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Re: Day 3 Halo Overload - reminiscences
Posted By: Mark Levin <haveblue@mac.com>Date: 5/21/01 2:16 p.m.

In Response To: Day 3 Halo Overload - reminiscences (Louis Wu)

: your first job was to
: clear out the covenant in the open area.

This has been discussed before, but can you clarify this: How did you know that this was your job? Did Cortana speak to you? Was it obvious from cues in the level design? Or did Max just know what to do?

: (the
: adrenaline rush that hits you when you drop a grenade in front of a jeep
: barreling towards you, only to see it spiral through the air above your
: head, landing upright behind you

A jeep and its passengers survive a direct hit from a grenade? Hmm... Was it possible to damage or destroy the vehicles (with weapons, as opposed to with bad driving)?

: we lost by a single flag return

By now, the venerable game of FPS CTF has evolved into many variations... How complex was Halo's version? Was the scoring simple or complex (i.e. just points for capture, or extra consideration for tactically significant acts? (I ask because you imply that returning the flag would have altered the score)). What was the interface for setting up a multiplayer game like, if you saw it?

More random questions: What did the different players look like? How were the teams differentiated in-game (in terms of the player's appearance)? Can you describe the CTF map in more detail?


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Day 3 Halo Overload - reminiscencesLouis Wu 5/21/01 12:31 p.m.
     Re: Day 3 Halo Overload - reminiscencesYosr 5/21/01 12:52 p.m.
           Re: Day 3 Halo Overload - reminiscencesFreewill 5/21/01 1:06 p.m.
     Re: Day 3 Halo Overload - reminiscences[Tycho?] 5/21/01 1:11 p.m.
           Re: Day 3 Halo Overload - reminiscencesYosr 5/21/01 1:14 p.m.
     Re: Day 3 Halo Overload - reminiscencesMark Levin 5/21/01 2:16 p.m.
           Re: Day 3 Halo Overload - reminiscencesLouis Wu 5/21/01 2:41 p.m.
           Re: Day 3 Halo Overload - reminiscencesmnemesis 5/21/01 2:55 p.m.
     Re: Day 3 Halo Overload - reminiscencesSanta's Head #CP#Z 5/22/01 11:04 p.m.



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