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Xbox Video Recording: Halo Fad or New gaming feature?
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No, I agree on that one. The shield/flesh damage types combined with the weapons for a delicious bit of stratiegery, plus you can't dual wield and whip out a grenade, which is often very important. It's another one of those things I think Halo 2 improved on, along with an interesting plot and actual level design.
Damn I need to make more monies for a 360.
Inventing something and refining something are completely different. Bungie refined dual wielding but they didn't actually invent it.
Halo games aren't allowed legitimate praise on the internet?
As for why there's a backlash against stuff like the dual wielding in Halo, just look at this thread. While I can understand why the creator of this thread may not know that plenty of other games have allowed you to save in-game footage, it becomes a bit of a joke when a large amount of Halo fans are running around saying Bungie invented this and that.
That depend upon how you define duel wielding. I'm pretty certain prior to Halo 2 the only 'duel wielding' was exactly the same as a single wield gun bar the fact that your gun animation showed two guns. Halo argueably did create the concept of actual duel wielding.
BF 2 had the right idea, but it was a down right pain to use sometimes, and isn't nearly as streamlined - hence, you don't have people using it that much. Once it becomes commonplace to make replays, I think the community will benefit greatly in many ways.
(Think: RTS and Replays ...Any RTS player knows how important replays are to their strategy. Every RTS game HAS to have a replay feature).
I think recorded online sessions for FPS multiplayer, when done correctly (ala Halo 3) is a sensational feature. It's too bad some other games (BF 2) didn't quite make the cut.
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As far as I'm concerned, there should be exactly as many youtube videos of Rock Band/Guitar Hero as there are songs, and no more. 1 video of a perfect playthrough on the hardest difficulty. We don't need anything else. Seriously. No one wants to see you get a 93% on Hard. Fuck off and die.
As it relates to Halo, the movies can be rated, right? That should at least separate some of the chaff from the wheat.
I mean, I can't think of an earlier game than Marathon ('94) that allowed dual pistols.
On the other hand, no one cares about what you think either.
Original Poster: You might as well change the OP so people will stop whining about how Halo didn't do it first.
It's almost like none of you fuckers ever played Goldeneye. Remember what you get after beating the mid-boss of the Jungle level? Two different weapons.
If it's not in Rock Band then they've made a massive fumble. It should be in GH3 as well but hell I don't know what they're doing.
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
Also...why the hell do we need video recording in rock band?
Yeah. I don't need to see a bunch of drunken frat boys mess up the Rock Band version of Free Bird. Still, its a nice feature, but not a necessary one by any means.
Yeah but could you drop one and pick up another kind of weapon? Or mix and match weapons? Or drop one to throw a grenade and pick it up again? No.
Goldeneye and all games before Halo 2 had double weapons, but not dual wielding. There is a small but very important difference.
Im not saying bungie invented the concept of holding two weapons, but they did pioneer being able to choose which weapons go in which hand and how. Im pretty sure no other games have this feature as well implemented or as universal.
We're talking first person shooters here. Try to keep up.
Holding two weapons is older than time itself. Being able to choose which weapons go in which hand from the entire list of single handed weapons is pretty new.
Wrong.
I don't see FPS in there anywhere. :lol:
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Nevermind. Im sure I made a promise long ago not to argue with Xenogears of bore but I must have forgotten. Oh well.
That being said, it's not like I particulary mind the video recording feature. It doesn't take anything away from the game, so why not?
Because the guys who actually perfect the songs will be able to put together completely awesome videos. There are youtube videos for GH and GH2. Rock Band could leverage that into XBL battle of the bands style events. There's actually a lot of potential there.
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
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Yeah, because beating an incredibly hard song like Through the Fire and Flames, for example, with 100% accuracy is doable. Fuck off. If I Five Star that song, the Internet is getting a fucking video of it. Don't wanna watch it? Then don't. Pretty sure no one is forcing you to.
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Haha yeah me too. I came in her to [insert game that did it ages ago here] as well. I guess we have to balance our reasoning of someone refining it and bringing it to the masses with our reaction of "OMFG it's been done noob!".
I dont have Halo 3 so can't comment on if at is any different.
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