[Alucardx23]

Glowing review from IGN.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNoSEj1k9V0

[kagemaru]

A lot of great reviews (stolen from GAF):

Destructoid - 10
Machinima - 10
MondoXbox - 10
Game Revolution - 10
NZGamer - 10
Britbox - 10
Gaming Age - A
Joystiq - 5/5 Stars
IGN - 9.8
Gaming Trend - 9.6
Polygon- 9.5
OXM - 9.5
Game Informer - 9.3
Canadian Online Gamers - 9.3
Gamespot - 9
Games Radar - 9
Xbox 360 Achievements - 9
GameReactor Sweden - 9
GameReactor Denmark - 9
Halo Council - 9
Eurogamer Italy - 9
MMGN.com - 9
Gamer.No - 9
GamesBeat - 9
1UP - A-
G4TV - 4.5/5 Stars
Eurogamer - 8
The Sixth Axis - 8
Metro Game Central - 8
CVG - 8
Giant Bomb - 4/5 Stars
Kotaku - Play This Game
Rev3 Games - Buy it
Penny Arcade - "This isn’t Bungie’s Halo anymore – it’s better"

Don't know why but I chuckled at this part in Penny Arcade's review:

In some areas I felt like there had to be some trick to how good the game looked, or we were seeing a pre-rendered sequence. But no, the game just looks that good.

I'm not going to lie, I'm excited to play this next week. Who's up for some co-op after I finish the campaign?!

[egoless]

Azure on the back-end? Interesting. Hope it's ready to get pummeled around midnight. http://www.neowin.net/news/build-201...-windows-azure Same for waypoint stat tracking. I think this corner case is about to get tested thoroughly.

[AlStrong]

I can't unsee the trollface on the Promethean Knight skull. I still think it looks like an overgrown bipedal ladybug

[Billy Idol]

Skull King aka 'Schädelkönig' is my emblem...reviews are great, but they always are, who cares for those idiots...yeah...bring it on...release the game for gods sake! Come on gamestop...call me! Call B-I-L-L-Y I-D-O-L

[NRP]

I'm taking Nov 6 off.

[BRiT]

I have Nov 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th off. So much Halo 4 during that time.

[kagemaru]

I'm on vacation next week but I'm on call at the same time. =/

Originally Posted by AlStrong

I can't unsee the trollface on the Promethean Knight skull. I still think it looks like an overgrown bipedal ladybug

You're a horrible, horrible person. =p

[dragonelite]

Dammit i want to take days off only dont think halo 4 is a legit reason...
But dam internship if i was just following classes i could take off easily a couple of days.

[Acert93]

My copy is pre-orderd. I do not have any days off but the family is visiting grandpa/ma for 4 weeks so I should have some evenings free. I want to do the campaign on 4 player.

[Acert93]

Originally Posted by Alucardx23

Glowing review from IGN.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNoSEj1k9V0

Is it legal to have a review that glowing? Especially at the end:

Best Halo game ever? Check.
Best Xbox 360 game? Check.
Best game of 2012 on any platform? Check.

Those are some pretty lofty expectations they are setting.

[Svensk Viking]

Never got ODST or Reach, but this has gotten me hyped!

May use some of my 24-hours cards for this

[RudeCurve]

Man the game looks GOOD..can't wait for my pre-order to arrive.

[kagemaru]

Originally Posted by Acert93

Is it legal to have a review that glowing? Especially at the end:

Best Halo game ever? Check.
Best Xbox 360 game? Check.
Best game of 2012 on any platform? Check.

Those are some pretty lofty expectations they are setting.

Yeah I don't think Ryan can step away from his love for Halo enough to give it an honest review. His video review was pretty hyperbolic as well.

That's why I chuckled at that quote from PA. Sure the game looks good but how can anyone mistake a current gen game for a rendered cut-scene? Sadly that's not the only review where I've seen such a comment for this game.

[AlStrong]

http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headli...in-11112-.aspx

A few that caught my eyes:

Is it true that Theater isn't available in Campaign and Opartan ops? If so, what was the reasoning behind this and will there be a future patch or download to fix this? - unip8
Theater Mode in Campaign did not make the cut for launch for various reasons of scheduling, rendering issues and some significant engine changes. However, we are treating Title Updates very differently for Halo 4 and rather than simply using them as opportunities for simple big fixes, we are thinking of them as a way to sustain and grow features and options, so it is possible you could see Saved Films made available for Campaign (as well as some other significant features) at some time in the not-too-distant future, but that's yet to be determined.

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For Acert, ahem.

How will Split Screen work in Halo 4? - The Little Moa
Split Screen support in Halo 4 is identical in most respects to Halo: Reach. Two player split in Campaign and Spartan Ops, and four player split in War Games and Forge, although we may restrict this in some matchmaking playlists.

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Have you guys come across any hilarious bugs/glitches in earlier builds of the game that you'd like to share? - Plain Ben
We collected a ton of "best bug ever" stuff including movies and animated gifs. It would be fun to make some of those available in the future. We have some pretty funny Derptana faces caused by animation and mo-cap bits that are horrific and hilarious.

Hope to see them soon. Wonder if they have any audio stuff too. Some of the bloopers/outtakes from Halo 1 & 2 were great.

[Laa-Yosh]

We have some pretty funny Derptana faces caused by animation and mo-cap bits that are horrific and hilarious.

LOL, I can imagine. On almost every project we do, someone usually ends up abusing some of my face rigs, although they do that intentionally

[Karamazov]

no theater mode in campaign is a huge diaspointment

not enough memory left for that i guess.

[HokutoNoKen]

EDGE review

http://www.edge-online.com/review/halo-4-review/ ( 8 / 10 )

/ Ken

[Scott_Arm]

Stupid Halo starting to tempt me a little bit. I wanna see the graphics for the most part.

[NRP]

You might like it this time, Scott. Different dev and all that. Seems like 343i did a good job though.

[RobertR1]

Do it Scott...if you don't like it, it'll be too late anyway. 4 player co-op.

[Acert93]

Originally Posted by RobertR1

Do it Scott...if you don't like it, it'll be too late anyway. 4 player co-op.

He is alive!

So, what are we gonna plan to slap down this bad boy 4 way? I hear Legendary AND Heroic are much harder this time around

[NRP]

Legendary, of course.

[Acert93]

I hope to finish the campaign in SP by the weekend so come next weekend I hope peeps are ready to tackle legendary 4 way coop.

Also do some Spartan Ops

Btw, the last FUD is ok. It was ok. If it were a movie you would be expecting the big action scene payoff but the budget is clearly not there. All in all I enjoyed FUD and think it does a nice job connecting to Halo 4 and fleshing out the universe, How cheap life is in the war, but how humans value it, is well done. The Covenant come across as powerful and devastating.

Between FUD (the cadets) and Halo 4 (Cortana) I think a good path is being set on how to tell a story with MC in it. He may be a hard "central character" in that he doesn't talk much. But by focusing on the stories of others what he "means" to the human cause and the timeliness of his words and actions comes across.

EDIT: My first game online:



in my dreams

[ShadowWolf64]

Originally Posted by Karamazov

no theater mode in campaign is a huge diaspointment

not enough memory left for that i guess.

I read the latest Halo Bulletin where 343i stated they are heavily thinking about bringing back the clan feature along with theater mode for campaign as a game update.So, all hope isn't lost..