Halo3: The Thread

Since 6758 Days

Posted by Acert93

Serious Question: How many enemies are on the first level of Halo 1?

Anyone want to count?

Because a Halo 3 battle is supposed to have that many enemies/allies fighting in a single battle in Halo 3 -- not on a level, but in a battle. Which would indicate to me "on screen or immediate proximity".

I'll count next time i play the game but i do know that there is ALOT!

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RAZurrection

Since 6886 Days

Yeah, it's probably between 50-100 for TPoA

Here's a comment from the IMAX showing near the end of Tsavo Highway

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=124...

The group arrives at the Sergeant's location, and is ready to kick some ass when suddenly the situation becomes all too clear. Dozens and dozens of characters roam the canyon below, with a marine encampment up and to the left of the highway, completely surrounded by four or five Brute packs

....

This was short-lived, however, as three more Phantoms arrived and, literally, there were Brutes flowing out of them, as if someone had just turned on a giant fountain of hurt and pain. When all was said and done, there must've been at least another 30 Brutes added to the fray.

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dcdelgado

Since 6874 Days

Another video of the presentation this time from GS with allot more talking.

You can watch the stream or if your a member you can download it.

<4b85>http://uk.gamespot.com/video/926632/6177801/videoplayerpop?

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GriftGFX

Since 7014 Days

I'm glad they've allotted more time for talking ;)

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Optimusv2

Since 6906 Days

Comment from Turok developer that was at X07

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18501...

Yeah, so today was the day - Toronto, Microsoft, a boatload of publishers and 360 games up the wazoo. If you weren't here, you should have been. I was demoing Turok (met El Nino, wassup dude) and actually got a chance to see some of the other titles coming up. At least, I did until the power went out - some assclown hit a pole or something down the street and knocked out electricity for the entire block.

So I drank Red Bull and vodkas for a couple of hours while we waited for things to get going again. Full marks to the MS crew for keeping everything on the up and up during the downtime.

quick two-second writeups:

NHL '08 - worth the score it got from EGM, holy shit EA well done
NHL 2K8 - graphics aren't as good as EA's effort, but gameplay? tight as hell
Halo 3 - WOW WOW WOW WOW is that single player? WOW WOW WOW WOW
Smackdown vs Raw 08 - same ol' same ol' (now with JEFF HARDY!!)
PGR four - driving with the cars looked niiiiiiiiice, but the motorbikes don't quite fit as of yet
Turok - game of the show, yup
Tony Hawk - looks like Neversoft is ready to answer Skate's challenge, but my mom says I'm not allowed to play skateboard games anymore, so no hands on impressions, sorry
Simpsons - you need to see this game in motion, it's the cartoon come to life. I'll buy it on day one despite the wonky targeting, it looks *that* good

There's more, but my voice is fucking gone thanks to the crowds who were checking out Turok, I can't believe how much great feedback the game got today. I gotta get some rest.

All in all, the Xbox 360's lineup this holiday and through next year is absolutely batshit insane with quality. It should be illegal to have this many heavy hitters in this short amount of time, but I'm not complaining. I'm not gushing for the sake of, the games coming down the pipe are really that damn good.

Thumbs way, waaaaaaaaaay up to MS for an awesome event. Glad I came out.

yeah, I was joking with the PR reps that I saw Kaz running down the street leaving an exploded power transformer behind :P

As far as Halo 3 goes, what can I say? The folks who were bitching about it being "Halo 2 in HD" are going to be eating a bit of crow in couple of weeks. It actually pumped me up a bit, knowing the competition that's coming up, but I'll be lining up to get a copy on release - and that's coming from a guy who wasn't all that chuffed about Halo 2. What I played today made me a believer. Fact.

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Comment from Turok developer that was at X07

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=185014

[quote]Yeah, so today was the day - Toronto, Microsoft, a boatload of publishers and 360 games up the wazoo. If you weren't here, you should have been. I was demoing Turok (met El Nino, wassup dude) and actually got a chance to see some of the other titles coming up. At least, I did until the power went out - some assclown hit a pole or something down the street and knocked out electricity for the entire block.

So I drank Red Bull and vodkas for a couple of hours while we waited for things to get going again. Full marks to the MS crew for keeping everything on the up and up during the downtime.

quick two-second writeups:

NHL '08 - worth the score it got from EGM, holy shit EA well done
NHL 2K8 - graphics aren't as good as EA's effort, but gameplay? tight as hell
[b]Halo 3 - WOW WOW WOW WOW is that single player? WOW WOW WOW WOW[/b]
Smackdown vs Raw 08 - same ol' same ol' (now with JEFF HARDY!!)
PGR four - driving with the cars looked niiiiiiiiice, but the motorbikes don't quite fit as of yet
Turok - game of the show, yup
Tony Hawk - looks like Neversoft is ready to answer Skate's challenge, but my mom says I'm not allowed to play skateboard games anymore, so no hands on impressions, sorry
Simpsons - you need to see this game in motion, it's the cartoon come to life. I'll buy it on day one despite the wonky targeting, it looks *that* good

There's more, but my voice is fucking gone thanks to the crowds who were checking out Turok, I can't believe how much great feedback the game got today. I gotta get some rest.

