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[GhaleonEB]

Don't worry. It's probably fake.

What you see in that period is the last remnant of a post, decimated by a near-instantaneous stealth edit. Poor guy, his life was so brief.

 

[PnCIa]

You seem confused lad.

I am, but I´m serious on that Doom 3 thing. Could´ve been such an awesome game...

 

[Buttonbasher]

What you see in that period is the last remnant of a post, decimated by a near-instantaneous stealth edit. Poor guy, his life was so brief.

Were there italics?

 

[dante786]

My live connection isnt working, so i decided to pop in Halo: CE just to go back and revisit, nostalgia, whatever. Played versus against my brother. Am I the only one who feels like this game is reaaaaallllly dated. I mean, after having played the shit out of the halo 3 beta, I just can never go back to it.

This is not to say Halo: CE campaign is broken, I always enjoyed the overall campaign much more in CE, but something about the multiplayer just feels off. Well honestly, a bunch of things feel off, most notably the horrible balance and every match essentially becoming a pistol duel with the occaisional grenade thrown in.

I know a ton of people prefer Halo CE multiplayer, and tons were clammoring for bungie to include the pistol in Halo 3....I for one am thanking god that they have not. The balancing in halo 3, the feel of the weapons....the assault rifle, oh god the assault rifle, its actually viable. Even the explosions, which i still loved because of their impact, Im glad theyve been slightly toned down, they could still use a little beefing up, but they were a little overpowering.

These observations are obviously months late, but I hadnt played Halo CE in a loooong time, months before the beta came out, so these impressions just hit me.

 

[GavinGT]

What you see in that period is the last remnant of a post, decimated by a near-instantaneous stealth edit. Poor guy, his life was so brief.

No, it was Ghaleon's immense disdain for these Xbox pirates who are quite possibly playing Halo 3 at this very moment. We all sensed it in that period.

This is not to say Halo: CE campaign is broken, I always enjoyed the overall campaign much more in CE, but something about the multiplayer just feels off. Well honestly, a bunch of things feel off, most notably the horrible balance and every match essentially becoming a pistol duel with the occaisional grenade thrown in.

Halo multiplayer was amazing. You shut your stupid mouth!

Spoiler

I admit, the jumping and running feels off when compared to Halo 2/3, but after a few rounds it's like riding a bike.

 

[The Lamonster]

My live connection isnt working, so i decided to pop in Halo: CE just to go back and revisit, nostalgia, whatever. Played versus against my brother. Am I the only one who feels like this game is reaaaaallllly dated. I mean, after having played the shit out of the halo 3 beta, I just can never go back to it.

This is not to say Halo: CE campaign is broken, I always enjoyed the overall campaign much more in CE, but something about the multiplayer just feels off. Well honestly, a bunch of things feel off, most notably the horrible balance and every match essentially becoming a pistol duel with the occaisional grenade thrown in.

I know a ton of people prefer Halo CE multiplayer, and tons were clammoring for bungie to include the pistol in Halo 3....I for one am thanking god that they have not. The balancing in halo 3, the feel of the weapons....the assault rifle, oh god the assault rifle, its actually viable. Even the explosions, which i still loved because of their impact, Im glad theyve been slightly toned down, they could still use a little beefing up, but they were a little overpowering.

These observations are obviously months late, but I hadnt played Halo CE in a loooong time, months before the beta came out, so these impressions just hit me.

It blows my mind when people still call Halo 1 Halo: CE. Bungie has said they prefer Halo without the 'combat evolved' and it was added at the last minute by Microsoft. To most Halo fans, Halo: CE refers to the PC 'custom edition.' Semantics, I know. But it still annoys me to this day.

Also, you are wrong about Halo's multiplayer. It was awesome. And it still is.

 

[Numbers]

My live connection isnt working, so i decided to pop in Halo: CE just to go back and revisit, nostalgia, whatever. Played versus against my brother. Am I the only one who feels like this game is reaaaaallllly dated. I mean, after having played the shit out of the halo 3 beta, I just can never go back to it.

This is not to say Halo: CE campaign is broken, I always enjoyed the overall campaign much more in CE, but something about the multiplayer just feels off. Well honestly, a bunch of things feel off, most notably the horrible balance and every match essentially becoming a pistol duel with the occaisional grenade thrown in.

I know a ton of people prefer Halo CE multiplayer, and tons were clammoring for bungie to include the pistol in Halo 3....I for one am thanking god that they have not. The balancing in halo 3, the feel of the weapons....the assault rifle, oh god the assault rifle, its actually viable. Even the explosions, which i still loved because of their impact, Im glad theyve been slightly toned down, they could still use a little beefing up, but they were a little overpowering.

These observations are obviously months late, but I hadnt played Halo CE in a loooong time, months before the beta came out, so these impressions just hit me.

