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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

Vrolokus said:
AltogetherAndrews lecturing on "contructive" posting?

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I don't typically attempt to counter arguments with shit like "GTFO!", do I? For some ****ing reason, Halo 3 has become "untouchable", and I think at this point that shit really needs to go. I could understand that when we were dealing with the alpha stuff (and I've actually made quite a few posts in favor of not only respecting the WIP status of the game, but also in regards to Halo not really being about graphics in the first place), but now that we're seeing the beta build, the brickwall mentality of some of the "defenders" here is hardly less annoying than the posts made by critics.

But whatever. When does this become available for us who are stuck with beta through crackdown?
 
Blimblim said:
Hahaha, nice and freaky bug :D

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OUCH. 0.o
 
AltogetherAndrews said:
I don't typically attempt to counter arguments with shit like "GTFO!", do I? For some ****ing reason, Halo 3 has become "untouchable", and I think at this point that shit really needs to go. I could understand that when we were dealing with the alpha stuff (and I've actually made quite a few posts in favor of not only respecting the WIP status of the game, but also in regards to Halo not really being about graphics in the first place), but now that we're seeing the beta build, the brickwall mentality of some of the "defenders" here is hardly less annoying than the posts made by critics.

But whatever. When does this become available for us who are stuck with beta through crackdown?
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wait, so you actually have crackdown and a xbox 360 yet you do not know?
 
Terribly... Terribly jealous! ;_;

Congrats Ghaleon, Tieno, everybody else. And thanks for all the excellent HD screenshots and upcoming video, Blimblim.
 
AltogetherAndrews said:
I don't typically attempt to counter arguments with shit like "GTFO!", do I? For some ****ing reason, Halo 3 has become "untouchable", and I think at this point that shit really needs to go. I could understand that when we were dealing with the alpha stuff (and I've actually made quite a few posts in favor of not only respecting the WIP status of the game, but also in regards to Halo not really being about graphics in the first place), but now that we're seeing the beta build, the brickwall mentality of some of the "defenders" here is hardly less annoying than the posts made by critics.

But whatever. When does this become available for us who are stuck with beta through crackdown?
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Criticisms is fine. But in Jett's case, he was trying to get the thread derailed. It's technically a stealth troll. Guess what, mission accomplished.
 
How's the split-screen handled? Is it top and bottom like Halo 1 or side by side like Halo2? Does it fill the entire 16:9 screen?
 
Senger said:
How's the split-screen handled? Is it top and bottom like Halo 1 or side by side like Halo2? Does it fill the entire 16:9 screen?
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It looks to be top and bottom in 16:9. Which is awesome.
 
Piper Az said:
so, judging graphics by looking at screenshots is no longer valid? wow.
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Considering there are people in this thread who are playing it right now and praising the visual quality of it, I would say that the screenshot captures aren't a good measurement of what the game looks like in motion.
 
MaX_PL said:
wait, so you actually have crackdown and a xbox 360 yet you do not know?
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I've played Crackdown a total of 5 minutes, and I have other shit to play before this beta hits. Answer the question or **** off. You mindlessly redistributing whatever crud pops into your extraordinarily empty noggin isn't of assistance to anyone, so please refrain from doing so.
 
JdFoX187 said:
Considering there are people in this thread who are playing it right now and praising the visual quality of it, I would say that the screenshot captures aren't a good measurement of what the game looks like in motion.
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Not to mention BlimBlim's captures are not the most flattering in the world. I am quite surprised at how good some of the direct feed shots turned out. I expected much worse from direct feed to be honest. :D
 
maynerd said:
What game modes are available in the beta? Is it just matchmaking only?
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I know that there is split-screen and the new replay thing, but I'm not sure about anything else outside of that.
 
JdFoX187 said:
Considering there are people in this thread who are playing it right now and praising the visual quality of it, I would say that the screenshot captures aren't a good measurement of what the game looks like in motion.
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so either the screengrabs are abnormally off (which i doubt since blim's taking those), or the people playing it are not completely unbiased.
 
Ah, I didn't know spike grenades were stickable until I threw one at someone and made a 'suck' soundeffect.

Menus are great too. Very fast and easy. Veto map is great. Also the option on what you prefer (same skill, good connection etc)

Piper Az said:
so either the screengrabs are abnormally off (which i doubt since blim's taking those), or the people playing it are not completely unbiased.
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I'm not saying it looks better than gears, but it looks good and very colorful and better than in the screenshots. There's a very warm feel to the lighting in high ground and the snow in snowbound has some great effects. There's a lot of neat and sometimes subtle special effects
And I always liked the colorful look of Halo.
 
Piper Az said:
so either the screengrabs are abnormally off (which i doubt since blim's taking those), or the people playing it are not completely unbiased.
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Why don't you just safe yourself some hassle and look at the videos?
 
AltogetherAndrews said:
I've played Crackdown a total of 5 minutes, and I have other shit to play before this beta hits. Answer the question or **** off. You mindlessly redistributing whatever crud pops into your extraordinarily empty noggin isn't of assistance to anyone, so please refrain from doing so.
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WOW.
 
Work needs to get over with fast... My wife downloaded it for me already, but I'm not home to play it! Oh well.. keep the screens and videos coming... Will hold me over for the next few hours. :D
 
There's clearly some placeholder textures on rocks... but overall it looks amazing. It's still a beta people and things will only get better by release. I personally cannot wait until Wednesday....
 
ImagineMyChagrin said:
:lol Nice. Nothing was worse than shooting someone up close with the shotty in H2 and having it not register...
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thats lag. shotguns are pretty good in Halo 2 as long its a leet host.
 
Piper Az said:
so either the screengrabs are abnormally off (which i doubt since blim's taking those), or the people playing it are not completely unbiased.
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I've seen two fairly good quality videos of the Beta. Both of them looked very good for 480p, leaps and bounds ahead of Halo 2. So, I'm going to guess that the game looks pretty good and these screenshots just aren't that good, no offense BlimBlim. I appreciate everything you're doing :D

StUnNeR H2K said:
Work needs to get over with fast... My wife downloaded it for me already, but I'm not home to play it! Oh well.. keep the screens and videos coming... Will hold me over for the next few hours. :D
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I hate you :lol
 
JdFoX187 said:
Considering there are people in this thread who are playing it right now and praising the visual quality of it, I would say that the screenshot captures aren't a good measurement of what the game looks like in motion.
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Yeah, but someone pointing out pics from the alpha and beta don't look much different is not out of line. Playing the beta does in no way refute that the alpha looked very similar. One can always say the alpha was already amazing, but one would have had to have played it to have the right to say as much, if we follow the same logic. :)
 
DKo5 said:
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/PlayerStatsHalo3.aspx?player=DKo5

Stats seem to be working.

Still super impressed by sound + menus. The entire replay functions are mindblowing - something I've wanted from a console FPS for years. Can't wait for retail when you can re-cam your replays!
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The stats from halo 2 were simply mind blowing, I had never seen anything like it. Do they still show where each kill came from by who etc on a map, that was amazing!
 
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