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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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CajoleJuice
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So my buddy and I are playing Co-op right now and wanted to take a video of a tank driving itself off a cliff. I heard about the no rewinding in campaign, but I didn't know about the no clips deal. And we don't seem to be able to take a screenshot either. I searched for a similar problem in the thread, but didn't find one. I couldn't anything about it on Bungie.net either. Any help/info on this?
ToyMachine228
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zam said:"Purple Reign"? Symmetrical? Can it be Midship remake?
That would make me cream sweet loads of cola. Who knows if it's actually true, but Halo 3 definitely needs a really small confined map and bringing back Midship would be perfect. It was one of my favorite maps from Halo 2. Interesting stuff about the Halloween playlist too...Whatever it ends up being.
Anyway I'm willing to bet Bungie casually releases DLC and new maps for Halo 3 for pretty much the length of the 360's life cycle. Since I doubt we'll see them develop a full out "Halo 4" for the 360 I bet we'll see new Halo 3 maps for quite a while. Look how long we saw new Halo 2 maps. Tombstone and Desolation came out like what...2 and a half years after H2 shipped?
siamesedreamer
Banned
WOW...sounds like DLC could be coming pretty soon. I didn't think we would get any new maps before Christmas.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
WOW, I couldn't have thought up of a better way to settle the Recon armor dispute. Awesome job Bungie. 
Suffice to say I have one of the best possible ways to , err.. qualify for the armor.
I'll post the pictures on Monday or Tuesday.
Suffice to say I have one of the best possible ways to , err.. qualify for the armor.
I'll post the pictures on Monday or Tuesday.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
I am all up for "Halo Arena" or "Halo Tournament", thats a MP only version of Halo, if it ever happens.ToyMachine228 said:
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Deleted member 21120
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Yeah, that'd be awesome. Sometimes big DLC sets add 250 gamerpoints, and if Bungie does that, then I bet there'll be new permutations.Kuroyume said:
CajoleJuice
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Thanks for the help, guys. :|
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Deleted member 21120
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I try not to think about this... man, that'd be amazing. Any sort of addition would be great.Tieno said:
Were you watching it together? Only can take pictures and save clips by yourself.CajoleJuice said:
I'm guessing some Infection playlist?
For 27 hours, though?
Three Mile Island? Sounds neato.
Good to hear about semi-large maps coming. BTB needs more variety (as did Halo 2 initially and it came).
CajoleJuice
Member
Oh, I think that's why. We were watching it together on the same 360, so I thought that'd be we'd be able to do it. I just don't know much about the extra stuff in Halo 3. Thanks.woodchuck said:
ToyMachine228
Member
godhandiscen said:
I'm sure there would be a lot of people interested in that. But I think it'd be in Bungie's best interest to just continue developing Halo 3 DLC on the side as they work on their new project before tackling the next installment in the Halo series, whatever it may be.
siamesedreamer
Banned
I think it would be interesting to know how many people Bungie is keeping on Halo 3 verses how many people are moving onto their next project.
Tieno said:I read a quote from someone at Bungie who said they consider campaign multiplayer too or something like that, seeing as it's co-op and all that jazz
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Well, they do, just not for downloads. Don't be sad. Oh and play on Halloween for mild laughs.
Vote Giuliani.
McBradders
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Stinkles said:
C'mon Stinkles, throw us a bone here... MP armour for Campaign plz <3
McBradders
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Tieno said:
October 31st.
*wakes up with massive hangover after spending an entire day drinking at VooDoo fest ( and seeing Rage against the Machine reunion show from the stage!!! seriously, you can't imagine what that looks like. a sea of just thousands of people going absolulely apeshit.. amazing /rub it in)
that's one kickass update.
glad to hear them bungie boys address the melee talk going on. new maps have me pumped.
I'm guessing the john carpenter map is a nightime map in a swampy area like backwash. Dont know why I think this.. but just my gut reaction.
Agree that purple reign sounds like a midship remake... I bet if midship does get remade, its going to have some flood infection elements to it, resembling the changes at high charity.
that's one kickass update.
glad to hear them bungie boys address the melee talk going on. new maps have me pumped.
I'm guessing the john carpenter map is a nightime map in a swampy area like backwash. Dont know why I think this.. but just my gut reaction.
Agree that purple reign sounds like a midship remake... I bet if midship does get remade, its going to have some flood infection elements to it, resembling the changes at high charity.
The Lamonster
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Awesome update. Informative, lots of topics, and a new Mister Chief. WWU's don't get any better than this.
I second the desire to use MP armor in campaign.
I'd also like to add that if it's possible to take out the in-game Cortana and Gravemind sequences for online co-op and/or campaign scoring, PLEASE do so.
Looking forward to Halloween now. As a 23 year-old with a full-time job, I can no longer trick-or-treat OR party hard on a weeknight...so thanks Bungie for giving me something at least somewhat festive to do.
