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The Official Halo 3 Thread

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Grimm Fandango said:
Put in on before sex and say, "Prepare for the great journey!"
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If you're not feeling so confident, there's always "There are those that said this day would never come...What have they to say now?"

And if it doesn't go well, Truth had some good excuses: "The release of the parasite was unexpected and unfortunate. But there is no need to panic. In truth, this is a time to rejoice"
 
Flipyap said:
If you're not feeling so confident, there's always "There are those that said this day would never come...What have they to say now?"

And if it doesn't go well, Truth had some good excuses: "The release of the parasite was unexpected and unfortunate. But there is no need to panic. In truth, this is a time to rejoice"
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It's a bit crass I know, but "there are those that said this dick would never come...What have they to say now?" works better.
 
Flipyap said:
And if it doesn't go well, Truth had some good excuses: "The release of the parasite was unexpected and unfortunate. But there is no need to panic. In truth, this is a time to rejoice"
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lol I was actually just going to post "How could I have known the parasite would follow?!"
 
ShinAmano said:
Yeah looks like a cock sock.
Where do I get one?
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Your wiener must look really bizarre if that thing would fit properly on it.:D

"He's got this weird mitten on his dick and he keeps repeating, "regret. regret." I don't think I'm gonna date him any more."
 
squidhands said:
Your wiener must look really bizarre if that thing would fit properly on it.:D

"He's got this weird mitten on his dick and he keeps repeating, "regret. regret." I don't think I'm gonna date him any more."
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Get out of my personal life...so what if my dick looks like a wrinkled old bent alien neck. :lol
 
GM Bullfrog said:
I'm having flashbacks of earlier convo's in this thread that were sexual in nature ... THANKS GUYS! :lol :lol :lol
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Google image search for brutezone for more special memories.

ShinAmano said:
Get out of my personal life...so what if my dick looks like a wrinkled old bent alien neck. :lol
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Artist's interpretation:
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Flipyap said:
Artist's interpretation:
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:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Should send that picture to HawtyMcBloggy, she loves the Halo pr0nz!!

Dammit...my fiancee just saw that picture on my screen. Now that was a fun explanation...

~B.B.
 
BerserkerBarage said:
Because I've seen this thread produce some very interesting conversations. Take for example when Sandbox was still unknown. This thread produced theories (which were later confirmed) about the blue grid for Forge, that Sandbox would be multi-leveled, things like that. Not only were these "theories" correct, but even before they were confirmed they were argued and supported with such evidence that even if they had turned out incorrect, I was still impressed. Unfortunately you don't get much of that on other sites and it died off on B.net quite a while ago.

However, at the same time I've seen this thread delve to some pretty low areas. The majority of the things pointed at Dax are pretty deplorable. And I understand that part of it is just merely being sardonic by this point, but really, just let some things go. I don't agree with everything Dax says, even though we share the same basic ideology on starting weapons in Halo, but I'd much rather see people agree to disagree.
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There isn't enough material to speculate over constantly, but hey, we're bound to screw up and get pissy at each other at times too. Just like any forum on the internet, discussions won't always be calm and highbrow.

EazyB said:
H3 was a complete letdown story-wise for me, but the levels are much more entertaining. I've probably played through Halo 3 a good ten times and some of the finer levels (The Covenant, Sierra 117, Floodgate) many times. Some of it has to do with the inclusion of 4 player online co-op adding much to the cooperative experience but I believe the level design is much better than 2's. It still doesn't hold a candle to CE's open levels but 2's campaign is completely forgettable in my opinion.
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I agree, it was very disappointing to lose the entire Covenant perspective Halo 2 introduced, it was a step back. Casuals be darned, I would have loved to see the Terminals brought into the storyline proper, combined with an inside perspective into the Covenant dealings.

I think the only Halo CE level that could really compete with the design of the Halo 3 open levels (Tsavo Highway, The Ark, The Covenant) would be The Silent Cartographer. Assault on the Control Room and Two Betrayals are fun levels, but they're mostly linear and they overuse beam rooms and bridges quite a bit. Silent Cartographer, on the other hand, hardly reuses much at all and features intelligent multiple path use.
 
