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Judging by the audio from the campaign playthrough posted by Snoopers, you'll need a pacemaker for Halo 3!

I dont know if thats good news or bad news. :lol

 

[urk]

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Judging by the audio from the campaign playthrough posted by Snoopers, you'll need a pacemaker for Halo 3!

There's a new audio capture in the campaign thread. Get the defibrillator ready.

 

[Captain Glanton]

I thought the flood battle was one of the highlights, it was frentic.

Yup.

I also don't undersand the hatred for the Arbiter. Congrats to Bungie for trying something different with one of gaming's biggest franchise and for making it work.

 

[StoOgE]

I like the Arbiter.

 

[sableholic]

As someone else mentioned I thought we weren't doing this for EGM's sake. I can't wait till I get this issue in the mail.

 

[Frenck]

*DAMN*

Linky doesn't work

 

[meddow]

The only thing i question is

Mauler - Dual-wieldable shotgun

2 shot guns?

Seems too powerful

 

[Eric WK]

The only thing i question is

Mauler - Dual-wieldable shotgun

2 shot guns?

Seems too powerful

Clearly they aren't as powerful individually as the Spartan shotgun.

 

[RyuHayate]

The only thing i question is

Mauler - Dual-wieldable shotgun

2 shot guns?

Seems too powerful

It'll work out just fine. There has to be a trade off where the kickback is so powerful that there's a delay between each shot.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

The only thing i question is

Mauler - Dual-wieldable shotgun

2 shot guns?

Seems too powerful

Pretty sure that any other weapon + a shotgun would be stronger than 2 shotguns.

 

[NJ Shlice]

The only thing i question is

Mauler - Dual-wieldable shotgun

2 shot guns?

Seems too powerful

The word Shotgun is throwing everyone off. It will not be nearly as strong as the Shotgun. but is probably loud, single shot at a time, not accurate. LIKE a shotgun

 

[Effulgence]

Anyone else get the feeling they're putting too many new weapons and vehicles into the game?

 

[tdrdrgn]

Anyone else get the feeling they're putting too many new weapons and vehicles into the game?

hell no, the more content, the better.

 

[NJ Shlice]

Anyone else get the feeling they're putting too many new weapons and vehicles into the game?

No. I am interested in how they are going to implement the new Equipment placement on the maps. There are so many now.

But weapons and vehicles are welcomed.

SandTrap will put the laughter in Vehicular Manslaughter

 

[szaromir]

Anyone else get the feeling they're putting too many new weapons and vehicles into the game?

As long as it's all balanced too many weapons shouldn't be an issue.

 

[gnarkill bill]

Anyone else get the feeling they're putting too many new weapons and vehicles into the game?

Not at all considering this will be the last Halo game in the story arc, Bungie will wanna put alot of new offerings in it especially for multiplayer to make the game last as long as possible.

 

[BuckRobotron]

The Mauler and Gravity Hammer should be fun to use.

 

[urk]

Anyone else get the feeling they're putting too many new weapons and vehicles into the game?

My friend played the Beta with me. It was his first Halo experience. He's an avid gamer and he's really damn good at other titles, but doesn't play a lot of first person shooters. He was totally overwhelmed by the tool set. He's since gone out and picked up Halo:CE to get acclimated.

 

[dark10x]

We're closing in on just two months before Halo 3! GOTY (unless Bioshock meets or exceeds expectations)!

 

[NJ Shlice]

jub jub(Guardian) looks like a really cool environment. One of the best things about Lockout was how quick you could move around it, I hope they didn't make jub jub too big. Kind of like they added so much to the Last Resort base. One of the jub jub pics looks like it could be of the new Battle Rifle Tower and it looks really big. It looks as if they added a huge room on top of the tower.

 

[Haklong]

me either.

plus Keith David is badass.

Between Halo 3 and Mass Effect, we get to hear him a lot this year. Loved his work since I saw The Thing back in the 80's.

 

[shuri]

Let's not post scans, but complete transcription of the article is ok!

 

[GhaleonEB]

A detail from the other thread:

New MP gametype: Hammer Time: King of the Hill, 75% gravity, players invulnerable when inside the designated scoring area. Knock players out of the hill with the Gravity Hammer (new weapon) to keep them from racking up points.

Best. MP. Mode. EVAR

*swat*

 

[GhaleonEB]

Let's not post scans, but complete transcription of the article is ok!

From the Terms of Service:

D. Copyrighted Material

The posting of full transcriptions of articles and whole or partially-scanned images is not allowed. Users in breach of this rule are subject to banning, although a verbal warning may be administered for a first offense. The posting of review scores (without text), news summaries, rumors, and review paraphrasing is acceptable, as long as credit is given to the original source.

Thus, the OP.

 

[MMaRsu]

Damn I gotta see this, too bad EGM doesnt come out in Holland

 

[Mrbob]

Sounds great. Halo 3 campaign may make up tenfold for Halo 2 campaign. Halo is still my favorite console FPS for campaign. Halo 2....not so much. But I'm feeling a MGS3 style rebound for Halo 3 right now.

I will keep berieving in online co op making it in. I'll still be excited for the game either way, but honestly will be extremely bummed if there is no online co op.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Between Halo 3 and Mass Effect, we get to hear him a lot this year. Loved his work since I saw The Thing back in the 80's.

He's so ****ing great in that.

 

[Geoff9920]

Halo 3 seem to be shaping up nicely! Too bad for EGM though, I'm sure they're pissed.

 

[Mrbob]

Yeah put me on the Keith David bandwagon as well.

