Absolutely - to all points.Pardon me for being ignorant, was Halo ever about exploration? I only played a bit one Halo 1 a while back but it feels weird about people talking about Halo Infinite being open world with dynamic water and weather. Like was that ever a thing people wanted from a Halo game and does that lend into benefiting the game design and structure of a Halo campaign?
Forerunner mystery was a big part of Halo 1, and had a lot to do with the Ark on Halo 3 being so cool. Halo 1 also is known for having large playspaces that allow for sandbox experimentation with hidden nooks and crannies. Halo 2 is certainly a more guided experience, but Halo 3 returns somewhat more to the Halo 1 style of layout for a good chunk.Pardon me for being ignorant, was Halo ever about exploration? I only played a bit one Halo 1 a while back but it feels weird about people talking about Halo Infinite being open world with dynamic water and weather. Like was that ever a thing people wanted from a Halo game and does that lend into benefiting the game design and structure of a Halo campaign?
The Xmas card is the same area as the E3 trailer but covered in snow, so not a different biome.
It's nothingDoes anyone have any opinions on the recent re-appearance of Scalebound and Fable Legends on Amazon France? I know these retail leaks happen all the time and are usually balls, but this ones got some things to it.
-Its listed by Microsoft Studios on Amazon: I admit I don't know a lot about how this works, but my understanding with most online retailers (like Walmart) is they list products themselves, like Walmart, so sometimes they list things early, or type them in wrong, or list old things that shouldn't be relisted. But with Amazon the seller lists things themselves, so it seems like this would happen less frequently, especially coming directly from a publishers page.
-It's still there: it's been a week, and I don't know how long previous leaks like this stay on sites (Walmart Canada for e3 for example). All I know is by the time I heard about the Walmart Canada leak, it was already gone. And we had another two games pop up recently on Amazon Italy, Sunset Overdrive 2 and Bloodbourne 2, both of which are now gone. To be fair, them still being there may just mean Microsoft doesn't care because they are so obviously wrong, and Bloodbourne and Sunset may have been taken down because companies didn't want to actually leak real games. It may also just be a matter of no one that would do anything about it having heard about it yet.
-Scalebound reappeared once already. Earlier this year the Xbox store page for Scalebound popped back up, Microsoft said it was a database glitch of some kind, a non indexed page that was never deleted, which I tend to believe. I work at a big tech company and that kind of stuff happens.
-Ninja Theory is hiring for a Live Services game. What are the odds Ninja Theory carved off a small team to bring Fable Legends back? A ton of work was done on the game before it was canceled. I played the alpha, and it seemed pretty far along. It would be kind of shitty to find out Microsoft closed Lionhead and canned the game just to revive it a few years later with most of the same assets and stuff under different people, but it's not impossible.
I realize every point I made serves as its own counterpoint, and it's way more likely that this is nothing than that it's something, I just wanted to see if anyone else had opinions on it.
Why would it be unlikely? It fits a lot of possible categories with a sci-fi/fantasy world mix, different characters to play, family friendly, a mix of shooting and platforming gameplay, and overall is an IP that wouldn't have to be a AAA mega blockbuster. It could be a simple $20-30 budget game that wouldn't take too much time or money to fund.
Firstly, I'll be buying all the consoles again regardless.
But I have no concern regarding the rumours, as the base unit will undoubtedly be in line with PS5. As Brad said in his article, "specs are murky" at this time. I'd expect that Scarlett S & X will share the same CPU and likely RAM too. The difference will be the GPU, and that stuff is scalable.
Stuff about natural landscapes gives me a great feeling about this one. Fighting in the outdoor terrain on the Halo rings of Halo CE is still my favorite single player thing to this day. Can make for an awesome sandbox.
I think AI has evolved the least since 2001 (when compared to graphics, lighting, physics, animations, production values). Halo CE, which launched in November if 2001 still has better AI than many shooters today. EAs sports games today are dumber than some of sports games from that gen.
It's a hot button for me. If AI evolved significantly, I'd be more excited than I would be over evolutions in physics, lighting or detail.
Christ the wait for proper Infinite news is torturous.
On a side note, Bonnie Ross is this year's recipient of the AIAS Hall of Fame Award.
https://www.interactive.org/news/bonnie_ross_hall_of_fame_2019.asp
Very well deserved indeed.