Botolf said:
There isn't enough material to speculate over constantly, but hey, we're bound to screw up and get pissy at each other at times too. Just like any forum on the internet, discussions won't always be calm and highbrow.


I agree, it was very disappointing to lose the entire Covenant perspective Halo 2 introduced, it was a step back. Casuals be darned, I would have loved to see the Terminals brought into the storyline proper, combined with an inside perspective into the Covenant dealings.

I think the only Halo CE level that could really compete with the design of the Halo 3 open levels (Tsavo Highway, The Ark, The Covenant) would be The Silent Cartographer. Assault on the Control Room and Two Betrayals are fun levels, but they're mostly linear and they overuse beam rooms and bridges quite a bit. Silent Cartographer, on the other hand, hardly reuses much at all and features intelligent multiple path use.
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The Terminals were so great though, they told an amazing story if you took the time to figure it out. Yeah, Master Chief is cool and all, but I'd take Mendicant Bias over him any day after reading the terminals. That gives me some hope for the Forerunner novels Greg Bear is supposed to be writing, although I'm a bit inclined to think that maybe the Terminals connected so well with me because they were a bit understated and didn't spell everything out.
 
I just want to say that Halo 2's cutscenes >>>>>>>>> Halo 3's. Also no Gravemind battle was disappointing. I would have even taken a badass five minute QTE romp in the vein of God of War.
 
Man, talking about Halo 2 and Halo 3's story is so boring. Before entering this thread, I really didn't think that anyone cared about the story at all because it was so bland and uninteresting.
 
backflip10019 said:
Man, talking about Halo 2 and Halo 3's story is so boring. Before entering this thread, I really didn't think that anyone cared about the story at all because it was so bland and uninteresting.
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Backflip right out of this thread sir.

AND INTO SQUAD BATTLE.
 
FilthyLies said:
The Terminals were so great though, they told an amazing story if you took the time to figure it out. Yeah, Master Chief is cool and all, but I'd take Mendicant Bias over him any day after reading the terminals. That gives me some hope for the Forerunner novels Greg Bear is supposed to be writing, although I'm a bit inclined to think that maybe the Terminals connected so well with me because they were a bit understated and didn't spell everything out.
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Yea, what I'm saying is that they should have been front-and-center in the story, not easter egg oddities. They would have worked great together with the other story elements, tying 343 Guilty Spark, the Ark and everything else together. One peoples' great journey was fast becoming another's, this connection was never explored in Halo 3.

backflip10019 said:
Man, talking about Halo 2 and Halo 3's story is so boring. Before entering this thread, I really didn't think that anyone cared about the story at all because it was so bland and uninteresting.
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[bzzzzt] Sorry, but that is incorrect (backflip is sent home with a lame consolation prize).
 
Plywood said:
I just want to say that Halo 2's cutscenes >>>>>>>>> Halo 3's. Also no Gravemind battle was disappointing. I would have even taken a badass five minute QTE romp in the vein of God of War.
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im going to have to disagree.
i play halo to run around and shoot things. i'll take battles with a lot of brutes (or elites) with the odd stacked against me over a boss battle any day. i'm talking about when you're in crow's nest and you run up against the gravity hammer brute with a bunch of his cronies in a small room (you know the encounter i'm talking about). now that was more fun and i got a better sense of accomplishment than i did against either the prophet or tartar sauce in halo 2.

EDIT: i thought i should put in my that im not huge on the story of halo (dont like the story but like the universe) but i do still go back to campaign from time to time because of the gameplay and ai
 
vhfive said:
im going to have to disagree.
i play halo to run around and shoot things. i'll take battles with a lot of brutes (or elites) with the odd stacked against me over a boss battle any day. i'm talking about when you're in crow's nest and you run up against the gravity hammer brute with a bunch of his cronies in a small room (you know the encounter i'm talking about). now that was more fun and i got a better sense of accomplishment than i did against either the prophet or tartar sauce in halo 2.
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Well that's all on Bungie's part. Can they not do Boss Battles?
 
backflip10019 said:
Man, talking about Halo 2 and Halo 3's story is so boring. Before entering this thread, I really didn't think that anyone cared about the story at all because it was so bland and uninteresting.
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Plywood, while I completely disagree on the QTEs, I do think Gravemind was piss-poorly handled in H3, and something I was very disappionted it. Alot of questionable choices story-wise in Halo 3.
 
