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GhaleonEB said:
What do they hold the third gun with?
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Probably just slap two guns in one hand, but I see where you were going with it and I'm offended that I'm seen as some kind of "turd monger" around these parts.
 
urk said:
but I see where you were going with it and I'm offended that I'm seen as some kind of "turd monger" around these parts.
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I apologize if I offended, but I couldn't figure out a clever way to involve your love of boxes/crates with triple wielding, so I had to fall back on your tag. Besides, I think Ghaleon was thinking more towards the front than my answer.
 
People don't realize how fragile and delicate my e-motions really are. I'm like a crystallized rose.
 
Wolffen said:
I apologize if I offended, but I couldn't figure out a clever way to involve your love of boxes/crates with triple wielding, so I had to fall back on your tag. Besides, I think Ghaleon was thinking more towards the front than my answer.
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Exactly. A different kind of man cannon altogether.
urk said:
People don't realize how fragile and delicate my e-motions really are. I'm like a crystallized rosebudded.
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Now it's getting weird in here.
 
The Fast Times at Sanghelli High
Play the role of adolescent Arbitor. INCLUDES ALL NEW GAME FEATURES AND WEAPONS. The Benzoyl Energy Sceptor, Red Bull Study Boost, and the Awkward Meter for Date Missions. Coming Spring 2009.

John: The Baptism
Play the role of the chief editor of young Master Chief's Baptism home video. Use amazing new features like the lens flare. Make sure the video is true HD though and not just upscaled from 241p. Coming Summer 2009

Cortana: The Beta Years
Play as Cortana's estranged friend in her sorority house of sorts. Cortana has just interfaced with your boyfriend and inheritance is expected. Get back at her by coding yourself into a bug free woman-intelligence. Find yourself and uphold the laws of Polymorphism in this exciting college adventrue. Coming Fall 2009.
 
WrikaWrek said:
Would be cool if it was a prequel, and we got to know more about the spartan program etc

It would be cool if it was like Alien, distress signal here, we go there to check what's up, 1st contact with the elites or something, blah whatever already sounds like a bad idea.

I'm waiting to be surprised.
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I'm hoping it's something like: The war's over. Where do we go from here?
 
If the episodic content includes coop who would complain? I would pay $20 for only one level as good as the 7th level (the climax of gaming evolution imo).

edit: $2.50 for another Cortana level....
 
tak said:
I hope the next Halo game is a Warthog racing gaming.
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Dude you can create your own in Forge. Actually Bungie should release maps that are designed specifically for warthog/mongoose racing. That would be Legendary.
 
Thought I'd toss in what Bungie said about the project when it was first announced.

Wingnut Interactive will be working closely with us to create “another chapter in the Halo universe,” which is a phrase you’ll be hearing a lot and of course, we’re sworn to secrecy.

This raises as many questions as it answers – will it be a sequel? A prequel? A side-story? We won’t squeal, but we can tell you it will be a blend of gameplay and storytelling quite unlike anything the games industry has ever seen before. And Wingnut Interactive isn’t stopping at Halo – the newly formed gaming behemoth will also be working closely with Microsoft to introduce a brand-new gaming IP created by Wingnut themselves.

Gasp! Does this mean Bungie is distracted from Halo 3? No. In fact the Bungie team, now bigger and better than ever, thunders on down the road to completing Halo 3 and will simply not deviate from that path. A few select team members have been chosen to liaise and interface with Wingnut Interactive and in fact, the sharing of ideas and technology with Wingnut Interactive and to some extent, WETA Digital, will likely bring creative benefits to Bungie as we complete our scheduled march to finish and release Halo 3 in 2007. Thanks to careful planning and good use of resources, these new projects have added not one single day to our schedule.
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Is it too much Halo? No. Believe us when we tell you that these projects will be spaced out sensibly and in fact, we’re sure you’ll be -blam!-ing soon enough that there’s too large a gap between them, but more importantly, we here at Bungie, our friends at Ensemble and our new partners Wingnut Interactive are doing everything in our care to ensure that Halo 3, Halo Wars and the unnamed Halo project live up to the promise and heritage of the universe we all love so much. It’s going to be incredible. We promise.
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I think we're doing that last part right now.

My pipe-dream vision is some kind of way to set up huge battles and then watch unfold via an interface similar to saved films, mixed with narrative.
 
Peter Jackson project to be a Rainbow Six-style tactical shooter that takes place during the events of Halo 2 and stars Janissary James as an elite operative, complete with awful Jersey sneaking missions and witty Durga banter.

MAKE IT HAPPEN, FRANKIE!

Sneaking missions always suck :(
 
I think it would be sweet to be dropped into serials set in totally different times. That comic in the Iris ARG introduced some really interesting background as did the terminals within Halo 3. It would be wild to see the Halo universe in small story chunks from all kinds of perspective. Help subdue the Hunters as part of an Elite Commando squad? Yes, please!
 
