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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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backflip10019
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:lol Me too, bud. Just bought a 30 rack of Miller Lite. I'm gonna be drunk by like 9pm.FooFighter said:
Yeah, the books confirm him to be a guy, and were the first to call him John. Cortana calls him John at the end of Halo 3 as well.
Why do people want their protagonists to be women? It happened with the Rookie and GTA IV as well. It feels like it would be interesting, sure, but unless it was handled well it would hurt the product and feel like a gimmick.
Why do people want their protagonists to be women? It happened with the Rookie and GTA IV as well. It feels like it would be interesting, sure, but unless it was handled well it would hurt the product and feel like a gimmick.
DiabolicalBagel
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FooFighter said:
What could go wrong is that I have beer... but no crisps... so I WILL have to murder you in envy.
mario ate my burger said:
Judging by his voice, quotes from characters, like "He never gets me anything", and the like, Master Chief is a dude.
unless the anime series, or Microsoft in the future does some stuff that makes him a chick, you never know.
..and Beaten. Oh well.
My thoughts -EazyB said:
Battle Dome is very small, so it will be a bit cramped for 4v4. My biggest concern is the spawns - with the elevation around the edges players will have a good vantage point on a fair number of the spawns on the opposing side that are within clean line of sight. I like the idea of the power weapon suspended over the chasm, but a sniper rifle seems out of place for such a compact map.
Skystation - agree with Eazy here. I like the layout a lot, but there's a HUGE number of weapons and equipment scattered around. The map is probably about the size of Midship (approximate), but there's 12 plasma grenades, two each of bubble shields, regens and power drains and a TON of dual wield guns. There's one corner with about eight things to pick up all within sight. My other big concern is with the spawns - several are perched right on an edge, so if you step back a bit after spawning, it's death. All that said, I do dig the layout on it.
Cryptic isn't as open as it looked from the overview pics. My only concern with it is also with the spawn points. The only spawns for away from the base are all scattered out in the open and are mostly visible from the center; filling in the corners so there's a safe "flag away" spawn location would probably be a good thing. But of the three of these I like the layout the most. For customs we should definitely play classic flag settings (can't cap unless flag is present), since the two bases are so close.
DiabolicalBagel
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DiabolicalBagel said:What could go wrong is that I have beer... but no crisps... so I WILL have to murder you in envy.
Uhm, cancel that FooFighter... I found some Doritos and some salsa... may our night be filled with halo and bliss.
Since it seemed the guy knew what he was doing in forge I couldn't imagine he'd think it'd work for 4v4. But then I saw the map description, he wrote himself that the map was suited for only 2-4 players. So either Shishka screwed up or he submitted it for the summer theme without thinking it'd be used in 4v4 matches.GhaleonEB said:
I went ahead and downloaded all the MM map variants today and ran around them. In general they're pretty good but one stood out as being a possible dud. I had never played Cryptic Fate nor heard of it before now but it's going to be in Social DLC come August. The map is pretty unique but a lot of it comes off as sloppy and the extreme elevation (as well as the ability to go even higher than the map maker intended) may really hurt the map.
I've been waiting to see your attention for detail used on something non-grifball for a while now. You certainly take your time.NOKYARD said:
So... Halo.Microsoft.org?Louis Wu said:
The Librarian
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Louis Wu said:
This got me laughing, but it also got me thinking. I maybe looking to much into his response, but he didn't say "no" nor did he say "yes" he just said "hmmm." "Hm" with a period at the end implies thinking, which could mean that there is something more to Cortana's rapid recovery than one would first suspect. Maybe, sometime down the line, it'll be explained why Cortana recovered so quickly, maybe there was a reason for it. It must have something to do with the time she spent with Gravemind between Halo 2 and 3.
I was speaking more to Bungie jumping ship and no longer being involved with HaloLouis Wu said:
It's that time again, folks. Customs should be starting at 5:00 pm PST (8 EST)
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Halo GAF "Member" List
BWU with links to the ten 7 on the 7 maps.
BWU with links to the 35 B-day maps.
Latest Changes:
7.22 Striker's Access (updated)
7.22 EazyB's Brouhaha v1.2jk (updated)
7.18 Squidhand's Avarice
6.07 Ghaleon's Slingshot
5.24 Ghaleon's Elevation 2.1
5.14 Striker's Access (updated)
5.10 Vhfive's Sanctum 2.2 (updated)
5.08 DualX has a variety great infection maps in his fileshare
5.08 Ghaleon's Entrenched 1.4 (updated)
Sixthsubset's GAF map blog.
