When Halo2 arrives will you...

[pelago]

if you look very carefully in Halo you will see John remove his helmet.

Where/when's that?

[Mr Do 71]

Where/when's that?

The closing cutscene at the end of the game.

[Lucky Gonk]

The closing cutscene at the end of the game.

Yeah, it's subtly done. You don't actually see the Chief's face but you can see him removing and putting down his helmet. It's a nice touch.

I hope we never get to see what he really looks like.

[Sprite Machine]

I'd agree that the main character design is pretty poor, aesthetically. But since you hardly ever see him anyway, it's not much of a bother is it?

[Uzi]

what the hell did you want? a fucking gundamn wing?

jeez

[Alex W.]

That's the dream, really. Flying over the horizon in an Otakumobile blasting the Covenant. Presumably while smooching with Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo.

[Mr Do 71]

Just a little warning...

The Elites will be armed with their own sniper rifles!

[Lucky Gonk]

Just a little warning...

The Elites will be armed with their own sniper rifles!

Source?

[Alex W.]

Won't that, well, suck? Seeing as snipers were little else than annoying in the TimeSplitters games and blissfully absent (except as bosses) from almost every other gam, ever?

[Kryptonian]

Won't that, well, suck? Seeing as snipers were little else than annoying in the TimeSplitters games and blissfully absent (except as bosses) from almost every other gam, ever?

Not if you can get their guns

[Lucky Gonk]

Won't that, well, suck? Seeing as snipers were little else than annoying in the TimeSplitters games and blissfully absent (except as bosses) from almost every other gam, ever?

It's not a big deal providing it's obvious where they're sniping from. Losing half your energy bar before you can pinpoint the source of the incoming fire ain't no fun at all (quite why Free Radical thought it would be beggars belief).

I think Bungie will be good enough to include a visual pointer of some description - something along the lines of the human sniper rifle's big fat vapour trail.

[Uzi]

snipes while annoying provide for a lot of tension in FPS like in MOH on the pc. i mean when we get to snipe em its only fair they get a chance. im sure it will lead to devious sniper avoiding tactics....

[Number 28]

Hmm...Convenant weapons tend to fire plasma, which travels relatively slowly at long distance. It would be interesting to see how a convenant sniper rifle turned out. Or maybe they finally figured out how to use human weapons.

Also, are their any 'devious sniper avoiding tactics'? If you don't know where they are, you're screwed. I despised that sniper level in MOH: AA.

[Mr Do 71]

Source?

XboxWorld magazine, latest issue page 31.

Just as the Chief has powered-up from the first game, so have the Conevant. This pair (pictures of two Elites) of Elite have sniper rifles to hand (although close inspection of one of the pics, the gun doesn't look like a sniper rifle at all). These were dropped from the original game, but this time, with the huge areas and to counteract the Chief's very own rifle, they're packing some considerable heat. Of course, once they're felled you can expect to be able to pick them up for own needs.

Hmm....

[Uzi]

Also, are their any 'devious sniper avoiding tactics'?  If you don't know where they are, you're screwed.  I despised that sniper level in MOH: AA.

i mean as in a snipe is usually immobile (ie camper) and the time it takes to zoom in, zoom out they can lose sight of a normal player on foot who can grenade/ambush em quite easily if sneaky enough.

Also snipes are childs play if youre cloaked.

EDIT: Argh forgot we're talking about AI here.

[Lucky Gonk]

Cheers, Mr Do. Is this the image Xbox World refers to?

[pretentious_helvetica]

I love that screenshot. One of the coolest doors in videogames ever.

Oh, plus nice Elites too.

Sven ;[)~

[Lucky Gonk]

<pedant mode>I think the Elites' heads look too pointy.</pedant mode>

Other than that, it's all gravy.

[pretentious_helvetica]

There's one thing I love on 'em. To quote Ren Hoek...

"Maaaandibles"

As long as they say "wootwootwoot", me happy.

Sven ;[)~

[Mr Do 71]

Cheers, Mr Do. Is this the image Xbox World refers to?

Yes.

Thats just an Elite's Plasma Sword powered down, isn't it?

Edited March 31, 2004 by Mr Do

[Alex W.]

As long as they say "wootwootwoot", me happy.

Don't tell anyone, but they're just Sarge's comparable lines, reversed, and lowered in pitch.

[mr. fancypants]

Yes.

Thats just an Elite's Plasma Sword powered down, isn't it?

no

[Alex W.]

Look more like a plasma SMG to me...

[Lucky Gonk]

Don't tell anyone, but they're just Sarge's comparable lines, reversed, and lowered in pitch.

Eh? At what point does the sarge say "Trow Trow Trow" then?

[Cacophanus]

what the hell did you want? a fucking gundamn wing?

jeez

Wing sucked donkey cock in terms of mechanical design, although Katoki was roped in on it. That being said, Katoki is the don of gritty mechanical design (as was scarily proved in Gundam Sentinel). To kinda get a feel of what the hell I am talking about, have a look see...

MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam

(done for the Master Grade kit manual)

MSA-011Ex Ex-S Gundam

(from Gundam Sentinel his debut work back in 1988)

RX-78 GP-03 Dendobrium (Stamen and Orchis)

(from the latter half of Mobile Suit Gundam: 0083 Stardust Memories)

Now a Katoki designed Master Chief? That would seriously fucking rock!

[pretentious_helvetica]

Don't tell anyone, but they're just Sarge's comparable lines, reversed, and lowered in pitch.

So Sarge said "toowtoowtoow"? When was that?

Mmmm. Nice mech designs. My want for Japan grows even more now.

Sven ;[)~

[Alex W.]

It's not actually that, someone managed to sample and reverse and pitch modify everything to get from Sarge to Elite and back again... I think "woot woot woot" was "go go go!" somehow...

[Alex W.]

Here's the evidence!

[Cacophanus]

Here's the evidence!

Very cool. The last one always reminded me of "Ah, hontou da!" in Japanese, which means (roughly) "Ah, that's true!".

As for those mecha designs, they are good stuff but Katoki has done far more pragmatic designs, but my artbooks aren't present with me (nor do I have a scanner anymore). Soz.

[pretentious_helvetica]

I shouldn't of doubted you for a second, Mr. Alex.

Actually, I was looking for the "wootwootwoot" sound for ages for me desktop. Result!

*rubs hands with evil glee*

Sven ;[)~