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sze5003

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No one here is excited about the Master Chief Collection announced yesterday?? I'm heavily considering buying an Xbone just for that, and have it be a halo machine. If I see a bundle with the MC Collection, 1 year Xbox live, and the non-kinect sku for ~$400, I won't be able to pass it up.

That's an odd deal I dunno if it will happen. They already are selling it without Kinect for $400. But it would be cool for a collection like that.
 

Tweak155

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No one here is excited about the Master Chief Collection announced yesterday?? I'm heavily considering buying an Xbone just for that, and have it be a halo machine. If I see a bundle with the MC Collection, 1 year Xbox live, and the non-kinect sku for ~$400, I won't be able to pass it up.

I only want it for Halo 2 MP.
 

Bill Brasky

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That's an odd deal I dunno if it will happen. They already are selling it without Kinect for $400. But it would be cool for a collection like that.

Yeah, the price is probably too low for something like that, but I can't justify more money.

I've read that each game will be using the original engine for the multiplayer, which means my pants are getting tight thinking about CE with dedicated servers. Combat Evolved and Halo 2 MP at 1080p 60fps sounds soooo amazing.

I only want it for Halo 2 MP.

No CE Pistol love? :'(
 

Anteaus

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No one here is excited about the Master Chief Collection announced yesterday?? I'm heavily considering buying an Xbone just for that, and have it be a halo machine. If I see a bundle with the MC Collection, 1 year Xbox live, and the non-kinect sku for ~$400, I won't be able to pass it up.

I'll share your excitment. Of course, this is coming from someone who has neither the original Xbox nor 360 so I'm looking forward to playing through all four games for the first time. I already have an XB1 so the announcement is just icing on the cake.

In other news, the GTAV annoucement was also good to hear.
 
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smackababy

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I am looking forward to the Master Chief Collection. Mostly, I am just looking forward to Midship. All the remakes were terrible. Halo 2 Midship was the best MP map ever made. Plain and simple!

Not excited about GTA5. I played enough to pretty much do everything I could stomach on the original release. It just wasn't that good of a game IMO. Maybe I outgrew the target demographic? GTA Online was also incredibly bad. It was everything I expected: a bunch of people being twats, as that is pretty much all you do in a GTA game.
 

Lil Frier

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No one here is excited about the Master Chief Collection announced yesterday?? I'm heavily considering buying an Xbone just for that, and have it be a halo machine. If I see a bundle with the MC Collection, 1 year Xbox live, and the non-kinect sku for ~$400, I won't be able to pass it up.

Definitely excited. The $60 price tag is so delicious. 4 games, a beta, and a miniseries for $60 is the steal of the generation, IMO. You're not going to see a $400 bundle with the game (they would have announced it, no question). However, by the time it is out, you will likely be able to find a used One sans-Kinect for $300-350.

I'll share your excitment. Of course, this is coming from someone who has neither the original Xbox nor 360 so I'm looking forward to playing through all four games for the first timel. I already have an XB1 so the announcement is just icing on the cake.

In other news, the GTAV annoucement was also good to hear.

I feel a bit badly for you. You're not going to get Reach, arguably the best story of the franchise. If you haven't played that campaign, find a friend with a 360 and Reach or rent the game and borrow a friend's 360. Seriously, it's a great one.

I am looking forward to the Master Chief Collection. Mostly, I am just looking forward to Midship. All the remakes were terrible. Halo 2 Midship was the best MP map ever made. Plain and simple!

Not excited about GTA5. I played enough to pretty much do everything I could stomach on the original release. It just wasn't that good of a game IMO. Maybe I outgrew the target demographic? GTA Online was also incredibly bad. It was everything I expected: a bunch of people being twats, as that is pretty much all you do in a GTA game.

Zanzibar. Midship is decent, but nothing is Zanzibar except Zanzibar. That gate on the left side was a make-or-break move for objective games (CtF and Assault). one of the few MAJOR memories I have of online gaming in my life.
 

smackababy

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Definitely excited. The $60 price tag is so delicious. 4 games, a beta, and a miniseries for $60 is the steal of the generation, IMO. You're not going to see a $400 bundle with the game (they would have announced it, no question). However, by the time it is out, you will likely be able to find a used One sans-Kinect for $300-350.