All in all, the Xbox 360's lineup this holiday and through next year is absolutely batshit insane with quality. It should be illegal to have this many heavy hitters in this short amount of time, but I'm not complaining. I'm not gushing for the sake of, the games coming down the pipe are really that damn good.

Thumbs way, waaaaaaaaaay up to MS for an awesome event. Glad I came out.[/quote]

[quote]yeah, I was joking with the PR reps that I saw Kaz running down the street leaving an exploded power transformer behind :P

As far as Halo 3 goes, what can I say? The folks who were bitching about it being "Halo 2 in HD" are going to be eating a bit of crow in couple of weeks. It actually pumped me up a bit, knowing the competition that's coming up, but I'll be lining up to get a copy on release - and that's coming from a guy who wasn't all that chuffed about Halo 2. What I played today made me a believer. Fact. [/quote]

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

October 20th 2007 (A good day)

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic gay-ming monthly! amirite

dcdelgado

Since 6874 Days

So he liked it then? ;p

Ohh and Halo 3 Goes Gold!!!

Three years in the making by renowned developer Bungie Studios, “Halo 3” is now finished and will begin its journey to store shelves around the world in less than four weeks. “Halo 3,” which has already set new records as the fastest preordered game in history, has exceeded one million presales in North America alone. The title is set to shatter day-one entertainment sales records when it is released worldwide beginning Tuesday, Sept. 25.

“This is a huge milestone for us and a big cause for celebration at Bungie and Microsoft Game Studios,” said Harold Ryan, Studio Head at Bungie Studios. “This is the game we’ve always wanted to make and certainly the best game our studio has developed. We can’t wait for gamers to get their hands on it on Sept. 25.”

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/14371/Halo-3-Goes-Go...

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Myro

Since 6942 Days

Fuck yeah cant wait for this game!

Cant believe its been 3 years! feels like its been 20!

Now the longest wait begins...28 long painfully slow days...

Apparently the Brute did actually say "fucking Human". They've been talking about it over at Bungie.

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=125...

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dcdelgado

Since 6874 Days

Quotes:

Bungie's Lars Bakken created a new mode called Rocket Race that started off laugh-out-loud ridiculous but ended up so awesome we're hoping it'll be an included game type when the game ships

Bakken was busy on his own Xbox 360, setting up Rocket Race for us on Sandtrap, a wide-open, vehicle-oriented stage set in the desert. The idea is this: There are five teams of two, where one teammate is a VIP that the other must escort to certain objective points to score. Everyone has rocket launchers, and we all spawn together, near a fleet of two-man Mongoose ATVs. Bakken pictured each team running to a Mongoose (which the VIP can't drive -- he can only be the passenger in back), taking off, and firing rockets at the other duos in an attempt to prevent them from scoring.

Only one problem. When 10 players spawn together with rocket launchers, they tend to fire first and look for rides later. It was a total mess for about five minutes: spawn, boom, spawn, boom...no one really made it to a Mongoose to play the mode properly, so no one scored. But the explosive chaos was still hilarious to witness and play. Bakken decided we needed some rocket resistance, so we restarted the match with 300 percent health. That worked...for a bit. While the players were able to live long enough to drive away in Mongooses (we decided "Mongeese" sounds too ridiculous), it only took the lead team less than a minute to hit all four checkpoints to win the game. Again, Bakken needed to adjust a few things. He went back into Forge and added several more scoring markers.

In the evening's final iteration of Rocket Race, we weren't dying 0.5 seconds after spawning in, and the dozen or so objective markers were spread throughout Sandtrap enough to make it anyone's game. Rockets flew, Mongooses flipped, last-moment scoring blocks happened at every stop...what started as a frantic mess of a mode turned into a frantic good time after a few tweaks in the Forge settings.

Rest:

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3162410

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Quotes:

Bungie's Lars Bakken created a new mode called Rocket Race that started off laugh-out-loud ridiculous but ended up so awesome we're hoping it'll be an included game type when the game ships

Bakken was busy on his own Xbox 360, setting up Rocket Race for us on Sandtrap, a wide-open, vehicle-oriented stage set in the desert. The idea is this: There are five teams of two, where one teammate is a VIP that the other must escort to certain objective points to score. Everyone has rocket launchers, and we all spawn together, near a fleet of two-man Mongoose ATVs. Bakken pictured each team running to a Mongoose (which the VIP can't drive -- he can only be the passenger in back), taking off, and firing rockets at the other duos in an attempt to prevent them from scoring.

Only one problem. When 10 players spawn together with rocket launchers, they tend to fire first and look for rides later. It was a total mess for about five minutes: spawn, boom, spawn, boom...no one really made it to a Mongoose to play the mode properly, so no one scored. But the explosive chaos was still hilarious to witness and play. Bakken decided we needed some rocket resistance, so we restarted the match with 300 percent health. That worked...for a bit. While the players were able to live long enough to drive away in Mongooses (we decided "Mongeese" sounds too ridiculous), it only took the lead team less than a minute to hit all four checkpoints to win the game. Again, Bakken needed to adjust a few things. He went back into Forge and added several more scoring markers.

