Halo 3.

[Indiglo]

So they have the AR and BR?

[WhatsHisFace]

All I care about is the Assault Rifle and the scoped pistol! :D

[블라스]

Yeah, Halo 3 NEEDS to have the pistol from the first game.

[Master Chief]

I'm really digging the Halo 1-style environments. :D

Yeah. But other than that, an overwhelming sense of meh. :(

[WhatsHisFace]

Yeah. But other than that, an overwhelming sense of meh. :(
WWWRRROOOOOOOOONNNGGG!!!

I think it looks very beautiful.

[Extromaniac]

I want to buy this game, but so far I haven't even really checked up that much on it. I've looked at the Friday Updates now and again.. but I haven't really seen any articles or really looked for any.

So, my point being, anything new and exciting?

[WhatsHisFace]

Not anything substantial. :(

[Extromaniac]

Ah. That's sort of disappointing. Though, the AR being back is a god-send in itself.

[Extromaniac]

[edit out]

[Wes Janson 24]

here's hoping it's good.

[WhatsHisFace]

here's hoping it's good.
It will be. Bungie can make the game they need to now, since they have eight times the RAM they used to have and much more computational power.

[Extromaniac]

You know what I would like to see? The actual use of cover in this game. I don't think there was any point to cover besides running behind it to reload and then run back out only to find that you're staring down the barrel of someone's shotgun.

[WhatsHisFace]

That's not what Halo's about though. I mean, it's cool to see people taking cover when they do in MP games, but Halo's got power-ups, super-weapons, rocket-jumping, etc. It's not a Counter-Strike type game where you die all the time and need to duck for your life.

If they do implement cover, it needs to be absolutely nothing like Perfect Dark Zero's.

[Extromaniac]

That's not what Halo's about though. I mean, it's cool to see people taking cover when they do in MP games, but Halo's got power-ups, super-weapons, rocket-jumping, etc. It's not a Counter-Strike type game where you die all the time and need to duck for your life.

If they do implement cover, it needs to be absolutely nothing like Perfect Dark Zero's.

I don't know, I just think there should be cover or shouldn't be. Or at least have a real purpose of cover besides making you much more vulnerable than you would be if you tried dodging the rocket, bullets, whatever.

If there's cover, it should be something plausible that you can use without having your only way of movement be in the line of fire.

[WhatsHisFace]

You can just run behind columns and stuff when you're being shot at. Just because it doesn't go into third person with you back against the wall doesn't mean it's not effective cover.

[Extromaniac]

You can just run behind columns and stuff when you're being shot at. Just because it doesn't go into third person with you back against the wall doesn't mean it's not effective cover.

Not that way. I mean ACTUAL cover. Like the metal barricades and the shield implacements and broken wall pieces and such. If they're going to implement things that are actually supposed to be used as cover, they should give them a reason to be there besides a last-ditch thing used by people too stupid to realize it's just backing them into a corner.

[WhatsHisFace]

Not quite following you. You mean like them putting in bunkers and sandbag walls or something? A lot of Halo's safe spots just comes from level design or something organic like that, nothing else really.

[Extromaniac]

Not quite following you. You mean like them putting in bunkers and sandbag walls or something? A lot of Halo's safe spots just comes from level design or something organic like that, nothing else really.

No, the metal barricades they put in, in the original Halo and I'm thinking in Halo 2 as well on a couple levels. I'm not actually sure now if they did have them in Halo 2, but I'm thinking they did. But the point was.. they had no use in MP, usually since they were put out in the middle of the open or in a corner where you couldn't go anywhere but forward if you were trying to use them as cover.

I don't care if they put in sandbags or bunkers as actual cover that isn't just part of a building or structure or not. I'd just like to see Bungie making them feasible and not something that people never use.

[WhatsHisFace]

I see... you're talking about physical cover and not a cover system. Well... yeah... I never thought about that because I never used them. Some levels had things for cover, but for the most part they were just to run between so the odd block would catch a bullet for you.

[Extromaniac]

I see... you're talking about physical cover and not a cover system. Well... yeah... I never thought about that because I never used them. Some levels had things for cover, but for the most part they were just to run between so the odd block would catch a bullet for you.

[this is]

[Extromaniac]

I see... you're talking about physical cover and not a cover system. Well... yeah... I never thought about that because I never used them. Some levels had things for cover, but for the most part they were just to run between so the odd block would catch a bullet for you.

[ridiculous]

[Extromaniac]

I see... you're talking about physical cover and not a cover system. Well... yeah... I never thought about that because I never used them. Some levels had things for cover, but for the most part they were just to run between so the odd block would catch a bullet for you.

[too.. ridiculous]

[Extromaniac]

I see... you're talking about physical cover and not a cover system. Well... yeah... I never thought about that because I never used them. Some levels had things for cover, but for the most part they were just to run between so the odd block would catch a bullet for you.

[...]

[Extromaniac]

I see... you're talking about physical cover and not a cover system. Well... yeah... I never thought about that because I never used them. Some levels had things for cover, but for the most part they were just to run between so the odd block would catch a bullet for you.

[.....]

[Extromaniac]

I see... you're talking about physical cover and not a cover system. Well... yeah... I never thought about that because I never used them. Some levels had things for cover, but for the most part they were just to run between so the odd block would catch a bullet for you.

[....]

[Extromaniac]

I see... you're talking about physical cover and not a cover system. Well... yeah... I never thought about that because I never used them. Some levels had things for cover, but for the most part they were just to run between so the odd block would catch a bullet for you.

[is going on?]

[Extromaniac]

I see... you're talking about physical cover and not a cover system. Well... yeah... I never thought about that because I never used them. Some levels had things for cover, but for the most part they were just to run between so the odd block would catch a bullet for you.

