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[giga]

Fuck the blue snipers.

That's all I'm going to say.
I can do solo on insane in Gears of War but this? Fuck this.

Co-op my friend.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Co-op my friend.

Yeah but there'll still be that big blank spot under "Solo Legendary" on my report. If I had known those blue shits were going to be in every other area I would have remembered to hold onto my sniper rifle from several checkpoints ago.

 

[Tieno]

Already posted? I hope they make one that also includes the Euro launch.

 

[Gleeky]

I did not like that level.

.

 

[duk]

Already posted?

that's hot

 

[op_ivy]

Already posted?

woah, you can watch as each time Zone gets it :O

 

[L0st Id3ntity]

Finished game, two questions:

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- Weren't Master Chief and The Arbiter on the same ship!? How did only The Arbiter managed to survive?

- What's the big light in the legendary ending?

 

[tissot]

Am I the only person that liked the 8th mission?

I loved the art design of the place and you where given tons of ways of disposing of enemies, though those across the room guys where annoying hard to kill.

A+ all around bungie.

I liked it. It looked great and every room had a different layout, so that kept it fresh. I moved from cover to cover to get to those long ranged enemies. Brute shot + energy sword = WIN

 

[Victrix]

Nearly finished with a legendary playthrough in 4 player coop. Ton of fun, though it is turning out to be really really short. It looks like our total time will be ~6-7 hours, but every second has been a blast, so yay for that.

Except...

I fucking didn't know campaign scoring wasn't enabled by default, so we get no leet scores

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Already posted? I hope they make one that also includes the Euro launch.

The best part is watching the 2 or 3 people in Japan log in and out.

 

[op_ivy]

The best part is watching the 2 or 3 people in Japan log in and out.

and the one guy in africa

 

[GeoNeo]

Just reading some of my old posts in the Halo 3 beta thread, and it is like bungie freaking nailed everthing I had hoped for in the final game.

Please Bungie don't make the Elites inferior to the Spartan models in MP this time. I want to use a kick ass custom Elite.

+1 Bungie

The Elites designs not only kick major ass, but it is refreshing to hear in a MP game "Wow, that Elite looks bad ass."

Please keep voice to team only for ranked games. It has really cut down on the smack talk / racist bs.

+ 1 Bungie

And, it really is working really well for ranked games.

Anyone else wish that you could use the MJOLNIR Mark V model for MP? It would be pretty cool fan service.

+ 7777 Bungie

The last one was before we even found out about custom armor, if i'm not mistaken. Big up for all the fan service in this game.

 

[Scarecrow]

Just beat the game. Impressions, rants, and questions follow:

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-I'm glad I went through it on Legendary. Heroic seems like it'd be way to easy.
-I'm also glad they improved the Brutes.
-I don't know what you guys are complaining about. I thought Level 8 was great.
-I wish you got to have a showdown with the Gravemind.
-I was a tad dissapointed by the game as a whole. It was great and all, but it just felt like more of the same.

Now maybe I'm a bit slow, but I didn't understand a few things:
-Did they ever REALLY explain who the Forerunners were? (Besides Spark saying the Cheif was one) They also didn't cover why the rings have an Earth-like habitat along the interior, or where the Flood came from.
-Was Gravemind controlling Cortana the times she psychically communicating with the Chief?
-After the credits, was that a Forerunner planet the Chief's ship drifted past? And if so, how did the ship get that far if it JUST made it through the Ark portal (which was in Earth's atmosphere).

 

[op_ivy]

for those that have beaten it

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i LOVED that one battle where you get to fight along side the flood. so fucking awesome and so completely unexpected.

 

[Buttonbasher]

I just finished the fight.

I was smiling through the end.

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When the camera panned down at the memorial and you see the 117 etched in, it hit me. It's over. I knew it was but just realizing that this is the end of the story that I've been devoting myself to for years, it set in. Then with the first piece of music in the credits. God. I've never really cried at the end of anything before. Even as a young lad. But just something about knowing that it was over, and the music, I just...

What the fuck am I saying this for. This is GAF dude. I finished it. It's good. I might have teared up. Leave me alone*



*Unless you want to send me an invite sometime, in which I will start excepting more now that I'm done with campaign.

 

[Skilotonn]

Finished the Fight a few hours ago - so awesome!

What a ride man, and the best part is that it totally felt like Halo, but on a grand scale - so many times I got a rush while playing - you'd be robbing yourself if you didn't play the game for the first time on Heroic if you did it solo like me...

I'd post more detailed impressions, but I'm kinda tired after finishing the fight, and then going on a multiplayer spree...

Brilliant game Bungie, brilliant! Now all I gotta do is finish it on Legendary, and I'm 2/3rds of the way done on that via co-op with friends...

Then, it's skull-hunting time, then it's Campaign meta-game time!

