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[Vico]

But... But...
From the panel: Meet Roland

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Looks like they're all trying to get the camping achievement together

Kiki appears to be the closest. Frank's strength for camping is waning.

 

[Fracas]

Any chance of a Halo 3 PC announcement?

 

[Fuchsdh]

Kiki appears to be the closest. Frank's strength for camping is waning.

Is Kiki ex military? Looks like she's at parade rest or something, might just be an awkward photo.

This is the first time the Pit will be playable, yes?

 

[daedalius]

So Spartan Assault available now or what?

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

So Spartan Assault available now or what?

Apparently tonight at 4 PST per Kiki.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

I know it's coming at some point, but they should make Halo 3 the next free Xbox LIVE game for a nice population bump and then everyone can just forget about Halo 4.

There will be a bump, then a massive drop off when people actually play Halo 3 and realise how terribly it has aged.

 

[kittens]

Random question. When the Xbox Controller S was introduced, was the Duke discontinued?

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Halo 5: 343 Doesn't Care




Laugh it up, bro: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=504622

Thanks, seems like most of them can be done without buying any of the new DLC? I bet they will still be paywalled somehow lol.

The camper achievement really shows the level of understanding at 343.

 

[willow ve]

There will be a bump, then a massive drop off when people actually play Halo 3 and realise how terribly it has aged.

Game is still great on LAN. Netcode is the bigest issue.

 

[YourExWife]

So Forward Unto Dawn is up for an emmy...


I'm not joking...


No seriously...


Guys...


Stop laughing...


It's ok guys...


It's not for the acting, writing, directing, etc...

http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2013/Outstanding Main Title Design

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

Random question. When the Xbox Controller S was introduced, was the Duke discontinued?

Pretty much. All consoles came with the S. Couldnt buy the Duke separately either. At least here you couldn't.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

FUD was decent, but that title design was Emmy-worthy.

EDIT:
Halo Waypoint @HaloWaypoint
As just announced at our #SDCC2013 panel, Halo: #SpartanAssault launches TODAY at 4PM PT!

 

[Sordid]

FUD was decent, but that title design was Emmy-worthy.

EDIT:
Halo Waypoint @HaloWaypoint
As just announced at our #SDCC2013 panel, Halo: #SpartanAssault launches TODAY at 4PM PT!

Is that midnight in the UK?

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

Anything besides smelly mobile games announced at the panel?

Also, for the new armour DLC, Im assuming a free compatability patch will be required so players who don't buy the DLC can see the new armour online? Like Borderlands and Gears 3 right?

Or is it on the disc?

 

[TheOddOne]

But... But...
From the panel: Meet Roland

You had one job Xbox folks, ONE JOB.

 

[Orochinagis]

Anything besides smelly mobile games announced at the panel?

Also, for the new armour DLC, Im assuming a free compatability patch will be required so players who don't buy the DLC can see the new armour online? Like Borderlands and Gears 3 right?

Or is it on the disc?

I want to know this too, maybe a new update patch for the playlist and the DLC armor.

 

[Diablohead]

Anything besides smelly mobile games announced at the panel?

Also, for the new armour DLC, Im assuming a free compatability patch will be required so players who don't buy the DLC can see the new armour online? Like Borderlands and Gears 3 right?

Or is it on the disc?

Would be entertaining if the armour content was in last months turbo update.

 

[NobleGundam]

You had one job Xbox folks, ONE JOB.

HolaGAF |OT2| "You had one job, OddOne. ONE JOB!"

 

[TCKaos]

The armor isn't on the disc as far as I know. It's not available by modding your profile or anything, though the pre-order bonus armor is, as well as a bunch of emblems that haven't been released officially yet. If I had to imagine the giant boot emblem is probably the one you get from Spartan Assault. Y'know, Bootcamp? Feet first? Get it?

 

[excowboy]

There will be a bump, then a massive drop off when people actually play Halo 3 and realise how terribly it has aged.

Well you may be right - idk. I'm just looking forward to playing some as I haven't played too much H3 MP.

 

[Diablohead]

I found it hard to play halo 3 the other day but i'll hop into some gaf games if people are up for it when it's free to all, but if you are used to reach and halo 4 aiming you really need to train your thumb for the halo 3 dead zone it has.

 

[Thug Waffle]

There will be a bump, then a massive drop off when people actually play Halo 3 and realise how terribly it has aged.

I honestly enjoy 3 more than 4 and Reach - even now - so whatever.

 

[Madness]

I agree Halo 3 has aged a bit badly. Slow movement, lag, etc.

But it's still fun to play if you get a nice match. I can't wait for it to go free. Might at least get a few games out if it.

 

[Omni]

FUD was decent, but that title design was Emmy-worthy.

EDIT:
Halo Waypoint @HaloWaypoint
As just announced at our #SDCC2013 panel, Halo: #SpartanAssault launches TODAY at 4PM PT!

4PM PT? According to a timezine converter I just used, that's in 20 minutes, right?

 

[Shadders]

Can I play Spartan Assault with M&K or do I need to plug in a controller?

 

[Plywood]

 

[Mix]

it seems as though Halo is really inspired by Megaman, as with this and the ending to Megaman 2

 

[Fotos]

Where is ma Spartan Assault?

 

[Omni]

Where is ma Spartan Assault?

I think it's out for Windows Phone.

Still isn't appearing in my Windows 8 app store though.

GG 343i.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

I honestly enjoy 3 more than 4 and Reach - even now - so whatever.