[what the hell]

[Extromaniac]

I see... you're talking about physical cover and not a cover system. Well... yeah... I never thought about that because I never used them. Some levels had things for cover, but for the most part they were just to run between so the odd block would catch a bullet for you.

[double post?]

[Extromaniac]

I see... you're talking about physical cover and not a cover system. Well... yeah... I never thought about that because I never used them. Some levels had things for cover, but for the most part they were just to run between so the odd block would catch a bullet for you.

I would understand that if sometimes they weren't stuck in corners or in areas that they wouldn't be plausible to run behind and out of to absorb bullets.

I suppose I'm just asking for better cover placement if things similar to that are actually going to be implemented.

[WhatsHisFace]

I hear you. The army tanks are always good for mobile cover, but other than that, there's never anything good on a big map.

[Extromaniac]

Am I the only one wondering why I have about 10 posts from pressing the reply button once? That is the most ****ed up **** I have ever seen. Maybe it's my computer begging me to replace it.

[WhatsHisFace]

I know exactly how you feel. Once I posted 125 times in a row.

[Extromaniac]

I have a doubting that is the exact number. Unless, of course hit the longest lag spike in the history of man the moment your mouse even hovered over that reply button.

Then, if so, congrats to your record.

[Boom]

http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?cid=9137

Yum.

[WhatsHisFace]

I have a doubting that is the exact number. Unless, of course hit the longest lag spike in the history of man the moment your mouse even hovered over that reply button.

Then, if so, congrats to your record.
I can direct you to the thread if you want me to. It is actually 125 give or take a few.

[Extromaniac]

That's absolutely ridiculous. Even with my POS computer, I couldn't manage that feat.

My hat goes off to you, sir.

[Boom]

Am I the only one who prefers the H1 helmet over the H2/H3 one? I like the new suit, but I liked the "face" of the old helmet more.

[WhatsHisFace]

Am I the only one who prefers the H1 helmet over the H2/H3 one? I like the new suit, but I liked the "face" of the old helmet more.
Me too. I liked the H1 suit a lot. I especially liked how the visor reflected the forward spokes of the Chief's helmet.

[Mentok]

Someone stick up pics of all 3 helmets...I am teh lazy :(*

[Boom]

Me too. I liked the H1 suit a lot. I especially liked how the visor reflected the forward spokes of the Chief's helmet.
Plus I think the H1 suit looked better in RvB.

[Extromaniac]

I liked both of the equally, except when it came to that multi-color crap in the MP. What's the point of that?

[WhatsHisFace]

To ruin everything.

[Boom]

Yeah, the secondary color option is teh lame. My character is always a solid color, with no icon, because I'm that hard.

[WhatsHisFace]

Yeah it really didn't do anything. You could hardly notice it anyways.

[Boom]

I know. The majority of online players play team games, in which case their character's primary color takes on the team color, and their primary color becomes the secondary color.

It's such poopie.

[Extromaniac]

Yeah, if they're going to integrate a 'multiple color' system for armour.. it has to at least serve some kind of purpose besides being something NOBODY ever notices.

[Boom]

My ideal color list for Halo 3:

Black (I mean black goddamnit. Screw that "they'll hide in the shadows lol" bull****.)
White
Gray
Brown
Tan
Pink
Red
Maroon
Crimson
Orange
Yellow
Olive
Green
Sage
Teal
Cobalt
Cyan
Blue
Midnight (This is a dark shade of blue that I really want badly. Either this or Navy.)
Violet
Purple

Add to the list if you've got anymore.

[WhatsHisFace]

Clear.
Glow in the Dark Green.

[Master Chief]

Super Fabulous Pink. :)
It'll be fabtaculous [fab-tack-you-less].

[Extromaniac]

Fab tacks you less?

A revelation in the making!

[Boom]

Clear.
Glow in the Dark Green.
That'd be ****ing tits.

[Master Chief]

That'd be ****ing tits.

Fat woman suit color. :up: Gigantic tits. And if you shoot the nipple the guy explodes. lol. Ultimate freaky target practice.

[Extromaniac]

Why would it be tits, might I ask?

[Boom]

Because like tits, Glow-In-The-Dark Green would be hawt to look at.

[Extromaniac]

I see, I don't think I could really be sexually aroused by glow in the dark green as much as actual breasts.. maybe I'm just an oddity.

[WhatsHisFace]

Excellent justification.

[Master Chief]

I see, I don't think I could really be sexually aroused by glow in the dark green as much as actual breasts.. maybe I'm just an oddity.

You don't jizz at the sight of things that GLOW in the DARK?!

[Extromaniac]

No, no I don't.

[Boom]

You must have the AIDS :csad:.

[Extromaniac]

Yes, unfortunately I do :(

[Master Chief]

No, no I don't.

F**k dude, that must suck. Everytime I walk in my bathroom, there's a bat I hang near the light. It's a party in my pants every single time I go in there and see it glowing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/LilBrother/bat.jpg

[Extromaniac]

Yes, it's a horrible state of living, really.

[Boom]

Do you have a Chipotle Mexican Grill near you, by any chance?

[WhatsHisFace]

MC wuchu talkin bout?

[Boom]

Chupathingies.

[WhatsHisFace]

[Randy Savage]OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!![/Randy Savage]

[Extromaniac]

I can't even begin to follow.

[Boom]

It's home from work we go.

http://thecia.com.au/reviews/s/images/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-3.jpg

[Master Chief]

Let's gang bang Snow White. :huh:
Actually, she's too nice for that.
One at a time over the course of a few decades.

[Extromaniac]

..Yeah..

