Halo 5

[Candyman5]

Re: Halo 5

Anybody following the Hunt The Truth interviews?

http://huntthetruth.tumblr.com/tagged/listen

Yeah its interesting that as fans of the series we know what happened but to see how the reporter finds out.

[Candyman5]

Re: Halo 5

With the latest hunt the truth I wonder if this be the first Halo game where you actually fight humans.

[Flawless]

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Game Informer July Cover Revealed – Halo 5: Guardians

You've played the Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta. Now it's time to uncover the mysteries behind the story.

We went to 343 Industries to get the first hands-on with Master Chief's campaign. As you can see from the cover imagery, the Chief is now accompanied by the legendary Blue Team in both single-player and four-player co-op. Linda, Fred, and Kelly were abducted when they were six years old alongside John to be turned into Spartan-II super soldiers. This tight-knit squad grew up together and battled through many adventures in the expanded fiction, but this will mark their first significant role in a core Halo game. With the loss of Cortana in Halo 4, Blue Team steps up to interact with Chief, appear in cutscenes, and accept commands from him in single-player. In co-op play, everyone takes on a specific member, each with a different loadout unique to their specialty.

We played an early mission set before Master Chief and Blue Team are declared AWOL by the very military that made them. The flipside of the campaign follows Spartan Jameson Locke, seen in the Halo: Nightfall TV series, as he tracks down Halo's signature hero to bring him in or take him down. Locke recruits a team of his own, Fireteam Osiris, to do the job. This mix of familiar and new faces rounds out the team of high-tech Spartan-IVs, who all come from elite military backgrounds. See if you can spot a returning fan favorite in our coverage trailer below.

Our lengthy hands-on sessions also included plenty of time in the revamped competitive Arena multiplayer. In the cover story, we break down specific changes to the Empire map from last winter's beta and we debut a never-before-seen map called Fathom. This undersea base looks gorgeous and is loaded with all kinds of hidden tricks for experienced players to dig in and discover. 343 also teases a new multiplayer mode never seen in a Halo game before. Read about all this and more in the latest issue of Game Informer.

[Cyros]

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[Flawless]

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Please let this be true:


Halo + Republic Commando?

Tim Longo joined 343 in December of 2013 to be the creative director on Halo 5. Besides Tomb Raider, he was the CD on Republic Commando.

This part from Game Informer:

With the loss of Cortana in Halo 4, Blue Team steps up to interact with Chief, appear in cutscenes, and accept commands from him in single-player.

Republic Commando Squad System:

The squadmate order system allows the player general tactical control over the three NPC squadmates that round out the four-man commando team. The order system resembles a simplified version of the context-based command menus seen in Star Wars Battlefront 1. Many objects in the game environment will highlight when the crosshair is placed over them. The player can then press the use key to issue an order automatically associated with the object; for example, a sealed door may highlight with a synchronized team breach-and-clear command, or a computer console might give have a "slice" (computer hacking) command, while a pile of cargo boxes suitable for a cover position with good vantage may provide a "take up Sniper/Anti-Armor position" command. Where possible, the squadmates will usually take their preferred roles (sniper, demolitions and technical). The player can also order the squad to move to secure any position (wherever the crosshair is pointed), or perform search-and-destroy. Also, there are orders to command the squadmates to group up or spread out according to the player's discretion for the situation.

[Flawless]

Re: Halo 5

lol

Nathan Fillion as Buck in ODST vs Halo 5





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Hi-res of Locke and Buck:

[Flawless]

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Game Informer says there will be 20 multiplayer maps at launch, 15 more by June of next year, and that all DLC maps will be free.

[Cyros]

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[Flawless]

Re: Halo 5

Halo + Republic Commando confirmed.