Map maker - Map(s)
Alisdair Bnet - Aspirite v2
Bladed Expert Bnet Mage v2.2
Butane123 Bnet - Neosho, Chimera
Dax01 Bnet Outskirts, Geminie
DeputyMoonman Bnet - Goldmine v1.5
DualX Bnet - Train Station?, Infection gametype and maps
EazyB Bnet- Brouhaha v1.2jk, Ber Ber Creek, Ber Ber Customs, Rise v3.1
Exfixate Bnet - Gangplank Galley
Fin Bnet - Refuge v1
FourDoor Bnet - Air Stream 0.2
Ghaleon Bnet - Elevation 2.1, Sandstorm 2.1, Entrenched 1.4, Slingshot
GM Bullfrog Bnet Kulkukan
Grimm Fandango Bnet Turf II v3
Havok Bnet - Agartha, Phaeton
Insaniac Bnet - Sky Perch
Metroidvania Bnet - Mountain 1.04
Merguson Bnet Firmament v1.2
Nokyard Bnet - Grifball High, Grifball Palace
Oozer Bnet - Remnant a1.0
Silly.Mikey Bnet - So High
Spirit Bnet Pitfall V2, Worship
Spudbud Bnet - gave up on life
Squidhands Bnet - Avarice
Striker Bnet - Access
Vhfive Bnet - Platform, Sanctum 2.2, Flying Dutchman
Vociferous Bnet - Abaddon
Tools
Fourdoor - All default objects moved to crypt
Nokyard - Girfball High can be modified to take advantage of it's existing flat flooring in the sky bubble.
Vociferous - All objects on the ground moved aside so that they aren't in the way.
Vociferous - All default objects moved to the skybubble
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MM Sandbox Variants
Ghaleon - Entrenched 1.4 - BTB (Multiflag and Neutral Assault)
Butane123 - Neosho - DLC (Multiflag BRs)
Borderline - TS (ARs), DLC (Slayer ARs)
Reminiscent - TS (ARs), DLC (Slayer ARs)
Pantheon - TS (BRs), DLC (Slayer BRs)
Cryptic Fate - DLC (Multi Flag) - no idea where this came from and can't find link
Workplace Bravo - SB (Slayer BRs), BTB (Slayer BRs)
Eighty Grit - SB (1-Flag), BTB (1-Flag)
Utah Mambo - Social Team DLC (one flag, one bomb)
Punishment v2 - Social Team DLC (Multi-flag BRs)
Vessel - Team Doubles
Cubed - Team Doubles, Rumble Pit
Plurality - Team Doubles
Tundra - Team Doubles
Tundra Swat - Team SWAT
Vindictive - Social Big Team?
Wastelands - Social Big Team?
Highlights
Interesting:
Greenhouse 1v1
Exihibition 8-12
Boneyard 8-16
Ravinia 4-12
The Kingdom 6-12
Solstice 2-8
Blue Abyss 2-8
Landing Pad 2-6
Archiac 2-8
Aero (CTF) (Slayer) (MLG CTF) 2-8
Cynosure 2-8
Creatrium 4-8
Elysium 6-16
Lotus 6-12
Conduction 6-12
Sundown 4-8
Dymex 2-8
Attic 2-6
Remakes:
Tombstone
Ivory Tower
Damnation
Geminie
Boarding Action
Ascension
Prisoner
My (admittedly sarcastic) response still holds; Mumbo Jumbo released the final Myth, after Bungie jumped ship - we still run myth.bungie.org, Take Two owns the rights to Oni, and Bungie has abandoned the title, but we still run oni.bungie.org. Marathon is no longer developed by Bungie (it's developed by a collection of volunteers, in the form of Aleph One) - but marathon.bungie.org still lives. Halo won't be any different. It won't be the most important subsite we have any more, after Reach... but it'll still be around.EazyB said:I was speaking more to Bungie jumping ship and no longer being involved with Halo
I hopped over to this website called Halo.Bungie.org and they had a list of all the ODST previews, some of which had screens I wanted to share:
I love the scale of the ODSTs to the brutes
Again, scale
Much more detailed than Halo 3's campaign. What are the two different kinds of drones by the way?
Urk :lol
Seems like you can put anything in those 4 characters which would've been a problem if there was matchmaking.
Played for 42 minutes yet got severely under par? Maybe it would be easier/faster on a harder difficulty.
I love the scale of the ODSTs to the brutes
Again, scale
Much more detailed than Halo 3's campaign. What are the two different kinds of drones by the way?
Urk :lol
Seems like you can put anything in those 4 characters which would've been a problem if there was matchmaking.
Played for 42 minutes yet got severely under par? Maybe it would be easier/faster on a harder difficulty.
Louis Wu said:
Yeah, I know
I'll just keep calling the new IP Phoenix until it gets unveiled. Kinda like monkeynuts/blam!, only it's called that just by myself.
big ander said:
Heh. I still laugh at how bad the Pimps at Sea characters looked.
and I bet any Halo/Bungie haters would still say it looks better than anything they've done...
In that last pic, their difficulty multiplier was only 1x. I imagine it's a bit like Halo 3 and you score much higher with added difficulty.
I can't make out what most of the enemy types are in the postgame report.
I'll be on for game night at 6:00 (9:00 east coast). Time to take the kids to the park.
I can't make out what most of the enemy types are in the postgame report.
I'll be on for game night at 6:00 (9:00 east coast). Time to take the kids to the park.
