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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update 10.23.2009

We got a huge ammount of information this week. We now not only know that Reach "will be awesome", but can also be described as "zomg".

Now the question is, did Urk mean "Oh my gosh" or is he trying to sneak us loyal fans a secret message? What could zomg mean?

Discuss.



[Edited on 10.23.2009 4:27 PM PDT]

  • 10.23.2009 4:26 PM PDT

Golf Wang. Brony.

Reminded me of those early Halo 3: ODST updates.


I don't know if that's a bad thing or not.

  • 10.23.2009 4:31 PM PDT

Stuffz....

Posted by: ShapeShifterBOB
Reminded me of those early Halo 3: ODST updates.


I don't know if that's a bad thing or not.

  • 10.23.2009 4:32 PM PDT

Posted by: ShapeShifterBOB
I don't know if that's a bad thing or not.

Takes me back to when Halo 3 was coming out. I never used the forums back then, but I avidly read each and every one of the weekly updates since Halo 3 was announced.

Every week Luke would be around to talk about the new water graphics in the game and how they evolved from week to week. It was all he ever talked about. It was awesome.

  • 10.23.2009 4:33 PM PDT
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what if bungie finishes the game in like december with everything they wanted in it and they're like, "well, we still have almost a year until its release, lets take a look in the forums and see what our fans want us to add...."

  • 10.23.2009 4:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
It isn't our shiznit anymore.

After weeks of analysis and code breaking, I have found out what he meant when he said "zomg."
Zombies
On
Matchmaking
Games

It was so obvious!

  • 10.23.2009 4:46 PM PDT

Posted by: VirtuousEJ
what if bungie finishes the game in like december with everything they wanted in it and they're like, "well, we still have almost a year until its release, lets take a look in the forums and see what our fans want us to add...."

They won't. They'll start giving us loads of Details in December, yes, but they won't take suggestions like that.

  • 10.23.2009 4:50 PM PDT

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ZOMG is obviously an anagram, Urk is relaying us info behind Bungie's back.

ZOMG--Zebra's Overrun MAC Guns. Obviously "Zebra" is a codeword, but for what? I googled "Zebra" and "Halo", and was linked to this. So that means Swine Flue has breached the MAC Guns (they defend reach). With this info I can 100% confirm that the next Halo game will be about Swine Flu wiping out Reach.


Thanks Urk.

  • 10.23.2009 4:51 PM PDT

Posted by: ChadxxVader
ZOMG is obviously an anagram, Urk is relaying us info behind Bungie's back.

ZOMG--Zebra's Overrun MAC Guns. Obviously "Zebra" is a codeword, but for what? I googled "Zebra" and "Halo", and was linked to this. So that means Swine Flue has breached the MAC Guns (they defend reach). With this info I can 100% confirm that the next Halo game will be about Swine Flu wiping out Reach.


Thanks Urk.


...An anagram is where you rearrange letters in a word or phrase to spell a different word or phrase. Like "A Decimal Point" can be rearranged to spell "A dot in place"

You are thinking of an Acronym.

  • 10.23.2009 4:56 PM PDT

Posted by: urk
Eat raw meat.
Punch a bear in the face.


If you don't know who I am, the feeling is mutual.

The believable answer is that he's taunting us a little and saying that Reach will be awesome.

The silly answer is that he was about to tell us everything, but Morgan Freeman came out of nowhere, started to speak in Morgan Freeman's crazy awesome voice, and all Urk could do is type "Zomg."

Morgan Freeman is awesome.

  • 10.23.2009 5:00 PM PDT

Hopefully next week we might get some verbs or dare I say nouns to go with our adjective.

In seriousness though, its going to be like this every week until December. Why December? The December EGM will feature Reach.

If anybody wishes to supply a better picture, feel free to, I'm lazy and wikipedia is my friend. Second item on the list of games in the bottom right.

Much like Halo 3, Bungie is going to release their first tidbits of real information about the multiplayer through magazines. I'm supposing that Bungie will be rather charitable to EGM as this is their first issue since the magazine was unsuspended, what better way to get it off the ground than with exclusive Reach infos?

In addition, since the Halo Reach Beta will require Halo 3: ODST to play, Bungie will definitely release information about the multiplayer to hype the game up on the onset of the Holiday season. Reluctant Holiday Shoppers will be more likely to buy ODST if they know that the beta will be epic awesome afterall.

  • 10.23.2009 5:08 PM PDT

Golf Wang. Brony.

Posted by: Hylebos
Agreed.

Though, I'd rather like to see the first cover story on Reach in Game Informer.
:)

  • 10.23.2009 5:14 PM PDT

Posted by: GuMp AkC
I just hope they dont make Halo Reach an RPG like you kids want.

1) Generalizations aren't going to make you any friends.
2) Halo has been confirmed to be an FPS. There is no need to worry.
3) Slightly off topic yes?

  • 10.23.2009 5:14 PM PDT

Golf Wang. Brony.

Posted by: Hylebos
Posted by: GuMp AkC
I just hope they dont make Halo Reach an RPG like you kids want.

