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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

 
WOW I love the animation on the Spartan when he is on the turret. I thought that was pre-rendered for a sec. :lol Talking about the Bungie gameplay reel.
 
Sean said:
will the old-school (Halo 2) Assault gametype be an option too?
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Yep, it's just a matter of tweaking the options... Arming Time, Disarming Time, et cetera. The version in the beta right now is somewhat harder for defenders to completely shut down than the Halo 2 style. So we're testing it to see how it fares.

It's a beta test, after all. ;)
 
Proelite said:
WOW I love the animation on the Spartan when he is on the turret. I thought that was pre-rendered for a sec. :lol Talking about the Bungie gameplay reel.
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The showdowns with the bubble shield and shield doors were great. I've been in a few of those moments. I was in a bubble while a guy carrying a turret had me pinned inside it, just pounding the outside like that 'hog was. I had to figure out what to do before the shield dropped. Those moments are intense and hilarious. (I got owned.)
 
The Gametrailers/Bungie developer walkthrough is funny.

"Here's the portable grav lift again... I see some guy up in this tower, so I'll be able to give him a little surprise..."

*boosts up there, gets meleed from behind while in mid air*

"Oh shit... backfired"


ferrex said:
Yep, it's just a matter of tweaking the options... Arming Time, Disarming Time, et cetera. The version in the beta right now is somewhat harder for defenders to completely shut down than the Halo 2 style. So we're testing it to see how it fares.

It's a beta test, after all. ;)
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Thanks! :) I hope that we'll be able to see both assault types in the matchmaking lists, gives it a little bit more variety.

please port Headlong to Halo 3! thanks
 
Sean said:
The Gametrailers/Bungie developer walkthrough is funny.

"Here's the portable grav lift again... I see some guy up in this tower, so I'll be able to give him a little surprise..."

*boosts up there, gets meleed from behind while in mid air*

"Oh shit... backfired"
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Are there non-HD versions of those walkthroughs available?
 
GhaleonEB said:
Are there non-HD versions of those walkthroughs available?
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yup, though the HD ones are of course better. and they're not truly high-def, more like high-res so they should be able to run on everyones computer. here's the SD versions anyway:

Halo 3 - Multiplayer Developer Walkthrough Pt. 1 *SD*
http://download.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_halo3_mpwt_pt1_gt.mov
http://download.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_halo3_mpwt_pt1_gt.wmv

Halo 3 - Multiplayer Developer Walkthrough Pt. 2 *SD*
http://download.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_halo3_multiplayer_devwalk_pt2_gt.mov
http://download.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_halo3_multiplayer_devwalk_pt2_gt.wmv
 
Sean said:
yup, though the HD ones are of course better. and they're not truly high-def, more like high-res so they should be able to run on everyones computer. here's the SD versions anyway:

Halo 3 - Multiplayer Developer Walkthrough Pt. 1 *SD*
http://download.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_halo3_mpwt_pt1_gt.mov
http://download.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_halo3_mpwt_pt1_gt.wmv

Halo 3 - Multiplayer Developer Walkthrough Pt. 2 *SD*
http://download.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_halo3_multiplayer_devwalk_pt2_gt.mov
http://download.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_halo3_multiplayer_devwalk_pt2_gt.wmv
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Thanks. I'm on a pretty creaky computer.
 
Questions

#1: Why do people say the Halo 2 community has gone to shit? I played the game online religiously for two years, and cheating/bad players were just as abundant as normal, "I play by the rules." players.

#2: If the community really is as bad as people say it is, what is Bungie going to do to prevent this from happening again in Halo 3?
 
I keep re-watching Blim's HD videos on 360 while holding my controller and pretending to play. :lol

Damn it, I wish life had a remote control so I can fast-forward to Wednesday.
 
Cerrius said:
I keep re-watching Blim's HD videos on 360 while holding my controller and pretending to play. :lol

Damn it, I wish life had a remote control so I can fast-forward to Wednesday.
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Wow what a loser. :lol Don't you have work or homework?
I have an interview for a summer internship on Wednesday which has a Perl programming test. This is going to make me bomb it.
 
Proelite said:
Wow what a loser. :lol Don't you have work or homework?
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I got out of work 2 hours ago :-(


EDIT: and I just found out invites were being given away today?!


****.
 
Nick said:
Questions

#2: If the community really is as bad as people say it is, what is Bungie going to do to prevent this from happening again in Halo 3?
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Ignore lists? Bad feedback/rating? Mute?
 
Cerrius said:
I keep re-watching Blim's HD videos on 360 while holding my controller and pretending to play. :lol

Damn it, I wish life had a remote control so I can fast-forward to Wednesday.
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I did that with the Bungie video Thursday night but was too embarrassed to say so. :lol
 
Nick said:
#1: Why do people say the Halo 2 community has gone to shit? I played the game online religiously for two years, and cheating/bad players were just as abundant as normal, "I play by the rules." players.
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I guess it depends on which playlists you go to, or how high you get in the rankings.

