You ever wanted to t-bag an enemy with a mech?.......halo 4 -_-

[ZehMadScientist]

So you play as a dude in an armored suit... To hop into an even bigger armored suit to shoot missiles and add to the T-bagging experience?

This is gold.

 

[daveman247]

From the perspective of fun, games need more giant mechs. From the perspective of reality, mechs are deeply flawed and will never be anything more than industrial or police units [http://rakanalysis.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/probing-the-inaccuracies-mecha/].

I think metal gear taught us how useful a bipedal tank could be. The obvious solution would be to have both legs AND tracks of some sort. Use the legs for getting over tough terrain and revert back to the tracks for battle.

Thats unless we could make some kind of hover thing


OT: Halo 4 is awesome, teabagging mechs are awesome. Looks good to me. Theres nothing better than a good old victory teabag.

 

[Erttheking]

Well they aren't overpowered at all, as some gameplay was also released today along with the trailer that showed a Banshee taking out two Mantis, not at the same time, but shortly after destroying the first.

?

That has absolutely nothing to do with what I just said.

Well, you did say that the mech was good for blowing stuff up but not for competitive play. I thought you meant that it was OP and apparently so did he.

No, I don't think its OP, I just can't see it having any place in a competitive setting.

You're going to have to elaborate on that point.

 

[Lilani]

No, I've never wanted to T-bag an enemy, I'm not twelve.

Well, it seems they know their target demographic well enough.

Yay, I've been waiting on the latest edition of "Samey Battlesuit War Simulator!"

Is this the one with the guys in the suits?

...Maybe I should just leave this thread.

 

[DugMachine]

Why wasn't this a thing before?!

 

[Korten12]

Well they aren't overpowered at all, as some gameplay was also released today along with the trailer that showed a Banshee taking out two Mantis, not at the same time, but shortly after destroying the first.

?

That has absolutely nothing to do with what I just said.

Well, you did say that the mech was good for blowing stuff up but not for competitive play. I thought you meant that it was OP and apparently so did he.

No, I don't think its OP, I just can't see it having any place in a competitive setting.

You're going to have to elaborate on that point.

Yeah, I thought he meant OPness.

 

[Rad Party God]

Mechwarrior meets Halo, charming tea bags included... seems legit.

 

[ZeroMachine]

Yeah, what an awesome trailer. MECHS + DUBSTEP = EPIC WINZ AM I RITE GUYZ LOL

At least they brought Valhalla back. That might end up being the single best thing about Halo 4.

Well there is no dubstep in the game, just the trailers. :/ They even confirmed this.

Hell this isn't even the first time we have had mechs in Halo, there was one in Wars, the Scarabs are mechs, one in Halo legends, the MJOLNIR Mk 1 - 3 were Mechs.

If we didn't have Mechs like the Mantis in 500 years, I would be dissapointed. I mean we already got this:

http://www-bgr-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Kuratas-Battle-Mech_3-e1343655490203.jpg

Sure it's has wheels and not legs, but in 500 years, it would be a lot more advanced.

This is just the first one we have actually had control of outside of an RTS.

I don't really care if they are lore friendly or not. I care even less about their place in the God awful "RTS" that was Halo Wars. I just do not see them bringing anything good to the multiplayer.

Sure, if you want to blow shit up and shoot some dudes in the face you'll more than likely love the mechs, but if you're looking for something competitive, every piece of news on Halo 4 till now has probably turned you away from the game, and that includes this trailer.

Actually, from what I've seen, general response from the competitive group of Halo players has been a resounding "yes, yes, oh god, take me 343, take me now".

Or, at the very least, "this looks worlds better than Reach".

I even know a couple of old-school Halo 2 pros that are considering coming out of hiding for this.

 

[Lionsfan]

I'm with Smash here. This doesn't really make the multiplayer look any better to me, and since that's all they're turning Halo into, I'm keeping my hopes low for this game

 

[Scarim Coral]

I don't know why but the Mantis didn't feel Halo like (no I think it ok they added a mech suit in the universe). I mean I don't think the Mantis overall design had match with the rest of the UNSC stuff other than the colour.

 

[Souplex]

From the perspective of fun, games need more giant mechs. From the perspective of reality, mechs are deeply flawed and will never be anything more than industrial or police units [http://rakanalysis.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/probing-the-inaccuracies-mecha/].

I think metal gear taught us how useful a bipedal tank could be. The obvious solution would be to have both legs AND tracks of some sort. Use the legs for getting over tough terrain and revert back to the tracks for battle.

Thats unless we could make some kind of hover thing


OT: Halo 4 is awesome, teabagging mechs are awesome. Looks good to me. Theres nothing better than a good old victory teabag.

A hover-tank could not hold its ground, due to a lack of friction. Gunfire would send it reeling.

 

[Dansen]

Why the hell did they just reskin vallhalla? I am all for visual re-imaginings and spiritual successors, but seriously? This type of lazy half assed attitude towards mapmaking is one of the things the pissed me off about Halo: Reach, I guess 343 is keeping the tradition going.

Also, the mech does look awesome.

 

[lacktheknack]

No, I've never wanted to T-bag an enemy, I'm not twelve.

Well, it seems they know their target demographic well enough.

Yay, I've been waiting on the latest edition of "Samey Battlesuit War Simulator!"

Is this the one with the guys in the suits?

...Maybe I should just leave this thread.

I snickered.

OT: Well, it seems they DO know their target demographic well enough.

(They started it, so I'm justified!)

 

[gigastrike]

You could actually do this with the walker in battlefield 2142. It was slower, but you could do it.

 

[Korten12]

I'm with Smash here. This doesn't really make the multiplayer look any better to me, and since that's all they're turning Halo into, I'm keeping my hopes low for this game

-Puts heavy focus on the campaign in Halo 4 more so then Bungie did before.
-Says it's turning into Multiplayer focused.

Logic..?

Why the hell did they just reskin vallhalla? I am all for visual re-imaginings and spiritual successors, but seriously? This type of lazy half assed attitude towards mapmaking is one of the things the pissed me off about Halo: Reach, I guess 343 is keeping the tradition going.

Also, the mech does look awesome.

Um... Because they wanted to have 1 remake map in Halo 4 and decided on Valhalla, since all Halo games have at least one remake map. Also Halo: Reach was lazy because all of it's maps were in the game's SP, where as all of Halo 4 maps are made for Multiplayer specific.

I don't see how this is lazy, every Halo game up to this point has had one remake/reskin.

Hell so we got 9 maps, 1 reskin, and then 3 new forge maps (not a reskin of Forge World), I don't see how that is lazy.

 

[hazabaza1]

Nice job keepin' it classy there Halo.
*dunk dunk*

 

[Templarixx]

There's a Mantis in my pantis.

We need more Giant Mechs in videogames. Screw realism, let's have some fun.

I have to agree with you, there are not many Mechs in current videogames and the games that have them are usually pretty crappy.

 

[monkeymo4d]

I don't really care if they are lore friendly or not. I care even less about their place in the God awful "RTS" that was Halo Wars. I just do not see them bringing anything good to the multiplayer.

Sure, if you want to blow shit up and shoot some dudes in the face you'll more than likely love the mechs, but if you're looking for something competitive, every piece of news on Halo 4 till now has probably turned you away from the game, and that includes this trailer.

Well most of the competetive halo players were in the same boat until a couple of days ago when this gameplay footage of a good player came out. Now the reaction seems to be between "its alright" and "YES YES Oh daddy YES !"

 

[daveman247]

A hover-tank could not hold its ground, due to a lack of friction. Gunfire would send it reeling.

Counter-jets Or an anchor of some sort.