Daily Archives: 03/11/2013

Spartan Ops Episode 10: EXODUS comic book

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We’ve come to the end of Spartan Ops season one. Infinity is locked with Requiem, Jul is sending it crashing into the local star. Halsey is whisked away by a Promethean Knight and Jul M’dama. And Halsey wants something…what is it? Read til the end to find out.

Also, please pay special attention to the last four pages. Included in those four pages are the full credits for the CG vids, my thanks to you all, and a special announcement on my new Machinima project.

What do you think about this episode? The comic book itself? DId you like the whole series?

Please reply below or tweet me @HaloFanForLife.

-Sal

Castle Map Pack screenshots! Perdition

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And the final map of the Castle Map Pack, Perdition.

I think I’m going to like this one the most. As I said in the article about the trailer, Perdition has the look and feel of New Mombasa, a tribute to Halo 3 ODST. It’s fantastic how 343 is incorporating ideas from previous Halo games, subtle or not. It shows they have their minds focus on selling the whole brand of Halo as a franchise, not just the games. Thanks 343!

Thoughts on this map? Do you like it’s more realistic setting? Like that it harkens back to New Mombasa?

I was fortunate to get the map pass with my pre-order of Halo 4. If you did, kudos to you as you won’t have to pay anew for this. If you didn’t get the map pass, then do yourself a favor and get this map pack when it comes out. It’s going to be a LOT of fun!

-Sal

Castle Map Pack screenshots! Outcast

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Following right on the heels of the Daybreak screenshots comes Outcast!

This map has  a feel of Reach (Pillar of Autumn mission) as well as the Harvestor mission in Halo 4’s Spartan Ops. What a great mix! And check out that Halo Wars Darter! AHH Yeah! I love that 343 is giving some respect to Halo Wars. So glad to see the Darter here. Hmm a Mega Bloks set now please???

With a Wraith and Warthog, this looks like fun for CTF!

How about it folks? Like the look of this map?

-Sal

Castle Map Pack screenshots! DayBreak

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An open map with heavy shading (due to the day breaking over the mountains, hence the map name), a Halo 4 style Paris class frigate in the sky, and being able to fly a Banshee…THIS is Daybreak!

Looks like this could be both a Sniper and a Vehicle Driver/Gunner’s dream!

What are your thoughts of the map based off of these screenshots?

-Sal

Halo 4’s Castle Map Pack Teaser Trailer!

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Okay so it’s released April 8, not April 1. I’m fine with that. No April fools then…

Wow, do those maps look great. Hmm, Perdition looks like something ripped out of Halo 3 ODST. That’s NOT a complaint folks, that’s AWESOMESAUCE! The New Mombasa environment was fun to play in. Perdition looking even similar to it makes me already like it!

So what do you think of these maps based off of the short teaser trailer?

-Sal

Majestic’s Landfall as a panorama!

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Gathering up screenshots of this new map, I made a panorama of Landfall.

Click the image to see larger. Click the link after for the super-sized edition. (If you repost, PLEASE give me credit as “created by Sal at HaloFanForLife.com.”)

Landfall Panorama FULL_wm_SMLSuper-sized Landfall Panorama

These are watermarked in various places, so please don’t “steal” the image for yourself and call it your own. Thanks.

-Sal