Cocopjojo said:
There is absolutely no way that would happen.

They haven't been working on this for months/a year to end up bundling it with some other game.

Besides, it's Halo; it would idiotic to bundle a Halo game with another Halo game, when you can be positive that people are going to buy them both regardless.
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Not the whole first episode. I am talking about the first half-hour so people get a feel for.
 
Wow. Just wow. The ending for Halo 3 is almost as bad as halo 2. Maybe even worse.

I mean you escape form the planet and then everything goes black. All of a sudden you just see a bunch of marines and the arbiter thanking all those who died and randomly the admiral tells the arbiter MC is dead. Like what the fuck?
 
urk said:
I think it would be sweet to be dropped into serials set in totally different times. That comic in the Iris ARG introduced some really interesting background as did the terminals within Halo 3. It would be wild to see the Halo universe in small story chunks from all kinds of perspective. Help subdue the Hunters as part of an Elite Commando squad? Yes, please!
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I'd love to see that. Set something back during the first and last battles the Forerunner had with the Flood. Hop to other battles happening in the Halo narrative we know, but were only implied or alluded to.
onemic said:
Wow. Just wow. The ending for Halo 3 is almost as bad as halo 2. Maybe even worse.
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Did you just:

1) Watch the credits all of the way through? If so, it's not nearly as bad.
2) Watch the Legendary ending after the credits? If so, then I agree.

Edit: okay, it's #1. Heed Stinkles' advice. :lol
 
GhaleonEB said:
I'd love to see that. Set something back during the first and last battles the Forerunner had with the Flood. Hop to other battles happening in the Halo narrative we know, but were only implied or alluded to.

Did you just:

1) Watch the credits all of the way through? If so, it's not nearly as bad.
2) Watch the Legendary ending after the credits? If so, then I agree.
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I played the game on normal. For some reason the game just sent me back to the main menu.....That is unless I accidentally pressed a button when the game ended.
 
onemic said:
Wow. Just wow. The ending for Halo 3 is almost as bad as halo 2. Maybe even worse.

I mean you escape form the planet and then everything goes black. All of a sudden you just see a bunch of marines and the arbiter thanking all those who died and randomly the admiral tells the arbiter MC is dead. Like what the fuck?
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Wacth past the credits.
 
onemic said:
Wow. Just wow. The ending for Halo 3 is almost as bad as halo 2. Maybe even worse.

I mean you escape form the planet and then everything goes black. All of a sudden you just see a bunch of marines and the arbiter thanking all those who died and randomly the admiral tells the arbiter MC is dead. Like what the fuck?
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I just finished Halo 1, and it was way worse than I thought it was. Horrible ending. Terrible.
You land on the beach, get to the map room, Cortana yells at you to go and that's it? WTF?

In other words, watch after the credits.

Cocopjojo said:
I agree, I think Halo 3's ending should stay as the end, done and dusted.

Too bad Bungie didn't agree.

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Halo 4: Dark Planetoid Rising

BELIEVE.

AGAIN.
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My pipedream is that Bungie was just leaving that to give fans something to think about, and they aren't making any Halo games.
 
the disgruntled gamer said:
My pipedream is that Bungie was just leaving that to give fans something to think about, and they aren't making any Halo games.
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This is very tangental.

I was actually hoping that Bungie killed off the Chief, partly to truly cap his story but also to prevent Microsoft from making another Halo title with him in it. A kind of parting shot to make sure MS can't poison their series with a shit sequel starring Bungie's iconic character. This is part of the reason that I disliked the Legendary ending - it leaves the door wide open for Microsoft to crank out another. Microsoft wanted the IP for a reason, and I suspect that's it - Halo 4 for the launch of the next system. If Bungie makes another Halo title with the Chief, I'll be disappointed, as I want to see a new IP from them. I'd still buy it of course, because I'm a fan of Bungie, and I'd rather they do it than Studio XYZ from Microsoft. But it's one more reason why the lack of closure irks me.
 
onemic said:
Wow. Just wow. The ending for Halo 3 is almost as bad as halo 2. Maybe even worse.

I mean you escape form the planet and then everything goes black. All of a sudden you just see a bunch of marines and the arbiter thanking all those who died and randomly the admiral tells the arbiter MC is dead. Like what the fuck?
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The after the credits the rest of the ending shows up.

IMO one of the coolest endings i've seen yet.
 
GhaleonEB said:
This is very tangental.

