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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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Nice shot, skull. (that sounded odd)
Time has put up their top ten lists for the year, and rated Halo 3 the best game of the year.
Time has put up their top ten lists for the year, and rated Halo 3 the best game of the year.
Congrats, Bungie.
Mr Vociferous
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We'll see what happens. I've been mulling over the H2 prima guide's section on the maps lately since the announcement of foundry. There's gotta be some glory which can be culled. Midship'll be a bitch to make, not anywhere as easy as Warlock. I think the best map to come out of foundry won't be a remake or the original default setup - it'll be something new.BladedExpert said:
That's pretty cool if someone really did get their hands on the maps early.
Was the "Afterthoughts" article from Jan 08's EGM (pg 52) posted here yet? Here are a few things i found interesting:
- "the Trip Mine... It was [potentially] a really powerful griefing tool for betraying your teammates, so we had to water it down... it never worked right. We're not really happy with that piece of equipment"
- Piece of equipment called "Vortex" was cut which sounded really badass. It was deployed like the energy drainer (thrown in front of a player) creating a mini-black-hole or magnetic field. It would suck in any object or projectile within range (including other players!). It was cut because it's too "expensive" from networking and performance standpoint.
- They are "paying attention to" the Mauler melee combo. quote from Tyson Green: "I could certainly see us looking at [multiplayer] and saying "Y'know, we should dial back the Maulers."
- "the Trip Mine... It was [potentially] a really powerful griefing tool for betraying your teammates, so we had to water it down... it never worked right. We're not really happy with that piece of equipment"
- Piece of equipment called "Vortex" was cut which sounded really badass. It was deployed like the energy drainer (thrown in front of a player) creating a mini-black-hole or magnetic field. It would suck in any object or projectile within range (including other players!). It was cut because it's too "expensive" from networking and performance standpoint.
- They are "paying attention to" the Mauler melee combo. quote from Tyson Green: "I could certainly see us looking at [multiplayer] and saying "Y'know, we should dial back the Maulers."
Mr Vociferous
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Apart from it not working within the fiction of the universe's properties, that idea would create some exploitable avenues that are not preferred. I could run at you headlong and drop the trip mine under my own feet - an action with replete 'reward' but hardly any 'risk,' since damage from the item would not affect me or my teammates in a serious way.radjago said:
The trip mine was a difficult piece of equipment to dial in, but to be honest, there's a small portion of equipment that I don't find useful anyways. Some like the bubble shield and the power drainer are brilliant, while the flare is a waste of my time.
Diablohead
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The flare causes more problems then good, normally you blind yourself and your team too. Also if you are using a BR you can basicly keep track of the enemy with the huge red name that appears when you aim at their location.
The Lamonster
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Good, cause you'll never get me to stop eating White Castles.urk said:
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I've decided that after the bullshit that CoD4 makes me go through, I've come back home to Halo 3. I just got back from Toy's R Us with a 1600 point card for these new maps. I've been there day and date for all new Halo 2 maps and I'm not going to miss these. I'm still getting my skills back in Halo 3, but I'll still put the smack down on the vast majority.
kirbybreezy
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so....this has probably already been brought up countless times before but.
PLASMA GRENADE DODGEBALL ON FOUNDRY.
why is no one talking about this?
PLASMA GRENADE DODGEBALL ON FOUNDRY.
why is no one talking about this?
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Deleted member 21120
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Oh, we will. I see great things coming from Foundry (as long as it isn't gimped by the budget or something like that).
electricpirate
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Pastrami, on a sub, with cheese?
Might as well add mayonaise to that unholy concoction.
Gratz bungie on the GoTY award, I'm sure there will be more.
Might as well add mayonaise to that unholy concoction.
Gratz bungie on the GoTY award, I'm sure there will be more.
a Master Ninja
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So I just watched the RvB video and got hyped for the new maps, but what the hell is with Caboose's voice? I haven't kept up with the series, but did the original guy leave or something?
hey those new maps are kind of fun
remo and i just took a little over three dozen screens of them, in case anyone is interested:
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50306
working up impressions now. short answer: fun. long answer: fuuuuuuuuuuuun
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Rat's Nest
Standoff
Foundry
Foundry (Emptied via Forge)
remo and i just took a little over three dozen screens of them, in case anyone is interested:
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50306
working up impressions now. short answer: fun. long answer: fuuuuuuuuuuuun
(i haven't slept much, sorry)
Rat's Nest
Standoff
Foundry
Foundry (Emptied via Forge)
MaizeRage25
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Christ, I'm an idiot.
I thought they were coming out at 5 (est) in the afternoon. I better get to sleep so I can wake-up at 5 to download them and play a couple matches before my final.
