How good is Halo ?

[RogueAgent]

Thats what I'm wondering.....
You see I was planning to run a deathmatch comp at every TeamDamage, the 'All in Brawl'. Last TD it was Half Life deathmatch, we got 14 players and I was planning to do a Q3 deathmatch this coming LAN.....but since it looks by the early polling like Q3 will feature in the League, to keep diversity I am looking at running deathmatch for something else....

...then all this talk of Halo started up. Its too new to put in the League for a number of reasons I wont go into here, BUT perhaps running it as a deathmatch comp could/would :-
a) Get a decent amount of interest as its a new game
b) Be a good test to see if it could go in the League later
c) Not matter that some people can or cant play it because of technical issues
d) Help iron out some bugs a lot of LANners might be experiencing

Then I thought. I wonder how much Halo is selling for at Revolution CD ?
Maybe we can get a discount for people wanting to buy the game.....

There's still about a month before next TD, so plenty of time to get the game, overcome the bugs and practise up ?

But maybe I'm way off base here :roll:

Tell me I'm not crazy :?

[Corporal]

The game stays true to the Xbox version, with some extra maps, vehicles and weapons etc.

I have been playing the single player heaps, but we're more intereseted in MP right?

I haven't been able to have much of a go on it...
But from what i have seen (by running around on the maps and checking out the vehicles) - the game doesn't seem to encompass too great a strain on hardware so more people can get involved, and the maps are very basic which would allow for people to pick up the game quickly...

I like how you can have 3 people jump into the jeeps... one man drives, another rides shotgun and the last mans the machine gun turret / rocket launcher...

Would like to see a game of 6v6 happening at the next td to fully test this suckah out... but don't expect it to be an instant hit with everyone...

[cpd]

8v8, Blood Gulch. A wide open area with flying vehicles, Warthogs, and tanks, provided the right settings. The only problem is that it will feel very strange for a while for people; the marine jumps higher than other games, walks slower, and can see less (due to reduced FOV) and there's no console to fiddle with stuff in. It's pretty much WYSIWYG.

Personally, I don't think next TD would be a good idea. Maybe the next one; get people used to the game, etc. I'm still having trouble flying the Banshee properly, and it's been noted that the Banshee is almost invincible midair. So I say wait until patches come out that iron all those bugs out.

[[FG]Hef_Gargit]

well as crazy as it sounds, id be willing to try and get it running for next td.

[Mouse]

hell yeah

this game is pretty good...also it can be scaled down a fair bit and still look very good...and run smoooooooooothly

i have an AMD Athlon 2600+ gf4 ti4200, and i have everything turned up to the max...

i know cpd has an MX vid card...turn some stuff off and it runs pretty good..

[cpd]

We're stress-testing it tonight, we'll let you know what kind of lag/ping/issues we get.

[Astto]

WE'VE BEEN ROBBED OF COOP PLAY!!!!!!! :(

[neonblack]

it works now for me. all it needed was a driver update.

also it plays much easier with the mouse and keyboard imo.

and co-op play on xbox is shite...one day someone will have to do co-op where it's a different story because there's two of you, not just another cryo chamber sitting there.

[cpd]

Okay, multiplayer.

We crash-tested it last night and it turned out pretty good, no losses in ping etc. Same sort of ping scenario as a normal game of anything across a network. Dogfights on Gephyrophobia were entertaining, to say the least.

An excellent experience only offset by the damn FOV and how slow the guy runs. Dammit!

[Beecha]

Up for MP HALO.
o>

[Beecha]

Up for MP HALO.
o>

Schwaa.

[[FG]Hef_Gargit]

corp was telling me last night that in the pc version there is a warthog with a rocket launcher??? awesome :D

[Mouse]

there sure is

but theres only 3 shots and u gotta reload...

reload == u dead

:P

[Corporal]

yeah... but that's when you have the guy riding shotgun whip out a rocket launcher or that thing that launches green shit... fucks them up

[Mouse]

awwww yeah

:lol:

[Daedalus]

it works now for me. all it needed was a driver update.

also it plays much easier with the mouse and keyboard imo.

and co-op play on xbox is shite...one day someone will have to do co-op where it's a different story because there's two of you, not just another cryo chamber sitting there.

but having co-op is still bette rthan nothing. co-op on the xbox was great fun