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Subject: Halo 1's AMAZING First Person Animations

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Is it just me, or does Halo 1 have some of the most beautifully crafted first person (reloading, melee, shooting) animations of any game ever created? Halo 2 and 3's melee and reload are so jerky and look so "video-game", where Halo 1 is just so smooth and silky.

It's great! =P

  • 09.17.2009 3:16 PM PDT

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The things I miss most from Halo:CE was the overpowered pistol and the melee animation. I guess they changed it just to make the game more realistic.

  • 09.17.2009 5:17 PM PDT

Unfortunately, "realism" is defined by the creators, not the consumers.

  • 09.17.2009 10:43 PM PDT

Go wort wort wort youself.

Nothing better than hitting an elite in the back with an AR melee on Halo 1, seemed like you were actually cracking their spine instead of giving them a pat on the back.

  • 09.18.2009 1:26 PM PDT

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Yea I miss the melee from the first game, it has been terrible ever since. Almost like when you throw a melee your arms all of the sudden become shorter, and you randomly lunge forward.

Terrible.

  • 09.18.2009 2:21 PM PDT

Posted by: CHU JJ
Nothing better than hitting an elite in the back with an AR melee on Halo 1, seemed like you were actually cracking their spine instead of giving them a pat on the back.
I agree with this. Not much more satisfying than that, or cracking the top of a Grunt's skull with a Rocket Launcher's barrel.

  • 09.19.2009 9:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: chickenlittle
Posted by: CHU JJ
Nothing better than hitting an elite in the back with an AR melee on Halo 1, seemed like you were actually cracking their spine instead of giving them a pat on the back.
I agree with this. Not much more satisfying than that, or cracking the top of a Grunt's skull with a Rocket Launcher's barrel.
I couldn't agree more.

  • 09.19.2009 9:42 AM PDT
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Now, this is the kind of Sci-Fi nerd crap I signed on for.
Never really noticed this phenomenon. Have always played in a mode that necessitated ignoring things like this. But, I was really surprised to see how milquetoast the animations looked when viewed from the outside. You make this huge old move, and it looks incredible, but observing it in multiplayer, it's like, he moved slightly forward...
Relativity and perception...

  • 09.19.2009 7:30 PM PDT
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How about that epic Pistol melee, who is with me?

  • 09.20.2009 1:24 PM PDT

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How about that epic Pistol melee, who is with me?


I don't think that melee was physically possible.

But the needler's melee was the most brutal.

[Edited on 09.20.2009 1:59 PM PDT]

  • 09.20.2009 1:56 PM PDT

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I always liked when you would melee with the pistol and he spun it like that. It just seemed so badass to me.

  • 09.20.2009 4:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: CorvetteHalo3
I always liked when you would melee with the pistol and he spun it like that. It just seemed so badass to me.

Awesome tidbit. Squint Eastwood would be proud. God really is in the details. Don't tell chickenlittle, but, the more I ruminate over these types of things, the more I start to think that CE is actually better than H-2. 2 just had so much going for it...man....

  • 09.20.2009 7:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: CorvetteHalo3
I always liked when you would melee with the pistol and he spun it like that. It just seemed so badass to me.

Awesome tidbit. Squint Eastwood would be proud. God really is in the details. Don't tell chickenlittle, but, the more I ruminate over these types of things, the more I start to think that CE is actually better than H-2. 2 just had so much going for it...man....


The original is always best, same with movies or books. That's just the way it is my friend, just the way it is....

  • 09.21.2009 12:13 AM PDT

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Not only does halo 1 have better animations, but unlike say unreal or quake, it acutially has melee attacks, you dont need some special melee weapon (crowbar, axe, etc.).

  • 09.21.2009 1:47 PM PDT

Posted by: nesteggfailure
Posted by: CorvetteHalo3
I always liked when you would melee with the pistol and he spun it like that. It just seemed so badass to me.

Awesome tidbit. Squint Eastwood would be proud. God really is in the details. Don't tell chickenlittle
Did someone say my name?

  • 09.21.2009 5:16 PM PDT

Meh, I was never sure about the sniper meleé...

  • 09.22.2009 11:55 AM PDT

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I am sorry but i got bored and went to the halo:ce forums, i can't belive people still play this.

  • 09.22.2009 6:43 PM PDT

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Ahem, just remember that the Master Chief actually reloads the weapons correctly in Halo: CE.

Point and case: Assault Rifle and Halo 2 Battle Rifle.

  • 09.23.2009 8:53 AM PDT

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I don't think that melee was physically possible.

But the needler's melee was the most brutal.


Yes, imagine if they kept that, into the next games and the needles stuck inside the enemy?

  • 09.30.2009 4:23 PM PDT
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All it took was a stew of whoopass.

Posted by: chickenlittle
Posted by: nesteggfailure
Posted by: CorvetteHalo3
I always liked when you would melee with the pistol and he spun it like that. It just seemed so badass to me.

Awesome tidbit. Squint Eastwood would be proud. God really is in the details. Don't tell chickenlittle
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  • 09.30.2009 5:00 PM PDT
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I admired the Halo: Combat Evolved animations greatly. ~Cm

  • 09.30.2009 5:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: nesteggfailure
Posted by: CorvetteHalo3
I always liked when you would melee with the pistol and he spun it like that. It just seemed so badass to me.

Awesome tidbit. Squint Eastwood would be proud. God really is in the details. Don't tell chickenlittle, but, the more I ruminate over these types of things, the more I start to think that CE is actually better than H-2. 2 just had so much going for it...man....


The original is always best, same with movies or books. That's just the way it is my friend, just the way it is....


Incorrect good sir.
Aliens > Alien > Aliens 3 > Aliens 4

  • 10.01.2009 11:21 PM PDT

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Posted by: I Judge Bread I
Posted by: nesteggfailure
Posted by: CorvetteHalo3
I always liked when you would melee with the pistol and he spun it like that. It just seemed so badass to me.

Awesome tidbit. Squint Eastwood would be proud. God really is in the details. Don't tell chickenlittle, but, the more I ruminate over these types of things, the more I start to think that CE is actually better than H-2. 2 just had so much going for it...man....


The original is always best, same with movies or books. That's just the way it is my friend, just the way it is....


Incorrect good sir.
Aliens > Alien > Aliens 3 > Aliens 4


Hmmm, a fair point sir. Touche

  • 10.02.2009 12:31 AM PDT
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The End

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Nothing will ever top the CE pistol animation.

  • 10.02.2009 2:18 PM PDT
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Nothing will ever top the CE pistol PERIOD. ...except maybe BR.

  • 10.03.2009 9:51 AM PDT

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