[WhatsHisFace]

I love when work ends.

I love quitting jobs. You realise how good life is. :D

[WeeZiTe]

Over on the Gamespot foums, some posters are rallying to get the Master Chief helmet that comes with the Legendary Edition to fit on their heads. :o Why the hell would you wanna wear that. :o

[WhatsHisFace]

I don't know, but I just have to.

[Axid]

I'd wear it naked :dry:

[WhatsHisFace]

On your penis?

[Axid]

It would be too tight of a fit if I did

[WhatsHisFace]

Hahaha. :D

You've got wit in Spades. :D I'm jealous. :(

[WeeZiTe]

I don't know, but I just have to.
You'd suffocate. :o If I heard of someone dying like that, I'd just ****ing laugh.

[WhatsHisFace]

Wahahahahaha :D That would be the worst obituary ever. :D

[WeeZiTe]

The news story would be funnier then this.
http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2004/01/04/news/news3.txt

[WhatsHisFace]

That kid is awesome! :eek:

[Extromaniac]

That was in the news about a week ago.

[WeeZiTe]

That was in the news about a week ago.
That article is almost 3 years old. :huh:

[Extromaniac]

Well, the first time I saw that was on MSNBC a week ago. Maybe they're just behind the times?

[Boom]

EGM Info:

The New Needler:
IT IS NO LONGER DUAL-WIELDABLE!!! Not much is explained but they do say that it is going to be made more powerful, balanced, and "usable".

The Brute Ghost:
The only details on the Brute Ghost were seen in the 20-second Single-Player Video (more on that later). It is summarized in the magazine as a "bulkier version of the classic hover bike" shown in the vid with a Brute climbing into it.

Single Player:
The guys at EGM got a 20-second video of the MC "tearing" around a huge industrial compound with gunfire coming from all types of Covenant crafts including a hulking wraith and "what looks to be a new Brute Ghost". There were "ships flying overhead, lasers everywhere, multiple enemies all around etc". Again, EGM rejects us much info on the stuff that no one else has...(More details to be revealed on Nov. 20 on the Mini-Site)

SAVED FILMS:
One of the things I am most excited about is being able to record gameplay onto your hardrive or memory card. The best way to describe this is as an example: Late one night you go into matchmaking and have the best game of your life. You rack up 95% of your teams kills and attain little deaths. You were playing like a GOD. The problem is, none of yours friends were with you. Don't fear, as long as you chose to save the temporarily stored video of the match, you can share your glory! Start up a party and get all of your friends in it, then bring up your saved video and launch it! The video will automatically come up on everyone's screen and the host will be able to control play, pause, slow, rewind, etc. while everyone else can choose how they want to see it, be it First Person, Third Person, or from a "fly-it-yourself bird's eye view". All I can say about this is, WOW.

Game Settings:
No longer are certain things such as speed reserved for either one person. That's right you can give all special traits to everyone!!! And for even more fun, you can even give them to the leading/losing teams in a match! But along with the old traits come a line of new ones. My favorite is being able to make characters more visible, BY SETTING THEM ON FIRE!!! You can even turn down gravity to allow people to jump twice as high, and prevent certain people from picking up weapons. That was all that was specofied in the mag but they say there is more...

Voting:
Have you ever been in a party and the host is putting a gametype that no-one wants to play? Well vote against it! This can allow people to override the host's power. Whatever happened to the good ol' x button?

Advertising Customs:
Now you can put your custom gametype or even your custom game lobby out there for everyone to see! This was Bungie's answer to custom matchmaking...

Ranks:
Now you will have an actual "military" rank in Halo 3. This will be seperate from your matchmaking ranks and will include your overall stats, ranked, unranked, and even customs.

The X Button:
Still a mystery...

Ok Now More Info on the Older New Stuff:

The Brute Spiker:
I doesn't launch orange needle. It launches two foot superheated metal spike which resmble orange needles.

The Spike Grenade:
This thing latches onto ANYTHING. Covered with spikes, it will kill a Spartan if it you hit one on the head with it, but will stay embedded into it until it explodes: The explosions send out a conical volley of spikes, conical being so that if you are in a certain blind spot near the grenade, you won't be damaged.

Spartan Laser:
Can penetrate through multiple targets...

Grenades in General:
You can now only carry two of each...thats wack...

Man-Cannons:
Yes you can drive anything into these "cannons" but heavier things, such as the Warthog, won't go nearly as far...

Valhalla:
I personally don't think it is another Coag or BG, it IS a large map but it is balanced so snipers and heavy rockets don't rule it...

Snowbound:
There is a lot more to this map than there looks. The bases seem to be pretty large undergound and there are also linking tunnels and pathways. Energy shields (more on that lower down) protect many entrances and if you get too far out into the barren winter tundra, sentry turrets will shoot you down...

HighGround:
My favorite map, the battle revolves aroung the main base with openable/closeable front gates. There are numerous entrances and hiding place inside the structure such as a blown out bunker or a small "crouch" pipe.

Energy Shields:
This IS old new stuff, just less known I guess. Anyways these energy barriers won't let some grenades through the mag doesn't explain but apparently spike grenades stick to them. I'm not going to go to into these things because most of the info is already out there...

[WhatsHisFace]

I want the health bar back!!!

[WeeZiTe]

Good stuff from that article. I think the recordable matches idea sounds really cool. The voting thing sounds good too. Any new pics, or no?

And the health bar? Bleh, not so much for me.

[Substance D]

I want the health bar back!!!

Yeah, you would...:whatever:

[Master Chief]

So is the Legendary Edition coming with a 24K gold case? As well as the helmet? :huh:

[WhatsHisFace]

Yeah, because dying as soon as your shields go out sucks.

