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Thermite said:
no, it's in. EGM talked about dual-wielding in their big preview issue months ago.
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Ah. Right. I still find it kind of weird that people are rarely duel-wielding in footage/pictures that have been released. Must be less fun...or something

Edit: Oh god could I be more wrong?

At 41 seconds in the MP ViDoc, theres a dude duel-wielding SMGs.
 
RPS37 said:
Ah. Right. I still find it kind of weird that people are rarely duel-wielding in footage/pictures that have been released. Must be less fun...or something
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They said in the last vidoc that when you start off with dual wielding weapons, it turns the game into a dual wielding game. They want more balance with Halo 3. I'm guessing, from what we've seen, it's better to use the AR at the time than dual weidling.
 
andrewfee said:
The Assault rifle is more of a close-to-mid-range weapon, whereas the battle rifle has a scope and is designed more for medium to long range combat. They've both got drastically different rates of fire too.
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True. Also to add on to what you said...the BR fires 3 round bursts and has a 36round clip compared to the AR which is fully automatic and contains a 32round clip. Totally different guns.
 
Norml said:
Why are people only red or blue and have the exact same model, it makes the game seem to easy and kiddy imo? Thats one big problem I see, no custom players just red or blue of the same model.
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Norml said:
I suggest different suits and helmets and no colors. Keep it real.
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have you ever played halo in your life? seriously, have you?
 
Ugh, some of these new juniors are making me want to put my finger through my eye into my brain today.

Norml said:
I suggest different suits and helmets and no colors. Keep it real.
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No.
 
Norml said:
I suggest different suits and helmets and no colors. Keep it real.
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...These are Spartans wearing a certain type of armor. What the hell would be the point of the game if they had different suits and helmets? My god, ****ing idiotic juniors...

The only semi-practical implementation would be a elite v. spartan gametype. But they'd need some serious balancing there. Resistance has tried it and they're still tweaking that as well.
 
Wow, norml you are specal...

Does anyone have a link to the old old thread that was about the one guy(I think he was a game reviewer) getting the hate mail and it looked like it was done in MS paint by a kid (had the big classic middle finger?)
 
Norml said:
I suggest different suits and helmets and no colors. Keep it real.
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Master Chief doesn't go around playing dress-up! This is ridiculous. That would most certainly NOT be keepin' it real.
 
You can definitely see the grass blowing in the wind. Looks pretty realistic even with this 6m low rez video.

Also..at around 4:05 he picks up the anti gravity device where the cloak device used to be.
 
Joates said:
Wow, norml you are specal...

Does anyone have a link to the old old thread that was about the one guy(I think he was a game reviewer) getting the hate mail and it looked like it was done in MS paint by a kid (had the big classic middle finger?)
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Robert Falcon is awesome. :lol

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118525

RPS37 said:
Ah. Right. I still find it kind of weird that people are rarely duel-wielding in footage/pictures that have been released. Must be less fun...or something

Edit: Oh god could I be more wrong?

At 41 seconds in the MP ViDoc, theres a dude duel-wielding SMGs.
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The game's better balanced this time around, so people won't be rushing to dual wield anymore. Bringing back/tweaking the Assault Rifle and setting it as the default starting weapon were the first steps towards that.
 
Zeal said:
Does anyone else find it interesting that we've yet to see a single Elite.

And Norml, that's just silly. C'mon now.
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They're probably being tuned a lot differently. We haven't seen how they've changed since Halo 2, so there could be a large difference.

no easier headshots though? :(
 
I was a little underwhelmed by the still photos, too, and then I saw the video...


...Oh my god the video. :O

Estimated # of times images of the bubble shield and taking the Warthog and Mongoose in the water dance in my head between now and November: 26,518
 
Norml said:
Not online, are you always red or blue?
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ever watch sports? people on the same team wear the same color. i don't know, it sort of helps to distinguish your teammates from the people you are trying to defeat. in halo, the default team colors are red and blue. red, like the british. blue, like the uppity yanks. other team colors include green, yellow, etc. in non-team games, you are free to customize your color as much as the game will allow. and, yes, there are two models... spartans (what you see in these shots), and elites. who knows if 3 will be the same or expand upon that.
 
Zeal said:
Does anyone else find it interesting that we've yet to see a single Elite.

And Norml, that's just silly. C'mon now.
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You can't blow your load every pull. Bungie's got a lot underwraps that what they've shown us and what has leaked can't compare to, I'm sure. Elites seem to be in beacause of this statement:

Next to Nathan was the new Elite model. And it is quite lovely – something that, were it in multiplayer, for example, you might want to play as. Tyson promises that the Elite model will be more fairly apportioned this time around. The current Halo 2 Elite models have some idiosyncrasies that make folks choose Spartans way more than they might ordinarily. It’s not a true balance issue, per se, but it’s being tuned as we speak for H3. And rightly so. Elites look superbadass. [03/02/2007 - BWU]
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h3da Elite entry can be found here.
 