I really don't understand that. When it came out the game was amazingly fun to play and it was a really great game.

Now its a bag of shit.

3 (In its prime)>>>>>>Reach>>>>>4

Present day? Its Reach>>>>>4>3

 

[Orochinagis]

it seems as though Halo is really inspired by Megaman, as with this and the ending to Megaman 2

Some useless Fact
This pic is from Megaman battle network series, He was the first one using clothes on the series, because there wasnt no cloth gear for Navies before him.

 

[Fotos]

I really don't understand that. When it came out the game was amazingly fun to play and it was a really great game.

Now its a bag of shit.

Present day? Its Reach>>>>>4>3

No

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

No

Wrong. Game is trash.

 

[Fracas]

The laggiest, shittiest matches I've played in Halo 3 surpass most games in Halo 4.

I would rather play AR starts on Valhalla than Infinity Slayer on any Halo 4 map.

 

[Omni]

I really don't understand that. When it came out the game was amazingly fun to play and it was a really great game.

Now its a bag of shit.

3 (In its prime)>>>>>>Reach>>>>>4

Present day? Its Reach>>>>>4>3

You honestly prefer Halo 4 over Halo 3? I can understand Reach because it's a pretty damn solid game. But Halo 4? Seriously?

 

[Syphon Filter]

The laggiest, shittiest matches I've played in Halo 3 surpass most games in Halo 4.

halo 3 shits on halo 4. that doesn't change.

 

[Orochinagis]

You honestly prefer Halo 4 over Halo 3? I can understand Reach because it's a pretty damn solid game. But Halo 4? Seriously?

Maybe is the overwhelming simplicity elements of Halo 3 that gets you like Halo 4.

It was a fun game on its time.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

You honestly prefer Halo 4 over Halo 3? I can understand Reach because it's a pretty damn solid game. But Halo 4? Seriously?

Right now? Absolutely. Halo 3 was the better game in its prime by miles. When we were running the GAFBTB sessions and customs on 4 a month or 2 ago, It was a blast.

But Right now Halo 3 is damn near unplayable with it's garbage netcode, bad aiming and all the other shit I list out every week.

Halo 3 is bad in 2013.

 

[Fotos]

Ok seriously though it's been 45 minutes...

But Right now Halo 3 is damn near unplayable with it's garbage netcode, bad aiming and all the other shit I list out every week.

Halo 3 is bad in 2013.

Wtf no. I have been playing it all week and it's fine. At times it's a bit laggy but it is no where near unplayable.

 

[kittens]

The current state of every Halo game currently online would be so much better with just a few setting changes and playlist updates. I feel like none of the games have great options right now. Throwdown and Doubles in Halo 4 are probably the best.

 

[Omni]

Right now? Absolutely. Halo 3 was the better game in its prime by miles. When we were running the GAFBTB sessions and customs on 4 a month or 2 ago, It was a blast.

But Right now Halo 3 is damn near unplayable with it's garbage netcode, bad aiming and all the other shit I list out every week.

Halo 3 is bad in 2013.

Hmm, fair enough I guess. Whenever I get on Halo 3 these days I have a blast. But I guess nostalgia plays a big part of that (being my favourite game of this gen and all).

Ok seriously though it's been 45 minutes...

Waypoint says it can take 4 hours to update in store. Ha

 

[Karl2177]

Halo 3 lag complaints are super hyperbole. I've had lag free matches with the Euro Trash and Overdoziz gang before and I'm from the central US.

 

[Poker Face]

But Right now Halo 3 is damn near unplayable with it's garbage netcode, bad aiming and all the other shit I list out every week.

That's a pretty big hyperbole.

 

[Fotos]

Waypoint says it can take 4 hours to update in store. Ha

Ughhhhhhhhhh. Time to go back to Assassins Creed 2 then.

 

[Ramirez]

Remember when Bungie was gonna update Halo 3's playlists before Reach came out?

lol

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

The current state of every Halo game currently online would be so much better with just a few setting changes and playlist updates. I feel like none of the games have great options right now. Throwdown and Doubles in Halo 4 are probably the best.

Thats the problem though, while you are absolutely correct. The throwdown/doubles settings/style of play were an afterthought in Halo 4. They weren't even considered during development.

That style should be the base gameplay style with everything else built around it. Infinity Slayer is fine as an optional gametype. But Team Slayer should have been the premiere, default game mode of Halo 4, as it was in all other online Halo games.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Halo 3 lag complaints are super hyperbole. I've had lag free matches with the Euro Trash and Overdoziz gang before and I'm from the central US.

A US based player saying latency isn't an issue in Halo 3, I laugh directly in your face. Halo 3 is BR US host dominance, fact!

Double melee, bullet refunds, shot detection iffy, weapon spawn pick ups by players walking behind you, shooting yourself in the back with a rocket, grenade latency, lack of hitscan, lack of local search filter...would you like me to keep going from an Australian who played over 10,000 games of Halo 3 at all levels?

All that and not even entering into the netcode being manipulated easily for bridging of host, host booting etc.

I don't say it often but thinking both Reach & Halo 4 aren't light years in front of Halo 3 online is riding the bad opinion train mate, right up front with the engineer driving it. I for one can't wait for the regional dedicated servers of X1.

 

[Madness]

How hard is it truly to consolidate playlists and update some of the older games. I mean what kind of team, time and money does it require?

Surely 1-3 devs can do it if asked no? Like if Halo 3 goes free, playlist consolidation and updates are required.

 

[Fracas]

lol