Author Topic: Yeah, Halo 3's been announced. (Read 41118 times)

KDR_11k · « **Reply #25 on:** June 07, 2006, 10:51:36 AM »

The parallels between Warcraft and Starcraft come because both are based on Warhammer, Warcraft on Warhammer Fantasy, Starcraft on Warhammer 40,000 (Space Marines vs. Tyranids vs. Eldar). Those play in the same timeline.

Many recent games have borrowed from Warhammer's distinctly exaggerated imagery, most notably the Warcraft universe. The particular green-skinned Warhammer Orcs and Goblins have infiltrated games as diverse as Warcraft, Magic: The Gathering, and Mage Knight. Warcraft also features a creation story very similar to that of Warhammer, with a creator race being driven off by daemonic forces from a dimension of magic. --Wikipedia

Kairon · « **Reply #26 on:** June 07, 2006, 10:59:45 AM »

All I'm saying is that Bungie fans know that officially Halo and Marathon are unrelated, but they are wondering if they can use Bungie's previous treatment of "emergent" A.I.s as a guideline for what to expect from Halo 3.

Either way, I'm not a Bungie fan, I just ran across this discussion one time!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

ThePerm · « **Reply #27 on:** June 07, 2006, 11:21:06 AM »

well um, dual analog sucks

KDR_11k · « **Reply #28 on:** June 07, 2006, 11:20:10 PM »

Obviously.

bustin98 · « **Reply #29 on:** September 12, 2007, 06:29:46 PM »

Anyone here planning on getting Halo 3? With the online 4 player co-op mode, even those of you who do not like online multiplayer should look into doing that. I just want to play with people I know. I haven't even played Halo 2 against people I know from the boards...

</whine>

Yes, can I have some cheese with my wine?

BTW, my Gamestop manager friend called me the other evening from Las Vegas. Todd McFarlane was there. They had him set up on a couch and the managers got to sit next to him and shoot the sh!t. He tried to call while he was sitting next to him, but I was away from the phone. But what the heck would I say to him over the phone? 'Thanks for giving action figures the shot in the arm they needed'? 'Thanks for getting Spawn off on a good foot, then ruining it from issue 19 on'? Still, I guess it would have been cool to say I spoke with him on the phone than not at all...

ShyGuy · « **Reply #30 on:** September 12, 2007, 07:44:35 PM »

Well, secret obvious Microsoft forum marketer Golden Phoenix said she was getting it, so there ya go. I will play it on my Cousin's 360, but He isn't online.

UERD · « **Reply #31 on:** September 18, 2007, 03:25:02 PM »

I'm sure the game will set all sorts of milestones, but to be honest the much-vaunted terrain is kind of ugly- it all looks like high-resolution generic Terragen renders.

Nevertheless, I will definitely be picking up a copy for the PC (when they inevitably port it over...by then I should have a computer good enough to play it). Or maybe I'll find someone with a 360. I can't stand dual-analog, though, which is why I'm glad Microsoft is porting so many XBox games.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #32 on:** September 18, 2007, 04:44:34 PM »

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I'm sure the game will set all sorts of milestones

No. The fanboys will ACT like it sets all kind of milestones, but in actuality, it will all have been done before.

UERD · « **Reply #33 on:** September 18, 2007, 05:02:37 PM »

lawl, you called my bluff. That was mostly insulation to deflect accusations of blatant fanboyism

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I vehemently hate console FPSes because of the limitations of the dual-analog, but I really think Nintendo (or a third party) should make a multiplayer-oriented sci-fi FPS. Just because of the controls, it'll be leaps and bounds above the competition.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #34 on:** September 18, 2007, 09:24:22 PM »

I find it really funny that the Halo 3 special edition Xbox 360 is no different from the 349.99 premium except for the ugly puke color, and yet it is $50 more and doesn't include the game!

Kairon · « **Reply #35 on:** September 18, 2007, 10:51:53 PM »

Doesn't the Halo 3 XBox also only have a 20GB HD?

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #36 on:** September 18, 2007, 11:34:37 PM »

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Originally posted by: Kairon
Doesn't the Halo 3 XBox also only have a 20GB HD?

Yep you are 200% right!

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #37 on:** September 19, 2007, 08:52:22 AM »

It includes a Play and Charge kit and some Gamer pics. Hardly worth an extra $50, although I admit it I think the case looks awesome, but would stick out like a sore thumb. If it included the HDMI cable and say 12 months of Xbox Live as opposed to one, I'd say it's worth it.

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #38 on:** September 19, 2007, 11:21:54 AM »

I still don't see why anyone would buy it... Besides if said gamer was a Halo fanatic and as such had ordered the Legendary Halo 3 pack. I know I'd pick up the regular 360 Pro instead.