I feel a bit badly for you. You're not going to get Reach, arguably the best story of the franchise. If you haven't played that campaign, find a friend with a 360 and Reach or rent the game and borrow a friend's 360. Seriously, it's a great one.



Zanzibar. Midship is decent, but nothing is Zanzibar except Zanzibar. That gate on the left side was a make-or-break move for objective games (CtF and Assault). one of the few MAJOR memories I have of online gaming in my life.

Zanzibar was awful. It was far too easy to trap a team on the beach. Midship was balanced for objective games (Ctf, KotH, etc) and had enough flow for slayer (team and FFA).
 

Anteaus

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I feel a bit badly for you. You're not going to get Reach, arguably the best story of the franchise. If you haven't played that campaign, find a friend with a 360 and Reach or rent the game and borrow a friend's 360. Seriously, it's a great one.

That's a good point. Well, we can't rule out the possibility that MS will also release Reach, ODST, and maybe Halo Wars as a combo next year. If they build on the work they did converting Halo 3 and 4 assests to the XB1, porting Reach and ODST will go much quicker and it's guaranteed to sell. I don't have to ever have played them to know their market potential. Halo is one of the most successful FPS franchises in console gaming history. I can't imagine spending all that money to port those games and not the others.

It would be good PR to announce that the entire Halo franchise is on the XB1 before Halo 5 is released.
 
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Lil Frier

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Zanzibar was awful. It was far too easy to trap a team on the beach. Midship was balanced for objective games (Ctf, KotH, etc) and had enough flow for slayer (team and FFA).

I don't like cramped maps. They're too spawn-killing happy, and that's an example of it. I like that map, it's just not an all-time favorite. There were plenty of exit points on the beach to avoid being trapped, and I honestly don't remember suffering that fate on that map.
 

smackababy

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I don't like cramped maps. They're too spawn-killing happy, and that's an example of it. I like that map, it's just not an all-time favorite. There were plenty of exit points on the beach to avoid being trapped, and I honestly don't remember suffering that fate on that map.

You were lucky then. There were two ways off the beach (the large opening on the right and a small hallway in the wall). A sniper on the top of the wall and a guy with the shotgun in the hallway and you're trapped.
 

Lil Frier

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You were lucky then. There were two ways off the beach (the large opening on the right and a small hallway in the wall). A sniper on the top of the wall and a guy with the shotgun in the hallway and you're trapped.

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Zanzibar

Look at the first picture.

You could take the large hole on the right.
You could take that far-left room to a small opening.
You could take the stairs, the go off the wall.
You could take the stairs, go right along the wall, and sweep around or go top-middle.
You could take the stairs, go through that small opening, then go left (to the same hole you got to from that far-left) or right, down some stairs, if I remember correctly.

At worst, you'd have 3 options--right, left, of stairs. If your team had ANY level of coordination, you wouldn't split up and get one-on-one destroyed trying to leave through every exit, letting them cover it with a single man.
 

smackababy

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http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Zanzibar

Look at the first picture.

You could take the large hole on the right.
You could take that far-left room to a small opening.
You could take the stairs, the go off the wall.
You could take the stairs, go right along the wall, and sweep around or go top-middle.
You could take the stairs, go through that small opening, then go left (to the same hole you got to from that far-left) or right, down some stairs, if I remember correctly.

At worst, you'd have 3 options--right, left, of stairs. If your team had ANY level of coordination, you wouldn't split up and get one-on-one destroyed trying to leave through every exit, letting them cover it with a single man.

All of those, except the large opening, lead into the wall. That is incredibly easy to defend, especially with a shotgun. And, the team spawning on the beach are spawning near the water line with no cover. The enemy has the high ground and access to every weapon. A team of 4 can camp the beach the entire game on an objective based game. It is so incredibly unbalanced.
 

cmdrdredd

Lifer
Dec 12, 2001
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No one here is excited about the Master Chief Collection announced yesterday?? I'm heavily considering buying an Xbone just for that, and have it be a halo machine. If I see a bundle with the MC Collection, 1 year Xbox live, and the non-kinect sku for ~$400, I won't be able to pass it up.