AH MAH GAD BEE ARR

 

[tak]

My live connection isnt working, so i decided to pop in Halo: CE just to go back and revisit, nostalgia, whatever. Played versus against my brother. Am I the only one who feels like this game is reaaaaallllly dated. I mean, after having played the shit out of the halo 3 beta, I just can never go back to it.

This is not to say Halo: CE campaign is broken, I always enjoyed the overall campaign much more in CE, but something about the multiplayer just feels off. Well honestly, a bunch of things feel off, most notably the horrible balance and every match essentially becoming a pistol duel with the occaisional grenade thrown in.

I know a ton of people prefer Halo CE multiplayer, and tons were clammoring for bungie to include the pistol in Halo 3....I for one am thanking god that they have not. The balancing in halo 3, the feel of the weapons....the assault rifle, oh god the assault rifle, its actually viable. Even the explosions, which i still loved because of their impact, Im glad theyve been slightly toned down, they could still use a little beefing up, but they were a little overpowering.

These observations are obviously months late, but I hadnt played Halo CE in a loooong time, months before the beta came out, so these impressions just hit me.

I miss the control scheme in the Halo 3 beta, so awesome.

 

[Deleted member 21120]

No, it was Ghaleon's immense disdain for these Xbox pirates who are quite possibly playing Halo 3 at this very moment. We all sensed it in that period.

I really don't think it's leaked, yet. Nothing's showing up on my usenet or torrent sites. I guess if it happened recently, it might still be making its way to the public sites, but I honestly think that the image is showing a fake file.

 

[dante786]

It blows my mind when people still call Halo 1 Halo: CE. Bungie has said they prefer Halo without the 'combat evolved' and it was added at the last minute by Microsoft. To most Halo fans, Halo: CE refers to the PC 'custom edition.' Semantics, I know. But it still annoys me to this day.

Also, you are wrong about Halo's multiplayer. It was awesome. And it still is.

Im not saying the multiplayer in Halo CE isnt awesome , im just saying it degrades into a pistol fest, and has serious balance issues. Also the running and jumping feel floaty. So yeah basically compared to Halo 3 its not awesome....its signficantly less than awesome. In my estimation anyway.

 

[Numbers]

I miss the control scheme in the Halo 3 beta, so awesome.

Press ^ to talk!

No :lol

Spoiler

But they fixed that so it's all good!

Im not saying the multiplayer in Halo CE isnt awesome , im just saying it degrades into a pistol fest, and has serious balance issues. Also the running and jumping feel floaty. So yeah basically compared to Halo 3 its not awesome....its signficantly less than awesome. In my estimation anyway. [spoilers]halo: CE[/spoilers]

Nice, man, you ignored my post.

Halo 2 is the same, except you use Battle Rifles instead of pistols.

 

[GavinGT]

Im not saying the multiplayer in Halo CE isnt awesome , im just saying it degrades into a pistol fest, and has serious balance issues. Also the running and jumping feel floaty. So yeah basically compared to Halo 3 its not awesome....its signficantly less than awesome. In my estimation anyway. [spoilers]halo: CE[/spoilers]

You're leaving out the part about how the pistol is awesome. And every other weapon is extremely useful in MP, except maybe the needler.

 

[dante786]

You're leaving out the part about how the pistol is awesome. And every other weapon is extremely useful in MP, except maybe the needler.

The assault rifle??? The thing is completely useless, completely. Ranged its crap and sprays everywhere, up close its bullets are like spitballs and its crap. The pistol schools it in every situation. Which is no surprise because the pistol schools almost every weapon in most situations.

Also numbers sorry, didnt ignore it i just didnt see it. While the BR is pretty prevalent i still feel like its not quite as dominant as the pistol in Halo. Still though, point taken, and yet another reason why Halo 3 is much much better than either.

 

[professor_t]

Well, that was interesting.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Were there italics?

The entire post.

 

[sixthsubset]

Im not saying the multiplayer in Halo CE isnt awesome , im just saying it degrades into a pistol fest, and has serious balance issues. Also the running and jumping feel floaty. So yeah basically compared to Halo 3 its not awesome....its signficantly less than awesome. In my estimation anyway. [spoilers]halo: CE[/spoilers]

i think saying it's completely a pistol fest is exaggerating a bit too much... getting snipe & rocks is pretty vital to winning, and shottie & plasma rifle have their uses too.

 

[xbhaskarx]

All that we see or seem is but a stream within a stream.

Nice. Now that really IS Poe and not Eliot.

 

[GavinGT]

The assault rifle??? The thing is completely useless, completely. Ranged its crap and sprays everywhere, up close its bullets are like spitballs and its crap. The pistol schools it in every situation. Which is no surprise because the pistol schools almost every weapon in most situations.

