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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Apr 16, 2024 22:33:48 GMT
I bought a crt tv on eBay. A Panasonic Pv-df2704. It arrived in a poorly made package: one layer of cardboard and bubble wrap. It also arrived broken, and when plugged in, the "Prog. timer" light continuously blinks, and the screen doesn't turn on no matter how many times I plug it back in. No refunds Yay. 😑
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Apr 4, 2024 17:02:12 GMT
About a month ago I purchased an Xbox 360. I tested out a few games like Halo CE and Halo 2. Both work fine, but there seems to be an audio issue with Halo 2. Weapons sound okay, but other sound effects in the background, as well as character voices sound strange. The only way I could describe it is like talking into an empty cup. It's as if the sound were recorded in an empty fish tank. It's hard to describe. Halo 1 doesn't have this problem, and on YouTube, there are some videos of H2 on 360 that sound normal. I switched HDMI inputs, used different cables, and even changed the sound settings on my TV and Xbox. Nothing changed. I might be looking for a needle in a haystack in this thread, but if there is anyone who has played these games on the Xbox 360, what could be wrong? Is it the system, the game?
PS: my Xbox 360 is the 250 GB 360 Slim.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Mar 12, 2024 5:34:31 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Feb 26, 2024 19:43:41 GMT
There doesn't seem to be a lot of activity here. The last post was almost two years ago. Fellow Halo fans: Is it weird that I just want to play the original Halo Trilogy, and no other game in the franchise? I love the Bungie Trilogy. I've played Reach. It was..good, but not great. I didn't enjoy it as much as other people have since its release. I'm not really interested in Halo 3: ODST. I've played Halo 4, but didn't like it that much & I dislike what I have seen for Halo 5 so far (on YouTube), both in writing and design. I don't know about Infinite (343, compared to Bungie, doesn't have as good of a track record with Halo). I'm not interested in the Halo Wars games, either. When I think of Halo, I think of CE, 2, and 3. I have only been a fan since 2017. That's obviously not as long as being a fan since 2001. That's just how I feel about Halo, but the last thing I need is to be called "close-minded," and have my position as a fan put into question.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Feb 23, 2024 3:17:40 GMT
Completed Halo 3 on Heroic. This was a great game. It's amazing how much Halo 3, despite not having a Remaster, still holds up today. I believe Halo 2 & 3 are tied for my favorite in the series. Halo, in general, is up there with Mass Effect as one of my favorite games franchises. There's a part of me that wants to give Halo a slight edge. Anyway, here are the screenshots: Fash Flood... The Ark And The Covenant... False Prophet... Lost And Found... Full Circle... Thus ends the Original Halo Trilogy...
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Feb 21, 2024 4:43:25 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Feb 16, 2024 4:02:09 GMT
Completed Halo 2 on Heroic. It was tough, but this was such a great game, experiencing it a second time. Next week, I'll be revisiting the epic conclusion, on Heroic. Screenshots: Two Paths; One Destiny... PS: Next time I play the Halo Trilogy, I'm going back to Normal difficulty.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Feb 14, 2024 6:22:49 GMT
Started replaying Halo 2, this time in Classic Mode, and on the Heroic Difficulty. It's pretty tough. It's my first time play Halo 2 in years, and I choose to play it on Heroic. Go figure. Anyways, here are some screenshots: A Tale Of Two Warriors...
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Feb 9, 2024 1:24:25 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Feb 5, 2024 22:55:52 GMT
The biggest, most surprising (and even controversial) move that Microsoft could make would be to port Halo to PlayStation. It might sound blasphemous to some, and it may not even happen, but this would be a good thing on Microsoft's end. The Xbox consoles recently have not been selling nearly as much as the PS5. Imagine the hype this would create. The sales would be massive, and the player base would increase.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Jan 20, 2024 17:09:31 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Jan 19, 2024 5:10:46 GMT
I just finished Halo CE again. I might start over and play it in the anniversary graphics. I'm not sure. I'm kind of in a moral dilemma. Assets from Halo 3 and Reach were used for CE Anniversary, right? At the same time, I'm worried that I'm doing a disservice to Halo, long time Halo fans (veterans), and Bungie. I don't know. I'm not interested in 343's games, and the Anniversary is still CE, in spirit. It still has that Bungie touch, the same goes for Halo 2 Anniversary. I don't know.