I second the desire to use MP armor in campaign.
I'd also like to add that if it's possible to take out the in-game Cortana and Gravemind sequences for online co-op and/or campaign scoring, PLEASE do so.
Looking forward to Halloween now. As a 23 year-old with a full-time job, I can no longer trick-or-treat OR party hard on a weeknight...so thanks Bungie for giving me something at least somewhat festive to do.
Buttonbasher
Member
I'd say :lolThermite said:
sixthsubset
Banned
if there's one thing i want fixed/patched, it's flag "touch" return. i don't think touching the flag is the same thing as being 5 feet away from it and still having it return, sometimes through walls and floors. please please please change it back the way it was.
The Lamonster
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I don't want to see a 'change,' but it'd be nice to have some Classic CTF (with touch return) come up every once and a while.sixthsubset said:
BTW we need to organize a GAF Rocket Race session again. Any time/day suggestions?
Buttonbasher
Member
Just fill your helmet with candy. Once it's empty turn off all the lights and pretend you're not home.the disgruntled gamer said:
Great update. Though the Melee response seems to me to be more of a flame retardant because the melee problem just isn't in MM or online games. The fact is that a delayed melee with more health versus a quicker but weaker opponent will kill the quicker of the two on local/splitscreen games. That means the window for simultaneous melees is so large that I can press the melee button and almost a second or more later my friend can next to me and he can win.
Hmm maybe I should get a video put together of this. Might piss off the mlg crowd though, hey maybe they will leave halo alone!
Hmm maybe I should get a video put together of this. Might piss off the mlg crowd though, hey maybe they will leave halo alone!
I agree, the window should be much smaller, but on the MLG part -- won't matter. They still find ways to argue or whine about something. They hated the SMG start, and now with Bungie bringing back the Assault Rifle, there's still those who cry and moan. Flag tossing gone and all other things -- just incredible, really.chapel said:
Mr Vociferous
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I liked the new update, it feels a lot like the updates we received at the beginning of 2005 and in the wake of Halo 2's introduction. Based on the updates, I've got a few predictions.
Firstly, I think it's obvious that a Halo 3 version of Lockout is in the works. Guardian was clearly not created to replicate the gameplay of Lockout, but rather provide us with a foretaste of it (plus, it's a bad ass map in and of itself).
Based on some of these comments, it seems likely that we'll be getting our first map pack at the end of the year. I'd guess that we'll get the pack, it'll probably have new permutations, new maps, new gametypes and even a few variants on existing/new maps. I'd like to say that they would be free, as a gift come Christmas, but my guess is that if anything is free, it'll be a single map (or maybe two) which comes with or is preceded by a patch. The patch will 'fix' some elements they've been working on and I'd say that shortly after the year turns, we'll get a complete stat reset and the new maps integrated into some matchmaking hoppers.
I don't think we'll see a clump of nine maps released over a four month period and then going free at six months, like in Halo 2. I think we'll see batches of 2-3 maps, with some of the other things I mentioned. I do believe Lockout will be one of the first ones and we've got some hints as to what the maps look like in the last few updates...
Frank's referred to three maps specifically and possible a fourth. There's 'Jodrell Bank,' 'Moonbase Alpha' and 'John Carpenters Prince of Dorkness' from the 10/12 update. And then there's 'Purple Reign' from this most recent one.
To give you guys a point of reference for these (if you don't yet have one), Jodrell Bank, the one which has been said to work well with swords and snipers, appears to be a small map with multiple levels or long lines of sight or even both. The name is taken from the famous Manchester observatory which holds the Lovell Telescope. Since most Halo maps have some bearing on the fiction presented in the game, my guess is that this map will have its bearing directly on the Ark, as some sort of transponder-like structure not too unlike Ascension from Halo 2.
Then there's Moonbase Alpha which comes from Space: 1999 was a 1970's sci-fi show that had stark and dense environments. Never saw the show, but here's some art from it. Could have its bearings in some locations on the Ark, obviously, or even the replacement for Installation 04. If it plays well with objective-based gametypes, my first inclination would be that its an asymmetric map meant for 1-Flag/-Bomb, but there's always the possibility that it could be something more similar to Sanctuary.
The far more modern reference is to John Carpenter's 'Prince of Darkness' an 80's horror film which presented and apocalyptic, end of the world scenario common to that decade. It's also said to be a rather large environment, which, according to Frank's most recent comment about the Prince of Dorkness in the 10/26 update. There are two 'scary' environments within Halo 3's campaign, and I'd imagine it would be one of them. It could either be a location within Voi, during the Flood-infection or in High Charity. He states that although it contains vehicles (even mentioning a Mongoose at one point), it doesn't need them. Mancannons? Vertical map with lifts? There's a variety of possibilities here, but I'm feeling like the map is probably going to be set in Voi, immediately after the Flood-infested ship crashes. Maybe part of the map is the ship, similar to Turf's inclusion of the Scarab.
