KnockBack, Episode 207 | Halo: Combat Evolved
Added 2022-01-24 17:00:09 +0000 UTCThere's just no denying it: The gaming series Halo and the Xbox console are intrinsically linked, and will be forever. Indeed, Microsoft went and bought Halo mid-development to become its maiden console's killer app, and... well... it worked... because Xbox was unlikely to survive without it. Two decades-plus later, Halo remains one of the most important console franchises in the world, and yet, it all began innocuously enough with a 2001 product subtitled Combat Evolved. While far from the first FPS on console, there's no doubt that Halo -- through control, story, LAN, and more -- set the precedent for the next more-than 20 years of console-based shooting, which, as we well know, is now big, big business. We may just have the esteemed Halo to thank for that, and so, we welcome a conversation all about it here on KnockBack.
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No, I don't play coop games.
Colin Moriarty
2022-02-01 20:05:21 +0000 UTCI don't remember that.
Colin Moriarty
2022-02-01 20:05:14 +0000 UTCThe warthog controls are the same in the borderlands games for the Vehicles in those games.
Taylor kazemba
2022-02-01 06:59:16 +0000 UTCDid u guys not play co op?
Taylor kazemba
2022-02-01 06:52:35 +0000 UTCI don't think so, no. But I don't really remember driving in those games.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-28 18:06:18 +0000 UTCAnother great knockback episode, one I was very much looking forward to hearing due to the topic. With regards to the warthog controls, and it is highly possible I am remembering this incorrectly, but was it not the same system in both Far Cry 3 and 4?
Phil Jenkins
2022-01-26 22:05:27 +0000 UTCThank you!
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-26 20:05:57 +0000 UTCI think we will.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-26 20:05:53 +0000 UTCNothing substantive to add other than… man do I love me some KnockBack
Corey Adams
2022-01-26 04:49:09 +0000 UTCColin I think it’s worth it for you to get to Halo 2 some time down the line. I think you would enjoy where the story goes, particularly in regards to the Covenant.
Zack E
2022-01-26 03:57:30 +0000 UTCIt's very interesting, and -- as I said -- a solution to a problem many were tackling simultaneously. So it's fun to see what they came up with.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-25 17:44:19 +0000 UTCFor the Warthog, I think the idea was to mimick the controller when you're on foot to provide a more immersive experience - instead of toggling between two different controller schemes and thus taking you out of the game. Also, the Warthog controls has a cult following. Lol. I agree with Dagan, the problem with the Warthog is speed.
Al Rodriguez
2022-01-25 16:58:07 +0000 UTCWe will!
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-25 16:34:15 +0000 UTCI should have been more clear. =)
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-25 16:34:10 +0000 UTCLive Show.
2022-01-25 06:24:44 +0000 UTCNext show? As in a new show? Did I hear that right? 👀
NeO JD
2022-01-25 04:57:21 +0000 UTCGreat episode truly. I feel like a lot of the critical points you guys brought up were rectified in Halo 2 so I can’t wait for you guys to play that as well someday!
Carlos
2022-01-25 03:16:09 +0000 UTCLOL.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-24 23:46:50 +0000 UTCFair is important! That's vital.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-24 23:46:46 +0000 UTCI told Dagan on Twitter that he needs to start charging people for these charging cables. Now that the super chargers are standard for all new iPhones going forward shit is mad expensive. He needs to go full gollum and protect the precious
Kenneth Oms
2022-01-24 23:10:22 +0000 UTCMan, I love this series so much. It’s what made me an Xbox fan in the first place. Great and fair conversation as well. One thing I’ll point out that may help you with vehicles in the future (should you do more for the show). It’s just like being on foot. Left stick = forward, back, and strafe. Right stick = turning. You just can’t strafe in a warthog or scorpion (but you can in the other vehicles). It’s still this way even in halo infinite.
Adam Niksch
2022-01-24 22:20:24 +0000 UTCIndeed.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-24 20:43:47 +0000 UTCGreat conversation, thanks for reading my question. I am hopeful other companies can follow Microsoft’s example in preservation of their legacy titles
Stephen Forgione
2022-01-24 19:54:58 +0000 UTCDagan having to get his affairs in order is an understatement.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-24 19:47:26 +0000 UTCWort wort.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-24 19:47:09 +0000 UTCGotta lock that shit down.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-24 19:47:05 +0000 UTCIt's quite the memory.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-24 19:47:01 +0000 UTCI hope you think so!
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-24 19:46:40 +0000 UTCCover it in spikes.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-24 19:46:36 +0000 UTCExcellent. You're welcome.
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-24 19:46:29 +0000 UTCPlease enjoy!
Colin Moriarty
2022-01-24 19:46:23 +0000 UTCKinda crazy to hear the fun factor still holds up on a game like this. Dagan, you need to get your affairs in order. Stealing chargers in this day and age is a good enough reason to declare war. Time to take a true head count of your household and sentence those committing these egregious war crimes. We better hear about a healthly 89% instead of a dire 16% on the next knockback.
Mitchell Lundsberg
2022-01-24 19:15:07 +0000 UTCstepping out of the drop-ship onto halo for the first time is a capital-m Moment. it feels so welcoming but alien at the same time. i always take my time to scan the horizon of the ring, bungie did such a great job conveying scale with that skybox. also, WORT WORT WORT
Jacob
2022-01-24 19:03:01 +0000 UTCDagan, I feel the charger pain. We all use USB-C chargers, and they all get gone. My wife just ordered an 8 pack of chargers. Side bar, I switched to android, and I'll never go back. I run emulators, and lot of other open-source programs. And, I can download any ringtone or alert tone for free.
Jeremy Seal
2022-01-24 17:41:49 +0000 UTCReally looking forward to this one of my favorite gaming memories was stepping out onto the Halo ring for the first time.
Domenico Smarto
2022-01-24 17:33:42 +0000 UTCThis shall be a good one
Jack Doheny
2022-01-24 17:16:39 +0000 UTCGotta zip tie the charger to the nightstand or other cables at the nightstand (lamp or whatever).
Robert Graham
2022-01-24 17:08:21 +0000 UTC… and just like that, you made this county caseworker’s stressful Monday a little less stressful. Thank you!
Ben Scott
2022-01-24 17:04:41 +0000 UTCFucccccck I've been waiting for this. Can't wait to listen later!!
Benito
2022-01-24 17:03:45 +0000 UTC
