Support NeoGAF

[swander]

valhalla = new blood gulch basically.

infection is so awesome.

 

[Prine]

Loving the photos you guys are posting. MORE!!

 

[Creamium]

Eh ok I'm very much enjoying the campaign up until now but what on god's green earth is up with the save system? A few hours ago I

Spoiler

activated the cartographer

in mission 6 and chose save and quit. I return after lunch and the game puts me back at the beginning of the mission? What is up with that? Is there something I'm missing? Sucks that I have to redo this one because it's the longest so far and I can't play for a few days now.

 

[_dd_]

I wanted the Hayabusa permutation the second I laid eyes on it. Having all of the pieces BUT the helmet just feels like Bungie is taunting me :lol

I'm sure the location of the last skull will be found before the end of this week though. Doesn't matter how hard Bungie thinks they hid it, there's thousands of people constantly searching every nook and cranny.

ferrex's post scares me.

 

[llTll]

Reed Richards doing a little moonlighting for the SPARTAN-II program methinks:

MC is Luffy confirmed

 

[McBradders]

Any other UK Gaffers who pre-ordered from Gameplay not got the game yet?

Ask again later, I have another friend who ordered through them but was out during their scheduled delivery and won't find out until later.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Spoiler

No, if the Chief's half of the ship had made it through the portal, then he'd be back at Earth. That's why Cortana said it'd be years before anyone found them, since the signal has to travel from the edge of the galaxy (assuming it's being transmitted via slipspace or some other faster-than-light means). IIRC, didn't they step through a portal-type thing in Ghosts of Onyx to get to the shield planet? So, it'd make sense if it was near the Ark.

Spoiler

So what you are telling me is that the chief nuked all the other spartans by activating the ring?

He thought they were essentially part of the "Master Chief and Friends" family concept which he hated,

Spoiler

and that unlike in Halo 1 where no character was unbelievably strong/fast/lucky except for you... in Halo 2 Johnson and Miranda both lived too often when they should have died.

As I say that's his opinion and I can understand it. I still like Miranda though.

Spoiler

I fucking love how the last level gives you Johnson's hog and you suddenly become invincible and it can't be destroyed.

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

nvm, I'm blind.

 

[ChrisD84]

Good morning Gentlemen, how are you?

My copy arrived this morning

Mine too

I had my dad check it for me while i'm at work. He said the disc was loose in the case, but he didn't see any scratches on it, so fingers crossed!

7 Hours and counting untill i am home and can get down to playing \o/

Tonight, I finish the fight!

HAVE AT YOU, ALIEN HORDES! Pew pew!

:lol

 

[Lince]

is it me or the default brightness level is a bit too dark??

 

[SpudBud]

Here's one pic I took. I have a lot more, but haven't uploaded them to B.net yet.
http://i24.tinypic.com/27zot2

 

[got2bekidding]

Uploaded that overkill clip onto b.net if anyone wants to check it out. It's crazy :lol
http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?gamertag=GoTDiGGz

Spoiler

It's better than Luke's, but I'm biased

 

[Tieno]

Going to start playing Halo 3 now!

 

[darkressurection]

Ha, one multiplayer game in and Luke already owes me a steak.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

You're not nuts at all. The game is jaggy.

It is, but he's still saying this, too, you know:

It just look so....last gen with steroid, but so last gen

And that's whole big bucket of innaccurate.

 

[Tieno]

ZOMG I finished it!
8 player co-op is so easy!

 

[PanopticBlue]

anybody else actually disappointed with the skyboxes in the game? seem there was a big deal made how they were the greatest in a game ever.

they're all static.

i mean they look good sure, but no moving clouds? memory could be failing here but i think even the first halo had moving clouds.
only exception seems to be

Spoiler

level 3 right now

, but even then that's not actually the sky per se,

Spoiler

its just the circular storm above the ark

. :/

 

[Inspirius]

My cat helmet arrived from Gameplay this morning, it's a bit heavier than I thought it would be. Just four hours to go until I'm home from work and can start playing.

 

[jet1911]

ZOMG I finished it!
8 player co-op is so easy!

:lol

Is there a way to send pictures already on my HDD without using the File Share thing?