Or maybe there is a fine balance between the two, as you say, and I'm just getting lucky by staying my ass in Team Training for most of my matchmaking fix. :)

#2: If the community really is as bad as people say it is, what is Bungie going to do to prevent this from happening again in Halo 3?
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Making it harder for them to cheat(or at least, less incentive to do so), making it easier for players to mute the assholes.

I wonder if it's possible to just blacklist certain players, make it so you'll never have to encounter them in matchmaking again. >_>
 
halorocket.gif
 
Sai said:
I wonder if it's possible to just blacklist certain players, make it so you'll never have to encounter them in matchmaking again. >_>
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This is in the Xbox guide already for all 360 games, find the person in the recent players section of the guide, click on them, submit player review and then "avoid player" I think.
 
U K Narayan said:
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I believe there's an animation for the switch. I pointed out one part in the Betalicious video a few days back where this seemed to be happening.

Sean said:
This is in the Xbox guide already for all 360 games, find the person in the recent players section of the guide, click on them, submit player review and then "avoid player" I think.
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:o Didn't know that. I'm a total 360-scrub.
 
got2bekidding said:
Wait...so what's the deal? Did he fly off or did he stay on the bridge? :lol

edit: beaten..damn your stealth edit Proelite! :P
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I've seen stuff like that in games before. It's like the engine realizes "oh shit, there was something he should have bounced off of there" (the turret in this instance) and finishes the animation where it was supposed to in the first place.

PS: Proelite that avatar is way too big. Just FYI
 
damn, gametrailers is seriously the best site when it comes to videos.

i just love the fact that theyre constantly releasing beta gameplay, plus it all streams in HD.

also, god damn this game looks amazing; the gameplay, the visuals, holy shat.

i think its being released wednesday at 8am as i remember reading a while back.
 
MaX_PL said:
damn, gametrailers is seriously the best site when it comes to videos.

i just love the fact that theyre constantly releasing beta gameplay, plus it all streams in HD.

also, god damn this game looks amazing; the gameplay, the visuals, holy shat.

i think its being released wednesday at 8am as i remember reading a while back.
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Their site has been pretty awesome. I updated the OP with all the videos Sean posted.
 
also i hope the game, when finished, has fully customizable control schemes.

i'm a fan of the traditional X as reload and pick up weapons control so it will feal akward being forced to press RB in the beta. unless i'm completely mistaken and we can choose traditional control schemes as well.
 
MaX_PL said:
also i hope the game, when finished, has fully customizable control schemes.

i'm a fan of the traditional X as reload and pick up weapons control so it will feal akward being forced to press RB in the beta. unless i'm completely mistaken and we can choose traditional control schemes as well.
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Wouldn't it make more sense though to have it as RB so you wouldn't take your thumb off the right analog stick?
 
The sound effects for the grenades are amazing now.

How customizable are the gametypes now? Or is there limited options for the Beta?

Have to wait until 8amEST?? Noooo!!!
 
I agree, gametrailers destroys every other site when it comes to videos and reviews (video reviews anyway) IMO. And ya, I really hope you can switch the buttons around so X is still reload, its gonna take quite a few games for me to forget the last 6 years of Halo I've been playing and adapt to a new control scheme.
 
iconoclast said:
I agree, gametrailers destroys every other site when it comes to videos and reviews (video reviews anyway) IMO. And ya, I really hope you can switch the buttons around so X is still reload, its gonna take quite a few games for me to forget the last 6 years of Halo I've been playing and adapt to a new control scheme.
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Imagine getting used to halo 3, then going back and playing halo 2:lol
 
GhaleonEB said:
I don't think I'm going to be able to play Halo 2 after this beta ends.
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I tried and just didn't get very far. Beat the first two campaign missions and went back to halo 3.

Halo 3 is simply more enjoyable, and that's just with the small chunk of content we have.
 
MaX_PL said:
also i hope the game, when finished, has fully customizable control schemes.

i'm a fan of the traditional X as reload and pick up weapons control so it will feal akward being forced to press RB in the beta. unless i'm completely mistaken and we can choose traditional control schemes as well.
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I think it would be beneficial to learn the new control scheme as most 360 games seem to use it, or a close variant of it.

right bumper has turned into reload for me now thanks to gears.
 
Dirtbag 504 said:
I think it would be beneficial to learn the new control scheme as most 360 games seem to use it, or a close variant of it.

right bumper has turned into reload for me now thanks to gears.
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And this way you can reload dual wielded weapons individually, doesn't really make sense to me to use an inferior control scheme :/, and at least for me, I never have trouble adjusting to controls in new games.

Edit: I watched those videos and I think they are so far the best display of Halo 3's graphics, just look at the way the shield glows at about 1:05 in part 1.
 
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