Weekly Update #27 (15/07/2013)

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to another update of the week just gone!

The week kicked of with the Halo Reach level Exodus. After falling from orbit, Noble Six makes the long trek back to civilization. He arrives at the besieged city of New Alexandria. He makes his way through some buildings and encounters and few Jackals and some Suicide Bombing Grunts, which charge him with primed Plasma Grenades. He then proceeds up to the tops of the buildings and meets up with a group of marines, who are helping civilians escape. After helping take out the legions of Covenant in their way across the many walkways and atriums he meets up with a group of Jet Pack ODST’s, known as the Bullfrogs, who move across to another building and take out the Brutes there. After clearing all enemies the civilians are evacuated, he is picked up by a Falcon and taken to a beach front across from the starport, aiding UNSC forces en route . Here he helps marines get to missile batteries and activate them. He activates the two on the lower part of the area, then moves up to the main building, which is heavily guarded. Once he kills all the hostile enemies, the missiles are launched which allows the civilian transports the escape the city. Six is then contacted by a Noble Two and Kat orders Six to be picked up and taken to their location.

After that, I resumed with Halo CE and took on the level, The Silent Cartographer. The UNSC forces on Halo have gathered intel which has lead them to this island. Cortana finds, that the map room of the Halo is on the island and Master Chief and a group of marines must land on the beach and take out the Covenant guards. A warthog is dropped of and Chief heads to one of the structures. However it is locked before he can get inside. Cortana reads that another structure on the other side of the island holds the security systems and Chief heads there to disables them. He heads through the centre of the island passing another structure and more Covenant. Inside he faces Covenant resistance including hunters. Chief heads through the tight corridors and unlocks the door. Unfortunately, a Pelican carrying heavy weapons is shot down and Chief gather the weapons to use against any more Hunters he may encounter. He then heads back to the first structure and heads inside. He proceeds through a complex series of rooms and halls, fighting a variety of Covenant forces. He finally reaches the Halo’s map room and Cortana locates the Control Room of Halo. He heads back outside the structure and boards Foehammers Pelican and they head through a structure in the centre which Chief spotted earlier and it opens to reveal a large open area inside the Halo…

Next week, the same set up resumes and at the start of the week Halo Reach’s New Alexandria will be out, where Six must pilot a Falcon and help Kat launch and counter attack against the Covenant. Later Halo CE will return with the level Assault on the Control Room, where Chief has located Halo’s Control Room and the UNSC begin their mission to secure it.

So that’s all for this update!

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Weekly Update #26 (08/07/2013)

Hey Guys!

Welcome to another update.

This week started with the continuation of Halo Reach’s campaign with the level Long Night of Solace. In this mission, Noble Team comes up with a daring plan to hit back at the Covenant. They head to a top secret SABRE launch facility and  fight back the Covenant attackers. Six and Jorge then board a Sabre space craft and head into space in the first stage of the plan. They then defend the Anchor 9 space station from Seraphs, Banshees and Phantoms, until the UNSC Savannah’s slipspace drive can be mounted to a Pelican. The Frigate, Sabre’s and the Pelican head to capture a Covenant Corvette, where they disable its defences and Six, with other marines land on the corvette and fight their war to the hanger. Unfortunately, the plasma cannons of the corvette are to much for the Savannah and it is destroyed, but they press on. They clear the hangar of enemies and the pelican lands. They defend the pelican until the slipspace drive is set-up, then Six and the marines head to the bridge to put the corvette into an intercept course with the Super Carrier. They then head back to the hangar to assist Jorge in defence of the pelican. However, the fight caused the pelican damage and the only way out of the corvette is by gravity. The slipspace drive is also damaged and must now be detonated manually. Jorge bravely sacrifices himself for Reach and Six can only watch as he falls back down to Reach and the Super Carrier is destroyed. However despite their efforts more Covenant ships arrive and the war for Reach escalates to a new level.