Are people really complaining about the graphics in a beta build that's meant to test multiplayer more than visuals? Jesus Christ, there simply is no end. :( This game will be mine. I missed out on the last two, though I've had fun everytime I've played them. Still, watching console fpses in video always makes me cringe. They are so slow and plodding compared to the hair-trigger response and frenetic pace of PC fpses.

Anyway, I wish that video showed more use of the bubble shield. Whoever was playing didn't do very much with it. Depending on the terrain, and how it can be deployed, that could be a really cool moving pick. PEACE.
 
I have to admit the video looked very promising. I love the soft feel of the graphics but I think if they added a tiny bit of motion blur to the camera, like in R6:V, it would look even smoother. PLEASE ADD THIS!!!
 
Norml said:
I suggest different suits and helmets and no colors. Keep it real.
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:lol :lol :lol
You remind of this kid who called in to Podtacular saying that in Halo 3 you should be able to "Dual wield every weapon, while driving vehicles and throwing grenades!"
 
Mute said:
Any word on the pistol? Bad as Halo 2? Good as Halo 1? Somewhere in between?
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He wrote something in the WWU about it a while back.

It's basically going to be the Halo 1 Pistol, but nerfed. So I expect 5-6 shots to kill.
 
I'm more interested in the single player than multiplayer. I played 3 hours of Halo 2 today and I couldn't believe the quality of the game. Back in 2004 I guess all the hype and extremely high expectations killed my initial experience. The sound, the controls --feel of the gun and its perfect balance of functionalities-- is out of this world. I especially like the pistol with its stronger than average bullets and the quick snap sound it makes when being shot. The subtle rumble and animation makes it feel like I was really using it.

I remember Stinkles saying the single player portion of Halo 3 is actually "moving along well ahead" of its multiplayer functions, to paraphrase. I can't wait :)
 
NinSoX said:
I'm more interested in the single player than multiplayer. I played 3 hours of Halo 2 today and I couldn't believe the quality of the game. Back in 2004 I guess all the hype and extremely high expectations killed my initial experience. The sound, the controls --feel of the gun and its perfect balance of functionalities-- is out of this world. I especially like the pistol with its stronger than average bullets and the quick snap sound it makes when being shot.
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You must not have played the updated version.
 
Striker said:
He wrote something in the WWU about it a while back.

It's basically going to be the Halo 1 Pistol, but nerfed. So I expect 5-6 shots to kill.
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If it has the same rate of fire, that should be about perfect.
 
I find it hard to believe that any regular Halo 2 players could find much to complain about in that video. It looks like it has the familiar, addictive core gameplay with some new variables. The lighting, color palette, decorators, and texturing looked real nice - plus it's possible it will just get better (as Frankie said, the 3 maps shipping in the beta were the most graphically complete - not that I'd complain if it looks identical in the final version). And I can't wait to dick around with the new weapons! The Spartan laser looks sick - I can't wait to use that badboy like Quake's rail gun. Anyone up for some Halo 2 :D GT: HeresTheTalent
 
Striker said:
He wrote something in the WWU about it a while back.

It's basically going to be the Halo 1 Pistol, but nerfed. So I expect 5-6 shots to kill.
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Is the battle rifle going to be nerfed too? I wouldn't see the point of having the pistol if the battle rifle can kill with 4 shots.
 
I don't know, I think the pre-update mangum was perfect for a pistol. Five shots with anything other than BR, with the fast rate of fire of the pistol, is way too much.
 
RPS37 said:
Ah. Right. I still find it kind of weird that people are rarely duel-wielding in footage/pictures that have been released. Must be less fun...or something

Edit: Oh god could I be more wrong?

At 41 seconds in the MP ViDoc, theres a dude duel-wielding SMGs.
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I actually forgot about it being the Vidoc myself. :lol
 
Hmmmmmm...... in recent bungie updates, there has been talk of the great water effects that have been implemented...

Such as the movement of water when vehicles / people / objects come into contact with the substrate... and looking at the video leads me to believe that this may be a slighty 'old' build.

To me it seemed as if the water (as good as it looked) was just a texture geometry.... no movement what so ever... meh

By the way people need to chill the **** out, this game still has 5-6 months of polish to go yet... you FOOLS !!!! :)
 
Yeah the water looked updated from, dare I say it, halo 2, games like kameo and viva had water more or less what I was expecting out of halo 3.

When is the beta date again? That's when ill finally get to see it in proper context :)
 
So, is the game gold, or just the graphics? You all have me confused.

Also, am I the only one who doesnt really mind the music?
 
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