Support NeoGAF

[GarthVaderUK]

The music on the website is Chopin Prelude No.15 "Raindrop", I think.

Lots of vids of people playing it on YouTube.

 

[electricpirate]

Ho. lee. shit.

I really hope that dioramma tours, I'd love to see it.

Ferrex, good to see that kind of confidence in your game. Hell, the first Halo wasn't even marketed that well, it's power was mostly on word of mouth .

 

[Lakitu]

I love you Frankie.

I love you Luke.

I love you Bungie.

I hardly say those three words, but I just did, three times.

 

[SPEA]

someone clear this up...the believe ads we have seen [museum, hero?] are or are not the tv ads

i was under the impression that the TV ads were another beast altogether

I am also wondering the same thing. Anyone know?

 

[LunaticPuma]

Does anybody know when bungie.net is going to get updated so we can view Halo 3 profiles, screenshots, etc.?

Thanks for the heads up Stinkles.

I may have to travel for work the week of the 24th. Any recommendations on whether to pack my 360 in carry-on or check it with luggage?

 

[Wollan]

I know there's a 99.999% chance this is ultra late but a 90sec ad went up at Gametrailers 17min ago, at least I hadn't seen this one: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/24927.html

 

[Son of Godzilla]

SPOILER FUCKING TAG.

Not that I'm shocked or anything, I'd just like to learn these things IN GAME.

EDIT: Sorry, I over reacted. I keep on forgetting -- over and over -- that the ad creators don't know the ending. Apologies.

I got your spoiler tags right heres.

 

[Karg]

I know there's a 99.999% chance this is ultra late but a 90sec ad went up at Gametrailers 17min ago, at least I hadn't seen this one: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/24927.html

They also updated the Xbox.com page for this, yeah I only saw the 60 second one. Sweet.

 

[MaX_PL]

yeh stinkles is Halo 3 gonna make use of the vision camera?

 

[NeXuSDK]

In the commercial, set dozens of years after Halo 3, the soldier is careful to point out that the memorial is symbolic only and that nobody really knows where the chief is.

There is no spoiler, because the ad company does not know what the ending of Halo 3 is.


HOWEVER: Speaking of spoilers - BE CAREFUL ON BUNGIE.NET next week.

Hi-res screenshot galleries on player profiles CAN AND WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS - so don't surf random gamertags until you've completed the game. They could LITERALLY have the final frame of the game as a screenshot on their file share.

Campaign shots will generally be replaced with a SPOILER gif in more publicly facing areas - but individual player profiles ARE NOT SAFE.

You should have told me we actually got to play retail disc in retail consoles. I could have brought my Gamertag with me and earned some 1337 achievements for my über gamerscore...

Sigh, now I have to complete the campaign again! Such a drag*

*Irony confirmed

 

[Son of Godzilla]

I am also wondering the same thing. Anyone know?

I can't imagine there being a point to the multiple versions if this isn't their primary ad campaign. Especially multiple versions being saved till after launch.

 

[Wollan]

I think this one works much better than the short one which goes straight to MC. You get to absorb more of the music, events & situations and so forth.

 

[RBH]

I think this one works much better than the short one which goes straight to MC. You get to absorb more of the music, events & situations and so forth.

Yeah, I pretty much agree that the 90 second commercial is an improvement over the shorter version.

 

[Falagard]

yeh stinkles is Halo 3 gonna make use of the vision camera?

:lol :lol

 

[speculawyer]

The Halo 3 Hype Hoe-down
Thanks to Rothbart.

 

[professor_t]

I know there's a 99.999% chance this is ultra late but a 90sec ad went up at Gametrailers 17min ago, at least I hadn't seen this one: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/24927.html

Someone didn't pore over the diorama carefully enough. Shame on you.

 

[Gleeky]

/cry, beautiful.

 

[Dirtbag]

GOD DAMN IT!

I cant get the site to load on my mac....
And none of the videos will play in their busted ass flash players, on neither yahoo nor xbox.com

In fact, I fucking hate flash players.

 

[MaX_PL]

:lol :lol

wha wha whats so funny?

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Blim,

Can you rehost the vidoes? Please?

Thanks

 

[giga]

GOD DAMN IT!

I cant get the site to load on my mac....
And none of the videos will play in their busted ass flash players, on neither yahoo nor xbox.com

In fact, I fucking hate flash players.

Tried Firefox/Camino? Opera?

 

[college_boy]

Cool site I have a new background for the next few weeks.

 

[SpudBud]

That website is fucking awesome.

 

[Calm Killer]

GOD DAMN IT!

I cant get the site to load on my mac....
And none of the videos will play in their busted ass flash players, on neither yahoo nor xbox.com

In fact, I fucking hate flash players.

Yea....Macs suck....

 

[Stinkles]

Does anybody know when bungie.net is going to get updated so we can view Halo 3 profiles, screenshots, etc.?

Thanks for the heads up Stinkles.

I may have to travel for work the week of the 24th. Any recommendations on whether to pack my 360 in carry-on or check it with luggage?

New FAA regulations mean that if you carry it on, you have to put it in the tray like a laptop. But other than that, it's your call.

 

[Gleeky]

The brutes remind me a lot of Urukai from LOTR..at least in these commercials.

 

[Dirtbag]

Tried Firefox/Camino? Opera?

Downloading Firefox now (I'm at work, so I generally dont trick out my work machine as much as my personal. but I am running flip for mac.)

Yea....Macs suck....

Get used to them, we're coming out. And breading a whole generation of users, starting with ipods.