After that Halo CE’s campaign continued with the level Truth and Reconciliation, where Master Chief leads a group of marine to the Covenant Cruiser, Truth and Reconciliation to rescue Captain Keyes. They first head through the canyons in the immediate area towards the ships Gravlift, taking out all Covenant defences on the way. They head up into the ship with they try to find a way to the prison cells.  But with Cortana’s help the find several key areas such as the Hangar and the bridge. After taking on a manner of Covenant enemies, they find Captain Keyes in the brig and now must make their escape. Chief, Keyes and the remaining marines head back to the hangar, where a Covenant dropship is docked. The group steal the ship and fly their way out of the ship.

Next week Halo Reach will continue with the level Exodus, where Six must help out marines in the war torn New Alexandria. The same can be said for Halo CE with will continue with the level The Silent Cartographer, where Chief must find the map room of the Halo.

And that’s all for this update!

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Weekly Update #25 (1/07/2013)

Whats up, guys!

Welcome to a new recap and a new month!

The wee started as usual with Halo Reach’s campaign. This week, the level was Tip of the Spear. In this level, the UNSC launch a huge preemptive strike on the Covenant landing site, identified by Noble Six and Jun. The rest of the UNSC engage the Covenant while Six and Kat head to 2 AA guns and destroy them to allow UNSC frigates passage to the area. Then after fighting many Elites, Grunts, Jackals and even a Zealot, Six is picked up by a Falcon carrying Jorge. They are taken through a canyon, clearing out enemies as they go, to a large Covenant spire surround by a shield. They head through it but lose power and crash with only the 2 Spartans surviving. The clear out the enemies and head to the top of the spire an deactivate its shield. After leaving the spire a frigate is authorized to destroy the spire using a MAC round. However once the spire is destroyed, a Covenant Super Carrier is revealed and destroys the frigate, sending it crashing to the ground as Noble leave the area.

After that I continued with another campaign, Halo: Combat Evolved. This time it was the level Halo, where Master Chief is the one survivor of the lifeboat he took from the Pillar of Autumn. Chief  heads through the many canyons surrounding him, evading Covenant patrols, and finds an ancient structure with some surviving marines. They group holds out against the Covenant until evac arrives. Cortana spots more lifeboats inbound. The Pelican picks up the marines and leaves a Warthog and a handful of marines for Chief to use to head to the lifeboats and find survivors. The ‘Hog heads to a large opening in the cliff and heads through a series of passages and across a lightbridge taking out the Covenant on their way. The emerge in a large canyon, while multiple other ravines. Using the Pelicans intel the chief and marines head to different locations and help survives fend off attackers until they are picked up. With the last group of marines rescued, they Chief finds out that the Captain and some of the crew have been taken prisoner on board the Covenant ship Truth and Reconciliation. He boards the Pelican and the group head to rescue the Captain.

Next week will have a similar setup with Halo Reach’s level, Long Night of Solace, where Noble must take back a launch facility and use it to get Six into space and hatch out a plan of attack on the Super Carrier. Halo: CE will continue with the level Truth and Reconciliation, where the Chief and some marines head inside a Covenant ship to rescue Captain Keyes.

And that’s all for this update!

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Minecraft: The Guide to Survival Update

Hey Guys!

Just a little update about my latest Minecraft series.

I have a bad cough at the moment brought on by Hay fever and Asthma, so if i try to talk for a long time, I end up just coughing.

So until my cough is gone or at least not as bad, there wont be any videos with my voice in, I don’t want to cough all over them.

So bare with me and stay tuned and I hope this goes quick so I can continue making videos!

Thanks!

Owen
Vezuvius

Weekly Update #24 (17/06/2013)

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to another weekly recap!

