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Re: Turrets
Posted By: Narcogen <narcogen@rampancy.net>Date: 10/22/09 8:30 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Turrets (Avateur)


: I'm pretty sure that they do, though if you turn your Spartan to the side, it
: will speed up while holding the turret. So basically it's all about the
: direction you're facing, but you can speed the Spartan up.

Yeah, I noticed the old Marathon trick still worked when H3 came out.

ODSTs don't
: need a particular direction for the speed-up, but the official explanation
: for this from Joseph Staten (was it the PAX panel? or the GTTV interview?
: or have I missed the mark entirely?) was that ODSTs can run faster with
: the turret because of "fun." So there's a suspension of reality
: in order to make the game more fun to play instead of making it so that
: you couldn't use the turrets at all in Firefight or campaign, which, in my
: opinion, definitely would not have been as fun.

True.

I think is, for those like Stephen L. who want to build up a comprehensive and accurate picture of the Haloverse, and for whom "for fun" is not a completely acceptable explanation, the most logical way to proceed is to take the latest game as the most accurate, and consider Halo 3's portrayal of a Spartan moving slowly with a turret as an inaccurate approximation.

All it means, really, is that you must expend effort to maintain suspension of disbelief in proportion to how many years ago the game you're playing was released.

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Should Gameplay be considered Canon?Riceatron 10/20/09 10:29 p.m.
     Re: Should Gameplay be considered Canon?General Vagueness 10/20/09 11:11 p.m.
     Re: Should Gameplay be considered Canon?General Vagueness 10/20/09 11:21 p.m.
     Re: Should Gameplay be considered Canon?Narcogen 10/20/09 11:24 p.m.
           Re: Should Gameplay be considered Canon?Leviathan 10/21/09 12:26 a.m.
                 Re: Should Gameplay be considered Canon?Narcogen 10/21/09 4:15 a.m.
           Re: TurretsJonnyOThan 10/21/09 12:41 p.m.
                 Re: TurretsGilver 10/21/09 1:08 p.m.
                       Re: TurretsAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 10/21/09 1:19 p.m.
                             Re: TurretsGilver 10/21/09 1:42 p.m.
                                   Re: TurretsSonofMacPhisto 10/21/09 2:13 p.m.
                                         Re: TurretsAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 10/21/09 2:23 p.m.
                                               Re: TurretsSonofMacPhisto 10/21/09 3:28 p.m.
                                                     Re: TurretsGilver 10/21/09 4:56 p.m.
                 Re: TurretsStephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/21/09 4:11 p.m.
                 Re: TurretsFyreWulff 10/21/09 5:52 p.m.
                       Re: TurretsSonofMacPhisto 10/21/09 6:09 p.m.
                 Re: TurretsNarcogen 10/22/09 2:40 a.m.
                       Re: TurretsAvateur 10/22/09 2:59 a.m.
                             Re: TurretsNarcogen 10/22/09 8:30 a.m.
     Sure.serpx 10/20/09 11:52 p.m.
           Nothing should be considered canonAvateur 10/21/09 12:46 a.m.
                 Re: Nothing should be considered canonNarcogen 10/21/09 4:16 a.m.
                       Re: Nothing should be considered canonAvateur 10/21/09 4:29 a.m.
                             Agreedyakaman 10/21/09 7:58 a.m.
                                   Amen. *NM*SonofMacPhisto 10/21/09 8:15 a.m.
                                   Re: AgreedStephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/21/09 8:29 a.m.
                                         Re: AgreedJillybean 10/21/09 8:50 a.m.
                                               Re: AgreedAvateur 10/21/09 12:01 p.m.
                                                     Without reading the thread fully...sharpsniper99 10/21/09 6:03 p.m.
                             Re: Nothing should be considered canonAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 10/21/09 11:49 a.m.
                 Re: Nothing should be considered canonThe BS Police 10/21/09 11:16 a.m.
                       Re: Nothing should be considered canonGeneral Vagueness 10/21/09 11:45 a.m.
                             Re: Nothing should be considered canonThe BS Police 10/21/09 11:58 a.m.
                                   Re: Nothing should be considered canonAvateur 10/21/09 12:04 p.m.
                                         Re: Nothing should be considered canonRiceatron 10/21/09 1:44 p.m.
                                               Re: Nothing should be considered canonHikaru-119 10/21/09 2:42 p.m.
                                               Re: Nothing should be considered canonAvateur 10/21/09 7:08 p.m.
                                                     Re: Nothing should be considered canonRiceatron 10/21/09 10:10 p.m.
                 Re: Nothing should be considered canonGravemind 10/21/09 4:24 p.m.
                       Re: Nothing should be considered canonGeneral Vagueness 10/21/09 6:53 p.m.
                             Re: Nothing should be considered canonAvateur 10/21/09 7:11 p.m.
                                   Re: Nothing should be considered canonGravemind 10/21/09 8:24 p.m.
                                         Re: Nothing should be considered canonAvateur 10/21/09 8:28 p.m.
                             Re: Nothing should be considered canonGravemind 10/21/09 8:22 p.m.
     Re: Should Gameplay be considered Canon?Cody Miller 10/21/09 1:56 a.m.
           Re: Should Gameplay be considered Canon?Avateur 10/21/09 2:30 a.m.
           Re: Should Gameplay be considered Canon?Narcogen 10/21/09 4:17 a.m.
     Gameplay is never canon *SP*Metalingus627 10/21/09 3:45 a.m.
     Re: Should Gameplay be considered Canon?Archilen 10/21/09 4:24 a.m.
     Question...stan 10/21/09 9:07 a.m.
           Follow up...stan 10/21/09 9:09 a.m.
                 Fully agree *NM* *NM*Avateur 10/21/09 12:06 p.m.



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