Halo 3

[noir]

I just got my copy of H3 in the mail is anyone playing campaign online?

[Tajin]

i just hope the library level is not here in all his Copy pasted glory from the previous ones.

[Deejay]

i just hope the library level is not here in all his Copy pasted glory from the previous ones.

The last level had you running through the copy pasta that you're talking about lol. I started whining for about 15 seconds but luckily it was over quick and I got to enjoy a really sick ending.

Also, did anyone else beat the game yet on Legendary? If you did/plan to, don't skip the credits lol.

[Tajin]

Fucking copy paste idiots at Bungie -_-

[Cheerios]

Fucking copy paste idiots at Bungie -_-

If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

[Charla]

I'd just like to say that Jumper can be pretty fun. As long as your framerate doesn't randomly get all jerky.

[Maguspk]

Lower the difficulty?

You're talking to someone who considers Ninja Gaiden or Jumper to be how difficult a game should be

Halo's challenge so far isn't in "skill", but in just cheesing how many snipers/how much damage they can throw at you while you stand behind generic crate #3 and pray that the game decides to not screw you this time.

Sounds like you just suck at FPS there is nothing wrong with balance and if you're trying to play through legendary without 4 you're just asking for a stupid challenge that is unrealistically attainable. Go play Normal mode.

Also, Covenant Carbine was one of the best weapons in the game during H2, Beta and still is in H3. So ya, if you can't manage to go through Campaign with that being your default spawn you just fail.

[Kaylia]

Lower the difficulty?

You're talking to someone who considers Ninja Gaiden or Jumper to be how difficult a game should be

Halo's challenge so far isn't in "skill", but in just cheesing how many snipers/how much damage they can throw at you while you stand behind generic crate #3 and pray that the game decides to not screw you this time.

Fuck jumper.

Jumper is great, and I'm going to play it right now since its been a while. I wonder if i can beat my 90 death in jumper 1 ;x

[Maguspk]

Updated List:

List so far:

Maguspk - iQuench
Anyway - IGotRedOnYou
Weltall - WeltallX
Katlan - Tensi
Boyiee - Doctor Blight
Noir - Noirtoise
xerodok - xerodok
Vandole - Vandole DESU
Bweigelt - Alexander Rake
MisterBob - Mister Bob
Aumann - Awmann
Tekki - Tekki IIC (I love this name roman numerals ftw)
-Zer0- - Slade QP
superpld - Grimeybob
Xavier - cubethenewb
Gares - Extra Ninja
Mitsukai - AJ5385 (maybe it's because you put numbers in it ;p)
ozz - xHcPx trickkilla
Nitsuki - Nitsuki
ertyu - er7yuu
Henkka - Laihos
Halleberry - Abjuration King
Misterjingles - Mistahjinglez

We can add eachother as the list grows. This looks like it'll be perfect for going into a 8v8 match as a party of 8. That'd be fun :D

[Amele]

It's not that hard to aim with a controller, people are making such a big deal about it honestly... in gears, for example, I had the easiest time ever sniping down people's heads. I guess it just depends on the game.

most consoles have an aim-correction feature. I think goldeneye's was probably the most blatant.

halo 1's is quite obvious actually (ignoring the seeking projectiles) if you know what to look for. I think in 2 they were a little more subtle with it, but the spray effect from some of the automatics is definitely biased in favor of hits over misses if you're only partially on a target.

been awhile since I played Gears but I do remember the first thing I noticed about it was that the headshot hit box is actually easier to get than the torso hitbox (since a shot on the shoulder will tend to detect as an arm hit but a shot just above the shoulder will auto-correct to the side and become a headshot).

console fps are fun (I'm looking forward to H3 tonight) but I don't really consider headshots in consoles to be a particular accomplishment - but I might be a PC elitist, haha.

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

I am so dissapointed in the gaming press. There is some serious score inflation going on, and they don't even try to hide it. I mean, read this review: http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3163125
Does that sound like a 10 to you?

[Vandole]

this game is not a 10 by any means... this game was overhyped more than bioshock was, and bioshock is a better game singleplayer wise

[Zalius]

who the fuck gives a shit about single player fps

seriously

[JerryC]

how is the map editor thing

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

who the fuck gives a shit about single player fps

seriously

imo good games are good

Metroid Prime and Bioshock are good single player FPS games.

I'm not saying Halo III needed to be as robust of a single player as those, but they could have made it as good as, say, goldeneye.

[Semitry]

I'm not saying Halo III needed to be as robust of a single player as those, but they could have made it as good as, say, goldeneye.

Have you played and beat Halo 3 to give such a critique?

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

I'm not saying Halo III needed to be as robust of a single player as those, but they could have made it as good as, say, goldeneye.

Have you played and beat Halo 3 to give such a critique?

Obviously not...but nobody is really talking up the single player at all. It's safe to assume that if people who are completely immersed in hype say that the single player is bland, well, it probably is.

