The Official Off-topic Thread 7

> > > On the subject of Gamescon, the thing that surprised me the most was the announcement that Rise of the Tomb Raider will be an exclusive to Xbox. Of course, people have flipped their Yoink! in the usual internet manner.
> > >
> > > I liked the reboot, so hopefully this one will be good, too.
> >
> > TBH, I’m glad. Even though it was originally released on the Playstation, i think Tomb Raider is much more satisfying being released on the ONE
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> I’m not quite sure what you mean.
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> But yeah, Tomb Raider was a PS game for years until the games were ported to PC. But, ever since Crystal Dynamics took the reigns from CORE, TR has been multiplatform.
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> <mark>What I want to know is: How is it being handled? Are SE publishing it, with it being a 3rd party exclusive? Or are MS publishing it? I think the former is more likely.</mark>

Oh…that part is quite interesting.

@Halojunky
Hey, hows it going, :smiley:

> Morning everyone. I see there was some tension while I was sleeping…
>
> So how’s everything going?

I’m geeking out like a madman over the Delta Halo screenshots for H2A. I forsee myself wasting several hours scouring those cliffs.

> > Morning everyone. I see there was some tension while I was sleeping…
> >
> > So how’s everything going?
>
> I’m geeking out like a madman over the Delta Halo screenshots for H2A. I forsee myself wasting several hours scouring those cliffs.

Most of my time will be spent just standing in one area and continuously switching between the graphics…my progress will be slow.

Today’s news was astounding. It appears that the Halo Channel will basically be the new Halo Waypoint app. Also, the Halo 5 beta trailer was awesome. That city they showed looked amazing and I also liked the weapons they showed (SMG FTW).

How is everyone elses morning? Any news today that really caught your eye?

> Today’s news was astounding. It appears that the Halo Channel will basically be the new Halo Waypoint app. Also, the Halo 5 beta trailer was awesome. That city they showed looked amazing and I also liked the weapons they showed (SMG FTW).
>
> How is everyone elses morning? Any news today that really caught your eye?

Wow, I am so behind with news on Halo. Can some one send me a link to Halo Channel, just want to check it out.

> > Today’s news was astounding. It appears that the Halo Channel will basically be the new Halo Waypoint app. Also, the Halo 5 beta trailer was awesome. That city they showed looked amazing and I also liked the weapons they showed (SMG FTW).
> >
> > How is everyone elses morning? Any news today that really caught your eye?
>
> Wow, I am so behind with news on Halo. Can some one send me a link to Halo Channel, just want to check it out.

It’s an Xbone App that isn’t released yet.

> > Today’s news was astounding. It appears that the Halo Channel will basically be the new Halo Waypoint app. Also, the Halo 5 beta trailer was awesome. That city they showed looked amazing and I also liked the weapons they showed (SMG FTW).
> >
> > How is everyone elses morning? Any news today that really caught your eye?
>
> Wow, I am so behind with news on Halo. Can some one send me a link to Halo Channel, just want to check it out.

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/halo-channel

> > Today’s news was astounding. It appears that the Halo Channel will basically be the new Halo Waypoint app. Also, the Halo 5 beta trailer was awesome. That city they showed looked amazing and I also liked the weapons they showed (SMG FTW).
> >
> > How is everyone elses morning? Any news today that really caught your eye?
>
> Wow, I am so behind with news on Halo. Can some one send me a link to Halo Channel, just want to check it out.

Here you go Riot.
http://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2014/08/12/gamescom-2014-halo-channel-revealed-for-xbox-one

For people asking if Waypoint was ever going to come on Xbox One, I guess we have an answer: the Halo Channel IS the new updated Halo Waypoint.

Everything looks great so far, and I’m glad to see that Sanctuary is being reimagined, and we will see the return of Aviator and Defender armor kits. I’d like to see Recruit, Pathfinder, and Rogue variants return as well.

> For people asking if Waypoint was ever going to come on Xbox One, I guess we have an answer: the Halo Channel IS the new updated Halo Waypoint.
>
> Everything looks great so far, and I’m glad to see that Sanctuary is being reimagined, and we will see the return of Aviator and Defender armor kits. I’d like to see Recruit, Pathfinder, and Rogue variants return as well.

What about Warrior?

