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tak said:
I hope we get to fight in a battle that large in Halo 3, that would be awesome.
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That's like the first thing I thought when watching it. Well, I thought the same thing but it came out as "I just know some assface is going to be disappointed now when there's no 200+ participant clusterfuck of a battle in the actual game".
 
personally, i really like these ads. they are very original, touching, and just incredibly well done. i cant imagine anything that i'd prefer after accepting the fact that there is no gameplay in them at all.

also, in my time on dial up for the past month or so, didnt i miss more blomkamp (sp?) shorts? did those ever go up on the marketplace?
 
These ads are nice and all for an internet campaign but not having the Halo theme and in-game stuff is surely either arrogant, stupid or both.
 
op_ivy said:
personally, i really like these ads. they are very original, touching, and just incredibly well done. i cant imagine anything that i'd prefer after accepting the fact that there is no gameplay in them at all.

also, in my time on dial up for the past month or so, didnt i miss more blomkamp (sp?) shorts? did those ever go up on the marketplace?
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There was one more released after the initial E3 one. I think there are a couple more on the way.
 
op_ivy said:
personally, i really like these ads. they are very original, touching, and just incredibly well done. i cant imagine anything that i'd prefer after accepting the fact that there is no gameplay in them at all.

also, in my time on dial up for the past month or so, didnt i miss more blomkamp (sp?) shorts? did those ever go up on the marketplace?
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There was one with some brutes a good while back. Also I recall seeing... something else recently, but I don't have a clue what it was.
 
Son of Godzilla said:
That's like the first thing I thought when watching it. Well, I thought the same thing but it came out as "I just know some assface is going to be disappointed now when there's no 200+ participant clusterfuck of a battle in the actual game".
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your cool
 
Karg said:
I never noticed in the partial ad from yesterday that the chieftain is holding Master Chief's AR. I liked it.
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It's awesome how all of the Covenant forces are gathered around to see the Chieftain display what he believes is his ultimate trophy kill.

Also, lol at last night. How many levels did you end up dropping all said and done?
 
Son of Godzilla said:
There was one with some brutes a good while back. Also I recall seeing... something else recently, but I don't have a clue what it was.
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are they on the marketplace? i cant find them...

i guess gametrailers is as good a place as any to search
 
Opus Angelorum said:
The level of detail and sense of scale is awe inspiring, a work of art.
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Seriously it looks amazing they should ebay it for charity, a crazy fan would probably buy it for 3 or 4k!
 
urk said:
It's awesome how all of the Covenant forces are gathered around to see the Chieftain display what he believes is his ultimate trophy kill.

Also, lol at last night. How many levels did you end up dropping all said and done?
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Yeah and to think what actually happens after MC smacks that grenade right in that Chieftain's face, the uproar and cheering from the Marines and then chaos from the Convenant. Holy shit if that would be in the game as a cinema. Hmm.......it'd fucktacular if you ask me.

From 24 to 21. If we didn't win those last two, and lost them instead I would've got to 20. Then again we didn't have your friend's support for those final games. What the hell is with you and even your friends obessions with butthole seks. Not even a minute into the lobby and I feel 100x less straight for hearing of how great buttseks is.
 
swander said:
These ads are nice and all for an internet campaign but not having the Halo theme and in-game stuff is surely either arrogant, stupid or both.
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Honestly, I'm kinda sick of the Halo theme. I don't want to hear it unless it's on my home speakers and has Stevie wailing ass.

your cool
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You do realize that was only directed at you iff you are the type of assface to bitch about the battle not being in the game, right? Does the fact that I quoted you and said I agreed mean nothing? NOTHING?

op_ivy said:
are they on the marketplace? i cant find them...

i guess gametrailers is as good a place as any to search
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I actually don't know if that video got a proper release somewhere. Blim grabbed it offscreen at some crazy Euro party a ways back.
 
neoism said:
Seriously it looks amazing they should ebay it for charity, a crazy fan would probably buy it for 3 or 4k!
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that'd be a whole lot of charity. high charity, if you will.

i tried. lulz.
 
neoism said:
Seriously it looks amazing they should ebay it for charity, a crazy fan would probably buy it for 3 or 4k!
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You would have to have a big house! Apparently the diorama is over 12 feet tall with characters ranging from 8 inches in height (grunts) to 19 inches (hunters). Amazing!
 
Karg said:
What the hell is with you and even your friends obessions with butthole seks. Not even a minute into the lobby and I feel 100x gayer for hearing of how great buttseks is.
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I don't understand the question. And those are my reserved friends. :D
 
jet1911 said:
The longest version of the ad is amazing. Wow.
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yup. i wonder if that diorama is a recreation of that battle that bungie has mentioned that has "more enemies and allies then the entire first mission from halo 1" (paraphrased).
 
op_ivy said:
yup. i wonder if that diorama is a recreation of that battle that bungie has mentioned that has "more enemies and allies then the entire first mission from halo 1" (paraphrased).
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It looks like that diaphragma has more enemies and allies then the entire game.
 
