All those announcements sounded goofy to me. Supposedly it's the same guy - I'd definitely suggest (not that 343 is listening to me) to re-record that stuff and bring it back in line with Reach, where it sounded just right.
I hope it's a placeholder because every video of Halo 4 i've seen has had **** sound effects...they sound all fake and plastic like. I want real gun noise and explosions not this pea shooter stuff.
Alright, so full armor customization again, and I think it said legs in there too. Also looks like we're going to have the Halo 3 ranking system back for the most part. I did notice in some other pictures that they may throw a bit of Reach's ranking system too. As for the sounds, it really felt like the video was taken in a place where the sounds were going to echo, so I don't know if those are the actual sounds or what. The announcer though, his voice changes every Halo, I was actually kind of surprised how little his voice had changed between 3 and Reach to be honest. Edit: So many people already beat me to the punch line apparently.
how would that be placeholder? If that was Geoff's voice, then it wouldn't be placeholder because it would make more sense to do it right first time, as a proper recording. And if he hadn't been in yet, why would they simply not use old sound files? I also HATE that grenade sound. It just all sounds so plasticy. If Halo 4 was on PC how many people would mod it on day 1 to bring back the proper sounds?
Don't know if this was posted yet, but here's some multiplayer bits: Halo 4 - Gametrailers E3 Spartanops reveal interview - YouTube
Well, they do invade in rather dumb ways. or example, why give grunts the most powerful weapons? Why not give them armour that isn't made of explosives? Why is it that they invade of groups of 5 or 6? Surely they would be better if they all stuck together in a group of 50? They would pwn master chief! Instead of 2 hunters, 30 hunters. Big wraiths defending every outpost. They spend their budget in a pretty stupid way. If 20 people can take out of one of your supercarriers, and you just replace it, what the hell is the point? Surely the money would be better invested? Prophet of Regret: Hey, look! We just got owned trying to defend Halo. Prophet of Truth: I KNOW! Let's just do the exact same thing that failed miserably, and then get pissed off when it doesn't work. The covenant are pretty bad at war.
Where did you see any indication of a H3 ranking system? Cause I would LOVE it if they brought it back. I did see an image with "Major Grade II" on it so the Reach system is definitely back. I really hope they imPlement both.
Having to earn XP for rank again. But they probably are doing a combination of both ranking systems. XP from Halo 3 to rank up, but Credits as Spartan Points from Reach to buy armor. Just a thought, but that would probably be the best way to have both systems work together.
I don't give a rat's ass about dressing up my spartan and this spartan ops ****. ****ing hell I want to see what I would assume most of us care about the most, and that is custom games and forge. I don't want to see this game turn out as Reach did, where we have a great forge mode but less custom game options. And the maps, reveal some of the goddamn multiplayer maps 343! Prove to me that I'm not going to be let down by the maps. [/quick rant]
So apparently some pros will be playing Halo 4 in like ten minutes. Hopefully we'll get some footage, but I'm not too sure where to look for it.
Less than what? This is demonstrably not true. A lot of people weren't super-happy to lose VIP (though I personally never liked that gametype much, at least not the default variants of it in matchmaking) - but for the most part Reach has more options for customs than any previous Halo game.