The last thing I want is for any long time Halo fan to say that I'm not a "real" fan because I play it in the Anniversary graphics.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Jan 18, 2024 6:28:25 GMT
Searching high & low for Halo's Control Room. The cold never bothered Chief anyway...
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Jan 17, 2024 5:28:30 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Jan 13, 2024 7:05:26 GMT
I just completed Halo Reach for the very first time. RIP, Noble Team. 🫡 I didn't last long in the "Lone Wolf" level. 😞
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Jan 12, 2024 2:25:53 GMT
Started playing Halo: Reach for the very first time. I had no idea Noble Six could be either male or female.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Jan 12, 2024 2:24:14 GMT
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Jan 10, 2024 4:00:42 GMT
I played Halo Multiplayer for the first time.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Nov 19, 2023 22:59:53 GMT
Soldier IMO I'm probably biased because i don't like playing biotic colonists, but Shepard canonically lost many of her own soldiers on Torfan ( or: Sacrificed them all to kill as many batarians as possible ) I feel like commanding and loosing a squad is more difficult when you are rage-charging all over the place and tearing all batarians apart before the remaining squad can even get into range. The thing is that I'd imagine the base on Torfan to be a hellish maze deep below the ground, with hundreds of Batarians. She wanted those Batarians dead, especially after what she suffered through on Mindoir. I like to think her suffering was the driving force for her methods in slaughtering every Batarian she ran into, disregarding the safety of her squad, and losing most of them in the process, maybe evening separating from some of them in the middle of the chaos. That's why I think Colonist and Ruthless have such a good synergy. It makes you think that Torfan was even more of a massacre than a siege, and why she is called a Butcher. What was left was nothing but unrecognizable piles of flesh, bone, and shrapnel.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Nov 19, 2023 18:03:11 GMT
I'm trying to figure out which of the 2 classes would make a Colonist/Ruthless Shepard more terrifying, especially when it comes to what happened on Torfan. Soldier, or Vanguard? I'm giving my Shepard this back story, but picking a class for her to match this back story has proven to be difficult. I like to think that Torfan was a brutal massacre, reinforced by Shepard's tragic upbringing, and this grief, anger and hate was unleashed on Torfan.
On one hand, you have the Vanguard. A human biotic using her shotgun, and her biotics to, one by one, rip the Batarians to pieces.
On the other hand, you have the Soldier. She has no biotics to back her up, but somehow it was still a bloody mess, using the weapons she carried at the time, and maybe her bare hands.
So which one would be something that would make Torfan even more disturbing, making her feared across the known Galaxy?
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Nov 17, 2023 23:03:29 GMT
It's nothing I've really done yet. It's something I'm currently planning. I'm planning on making my Shep Colonist/Ruthless, a dark, tragic synergy. I also want her to be more of a Renegon. I want the story to be more grim, without being completely devoid of hope. There will be more fatalities in each game. On regards to her Ruthless background, like to imagine that the attack on Torfan was a absolute massacre. Not only was she order to strike the base, but it was also a personal vendetta. A quest for vengeance. She wasted every Batarian she saw, with all the anger, hatred, and grief deep inside from the family and friends she's lost on Mindoir. The Alliance soldiers left alive saw a woman with death in her eyes, surrounded by mutilated Batarians. I want her to have that scary reputation, one she isn't completely happy about, but knows that it is what it is. The Batarians see her as the "Boogeyman," and others know who and what she is: "The Butcher Of Torfan." The last things the Batarians saw were the eyes of a human filled with pain, and hate. A terrifying apparition, with Hell in her wake... Let me put in into perspective. This may sound strange, but has anyone here seen the movie "The Patriot" starring Mel Gibson? If you have, remember that scene when his character saved his oldest son, who was held captive by the british soldiers, and maliciously killed the soldiers in the process, especially the last redcoat? There's another seen when he tells his oldest the a horrifying event which took place back in the French And Indian War. If you have seen the movie, you know which scenes I'm talking about. Those scenes and the music which play in those scenes match how I envision what happened on Torfan.