Zeouterlimits said:
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Plywood, while I completely disagree on the QTEs, I do think Gravemind was piss-poorly handled in H3, and something I was very disappionted it. Alot of questionable choices story-wise in Halo 3.
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I was just saying that I would have taken that over nothing. Bungie has the moniez afterall.
 
Plywood said:
Well that's all on Bungie's part. Can they not do Boss Battles?
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im not so sure its bungie's fault. boss battles just dont really work for fps (imo). i have never had one where i thought "omg this is awesome". i mean there is only so much you can do (bullet sponges suck). halo's fun comes from jumping into a pack of covenant and demolishing them because you are a badass.

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Zeouterlimits said:
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:lol :lol :lol
 
I don't know, nothing can ever top Halo CE's campaign. Halo 2 was a fun campaign, but the story was choppy and hard to follow. Halo 3 was fun and everything, but the ending was just terrible. Fighting 343 Guilty Spark was the worst boss battle ever. And then Johnson dies because of the stupid floating ball? Johnson lived through a Halo explosion and the Flood, plus years and years in the war against the Insurgents and the Covenant... and he is killed by a floating AI mainenence bot? WTF?

Bungie should stay away from boss battles, ala Halo CE.
 
I profess, I was really hoping for a boss battle against Gravemind and was a little let down with Guilty Spark being the final boss. Though I do admit wanting to destory a damn oracle since Halo 1.

BTW, since I've seen Luke and Shishka post on here many a time in the past... I've long held a question regarding rank in matchmaking. The purpose of the rank is to match up with players of a similar skill level yes? Then why the deus does the game go off of whether or not your team wins rather than the individual effort? I can't begin to count how many times I've been the MVP of a match and still went down a level. I would understand the concept of a team effort, but you can't control that with randoms and we aren't all fortunate enough to have friends of similar skill level wanting to play at the same time we would like to. That's actually what ruined matchmaking for me, I kept getting people on my team that would end up with a high negative k/d spread, people that betray you, or people that walk away from the controller. It's frustrating to have defeated so many Generals and witness kids I just destroyed the previous night having gone up in level the following night while I go down. I can't help but think it isn't balanced and something is amiss...or I just have the worst luck of all time in getting matched up with teammates.

Finished with my rant, I shouldn't have to bitch that much again haha Just always wanted to know why the system is set to team instead of individual and thought I could get an answer from the guys that make it happen. Yes, I do know of Lone Wolves but I find team play far more fun (when you have proper teammates).
 
Would the multiplayer standard be too high for a beginner? I play a lot of shooters but I realise Halo 3 been around a bit. How tolerant would the community be of a newbie? I’m fairly new to online games but I’ve lurked around GAF long enough to catch a few horror stories!
 
Chipy Brady said:
Would the multiplayer standard be too high for a beginner? I play a lot of shooters but I realise Halo 3 been around a bit. How tolerant would the community be of a newbie? I’m fairly new to online games but I’ve lurked around GAF long enough to catch a few horror stories!
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There's tonnes of newbie Halo players - the newbie games are a lot more fun in fact!

It's not Gears or Rainbow, where you just hit a wall. H3 is still fun for beginners!
 
Shafto said:
There's tonnes of newbie Halo players - the newbie games are a lot more fun in fact!

It's not Gears or Rainbow, where you just hit a wall. H3 is still fun for beginners!
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If you want to get into Halo 3 MM, wait until ODST, unless you want to buy all the MM DLC.
 
Shafto said:
There's tonnes of newbie Halo players - the newbie games are a lot more fun in fact!

It's not Gears or Rainbow, where you just hit a wall. H3 is still fun for beginners!
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Thanks for the replies. I'm gonna give it a try. At least I'll make some good cannon fodder for some punter!
 
