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New Halo 3 SP Campaign screenshot
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michaeld said:
No pics or anything, but the online page for EGM's current site has a brief paragraph discussing the next issue:
egm218.1up.com
Buttonbasher
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Buttonbasher
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I'm curious what game it is. Plus I could take the sticker off.traveler said:
ToyMachine228
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Good news to hear SOMETHING about Halo Wars. I know they don't want to blow it out yet because Halo 3 is getting all the steam. But I expect Halo Wars will be a Fall 2008 game. Along with Gears 2. Possibly.
And yes, Ghosts of Onyx is probably the best Halo novel yet. That's not to insult the others though. Nylund's a great writer in general.
And yes, Ghosts of Onyx is probably the best Halo novel yet. That's not to insult the others though. Nylund's a great writer in general.
Antdogg355
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Buttonbasher said:
:lol
Imperial Hot
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This issue will be available early August? Nice.traveler said:
tahrikmili
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segarr said:
Arbiter > Master Chief.
More personality, better story, totally kickass. If they drop the Arbiter storyline in Halo 3 I'll be disappointed.
I first played the French version of Halo 2, before I played the English, and I have to say it has MUCH better voice acting. Everyone should see it. Arbiter and Cortana were incredible.
CreepingDea7h
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I hope so. It sure would be nice touch to see them fixing equipment in some areas.Orlics said:
Francias Castiglione
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Orlics said:So.
Do you guys think the Covenant Engineer race will be somewhere in the campaign? The animations for those are sure to be a bitch to implement, so I'm not really counting on it.
Well they only have tentacles so it wouldn't be too hard for them to be fiddling with equipment. It isn't as if they get involved in combat so the only other animation would be death/deflation.
ToyMachine228
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Orlics said:
They do not engage in combat. They simply are...Engineers. So they wouldn't really add anything to the game. That's the reason Bungie cut them from Halo: CE.
ToyMachine228
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Orlics said:
That doesn't really fit with the flow of the rest of the game though. Cool idea? Maybe. But it doesn't really fit in Halo.
ToyMachine228
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Didn't see this posted here either so...Cover of Halo Uprising #3.
Francias Castiglione
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Frenck said:
Intro movie/cutscene.
Flashback after the first mission.
Star Wars style crawl.
or my personal favourite
"Previously... on Halo..." said by the chief, followed by a recap of events, then a shitload of spoilers over the opening credits a la Battlestar Galactica.
ToyMachine228
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Frenck said:
One four-part comic series is too much?
Is it 7 or is it 8 Gamerpics from Bungie Day 2007, because I only count 7 now that I've finally gotten to look at them: the Bungie logo, the Marathon logo, the Seventh Column logo, the fist holding the two lightning bolts, the Mister Chief one, the Marty one, and the sign with the guy broken in half... I hope the EU Marketplace didn't miss one damnit...
Imperial Hot
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It seems that it would make sense for Bungie to show off a demo of the multiplayer content not in the beta, and a little bit of the singleplayer. They can give a little vertical slice of the singleplayer, and let the magazines get the rest.
norinrad21
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Buttonbasher said:
:lol :lol :lol :lol
Mr Vociferous
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Ghaleon's correct, we've got a lot of written word between those two games. There's two novels actually. Both First Strike and Ghosts of Onyx had portions which took place in between the two games, although the majority of the latter occurred before and after the events of Halo 2.GhaleonEB said:
The fall of Reach technically happened around August 30, 2552 (over the course of a week or so afterward as well). The Pillar of Autumn arrived at Installation 04 (Alpha Halo) on September 19, 2552 and the events of the first game lasted approximately three days. The Chief, after trudging through the situations covered in the First Strike novel, returns to Earth on the Cairo Station orbital defense platform on approximately October 20, 2552, nearly a month after the events of the first game. They receive their medals on or around October 22, 2552.
Due to the Covenant's superior knowledge of Slipspace, their journey to Installation 05 (Delta Halo) is rather short. Some of have speculated that this was fueled by the location of a Forerunner property, others claim that its simply the reverse-engineered Forerunner technology that the Covenant already use. Either way, after the Slipspace Event of New Mombasa (an actual named historical event within Halo canon), In Amber Clad and Regret's capitol ship arrive at Delta Halo approximately between October 22nd and October 27th. During that week, the Covenant Civil War breaks out and the Halo installations go online. At some point the Chief secretly absconds to the Forerunner vessel with Truth and the majority of the Covenant fleet, and they travel to Earth.
It is unknown when exactly the Master Chief will arrive at Earth and I've never been able to put a date on it personally, but I would assume that the Halo: Uprising comics and/or the beginning of Halo 3 would depict the approximate date, if not the exact one. Looking back to Regret's trip from Delta Halo, near the gas giant referred to as Substance, it took less than five calendar days for that trip. This would place the beginning of Halo 3 or the comic series in very early November./halo nerdity
I'm open to correction as well...
ToyMachine228
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While Ghosts of Onyx and First Strike do have parts that pertain to events after Halo 2, they do not necessarily have to do with the Master Chief or Arbiter, which is what Halo 3 will follow. So those events are important but...Sort of like side-stories. They don't move Master Chief or Arbiter in the scheme of events after the close of Halo 2.
So the only events that involve Master Chief after Halo 2 as far as I know (Correct me if I'm wrong) will be the Halo Uprising series. Othe than that, what you know from Halo 2 will still hold true uneffected by the novels and whatnot.
So the only events that involve Master Chief after Halo 2 as far as I know (Correct me if I'm wrong) will be the Halo Uprising series. Othe than that, what you know from Halo 2 will still hold true uneffected by the novels and whatnot.
ant1532 said:
Halo 2 (two) Spoilers
Yes, The remaining 6 rings are now in standby mode and can only be activated from the Ark. Halo 2 ends where the Prophet of Truth hops on a Forerunner structure that was powering High Charity and heads towards Earth, towards the Ark. Chief hops on the ship with Truth.
Wow, I played through the story multiple times but that was before I read up on the story or cared bout it at all really. I never really knew that was the reason, I thought it was just that the Covenant found earth so he heads down to follow, but yeah hopping on the same ship with Truth is so freaking awesome.NJ x Falkor said: