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11/18/09
I still want.
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I is so confused....*-*;
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It is sort of an "origins" type of story. To be honest, Halo: Reach was my favorite book in the series and really opened my eyes to the story line. It makes Master Chiefs ability to kick ass believable. I'm excited for sure.
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Don't know that they've released any gameplay details, but I'm assuming/hoping that it will be more FPS than RTS.
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ODST = addendum to Halo 3 ala Half Life 2 Episodes
Halo: Reach = New shooter game. Probably last one made by Bungie out of their 2 game deal.
that help you :Þ
11/18/09
Also, the battle of Reach is happening at the same time as Halo 1 takes place. Reach is attacked hours before the Pillar of Autumn slipspace jumps to the first Halo. That's the reason why there were Covenant when the Pillar came out of slipspace at the beginning of Halo 1. I believe the Halo CE manual describes what is going on, and that the Pillar has indeed just left the battle of Reach.
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Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong for I am certainly no expert in the history or lore of Halo.
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*spoilers if you wanna read the book*
MC and a handful of others were never able to get onto Reach to help out though, they were in orbit fighting on a station. He was on the Pillar of Autumn when they jumped out using a random vector. That's when Halo:CE picks up.
*end spoilers*
I'm interested as to who you'll play as. Hopefully Bungie will incorporate a similar (aka better, more dynamic) story like in ODST while keeping the same feeling of being a Spartan.
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#speakup
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However i do believe that more of the spoilers of what happens will come from First Strike, where most of the spartan combat that happens of reach occurs, Fall of Reach describes why the chief wasn't on the surface of reach and instead went to halo. Fall of Reach the novel explains the Spartans training and the space battle above reach.
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#speakup
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#speakup
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Thanks everyone! I honestly was surprised by this announcement so I wanted to know.
I thought it was based after the books when I asked my friends. Turns out from this...they were right! LOL!
I'm not much for Halo, but it has to be pretty exciting for you guys!
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*runs off to buy a couple of KFC Snacker*
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mind getting me some popcorn chicken while you're there.
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I'm eating everything, even the kitchen sink :3
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Also, haha, I have found your Photobucket album through the magic of HTML!
[s755.photobucket.com]
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It's kind of my hobby) ^_^
P.S. Popeye's SUCKS....they close the only one around here, those jerks ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
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@Curse lily: Yay South East Bay ftw! ^.^
And Popeyes is SOOO few around here yet we gotta ton of KFCs. Arrgh~ ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
Oh how I love drinking from their hot sauce packets and eating their crumbly chicken. ^__^
And I'm starting that habit too… especially with your art (you're like my RSS feed on all web art that is good :P ) and comic strips.
Yay 2P start!
[Goddamn it I didn't want that picture! ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ]
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@Curse lily: 2P start ftw. :P
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Jeez, i can't even look at Spicy food let alone eat the damn thing.
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@Curse lily: I blame the Hot Cheetos Límon I've been eating since second grade :P
And we all know Tabasco is THE hot sauce to use, always…
There can never be another Cajun one ^_~
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I heard they go great with some Vega-Tables. :P
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Aww come on give Peas and Sgt. Cayenne a chance! ^_^
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1. Your original comment was 'this series isn't helping', before you edited it. Thus, why I hate the edit button.
This is not a series. This is just a one shot collection of anime shorts.
2. For all its whoring out, there has yet to be a bad halo game. There are people who will tell you that the games are bad, but they are simply people who cannot distinguish between 'I do not like it' and 'It is bad'.
The 'OMG' factor of Halo is surprisingly elusive and the franchise is whored out when you have... a... Link avatar? Really?
3. Its a story about space marines, aided by a really powerful marine, fighting different species of aliens, with the equivilant of space zombies trying to eat them all.
Calling the 'OMG' factor surprisingly elusive is essentially writing off every Aliens, Star Wars, Star Trek, BSG etc etc etc series ever made. Or do you just not like science fiction at all?