 

[gregor7777]

I get home, ready to play after a hard day's work, crack open a drink which falls spilling all over my 360 controller which doesn't turn on anymore. I'm left with listening to the background menu music tonight and need to fork out $60 for another controller tomorrow. Bah.

Epic failure.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

anybody else actually disappointed with the skyboxes in the game? seem there was a big deal made how they were the greatest in a game ever.

they're all static.

i mean they look good sure, but no moving clouds? memory could be failing here but i think even the first halo had moving clouds.
only exception seems to be

Spoiler

level 3 right now

, but even then that's not actually the sky per se,

Spoiler

its just the circular storm above the ark

. :/

They are all paintings, thats why they don't move.

 

[[Nintex]]

Bought it and it's awesome so far, but how do I take screenshots?
The start menu has no such option(like Forza2), is there a different mode or something?

 

[jet1911]

Bought it and it's awesome so far, but how do I take screenshots?
The start menu has no such option(like Forza2), is there a different mode or something?

Go to Theatre and watch one of your save films, you'll be able to take screenshots from there.

 

[ToyMachine228]

I posted this once but no one responded so I'll post it again. I'm definitely playing through H3's Campaign again and again but why is no one talking about

Spoiler

343 Guilty Spark telling Master Chief that he is the child of a Forerunner. Is that to be taken literally? Humans really were the Forerunners?

 

[Son of Godzilla]

I posted this once but no one responded so I'll post it again. I'm definitely playing through H3's Campaign again and again but why is no one talking about

Spoiler

343 Guilty Spark telling Master Chief that he is the child of a Forerunner. Is that to be taken literally? Humans really were the Forerunners?

Spoiler

Because it's been assumed for a very long time? Gravemind calls you child of his enemy too, so it's not just Spark being crazy.

 

[SonnyBoy]

My feelings on the SP experience thus far.

- The graphics are disappointing and I expected more. BioShock, COD4, MGS4...hell, even Killzone the list goes on and on. The games listed above are mind blowing. They're introducing great graphics and game play advances over their predecessors. The lighting is nice though. It looks pretty realistic in certain situations, especially during cut scenes. I think the human characters look like ass.

- The game isn't serious, it's cartoony. I've been saying for months now to you guys that the novels ruined this game for me. The novels were realistic, dark, gritty and about as mature as you can get considering the material. Now I'm playing the game and the grunts sound like 3 year children squealing and giggling, almost like I'm watching Star Wars Ep3.

BioShock really evoked some emotion, it made me pause and decided whether or not I wanted to kill a sister. I was interested in hearing the cries of the inhabitants and listening to the tapes. The acting was spot on and sincere... Halo 3 is a Saturday morning cartoon in comparison.

- Overall the game is solid but it's Halo, I expected more. This game is MS's bread and butter, it's supposed to trump BioShock, and whatever else is out there right now and for the foreseeable future. It doesn't do that for me. I'll be honest in saying that this game looks like it should have released a little why after the system launched. The gameplay is solid but really doesn't do anything for me, I feel disconnected. Maybe the hype has placed this game on a pedestal that it simply can't reach.


MP....MP has been awesome thus far.

 

[MMaRsu]

Man I can't save any maps or photo's ????????

It says "failed to save the screenshot to your saved game storage."

??
Im a sad panda. Plus it deleted some of my clips I made last night?? Wtf

 

[Rezbit]

I got the game today, and sunk a couple of hours into the campaign. At first I thought the graphics were incredibly plain, but it seems to get better as the game goes along. I just got up to

Spoiler

when the Flood come to Earth

and it looks AMAZING. Gameplay is as one would expect - refined Halo. I'm happy with it so far, without even touching the MP.

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

Man I can't save any maps or photo's ????????

It says "failed to save the screenshot to your saved game storage."

??
Im a sad panda. Plus it deleted some of my clips I made last night?? Wtf

I had that once during the beta. Think there was some trouble with one of the Bungie servers back then. Thought I lost those replays forever (had up to 20 at the time) but they were back a day later.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Man I can't save any maps or photo's ????????

It says "failed to save the screenshot to your saved game storage."

??
Im a sad panda. Plus it deleted some of my clips I made last night?? Wtf

Are you logged into the same profile?

 

[East Lake]

They are all paintings, thats why they don't move.

