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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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I never watched it. I was about to, but I decided to wait.HomShaBom said:
I won't say where the ending was spoiled for me, but if you dont want it spoiled for yourselves stay off the internet. Period. Even though the ending has been spoiled for me it doesn't matter. It's all in how I get there thats important. So as long as new levels are not revealed I'm ok. Something told me to stay off. Just warning you guys again STAY OFF THE INTERNET IF YOU DON"T WANT THE ENDING SPOILED FOR YOU AS IT WAS FOR ME.
Do what I did 3 years ago when I read fake spoilers for Halo 2 on GameFAQs... do everything possible to get your mind off Halo 3 for the next few hours (or the rest of the day) and the spoilers will be gone from memory. It worked for me when I spent the rest of that day offline.S1kkZ said:i hope you are right, but i think it was true
Buttonbasher
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And I can't be unsummoned.zam said:
Oh wait. Spoilers?
See you cats later.
Well yeah, you won't completely forget the spoiler. A month after I finished Halo 2 I did remember the fake spoiler, but it never did any harm. For anyone who has had something spoiled for them, I recommend staying off the internet for the next week, avoid any thought on the game and preoccupying themselves with stuff in RL. That will serve them best.FIREBABY said:
Halo 2's ending was spoiled for me also. Still enjoyed the game. Its what happens in between that matters and luckily that wasn't spoiled for me. Not excusing these dipshits who got the game early and decided to leak shit. Also on a strange note, kinda glad Halo2 ending was leaked though. I would have been pissed thinking it was more then finding out that was it.S1kkZ said:
Randy Lanzarote
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eso76 said:
10 days until Edge hits the stores, (27th Sept official street date) though subscribers might get it a few days before. If it gets a 10 in Edge though....meltdown.
So what happened with this gametrailers leak? Some douchebag make a thread with spoilers in the title? Just before BioShock got released some tard on the Gamespot game profile page made a comment about what happened at the end. Luckily he turned out to be completely wrong about what happened, just some annoying troll out to ruin people's enjoyment. This could be another case like that one.
Though really people, stay off unknown boards/websites/comments page and don't go looking for anything game related on YouTube. I hope no-one starts a "rickroll/ChiefRolling" youtube meme, getting people to watch the ending without realising it.
electricpirate
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If it's anything like Halo 2, the easiest way to get spoiled will be in reviews sadly. Screw you Greg kasavin :|.
ALeperMessiah
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AppleMIX said:
just don't post them. Please.
McBradders
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AppleMIX said:
Please be quiet, k thx :3
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I got spoiled too. Someone sent me an IM with the ending in it, before I realized what it was I had already read it.FIREBABY said:
From what I was told, it sounded fucking awesome.
Randy Lanzarote
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FIREBABY said:
Its possible, however there will inevitably be a delay from time of posting to time of deletion, since the mods can't be everywhere at once, so there will always be a few people caught out if that happens.
I fear for some junior (not just here, other forums I frequent) who signs up just to ruin the entire game for people.
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Anyone reserve with Gamestop/EB and get the extra 30% for trade ins?
Wolves Evolve
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I dunno if that possible? That ending was candlejacked.
scarybore
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sionyboy said:
If true then I think it would be the first time 2 games from the same series got a 10 from Edge, the other game in the series getting a 10 being the original Halo. However we are jumping the gun a bit but it does make me look forward to getting Edge this month, even though I won't be reading it till after I play the game. :lol
Randy Lanzarote
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Deathcraze said:
I figure Edge is due to hand out a 10 soon, were well into seventh gen now and we haven't had one yet. We need a game to define what this generation will be remembered for, I thought BioShock might have been that game, but Edge had other ideas.
OXM UK/US both have street dates of 25th September, though again I'm sure that subscribers will be getting their copies early (and promptly relaying scores to the rest of us!)
electricpirate
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What did edge give H2?
I'd be surprised if EDGE will hand out a 10 for Halo 3, unless that is the game is truly ground breaking. The Bioshock review might have seemed harsh but after playing the game you could see that the few criticisms they leveled at the game were valid.
Halo2 got a 9/10 and i wrote this an age ago,
The EDGE HALO2 review is bigger than this but this is a pretty good overview of it. Any gramatical errors (which will many) are mine.
The review does mention the untied ending. Live options are covered in that one line except for little side snippet where EDGE says that Halo2 had only just gone Live prior to review. There short time playing it but it reckons Clan support was lavish the only downer being no co-op.
Jason Jones said Halo2 its a lot like Halo, only its on fire, going through a hospital at a 130mph being chased by helicopters and the ninjas are fire to
Its a great quote and its true up to a point. That point being the first coma. Anyone expecting more- expecting the hyperbole, expecting the spoilers will be disappointed.
The dual wielding system works well, not least because the potential damage gain in training two streams of fire on an opponent comes at the price of hampering your access to grenades, melee attacks and gun emplacements. Less tangible are the changes that have been brought to the familiar, Weapons you thought you knew reload slower and fire faster. Ghost fly more deftly and fire more furiously. These are not changes that throw your rhythm off. Its hard to point to a single one which isnt a fundamental improvement on the first game. Players mourning the evolution of old favorites will miss out on exploiting the full weapon set which has expanded without making any of its components redundant.
The much touted visual upgrade such has improved lighting, realistic physics etc, much of which will pass players by because the combat itself is so involving; except for when the cracks in the world snap you back to reality. Halo was impeccably solid, perhaps because it attempted to do so little and ended up do it all so perfectly, absorbing you completely. Here those richer environments, those more elaborate characters, the playful physics that all add to the experience- its hard not to coo with delight when a Hunter swipes a crate away with a furious sweep of his armour plated arm. But they also stress the game engine to the point where sometime, just sometimes it just cant cope. Models pop in and out of detail and level scripting fails to kick in or starts too early.
