Halo Wars Update
10.31.07
Grunts!!!111oneeleven
There were a few
times when I was playing Halo3 that I just about dropped my controller I was
laughing so hard. There was the repeated “accidental” killing of the guy I was
playing through the campaign with, and that sweet sweet moment of entering a
shield that housed five or six covenant with the Brute hammer in my sweaty
little hands. There were also those great one-liners delivered by the grunts.
Hearing a squawky little voice scream out after the Grunt’s little buddy next to
him gets…’sploded…now tat’s some classic Halo right there.
The mix of comic
relief, fodder, and danger that the Grunt represents in the Halo Universe is a
lot of fun and we need to bring that to the Grunts in Halo Wars. Like the way
the Warthog moves in our game, bouncing and fishtailing, we have to get the
Grunts right and part of that is going to be giving them some great lines to
say. We’re looking for some good ideas for Grunt lines from Halo fans that are
worthy of the bar that’s been set. Do you have a line that you think would be
perfect for a Grunt to scream when he gets a kill, sees an ally killed, or a
move order is issued? Post your suggestions below and perhaps we’ll see some of
them end up being recorded and popped into the game!
Visitors From the
Outside
One of the local news
stations sent a crew over to our offices recently. It’s pretty amazing to us
when people take a serious interest in our work, especially since we generally
can’t talk about what we’re working on and usually when we do we’re talking to
gamers or other developers. When you can tune in to your local news station and
not only are they talking about a game, they’re talking about Halo, and they
happen to be talking about a game that you are working on, that’s pretty
exciting!
The crew came in and
talked to Lead Designer Graeme Devine, Programmer Colt McAnlis, and
Audio Lead Kevin McMullan about what Halo Wars is and how it fits in with the
previous Halo titles. We’re working on getting permission from the guys that
did the story to share the clip with you here on our website, but until then you can check out the story streamed from the link below. This is not going to
reveal new secrets or give you a huge inside scoop, but it is another glimpse
inside Ensemble Studios.
Link: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/14376849/index.html
For those of you going out tonight, be safe and have fun!