at 09:36 AM

no boom ?

halo 2 was rushed, I saw the story behind it

Please, get back on topic: CMT RETURNS!

Didn't 343 say that the first level was intended to be nostalgic for veteran players?

Also, I feel like the ghost run was actually more remnant of Halo 3's warthog run, as the terrain changes dynamically.

And as for a "Halo 4 Anniversary", (not to sound harsh or anything) no. It's the same reason there won't be a Halo 2 Anniversary. CEA was not necessarily about the anniversary of halo 1, it was about the ten year anniversary of the entire franchise (hence the halo 1, pc, and 2 maps in the map pack).

then we remember how much Microsoft loves money. Hell, they'll probably do a halo 3 ODST anniversary when the time comes. They'll do anything to make a quick buck

No; I said it was the best for legendary because of the shortcuts. Good gameplay is when mostly everything is balanced and fun to play. This is seen on normal in Halo 2, ODST and 4. Yes, I said it. Halo 4 had decent gameplay in campaign on normal, not in SpOps though. SpOps normal was just spamming AI everywhere and expecting you to kill them because you're bored with a "story" behind it.

FFS, go back to the actual topic...

SpecOps? I thought it was Spartan Ops.

I've been replaying the campaigns of the Halo trilogy, and I've noticed that in Halo 2 and 3, there are some slightly out-of-the-way areas in the level with cached weapons, such as a sniper rifle or what-have-you, which gives the player an alternate means of approaching a particular encounter. Might we see anything like this in upcoming CMT levels?

Halo 1 gives you a lot of ways to approach encounters. That was one of the things H4 did very well too. For levels like A10, your options are limited as it is by design a linear level. A30 we've put a lot of time into making sure the 2 new bsps have lots of ways to be approached. For the Alpha Base area, I can think of 12 ways off the top of my head you can capture the base. A50 has no new areas, and B30:E is slightly more linear than the stock version, but still has plenty of wide open areas and encounters with multiple approaches.


Yep, and we plan to have skulls and secret switches that will activate certain abilities, weapons and vehicles that wouldn't normally appear normally. After the initial "pure" playthroughs, people who want to explore should be able to find lots of cool things.
Edited by Masters1337 on Jun 6, 2013 at 10:17 PM

It was announced last summer, June or Julish iirc

make a sputnik skull! screw cowbell that skull sucked, also can you make sure to give an upgrade to the old environment designs that remain like the a50 interior walls or the a10 floor

also how about something for when you get to the library where its kind of like halo 2's quarantine zone, lol flood vehicles!!! vehicle warfare!!!
Edited by rcghalohell on Jun 6, 2013 at 11:52 PM
Edited by rcghalohell on Jun 7, 2013 at 03:18 PM

Can we get a few pictures from a30? I would like to see some teasers from the new bsps.

It's still quite ugly and needs polish, hopefully soon we can show it since they layout is more or less done.

Some fun facts though.

Stock a30 is 2,413 lines long.

SPV3 A30 is currently 3,754 (and will only be getting longer)

And then our unit and global scripts are 622 and 746 respectively. (and our globals are going to be massively rewritten too)
Edited by Masters1337 on Jun 9, 2013 at 03:18 PM

can you make a way to exchange weapons with allies? I wanna give power weapons to my warthog passengers.

also for flood can you add a weakness? and add infection form infections? like halo 3 does? ik its possible since the old danger canyon models have it

Yeah... sure... just like the past 5 times... Where's my O_O

I hate to ask this because I get the feeling it's probably been answered somewhere before, but are the BSP's and objects in maps other than TSC:E going to be fully retextured in HD? I've noticed some that seem higher resolution than normal, and the normals look really good, but in some areas of T&R, especially inside the Covenant ship, there's a pretty stark contrast between the beautiful textures of the new models and those of the map itself.

The goal is to have no stock textures remaining.

Woohoo! I've played through T&R a couple of times already. Definitely looking forward to more stuff from you guys. :D
Edited by Mooseknuckle on Jun 10, 2013 at 05:08 AM

CMT SPV3 is going to be DLC for Half Life 2: Episode 3