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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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Wonder, if the bungie guys can go into depths about how much it was tonned down.
mr stroke
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just beat the game tonight...and WOW this is by fat the best of the 3....other than the graphics being a little uneven in places and the 2nd to the last level being really lame(IGN was right) the SP game is amazing!....
and OMG this has to the best score for a game of all time, the music is perfectly placed for every scene...you would think John Williams scored it, sounds better than most films..AMAZING sound work
and OMG this has to the best score for a game of all time, the music is perfectly placed for every scene...you would think John Williams scored it, sounds better than most films..AMAZING sound work
Finished playing through by myself on Heroic late last night. Took my time and enjoyed it. Only found one skull (
) and two
, though. I'll be running through the game again with my brother next.
The battle with
was cool. Another memorable moment for me was the wide open area in one of the first two missions with
The
in the last mission was fun. Did anyone else go through it again
I won't be able to get into multiplayer until this weekend, but I'm really looking forward to it. Gotta try out Forge and the Theater too (from checking out the latter briefly, it seems videos take an extremely long time to load?).
Mythic
terminals
The battle with
two Scarabs
Jackal snipers and the Brute Chieftain. The first time he came at me with the gravity hammer, it was such a "Holy crap!" moment. Took me a ton of tries to get through that area, but fortunately it remained the whole time. There were actually a number of different paths you could choose/strategies you could use.
The
driving portion
using the mongoose? (There's one parked kind of off to the side before you first enter all the collapsing platforms.) That was fun. I also spent some time driving around the very edge of the level and walking around on the rails beneath the ground, hoping to find a skull or something. No luck. :-/
I won't be able to get into multiplayer until this weekend, but I'm really looking forward to it. Gotta try out Forge and the Theater too (from checking out the latter briefly, it seems videos take an extremely long time to load?).
tahrikmili
Member
Can't find them in this HUGE thread, but somewhere someone had posted WS and 4:3 resolution desktop backgrounds of Halo 3 Multiplayer: Legendhairy with the cats. It was a masterpiece. Can someone link me to them?
Djungelfrukt
Member
ZOMG IT'S HERE!?!?!??!?!
But I have to go through Halo 1 and 2 first -.-
But I have to go through Halo 1 and 2 first -.-
Just finished the campaign on Heroic with a friend. Took about 8 hours all in all, though we could have spent more time sight-seeing. I love this game's single player. I fucking love it.
My friend was also in awe of the game, having had his doubts with Halo 2. The icing on the cake for him was the
My biggest thrills in the game came from using the Hornets, and I'd be so disappointed if Bungie didn't release a multiplayer map down the line which could actually make use of that vehicle. Also, why no troop transport hogs or AA-wraiths in multiplayer? The option to use them in Forge would be appreciated.
I can see myself playing through the campaign many many times in the future, and knowing that 8 hours I put in isn't the end of it by a long shot makes me giddy.
Oh, and in response to some of the things raised about the game by other people:
1) No I didn't notice significant framerate drops.
2) My Limited Edition case was fine and dandy, and the disk was perfect.
My friend was also in awe of the game, having had his doubts with Halo 2. The icing on the cake for him was the
deaths of Miranda and Johnson, as he hated those characters and what they represented in Halo 2's plotline. Personally I rather liked them and was sad to see them go.
My biggest thrills in the game came from using the Hornets, and I'd be so disappointed if Bungie didn't release a multiplayer map down the line which could actually make use of that vehicle. Also, why no troop transport hogs or AA-wraiths in multiplayer? The option to use them in Forge would be appreciated.
I can see myself playing through the campaign many many times in the future, and knowing that 8 hours I put in isn't the end of it by a long shot makes me giddy.
Oh, and in response to some of the things raised about the game by other people:
1) No I didn't notice significant framerate drops.
2) My Limited Edition case was fine and dandy, and the disk was perfect.
Lostconfused
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Sir Fragula said:
Wait, why did he hate em?
Oh and the hornet would probably need balancing because unlike the banshee its very easy to rain down death destruction on everything you see below you.