[Boom]

I miss the Halo:CE days. If only that were XBox Live compatible :csad:.

[WhatsHisFace]

Yeah, Halo was such a good game. The right mix of so many formulae.

Well, there may never be another, but damn, Halo 3 is going to rule.

[Axid]

This game will suck





















































































































naaaaht :D

[Extromaniac]

Wow, all that new information sounds great! Now I have to pick that mag up once it hits shelves so I can actually read it in its entirety.

[TheGrayGhost]

So yeah, Topdawg is ****ing retarded.




Anyways, Halo 3 is going to be great, just like the rest of the Halo series, which will go down as one of the best and most influential game series of it's time, what with all those glowing reviews and terrible knock off attempts by subpar developers (Guerilla, for instance).

I know you're a banned user, but I've never really considered that possibility. Huh. It will be interesting to see how history will treat it in a few years. I know Gammy and I will be appalled if it earns any such honor. But yeah, definitely interesting.

[블라스]

I'll be appalled all right, but still....I'm ready to give it a chance :up:
I'm very excited about the fighting in Africa and Mt. Kilmanjaro and all that.

[Extromaniac]

I'll be appalled all right, but still....I'm ready to give it a chance :up:
I'm very excited about the fighting in Africa and Mt. Kilmanjaro and all that.

You're going to be able to fight on top of Mt. Kilmanjaro? Since when?!


Mountain views soothe the soul..

[블라스]

You're going to be able to fight on top of Mt. Kilmanjaro? Since when?!


Mountain views soothe the soul..

Let me look for that info, I'm sure I read it somewhere...

http://www.games.net/features/110601.shtml

"Location wise, the trailer shows Master Chief strutting his stuff in New Mombasa with Kilimanjaro Mountain in the background."

That has the potential of being the most awesome thing ever, I love Africa :up:

[Extromaniac]

Yeah, that sounds pretty cool. If the scenery and levels are anything like the trailer.. I will be one happy panda. One of the things that got to me about the first two Halos was that you never really were able to attain a view that made you feel you were part of a vast frontier. Even though it's a FPS.. it just felt shut in and cramped alot of the time.


Maybe a mountain-view will be what I need to enjoy the rage-aholic massacreing and world that you're doing it in.

[블라스]

Perhaps :up:

[Extromaniac]

I always thought you hated Halo.

What's with the change of heart, all of the sudden?

[블라스]

It's not that I hated it, it's just that I don't think it's the Jesus of FPS that most people think.
Particularly Halo 2. The earth levels were awesome, but the rest was meh.
However, Halo 3 is sounding more and more awesome every day, so I decided to to give it a chance, and to be honest, I'm actually very excited about it :up:

[The Last Meatbag]

I just really like Halo because of its multiplayer, and because of the fact that there's not one annoying flaw in either of the games.


Its just an awesome game you can play with your friends that really won't get old.

[WhatsHisFace]

It's not that I hated it, it's just that I don't think it's the Jesus of FPS that most people think.
Particularly Halo 2. The earth levels were awesome, but the rest was meh.
However, Halo 3 is sounding more and more awesome every day, so I decided to to give it a chance, and to be honest, I'm actually very excited about it :up:
No, you do hate it.

[Extromaniac]

That makes me a sad panda. :(

[블라스]

No, you do hate it.

http://www.orlyowl.com/owlmedley.gif

[WhatsHisFace]

See, if you didn't mind Halo, you wouldn't go on hate crusades against it.

[블라스]

LOLOLOLOOl!!!!! H4T3 H4L0!!!!!!!!11 :mad:nasdkjaskfjas!!! :cmad:!!!!!

[Extromaniac]

LOLOLOLOOl!!!!! H4T3 H4L0!!!!!!!!11 :mad:nasdkjaskfjas!!! :cmad:!!!!!

Me
|
V
http://sadpanda.newtomorrow.org/main.jpg

[블라스]

"I don't understand why you hate me! Now excuse me, I have to go stare at a mirror for hours while I wear gold underwear to hide my massive penis."

Quote by Halo, directed at Gammy on Sept. 14th, 2002.

[Fran]

LOL, that is a funny quote... :huh:

[블라스]

People are forbidden from turning into sad pandas! :cmad:
Also, that quote was kinda mean, and Halo was spitting at me when it was being uttered.

[WhatsHisFace]

I love you Gammy.

[블라스]

I love you too :cmad: :meow:

[WhatsHisFace]

Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

[Extromaniac]

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattnerrrrrrrr!!!!!!! !!!!

[블라스]

Meeeendooooozaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

[WhatsHisFace]

*during a boss battle* Hey Snake, where did you leave the mustard? I'm making a sandwich and I... Snake? Snake? Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!!!

[Boom]

*during a boss battle* Hey Snake, where did you leave the mustard? I'm making a sandwich and I... Snake? Snake? Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!!!
DUH DUH DUNUNUH. DUH DUH DUNUNUH. DUNUNUUUUUUUH.

[WhatsHisFace]

Man, I had so much fun killing myself in those games for those little gems.

One time, I shot Snake unitl he killed me, and then it was Snake calling over the radio, asking what happened to me! :D

[Boom]

With Hayter's throaty voice.

[WhatsHisFace]

His very forced, throaty voice.

[Boom]

John Cygan should be Old Snake :csad:.

[WhatsHisFace]

This Forum Died.

[Mentok]

Meeeendooooozaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!


http://gatling.ikk.sztaki.hu/~kissg/arts/simpsons/pics/mendoza.gif

Yes? Can I help you?

[XwolverineX]

What's with all the new Halo 3 stuff since I've been gone? Any trailers or anything?

