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  2. Posted

    Mike few questions if you dont mind.

     

    Are the graphics nice? in all the videos ive seen they just look like Halo2's in HD? (well abit better)

     

    And the first post, are you saying you can only play with up to 7 friends? or can you have 16-32 etc?

    The graphics aren't massively better (if you want to "show off" your 360 I still think GoW will be the game to do it) but to be honest I don't see how they could've made them more "realistic" whilst still keeping the Halo feel. Personally I think it looks great anyway, but then I'm not someone who obsesses over graphics. What does make a difference is all the little differences in the UI, weapon effects, the water, etc. I think when the final game ships if you go and play Halo 2's Zanzibar and then 3's (for example), you'll notice a huge difference.

     

    And yeah, in the beta you can only play in a game with up to 7 other people, as there are no Big Team playlists included. The max in the final game is 16, as noted above.

     

    Edit - by the way the exact size of the beta is 911.17mb and it took me 5-10 minutes to download, I assume it will take just a bit longer when everyone and their mother is downloading it

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    Right now I get the vibe that they took all the best bits from both Halo 1 and 2 and then just merged them together. There are hundreds of differences and nuances, way too many to list, and after playing Halo 2 so much for so long it's difficult to adjust at first. I really like it though, the new equipment is excellent and the Spartan Laser is boss. The fact that this is a beta astounds me, can't wait to see what the finished version is like.

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    By the way, the following playlists are available and they all work exactly the same as their counterparts did in Halo 2:

     

    Rumble Training - Unranked - Can go into a game with 5 other friends

    Team Training - Unranked -Can go into a game with 7 other friends, so essentially you are able to play games with just you and your friends.

     

    Rumble Pit - Ranked -Can only play solo

    Team Slayer - Ranked - Can go into a game with 3 other friends

    Team Skirmish - Ranked - Same as Slayer

     

    I assume that you can play split-screen in any of the playlists that allow you to bring friends with you, not tried that yet.

     

    Hope that clears up any confusion.

     

    If any of you have any questions I don't mind answering 'em

  6. Posted

    Any way to check if you got an invite? Or i'd know by now i guess..

     

    Meik's in though, **** Mason >:(

    They send the code to your Bungie account, which as far as I'm aware you can only access via Bungie.net. It is NOT sent as a message via XBL.

  10. Posted

    The way some people are leaving and saying "you can catch me at EF", after that I don't think you can deny that it is seen as a rival forum. It's exactly the same as the Darkzero situation that took place ages ago.
    Sure, but then your general beef should lie with those posters and our forum shouldn't even enter the equation. It's not exactly something we planned to do as a forum-wide attack, and none of the staff want anything to do with it, myself included.

  11. Posted

    I don't really visit here anymore but after last night's events and this resulting thread, I just want to make clear that EF is not considered to be a "rival" forum, nor do we condone anybody who goes onto there and slags this forum off. There seems to be a distinct vibe of "EF is the enemy" from various people here which I don't particularly understand nor do I appreciate; we are a completely different forum which just happens to have some members that post (or used to post at least) both here and there. We had nothing to do with any of this, so leave us out of it.

     

    I don't really understand what happened anyway, and understand less why people are still going on about it.

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    I bought a PC from them at the start of the year. They update the website every step of the way so you know what's going on (payment recieved, in production, in testing etc). Took them a week to build my PC, they shipped at 2pm and then I recieved it the next day. Extremely well packaged in a custom box. Great machine which I have had no problems with whatsoever. Can't comment on the customer services as I never needed to contact them. The graphics card I ordered with the machine only comes with 2 DVI ports, so I was worried I would have to buy a converter for my VGA cable - they included two converters in the box.

     

    I recommend them 100%.

  23. Posted

    I don't have a 360 yet so don't exactly know what Xbox Live Arcade is all about! Isn't it like the Wii's Virtual Console?
    It is similar, though the games are optimised for Xbox Live and HD. All of the games have achievements/online leaderboards, most have online multiplayer, some have downloadable content. A majority of the games are original, too.

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    6 episodes have been shown so far, with episode 7 airing in the US tonight and on Sunday in the UK.

     

    And I agree about Bill, he is the man. Nobody will ever top Mason in my eyes, but it certainly is nice having a director who is actually on Jack's side for once.

    And yeah, I hate Wayne's assistant, he's a bigger fucking weasel than Mike Novick was.

     

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