And I was thinking about this... You know how in Halo 3 it's possible to customize your armor? I REALLY hope they add in a helmet that looks like the Cobra Commander's. The 80's one with the silver helmet, not the new crappy one with the hood.

COBRA!!!

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #39 on:** September 19, 2007, 12:12:26 PM »

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Originally posted by: Sir_Stabbalot
I still don't see why anyone would buy it... Besides if said gamer was a Halo fanatic and as such had ordered the Legendary Halo 3 pack. I know I'd pick up the regular 360 Pro instead.

And I was thinking about this... You know how in Halo 3 it's possible to customize your armor? I REALLY hope they add in a helmet that looks like the Cobra Commander's. The 80's one with the silver helmet, not the new crappy one with the hood.

COBRA!!!

Hey now I bought the Legendary Edition because of that cool helmet! It was kind of funny this guy in 40s almost had an orgasm over some Halo 3 carry case and an action figure.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #40 on:** September 19, 2007, 04:54:02 PM »

So...I have Halo 3 (my buddy runs a local "Mom and Pop" store)...not that impressed. I got it mainly because my little brother loves Halo, and for the XBL multiplayer, which is non-existent until the game's release date it appears, so it was kind of pointless to get it early. I've never finished any other Halo games (though I think I'm on the last stage in Halo), but I read that this one only takes about 6 hours to finish, so I'll probably beat it before the release date.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #41 on:** September 19, 2007, 04:59:15 PM »

Wait, aren't you breaking the rules by having it now? I better turn you in!

UERD · « **Reply #42 on:** September 19, 2007, 05:05:27 PM »

Was it better than MP3? (Obviously I'm not referring to multi, by the way...

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couchmonkey · « **Reply #43 on:** September 20, 2007, 04:21:17 AM »

Well if he's not that impressed, I guess the answer is no.

I like the Halo campaigns...when played in co-op mode. I've heard a lot of so-so things about it from regular single players.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #44 on:** September 20, 2007, 07:48:54 AM »

I can't play Co-op because you can't play on Live yet, either that or just not enough people have it already. It's decent, and the single player graphics are absolutely beautiful, but it's basically Halo 2 with a squad following you around...and the Arbiter.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #45 on:** September 20, 2007, 09:15:38 AM »

Halo 3, meh.

Luigi Dude · « **Reply #46 on:** September 20, 2007, 10:23:47 AM »

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I can't play Co-op because you can't play on Live yet, either that or just not enough people have it already. It's decent, and the single player graphics are absolutely beautiful, but it's basically Halo 2 with a squad following you around...and the Arbiter.

And yet, it'll probably recieve scores just as high if not higher then the other Halo's from most places even though these same places deducted Metroid Prime 3 points for being similar to the other Primes.

It's going to be like 2004 all over again. Halo 2 was not that different from the first Halo yet it's praised by everyone while Metroid Prime 2 which was similar to the first Metroid Prime gets condemned for being a rehash. Even though in reality Metroid Prime 2 had more to seperate it from the first Prime game then Halo 2 did from the first Halo.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #47 on:** September 20, 2007, 10:27:01 AM »

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Originally posted by: Brandogg
I can't play Co-op because you can't play on Live yet, either that or just not enough people have it already. It's decent, and the single player graphics are absolutely beautiful, but it's basically Halo 2 with a squad following you around...and the Arbiter.

And yet, it'll probably recieve scores just as high if not higher then the other Halo's from most places even though these same places deducted Metroid Prime 3 points for being similar to the other Primes.

It's going to be like 2004 all over again. Halo 2 was not that different from the first Halo yet it's praised by everyone while Metroid Prime 2 which was similar to the first Metroid Prime gets condemned for being a rehash. Even though in reality Metroid Prime 2 had more to seperate it from the first Prime game then Halo 2 did from the first Halo.

Heck Metroid Prime 3 has more to separate it from either of the previous two games than Halo 2 did from Halo 1.

Kairon · « **Reply #48 on:** September 20, 2007, 10:45:16 AM »

That's the Nintendo difference... or really, double standard.

I'm okay with other games being rehashes. Good for them.

But a NINTENDO game should be more than that. It should be fresher, better, more innovative, more refined, more perfected, more surprising... and if it isn't, it's got no excuse. After all, it was developed by Nintendo (or a second party) and therefore can't hide behind the third party label.

Stogi · « **Reply #49 on:** September 20, 2007, 11:00:09 AM »

So there are a bunch of user reviews (I don't know what's up Brandogg, you should be able to find someone) on metacritic and so far the average is 8.3 / 10.

So take what you want from that.

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Author Topic: Yeah, Halo 3's been announced. (Read 41118 times)