The week was kicked of by Halo Reach and its 2nd level, ONI Sword Base. In this level, Noble Team are tasked with protecting ONI Sword Base after a Covenant Corvette begins attacking the facility. Noble Six and Kat clear out the courtyard and proceed out the main gate via warthog taking on Grunts, Elite and Wraiths. They activate a COMMS array and an anti-air battery then head back to meet the rest of the squad when they move up the base clearing Covenant as they go. The reach the top and the order is given to use an Orbital Defence MAC round to bring down the corvette. Noble Team are then contacted by command that Catherine Halsey wants to meet them in the depths of Sword Base, where she tells them of an important discovery found by her dead scientist at Visegrad and that the Covenant are looking for artifacts on Reach.

Next the Trailer for the next Halo game was put out on the channel. This trailer for an unknown new Halo game was released at E3 and has been confirmed as not Halo 5. The official title and any more info on the game has not been released, as of yet.

After that Halo ODST had its last mission, Coastal Highway, where Rookie, Buck, Dare and Vergil must escape the city. They come up from underground and fight through the brutes to the Waterfront Highway which leads to the shipyards, where the rest of the squad are waiting in the Phantom. They take a Warthog and an Elephant transport and proceed down the highway, but the Covenant are out in force and Covenant forces blitz the highway, so the 3 and Vergil stop at a building and hold out against heavy Covenant forces until the Phantom arrives. The Squad and Vergil then escape the city as the Covenant glass and destroy New Mombasa.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have time this week to make a VPMaps or Minecraft vid. VPMaps will take a break for a little while as I hit my 25th episode and that felt like a good time to stop to allow me to make more maps and concentrate on other projects (OPCL). Minecraft will return however.

Next week will start with the Halo Reach level, Nightfall, where Six and Jun must proceed to the dark zone to recon Covenant forces. Due to Halo ODST’s end, I will begin my last campaign play through in, of course, Halo Combat Evolved, the game that started it all. I will begin with the first bit next week. Minecraft: The Guide to Survival, will return as well.

And that’s all for this update!

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Weekly Update #23 (10/06/2013)

What’s up, Guys!

Time for another update!

This week kicked off with the start of my Halo Reach Campaign playthrough and will begin with Noble Actual and Winter Contingency. In these levels, Noble Team gets a new squad member, Noble 6 and the team embarks on their first mission, which is to investigate an offline communications array. But what they find is that the Covenant are to blame and are on Reach. The squad must fight their way to the array and contact Colonel Holland to tell him of the Covenant’s presence.

After that Halo: ODST took the stage with my playthrough of Data Hive, where Rookie goes don into the depths of New Mombasa, following a phantom signal from the cities AI. Down there he finds Captain Dare and they continue with their original mission; to secure the superintendents data. After fighting to the core, they discover the data has been taken by an Engineer, one of a species captured by the Covenant. As they are about to leave Buck shows up at the group fight their way to the exit of the underground tunnels.

VPMaps Episode 25 showcased a small, bridge like map, called Abridged. It is symmetrical in layout with 2 bases at either end and a structure in the centre with multiple ways around the map.

At the weekend, Minecraft made a return with The Guide to Survival Episode 6 where I began to explore the map and found a few villages along the way.

Next week will start with the Halo Reach level, ONI Sword Base, where Noble have to stop the Covenant advance on a vital UNSC Facility. ODST will have its last level Coastal Highway, where the squad have to get the asset out of the city before it is destroyed. VPMaps will take a look at another multiplayer map and on Minecraft, Guide to Survival will continue. This coming week is also E3, so wee will see if Microsoft throws anything Halo into the mix, Halo 5 maybe? We will just have to see what happens…

And that’s all for this update!

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Weekly Update #22 (03/06/2013)

Hello Everyone!

Vezuvius here with the weekly recap!

Monday marked the end of the Halo 2 Playthrough with the last level of the campaign, The Great Journey. In this mission, the Arbiter and some other elites storm through the canyons and gullies towards the Control Room, killing brutes and rescuing elites on the way. Their goal is to capture a Scarab so they can gain entry to the control room, but just as they arrive, the Scarab is captured by Sgt. Johnson. Johnson and the Arbiter make unlikely allies as they decide to stop Tartarus together. They head to the Control Room and Johnson uses the Scarab to destroy the doors and the Arbiter goes inside to stop the Chieftain from firing Halo.