Yeah thats what I was going to ask. Isn't this diorama deplicting a major battle which is in the game? I hope it does, but I also hope they manage to pull of alot of enemies and allies in the battle or else it won't have the same feel as the diorama has.
 
urk said:
It looks like that diaphragma has more enemies and allies then the entire game.
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heh, true. i dont think anyone should be expecting quite that level of chaos. but i think an in game encounter could give the player nearly the same feeling of epic battle that the ad is portraying and bungie has been talking up for some time with far less actual combatants ;)
 
urk said:
It looks like that diaphragma has more enemies and allies then the entire game.
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According to Kotaku, Frankie said that the diorama was made by a marketing company who has no idea how the game ends and that the diorama is an amalgam representation of several different portions of the game.
 
damn, both the yahoo site and the xbox.com site are blocked at work. You can't see it, but I'm crying bitter tears right now...

Anywhere else I can get it (not youtube, that's blocked too.)
 
I still can't get over the possibility that the Marines are stuck in a giant field of mud in that ad. I'm thinking that the ad depicts the Battle of the Arc, a huge encounter with waves of both Covenant and humans, set in a rain soaked Arc excavation site. That would explain the mud, and would sure as hell explain the number of Covenant...

Imagine being waist deep in mud -- not slowed enough to make the encounter frustrating, but handicapped none the less -- and having a Brute pack run straight at you, grenades armed, guns raised. :D

EDIT: Yeah, I know Frankie said the ad agency doesn't know the ending of the game, but I'm still suspicious/curious.
 
Damn this newest ad is very impressive. The shorter version that was leaked a few days ago did it absolutely no justice at all...

Nice work, Bungie =)
 
GhaleonEB said:
The Halo 3 ads suck.
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In your opinion. IMO the "Believe in a Hero" add is perfect. I have watched it many times already. However, it might be too much for people who are too attached to the story. My little bother got really depressed and now he thinks that MC dies.
 
Foman123 said:
According to Kotaku, Frankie said that the diorama was made by a marketing company who has no idea how the game ends and that the diorama is an amalgam representation of several different portions of the game.
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No way! It's the last battle of the game, finishing the fight with no weapons, just a single grenade to take out an entire army. Believe.
 
Guys I don't know if you already read this, however here it is (thanks to XCN):

Every so often individuals are called upon to rise above themselves and act in a selfless manner – to help, to protect, to defend those in need. We call these people, who rise up in the face of great adversity, heroes. One such individual’s story is about to be told worldwide. On Sept. 25, “Halo 3’s” epic hero Master Chief will rise once again – he’ll face seemingly insurmountable odds with the entire fate of the galaxy riding on his shoulders.

In memory of this hero, and helping build to what promises to be the largest entertainment launch in history on Sept. 25, a series of dramatic and evocative communications elements, created by McCann San Francisco, T.A.G., AKQA, and Microsoft Global Marketing will offer a stirring look at the “Halo” universe and Master Chief.

The first of the films, entitled “Museum,” premieres today on www.xbox.com and provides consumers everywhere with a reason to “Believe” in the amazing stories and action within the Halo experience, bringing the epic battles to life in the style of a museum “diorama.”

Certain to catch the imagination of audiences around the globe, the ads are unlike any video game advertising ever created, and offer a powerful look at the world of “Halo”. Uniquely, the campaign experience does not focus on “Halo 3’s” graphics or gameplay, but instead looks at the themes that lie at the heart of the tale that spans the entire “Halo” trilogy: duty, sacrifice, and most importantly, heroism.

Through the eyes of celebrated Hollywood creature designer Stan Winston, known for his landmark work on Aliens and Jurassic Park;, as well as New Deal Studios, model creators for Spiderman 3, 300 and Superman Returns, and acclaimed director Rupert Sanders, people will experience a dramatic and moving look at mankind’s struggle against our future enemy, the fierce warrior force known as the Covenant.

The central element that much of the integrated marketing campaign centers on is a painstakingly accurate replication of a key moment from a climactic battle set in the "Halo" universe. At over 1200 square feet, reaching a height over 12 feet above the ground and with each handcrafted human and Covenant figure standing eight to twelve inches high, the diorama was large enough to fill an entire studio.

Filming the Experience

Shooting the campaign took several days as the individual soldier's stories were told, and as the camera spanned the landscape, finally resting on the mountain top where Master Chief appears to have been conquered by the Covenant enemy…or so it would seem. Viewers quickly realize that there is much more of the story that’s yet to be told – and the game will tell all.

The story of the diorama and the battle that day has been told through films that will be shown in 27 countries around the world on television, in cinema and on the web. But the Halo 3 experience is much larger than that, with future testimonial films depicting soldiers’ third-party accounts of their experience in the battles, and with the hero that is Master Chief.
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