Then there's Purple Reign which appears to be nearly symmetrical, but any further information remains questionable. 'Purple Rain' was an 80's movie starring Prince, but I can only think that the inference has to do with the color purple. My guess is that its some Forerunner property like the structures on Snowbound or perhaps a Covenant vessel of some sort.
Firstly, I think it's obvious that a Halo 3 version of Lockout is in the works. Guardian was clearly not created to replicate the gameplay of Lockout, but rather provide us with a foretaste of it (plus, it's a bad ass map in and of itself).
Based on some of these comments, it seems likely that we'll be getting our first map pack at the end of the year. I'd guess that we'll get the pack, it'll probably have new permutations, new maps, new gametypes and even a few variants on existing/new maps. I'd like to say that they would be free, as a gift come Christmas, but my guess is that if anything is free, it'll be a single map (or maybe two) which comes with or is preceded by a patch. The patch will 'fix' some elements they've been working on and I'd say that shortly after the year turns, we'll get a complete stat reset and the new maps integrated into some matchmaking hoppers.
I don't think we'll see a clump of nine maps released over a four month period and then going free at six months, like in Halo 2. I think we'll see batches of 2-3 maps, with some of the other things I mentioned. I do believe Lockout will be one of the first ones and we've got some hints as to what the maps look like in the last few updates...
Frank's referred to three maps specifically and possible a fourth. There's 'Jodrell Bank,' 'Moonbase Alpha' and 'John Carpenters Prince of Dorkness' from the 10/12 update. And then there's 'Purple Reign' from this most recent one.
To give you guys a point of reference for these (if you don't yet have one), Jodrell Bank, the one which has been said to work well with swords and snipers, appears to be a small map with multiple levels or long lines of sight or even both. The name is taken from the famous Manchester observatory which holds the Lovell Telescope. Since most Halo maps have some bearing on the fiction presented in the game, my guess is that this map will have its bearing directly on the Ark, as some sort of transponder-like structure not too unlike Ascension from Halo 2.
Then there's Moonbase Alpha which comes from Space: 1999 was a 1970's sci-fi show that had stark and dense environments. Never saw the show, but here's some art from it. Could have its bearings in some locations on the Ark, obviously, or even the replacement for Installation 04. If it plays well with objective-based gametypes, my first inclination would be that its an asymmetric map meant for 1-Flag/-Bomb, but there's always the possibility that it could be something more similar to Sanctuary.
The far more modern reference is to John Carpenter's 'Prince of Darkness' an 80's horror film which presented and apocalyptic, end of the world scenario common to that decade. It's also said to be a rather large environment, which, according to Frank's most recent comment about the Prince of Dorkness in the 10/26 update. There are two 'scary' environments within Halo 3's campaign, and I'd imagine it would be one of them. It could either be a location within Voi, during the Flood-infection or in High Charity. He states that although it contains vehicles (even mentioning a Mongoose at one point), it doesn't need them. Mancannons? Vertical map with lifts? There's a variety of possibilities here, but I'm feeling like the map is probably going to be set in Voi, immediately after the Flood-infested ship crashes. Maybe part of the map is the ship, similar to Turf's inclusion of the Scarab.
Then there's Purple Reign which appears to be nearly symmetrical, but any further information remains questionable. 'Purple Rain' was an 80's movie starring Prince, but I can only think that the inference has to do with the color purple. My guess is that its some Forerunner property like the structures on Snowbound or perhaps a Covenant vessel of some sort.
siamesedreamer
Banned
Did the Halo 2 stat resets include zeroing out your kills/deaths/etc? Or did they just take everyone back down to a rank of 1 in everything?
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
My problem with the melee system is that if my team-mate is with me in taking on an enemy and I try to melee him at the same time he melees me and he wins, my melee won't even take his health down for my team-mate to finish him up.
siamesedreamer
Banned
Ramirez said:
Just curious. Seems like a lot of people would be pissed if they had to restart their kill ratio.
If any of you are interested we had our semi-regular Bungie.net Mods vs Members game a few hours back. SSZag did a nice writeup over there:
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=14024404
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=14024404
SketchTheArtist
Member
Little question!
There's the English and French version here in Canada and I was wondering if you can play Co-Op and Multi through System Link with a French and an English version? They're the same game from the same region but I was wondering.
There's the English and French version here in Canada and I was wondering if you can play Co-Op and Multi through System Link with a French and an English version? They're the same game from the same region but I was wondering.
Buttonbasher
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Shenanigans one would hope.SpudBud said:Does anyone have any clue what will happen on HALOween? I hope I get my 360 back by then.
SketchTheArtist
Member
OverHeat said:
Thanks a lot man! Greatly appreciated!
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