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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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Shafto
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This could be interesting Reach related news I guess:
I was in Game today (UK Retailer), who had ODST Preorder signs up in the chart section. It mentioned the free Reach Beta. IN the context that ODST would include an invite to Halo: Reach, and allow you access to the Halo World.
Halo World.
Capital H. Capital W.
Tell me what this means HaloGAF!
I think it lends weight to the idea of a persistent world Multiplayer - Planetside style. This is what I hope Reach is anyway!
I was in Game today (UK Retailer), who had ODST Preorder signs up in the chart section. It mentioned the free Reach Beta. IN the context that ODST would include an invite to Halo: Reach, and allow you access to the Halo World.
Halo World.
Capital H. Capital W.
Tell me what this means HaloGAF!
I think it lends weight to the idea of a persistent world Multiplayer - Planetside style. This is what I hope Reach is anyway!
Shafto said:
I think it's likely they got creative with their marketing and you shouldn't read anything into it (thus OWV's laughing). Retail would not have any kind of other information from Microsoft or Bungie at this point.
That said, I'm expecting Reach to have significant open-world elements, ala the direction the hub world in ODST is moving in. To open Halo up like that in one game and then lock it down into linear missions from the original trilogy in the next would be jarring.
Assuming that's the case (and yes, I know what happens when you assume), I'm curious to see how the game addresses the need to confine players to specific battles or objectives from time to time. ODST handles that by segregating the missions into flashbacks, which are more traditional linear Halo levels. That way you can't be in the middle of that urgent mission to blow the bridge and just go driving off to explore the other side of the city. It's a pretty clever solution to the problem, while retaining the open world elements.
Halo has always had a bigger set of sandbox tools than was reflected in the mission structures. Marrying open world missions with the Halo sandbox seems like a very natural evolution. Regardless of how Reach's missions are ultimately structured, I suspect after the open hub of ODST, it's going to be very, very hard to go back to all linear missions.
As much as I feel I want something completely different and fresh from Bungie's next MP game, I'm willing to bet it'll be much closer to style and scale of the trilogy than anything else.pet said:
It seems like every time a Halo sequel is coming people speculate it'll be a huge 64 player/mmofps but it's never that different
DcLevartho
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..... =O
Shafto
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It was interesting to hear Luke comment on his dislike for open-world games recently on 1up. Got me speculating, but I realise one person's opinion is not likely to represent the direction Bungie are heading in.
I realise I may of course be clutching at straws with the Halo World thing, but I think there may be something to it. It was very strangely worded - why include the info about the Reach invitation, and even bother mentioning anything else?
Guess time will tell, but at least it'll generate some discussion, right?!
I for one really hope it'll be open world - really open world. Massive persistent planet, a with lots of small battlefields, requiring constant back and forth. I think Reach would be perfect for the setting - Human vs Covenant, class-based, and involving large scale battles.
I personally don't see the point in Bungie making another multiplayer game that's just a step up from Halo 3. Sure, there's plenty of bugs, glitches, and issues, but for the most part, they've taken it as far as it can go. There has to be something substantially different about Reach. And, Bungie/Halo is at it's best doing large battles. Large maps, vehicles, teams, weapon variety.
Once you imagine the game I have in my head, as a developer, you;d be disappointed if you weren't aiming for it! :lol
I realise I may of course be clutching at straws with the Halo World thing, but I think there may be something to it. It was very strangely worded - why include the info about the Reach invitation, and even bother mentioning anything else?
Guess time will tell, but at least it'll generate some discussion, right?!
I for one really hope it'll be open world - really open world. Massive persistent planet, a with lots of small battlefields, requiring constant back and forth. I think Reach would be perfect for the setting - Human vs Covenant, class-based, and involving large scale battles.
I personally don't see the point in Bungie making another multiplayer game that's just a step up from Halo 3. Sure, there's plenty of bugs, glitches, and issues, but for the most part, they've taken it as far as it can go. There has to be something substantially different about Reach. And, Bungie/Halo is at it's best doing large battles. Large maps, vehicles, teams, weapon variety.
Once you imagine the game I have in my head, as a developer, you;d be disappointed if you weren't aiming for it! :lol
DcLevartho
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It is, but read the text, what spartan do we know had a little tussle with helljumpers. John, so think about who you could be looking at.Flipyap said:
goldenpp72
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DcLevartho said:
..... =O
And he wasn't wearing no armor!!! :lol
Stormtrooper30
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We already saw small John in the Halo 3 commercial.