Mid-week, I continued with Halo 3: ODST’s campaign, this time with the level Kikowani Station. In this level, the squad have to get out of the city, but with Romeo injured, time is of the essence. They head down to the subway and hope to get a train out of the city, but the station has been overrun by Covenant. Buck decides to hijack a Phantom and escorts the squad in a Banshee as they head through the station to the cities exit.

Unfortunately, there was no VPMaps or Guide to Survival this week, as I fell ill and didn’t have the time, or morale, to make the videos. However, I am feeling better now and the videos will return next week, and speaking of which…

To replace Halo 2’s campaign, I will start my penultimate playthrough in Halo Reach which will start with Winter Contingency. ODST will continue with the level Data Hive, where the Rookie finally meets up with a squad member, in the depths of New Mombasa. VPMaps will showcase a new map and a new Guide to Survival will also be out.

And that’s all for this update!

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Weekly Update #21 (20/05/2013)

Hello all!

Welcome to a short and sweet weekly update!

This week started with the continuation of Halo 2, with the level, Uprising. In this level the Abiter is sent, by the Gravemind, to the gullies and ravines surrounding Delta Halo’s Control Room. The Arbiter heads through the cliffs to find the ground littered with the corpses of Elites, who have been killed by Brutes. He kills the Brutes surrounding a structures entrance and finds an Elite who has survived. Drop pods then smash to the ground with Elite reinforcements and the group heads inside the structure to kill any Brutes in their way and make their way through the cliffs and caves. After taking on the Brutes in Ghosts and Wraiths the Arbiter comes to the other side of the cliffs, where a Wraith bares down on him, however it turns out that the Arbiters friend, Rtas Vadum is inside and they both go to break the doors to the Control Room and stop Tartarus from firing the Ring.

After that came VPMaps episode 23, where I looked at the map Regolith. Regolith is a unique map for me as it is mostly made with natural pieces like rocks and trees to make it look like the bases and structures are part of or built into the cliffs. I thought the map turned out well, even though it only took me about 6 hours to make.

As for Halo 3: ODST and Minecraft, I had to give them a miss this week as it was my birthday this weekend and was busy for the whole weekend and had no time to make the videos. However I am moving Halo 3: ODST’s slot to Wednesday, so that my content is more spread out. Minecraft, The Guide to Survival will continue next week.

Next week will start with the Halo 2 level High Charity, where Chief must battle through the now Flood infested High Charity, to board Truths ship and ride it back to Earth, so he can stop the Prophet. Halo 3: ODST’s campiagn will continue with the level NMPD Headquarters  where Buck and Romeo must get to Dutch and Mickey before the Covenant do, after they crash on a nearby rooftop. After that VPMaps episode 24 will be out looking at another map. Minecraft will return in The Guide to Survival episode 5, where I continue my Minecraft journey.

And that’s all for this update!

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Weekly Update #20 (13/05/2013)

Hello everyone!

Welcome to another update!

The week was kicked off, with the Halo 2 level, Gravemind, and the continuation of the Halo 2 campaign. In this level Master Chief and the Arbiter both find themselves in the clutches of the Flood Gravemind. The Gravemind tries to pursuade the Arbiter the ring is a weapon, but he will not here it. To show him he sends the Arbiter and Chief to different parts of the Halo to find the Index and stop Halo from firing. The Chief is teleported to High Charity, the Covenant holy city, to look for the Index. There he must use Cortana’s insight from Covenant radio chatter to track down the Prophet of Truth and the Index. However it is not so straight forward. The Brutes and Elites are fighting amongst each other and there is a battle around every corner.

