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Halo: Reach Beta Thread
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Hydranockz
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In all my years of Halo 3 online, I do believe I played a bungie employee today. He was rockin the Bungie tagline. It was a pleasant surprise when not calling hax 
RebornYeti
Member
So why isn't E3 happening right now? I'm sick of waiting.
Self Induced
Member
hell yeahkylej said:
its really the only way I can still be playing halo 3
also, what happened to saturday night halo?
the one time I'm on, everybody is still burned outSubtervotion
Member
Deputy Moonman said:
Probably play a bunch of other games. Once Reach comes out it'll be all Reach, all the time.
Cuban Legend
Member
So is there a link to watch this still? Was it like a leaked ViDoc or something? If so, i can wait for it.Letters said:
But I dont want any campaign spoilers. ... damn myself for wanting to play Reach SP with no prior knowledge aside from everything publicly known so far.
Who said I didn't want shitty posts in the thread? Cracks me up, I love it. And the main reason I posted was to tell my Dax joke, everything else was just "meh, I'm here so I may as well post some more" stuff.GhaleonEB said:
I agree about Trasher's post though. My Dax joke was hilarious but Trasher's joke didn't do anything for me. So stop shitting the thread up Trasher, I'm trying to catch up on the latest Halo Reach news but because of you I have to wade through crappy jokes to read the good stuff about Gabe changing the lives of HaloGAFers.
You need some of Self's weed. Chill the fuck out.
Self Induced
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http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=10762563&pid=26Nutter said:
there are more than a few people here who would benefitEazyB said:
its pretty good shit, too
Subtervotion
Member
EazyB said:
There's a joke about Trasher living up to his name in here somewhere. I'm too tired to think of it though.
Montage Discussion
I have two songs I enjoy, that I might want in the montage, but I am not sure if they are the right material, for either a montage in general, or just not mainstream enough if you get what I mean. I will link to them.
Bankai - Faun
sharkara - strut
Still looking for recommendations. So far I have some interesting song ideas given, but nothing really stands out you know. My only requirement is that it cant be a really popular song, like something used in a big movie or something that might be played on MTV.
I have two songs I enjoy, that I might want in the montage, but I am not sure if they are the right material, for either a montage in general, or just not mainstream enough if you get what I mean. I will link to them.
Bankai - Faun
sharkara - strut
Still looking for recommendations. So far I have some interesting song ideas given, but nothing really stands out you know. My only requirement is that it cant be a really popular song, like something used in a big movie or something that might be played on MTV.
Hypertrooper
Member
Nah. It was about a competition. Here in germany you could win a speaking role. A nobody has won and some german videogamesite made a video about this. Nothing really exciting. Just old videos and some scene with a fat chick and a ugly men.Cuban Legend said:
I think you are wrong there.Letters said:
It is more 30-40% are excited. 30-40% are hopeful but had complaints. 20-30% are upset and think its total shit.
Of course I pulled those numbers out of my ass, but I have a big ass and its pretty good at telling the truth.
I personally enjoyed the beta, of course there are things I would like changed, but as far as the total package, I feel it delivered and hope that the final game has the changes they say they are doing.
So much hate, it is okay to hate, I just don't understand it.
bobs...onGaf
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chapel said:I think you are wrong there.
It is more 30-40% are excited. 30-40% are hopeful but had complaints. 20-30% are upset and think its total shit.
Of course I pulled those numbers out of my ass, but I have a big ass and its pretty good at telling the truth.
I personally enjoyed the beta, of course there are things I would like changed, but as far as the total package, I feel it delivered and hope that the final game has the changes they say they are doing.
So much hate, it is okay to hate, I just don't understand it.
Im part of the 30-40% that disliked it, but holds out hope, the thing is - it wasnt a bad game, but it just didnt have the Halo essence for me. If Reach wasnt a Halo game I wouldnt have been dissapointed but because it was, I was dissapointed at the new direction the gameplay took more than anything.
So yeah gameplay didnt suck (it was actually pretty good), it just didnt contain as many of the elements that I play Halo for.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Letters said:
I haven't had time to post my thoughts quite yet but "total shit" Reach is not and far from it.
Zeouterlimits
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ToyMachine228
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Music sounds fine Chapel. No qualms with that if that's what you go with. And once again...You're the one doing almost all the work so if anyone complains...Too bad.:lol
chapel said:
Sweet, might as well suggest a few songs, maybe you'll like one or two of them.
TRON Legacy soundtrack - Vitaliy Zavadskyy
The Orange Box OST - Vortal Combat
Ennio Morricone -Ecstasy Of Gold Remix instrumetal
Deputy Moonman
Member
chapel said:I think you are wrong there.
It is more 30-40% are excited. 30-40% are hopeful but had complaints. 20-30% are upset and think its total shit.
Of course I pulled those numbers out of my ass, but I have a big ass and its pretty good at telling the truth.
I personally enjoyed the beta, of course there are things I would like changed, but as far as the total package, I feel it delivered and hope that the final game has the changes they say they are doing.
So much hate, it is okay to hate, I just don't understand it.