Oh, and BTW, I never did see those special Halo 3 gamerpics and theme that was supposed to go up for Gold members - nor the videos - did the pics and theme not go up again? Anybody know? I think the videos are supposed be up tomorrow, right?

 

[tissot]

I just finished the fight.

I was smiling through the end.

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When the camera panned down at the memorial and you see the 117 etched in, it hit me. It's over. I knew it was but just realizing that this is the end of the story that I've been devoting myself to for years, it set in. Then with the first piece of music in the credits. God. I've never really cried at the end of anything before. Even as a young lad. But just something about knowing that it was over, and the music, I just...

What the fuck am I saying this for. This is GAF dude. I finished it. It's good. I might have teared up. Leave me alone*



*Unless you want to send me an invite sometime, in which I will start excepting more now that I'm done with campaign.

Did you watch the cutscene after the credits?

 

[GeoNeo]

for those that have beaten it

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i LOVED that one battle where you get to fight along side the flood. so fucking awesome and so completely unexpected.

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Yes, that was an awesome twist. I was not only relieved that they were on MY side, but seeing them being taken out had an effect on me. I cared about them. That is till you find out that it was only a one night stand, and you had been used like a cheap hooker.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Yea, everyone's saying that shit in the third game.

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But does that mean that humans ARE the Forerunner, or perhaps were created directly by the Forerunner (which still requires the Forerunner to survive their activation of the Halos)?

I don't know if this has been addressed but

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the terminals are pretty clear about Humans not being Forerunner, and Earth is merely one of a few portals to the Arc. The humans seem to be treated like Forerunner because they were adopted by one of em as a pet essentially.

But more to the point on the terminals, what's up with that last one? It says something to the tune of "You are not ready" or something? Also Cortana reacts to it, but even if you have all of em checked out nothing special'll happen. Oh and I can't figure out what the hell is going on with the initial storyline, the one that seems to alert the Bias guy everytime you open it who then kicks you out.

 

[Buttonbasher]

Did you watch the cutscene after the credits?

Yeah.

I get that

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Stuff is left open

But just knowing that the goals I've been working toward have been completed just feels satisfying.

 

[Darkpen]

is anyone else having a problem trying to get onto the bungie.net website using Mozilla? Instead of sending me to the homepage, it sends me to this weird "this windows live account something or other isn't availalble blha lbahl blah" website The only way I can get there is using the IE web browser

 

[GeoNeo]

I don't know if this has been addressed but

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the terminals are pretty clear about Humans not being Forerunner, and Earth is merely one of a few portals to the Arc. The humans seem to be treated like Forerunner because by one of em as a pet essentially.

But more to the point on the terminals, what's up with that last one? It says something to the tune of "You are not ready" or something? Also Cortana reacts to it, but even if you have all of em checked out nothing special'll happen. Oh and I can't figure out what the hell is going on with the initial storyline, the one that seems to alert the Bias guy everytime you open it who then kicks you out.

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I bet the last Terminal fully opens up when you find all skulls.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Just reading some of my old posts in the Halo 3 beta thread, and it is like bungie freaking nailed everthing I had hoped for in the final game.



+1 Bungie

The Elites designs not only kick major ass, but it is refreshing to hear in a MP game "Wow, that Elite looks bad ass."



+ 1 Bungie

And, it really is working really well for ranked games.



+ 7777 Bungie

The last one was before we even found out about custom armor, if i'm not mistaken. Big up for all the fan service in this game.

I can't believe I managed to completely call the endings, both pre and post credits.

 

[Buttonbasher]

is anyone else having a problem trying to get onto the bungie.net website using Mozilla? Instead of sending me to the homepage, it sends me to this weird "this windows live account something or other isn't availalble blha lbahl blah" website The only way I can get there is using the IE web browser

I had the same problem a few days ago. I had to clear my cookies.

 

[Deleted member 21120]

I'll be honest, it brings a smile to my face each time a gaffer that's been frequenting the Halo threads for the past few months comes in here and says how much he loved it. We all waited so long for this, and it's awesome that so many people are enjoying it. Not only enjoying it, but getting the amazing conclusion we've all been waiting for.

 

[∀ Narayan]

Okay, so, I played multiplayer all day.

First I played half of the campaign with two of my friends on Heroic. What a blast!

After that, I played some FFA Slayer matches, and kicked ass in the majority of them.

I FUCKING LOVE THIS GAME. GOTY GOTY GOTY.

 

[Scarecrow]

Quick questin: I missed one Terminal in the campaign. Can I go back to the level on any diffuculty to activate it?

 

[GeoNeo]

Quick questin: I missed one Terminal in the campaign. Can I go back to the level on any diffuculty to activate it?

You can go back on normal, not sure about easy. Just make sure you view it all. They do that error message sometimes then after a small bit of time you can read it all till it gives the end text.

 

[Vyse The Legend]

That's the

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"Cortana"

level right? Ugh... worst damn level in the game.