After that VPMaps Episode 22 was released and looked at the map, Cross. Cross is a symmetrical map with 2 main bases and each end with a large  round structure in the middle with 4 branching towers. There are also 2 secondary bases along the edges too. The map has a combination of vehicular warfare, close quarters and long range fights.

At the end of the week I continued my playthrough of Halo 3: ODST, with the level, ONI Alpha Site. In this level, Mickey and Dutch must help NMPD Officers and Marines protect the ONI headquarters in New Mombasa. They set charges on the bridge and detonate to stop the Covenants advance and head inside the buildings grounds. But the Covenant start sending in Phantoms with more troops and Wraiths. As the Covenant wear down the lines of Marines, the 2 ODST’s have to go inside the building itself, where they find more explosives and realise the building is to be destroyed if it cant be protected. The ODST’s and a group of Marines fight of more Brutes and then head to the roof for evac. As they fly away from the site, Mickey detonates the charges to save the buildings contents from enemy hands. They then get contacted by Buck who is with Romeo at the NMPD HQ.

Minecraft then had its turn, with The Guide to Survival Episode 4 was released, where I showed you more on building a house in the wild and how to get more materials.

That all for this week, onto next week!

At the start of next week, Halo 2 will continue with the level Uprising, where the Arbiter, like Chief, is sent to a location to find the Index and to get revenge on the Brutes. After that VPMaps episode 23 will showcase another competitive map. Halo 3: ODST will continue with the level, NMPD Headquarters, where Dutch and Mickey head to Buck and Mickey’s position but are shot down at the NMPD HQ. Buck and Romeo must get to them before the Covenant do. Minecraft The Guide to Survival Episode 5 will be out, where I continue my Minecraft adventure.

And that’s all for this week!

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Weekly Update #19 (06/05/2012)

Hello All!

Welcome to another weekly update!

The week started as usual, with the continuation of Halo 2’s Campaign. This week it was with the level, Quarantine Zone, where the Arbiter has meet up with a group of Elites and together they will push through the lines of Flood and Sentinels until they get to the Libraries entrance. Once their they must travel on a large Gondola facing off against invading Flood. After entering the Library, the Arbiter faces off with Sgt, Johnson and Miranda Keyes, but before Arbiter can get the Index, Tartarus steps in a takes the humans and the Index, then betrays the Arbiter and leaves him for dead.

After that, VPMaps Episode 21 was released which focused on the medium sized, symmetrical map, Pantheon. Pantheon is an interesting map as it is a combination of and inside arena, but it also has an outside with 4 bases and vehicles, meaning there can be multiple battlefields on the same map.

At the end of the week Halo ODST’s campaign continue with the level Kizingo Boulevard. In this level, the Rookie finds another clue, which flashes us back to Mickey’s perspective. 90 minutes after drop, Mickey stumble across a group of marines in combat. Mickey agrees to help by using a Scorpion tank to plough through enemy ranks. He then learns that all the marines are heading to a rally point, so Mickey and the other marines head to it. On his way Mickey picks up other marines and blasts through streets and courtyards full of enemies. When he reaches the rally point, he finds that Dutch is already there and the pair defend the position until and NMPD Officer brings them inside ONI Alpha Site.

On the weekend it was Minecraft’s turn and The Guide to Survival Episode 3 was released, were I showed you how to start building a simple house and getting all the materials to do so.

Onto next week!

Halo 2 will continue with the level Gravemind, were the Arbiter awakes in the clutches of the Flood Gravemind, and with him is none other that Master Chief. After talking about the truth of the Halo’s, the Gravemind sends the pair to find the Index and each of them are send to different places. In this level Master Chief is sent to the Covenant holy City of High Charity to look for the Index. After that, VPMaps will be back to look at another map in Episode 22. ODST will continue also with the level ONI Alpha Site, where some marines and police officers need Mickey and Dutches help with some explosives in an important building. Episode 4 of Guide to Survival will also be out after that.

As for Operation: Coastline, I have filmed about half the episode and I plan to do music and voices for those sections soon.

So that’s all for this week!

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