[블라스]

http://gatling.ikk.sztaki.hu/~kissg/arts/simpsons/pics/mendoza.gif

Yes? Can I help you?

Uh...no, I was just....Hi :dry:

[Mentok]

Y HALLO THAR!... NOW YOU MUST DIE! :cmad:

[블라스]

Let me just introduce you to my friend first...

http://www.supersimpsons.com/mcbain.jpg

[Mentok]

AWWHHH... :(

See you later Blas. I need to go have a rest :(

[XwolverineX]

Fine! I'll figure it out myself.

[블라스]

AWWHHH... :(

See you later Blas. I need to go have a rest :(

Bye bye Dave :(

[WhatsHisFace]

1up is supposed to release bunches of info.

[Zenien]

What's with all the new Halo 3 stuff since I've been gone? Any trailers or anything?

If you thought there was a lot of Halo information last week, wait ‘til next week. A bunch of stuff is going down to celebrate the 5th anniversary of a little game we like to call Halo. In November 2001, Halo launched alongside the Xbox console, and the rest is history. Next year, Halo 3 will conclude the story arc begun all those years ago and next week, we’ll take a long lingering look at the series to date. There will also be some pretty BIG surprises and maybe announcements. Who can say?

Hey, ladies. Yeah, I’m talking to you, ladies. It has come to my attention that a significant chunk of our playership is female. I myself am constantly pooned and then humped by ladies. That is not sexy like it sounds, btw. It’s humiliating. Anyway, one of the things we’re looking at for Halo 3 multiplayer (Master Chief is all man) is adding a female voice to the Spartan character should you choose it as part of your custom character.

If we do it, it won’t be comical, stereotypical or insulting – we’ll pick a great, strong female actress who can pull off bloodcurdling death cries and rattles. And we’re not promising anything, we’re just trying to gauge interest. If you girls think it would be cool, then comment in the forums, spam me with PMs or start a petition on your own sites and forums. Then we’ll have to listen. If you think it’s pointless and patronizing and you’re happy just being a dude, then say so.

If you ARE a dude, we don’t care what you think, because we’re not asking you. Anyone who says anything stupid or sexist in the discussion forum will be megabanned.


read the rest here http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?cid=9170

My answer to said question is yes, obviously.

[Tetragrammaton]

Wouldn't female spartans, after all the steroids and gene treatments and stuff just sound like male spartans anyways? At least for the small amount of grunt noises you hear in multiplayer:confused:

[Zenien]

Great ruin it for me why don't you. :mad:

[Tetragrammaton]

I doubt it'd effect you anyways, I can't see you ever paying for Xbox Live :o

[Zenien]

I'll start a empty multiplayer map and shoot rockets at my feet, or throw a sticky grenade into the air and try to 'catch it' with my face. So there. :woot:

[Tetragrammaton]

Women really shouldn't have time for videogames inbetween all the cooking and child birthing anyways.

[WhatsHisFace]

It's scientific fact that women are not as strong or as physcially capable as men, so Bungie should take that into consideration.

[Fenrir]

It's scientific fact that women are not as strong or as physcially capable as men, so Bungie should take that into consideration.

Shhhh, the feminazis will hear you. :ninja:

[WhatsHisFace]

Ah yes, the feminazis: tying to convince themselves that women are all strength and no weakness.

Or maybe they're trying to convince us. They're doing such a bad job, it's hard to tell.

But anyways, science and years of human history (at least pre-renaissance when men and women started to become the same sex) are on my side. They'll do everything they can to take the natural agressiveness and masculinity out of males in this culture, but they'll never succeed.

[Zenien]

Wow having fun shadow boxing there Mr insecurity?

[Extromaniac]

What he's saying is basically true. Men are all-physical all the time. When looking at it from a logical standpoint, men tend to be the more aggressive (at least physically) and brutal of the sexes. Not saying that women can't be the same way if they're a bit.. butchy. Women are more about emotional aggression and messing with other girls' and other peoples heads. Men are more about the physical side of humiliation and aggression. Proven fact.

And so (the large majority of) men will always be masculine and (the large majority of) women will always be feminine. That has no bearing on intelligence or the ability to be successful. Most of that is due to drive to succeed, and up until recently, women haven't had the best education and even now alot of 'em still take a recessive role to the men's alpha male sort of role.

So, it's still valid to say that men are dominant in the ways of brutality and brashness and being blunt, and women tend to be more recessive when it comes to those things.

My point being, it's not insecure to address something feminazis constantly try to defamate and try to prove is untrue. Especially when it is, for the most part, true. And now I'm wondering why the hell I even got into this discussion..

Damn, am I long-winded..

[Axid]

"Is it not problem that women have smaller brain than men?"

[WhatsHisFace]

Typical Zenien for you. Always arguing with the entire scientific community.

[Zenien]

What he's saying is basically true. Men are all-physical all the time. When looking at it from a logical standpoint, men tend to be the more aggressive (at least physically) and brutal of the sexes. Not saying that women can't be the same way if they're a bit.. butchy. Women are more about emotional aggression and messing with other girls' and other peoples heads. Men are more about the physical side of humiliation and aggression. Proven fact.

And so (the large majority of) men will always be masculine and (the large majority of) women will always be feminine. That has no bearing on intelligence or the ability to be successful. Most of that is due to drive to succeed, and up until recently, women haven't had the best education and even now alot of 'em still take a recessive role to the men's alpha male sort of role.

So, it's still valid to say that men are dominant in the ways of brutality and brashness and being blunt, and women tend to be more recessive when it comes to those things.

My point being, it's not insecure to address something feminazis constantly try to defamate and try to prove is untrue. Especially when it is, for the most part, true. And now I'm wondering why the hell I even got into this discussion..

