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[The Real Napsta]

I had some really fun games last night. Going into team slayer by yourself is a blast.

 

[Mindwipe]

3 is such a beautiful game in many ways. With the best set pieces too, by a long way. The art direction is lovely.

Best Halo.

Funny how 343's attempts at QTEs never made the Chief feel anything like as awesome as a bunch of stuff you do in this game - especially the tank/scarab battle on the Ark is such an opportunity for epic moments, whereas the QTEs in Halo 4 were wasted on things that didn't seem very interesting.

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

3 is such a beautiful game in many ways. With the best set pieces too, by a long way. The art direction is lovely.

Best Halo.

Funny how 343's attempts at QTEs never made the Chief feel anything like as awesome as a bunch of stuff you do in this game - especially the tank/scarab battle on the Ark is such an opportunity for epic moments, whereas the QTEs in Halo 4 were wasted on things that didn't seem very interesting.

That's true. There were barely any QTE's in the first place. The only one that was cool, was the one at the beginning where you killed that elite. The rest were pretty unneeded.

I don't mind QTE's as long as they are cool.

Wasn't killing the prophet in Halo 2 a QTE, anyway? If so, QTE's are nothing new to the franchise.

 

[FyreWulff]

That's true. There were barely any QTE's in the first place. The only one that was cool, was the one at the beginning where you killed that elite. The rest were pretty unneeded.

I don't mind QTE's as long as they are cool.

Wasn't killing the prophet in Halo 2 a QTE, anyway? If so, QTE's are nothing new to the franchise.

If you stretch the definition, but it was done via a mechanic the game had already taught you: boarding vehicles.

Reach had the staged moment of assassinating the Elite to teach you about extended kills, but you could skip it or kill him another way if you wanted to. Most other games would have made that a forced QTE.

 

[Doran902]

i was kind of shocked how many people are playing this now

more than halo 4 i think

people are understanding what halo use to be : D

 

[Overdoziz]

If you stretch the definition, but it was done via a mechanic the game had already taught you: boarding vehicles.

Reach had the staged moment of assassinating the Elite to teach you about extended kills, but you could skip it or kill him another way if you wanted to. Most other games would have made that a forced QTE.

Halo 4 had a lot of supposedly "immersing" moments which pulled you out of the game more than anything.

 

[rvy]

Got my Steppin' Razor finally.

Hooray!

 

[ElzarTheBam]

3 is such a beautiful game in many ways. With the best set pieces too, by a long way. The art direction is lovely.

Yes, yes it is, (taken from here, look at his other shots!)

 

[Computron]

Got another copy of ODST to LAN.

Would anyone be up for some online Firefight at the end of this week or next week?

 

[chupon]

Has anyone else had this problem posted in this forum post on the official xbox forums? I have had this since July and can't take advantage of these games with gold deals.

http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/12/t/1586831.aspx?PageIndex=16

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

If you stretch the definition, but it was done via a mechanic the game had already taught you: boarding vehicles.

Reach had the staged moment of assassinating the Elite to teach you about extended kills, but you could skip it or kill him another way if you wanted to. Most other games would have made that a forced QTE.

I sort of consider Johnson's Splaser handoff to kill GS a QTE, I think that method was better than a button push QTE though. I preferred that to Halo 4, I say keep it in the normal gameplay without prompts.

 

[JB1981]

Had some really fun game last night and connection was solid! Miss this game.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Had some really fun game last night and connection was solid! Miss this game.

It's amazing how fun this game is on a good host.

 

[Major Williams]

Wow, I am definitely no longer able to play at level 50 in Team Slayer. I got schooled.

Sadface

 

[The Real Napsta]

Wow, I am definitely no longer able to play at level 50 in Team Slayer. I got schooled.

Sadface

Play some social slayer to get back in the groove. BKs for miles.

EDIT:

LMAO you should add this to the OT

"the maps are reeeeeaaal cheap doooogs!"

http://youtu.be/5kSjFj2P9eU

Video explains Halo 3 being free, explains map pricing, and hypes some agl tournament?

 

[FyreWulff]

Did that long downtime derail the Halo 3 train? The (broken) population counter now says only 540 people and I can't even get a full match to configure in Rumble Pit anymore :/

 

[The Real Napsta]

IDK why but this fucking wrecked me.

 

[JB1981]

There were 23,000 people playing this game last night. The counter definitely works to some degree because the number of players changes day to day. It's not stuck on a # like the Reach servers are. It's so easy to find a Slayer game and the connections have been pretty good. Viva la Halo 3!!

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

Guys, this is the last day to grab it, so go ahead and do it!

 

[Charles Alan Ratliff]

Got the free month of Gold from the OP and then got Halo 3 for free. Awesome!

 

[zychi]

Is this still free? I can't seem to get it for free via xbox.com

 

[TheMan]

Is this still free? I can't seem to get it for free via xbox.com

unfortunately, it was only free for 2 weeks. the current free game is the bullshit known as keflings.