Count me in with these two statements. Not only that, but to me it seems like the general public is having a much bigger influence on the final product of the game. Maybe I'm wrong, but was there this much interaction between gaffers, the general public, and the developers for the last two major Halo releases? I know I didn't frequent this forum that far back, so I could be completely off my rocker.Tashi0106 said:
Monocle
Member
Not having read that interview, or many other opinions about realistic military shooters for that matter, I've nonetheless held for many years the same view you describe. It feels wrong to turn so grave a subject as war into cheap entertainment. I have found no excuse not to respect the immense suffering caused by large-scale human conflict.GhaleonEB said:
I only got to play at the start of the beta but it wasn't terrible. I see tons of potential for Slayer Pro and MLG. Hitscan weapons + sprint + low jump = competitive goodness. As long as the Arena is cleaned up (remove ARs) and MLG works their magic I'll be happy.
Vanilla Reach is impossible for me to play. I'm not a pro I just don't want to deal with hammers hiding behind corners and kids spraying me with a jetpack. The insanity outweighs the fun I get from pooping on horrendous people.
Halo turns human conflict into the cheapest entertainment, dude. It's a selfaware b-movie using old archetypes to tell a story that is just an excuse to shoot monsters in your Iron Man suit. Trying to take the moral high-ground in a Halo thread while possessing a Sin City avatar is paradoxical. In summary, smoke more weed.
Vanilla Reach is impossible for me to play. I'm not a pro I just don't want to deal with hammers hiding behind corners and kids spraying me with a jetpack. The insanity outweighs the fun I get from pooping on horrendous people.
Monocle said:
Halo turns human conflict into the cheapest entertainment, dude. It's a selfaware b-movie using old archetypes to tell a story that is just an excuse to shoot monsters in your Iron Man suit. Trying to take the moral high-ground in a Halo thread while possessing a Sin City avatar is paradoxical. In summary, smoke more weed.
Diablohead
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I have no idea if I am suppose to bump the halo 3 thread from 2009, use the odst thread or here but I returned to halo 3 mp and since playing Reach my experiance with halo 3 is somewhat different.
I love halo 2/3 multi but always had some iffy moments and BR problems, after playing Reach however and becoming use to the play style in the beta it's changed how I play halo 3 online, aka I rush in less for the melee finish and use other weapons differently, manily the magnum.
The h3 magnum has always been a fun gun for me, it fires a little show and could pack more punch on body shots but I love to use it, it's like a pocket BR with pocket firepower. I can't explain why but after playing reach my pistol skills have improved vastly. I think people underestimate it because it fires slowly.
Just had this game in the double xp playlist, yeah yeah it's terratories which means a few free kills but they always shoot back, it's not like I approach from behind each time as most of my kills were in the middle.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=1664276255&player=Diablohead UK
It was good fun
I love halo 2/3 multi but always had some iffy moments and BR problems, after playing Reach however and becoming use to the play style in the beta it's changed how I play halo 3 online, aka I rush in less for the melee finish and use other weapons differently, manily the magnum.
The h3 magnum has always been a fun gun for me, it fires a little show and could pack more punch on body shots but I love to use it, it's like a pocket BR with pocket firepower. I can't explain why but after playing reach my pistol skills have improved vastly. I think people underestimate it because it fires slowly.
Just had this game in the double xp playlist, yeah yeah it's terratories which means a few free kills but they always shoot back, it's not like I approach from behind each time as most of my kills were in the middle.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=1664276255&player=Diablohead UK
It was good fun
Deputy Moonman
Member
I think it's just something that you get used to after a while. A person hiding around the corner with the hammer is really no different than someone hiding around the corner with a shotgun. And the jetpacks just mean that sometimes you have to look up when being shot instead of to the left or the right. But even this isn't a terribly huge switch from the norm. Getting shot from above occurs on any map with multiple levels anyway.kylej said:
:lolkylj said:
Monocle
Member
I had been counting on someone like you to miss the point to such hilarious effect, and right on cue, here you are. I was explicitly referring to games that realistically depict human vs human conflict in a military context. Kind of like a certain series that was mentioned by name in the post I quoted. So, uh, nice attempt to catch me in a contradiction. Go smoke more weed.kylej said:
The Librarian
Banned
If you're going to include any song from TOB, you should include the best song, Sector Sweep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4hft34WRYw&feature=relatedGui_PT said:
But I guess Mortal Combat works better.
Also, for my Halo replay, I think I've finally decided on the order:
Halo 1
Halo 2 - Up until the end of Metropolis
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 2- Pick up with The Arbiter
Halo 3
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
LAUGHTREY said:
:lol
Monocle said:
And I've been counting on more dopes with infantile moral codes to conveniently hop in Ghaleon's backpack like you. We're all very impressed by your chivalry. Hopefully when Reach comes out you'll be able to clean your pussy enough to handle all the realistic human vs human conflict in military environments. Of course, if you really had such strong moral boundaries you would have no interest in Halo, which means you wouldn't be in this thread, which would be a benefit to all of us!
Subtervotion
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kylej said:
What is this? I don't even...