Damn, am I long-winded..

I agree you but that's not why I called him insecure. He inflamed an innocent joke comment and decided to make it into a contentious issue in his posts, his spite as it were is practically palitable. THis isn't the first time he's brought up issues entirely out of left feild and this isn't the first time he's done this either. That's why I said he was insecure.

[Axid]

So when do I get to see the kids again? :(

[Mr. Smash'n Bash]

Burritos are tasty.

[Zenien]

So when do I get to see the kids again? :(


When Team Fortress 2 ships of course! :)

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/index.php?title=Valve_Time&redirect=no

[Axid]

When Team Fortress 2 ships of course! :)

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/index.php?title=Valve_Time&redirect=no

:( :( :(
http://www.hlcomic.com/comics/concerned000.jpg

[Zenien]

Great now I want to play Episode 1 again, great job. :mad:

[Axid]

I never payed for it :O

[블라스]

Paid :cmad:

[Extromaniac]

Laid.

[블라스]

This bed is on fire with passionate love!
The neighbors complain about the noises above!
But she only 'comes' when she's on top!

My therapist said not to see you no more!
She said you're like a disease without any cure!
She said I'm so obsessed that I'm becoming a bore, oh noooo!

Ah you think you're so preeetty...eeeeeeeeeeeeeh! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!

[Axid]

payed is the hip way to spell it :cmad:

[Extromaniac]

Yeah, it's the way all the kewl kidz spell it.

[WhatsHisFace]

http://www.411mania.com/games/news/47458/%5BXbox-360%5D-Latest-details-on-Halo-3.htm

Best water effects ever? I really hope it has better water than Farcry: Instincts Predator on Xbox360, because not even Gears of War had water effects that good.

[Extromaniac]

I'm sure if it did, everyone would collectively **** themselves. I'm getting an extra pair of boxers ready, just in case. :D

[Axid]

I would get distracted and skip around in the water in online matches :(

[Boom]

I would get distracted and skip around in the water in online matches :(
What? You mean you don't do that in H2 :huh:?

[Extromaniac]

I would get distracted and skip around in the water in online matches :(

You'd be doing all of us who suck at Halo. Not me, of course. I'm the best, way above that loser NOFX.

[Boom]

I haven't played Halo 2 Live in two months :csad:.

[Axid]

What? You mean you don't do that in H2 :huh:?

No, I make it impossible for my team to win in a number of ways :woot::oldrazz:

[Axid]

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/e/7/9/e79924a41ca2671c4d62eb7e6de87a80.gif

[Boom]

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/e/7/9/e79924a41ca2671c4d62eb7e6de87a80.gif
ROFLcopter.

[WhatsHisFace]

Does this picture show up?

http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/phpThumb.php?src=/forums/imgcache/8456.imgcache

Best. Textures. Ever.

The Assault Rifle is definitely back! But what's with the power button on the side? :confused:

[Tetragrammaton]

Probably there for decoration. I'd imagine you press it to turn on the bullet indicator. It can't really stay on 24/7.

[WhatsHisFace]

Oh, or maybe the flashlight. :o

Anyways, I'm slightly disappointed in the Chief's polycount. I understand he's in an angular metal suit, but some of his crags and valleys are needlessly textured on and to worse effect than polys would have been. :(

[Tetragrammaton]

That's a multiplayer screenshot, very close up, of an early alpha game. Relax, it's going to look much better than that. As a matter of fact, it'll probably end up looking much better than the E3 announcement trailer, since that was already running RT on a 360, they had a video up on the market place of them panning the camera around and controlling Chief and all that. The game's going to look awesome.

[WhatsHisFace]

True, I keep forgetting Halo 3 is pre-alpha. Probably because of the multiplayer tournaments they've been having recently.

Maybe if I just assume it will be out a year from now, I'll keep my reservations...

[Fenrir]

I think Gears of War looks so good, even Halo 3 is going to have a hard time measuring up. :(

[boywonder13]

I think Gears of War looks so good, even Halo 3 is going to have a hard time measuring up. :(

with months still left of development , and we are dealing with Bungie, and Halo, i wouldnt worry. :cwink:

[Substance D]

Does this picture show up?

http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/phpThumb.php?src=/forums/imgcache/8456.imgcache

Best. Textures. Ever.

The Assault Rifle is definitely back! But what's with the power button on the side? :confused:

Not really, the textures are kind of lame. GoW has better textures. The assault rifle looks flat and last-gen compared to the rest of the textures. It seems really out of place. Master Chief's armor looks too sparkly and plasticky (?). It doesn't look like metal armor, more like foam painted to look like metal armor. The black undermesh and gloves look excruciatingly horrid. I really hope this isn't the final model. There's still tons of room for improvement.

[WhatsHisFace]

I'm sorry, but Gears of War doesn't have better textures than that. I don't know what the hell resolution Bungie is using, but it's insane.

I agree that the models aren't that good though, but it's pre-alpha.

[Tetragrammaton]

GoW's textures actually don't look all that great in a lot of instances. I've even noticed a Halo 2-type pop in effect on two occasions. And again, it's a mp screenshot, extremely close up, of an extremely early game. Judging it now is kinda dumb, especially considering what we already know it's going to look like real time.

[WhatsHisFace]

What do you mean, how do we know what it's going to look like real-time?

[Tetragrammaton]

Because we've seen a trailer that was proven to be real time when they manipulated the camera and characters :confused:

[WhatsHisFace]

But that was pre-alpha.