No. It's

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The Covenant level. There is, however, a mysterious skull on Cortana that seemingly does nothing. It might be a trigger.

 

[Flo_Evans]

With Gek as my driver we can't lose!

err..

we go out in a blaze of glory!

 

[Eric WK]

Apparently, IWHBYD is hidden in level 7.

Someone looked through the files and found the item "skull_daddy" there.

http://halo3planet.com/images/IWHBYD-Skull.jpg

So that means it's on

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"The Covenant."

Interesting.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Man I wish I knew about the AV calibrator before buying the regular edition. I can always dream it will become free somewhere down the line...

 

[Syb]

So has anyone managed to find that blasted last Silver Skull? I have a feeling that finding all the skulls will unlock some sort of armour permitation...

 

[siamesedreamer]

Just beat it.

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The last level was a great way to thank all the Halo fans. It was short, but I really appreciated it.

Overall I think its the best one in the series. Everything is bigger, badder, meaner. I really felt I was a small part of a bigger battle in parts of the game. Even though I absolutely detested "the level that must not be named", the other ones made up for it by a large margin.

Also,

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Halo 4 in 2010 CONFIRMED. Don't hate. You knew it was coming. This brand is a cash cow. Ain't no way MS is just gonna end it.

In regard to the terminals, where is the last one?

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Bungie.net is so hosed. Clicking on the Achievements tab of service record seems to give you some random person's achievements.

 

[dralla]

just beat it, practically in 1 sitting. much better than H2. fuck the

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High Charity

level, what a piece of shit I hate it :[

 

[unomas]

Went through level 6 on legendary and what a blast! The online co-op in the game is great and I can't wait to finish it up tomorrow.

 

[Ramirez]

So, Ferrex if you could get them to add a 3V3 playlist to matchmaking I'd love you long time.

 

[Vyse The Legend]

Apparently, the mystery skull on

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Cortana

is jsut a second BLIND skull.

 

[Mr.City]

This game is going to ruin my life.

 

[UnholySpectacle]

I think I found a glitch that screws me out of a skull. No matter what difficulty I play "The Storm" the skull never appears for me. I have watched many youtube videos that show

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it on top of that cylinder in the first dry lake area

but whenever I hop up there it is not there. WTF? I have started that level from the beginning on every difficulty level and it never appears. Any ideas?

 

[Memphis Reigns]

I've seen it explained a few times, but just in case:

I've taken a bunch of screenshots, and the game said they were loading over to bungie.net, but of course they are not there. I just manually loaded six to my File Share, then copied them over to the screenshot gallery. Is that how I have to get all of my screens over to the gallery? Or will subsequent screens show up automatically, but I need to manually load the others I've already taken?

Oh, and I liked this one.

Edit: I see the above. Do I need to do that every time, in batches of six?

I must be a retard because I am looking at my shared files on b.net right now and i see nothing to let me save them to my hi res screenshot gallery..

 

[QVT]

Finished 4 player legendary there in either 5 or 8 hours(I forgot when we started). hate the hated level, of course.

the best parts were definitely on the back of whatever mmarsu was driving. the shooting stuff is kinda blah after the very good multiplayer.

 

[DopeyFish]

I think I found a glitch that screws me out of a skull. No matter what difficulty I play "The Storm" the skull never appears for me. I have watched many youtube videos that show

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it on top of that cylinder in the first dry lake area

but whenever I hop up there it is not there. WTF? I have started that level from the beginning on every difficulty level and it never appears. Any ideas?

MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT DESTROY THE WRAITHS - if you do... it will disappear

 

[Son of Godzilla]

I must be a retard because I am looking at my shared files on b.net right now and i see nothing to let me save them to my hi res screenshot gallery..

You need a bungie.net profile, and you need your gamertag hooked up to a windows live account. After you get both of those you will be able to save stuff to your gallery.

 

[UnholySpectacle]

MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT DESTROY THE WRAITHS - if you do... it will disappear

WHAT? Wow, that sucks. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Memphis Reigns]

You need a bungie.net profile, and you need your gamertag hooked up to a windows live account. After you get both of those you will be able to save stuff to your gallery.

yeah ive got all that jazz. have my GT linked to my profile. thats why i feel like an idiot:lol

 

[Son of Godzilla]

yeah ive got all that jazz. have my GT linked to my profile. thats why i feel like an idiot:lol

Ummm then click on a picture and it should spit out a pop up, then theres a save to my gallery option in bottom right...

 

[Ten-Song]

Fun with friends in the Forge:

We got the Elephant to remain in a constant state of being airborne, the ONLY way I could get it to stop was by ending the game, it just kept flying and flying and flying. I got a clip of it on my Bungie.net profile as well.

 

[Xdrive05]

Sweet, I'll add you right now if you want to get a few levels in.

What a great match! I uploaded the video of the Ark level we just played. Over an hour and half. It's number 5 on my bnet page HERE. Awesome, awesome stuff.