The combat however continues to amaze. Really. Two years after Halo and its yet to be surpassed as the standard for FPS combat. Halo 2 at the very least builds on that. This game builds squarely on the combat of the first game and not only strengthens it but changes how it should be played. If you have mastered Halo the game should be played through on Heroic even though the battles are much more vast and densely populated the air thicker with lead and laser that your first instinct will be that this is much tougher. This isnt the case pitch the game on heroic and you will enjoy all the battles much more.
The Multiplayer options are tremendous as expected.
If the plot is Halos 2 worst aspect, then, perversely the dialogue is the best. There are funny lines here, things that will make you laugh out loud. Your fighting colleagues who incidentally are far stronger than in Halo but not to the point of doing everything for you chat amongst themselves with wit and candor. No game does this better.
For the critisisms above few games do much better than Halo2 and its fitting we are able to steal a line from the script to sum everything up. When Cortana turns to Master Chief and says Its not a new plan. But we know it will work
Halo2 got a 9/10 and i wrote this an age ago,
The EDGE HALO2 review is bigger than this but this is a pretty good overview of it. Any gramatical errors (which will many) are mine.
The review does mention the untied ending. Live options are covered in that one line except for little side snippet where EDGE says that Halo2 had only just gone Live prior to review. There short time playing it but it reckons Clan support was lavish the only downer being no co-op.
Jason Jones said Halo2 its a lot like Halo, only its on fire, going through a hospital at a 130mph being chased by helicopters and the ninjas are fire to
Its a great quote and its true up to a point. That point being the first coma. Anyone expecting more- expecting the hyperbole, expecting the spoilers will be disappointed.
The dual wielding system works well, not least because the potential damage gain in training two streams of fire on an opponent comes at the price of hampering your access to grenades, melee attacks and gun emplacements. Less tangible are the changes that have been brought to the familiar, Weapons you thought you knew reload slower and fire faster. Ghost fly more deftly and fire more furiously. These are not changes that throw your rhythm off. Its hard to point to a single one which isnt a fundamental improvement on the first game. Players mourning the evolution of old favorites will miss out on exploiting the full weapon set which has expanded without making any of its components redundant.
The much touted visual upgrade such has improved lighting, realistic physics etc, much of which will pass players by because the combat itself is so involving; except for when the cracks in the world snap you back to reality. Halo was impeccably solid, perhaps because it attempted to do so little and ended up do it all so perfectly, absorbing you completely. Here those richer environments, those more elaborate characters, the playful physics that all add to the experience- its hard not to coo with delight when a Hunter swipes a crate away with a furious sweep of his armour plated arm. But they also stress the game engine to the point where sometime, just sometimes it just cant cope. Models pop in and out of detail and level scripting fails to kick in or starts too early.
The combat however continues to amaze. Really. Two years after Halo and its yet to be surpassed as the standard for FPS combat. Halo 2 at the very least builds on that. This game builds squarely on the combat of the first game and not only strengthens it but changes how it should be played. If you have mastered Halo the game should be played through on Heroic even though the battles are much more vast and densely populated the air thicker with lead and laser that your first instinct will be that this is much tougher. This isnt the case pitch the game on heroic and you will enjoy all the battles much more.
The Multiplayer options are tremendous as expected.
If the plot is Halos 2 worst aspect, then, perversely the dialogue is the best. There are funny lines here, things that will make you laugh out loud. Your fighting colleagues who incidentally are far stronger than in Halo but not to the point of doing everything for you chat amongst themselves with wit and candor. No game does this better.
For the critisisms above few games do much better than Halo2 and its fitting we are able to steal a line from the script to sum everything up. When Cortana turns to Master Chief and says Its not a new plan. But we know it will work
Buttonbasher
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I dunno. Halo 3 is pretty feature heavy. Reviews will be interesting.Pug said:
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Can somone PM me the spoiler in text.. i really dont care for SP
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Buttonbasher said:
Exactly. If they're even half as good as I'm hoping then I think a 10 would be justified. Microsoft beat Sony to game 3.0 confirmed
Buttonbasher
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Yeah. It just seems like the game offers so much. I'm expecting high scores.McBradders said:Exactly. If they're even half as good as I'm hoping then I think a 10 would be justified. Microsoft beat Sony to game 3.0 confirmed
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Buttonbasher said:
The -only- disappointing thing about H3's featureset is that there is no onboard video compression and upload service like Skate's. I know a lot of people are set up to record stuff straight to the internet via magic or other methods, but for tech-know-nots like myself I would have loved this feature to share with people sans 360 and Halo 3.
Not really important, I know, but Skate made me all wisful for it in Halo 3
These sort of leaks is why digital distribution should be the way games are done in the future.
Games should be distributed by download only, with retail boxes just containing a disk (or small flash card or something simple like that) that has a key that unlocks the downloaded game. You could preload the game in advance, like Steam, and purchase it online or in store but can't play it until the release date.
Games should be distributed by download only, with retail boxes just containing a disk (or small flash card or something simple like that) that has a key that unlocks the downloaded game. You could preload the game in advance, like Steam, and purchase it online or in store but can't play it until the release date.
I'm sorry guys, but I think I'm gonna have to try and go dark on the interwebs until I'm done with the game. There have been too many incidents of spoilers and leaks for me to be comfortable checking my regular sites like Digg, Gametrailers, or maybe even here.
I am extremely weak willed when it comes to this sort of thing, though, so don't be too surprised if you see me back, like, tonight.
I am extremely weak willed when it comes to this sort of thing, though, so don't be too surprised if you see me back, like, tonight.
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