 

[giga]

Yea....Macs suck....

Hardly a mac problem as Adobe fails to see how pathetic their flash plugin is.

 

[giga]

will there be a media blowout any time soon? before the reviews that is

This is Halo Fuckin Three Son!

 

[Tzeentch]

I thought the first two commercials were crap, but if that's what they are going to run as the third one (yeah I first saw it on the diorama page too) then that is pretty cool - for some reason it has a HELL of a lot more impact then the others.


BTW I bet a lot of the people bitching here would jump at the chance to import those wierd collectables that Japanese games often have. Why doesn't anyone bitch about the Kasumi body pillows or Final Fantasy health drinks - but god forbid Master Chief is on a can of Mountain Dew it's exploitive!

 

[Ramirez]

The brutes remind me a lot of Urukai from LOTR..at least in these commercials.

I was thinking the same thing...

And the only bad thing I can see from these ads, is that the game probably won't come close to matching the scale shown. But w/e, gotta be realistic.

 

[college_boy]

As much as I like the ads wtf is going on here?

The guys are just sitting there it looks like.

 

[giga]

I was thinking the same thing...

And the only bad thing I can see from these ads, is that the game probably won't come close to matching the scale shown. But w/e, gotta be realistic.

 

[Acidote]

The brutes remind me a lot of Urukai from LOTR..at least in these commercials.

The reason for you to think that could be the helmet design. I wouldn't be surprised if they say that the diorama was made by Weta, and much less after that Wingnut/Peter Jackson thing.

 

[GhaleonEB]

720p mirrors of the yahoo ad here: http://nikon.bungie.org/news.html?item=19964

Quicktime and WMV

 

[Thermite]

[/QUOTE]

I think he meant in terms of how many friendlies/enemies will be fighting. Which, I agree, I don't think Halo 3 will come close to what's being depicted in the diorama. I think we'll see some huge battles, but to have hundreds of enemies and friends fighting at once? That's just way too much to have going on at one given time.

 

[GhaleonEB]

The reason for you to think that could be the helmet design. I wouldn't be surprised if they say that the diorama was made by Weta, and much less after that Wingnut/Peter Jackson thing.

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.

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/09/12/believe.aspx

 

[IJoel]

The diorama website is truly outstanding. New wallpaper time!

 

[Ramirez]

large picture

Are you shitting me? What does that have to do with how many enemies/allies on screen and taking into account all of the A.I. and effects the engine would have to handle?

I fully expect the game to have some large scale battles, but nothing close to this, I'm just trying to keep realistic expectations.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Forgive me if this has been answered yet:

Elites are for sure out of the Covenant. Brutes, Jackals, and those insect things are still Convenant. Grunts seem to have gone back to the Covenant. Hunters... I'm unsure of. Is that right?

 

[Arnie]

Hey guys, don't know if this has been posted yet, but incase not, we may have our first halo 3 leak, http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=20775
Btw i dont know if this is real, but the plasma in the background implies the idea.

Anways if true you can bet your asses microsoft will send a brute chieftain to own the retail store which commited the evil dead.

sorry if old, just wanted to inform you guys.

 

[MMaRsu]

Some people already have the game..

This is from a gameshop in Norway :

This is supposedly from an EB in USA :

DAMNIT ARNIE IN THE SAME FUCKING MINUTE :lol

 

[Ramirez]

Hunters are still in the Covenant as well.

And fuck those guys who already have copies, not because of spoilers (I'll avoid them just fine), just for the fact that they're playing it and I'm not.

 

[Thermite]

Forgive me if this has been answered yet:

Elites are for sure out of the Covenant. Brutes, Jackals, and those insect things are still Convenant. Grunts seem to have gone back to the Covenant. Hunters... I'm unsure of. Is that right?

Yes, the Elites are allies with Humanity for now. The Brutes, Jackals, Grunts, Hunters, and Drones are still allied with the Prophets. (I guess they would be considered the neo-covenant, no?)

 

[giga]

Are you shitting me? What does that have to do with how many enemies/allies on screen and taking into account all of the A.I. and effects the engine would have to handle?

I fully expect the game to have some large scale battles, but nothing close to this, I'm just trying to keep realistic expectations.

Jeez, take a chill pill dude. I interpreted your use of "scale" as the size of the environment.

 

[Buttonbasher]

Holy god.

Believe was neat but sorta lame at the end.

Monument had me apple juicing in excitement.

Believe site made me asplode.
Wow.
Hype is awesome.

Have I really posted that much in this thread?:lol

Some people already have the game..

This is from a gameshop in Norway :

This is supposedly from an EB in USA :

DAMNIT ARNIE IN THE SAME FUCKING MINUTE :lol

Well there we go.

Laa laa laa Crazy awesome ads!

<Someone has it>

Lame.


Total downer.

 

[Omar Ismail]

720p mirrors of the yahoo ad here: http://nikon.bungie.org/news.html?item=19964

Quicktime and WMV

Ok... ya. Probably one of the best ads for a video game ever. If that doesn't make you want to play the game and not only see how MC saves the world, but actually BE the one doing it, well you have issues. Just 10 more days...

 

[The Elite]

Some people already have the game..

This is from a gameshop in Norway :

This is supposedly from an EB in USA :

DAMNIT ARNIE IN THE SAME FUCKING MINUTE :lol

Quickly! Send Top Men!!

 

[Ramirez]

Jeez, take a chill pill dude. I interpreted your use of "scale" as the size of the environment.

I'm totally chill.

 

[DrBo42]

Why do all the early copies always get sold to mutants? Damn them!