1) Generalizations aren't going to make you any friends.
2) Halo has been confirmed to be an FPS. There is no need to worry.
3) Slightly off topic yes?
I think he means an FPS with RPG elements.

That doesn't sound too exciting.

  • 10.23.2009 5:16 PM PDT

I believe ZOMG means that he can't exactly say much about Reach and is trying to make us pop a blood vessel out of anger because he won't give us anymore freakn' information!

Darn you Urk! You and your cleverness...

  • 10.23.2009 5:22 PM PDT

Greg Giraldo, George Carlin, Bill Hicks. R.I.P.
T.M.Revolution = 音楽の神

Or maybe there will be flood (zombies) in firefight if they have it?

  • 10.23.2009 5:24 PM PDT

Posted by: ShapeShifterBOB
Posted by: Hylebos
Posted by: GuMp AkC
I just hope they dont make Halo Reach an RPG like you kids want.

1) Generalizations aren't going to make you any friends.
2) Halo has been confirmed to be an FPS. There is no need to worry.
3) Slightly off topic yes?
I think he means an FPS with RPG elements.

That doesn't sound too exciting.

And wouldn't even work given the setting of the game. For an RPG to work you need a wide range of animals, and frankly, the number of enemies that can give Spartans trouble is very limited.

Besides, who are you going to buy ammo from? Everyone else is dead or dieing and certainetly won't be trying to make a profit as the world is being glassed around them.

If Bungie wanted to make an RPG, or a FPS RPG for that matter, they would be better off at making a new intellectual property designed for said purpous instead of trying to slap the Halo name on random games.

  • 10.23.2009 5:25 PM PDT

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Posted by: ShapeShifterBOB
Posted by: Hylebos
Posted by: GuMp AkC
I just hope they dont make Halo Reach an RPG like you kids want.

1) Generalizations aren't going to make you any friends.
2) Halo has been confirmed to be an FPS. There is no need to worry.
3) Slightly off topic yes?
I think he means an FPS with RPG elements.

That doesn't sound too exciting.

Borderlands?

  • 10.23.2009 5:28 PM PDT

Golf Wang. Brony.

Posted by: gEArs 0f Halo182
Borderlands?
One reviewer called Call of Duty 4 that.
*shrugs*

I don't usually play RPG's so I can't really say. I'm just assuming here.

  • 10.23.2009 5:30 PM PDT

I wish I was still legendary.

It means he likes it.

I was more interested in that they said performances were finished. To me, this could mean framerate, texture quality, special animations for outside of combat...a lot of things.

  • 10.23.2009 5:30 PM PDT

Check out the group, Planet Reach and talk about Bungie's next game without the annoyance of the public forum. Oh and it's nice there too.

You thought you had lag, it took Jesus 3 days to re-spawn.

Posted by: Hylebos
Hopefully next week we might get some verbs or dare I say nouns to go with our adjective.

In seriousness though, its going to be like this every week until December. Why December? The December EGM will feature Reach.

If anybody wishes to supply a better picture, feel free to, I'm lazy and wikipedia is my friend. Second item on the list of games in the bottom right.

Much like Halo 3, Bungie is going to release their first tidbits of real information about the multiplayer through magazines. I'm supposing that Bungie will be rather charitable to EGM as this is their first issue since the magazine was unsuspended, what better way to get it off the ground than with exclusive Reach infos?

In addition, since the Halo Reach Beta will require Halo 3: ODST to play, Bungie will definitely release information about the multiplayer to hype the game up on the onset of the Holiday season. Reluctant Holiday Shoppers will be more likely to buy ODST if they know that the beta will be epic awesome afterall.


Unfortunately, that cover isn't the actual cover. I mean, there's still hope that there will be Reach info, but I thought I would clear up what that image actually is.

Official word on the EGM cover

  • 10.23.2009 5:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: VirtuousEJ
what if bungie finishes the game in like december with everything they wanted in it and they're like, "well, we still have almost a year until its release, lets take a look in the forums and see what our fans want us to add...."


If only...

These are my suggestions:


1. Forge updates:
- The center reticule should have more options. Cycle through these using the left and right bumpers.
- A grouping tool where you select which items to move and then switch to grab and pick it up. Either that or have an extra option in grab mode on every item selecting it to grouped and then picking them all up.
- A rotation tool. Rotate to whatever angles you want the item to be at and place it to your liking.
- Placeable barriers and Guardian Zones. Along with bot turrets in that menu like the ones found on Snowbound. We could finally recreate something akin to the original High Ground.
- Something similar to Campaign which allows us a small amount of bots per team in a special gametype.

2. Theater update:
- Rewind and Film Clips added to Theater Films. Something that should have been done in ODST.

3. AI updates:
- AI can drive efficiently and possibly have a link to your objectives locations.
- AI should have the sense to avoid large encounters in order to flank enemies without too many casualties.
- AI that can give smart orders to their squads such as Buck if he returns which it seems like he will. This way the Marines will actually do something a little more useful than acting as your personal Meat Shields and infinite ammo Spartan Laser holders.
- Make sure they take some risks like we do like running into battle guns blazing similar to a Suicide Grunt.