Game Informer details:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...75&postcount=1

• Whether playing as Chief or Locke, you're accompanied by a fireteam of 3 A.I. which you can command/issue orders to in the campaign
• Highlighting an enemy and hitting up on the D-Pad orders your team to assault an enemy
• Other commands include picking up certain weapons, using turrets, driving warthog, etc
• AI teammates can revive you as well
• Confirmed: Linda, Kelly, and Fred join the Chief
• Game starts out before Chief is on the run
• Audio has been heavily reworked from the ground up for Xbox One (bullet sounds, debris, etc)
• 8 months after Halo 4 ends, cataclysmic events are tearing apart star systems, these are tied to the Guardians (Forerunner entities shown in the first teaser trailer)
• Game Informer played the second mission, taking command of Chief and Blue Team to take back an ONI research vessel abandoned for 2 years
• Team banter replaces interactions with Cortana to flesh out the characters
• There are multiple routes to take in levels
• The zealous religions Covenant are slowly abandoning Jul M'dama's leadership in Halo 4

• Spoilers:
  Spoiler

  Cortana's silhouette is seen by the Chief after he's separated from Blue Team, she says: "John, the domain is open. Meridian is next. You only have 3 days, John. The Reclamation is about to begin."

• 4 player drop in/drop out co-op
• XBL Gold is not required for online co-op.
• Halo 5 will launch with over 20 multiplayer maps
• 15 DLC maps by June 2016
• All maps will be free
• Teases a "completely new, epic multiplayer experience" they'll reveal at E3. Incorporates "all aspects of the Halo sandbox for the first time ever"
• This MP experience is described as a "dream of ours and all our fans to build something like this"

[Cyros]

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This reminds me that I should really look into buying a copy of Republic Commando. I really liked the demo that came with KOTOR II.

[Flawless]

Re: Halo 5

Republic Commando holds up well.

Apparently, the GI story starts off by saying there was a sequel in the works before the Disney buyout of LucasArts. Sad, but at least Tim Longo has infused some of those things into Halo. Team dynamics and squad commands is something I was really hoping for in Reach.

[LBzrule]

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Will read this in GI in the morning. Really excited for Halo 5.

[Candyman5]

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Damn it all. I been waiting for other Spartan II's to be in a halo game for so so long. Lol. Finally got my wish.

Sky you have to get this now, lol.

I have a feeling that the "never been done in Halo multiplayer" announcement will be a conquest mode similar to Battlefield with AI teammates or maybe a full level create with AI and mission design.

[greenegt]

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Love that they will have plenty of maps and free DLC. I may forego my GCU discount and pre-order this, digitally.

[Flawless]

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Game Informer – The Spartans Tough Enough To Work With Master Chief

This time around, the Chief is joined by three of his fellow schoolmates that help make up Blue Team. In spite of Halo's wealth of transmedia, 343 Industries has stated that Blue Team probably has more lines of dialogue in Halo 5 than they have in all the books, comics, and videos released to date, so it will give fans a better look into the personas of some of Halo's oldest warriors.

Fans of Halo lore will recognize the members of Blue Team. These are the Spartans who were trained alongside Master Chief. In a way, Blue Team is Chief's surrogate family, and he often thinks of them like they are his brother and sisters.

Abducted at the age of six, all Spartan-IIs were taken away from the parents of various outer colony worlds and inducted into the Spartan program on the same day. This means every member of Blue Team has known each other since they were six. As a result, the members of Blue Team have developed a kind of sixth sense instinct that helps them anticipate each other's actions during battle.

Blue Team - Master Chief, Frederic, Linda, Kelly

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Game Informer – Unmasking The Fireteam Hunting Master Chief

In contrast, the Spartan-IVs seem like a wholly noble effort. The men and women in the Spartan-IV program have chosen a life of military service. They’re driven and often the best of the best in their respective fields. “If these were real guys, they would all be quarterbacks,” says franchise development director Frank O’Connor. “But they are ultimately people. So they’re not robotic, single-minded monsters like Tom Brady. They’re more noble, handsome, beautiful Russell Wilson-types in my estimation. And you can quote me on that.”

343 Industries compares the Spartan-IVs to Nissan Skyline GT-Rs: every aspect of their armor is computer controlled, and every tool they have is state of the art. While the Spartan-IVs have some biological augmentations, they are simple, lower-level augmentations that were not nearly as invasive as those the Spartan-IIs received. Out of the suits, most Spartan-IVs wouldn’t stand a chance against a Spartan-II, but thanks to their top-of-the-line gear, Spartan-IVs are theoretically as good as Spartan-IIs.

Fireteam Osiris - Jameson Locke, Holly Tanaka, Olympia Vale, Edward Buck

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