Also numbers sorry, didnt ignore it i just didnt see it. While the BR is pretty prevalent i still feel like its not quite as dominant as the pistol in Halo. Still though, point taken, and yet another reason why Halo 3 is much much better than either.

Asssault rifle was awesome in comparison to SMG. It's a starting weapon, jeez. And I have played a lot of Halo at the competitive level.

 

[Buttonbasher]

The entire post.

so good

That official thread better be all the way too

 

[dante786]

Asssault rifle was awesome in comparison to SMG. It's a starting weapon, jeez. And I have played a lot of Halo at the competitive level.

Agreed, starting SMG was total shit. Can we also agree that the halo 3 AR is much better. I guess what im driving at is that I felt like Halo 3 did almost everything better, and that I'm thrilled about that, given how much I played and loved each of the past Halos.

 

[tak]

I cannot wait until we get an official thread. I feel like a gypsy currently.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I cannot wait until we get an official thread. I feel like a gypsy currently.

Thursday.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

I don't think there's a soul who liked the SMG.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I don't think there's a soul who liked the SMG.

In the Beta? Loved it.

 

[dante786]

In the Beta? Loved it.

I think we're talking about Halo 2 SMG, I really liked it in the beta too, felt so satisfying, and was actually effective.

 

[tak]

In the Beta? Loved it.

covenant carbine 4 life

to bad the tweaked it since the beta, I loved how overpowered it was

 

[The Lamonster]

Nice, man, you ignored my post.

Halo 2 is the same, except you use Battle Rifles instead of pistols.

Yeah, he ignored my post too. He's still calling it Halo CE. A true Junior if there ever was one.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

In the Beta? Loved it.

I meant in Halo 2. It felt so weak.

 

[tak]

I don't think there's a soul who liked the SMG.

Yeah, in Halo 2 the SMG was bad.

 

[The Lamonster]

I meant in Halo 2. It felt so weak.

It is weak, but short controlled bursts works wonders over distance - just like the H3 AR...but don't tell anyone I said that.

 

[dante786]

Yeah, he ignored my post too. He's still calling it Halo CE. A true Junior if there ever was one.

Lamonster, I called it Halo CE repeatedly....it was a joke, i even put in shit spoiler tags at the end, and said Halo CE again.

Also check my join date, I dont post all that much, but I've been here for awhile.

 

[The Lamonster]

Lamonster, I called it Halo CE repeatedly....it was a joke, i even put in shit spoiler tags at the end, and said Halo CE again.

Also check my join date, I dont post all that much, but I've been here for awhile.

I don't see any spoiler tags in that post. But it doesn't matter, you do in fact use proper spelling and punctuation - and that's very un-junior like.

And one thing you left out in talking about Halo multiplayer - the maps were awesome.

EDIT: How the hell are you still a junior? I thought the reqs were 150 posts to become a member...

 

[dante786]

I don't see any spoiler tags in that post. But it doesn't matter, you do in fact use proper spelling and punctuation - and that's very un-junior like.

And one thing you left out in talking about Halo multiplayer - the maps were awesome.

EDIT: How the hell are you still a junior? I thought the reqs were 150 posts to become a member...

The maps were awesome, absolutely.

And yeah, I dont know why the hell I'm a junior, I used to be a regular member but I didnt have the ability to edit my posts. I PMed a mod and informed them, one day i signed in and had the ability to edit/del, etc. Another day I signed in and found I had been demoted to junior member status. I dont ever recall doing anything that would merit such a demotion. Recently asked evillore what the deal is, I've yet to get a response.

 

[Community Forum]

I had a Slurpee in a Halo 3 lenticular cup today, and it was the best-tasting Slurpee ever.

 

[GavinGT]

I don't see any spoiler tags in that post. But it doesn't matter, you do in fact use proper spelling and punctuation - and that's very un-junior like.

And one thing you left out in talking about Halo multiplayer - the maps were awesome.

EDIT: How the hell are you still a junior? I thought the reqs were 150 posts to become a member...

I believe he's a junior in that he's under 18. That or he's been permanantly junior-ized.

I had a Slurpee in a Halo 3 lenticular cup today, and it was the best-tasting Slurpee ever.

Better than the Halo 2 slurpee?

 

[GhaleonEB]

I had a Slurpee in a Halo 3 lenticular cup today, and it was the best-tasting Slurpee ever.

Each day at work I drink from the UNSC water bottle (which is 20 oz, not the 12 listed) and find the refreshment to be excellent. Kool-Aid is particularly refreshing when consumed from this container.

 

[dante786]

Is the under 18 thing serious??? I'm 21, and why does that matter anyway. Also what have I done to deserve this possible permanent juniorization? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??!!!?

 

[Community Forum]

Better than the Halo 2 slurpee?

Believe.

Each day at work I drink from the UNSC water bottle (which is 20 oz, not the 12 listed) and find the refreshment to be excellent. Kool-Aid is particularly refreshing when consumed from this container.