I wasn't a massive fan of the Arbiter (that's not what ruined Halo 2 campaign for me), but Keith David doing the voice for the character was bad ass. Did a great job.

 

[sprocket]

I am glad I scored a legendary edition. I am a sucker for CE.

 

[MaX_PL]

oh man thats a list of awesomeness. so many new features; i love how theres like three extra deployables then we had in the beta.

 

[GavinGT]

No. I am interested in how they are going to implement the new Equipment placement on the maps. There are so many now.

But weapons and vehicles are welcomed.

SandTrap will put the laughter in Vehicular Manslaughter

I'm sure they'll only add equipment in places where it has a viable use. For instance, placing the jump pad equipment on the beach in High Ground, so you can scale the wall and get to the other side.

 

[Lakitu]

I seem to be the only one who really loved Arbiter's levels in Halo 2. They were fantastic I thought. Especially Sacred Icon and Quarantine Zone.

 

[GavinGT]

So can I still go to EB Games and pre-order a "plain-old" version of Halo 3? Have they said they're doing a midnight sale again this time around?

 

[tombur]

I'm not asking anyone for the shots, but is there anything other than those crappy low-res mobile ones on the net that I should be looking for? Just a yes or no answer guys.

 

[Orlics]

MGS3 style rebound for Halo 3 right now.

You mean a less-than-stellar third game with clunky new gameplay features and a dumbed down plot that doesn't live up to the vision of its two predecessors (and retcons character backgrounds as well), combined with a total trainwreck of a voice job for the main character?

 

[Opus Angelorum]

There's a new audio capture in the campaign thread. Get the defibrillator ready.

Thanks for the heads up, I missed that.

 

[MaX_PL]

So can I still go to EB Games and pre-order a "plain-old" version of Halo 3? Have they said they're doing a midnight sale again this time around?

OBVIOUSLY. the world would go crazy if we couldnt play Halo 3 at midnight.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

I am glad I scored a legendary edition. I am a sucker for CE.

What are the chances of getting reviews and such of the gear in the CE before launch? I'm not partial to CEs usually but if the beastiary is solid enough...

 

[GavinGT]

You mean a less-than-stellar third game with clunky new gameplay features and a dumbed down plot that doesn't live up to the vision of its two predecessors (and retcons character backgrounds as well), combined with a total trainwreck of a voice job for the main character?

Eh, I'm totally enjoying MGS 3 right now (first time through). I HATED Hayter's voiceovers at the beginning, as he sounded like an absolute schmuck. But after a little while, it seems like he reverts back to older Snake's voice, so it's all good.

 

[sprocket]

What are the chances of getting reviews and such of the gear in the CE before launch? I'm not partial to CEs usually but if the beastiary is solid enough...

lol for the price it should come with halo and halo2 plus at least 50% off halo wars.

 

[Orlics]

Eh, I'm totally enjoying MGS 3 right now (first time through). I HATED Hayter's voiceovers at the beginning, as he sounded like an absolute schmuck. But after a little while, it seems like he reverts back to older Snake's voice, so it's all good.

Don't get me wrong, the game is enjoyable. You could even call the game "good." But after you've played through it several times, like I and a lot of people have done, you'll realize why it doesn't live up to the standards of a MGS game, especially the plot.

 

[urk]

Thanks for the heads up, I missed that.

It's crazy how hyped the audio gets me. E3 should have been the audio of that play through with just flashed of the actual game being played every ten seconds. Would have been easy to do, and so friggin' awesome.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

lol for the price it should come with halo and halo2 plus at least 50% off halo wars.

Heh, I meant the $70 version, not the crazy ass $130.

 

[kuYuri]

Sounds awesome. I want to try out that Hammer for fun. :O

 

[RavenFox]

Campaign is all Chief. The love never ends baby. I wonder if hand to hand combat is in there. It was so awesome finally showing his Spartan strength in Halo2.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

E3 should have been the audio of that play through with just flashed of the actual game being played every ten seconds. Would have been easy to do, and so friggin' awesome.

Agree, watching/listening to Stinkles play Halo 3 was much more exciting than that mess of a trailer.

 

[shoe]

Hey everyone...I really appreciate you guys refraining from linking to scans or putting up direct transcriptions. I know that's the official policy here, but I still appreciate it.

And thanks to those guys saying stuff along the lines of "for EGM's sake." Yeah, this leak majorly sucks for us. It affects how the companies work with us, affects how we'll get exclusives, hurts our newsstand sales (we count on those as a big part of our revenue).... We need exclusives to stay relevant in today's Internet world...and having this early printer leak only damages our business.

So I know I can't prevent the news from spreading...but those of you who are still going to read or buy the actual printed issue, thank you.

-Shoe
EGM

 

[Grecco]

Finally some bigger APC type vehiclas.! All that i wanted from Halo 2 Wooot! Praise be betowed upon Bungie, may death come swiftly to its enemies.

 

[Proelite]

Hey everyone...I really appreciate you guys refraining from linking to scans or putting up direct transcriptions. I know that's the official policy here, but I still appreciate it.

And thanks to those guys saying stuff along the lines of "for EGM's sake." Yeah, this leak majorly sucks for us. It affects how the companies work with us, affects how we'll get exclusives, hurts our newsstand sales (we count on those as a big part of our revenue).... We need exclusives to stay relevant in today's Internet world...and having this early printer leak only damages our business.

So I know I can't prevent the news from spreading...but those of you who are still going to read or buy the actual printed issue, thank you.

-Shoe
EGM

Ummm, because of the shitty scans, I am actually going to buy an issue this afternoon.