Dax01 said:
If you want to get into Halo 3 MM, wait until ODST, unless you want to buy all the MM DLC.
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There's still quite a bit to do even without the DLC- you can play Squad Battle for your Big Team, MLG for your competitive edge, Social Slayer for the basics, and Social skirmish for Objective. Granted, you're locked out of most of the ranked stuff, but most of the population is in Social anyways.
 
Dax01 said:
If you want to get into Halo 3 MM, wait until ODST, unless you want to buy all the MM DLC.
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I'd agree with this if it was just about buying maps - but for someone looking to play Halo 3, it's still got plenty to offer until ODST.

Squad Battle alone can be a tonne of fun.
 
FilthyLies said:
There's still quite a bit to do even without the DLC- you can play Squad Battle for your Big Team, MLG for your competitive edge, Social Slayer for the basics, ad Social skirmish for Objective. Granted, you're locked out of most of the ranked stuff, but most of the population is in Social anyways.
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Yeah, that's true.

Shafto said:
I'd agree with this if it was just about buying maps - but for someone looking to play Halo 3, it's still got plenty to offer until ODST.

Squad Battle alone can be a tonne of fun.
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I was just looking at it if he were looking to get the complete experience.
 
Chipy Brady said:
Would the multiplayer standard be too high for a beginner? I play a lot of shooters but I realise Halo 3 been around a bit. How tolerant would the community be of a newbie? I’m fairly new to online games but I’ve lurked around GAF long enough to catch a few horror stories!
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All lies. The online community is as welcoming as they are cordial. (Stick with a group for the best experience starting out.)
 
Chipy Brady said:
Would the multiplayer standard be too high for a beginner? I play a lot of shooters but I realise Halo 3 been around a bit. How tolerant would the community be of a newbie? I’m fairly new to online games but I’ve lurked around GAF long enough to catch a few horror stories!
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Play with your headset off if you're not playing with friends/gaf and it'll be fine.
 
Shafto said:
There's tonnes of newbie Halo players - the newbie games are a lot more fun in fact!

It's not Gears or Rainbow, where you just hit a wall. H3 is still fun for beginners!
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You. HaloGaf SQB?
 
urk said:
All lies. The online community is as welcoming as they are cordial. (Stick with a group for the best experience starting out.)
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That's kind of the problem though. No one I know plays video games so I'm pretty much stuck playing with randoms. I only got Live recently enough as well. I did get 1943 though and I really enjoy that (I try to play as a team but it looks like not everyone takes that view of things). If Halo is as good as that for newbies, then it'll be good craic. I'll probably give it a go the weekend.
 
I felt the campaigns in H2 and H3 were lacking the sort of emotion that H1 had. The whole human struggle theme in the first game kinda morphed into this badass-saving-the-world thing, which to me took away some of the draw of the story. Also the flood reveals got repetitive and didn't have the same impact that the first one had.

And "To war." :lol

Zeouterlimits said:
Plywood, while I completely disagree on the QTEs, I do think Gravemind was piss-poorly handled in H3, and something I was very disappionted it. Alot of questionable choices story-wise in Halo 3.
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I think it's been said somewhere before, but it did seem like bungie was trying to cater to a bit too many people at the same time.

Makes me wonder what direction ODST's story's gonna take.

Edit: Damn Devin that sucks :(
 
urk said:
All lies. The online community is as welcoming as they are cordial. (Stick with a group for the best experience starting out.)
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This, I probably would have stopped if not for finding the Gaf peeps.

Ugh, speaking of, I need to find some damn free time so I can play.

I see I missed some of the drama already, but hello to all the juniors/lurkers that have been accepted. Hope you enjoy your time here.
 
Chipy Brady said:
That's kind of the problem though. No one I know plays video games so I'm pretty much stuck playing with randoms. I only got Live recently enough as well. I did get 1943 though and I really enjoy that (I try to play as a team but it looks like not everyone takes that view of things). If Halo is as good as that for newbies, then it'll be good craic. I'll probably give it a go the weekend.
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Hook up with some of the dudes here. Play some Halo with 'em too.
 
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