This new "Cut" of the trilogy is planned to be the definitive scenario for me. Some of the changes include:
-Shepard will be born & raised on Mindoir, and she will later be known throughout the Galaxy as the "Butcher Of Torfan." -Shepard will be more Renegon. She will be more aggressive, mostly towards her enemies & those who annoy her, as if Sarah Connor and John McClane had a kid, and her uncle was Rambo. -Garrus will kill Dr. Saleon -Shepard will shit down Jeong, Corporal Toombs, and probably Rana Thanoptis, as well as execute the indoctrinated Salarians. -Ashley will on Virmire -The Council will die. -Major Kyle and his cult will perish. -Both Besieged Base (with casualties) and The Negotiation will be completed, with Darius ending up dead. Balak will be killed.
-More Renegade interrupts and intimidation in ME2. -Garrus kills Sidonis -Miranda kills Niket -Mordin kills Maelon -Jacob, Kasumi, Zaeed, and Miranda will die in the Suicide Mission.
-More Renegade interrupts and intimidation in ME3 -Shepard shoots Kaidan down in the Citadel Coup. -Omega will be in the Renegade Path. -Shepard will punch Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani (Westerlund News) in ME2 & ME3 Shep will just walk away from the interview in ME1. I like the way al-Jilani calls her a bitch in ME2, and I want this sort of evolution in the Trilogy: She walks away in ME1, then punches her in ME2, and finally knocks her out in ME3.
PS: I might keep my Shep's name a mystery, and instead put "Cmdr." (which is an abbreviation for Commander) in place of the first name.
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Nov 3, 2023 19:40:29 GMT
I know that in Mass Effect 1 you can max out both Paragon and Renegade bars. I want my Shepard to be a Renegon, with the Renegade ebar at 100% and the Paragon bar just high enough to get the Besieged Base mission. As for the Ending, I want the Renegade one with the Red Planet in the background, but I've heard conflicting reports on how this works. I know the Council has to die, but their is a Renegade version and a Paragon version of this ending, one in the presidium, and the other in the darker room ( I think the citadel tower). I want to darker ending. Some have said that it's based on which bar maxes out first, but others have said it depends on which bar maxes out last. So, which one is it?
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Oct 25, 2023 18:16:15 GMT
themikefest One more question. I'm not good when it comes to the math of the Suicide Mission. With Kasumi, Jacob, and Zaeed dead, that leaves Garrus, Grunt, Legion, Samara, Jack, and Thane to hold the line (Mordin escorts the crew). Miranda and Tali will be my planned squad to face the Human Reaper. Besides the disloyal Miranda dying at the end, will the be another, and this time unintentional casualty? If the squadmates you named holding the line are loyal, they will survive. If Tali is loyal, she will survive. I was asking, because there is a calculation when it comes to who is holding the line. Even if everyone else left behind is loyal, one or more can still die holding the line if you don't have enough points, according to the diagram:
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Oct 25, 2023 6:33:50 GMT
themikefest One more question. I'm not good when it comes to the math of the Suicide Mission. With Kasumi, Jacob, and Zaeed dead, that leaves Garrus, Grunt, Legion, Samara, Jack, and Thane to hold the line (Mordin escorts the crew). Miranda and Tali will be my planned squad to face the Human Reaper. Besides the disloyal Miranda dying at the end, will the be another, and this time unintentional casualty?
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Post by masseffectfanforlife on Oct 25, 2023 2:03:22 GMT
Kill Taylor while Miranda is the one doing the barrier. The way to have him killed is to have Thane, Jack, Samara, Legion and Grunt be with the 2nd fireteam leader. I'll be sure to bring Tali or Mordin along, if that's the case. This is all being carefully planned. Not just for this, but for moments in ME1 & ME3, as well. In ME1, I plan let Garrus execute Saleon, chose Shepard to kill Balak and shoot Jeong, and sacrifice the council for the greater good, among other things. In ME3, Kaidan will be the Virmire Survivor, play it out so that Shep will have no choice but to gun him down during the coup. Other things in ME2 will involve Garrus killing Sidonis, Miranda killing Niket, and Mordin killing Maelon. In other words, I plan on adding a grimmer tone to my "Canon," without being completely devoid of hope. It's all according to plan...
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