Clouds above the ark do.

 

[MMaRsu]

Are you logged into the same profile?

Ofcourse..

Restarting my 360, lets see..

 

[Lakitu]

Eh ok I'm very much enjoying the campaign up until now but what on god's green earth is up with the save system? A few hours ago I

Spoiler

activated the cartographer

in mission 6 and chose save and quit. I return after lunch and the game puts me back at the beginning of the mission? What is up with that? Is there something I'm missing? Sucks that I have to redo this one because it's the longest so far and I can't play for a few days now.

That's just happened to me and I'm well pissed... and not only that but it's happened in the worst mission it could possibly happen to.

Spoiler

Mission 8

 

[Creamium]

That's just happened to me and I'm well pissed... and not only that but it's happened in the worst mission it could possibly happen to.

Spoiler

Mission 8

I just found out that if you select a mission from the list, there are multiple checkpoints. I was able to return to a point pretty close to where I left off. But I didn't get the achievement for beating the mission. Liked the Halo 2 system waay better.

 

[MMaRsu]

That's just happened to me and I'm well pissed... and not only that but it's happened in the worst mission it could possibly happen to.

Spoiler

Mission 8

Yeah I hate the save system as well, sometimes after a battle it won't save a checkpoint unless you are in a certain place on the map ? I wish I could just save where I want to.

-edit-

It seems my shared stuff is back too..good

 

[voltron]

Just finished the game. What an awesome conclusion to a great trilogy. Some thoughts and questions:

Spoiler

Im surprised Bungie included that final cinematic AFTER the credits... I feel its a very important cinematic(I know I felt a lot better after seeing it) and many people wont see it because they will skip the credits...

How did the ring from Halo 1 end up back in one piece?

Were totally gonna see Master Chief again. BELIEVE.

EDIT: And this got lost a couple pages back... still need answer:

Can someone confirm something for me please: those Bungie interviews and extras that are on MARKETPLACE through the Halo 3 interface.... are they new? Are they on the extras discs or anything?

I just want to make sure before downloading redundant files. Thanks.

 

[ToyMachine228]

Spoiler

Because it's been assumed for a very long time? Gravemind calls you child of his enemy too, so it's not just Spark being crazy.

Oh yeah I know it's been talked about forever I'm just surprised that a bigger deal isn't made out of it. Both in the game, and online. Unless the Terminals explain something about it, which I haven't looked for yet. Will my second time through.

Also, even if you didn't like the Arbiter before, you have to love some of his badass moments in Halo 3.

Spoiler

The part where kills Truth, and when Cortana says..."Friendly contact, who's crazy enough to come down here?" And you look up the hill and Arbiter is up there with the Flamethrower. Made me smile.

 

[draven]

This might seem like a stupid question, but does anyone know if the arbiter in co-op mode has the cloaking ability? I've played single player to see the arbiter cloak but when playing online co-op, I can't seem to find a button to do so.

To my defense, when searching for "arbiter" in this thread, I find a lot of unmarked spoilers (the way search results are listed).

 

[StranGER]

My feelings on the SP experience thus far.

- The graphics are disappointing and I expected more. BioShock, COD4, MGS4...hell, even Killzone the list goes on and on. The games listed above are mind blowing. They're introducing great graphics and game play advances over their predecessors. The lighting is nice though. It looks pretty realistic in certain situations, especially during cut scenes. I think the human characters look like ass.

- The game isn't serious, it's cartoony. I've been saying for months now to you guys that the novels ruined this game for me. The novels were realistic, dark, gritty and about as mature as you can get considering the material. Now I'm playing the game and the grunts sound like 3 year children squealing and giggling, almost like I'm watching Star Wars Ep3.

BioShock really evoked some emotion, it made me pause and decided whether or not I wanted to kill a sister. I was interested in hearing the cries of the inhabitants and listening to the tapes. The acting was spot on and sincere... Halo 3 is a Saturday morning cartoon in comparison.

- Overall the game is solid but it's Halo, I expected more. This game is MS's bread and butter, it's supposed to trump BioShock, and whatever else is out there right now and for the foreseeable future. It doesn't do that for me. I'll be honest in saying that this game looks like it should have released a little why after the system launched. The gameplay is solid but really doesn't do anything for me, I feel disconnected. Maybe the hype has placed this game on a pedestal that it simply can't reach.


