HBO as it’s known for short (no not the cable station) posted a link on their site regarding the Podcasts I’ve been doing with Podtacular and I got a mention in the article!
This is quite an honor as HBO is one of if not the oldest Halo fan site around.
Thanks!
-Sal
Is Halsey’s revenge comment real?
I’d say partially. I think she’d have no compunction about taking out Palmer who tried to kill her. It’s obvious those two have issues with each other.
But the UNSC (read Humanity) though? No.
She did NOT create the Spartan project to save humanity. She created it to quell the insurgency by outer colony rebels. It just so happened that the Covenant came along at that time and the Spartans were redeployed to take on this newer more dangerous threat. So she doesn’t have an issue with humans being killed. But it has to be for what she considers the right reasons.
The Librarian chose Halsey. Why? It’s plainly obvious Halsey is the most brilliant mind at that point in time of humanity. She created Cortana who was unique among AIs. Let’s not forget Cortana while in the Forerunner system met the Librarian. Likely the Librarian looked at all the information Cortana had and was able to asses who best to give the Janus key to, that being Halsey.
I can’t see Halsey being out to kill humans this time around, again with exception to Palmer possibly. I’m positive she’s just playing Jul M’dama like she has countless other persons in her life. She’s a master at that.
As for her arm? I’m betting she makes a robotic arm for herself. Who knows, she may even make a whole robotic body or a suit of armor for herself? Is that idea outlandish? No so more that super soldiers of the future battling aliens. So it’s completely possible within the realm of the Halo universe.
-Sal
I just posted this response on Halo Waypoint to another forum users argument that Spartan Ops wasn’t quality and wasn’t as good as Firefight.
Let’s pit Spartan Ops versus Firefight (mind you this comes from someone who LOVED Firefight as well). Ask any of my friends I gamed with in Reach and they’ll tell you I played Firefight to death.
Spartan Ops vs. Firefight
• CG vids of Spartan Ops / Firefight-No full quality CG, just in-game cutscenes
• Spartan Ops Maps 15 at launch/ Halo Reach FF maps 10 (over a more than 2 year span)
• Varied missions using different vehicles to achieve goals. Scorpion, Mantis, Warthog, Gausshog, Rockethog, Wraith, Banshee, Ghost / Rare uses of anything but chaingun/rocket warthog, ghost or wraith
• Varied missions with ability to pick better weapons from the map to achieve goals (ie Sniper Alley with Snipers/Beam Rifles)
• Furthering canon / Firefight had NOTHING to do with canon. Just the same battles on the same maps with no rhyme or reason. At least with SpOps you have a goal/objective in mind other than just killing AI.
• RvB easter eggs / FF-RvB who?
• 50 missions / FF-10 maps with a select few gametypes all pretty much the same, just different enemies. Other than Generator Defense, it was all slayer, and I didn’t know ANYONE who played GenDef regularly if at all.
• The BIG one: SpOps season 1 FREE / FF-DLC cost money and we only got a paltry 2-3 maps of the total 10. Again we got FIFTEEN maps (which some were more like campaign LEVELS) for FREE.
These are all facts. Not something made up. So they can’t be denied.
Even if SpOps was created to keep people playing for the first 3-months, I see NOTHING wrong with that. A gaming devs SHOULD look to keep people playing at least that long if not MUCH longer. It brings them more credibility too. Beyond that though, I really think SpOps was also made to give we fans a new experience within Halo. It really is like another whole campaign.
If you added up all the time spent playing each of the 10 videos and 50 missions even just ONE time through, you’d have clearly 6-7 hours of gameplay. A short campaign yes, but a campaign none the less. Spartan Ops is free. Well season one anyway, and I’d GLADLY pay for a Season two. Considering Requiem has been destroyed, 343 would HAVE to make all new maps for season 2. Firefight in Reach came with about 6-7 FF maps at launch? Easily less than half of what SpOps gave us. And then only did we get maybe 3 more FF maps in Reach over the course of the next two years. And you know there isn’t going to be anything else new added for Reach.
Even if SpOps is done at Season one (which I hope it’s NOT), it has FAR exceeded what Firefight was in Reach and ODST.
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I think the only thing I miss from Firefight is in ODST’s FF you could play on and on and on as long as you had lives left. But then again, it would get boring after a 3 hour sessions of just ONE game of firefight. So I really don’t mind the shorter missions. There are certainly some that give me that classic Firefight feel to them. I also enjoy having real objectives to complete though, versus just slaying waves upon waves of Covies.
-Sal
Okay, if you haven’t watched the opening vid, do yourself a favor and watch it first. Also, at the least play the last chapter of Episode 10 before watching the conclusion video. Is it necessary? No, but it does help explain more of what is happening in the conclusion video.
Whew…I really had hoped we’d see Requiem last longer. And Halsey… I don’t think she’s completely out for revenge. Well, maybe against Palmer. I think she’s playing Jul M’dama still. How about her losing an arm too? The problem though is that she was shot above that point, so it should have been taken at the shoulder. Now if the gunshot was in her bicep or lower arm it would have made sense. Ah well. Still, I look forward to her dealing with that. She’s sure to make a robotic arm. It’s Halsey afterall.
I would have posted this yesterday. However, I was getting asked to play the chapters all day. I played them each at least 4-5 times. Whew!
-Sal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoXg6BUqgco
Blog subscriber “thegunslinger” sent me the above link for his fan-made Spartan Ops trailer. What do you think? I like it. If that doesn’t get you pumped for a season two…
-Sal
Here are 9 screenshots to whet your appetite for episode 10.
While I’m excited for this episode, I’m also a little sad. I hope this is not the end of Spartan ops. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it.
-Sal
Source link:
http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/halo_4_spartan_ops
The article is a great look at how the CG series came about.
One thing to note about the video is that we now have confirmation of Spartan Hoya’s first name. It’s Isaac.
Now we only need to find out Madsen’s first name and we have all the names of Fireteam Majestic.
Thanks to Halo.Bungie.org for posting the link to this on Twitter.
-Sal
We’re coming down to the home stretch folks. Next week is the last of Season one (And hopefully not the last episode at all).
In the meantime, enjoy the latest comic book version of Spartan Ops, with Episode 8: Expendable!
What do you think about this episode? The comic book itself? Please reply below or tweet me @HaloFanForLife.
-Sal
http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/post/2013/02/13/Fan-made-Halo-4-Spartan-Ops-Graphic-Novel-Part-6.aspx
As always, much love and thanks to BS Angel for posting a link back to the blog as well as the first page in the comic book.
-Sal