4. Weapon updates:
- The MA5K from the books suck as Ghosts of Onyx. (My friend's idea).
- Same as ODST, goodbye BR. It has little use in Campaign against formidable enemies. Though it should make a small appearance and only in one small section of a level.
- Energy Sword wieldable again.
- Since the Spike and Firebomb grenades are not yet part of the Covenant armor, 4 Frag and 4 Plasma grenades holdable in inventory again.
- Equipment should return but not in such a large role and only crafted by the UNSC. Thus limiting their effectiveness but they should get the job done.
- A new secondary weapon similar to C4 or something like a Trip Mine or even a Claymore. Used for eliminating enemy armor or buildings.
- The Rocket Launcher now has the ability to make holes in certain walls.
- Halo: CE pistol returns! I'll take an Auto Mag if need be. Fine by me.
- The Sniper Rifle should get its Night Vision back.

5. HUD updates:
- Halo: CE shields and health system though the shields should recharge a little quicker.
- Any allies within a 5 meter radius or in the same vehicle should have Health monitors in your HUD. This could be an option in the menu.

6. Multiplayer model updates:
- Older versions of current Halo 3 Armor variants or new variants all together.
- Elites still an option.
- Grenade and ammo belts, straps, commpacks or rucksacks, and communication antennae similar to Buck's as options for your Player Model to either go along with your armor or to replace armor variants.
- Female Spartans should look a little smaller though not by much and the chest should be only slightly bigger. Please nothing like DOA.

7. Multiplayer modes updates:
- New team mode which uses bots to fight alongside you and your team.
- Something similar to Firefight if not identical with new enemies to fight such as Scarabs and some more wide-open spaces bigger than Security Zone or Lost Platoon.

8. Enemies updates:
- No annoying pimp-slapping Brutes.
- No Flood.
- Elites can hold secondary weapons in reserve. If an AI-controlled Arbiter can keep an Energy Sword in reserve in Halo 3, why not normal Elites in Halo: Reach?
- Grunts are not allowed to drive Ghosts. Never. No way. Not again.
- Higher ranking Elites are given personal shields similar to the one shown in the E3 2000 video of Halo: CE.
- A few Elite specialists are given 2 Energy Swords and pull fanciful and graceful moves when fighting the UNSC including flying leaps and windmill attacks.

9. Vehicle updates:
- Shade is degraded to the way it was in Halo: CE.
- Mongoose and Hornets still in game and no Avalanche Transport Hornets please.
- 1 or 2 Halo Wars vehicles added such as Grizzlies and Hawks.
- Pelicans driveable PLEASE!!! I hate having to dev kit the Halo:CE Demo just to drive one that doesn't even handle well.

  • 10.23.2009 5:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: Hylebos
Hopefully next week we might get some verbs or dare I say nouns to go with our adjective.

In seriousness though, its going to be like this every week until December. Why December? The December EGM will feature Reach.

If anybody wishes to supply a better picture, feel free to, I'm lazy and wikipedia is my friend. Second item on the list of games in the bottom right.

Much like Halo 3, Bungie is going to release their first tidbits of real information about the multiplayer through magazines. I'm supposing that Bungie will be rather charitable to EGM as this is their first issue since the magazine was unsuspended, what better way to get it off the ground than with exclusive Reach infos?

In addition, since the Halo Reach Beta will require Halo 3: ODST to play, Bungie will definitely release information about the multiplayer to hype the game up on the onset of the Holiday season. Reluctant Holiday Shoppers will be more likely to buy ODST if they know that the beta will be epic awesome afterall.


Unfortunately, that cover isn't the actual cover. I mean, there's still hope that there will be Reach info, but I thought I would clear up what that image actually is.

Official word on the EGM cover



Well thats good to know. Good find. The rest of the stuff about motivations for releasing information in December still stands though.

  • 10.23.2009 5:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hylebos
Hopefully next week we might get some verbs or dare I say nouns to go with our adjective.

In seriousness though, its going to be like this every week until December. Why December? The December EGM will feature Reach.

If anybody wishes to supply a better picture, feel free to, I'm lazy and wikipedia is my friend. Second item on the list of games in the bottom right.

Much like Halo 3, Bungie is going to release their first tidbits of real information about the multiplayer through magazines. I'm supposing that Bungie will be rather charitable to EGM as this is their first issue since the magazine was unsuspended, what better way to get it off the ground than with exclusive Reach infos?

In addition, since the Halo Reach Beta will require Halo 3: ODST to play, Bungie will definitely release information about the multiplayer to hype the game up on the onset of the Holiday season. Reluctant Holiday Shoppers will be more likely to buy ODST if they know that the beta will be epic awesome afterall.


Why would you make a Gears of War 3 let alone 2 if the first one was completely boring and stupid in story alone. I won't even get into the gameplay. The only good thing? Chainsaw. On. Your. Gun. That was the only reason I bought the game and man did I waste my money.

  • 10.23.2009 5:36 PM PDT

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