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The Halo 3 Beta Thread
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Shake Appeal
Member
ah, Blim beat me by a microsecond, but I get the top of the next page 
Tieno
Member
Ok, I played my first match of Halo 3 beta! Team slayer, Valhalla map
My Halo skills are a bit rusty, didn't get a lot of kills
First thing that I noticed is the much improved sound effects. One of my major gripes with halo 1 and 2 was the lame rattle toy-like sound effects for some of the guns (smg, warthog gun) even made a couple of posts about it here because it bugged me so much. Now they're much heavier and carry a 'base', feel much more powerful. The gun sound effects are snappier and powerful. Hearing a snipper miss you is awesome in 5.1.
Someone was charging his lazers and I could get out of the way just in time. Have gotten the chance to charge my lasers.
Plasma nade looks different, very cool spalsh effect. While throwing it, it's harder so spot than in Halo 2, the pasma blue-fire is toned down.
Grenade sound and explosion effect is cool and powerful!
Dismounting a the machine gun and then seeing your spartan run around with it in 3rd person is great. Someone was on its way down from the mancannon and I mowed him down. Hot!
Grass looks awesome, very lush and green!
Interface looks awesome, I was adjusting my look sensitivity mid-game and it was very easy, quick and smooth. Great improvement.
My Halo skills are a bit rusty, didn't get a lot of kills
First thing that I noticed is the much improved sound effects. One of my major gripes with halo 1 and 2 was the lame rattle toy-like sound effects for some of the guns (smg, warthog gun) even made a couple of posts about it here because it bugged me so much. Now they're much heavier and carry a 'base', feel much more powerful. The gun sound effects are snappier and powerful. Hearing a snipper miss you is awesome in 5.1.
Someone was charging his lazers and I could get out of the way just in time. Have gotten the chance to charge my lasers.
Plasma nade looks different, very cool spalsh effect. While throwing it, it's harder so spot than in Halo 2, the pasma blue-fire is toned down.
Grenade sound and explosion effect is cool and powerful!
Dismounting a the machine gun and then seeing your spartan run around with it in 3rd person is great. Someone was on its way down from the mancannon and I mowed him down. Hot!
Grass looks awesome, very lush and green!
Interface looks awesome, I was adjusting my look sensitivity mid-game and it was very easy, quick and smooth. Great improvement.
Shake Appeal
Member
HD screens are almost underwhelming, and that's from a guy who loved the leaked footage so far. I guess it looks better in motion.
Shake Appeal
Member
that said, I am looking at these after an hour spent playing Halo 2 earlier, and it's night and day between them, just not quite what I was expecting.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=1404&player=GhaleonEB
Played several games, all on Snowbound. Everything just feels very "solid", not sure how to describe it. The new AR is effective - everyone seemed to keep it and use it a lot. I lasered one guy and it felt GOOOOD. Pretty much every weapon is being used, I suspect we're all just experementing but I found them all to be useful. The shield doors add SO MUCH to the combat - we've had many a showdown between them. Getting caught on the wrong side of the "fence" when Vociferous drops the Power Drainer was a mistake. :lol
The sound design is excellent - everything packs more punch than before. Melee lunges are very tame, melees are very powerful.
One nice touch - when I killed people with desperation grenades and died before they went off, it said, "GhaleonEB killed XXXX from the Grave". Not sure if that was in Halo 2 and I just never noticed it, but it was a cool touch.
This game is going to own ALL this fall.
Played several games, all on Snowbound. Everything just feels very "solid", not sure how to describe it. The new AR is effective - everyone seemed to keep it and use it a lot. I lasered one guy and it felt GOOOOD. Pretty much every weapon is being used, I suspect we're all just experementing but I found them all to be useful. The shield doors add SO MUCH to the combat - we've had many a showdown between them. Getting caught on the wrong side of the "fence" when Vociferous drops the Power Drainer was a mistake. :lol
The sound design is excellent - everything packs more punch than before. Melee lunges are very tame, melees are very powerful.
One nice touch - when I killed people with desperation grenades and died before they went off, it said, "GhaleonEB killed XXXX from the Grave". Not sure if that was in Halo 2 and I just never noticed it, but it was a cool touch.
This game is going to own ALL this fall.
Shake Appeal
Member
explosions glaring off the snow = awesome
Shake Appeal
Member
edit: jesus, that's the second time that's happened
GotchaForce
Member
What's the diff between a melee lunge and a melee?
Also, didn't know ripping off warthog turrets turns the camera into 3rd person. Cool.
Also, didn't know ripping off warthog turrets turns the camera into 3rd person. Cool.
StUnNeR H2K
Member
JdFoX187 said:
If it was me I'd be crappy green to... go mess with the colors after I play a few rounds...
Shake Appeal
Member
I think all the geometry needs another pass of AA
particle effects, shield bubble, explosions etc. all look excellent
particle effects, shield bubble, explosions etc. all look excellent
college_boy
Banned
Add me to the gamertag list I am dmsilv1. See you all on the beta.
Wow
Color me highly impressed!
Looks are pretty good - sad about the 30fps, but whatever!
My biggest props go to the menus and the frickin SOUND. Holy CRAP playing this in 5.1 booming really gets your heart pumping. Gameplay is straight up Halo, and its GOOD.
Dual wielding sees to have been really toned done - haven't seen a single person using it yet. Spiker grenades = <3
Oh, and the other 100% legit awesome feature is the saved replays. The way they've done it is awesome. You just go to the stats after a match, hit X to save it, and you're done. If you want to share it with friends you have 6 slots to upload and any of your friends can download them. You can even start a "Theater" lobby (instead of an Xbox Live Game lobby), invite friends, then watch a saved replay. HOT
Will be capturing 480p direct footage later.
Color me highly impressed!
Looks are pretty good - sad about the 30fps, but whatever!
My biggest props go to the menus and the frickin SOUND. Holy CRAP playing this in 5.1 booming really gets your heart pumping. Gameplay is straight up Halo, and its GOOD.
Dual wielding sees to have been really toned done - haven't seen a single person using it yet. Spiker grenades = <3
Oh, and the other 100% legit awesome feature is the saved replays. The way they've done it is awesome. You just go to the stats after a match, hit X to save it, and you're done. If you want to share it with friends you have 6 slots to upload and any of your friends can download them. You can even start a "Theater" lobby (instead of an Xbox Live Game lobby), invite friends, then watch a saved replay. HOT
Will be capturing 480p direct footage later.