MP....MP has been awesome thus far.

someone needs to lay off the crack pipe...

maybe it's your set? are you playin on an sd or HD set ?

looks Gorgeous on my new 1080p set, i find myself just wondering around admiring the colors and objects. i'm glad it's not gritty and dull like most other games.

sat morning cartoons, here i come.

 

[got2bekidding]

This might seem like a stupid question, but does anyone know if the arbiter in co-op mode has the cloaking ability? I've played single player to see the arbiter cloak but when playing online co-op, I can't seem to find a button to do so.

To my defense, when searching for "arbiter" in this thread, I find a lot of unmarked spoilers (the way search results are listed).

Cloaking only via equipment, no buttons.

 

[Mojovonio]

So Luke or Frankie, how do you get MC to lower his gun?

 

[dskillzhtown]

My first screenie:

 

[voltron]

Arrggghhhh! Cant you find skullls in easy mode? I wanted to just run through

Spoiler

The Ark

to get the skull I missed but its not there! Does it have to be Heroic or higher, or maybe I have to trigger it?

 

[SonnyBoy]

someone needs to lay off the crack pipe...

maybe it's your set? are you playin on an sd or HD set ?

looks Gorgeous on my new 1080p set, i find myself just wondering around admiring the colors and objects. i'm glad it's not gritty and dull like most other games.

sat morning cartoons, here i come.

No crack pipe here. And yes, I have a gorgeous HD set. Thats how I can admire the beauty of BioShock, COD4 and many other games.

The game is not visual mind blowing for the simple fact that it's simply on par with whats out right now. I expect more of Microsofts BIGGEST franchise. GOW blew peoples minds graphically because it was the best looking thing out at the time. It can be argued that Halo3 is NOT the best looking game out right now and definitely won't be before the year is over.

Does that mean Halo 3 looks bad? No. It's just not as impressive as a flagship title should be IMO.

And yes, the game is rather cartoony IMO. It's not as serious as the novels.

 

[draven]

Cloaking only via equipment, no buttons.

Ah, ok. Thanks.

 

[painey]

sadly, this game feels very much like PDZ now. I think level 4 was the best level, the one im on now (7) is atrocious.

 

[dskillzhtown]

someone needs to lay off the crack pipe...

maybe it's your set? are you playin on an sd or HD set ?

looks Gorgeous on my new 1080p set, i find myself just wondering around admiring the colors and objects. i'm glad it's not gritty and dull like most other games.

sat morning cartoons, here i come.

I don't think it is that, I think the fact that people have built this game up so much in their minds that nothing that Bungie released would live up to that expectation.

 

[Wollan]

Anyone who had any plot predictions before the game came out? Also, did any of you get any spoilers (real or false) told to you before hand? I thought I had the thing figured out but that was not the case.

My pre-release prediction:

Spoiler

- The forerunners were revealed to be the ancestors of humans.
- Cortana sacrificing herself somehow to kill off Gravemind.
- The humans & Elites actually taking shelter inside the Arc (which I believed to be Earth) with all sentient life in the universe, including the Covenant getting annihilated.

'Spoilers' I got before release:

Spoiler

- C______ d___......................................................................
- The world ends.....................................................

Actual events (ending spoilers):

Spoiler

- The ancestors of humans are hinted at as being the forerunners.
- Johnson & Miranda dies. Also, for a short period we side with the Flood.
- Earth is not the Arc. The rings are not activated and Master Chief/Cortana are separated from the rest, the Covenant is seemingly destroyed (though the races aren't annihilated).

 

[carrier]

So...does anyone know how to unlock the different armor permutations? That list floating around the internet is fake. I've done a lot of the stuff on there but didn't get any new armor.

 

[SonnyBoy]

I don't think it is that, I think the fact that people have built this game up so much in their minds that nothing that Bungie released would live up to that expectation.

You bring up a valid point which I believe has some truth to it also.

But lets not belittle the accomplishments of recently released games and games being released in the near future which are on par are in the opinion of some exceed the graphic prowness of HALO3. The game just isn't a graphical powerhouse and thats something you'd expect from their biggest franchise...am I wrong?