[Substance D]

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2006/310/reviews/928234_20061107_screen004.jpg
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2006/290/928234_20061018_screen001.jpg

Eh, GoW's textures look more natural and cohesive. From the screenshot of Halo 3, MC's textures range from great to ugly. Good bump mapping on the green part, but overall it looks too sparkly and saturated. MC looks like a shiney new Christmas ornament instead of a wartorn soldier:

http://www.childfun.com/activityimages/ornaments/ornament_ball_glitter.jpg

And the gloves and undermesh look flat, bloated and pixely. They really should add some more color variation on the green part. It looks plain, but at the same time gaudy.

[Tetragrammaton]

Which means it'll be improving, not degenerating, which means people should stop worrying about it :confused:

[WhatsHisFace]

I think he's just standing under a light. But the fabric parts DO look wierd. I think Chief may need an entirely new mesh.

[Tetragrammaton]

The ground and wall textures are hideous in that one shot.

[WhatsHisFace]

Which means it'll be improving, not degenerating, which means people should stop worrying about it :confused:
Yeah, I shouldn't be bothered by it. I think the textures are really high-quality, but Chief's character model looks like the same one from Halo 2. The E3 trailer looked good so hopefully the graphics will end up being good enough.

Though Bungie did say there were to be more units in battle and LARGE environments, which is really what I want the most. Halo's graphics really aren't that important to me, I never saw the series as a benchmark anyways.

As I've said before, I'd be happy if they had Halo 2 announcement trailer graphics and then just push the system with large levels and a lot of units. Thankfully, Bungie's doing the latter part while improving the graphics.

I'm a happy camper.

[WhatsHisFace]

The ground and wall textures are hideous in that one shot.
In the Gears of War shots, textures do look good. It's a very good looking game in every way. But I do agree that there are some places in the game where the textures of some objects jump back to the original Xbox. Not that I mind, it's the best looking game on the market anyways, and even if it weren't it would still kick ass, but in that picture they look fine.

[Boom]

That Master Chief doesn't look nearly as good as the model shown in the E3 trailer. Thank God the game's still in Pre-Alpha.

http://media.1up.com/media?id=2860422&type=lg

If the Chief doesn't look like that in the finished product, color me disappointed. I've already had to deal with MGS4 not living up to what the creator's said it would look-wise.

[Tetragrammaton]

What was shown at E3 was single player, and what's being shown in that shot is multiplayer, I'd assume that's making the difference. That and the camera never got as close to the MC in the trailer.

[Boom]

They said the new picture is from the Campaign.

[Tetragrammaton]

Hm, you're right. When it was first shown to me, it was introduced as a MP shot, but meh. Regardless, it's still much closer and larger than that picture, that alone accounts for most of the difference.

[Substance D]

That Master Chief doesn't look nearly as good as the model shown in the E3 trailer. Thank God the game's still in Pre-Alpha.

http://media.1up.com/media?id=2860422&type=lg

If the Chief doesn't look like that in the finished product, color me disappointed. I've already had to deal with MGS4 not living up to what the creator's said it would look-wise.

Yeah, he looks much better there. I hope that's what the final product looks like and not the cheap, fan costume crap from above.

[Boom]

Honestly, I preferred the "tanned" look of the E3 Master Chief. It looks much better than the green color he had in the previous two games. That's one reason why this new screenshot disappoints me. It's back to the green color.

[WhatsHisFace]

I forgot how good the E3 trailer looked.

[Extromaniac]

I hope it turns out looking like that, because the over-sparkly and deep green MC isn't doing it for me.

[WhatsHisFace]

He's not deep green in the shot. He looks just a tad darker, perhaps because he's not in the desert.

[Extromaniac]

Looks like deep green to me. :o

[Boom]

Look at what I found.

http://www.halobase.de/screenshots.php?blam=4&c=200611

[Fenrir]

Look at what I found.

http://www.halobase.de/screenshots.php?blam=4&c=200611

Lookin' much, much better. :up:

[WhatsHisFace]

http://www.halobase.de/images/4/screenshots/halo3_200611_20.jpg

Awesomeness.

[CorporalHicks]

there's still some missing textures

[WhatsHisFace]

You mean they're placeholders?

[블라스]

Will this game implement a cover system?
FPS will kind of feel weird without them, IMO.

[XwolverineX]

The cover system in PDZ is so pointless though.

[블라스]

The cover system in R6V is a necessity :up:

[블라스]

But yeah, Halo 3 won't be about the strategy, just some more arcadey shooting, so I guess this would be pointless as well.

[WhatsHisFace]

But yeah, Halo 3 won't be about the strategy, just some more arcadey shooting, so I guess this would be pointless as well.
Halo has strategy, they're just more on-the-fly.

If you want a game without strategy...






















http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2006/krut6d2/pictures/main_picture_max/background/background_4_serioussam2.jpg

[블라스]

But I don't want a game without strategy :confused:

[Extromaniac]

But I don't want a game without strategy :confused:

Halo has always required some measure of strategy, but as WHF said.. it's on-the-fly. It isn't 'take cover behind wall, roll out of cover and shoot and roll back in' sort of strategy. It's more about out-flanking and setting up enemies into traps.

[Tetragrammaton]

I can't believe anyone honestly thinks Gears and R6V involves any sort of strategy.

[Extromaniac]

I can't believe anyone honestly thinks Gears and R6V involves any sort of strategy.

What's R6V? :confused:

[Tetragrammaton]

Rainbow Six Vegas :confused:

[Extromaniac]

Rainbow Six Vegas :confused:

Ah, I haven't paid enough attention to that game in general to really know what the hell people are talking about when they say "R6V". :o

[Tetragrammaton]

People seem to think that it's some kind of tactics sim or something, when it's really not. It plays like a multiplayer match of PDZ, only everyone has less health. Cover doesn't automatically mean the game has any sort of strategy.