In the evening's final iteration of Rocket Race, we weren't dying 0.5 seconds after spawning in, and the dozen or so objective markers were spread throughout Sandtrap enough to make it anyone's game. Rockets flew, Mongooses flipped, last-moment scoring blocks happened at every stop...what started as a frantic mess of a mode turned into a frantic good time after a few tweaks in the Forge settings.

Rest:

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3162410

Mass Effect - Nov 07 - Start the Fight!!!

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Jin187

Since 6758 Days

28 days will feel like 28 years as far as i'm concerned!

Posted by Myro

Apparently the Brute did actually say "fucking Human". They've been talking about it over at Bungie.

Hmmm... seems a bit strange for Aliens to be using profanity, doesnt quite seem right.

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Myro

Since 6942 Days

Posted by Jin187

28 days will feel like 28 years as far as i'm concerned!

Hmmm... seems a bit strange for Aliens to be using profanity, doesnt quite seem right.

Yup, perfectly normal to commit genocide but swearing? God forbit!

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Ronsauce

Since 6999 Days

If they're already speaking English, I don't see why profanity is any more out of place.

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Jin187

Since 6758 Days

Soldiers swearing, thats fine but with the aliens hmm.... I dunno, it just doesnt seem to fit imo

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Ronsauce

Since 6999 Days

English-speaking aliens using profanity in English makes a lot more sense than English-speaking aliens using profanity in some alien language.

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Myro

Since 6942 Days

Human glornaks, we will rip off your ninaas and feed them to your children.

Yup, doesn't sound right :\

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deftangel

Since 6882 Days

Posted by Myro

Apparently the Brute did actually say "fucking Human". They've been talking about it over at Bungie.

I'm pretty sure the guy will have mis-heard as I hadn't seen anything like that and it'd be out of character for the series, I'll double check tomorrow. Fortunately it shouldn't be a problem, you can say "F***" at 15 thank god!

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GriftGFX

Since 7014 Days

Posted by Ronsauce

English-speaking aliens using profanity in English makes a lot more sense than English-speaking aliens using profanity in some alien language.

I agree. English speaking aliens just doesn't make sense though, is what it comes right down to.. but this isn't "hard science fiction" so it should hardly matter.

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szaromir

Since 6770 Days

Mjolnir is equiped with a Covenant->English translator :)

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dcdelgado

Since 6874 Days

Halo 3 spurs Fox in to action

Thursday 30-Aug-2007 10:30 AM First two seasons of Family Guy coming to Xbox Live arcade - 20th Century Fox's first release on Microsoft's box.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?i...

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GriftGFX

Since 7014 Days

Posted by szaromir

Mjolnir is equiped with a Covenant->English translator :)

Well, it's well known that the Covenant know English anyway.. and it's really not a big deal that they do. A bit strange that they might speak it openly on the battlefield, but we all know that English has a future as "Galactic Basic" anyway.

I think it's really not a big deal regardless.. it's not hard science fiction.. and it's not trying to be, so why would they fall into line with those sort of rules.

Posted by dcdelgado

I really am having a hard time seeing what this has to do with Halo 3.. I know it's in the CVG headline, but I still don't get it. Also.. XBLA? I think it's the Video Marketplace.

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dcdelgado

Since 6874 Days

Well its part Halo3 related :P, also i did not want to start a new thread for this, and i posted it because i'm a die hard Family Guy fan :).

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GriftGFX

Since 7014 Days

Posted by dcdelgado

Well its part Halo3 related :P

Only via wild speculation on CVG's part.

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dcdelgado

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Posted by GriftGFX

Only via wild speculation on CVG's part.

I blame CVG!!

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GriftGFX

Since 7014 Days

Well Fox did play connect the dots with Halo too, so I guess it's really no one's fault. I just think it's a bit ridiculous. It's like they're saying, "Hey you like Halo? DOWNLOAD FAMILY GUY!" But anyway, let's talk about Halo again. :)

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szaromir

Since 6770 Days

Posted by GriftGFX

Well, it's well known that the Covenant know English anyway.

Not really, just read Halo Uprising.

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GriftGFX

Since 7014 Days

Posted by szaromir

Not really, just read Halo Uprising.

In orbit around the remains of the colony world was a single alien starship, which proceeded to attack the battle group, destroying both the Arabia and Vostok and badly damaging the Heracles. Intercepted communications identified the alien enemy later known as the Covenant. The message "Your destruction is the will of the Gods... and we are their instrument" was broadcast to the UNSC fleet in perfect Standard English.

The explanation for why they speak English is really irrelevant, since Halo is anything but hard science fiction and the concept of universal translation just exists as an easy way out. How do we know the Covenant language so well, in such a short period of time, that we should be able to perfectly translate it, anyway?

Master Chief has a babel fish in his ear.. is an equally good explanation.

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