Neat! I want one! I'll not drink another drop of liquid unless it is contained within a UNSC bottle!

 

[darkressurection]

I had a Slurpee in a Halo 3 lenticular cup today, and it was the best-tasting Slurpee ever.

QFT!
The cup it comes in is fucking sexy.

 

[Buttonbasher]

I ordered this yesterday:

http://www.bungiestore.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=15&idproduct=728

 

[Blueblur1]

In the Beta? Loved it.

I can't wait to use the H3 SMGs and Spikers again. I'll be camping the base in High Ground during every HG Rumble Pit match.

 

[I wipe my own ass]

I ordered this yesterday:

http://www.bungiestore.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=15&idproduct=728

Only $5!??!?! How much is the shipping?

 

[tak]

I ordered this yesterday:
http://www.bungiestore.com/productcart/pc/catalog/bungie1154_500.jpg
http://www.bungiestore.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=15&idproduct=728

That is awesome, I'm going have to order one. Water just taste better when it comes out of a Master Chief cup.

 

[Dirtbag]

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3162470

Didn't see this posted yet....
Not much we didn't already know. Hardly worth the click.

With the advent of Forge, Halo 3's map editor, the breadth of the game's customization has expanded exponentially; Bungie Recommends is the developer's way of regularly "bubbling up" the best and most interesting/ridiculous/fun user-created gametypes, map variants, screenshots and Saved Films that are floating around the Halo-verse, as well as those that Bungie creates itself.Accessible from within Halo 3's online menus, the feature is essentially a file list split into categories that you can browse and download from.

Regenerator & Invincibility
We got a taste of the shield-depleting Power Drainer in the Multiplayer Beta; the Regenerator works the opposite way, constantly recharging the shields of anyone standing in its sphere of influence. It's a great defensive item, especially for guarding flags, hills, etc., as it essentially makes you invulnerable outside of one-hit kills. We have yet to find out what happens when you drop a Regenerator next to a Power Drain, but we expect our 360s would implode. Invincibility should be fairly self-explanatory; we only experienced it in single-player, but it will definitely be available -- though sparsely -- in multiplayer. It makes the user completely invincible for about seven seconds, and we can't wait to experiment with the results. (Covering an invincible player in plasma grenades to storm a base? Anyone?)

 

[GhaleonEB]

I meant in Halo 2. It felt so weak.

That's the thing though - it felt weak, but (in campaign at least) wasn't really. In the first Halo, I trucked that Assault Rifle into situations where it was downright inadvisable to do so just because that thing was so damn satisfying to fire. Just the simple act of firing guns in Halo was fun. In Halo 2, with a few exceptions (Battle Rifle, namely) the entire weapon feedback loop lacked oomph. So depite the relative effectiveness of the SMG, I ditched it for other stuff because it wasn't interesting to use.

In Halo 3, though. Damn. The SMG sounded like a wild beast. They could nerf the hell out of it but I'd still use it, barreling into fights yelling "I'm a Spartan hear me roar!" Which is to say, the feedback loop in Halo 3 is pretty good.

 

[Dirtbag]

That's the thing though - it felt weak, but (in campaign at least) wasn't really. In the first Halo, I trucked that Assault Rifle into situations where it was downright inadvisable to do so just because that thing was so damn satisfying to fire. Just the simple act of firing guns in Halo was fun. In Halo 2, with a few exceptions (Battle Rifle, namely) the entire weapon feedback loop lacked oomph. So depite the relative effectiveness of the SMG, I ditched it for other stuff because it wasn't interesting to use.

In Halo 3, though. Damn. The SMG sounded like a wild beast. They could nerf the hell out of it but I'd still use it, barreling into fights yelling "I'm a Spartan hear me roar!" Which is to say, the feedback loop in Halo 3 is pretty good.

my favorite sound from halo3 were the brute spikers and spike grenades. those things sounded so freakin' mean-spirited. they were out to hurt feelings i swear...

the distant crack of the human sniper was badass too.

 

[tak]

In Halo 3, though. Damn. The SMG sounded like a wild beast. They could nerf the hell out of it but I'd still use it, barreling into fights yelling "I'm a Spartan hear me roar!" Which is to say, the feedback loop in Halo 3 is pretty good.

The sound effects for the majority of the guns in Halo 3 are better. The sniper rifle and the SMG are two that stood out the most to me.

 

[The Lamonster]

I got this a couple weeks ago, and I love it. It looks great in person, and it holds a lot of liquid.

 

[Blueblur1]

The sound effects for the majority of the guns in Halo 3 are better. The sniper rifle and the SMG are two that stood out the most to me.

Rocket Launcher FTW. It sounded much better and I loved it.

 

[Striker]

The new sound of the SMG is awesome. I love the Brute Spiker as well.