I was actually hoping that Bungie killed off the Chief, partly to truly cap his story but also to prevent Microsoft from making another Halo title with him in it. A kind of parting shot to make sure MS can't poison their series with a shit sequel starring Bungie's iconic character. This is part of the reason that I disliked the Legendary ending - it leaves the door wide open for Microsoft to crank out another. Microsoft wanted the IP for a reason, and I suspect that's it - Halo 4 for the launch of the next system. If Bungie makes another Halo title with the Chief, I'll be disappointed, as I want to see a new IP from them. I'd still buy it of course, because I'm a fan of Bungie, and I'd rather they do it than Studio XYZ from Microsoft. But it's one more reason why the lack of closure irks me.
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Relax. With all the development time and new hardware they are putting in their next console the chances of any development studio fucking up the next Halo game are minimal. Not even Gerrilla Games could screw the next Halo.
 
the disgruntled gamer said:
My pipedream is that Bungie was just leaving that to give fans something to think about, and they aren't making any Halo games.
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the disgruntled gamer said:
give fans something to think about
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The majority of the games fans are those of typical XBL shitness.

Edit: I demand a podcast.

Also, I don't like the open ended ending :( I want to know what's on that planet!
 
GhaleonEB said:
This is very tangental.

I was actually hoping that Bungie killed off the Chief, partly to truly cap his story [... ]the lack of closure irks me.
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In all honesty, I don't really mind the lack of closure to Master Chief's story. To me Master Chief himself does not really play a role in Halo's story; instead, the story I care about comes from the events that surround him (The Forerunners, The Flood, etc...), he is just a vessel to view and learn about the events in Halo. I realize this might sound crazy, but to me it makes sense.

Basically, I don't care about how Master Chief is feeling, I care about what is going to be found on the
planet
. Personally, I hope we find a bunch of racing tracks for Warthogs. That would be awesome.
 
tak said:
In all honesty, I don't really mind the lack of closure to Master Chief's story. To me Master Chief himself does not really play a role in Halo's story; instead, the story I care about comes from the events that surround him (The Forerunners, The Flood, etc...), he is just a vessel to view and learn about the events in Halo. I realize this might sound crazy, but to me it makes sense.

Basically, I don't care about how Master Chief is feeling, I care about what is going to be found on the
planet
. Personally, I hope we find a bunch of racing tracks for Warthogs. That would be awesome.
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Bear in mind, I'm talking about the Legendary tack-on. Regular ending is pretty good, the latter half especially.
 
alexh said:
The Fast Times at Sanghelli High
Play the role of adolescent Arbitor. INCLUDES ALL NEW GAME FEATURES AND WEAPONS. The Benzoyl Energy Sceptor, Red Bull Study Boost, and the Awkward Meter for Date Missions. Coming Spring 2009.

John: The Baptism
Play the role of the chief editor of young Master Chief's Baptism home video. Use amazing new features like the lens flare. Make sure the video is true HD though and not just upscaled from 241p. Coming Summer 2009

Cortana: The Beta Years
Play as Cortana's estranged friend in her sorority house of sorts. Cortana has just interfaced with your boyfriend and inheritance is expected. Get back at her by coding yourself into a bug free woman-intelligence. Find yourself and uphold the laws of Polymorphism in this exciting college adventrue. Coming Fall 2009.
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:lol :lol Wow, dude. That was awesome.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Bear in mind, I'm talking about the Legendary tack-on. Regular ending is pretty good, the latter half especially.
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Yeah, I just don't get it, dude. They actually put the Chief back in the cryo-chamber, so as to end it the way it began. Brilliant. And perfect. And then they're like, "meh, forget that," and they tack on another ending that allows for the Chief to have another grand adventure.

I have high hopes for the PJ project. No one's been able to make episodic content work yet, but if anyone can do it, it'll be Bungie. With epic budgets and PJ (pretty much the king of epic) they'll be able to do it. And even though folks didn't like Halo 3 for certain reasons (broken melee, campaign needs more epic, etc.), no one can ignore the polish that it had - saved films, Forge, and most important the GUI - pressing X to party up after games, the party system itself (locking a party, invite-only, max party size)... I could go on and on about the features that Bungie has had in Halo 2 and Halo 3. And it's taken the rest of the industry years to finally begin to start catching up.

Ugh. I think I'm actually starting to become genuinely interested in news on this project. I had hoped I would make it a bit longer.
 
Cocopjojo said:
Yeah, I just don't get it, dude. They actually put the Chief back in the cryo-chamber, so as to end it the way it began. Brilliant. And perfect. And then they're like, "meh, forget that," and they tack on another ending that allows for the Chief to have another grand adventure.

I have high hopes for the PJ project. No one's been able to make episodic content work yet, but if anyone can do it, it'll be Bungie. With epic budgets and PJ (pretty much the king of epic) they'll be able to do it. And even though folks didn't like Halo 3 for certain reasons (broken melee, campaign needs more epic, etc.), no one can ignore the polish that it had - saved films, Forge, and most important the GUI - pressing X to party up after games, the party system itself (locking a party, invite-only, max party size)... I could go on and on about the features that Bungie has had in Halo 2 and Halo 3. And it's taken the rest of the industry years to finally begin to start catching up.

