I’m Losing Track Of All These Halo 4 Trailers…

16 responses to “I’m Losing Track Of All These Halo 4 Trailers…”

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   Azza

   October 2, 2012 at 9:27 am

   I saw a Halo4 trailer on tv the other day. It was actually the worst of all of their trailers. I have no idea why they chose it. Just long shots of Masterchiefs helmet for almost a full minute.

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   doubleDizz

   October 2, 2012 at 9:42 am

   So… a Battle Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Pistol, Assault Rifle and Rocket Launcher. WOAH REVOLUNAMUTIONAMARY!

   sorry haha

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   1. 

      A Random

      October 2, 2012 at 10:04 am

      Was going to say the same thing. They’ve just taken existing weapons and turned the bullets into yellow lasers.

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      1. 

         Sebito711

         October 2, 2012 at 10:26 am

         … They’re not just yellow lazers and besides the story point of adding those weapons (weapons of the flood era used to disintegrate victims so they’re not infected) they have completely different traits to the standard UNSC weapons:

         Light rifle: Unscoped short fire burst, scoped is like a dmr shot.
         Scattershot: Powerful rebounding hard light bullets.
         Supressor: Similar to the storm rifle but concentrates on health rather than shields.
         Incineration Cannon: Completely new, fires 5 mortars that leave a trail of fire that explode into a secondary explosion.
         Binary Rifle: Similar to the sniper rifle and beam rifle.
         Boltshot: Regular fire like a pistol but charged up secondary can kill in 1 hit if in close range.
         Pulse grenade: Encloses in a bubble like emp shield that implodes on itself causing opponents to disintegrate in range.

         As you can see most of the promethean weapons are more than just a cosmetic change and provide new strategies.

         In short, god no they are not just yellow lasers.

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            A Random

            October 2, 2012 at 11:53 am

            1) Combine BR and DMR
            2) Sounds like a flak cannon (somewhat like the needler?)
            3) I don’t know what the storm rifle is, but it seems like any old gun that just by-passes shields
            4) Similar to the sniper rifle and beam rifle :p
            5) Combination of the plasma pistol and a human pistol
            6) Sounds a lot like the bubble grenade from Halo 3

            I’m sorry if I appear to be flippant, but they just appear to be filler weapons. I’ve been waiting a long time to see what the Forerunners might actually be like (aside from architecture). I’ve read all the Halo novels, but these game play videos I am seeing are not showing interesting, story intergral weapons. Maybe in a novelised varient where the Flood plays a much more dangerous role I might be able to understand how forerunner tech might be of integral tactical importance, but in the video games? Kinda just seeing the same old weapons, combined or tweaked.

            I dunno. Halo just doesn’t impress me anymore. Loved the universe, bored of the games.

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            1. 

               IIMurphaII

               October 2, 2012 at 3:19 pm

               The weapons would have been designed around the thought of multiplayer ‘balancing’, rather than drawn from possible lore behind the forerunners. To keep multiplayer competitive and not have all factions owned by one side, it’s an obvious decision.

3. 

   madatom

   October 2, 2012 at 9:48 am

   “marketing is what you do when your product is no good” Edwin Land

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   1. 

      Puck

      October 2, 2012 at 10:07 am

      Every AAA game you’ve loved in the last decade has likely had millions spent on marketing it.

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      A Random

      October 2, 2012 at 10:09 am

      Tell that to Coke and Pepsi (just to start with) who spend more advertising than any other company in the world and have been doing so for the last… 20-30 years. From a business standpoint, they (literally) don’t need to do any marketing and yet they spend like a billion dollars each – JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN.

      These days marketing comes in all forms. It’s not just about trying to get your product in the minds of viewers. As we’ve seen more and more it’s often less about the productn itself and more about the feel and tone that the product (or company) portrays/creates.

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   3. 

      Shadow13th

      October 2, 2012 at 11:26 am

      That’s gotta be one of the most ignorant things I’ve heard today.

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   4. 

      Spoons

      October 2, 2012 at 6:07 pm

      I don’t think you realise how easy it is for a product to get lost within today’s marketplace.

      “That quote is bloody stupid.” Spoons

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4. 

   burgies

   October 2, 2012 at 10:33 am

   I wonder if the dubstep will make it into the soundtrack.

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   1. 

      thecracks

      October 2, 2012 at 10:59 am

      I hope not. Was watching the Ragnarok/Mantis trailer, and almost cried at the dubstep. GO BACK TO ORCHESTRAL MUSIC!

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   2. 

      banderdash

      October 2, 2012 at 11:33 am

      The dubstep is all from the remixed OST… which is available with the limited edition of the soundtrack.
      The actual game soundtrack apparently doesn’t have it.

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      1. 

         thecracks

         October 2, 2012 at 11:38 am

         Phew. Thought I might have to break some skulls for a moment.

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5. 

   drunken-hutt

   October 2, 2012 at 11:43 pm

   The Promethean weapons look satisfying to play with, but perhaps the more pressing issue is whether there will be any Promethean vehicles.

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