Wow…I seriously have to watch for new updates, b/c after viewing Halo Channel…My Mind is officially blown. Nice, :D. Anyhow, going to get rid of some 360 games (H4 may be one of them, since im getting MCC in Nov.) b/c of that 50% extra on trade-ins, so what ever i have, i’ll put it towards Destiny Ghost Edition. (Got over 25 games, so most likely 20 of them will be going. The only ones staying are SCIV, Titanfall, COD:Ghosts, AC:V-Verdict Day, and Apache).

@Oompa
If there only one armor I hope and pray returns, in the say design as it appeared in H4, its my “lovely” Recon. (Yet, I think it should get changed around a bit, with Contoured Forearms and Legs).

> For people asking if Waypoint was ever going to come on Xbox One, I guess we have an answer: the Halo Channel IS the new updated Halo Waypoint.
>
> Everything looks great so far, and I’m glad to see that Sanctuary is being reimagined, and we will see the return of Aviator and Defender armor kits. I’d like to see Recruit, Pathfinder, and Rogue variants return as well.

You didn’t mention ODST. You’re dead to me.

> @Oompa
> If there only one armor I hope and pray returns, in the say design as it appeared in H4, its my “lovely” Recon. (Yet, I think it should get changed around a bit, with Contoured Forearms and Legs). [/color]

Aviator and Defender seems to be relatively unchanged, so I can’t imagine Recon being changed very much. What do you mean by Contoured Forearms and Legs?

Madsen wore Recon with Ricochet Forearms and unknown leg armor, with Spartan-IV NPC Recon wearing Ricochet Forearms and Recruit Legs, and Holst from Halo: Initiation wore Recon with Recruit Legs and Recruit Forearms. Of course, when I asked Frankie what Spartans wore he answered that Spartans technically wear anything to “both the mission at hand and personal fighting style”. Aside from wearing all Recon pieces if you want a full Recon set, the other pieces are personal preference.

I didn’t write down every single armor set I wanted to see in Halo 5. How many times have I said how much I liked Warrior, ODST, and Recon before? Too many times to count probably. They’re all very cool armor variants, fans would love to see them return.

> I didn’t write down every single armor set I wanted to see in Halo 5. How many times have I said how much I liked Warrior, ODST, and Recon before? Too many times to count probably. They’re all very cool armor variants, fans would love to see them return.

For me, it’s Recon, Scout, ODST, the Mk V and VI, Pathfinder, Warrior, Recruit, Prefect, Commando, EVA, Air Assault, Pilot, Ricochet, and ESPECIALLY Fred’s helmet.
EDIT: His armour set for escalation is in it?!
I know my new helmet for sure!

What do you guys think of Gamescom so far?

> What do you guys think of Gamescom so far?

love it! did you see the lighting halo 2 anniversary had?

plus rise of tomb raider is an exclusive?!

> > What do you guys think of Gamescom so far?
>
> love it! did you see the lighting halo 2 anniversary had?
>
> plus rise of tomb raider is an exclusive?!

All I could think was how I would make a better budget to buy all of these games!

> > > Today’s news was astounding. It appears that the Halo Channel will basically be the new Halo Waypoint app. Also, the Halo 5 beta trailer was awesome. That city they showed looked amazing and I also liked the weapons they showed (SMG FTW).
> > >
> > > How is everyone elses morning? Any news today that really caught your eye?
> >
> > Wow, I am so behind with news on Halo. Can some one send me a link to Halo Channel, just want to check it out.
>
> https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/halo-channel

Nice. Wasn’t aware of this at all. Going to look more into Locke as well.

> > I didn’t write down every single armor set I wanted to see in Halo 5. How many times have I said how much I liked Warrior, ODST, and Recon before? Too many times to count probably. They’re all very cool armor variants, fans would love to see them return.
>
> For me, it’s <mark>Recon</mark>, Scout, ODST, the Mk V and VI, Pathfinder, Warrior, Recruit, Prefect, Commando, EVA, Air Assault, Pilot, Ricochet, and ESPECIALLY Fred’s helmet.
> EDIT: His armour set for escalation is in it?!
> I know my new helmet for sure!

NOOOOOOO no more recon, if its not going to be a super rare armor then i don’t want it.