Well Phoenix is a lot catchier than New Secret IP, so I say go for it. Unless the thread can come up with an even better name.ZayneH said:Yeah, I know
I'll just keep calling the new IP Phoenix until it gets unveiled. Kinda like monkeynuts/blam!, only it's called that just by myself.
I'll be on in a bit.
The thing you're asking about is the hunter. The head isn't the most distinguishing thing about it.
Yeah, I was thinking that. Just couldn't remember if there were needler drones in Halo 3. That and it seems like there weren't many of those types of drones in the game they played making me think they were a much more powerful enemy.vhfive said:
The thing you're asking about is the hunter. The head isn't the most distinguishing thing about it.
Reluctant-Hero
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Whoops, I thought Customs started at 6 PM. Can I get an invite please?
Edit: Damn, group is full. That'll teach me for next weekend...
Edit: Damn, group is full. That'll teach me for next weekend...
The Librarian
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I think 8v8 games without any vehicles for slayer, flag, and assault gametypes, is nowhere near as fun without vehicles than with. In fact, I think in any games 6v6, vehicles should play at least a decent role.
That's just the impression I got from some of the GAF games that had 8v8 with no vehicles.
That's just the impression I got from some of the GAF games that had 8v8 with no vehicles.
Grimm Fandango
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Damn Forge "grab" symbol is burned into my TV. So I'm going to take a break from Halo for a few hours. If I miss customs, oh well 
I'm going for something different with this map (separation plays a key role) but it won't be ready for tonight's customs.
I'm going for something different with this map (separation plays a key role) but it won't be ready for tonight's customs.
Woah, I think I may be out of my league here :lol
Played one or two customs with ye tonight, but the skill difference between me and everyone else was laughably massive. I was hoping after a few games I'd regain my touch, but looks like I'm gonna have to practice alot more to get back to the level ye guys play at
Fun maps, though I thought the map ( don't have a clue as to its name) where we where inside a pyramid type object was wayyyyy to small for 8 vs 8, and I was then destroyed in the next map we played, the mlgt version of The Pit I think it was called? Infuriating, I remember all the tips and tactics for each map, but every time I come unto a 1 on 1 I lose out.
Will get some proper time in the game next week, am still only playing at 4 sensitivity so might push that up as I go along and get used to it . Nonetheless, was fun playing with you guys, and I think I can honestly say in over 1000 games of halo 3 played that was the first time I've had the honor of playing along a pink dinosaur :lol
Played one or two customs with ye tonight, but the skill difference between me and everyone else was laughably massive. I was hoping after a few games I'd regain my touch, but looks like I'm gonna have to practice alot more to get back to the level ye guys play at
Fun maps, though I thought the map ( don't have a clue as to its name) where we where inside a pyramid type object was wayyyyy to small for 8 vs 8, and I was then destroyed in the next map we played, the mlgt version of The Pit I think it was called? Infuriating, I remember all the tips and tactics for each map, but every time I come unto a 1 on 1 I lose out.
Will get some proper time in the game next week, am still only playing at 4 sensitivity so might push that up as I go along and get used to it . Nonetheless, was fun playing with you guys, and I think I can honestly say in over 1000 games of halo 3 played that was the first time I've had the honor of playing along a pink dinosaur :lol
I'm on for customs if a space is available.
Unfortunatley, last night my dog ate my mic. (NO BS)
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeit.
EDIT: Fuck it, we have so many people waiting to get in, we might as well start a second group.
GT: NH Apache (remember no mic, so I may just change the leader to whomever can speak good)
Unfortunatley, last night my dog ate my mic. (NO BS)
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeit.
EDIT: Fuck it, we have so many people waiting to get in, we might as well start a second group.
GT: NH Apache (remember no mic, so I may just change the leader to whomever can speak good)
Tintin said:Woah, I think I may be out of my league here :lol
Played one or two customs with ye tonight, but the skill difference between me and everyone else was laughably massive. I was hoping after a few games I'd regain my touch, but looks like I'm gonna have to practice alot more to get back to the level ye guys play at
Fun maps, though I thought the map ( don't have a clue as to its name) where we where inside a pyramid type object was wayyyyy to small for 8 vs 8, and I was then destroyed in the next map we played, the mlgt version of The Pit I think it was called? Infuriating, I remember all the tips and tactics for each map, but every time I come unto a 1 on 1 I lose out.
Will get some proper time in the game next week, am still only playing at 4 sensitivity so might push that up as I go along and get used to it . Nonetheless, was fun playing with you guys, and I think I can honestly say in over 1000 games of halo 3 played that was the first time I've had the honor of playing along a pink dinosaur :lol
Heh, sounds fun, thought I might have the same problem whenever I can play in customs with any NeoGAF folks. Though, I play with 10 sensitivity, and for a few weeks now I've switched to no rumble, just to see if it does improve your aim, which I can see a difference.
Maybe switch to Bumper Jumper(if you aren't already, though I play with Default :/)?
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