Already pre-ordered thank you
 

SAWYER

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I started playing the glorified demo of Powerstar Golf and really like it, I do not know about golf though. I noticed on the bottom left corner you can select three different options. I do not remember them all right now but I think one is pitch, what are these are when should they be used? Also, say when I am about to take a shot/swing whatever you call it and the hole is on a much lower height, does the flag indicator on the power power bar account for this or do i need to compensate for the difference?
 

railven

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All of those, except the large opening, lead into the wall. That is incredibly easy to defend, especially with a shotgun. And, the team spawning on the beach are spawning near the water line with no cover. The enemy has the high ground and access to every weapon. A team of 4 can camp the beach the entire game on an objective based game. It is so incredibly unbalanced.

One of the reasons why I'd always pray I was on the team controlling the inside during loading screens haha.

Of course, there are lots of memorable moments of beach team losing their mind and tossing grenades over the wall in hopes of taking out the two covering the main door way.

That map was definitely fun, but also frustrating.
 

fbrdphreak

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I don't know what planet you're on but bringing a new console to market and already making money on it in 6 months is considered something of an accomplishment.
Dude....there's a difference between making profit on an individual product and the entire division/company making a profit. Just because you sold a sandwich for more than the cost of its individual components doesn't mean your restaurant profits if you had to hire Gordon Ramsay to make it.
 

cmdrdredd

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Dec 12, 2001
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Dude....there's a difference between making profit on an individual product and the entire division/company making a profit. Just because you sold a sandwich for more than the cost of its individual components doesn't mean your restaurant profits if you had to hire Gordon Ramsay to make it.

Do you know what context is? Look it up and apply it to what I said originally.

I posted a link too that said that they are making a profit on a per unit basis. I am saying that is an accomplishment in such a short time and that doom talk about Xbox and PlayStation is just talk.
 
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MikeyLSU

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so I just started max: curse of the brotherhood, there are major stuttoring issues on every transition scene.

For instance, every time the camera pans out/in/side the frame rate looks like it drops to about 10, makes the game really look bad IMO.

Is this an issue I'm having or is this just how they made the game?
 

purbeast0

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in max, if i remember correctly, i thought it had some choppiness in cutscenes, which i thought was weird. but during the actual gameplay there was none of that stuff. definitely thought it was odd how pre-rendered cutscenes had choppiness but the game didnt.
 

MikeyLSU

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this is in gameplay for me, I notice a little in the cutscenes, but it is during the transitions while in gameplay.
 

Lil Frier

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I started playing the glorified demo of Powerstar Golf and really like it, I do not know about golf though. I noticed on the bottom left corner you can select three different options. I do not remember them all right now but I think one is pitch, what are these are when should they be used? Also, say when I am about to take a shot/swing whatever you call it and the hole is on a much lower height, does the flag indicator on the power power bar account for this or do i need to compensate for the difference?

Normal: Just hit it.
Pitch: High-loft shot, helps to get over low-hanging objects and lessen roll.
Chip: Very low shot, like a really-long putt, in a way. Lots of roll, almost no height, and used from just off the green/fringe

You must compensate for height yourself. Uphill = farther, downhill = shorter. The male caddie has an ability to show where your shot will land, if you want something as a short-term handicap to help teach you the effects of it.

Also, click my profile link in my sig and add me on LIVE, if you want someone to play Rivals Mode against (asynchronous multiplayer), you want someone to watch for instruction on Twitch (I'll sign in and stream for you), assuming you get the game someday.
 

Turkish

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Dunno if anyone plays Dead Rising 3 here but I suck at getting rid of zombies attacking my cars. Whenever I got one attacking on the drivers side, I do as the game suggests and do a clockwise on my right thumbstick but it doesn't seem to work. Getting so annoyed. Help?
 
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