I think AI has evolved the least since 2001 (when compared to graphics, lighting, physics, animations, production values). Halo CE, which launched in November if 2001 still has better AI than many shooters today. EAs sports games today are dumber than some of sports games from that gen.
It's a hot button for me. If AI evolved significantly, I'd be more excited than I would be over evolutions in physics, lighting or detail.
The cheapest Xbox of the next generation will reach 4k and 60fps?
If so, what advantage will the most expensive Xbox ?.
The cheapest Xbox of the next generation will reach 4k and 60fps?
If so, what advantage will the most expensive Xbox ?.
They green lit Battletoads though..Like I said, the IP is too obscure. If they aren't even willing to fund something bigger like Banjo or Conker (you know, stuff that people have been asking for ad nauseam for years and years and years), what makes you think they'll greenlight JFG out of nowhere?
That's what I was gonna say. Seasons don't make sense on a Ring. It's all man made, it's not like there is a Sun rotating in the middle changing each piece of land's environment as it passes by. Exploring different biomes, I totally get.
That doesn't make sense. Rings don't have seasons. I would have said then maybe they are talking about a planet but then he talks about knowing which Ring it's on.
EDIT: I get it now. Yeah, no seasons. He's simply saying that they put snow in that scene for the holidays and it isn't a permanent thing.
That's partly due to fun factor and what actually benefits gameplay reward and design. There are studios that have experimented with and even created more realistic and advanced AI systems, that they later dialed back not for technical reasons, but because in play tests they found that overly realistic AI just lent to added frustration, annoyance and limitations on combat approach.
Battletoads has more pop culture relevance because of the Gamestop meme. Plus the reboot is a 2D game and likely costs less than what a new JFG would cost.
Wtf. This tweet tells so much actually. Damn Frankie - is that you? ;)
Exploration. Some form of dynamic world. Dynamic water. Halo.
They are ticking all the right marks this time, hu?
I get it now. Yeah, no seasons. He's simply saying that they put snow in that scene for the holidays and it isn't a permanent thing.
Nice! :D
Did I say she won this 22 times? Nope. I'm just curious of her age. That's it :P
343 can't even post a holiday edit without people jumping to wild conclusions. Gotta love the hype cycle for huge Halo releases.
I mean, it's something that's bound to happen when you announce a game with zero details and have no intention to release more info for another year (probably). Speculation and taking apart every little thing 343 says is all some people feel like they have.
And 5 years (probably) after release of Halo 5: Guardians. Hopefully that won't mean anything wrong for the series and for fans.Yeah, the Halo community is desperate for information at this point. This is the first time a mainline Halo game has not been released within 3 years of the last one.
Yeah, the Halo community is desperate for information at this point. This is the first time a mainline Halo game has not been released within 3 years of the last one.
Yeah, the Halo community is desperate for information at this point. This is the first time a mainline Halo game has not been released within 3 years of the last one.
I mean, there literally was a new Halo title every year between 2009 and 2015. Halo Wars 2 came out in 2017, too. They did rely too much on their core franchises.Bleutgh. MS relies on Halo too much, a new Halo game very year....
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I can see that with some games...but there's a lot of genres where having more dynamic behavior would make games more replayable. Not necessarily AI designed to beat me at chess. When I play Legendary in Halo, would hope that the AI could change its routines and react differently based on what I'm doing. Halo CEs was more dynamic than Halo 5's. Also many sports games just have shit AI. Can run the same damned formations and audible into the same play and get the same reactions over and over. It's like Harbaugh is coaching every fucking football team.
LOL. If anything it says the opposite. I'm saying the snow on our Xmas card was added on purpose to make an Xmas card as opposed to hinting at a specific feature or behavior. Just didn't want people reading too much into it so I swooped in and REMOVED information from the universe. Because that's what the people want!
But what they could do for Anniversary? Halo 3 isn't so old enough to do something like this. That game already have 4K update for The Master Chief Collection. What else they could do? Because they wouldn't do a remake.Halo 3 + ODST Anniversary is a missed opportunity. It would have been perfect while waiting for Infinite.
I'm devastated with the fact we will never have these Halo 3 Blur cutscenes and these Halo 3 remixes.
But what they could do for Anniversary? Halo 3 isn't so old enough to do something like this. That game already have 4K update for The Master Chief Collection. What else they could do? Because they wouldn't do a remake.
I think the next Anniversary will be for Halo: Reach - only one game in the series which is omitted and without special treatment for Xbox One (remaster) or Xbox One X (4K patch).