Halo 5 - e3 Trailer! 2012 release

[Piercing Light]

I've updated the OP with new trailers and gameplay from E3, as well as a list of known new content and gameplay changes.

In other news, let's get an official idea of what people on KHI really want to see happen with or to Halo 4.

Given no news has yet been given on Forge Mode, my thoughts are on that. Although I personally don't make use of it much, it would be a severe shame to lose that functionality altogether. Anyway, what I want to see would just be a complete translation of Forge 2.0 from Reach to 4. Have it function pretty much exactly the same, but have these additions:

• The primary and secondary colours of pieces can be edited. Forge world maps all looked the same in terms of colour no matter what you did with them.
• Button/switch functionality. Link zones, vehicles, weapons and blocks with buttons and switches that can be activated by the player. Doing so switches the pieces between set locations, makes them disappear or spawns them. Have games and levels with actual doors and constructable paths instead of having to hide stuff behind walls and with grav lifts and one-way shields.
• Physics/gameplay zones. Areas within which custom settings take over - low/no gravity, high speed, super damage, unlimited grenades, etc. These can be affected by the aforementioned switches. Colour filters can now be applied to particular areas and shapes.
• Timed zones. The effects within aforementioned custom zones can vary alternatingly ,randomly, etc. Imagine an indoor invasion map where in the third phase the whole area pulses red every few seconds. Red alert, baby.

Pretty good ideas, I kind of want the ability to terraform certain pieces of land.

[pedrocs21]

Artorias, the OP is looking great, but im not ok with you doing all the work and not recieve any credit for it...

I mean, you are doing all the work and yet, my name is still on the post, I do not deserve it. xD

[Recon]

[pedrocs21]

Cool, but this is still 10x better:

[King Wolfe]

Cool, but this is still 10x better:

I guess if you're fond of nostalgia goggles.

[Recon]

Pedro you trippin. The live action trailer poops on those silly Halo figurines.

[Dogenzaka]

Everybody is lactating over this game and I still don't see what sets it apart much (other than the huge leap in graphics) over other Halos. It does look a lot more Metroid Prime-y though. Meh. That's probably a good thing though since people like it the way it is.

[pedrocs21]

Pedro you trippin. The live action trailer poops on those silly Halo figurines.

D:
But you gotta admit, the marine's expressions were perfect (AND THEY WERE FREAKING FIGURINES).
Guess im just a sucker for those kind of details. xD

[Orion]

Everybody is lactating over this game and I still don't see what sets it apart much (other than the huge leap in graphics) over other Halos. It does look a lot more Metroid Prime-y though. Meh. That's probably a good thing though since people like it the way it is.

It offers a greater return to the mystery and exploration of the first Halo game, plus for all the lorefags it promises to draw together pretty much every loose end of the Forerunners and their history, feuds, fate etc.

Also why does 343i insist on literally marketing it as "An Ancient Evil Awakens". That is literally a summary of the one of the most generic villain tropes in fiction. Surely it at least couldn't be rephrased, even if it wasn't as succinct.

[King Wolfe]

It offers a greater return to the mystery and exploration of the first Halo game, plus for all the lorefags it promises to draw together pretty much every loose end of the Forerunners and their history, feuds, fate etc.

Also why does 343i insist on literally marketing it as "An Ancient Evil Awakens". That is literally a summary of the one of the most generic villain tropes in fiction. Surely it at least couldn't be rephrased, even if it wasn't as succinct.

Yeah, frankly that "Ancient Evil" stuff bugged me a lot. It was so typical of them to advertise it like that because it was unnecessary and made everything so bland and boring.

And I hope they explain the whole 343 Guilty Spark being alive and looking for the Librarian well.

[Orion]

And I hope they explain the whole 343 Guilty Spark being alive and looking for the Librarian well.

I want to know if there's any direct link between the Didact's Forerunner symbol and the one near the end of the e3 demo.

Speaking of the e3 demo, don't start jizzing so quickly about the wondrous graphics as though they'll translate to the console version of the game. Virtually every game at e3 that we saw realtime content from was rendered on pc.
PC Gaming: E3′s Dirty Little Secret | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

[Orion]

Speaking of visuals...



>Still just three tones per colour
>Armour detail colour still not returning
>No armour underlay colour
>No team colour tweaking

Great. 343i's gone to the effort of supposedly bolstering the armour varieties we get, but hasn't bothered changing anything of the colour system we've had since at least Halo 3 (maybe 2, but I haven't tried it's MP). Also, Spartans in teams games have pretty much been confirmed to yet again look identical to every other Spartan on your team.

[Professor Ven]

Speaking of visuals...



>Still just three tones per colour
>Armour detail colour still not returning
>No armour underlay colour
>No team colour tweaking

Great. 343i's gone to the effort of supposedly bolstering the armour varieties we get, but hasn't bothered changing anything of the colour system we've had since at least Halo 3 (maybe 2, but I haven't tried it's MP). Also, Spartans in teams games have pretty much been confirmed to yet again look identical to every other Spartan on your team.

Well don't know of I'll actually get Halo 4 to keep, then. Maybe for the campaign, if at all, but you'd think they'd get smart with their customization.

[King Wolfe]

Well don't know of I'll actually get Halo 4 to keep, then. Maybe for the campaign, if at all, but you'd think they'd get smart with their customization.

343i is anything but smart. Kiki Wolfkill, pfft.

[pedrocs21]

Halo is doing REALLY well in terms of preorders o.o (better than BO2, of course not counting both PS3 and 360)
USA Pre-Order Chart - VGChartz