I either want something similar to the MP in the trilogy or something completely different. Nothing halfway. It'll probally be like Battlefield.EazyB said:
But the thing is we actually haven't gotten a new Halo game yet (Halo Wars doesn't count). It's all been the same game; even now with ODST. Reach will be the first game that will actually feel different I'm hoping.EazyB said:It seems like every time a Halo sequel is coming people speculate it'll be a huge 64 player/mmofps but it's never that different
Dude looks like he's 12.goldenpp72 said:
DcLevartho
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I think the text are the words of a helljumper, and as we all know people don't often speak with perfect grammar. :lolgoldenpp72 said:
Trasher said:
I'm pretty sure that happened not even a year after augmentations, so he was rather young at the time. Though I may be wrong.
Domino Theory
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GhaleonEB said:
There will be a Halo World.
StUnNeR H2K
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DcLevartho said:
..... =O
Is this the first time we have seen John with no armor? (other than reading about it in the books, duh)
Stormtrooper30 said:
While it makes sense it was him, was it ever confirmed?
Domino Theory
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EazyB said:
World of Halo World Wars: Reach for ODST.
backflip10019
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Super Halo World? Please?Domino Theory said:
Kibbles
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Well since we have a bunch of juniors now, I'd like to take this time to remind everyone I will still capture Youtube HQ style videos under my account "KibblesKapture". I can, of course, provide you with the original file as well.
Weekly Update - http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU071709
Weekly Update - http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU071709
Sounds like Bungie's presence at PAX is substantially less grandiose as it was last summer. The most it'll probably be is similar to the Gears 2 setup they had last year, a stretch of about 10 monitors to stand in front of. Hopefully the Bungie folk still lounge around there but I doubt it'll be as chill as it was last year.BWU said:
Really unsure if I wanna bother going this year. But for those that do it should still be pretty nifty.
Devin Olsen
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Oh mannnn
From PAX last year
It's to bad Bungie wont have their own booth this year... :\ I thought they would have something set up for ODST firefight, similar to what they had for Assembly...
From PAX last year
It's to bad Bungie wont have their own booth this year... :\ I thought they would have something set up for ODST firefight, similar to what they had for Assembly...
It sounds like they will, but it will be a kiosk in Microsoft's booth.Devin Olsen said:
Remember, there's some tension going on between Bungie and Microsoft right now. Bungie wants to get fans to associate Bungie's games with Bungie, so they'll stay Bungie fans when they stop making Halo games. And Microsoft wants Halo players to associate Halo with Microsoft, so they'll keep buying Halo games when Microsoft's other studios take them over. Allowing Bungie to have their own break-away booth furthers the former, not the latter.
Other much simpler (and even liklier) possibilities: IIRC, Bungie was the only MGS studio to have their own booth last year. Maybe they just want to be consistent and have all MS-published games under the same hub. It could also just be as simple as Bungie not wanting to pay the fee for the separate floor space.
Here's hoping they can pull off a fan fest this year.
The Librarian
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Not much of an update, though the transcript of the voice message was pretty funny.Kibbles said:
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Blueblur1 said:
Yeah I don't think I'm attending this year's PAX either. Although, PAX 10 is in Boston, right? That's much more farther from me than Seattle, but I've never been to the east coast so it'd be a great experience.
The Librarian
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I could go then. No change in timezones=Win.Domino Theory said:
The Librarian
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Now you're just teasing!GhaleonEB said:
Grimm Fandango
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Blueblur1 said:
3 Ball, bleh.
Zeouterlimits
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'Halo: Reach' Movie article up - http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/07/17/gi-joe-the-rise-of-cobra-writer-stuart-beattie-believes-in-a-halo-movie-adaptation/.
Some out of date info regarding Reach (lulz) but any coverage of the movie at all pleases my heart.
I believe!
Some out of date info regarding Reach (lulz) but any coverage of the movie at all pleases my heart.
I believe!
This guy wrote the new G.I. Joe!? I say, "No thanks."Zeouterlimits said:
Edit: Okay, the guy seems okay after reading the article. It would be great to see a Reach film even if it were to be released a few years after Halo: Reach. I presume it's still going to be ages before anything happens though.
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