[Insanecyclone]

If your a multiplayer person then here's the story line spoiler so you wont even NEED to touch the campaign

SPOILERS

Halo 3 does not begin right where Halo 2 left off. Instead, the comic mini-series, Halo: Uprising, will bridge the story gap between the ending of Halo 2, and the beginning of Halo 3.

When the game begins, Master Chief is back on Earth, where the Covenant loyalists (Brutes, Drones, and Jackals), led by the Prophet of Truth, have laid waste to most of the planet. Covenant ships are hovering over an excavation site a few miles from the ruins of New Mombasa and have uncovered a large artifact in this site (seen in the E3 2006 trailer).

The Master Chief, along with Sergeant Major Johnson and the Arbiter, make their way through the jungle towards an UNSC outpost. During this time, the Master Chief seems to experience disturbing broken transmissions from Cortana. Shortly after they reach their destination, the Covenant mounts an attack on the facility. After a brief struggle, in which the outpost is lost, Master Chief receives orders from Commander Keyes and Lord Hood to clear a way into the African city of Voi, and destroy all anti-air Covenant defenses in preparation for an all-out assault on Truth and the artifact. After the Master Chief and the Arbiter destroy the defenses, Truth activates the artifact and creates an enormous slipspace portal, into which all the Covenant ships retreat. As the humans weigh their options, a Covenant ship controlled by the Flood arrives by slipspace and crashes lands nearby, and the parasite quickly spreads throughout the city.

The Master Chief and the Arbiter attempt to fight off the Flood. They are aided by the arrival of the Elite fleet, which proceeds to glass areas that have been infected. Keyes, Master Chief, the Arbiter, and the Elite fleet decide to follow Truth. They leave Earth via the slipspace portal and find themselves near an immense artificial structure, which is soon revealed to be the Ark. They find that the Ark is in fact positioned outside of the Milky Way galaxy. 343 Guilty Spark arrives by an Elite dropship and promises to help the Master Chief in any way he can, since he has no more pre-programmed duties now that his ring has been destroyed. Guided by Guilty Spark, the Chief and the Arbiter push their way to the control room of the Ark, where they barely manage to stop The Prophet of Truth from activating the rings. Commander Keyes dies as she tries to prevent Truth from using Sergeant Johnson to activate the rings.

In the meantime, a flood-infested High Charity arrives by slipspace jump. After executing The Prophet of Truth, the Arbiter and the Master Chief discover that a replacement ring has been constructed by the Ark to replace the one destroyed by Master Chief. The Chief decides to activate the ring so as to destroy any chance the Flood has from spreading even further. However, the Chief and the Arbiter first take a detour through High Charity to recover Cortana, who was still under the grasp of Gravemind. After rescuing the AI, they destroy the Covenant home world as they make their escape, which seemingly kills Gravemind.

When they arrive on the newly built Halo, they quickly discover that Gravemind is still alive, and attempting to reconstruct himself on the new Halo. The Chief, Arbiter, and Sergeant Johnson quickly make their way to the control room, where they attempt to fire Halo. Guilty Spark realizes that this will destroy his new ring because it is not fully ready yet, and kills Sergeant Johnson as he tries to activate the ring. Master Chief destroys Guilty Spark, activates the ring, and barely manages to escape with the Arbiter on The Dawn, an UNSC ship.

Back on Earth, a memorial service is held, and the Arbiter leaves for his own home world. It is implied that the Master Chief did not survive to make it back to Earth. However, a short scene after the credit roll reveals that he and Cortana had in fact been separated from the Arbiter as a section of The Dawn tore off during the slipspace jump. Drifting through space, Cortana drops a distress beacon, and Master Chief climbs into a cryo chamber to wait for rescue. If the game is completed on the Legendary difficulty, the hulk is seen drifting towards a planet after an unknown expanse of time.

This ending draws an interesting parallel with the opening scene of Marathon, leading some to jump to conclusions and say that Halo 3 is in fact a direct prequel to Marathon. However, this is false; Bungie has on several occasions stated that Marathon and Halo do not occur in the same universe.

[Epical]

Not sure why you wouldn't want to play campaign (co-op or single player), there's like 450 possible gamerpoints you get out of there. >_>

I'm not saying Halo III needed to be as robust of a single player as those, but they could have made it as good as, say, goldeneye.

Have you played and beat Halo 3 to give such a critique?

Obviously not...but nobody is really talking up the single player at all. It's safe to assume that if people who are completely immersed in hype say that the single player is bland, well, it probably is.

Not the case AT ALL. If I could paste the people on my XBL flist and what they're doing right now, you'd see over 75% of them are playing the story mode.

[Vandole]

the new multiplayer weapons are pretty neat, and im looking forward to all the custom maps.

bland as it may be, wave after wave of the same shit, im still gonna play it just for the achievements >.>