[블라스]

Halo has always required some measure of strategy, but as WHF said.. it's on-the-fly. It isn't 'take cover behind wall, roll out of cover and shoot and roll back in' sort of strategy. It's more about out-flanking and setting up enemies into traps.

That makes sense, I guess.

[블라스]

People seem to think that it's some kind of tactics sim or something, when it's really not. It plays like a multiplayer match of PDZ, only everyone has less health. Cover doesn't automatically mean the game has any sort of strategy.

LOL :down

[Tetragrammaton]

It's true, lol :up:

[블라스]

Your truth = Opposite of the actual truth :up:

[Tetragrammaton]

Your post = nonsense :up:


But seriously, have you played the game? You can go through that entire demo not worrying about a thing, just shooting before they shoot you. It's about as tactical as Kameo.

[블라스]

I'll be playing the game soon enough, for now the demo will have to do.
Have you even tried the 'realistic' setting? :dry:

[WhatsHisFace]

People seem to think that it's some kind of tactics sim or something, when it's really not. It plays like a multiplayer match of PDZ, only everyone has less health. Cover doesn't automatically mean the game has any sort of strategy.
Gears of War is very tactical in the line-of-fire dynamic. Every battle is about you needing to get behind a good wall to shoot from and take cover behind until enemies start coming in from new areas, which then means you have to go find a new wall or a better weapon. You can never stay still for too long or else you're dead. Then there are wierd parts thrown into the fray like a Boomer or a Troika, which of course, changes everything.

It's quite tactical, just not tactical in the sense of Ghost Recon's "move here and shoot the guy a mile away so this jerk can walk into that forest".

[Tetragrammaton]

That's not even remotely true. You can plant yourself in one spot and kill an entire emergence hole no problem, you absolutely do not need to "keep moving" or even plan where you're going, just tap A and start shooting.

[WhatsHisFace]

That's not even remotely true. You can plant yourself in one spot and kill an entire emergence hole no problem, you absolutely do not need to "keep moving" or even plan where you're going, just tap A and start shooting.
Yeah, and then the second wave comes, or your buddy dies, or enemies jump over cover and now you're surrounded.

[Tetragrammaton]

Or you killed everything that popped out of the hole, before just bum rushing the hole and chainsawing the last two locusts in half :confused:

[WhatsHisFace]

I always died if I did that. :confused:

[Tetragrammaton]

Do you suck? :confused:

[XwolverineX]

You can't do that online.

[Tetragrammaton]

Run and chain saw? Yeah, you can. I've done it more than once. Are we all playing the same game? :confused:

[WhatsHisFace]

I'm playing on Hardcore.

[Boom]

I'm playing on Hardcore.
Pussy.

[WhatsHisFace]

Well it's hard enough. The Gas Station Boomer kills me every time.

[Tetragrammaton]

The gas station? As in, the gas station with the old man? You're only at that part?

[WhatsHisFace]

On Hardcore. I beat the game on casual, but on hardcore it's a real killer. The boomer is an instant kill if he even gets near you, and with Dom always dying, it happens a lot.

[Tetragrammaton]

I hated Dom in the first berserker part, so ****ing annoying.

[WhatsHisFace]

Yeah, but once there was a glitch where they were actually in a fist fight and Dom didn't die. I just kept shooting the beserker but it ignored me. When the countdown ended, it started over, but it was hilarious.

[Makeshift Celebrity]

Do you suck? :confused:

owned.

[WhatsHisFace]

owned.
Pffft.

[XwolverineX]

Your post = nonsense :up:


But seriously, have you played the game? You can go through that entire demo not worrying about a thing, just shooting before they shoot you. It's about as tactical as Kameo.

You cannot do this online.

[Makeshift Celebrity]

Pffft.

...the magic dragon, lived by the sea.

[XwolverineX]

Dude, it's Puff, not Pffft. Completely different people.

[XwolverineX]

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/747/747062/halo-3-hi-res-shots-20061121102545553.jpg
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/747/747062/halo-3-hi-res-shots-20061121102541069.jpg
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/747/747062/halo-3-hi-res-shots-20061121102544053.jpg

Have theese been posted?

[WhatsHisFace]

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2006/333/926632_20061130_screen007.jpg

[Phaser]

That shot looks even better in higher resolution. Hope it's in-game footage.

[Substance D]

Whoa, best grass ever. :o

[Boom]

That shot's from the CGI trailer that'll air next week on MNF.

It's for Halo 3, but it's not from the game.

[Boom]

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/747/747062/halo-3-hi-res-shots-20061121102545553.jpg
Something's wrong with this picture. Look at the armor plate on the Chief's hand. It's not the same as the Halo 3 one. It looks like the Halo 2 model's.

[Substance D]

That shot's from the CGI trailer that'll air next week on MNF.

It's for Halo 3, but it's not from the game.

Thanks for ruining my erection.

[Boom]

Thanks for ruining my erection.
I just saved you from disappointment later on down the road :csad:.

[Phaser]

That shot's from the CGI trailer that'll air next week on MNF.

It's for Halo 3, but it's not from the game.

Microsoft will open up registration for multiplayer testing of Halo 3 in early December; 60-second live-action/CG hybrid ad to air during MNF. (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162536.html)

Could be an in-game shot...

[Boom]

Microsoft will open up registration for multiplayer testing of Halo 3 in early December; 60-second live-action/CG hybrid ad to air during MNF. (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162536.html)

Could be an in-game shot...
Bungie specifically said it was all-CGI.

[Phaser]

Bungie specifically said it was all-CGI.

Where?