Ugh. I think I'm actually starting to become genuinely interested in news on this project. I had hoped I would make it a bit longer.
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Couldn't agree more. And let's not forget how incrediblely awesome the Bungie.net/Halo 3 integration is.

+Bungie Favorites loaded right into the game's menu instead of having to go on Bnet
+File Share option to share your images, maps, videos, etc..
+Tagging something for download straight to your console just by signing into Bnet

I'm sure we'll hear something regarding the PJ project at GDC 08
PLEASE GOD
.
 
Cap7ain Blood said:
there hasn't been any PJ project news since its announcement has there?
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No, and there is no hint as to when they will next talk about it. However, it would be logical to assume if it is going to be released this year they'll talk about it at one of the big gaming events (GDC, E3, or a Microsoft conference).
 
I'm posting to report an incident of cheating!

TGS (Team Gay Subtext: BBash, Thermite, And SpudBud) decided to return to Halo 3. Our first match (Shotty Snipers on The Pit) was normal until half way in when the other team disappeared! Upon watching the saved film we found they pushed themselves under some stairs when they were a point above! They won the match.

Their Gamertags were:

CrazedDX
meatpacker69
DARIEN FOXXx


http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=meatpacker69
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=Crazed+Dx
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=DARIEN+FOXXx



The saved film is here: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=16471692


Can I has Ninja tiem plz?
 
Buttonbasher said:
I'm posting to report an incident of cheating!

TGS (Team Gay Subtext: BBash, Thermite, And SpudBud) decided to return to Halo 3. Our first match (Shotty Snipers on The Pit) was normal until half way in when the other team disappeared! Upon watching the saved film we found they pushed themselves under some stairs when they were a point above! They won the match.

Their Gamertags were:

CrazedDX
meatpacker69
DARIEN FOXXx


http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=meatpacker69
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=Crazed+Dx
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=DARIEN+FOXXx



The saved film is here: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=16471692


Can I has Ninja tiem plz?
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Yeah, that has been happening a lot in team doubles. The first time it happens to you it is lame, but once you know where they hide it's easy to kill them, they cannot really do much under there.
 
LukeSmith said:
You guyz are way too good. Eric WK, Nutter, Ramirez and Trasher > all.
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Skills aside, how about just for some fun sake. :p

p.s I guess this is more of a live question in general.

But at what point should I start to worry about my rep being really low?
Pre Halo it was 95% preffered, now its 39% :(
 
Cocopjojo said:
Yeah, I just don't get it, dude. They actually put the Chief back in the cryo-chamber, so as to end it the way it began. Brilliant. And perfect. And then they're like, "meh, forget that," and they tack on another ending that allows for the Chief to have another grand adventure.
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The regular ending is beautiful in its execution, tone, setting and in how it brings the trilogy full circle. The Legendary ending is a cocktease. I prefer the former. :p

But enough about that. It's a nitpick.
 
Buttonbasher said:
I'm posting to report an incident of cheating!

TGS (Team Gay Subtext: BBash, Thermite, And SpudBud) decided to return to Halo 3. Our first match (Shotty Snipers on The Pit) was normal until half way in when the other team disappeared! Upon watching the saved film we found they pushed themselves under some stairs when they were a point above! They won the match.

Their Gamertags were:

CrazedDX
meatpacker69
DARIEN FOXXx


http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=meatpacker69
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=Crazed+Dx
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=DARIEN+FOXXx



The saved film is here: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=16471692


Can I has Ninja tiem plz?
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Ironically, "Darien Fox" was the name of the Invisible Man on that single season Sci-Fi Channel show a few years back.
 
So, on the subject of the next Halo branded products we will see, who here is excited for Halo Wars?

Personally, I used to be a huge RTS nerd in high school, but I switched over to FPS games when my friends started getting deep into Quake 2 CTF and Q3: Urban Terror. I'm hoping this will provide me with motivation to explore the genre I have abandoned.

The game takes place 14 years after the Spartan-II program started, so I'm curious how the Spartan-II program will fit into the story. I hope we will get to play with some new UNSC and Covenant vehicles in the game, and I hope we will see the Forerunners integrated into the story. Also, the majority of modern day RTS games have more then two playable races, so I'm wondering if Forerunners technology will be the 3rd playable race.
 
Cap7ain Blood said:
that hiding under the stairs business happened a crazy amount during the zombies playlist I really haven't seen it since
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Yeah, the use has declined, but I've still seen it used once in awhile. I think most people have learned it's not really an effective tactic when your opponent knows how it works.
 
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