I thought they were coming out at 5 (est) in the afternoon. I better get to sleep so I can wake-up at 5 to download them and play a couple matches before my final.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Dammit I didn't want to stay awake, but something woke me up, now I have problems going to sleep. I t seems like I will wait for a couple hours and if they don't show up until 2:30 I will just go back to bed. I will not be fooled into waiting awake until 5:00 PM of the next day like I did for the beta.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Sean said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Thanks BuddyC, those screens look great.
I'm liking all three maps, they look much more interesting than the ones that shipped on the retail disk. I'm still not completely sure how Rat's Nest plays though. I know there's a track around the map which sounds cool, but I hope we get more details on the middle section and on-foot gameplay.
I'm liking all three maps, they look much more interesting than the ones that shipped on the retail disk. I'm still not completely sure how Rat's Nest plays though. I know there's a track around the map which sounds cool, but I hope we get more details on the middle section and on-foot gameplay.
Chris Remo
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BuddyC and I wrote up our impressions of each map, here you go:
http://blog.shacknews.com/blogarticle.x/50307
http://blog.shacknews.com/blogarticle.x/50307
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
I don't get it really, I mean do they just don't want the game to be played that way or what? There are maulers everywhere so people can't complain to not have the means to counter a mauler meele combo. I use it a lot, 228 kills with the mauler and 1656 meele kills. This is going to force me to rethink my strategy.RPS37 said:
Downloading now. 487.18 MB.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
5%
Wow, its going so fast. MS really busted out its best servers for this one.
Wow, its going so fast. MS really busted out its best servers for this one.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Ok, you are a really good player from what I understand, whats your argument for the mauler to not be in the game?Ramirez said:
probably will go up in the morning around 9am pacific when bungie gets in to work or something.
initial solo impressions:
standoff: pretty. and larger outside then I was expecting
rats nest: that is one big level. lots of driving room. and the bases are sufficently maze-like.
foundry: surprisingly not as diverse as I thought it would be but can definitely see the forge potential.
now off to bed. won't be able play matches with anyone until I get home from work tomorrow :-(
initial solo impressions:
standoff: pretty. and larger outside then I was expecting
rats nest: that is one big level. lots of driving room. and the bases are sufficently maze-like.
foundry: surprisingly not as diverse as I thought it would be but can definitely see the forge potential.
now off to bed. won't be able play matches with anyone until I get home from work tomorrow :-(
Deputy Moonman
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Im really disliking school right now. I have a dynamics final in the morning and I'm pulling an all nighter to study for it. I just needed to take a break to wake up. I wish I had power at my place. Maybe I could download the maps and get a few games in. However, most of where live has no power due to a massive ice storm we had over the weekend.
thirtytwoutside
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CougRon said:
I would think that for something like this, they'd go into the playlists immediately. I just played a few games in Lone Wolves and none of the new maps turned up, though. Oh well.
I don't mind it, but it seems far too frequent in maps like High Ground and Narrows.Ramirez said:
It is overpowered, but that can be counterbalanced by placing few of them on a map, or at least, at a lower spawn count.
Maps downloading now. I'm at 59% -- going quite fast. Heading straight into Standoff. Looks magnificent!
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
The maps are cool. I played 3 TS games in hopes to get a game on them but I had no luck. After that I've been messing with them on Forge. I cannot get to the damn Pelican on Rat's Nest due to a stupid invisible wall. Other than that, A+ at least from a graphical point of view. I will see how they play later when more people have them.
Diablohead
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The problem is that the way the game handles close range combat, you can take down someones shield with an AR but if he has a mauler he will win every time close range even if you have full shield and he does not, means the weapon is too one sided on small maps like guardian.godhandiscen said:
*edit* Downloading the maps, holy nearly 500 meg!?
Messed with all three maps a bit ago:
I viewed each map as it stands from a Slayer standpoint and a CTF view. I think Rat's Nest and Standoff will be magnificent CTF and Slayer maps. I think the "feel" is amazing. Although I have one complaint of Rat's Nest: it felt like there is too many current equipment displayed. I believe there's four on each side. In the middle (near the Hammer) there's two Grav lifts (for each team, presumably), but they're basically 10 feet apart. :\
I can't wait for the playlist update to hit, but Forge will definitely hold me over until then. Foundry, itself, is a decent map. But the new additions of Forge to it are outstanding. You can do tons of things with the new blocks and stairs.
I viewed each map as it stands from a Slayer standpoint and a CTF view. I think Rat's Nest and Standoff will be magnificent CTF and Slayer maps. I think the "feel" is amazing. Although I have one complaint of Rat's Nest: it felt like there is too many current equipment displayed. I believe there's four on each side. In the middle (near the Hammer) there's two Grav lifts (for each team, presumably), but they're basically 10 feet apart. :\
I can't wait for the playlist update to hit, but Forge will definitely hold me over until then. Foundry, itself, is a decent map. But the new additions of Forge to it are outstanding. You can do tons of things with the new blocks and stairs.
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