He thought they were essentially part of the "Master Chief and Friends" family concept which he hated,Lostconfused said:
and that unlike in Halo 1 where no character was unbelievably strong/fast/lucky except for you... in Halo 2 Johnson and Miranda both lived too often when they should have died.
As I say that's his opinion and I can understand it. I still like Miranda though.
Curse of the consoles. We won't see a game with this huge scale feature the sort of AA that you're looking for. It's a shame we can't swap out the video cards in our 360/PS3's like we do hard drives.f@luS said:I dream of the same AA ingame and the photo mode. Seriously , this really hurt my eyes
Lostconfused
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Sir Fragula said:
Well i guess its his opinion and everyone is entitled to have their own. But then again i think you have to be one hell of a soldier to make it through 27 years of war against the greatest thread humanity has ever known. Except i would agree that Miranda Keys should have stayed on the damn ship for the duration of game.
dark_preacher
Member
guys is there anyway to view the credits after you beat the game?
when the
any help?
when the
message from bungie came up i thought i had to hit confirm to make it go away, it skipped the credits and the rest of the ending.
any help?
CajoleJuice
Member
I need to read up on how to take videos and screens. Is it in the instruction booklet? I haven't gotten a chance to read it on the john yet.
f@luS
More than a member.
Ive seen many game with huge scale . Unreal tournament 3 will really kick halo 3 gfx miles away (same scales, vehicules too , and gfx...you know what), but still , halo 3 is so poor graphically , i really can not understand especially in MP , why is there no aa. Im playing so close to my screen, it really doest hurt (beside the so-so framerate)GreekWolf said:
Just beat the first 4 missions yesterday night. The moment where you
. The campaign has been pretty much flawless so far imo, let's see how it handles
, since that's what I'm going to do next
take out the Scarab and destroy the big gun, with all the scenes from the first trailer afterwards... I got goosebumps
The Flood
dark_preacher
Member
Xater said:
no cutscene viewer, wow that sucks.
My Arms Your Hearse
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1) I'm sure this has been gone over, but the thread is huge: How do you find your screenshots?
2) Really lame that the "base" Elite armor looks 100000000000000000000x more badass than any of the unlockables. Btw, is anyone actually playing as an Elite? I'm the only one I've seen in 40 games.
2) Really lame that the "base" Elite armor looks 100000000000000000000x more badass than any of the unlockables. Btw, is anyone actually playing as an Elite? I'm the only one I've seen in 40 games.
If anyone is looking for something a little different, I've created my first custom game variant. I'd appreciate it if you'd give it a download and give it a try - I'm going to work hard to hone my skills in custom game variants and the forge, but I wanna see the stuff I make at least get downloaded a couple times 
You can queue it up for download here:
http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?gamertag=ErrorJustin
Anyway, it's pretty simple really - 1) Gravity is set as low as it'll go - 50%. This makes jumps REALLY floaty. 2) Movement speed bumped up to 150% - this helps to offset the slower in-the-air pace. 3) Unlimited Rockets.
...aaand that's it! I tested it with some buds and we found it to be MUCH more fun than a traditional Rocket Slayer match - the adjusted gravity really does make a difference. It was a lot of fun on Isolation.
Any ways to further improve/tweak the settings or any other feedback is appreciated!
You can queue it up for download here:
http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?gamertag=ErrorJustin
Anyway, it's pretty simple really - 1) Gravity is set as low as it'll go - 50%. This makes jumps REALLY floaty. 2) Movement speed bumped up to 150% - this helps to offset the slower in-the-air pace. 3) Unlimited Rockets.
...aaand that's it! I tested it with some buds and we found it to be MUCH more fun than a traditional Rocket Slayer match - the adjusted gravity really does make a difference. It was a lot of fun on Isolation.
Any ways to further improve/tweak the settings or any other feedback is appreciated!
MirageDwarf
Member
Finally started playing. Finished first level. Then I played with saved film and screenshot feature. They are my instant favorite. Pausing replay, changing camera, going in slow motion for key moments is awesome fun. Watching action from flying cam is the best part.