And I might be the lamest Halo fanboy ever to be telling you this. Never owned 2, played the shit out of 1 with high school chums and 3 only sees 360 use once every six months when my friends throw a game together.
09/17/09
I should summarize all that.
Its okay if you don't like it, but don't pretend like its easy to find nothing to like about it, unless you're willing to admit the fault lies with you and not the games.
I do not like basketball games. Thats my fault, not theirs.
09/17/09
Ooh, I love numbered lists. My turn my turn!
1. Actually, my first comment had to do with American companies attempting to emulate Japanese animation, however I soon remembered that a Japanese animation studio was involved in the project, hence the edit to a different comment of mine. You seem to have caught me in the middle of that process. Why you felt that worth bringing up is beyond me.
2. Halo Wars says hi.
2.5 (as you seem to have missed a number there) Personal attacks are fun, right? Easy too.
3. Believe it or not, there is a lot of trash involving space marines and aliens out there as well. So, all the successes must have something beyond these simple elements to them, right? A lot of people have found something in the Halo franchise that I haven't, hence me wondering about it.
4. (really, if you're going to make a numbered list, the least you could do is keep the format consistent :P ) Er, cool. Glad you have fun with your friends, I guess.
09/17/09
That said, I'm reeeeally looking forward to this. Not so much because its Halo, but because I really dug the animatrix, as well as the recent Iron Man anime. Japanese takes on American icons come out pretty interesting.
09/17/09
We came up with what we refer to as the "Creed Effect".
Halo is itself and as a series is not any different than most games with several sequels under the old belt.
Truth of the matter is that nothing is really wrong with "Halo" as a series, it has just became so popular so quick and of course the fact that it fueled XBox fanboy's "MINE" wars that many others (Sony Fanboys) will hate it on the context they can't have it. While it's meteoric rise is something that can't be denied, it is also a big part of the animosity that people feel toward it.
People love to hate something that is popular beyond all reason. (Now this is when I finally bing in the creed effect).
Creed the band, though nothing really wrong with the group (music wasn't my flavor but they did't "suck") is generally hated....well....by everyone. Really for no better reason than at some point in time (mostly due to Scott Stapp being a jack ass) it became popular to hate them. Kids being all over them like they would be the new Led Zeppelin did't help them either.
This is really the exact same thing that has happened to Halo, It's not bad (though not for everyone). Microsoft is generally a jackass about most things, and the kids love it and say that it has given birth to the modern day FPS.
Anyway that is all.
09/17/09
I just think the plot is horrible and very cliche, the main character design is bad, and, overall, it's a storyline that's been done to death and it doesn't add anything at all.
And, yes, I've played it. FPS aren't really my cup of tea. I got bored with it before I even finished one level.
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@kakashi3488 bye dad I will always miss you:
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*hits commenter in the face with sarcasm-mallet*
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The Halo centerpieces never really got going and the potholders were just doomed from the beginning..
So... an anime.
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I'd better get me a shelter, being the wise-ass that i am..
09/17/09
Or, to borrow a phrase from a certain Mel Brooks. MOICHANDISING!
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Dude you are a ______ _____. Halo copied off _______, _________, ________, and _______. It's a piece of ________, and Bungie _______ __________ ________ _______. Microsoft is a ________ company and the PS3 is ___________ _________. You have no idea what you are talking about, and clearly you're the reason gaming sucks right now.
Honestly, Japan is so much better at making _______. _______ Blows a ________ game like Halo _________ of the ______.
09/17/09
Speaking of which, I'm a bit peeved because I made a joke on Facebook about Kanye interrupting Patrick Swayze's funeral, saying Michael Jackson's was better. And now it's getting passed around. Either I had the same joke other people had or Carlos Mencia ripped me off.
/rant
09/17/09
Honestly, Japan is so much better at making penis. Penis Blows a penis game like Halo penis of the penis.
What? That's how all my friends play Mad Libs.
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