CajoleJuice
Member
Sounds very cool. Rockets = awesome fun.GDJustin said:If anyone is looking for something a little different, I've created my first custom game variant. I'd appreciate it if you'd give it a download and give it a try - I'm going to work hard to hone my skills in custom game variants and the forge, but I wanna see the stuff I make at least get downloaded a couple times
You can queue it up for download here:
http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?gamertag=ErrorJustin
Anyway, it's pretty simple really - 1) Gravity is set as low as it'll go - 50%. This makes jumps REALLY floaty. 2) Movement speed bumped up to 150% - this helps to offset the slower in-the-air pace. 3) Unlimited Rockets.
...aaand that's it! I tested it with some buds and we found it to be MUCH more fun than a traditional Rocket Slayer match - the adjusted gravity really does make a difference. It was a lot of fun on Isolation.
Any ways to further improve/tweak the settings or any other feedback is appreciated!
When you are at the main menu, press start, then select file share, then select one of the six open slots, select screenshot, and pick whatever the name is of the shot you want to upload. Then go to Bungie.net, and under my stats select my Halo 3 service record, your screens should be there. It didn't allow me to even see that page before I played one online MP game, so you might want to do that as well.My Arms Your Hearse said:
I have no doubts UT3 will kick everything to the curb if you're playing it on a nice gaming rig. But if you're honestly expecting it to look identical on the consoles with an insane level of AA (which was your initial gripe) then you're going to be sorely disappointed. Ram limitations will be a constant thorn in the side throughout this generation, though I do expect devs to squeeze out a few tricks as they become more familiar with the hardware.f@luS said:
Had one of the best games of my Halo career tonight:
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=2206748&player=ErrorJustin
3v3 Slayer on The Pit. My team actually lost, but it was still amazing. I had 10 sword kills, 5 rocket launcher kills, and 9 other kills, for a total of 24 kills! +12 K/D ratio.
I got two non-consecutive killing sprees and one Sword Spree - a medal I didn't even know was in the game
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=2206748&player=ErrorJustin
3v3 Slayer on The Pit. My team actually lost, but it was still amazing. I had 10 sword kills, 5 rocket launcher kills, and 9 other kills, for a total of 24 kills! +12 K/D ratio.
I got two non-consecutive killing sprees and one Sword Spree - a medal I didn't even know was in the game
f@luS
More than a member.
thats where optimisation comes. There are a lot of UT3 hands on -console out here, and video too. It may have the same aliasing as gow had, but nowhere near Halo 3. Its one of my most aliased "big game" ever this gen seriously. MP games are so poor and yet so aliasing, when you have on your screen like 10 box, 2 elevator, 7 other guys , why the hell is this so jaggy?GreekWolf said:
.Lostconfused
Member
Proelite said:
spoiled what? that they dont die at the end of halo 2?
Is there a Halo 3 photo mode thread yet?
I'm still in Japan for another day so I haven't even played the full game yet, but I love looking at the random photo in this thread, even if there are some spoilers in there.
Halo 3 has the best skybox ever. And I see nothing wrong with the poly models. Not starved at all, imo.
I'm still in Japan for another day so I haven't even played the full game yet, but I love looking at the random photo in this thread, even if there are some spoilers in there.
Halo 3 has the best skybox ever. And I see nothing wrong with the poly models. Not starved at all, imo.
Do me a favor, and post the following:f@luS said:thats where optimisation comes. There are a lot of UT3 hands on -console out here, and video too. It may have the same aliasing as gow had, but nowhere near Halo 3. Its one of my most aliased "big game" ever this gen seriously. MP games are so poor and yet so aliasing, when you have on your screen like 10 box, 2 elevator, 7 other guys , why the hell is this so jaggy?
- The connection type you're using. VGA? Composite? HDMI?
- The display settings for your 360.
- The type of TV you're using.
You're describing the Jagapocalypse in every other post, in stark contrast to the experiences posted by several (I daresay many) other users, in contradiction to my own experience, and I'd at least like to know what kind of TV to avoid in the future.
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