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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

I'm sure after the beta is over I would never wanna go back if its as good as every impression I've read says it is, but a day or two before it goes retail (September prz) its gonna be a Halo 1 and 2 campaign marathon back to back. Once they let us know the release date you can be sure I'll be letting my boss know when I'll be taking my vacation.:D
 
giga said:
Wouldn't it make more sense though to have it as RB so you wouldn't take your thumb off the right analog stick?
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well when youre forced to reload or pick a weapon up youre likely not in battle with someone and having your finger on the thumbstick is not necessary.

also, i find that pressing the shoulder buttons is sort of unusual; i still havent really used the buttons much in any xbox 360 game. i prefer traditional xbox controls.

anyway, i dunno, maybe i'll get used to it and love the new controls.
 
So now that everyone actually has the beta, can anyone tell me what the local multiplayer options are?

Split screen, now many?

System link?

And are your other profiles on your 360 able to play the beta? Both me and my brother have our own Live accounts on the same system, just wondering if the single crackdown disk will work for both of us.
 
Doh! I was probably too harsh on MS as far as their console reliability goes, to get a "friend" invite from them. :P

Well, time to go cry now.
 
Calamachino said:
So now that everyone actually has the beta, can anyone tell me what the local multiplayer options are?

Split screen, now many?

System link?

And are your other profiles on your 360 able to play the beta? Both me and my brother have our own Live accounts on the same system, just wondering if the single crackdown disk will work for both of us.
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afik, beta is only setup for one guest account, splitscreen. Retail will allow 4 player split.

Split is full 16:9 for each player currently. No loss of view at all, which is very nice.
 
Calamachino said:
So now that everyone actually has the beta, can anyone tell me what the local multiplayer options are?

Split screen, now many?

System link?

And are your other profiles on your 360 able to play the beta? Both me and my brother have our own Live accounts on the same system, just wondering if the single crackdown disk will work for both of us.
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Splitscreen works with two players. Your brother can play with you, but will have to sign in as a "Guest", not under his own Live account.
 
Was just looking over Kotaku and noticed this:

Brian Crecente said:
The first to go was my appreciate for the game's look. There is no, absolutely no anti-aliasing in the game currently and when viewed on a large high-definition television that equates to fields of jagggy hills, jaggy palm fronds blowing in the wind, even jaggie weapons and snow. Initially, it didn't bother me that much, but my irritation grew as I played it and it become less and less possible for me to ignore the harsh graphic lines.
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Is it really as bad as he makes it out to be? I havent seen anyone mention bad jaggies yet, so I'm leaning towards no, but I'd like to see what others think. I know its just the beta so I'm not expecting amazing graphics (though they look excellent anyway, especially the lighting) but he makes it seem like its a real eye sore.
 
Sort of unrelated to Halo 3 beta, but will the VGA cable work on basically any monitor? The TV that is near the ethernet cord for XBL is the family TV where... the family watches TV. So I'm looking at the VGA cable for my computer monitor, but I want to make sure it works for most monitors. I'm sure it does, but I don't want to purchase something I can't use :)
 
apocalidiot said:
Sort of unrelated to Halo 3 beta, but will the VGA cable work on basically any monitor? The TV that is near the ethernet cord for XBL is the family TV where... the family watches TV. So I'm looking at the VGA cable for my computer monitor, but I want to make sure it works for most monitors. I'm sure it does, but I don't want to purchase something I can't use :)
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Yes, thats the point of the VGA cable really.
 
Not a Jellyfish said:
shit i will have to be late for work because that is 7 my time and thats when my shift starts. haha
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I think I would be a good candidate for a PM as well. Xbox 1 buyer on launch day as well as live subscriber since day 1. Some of you hopped on the train a little late :lol
 
unomas said:
I think I would be a good candidate for a PM as well. Xbox 1 buyer on launch day as well as live subscriber since day 1. Some of you hopped on the train a little late :lol
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Stinkles said a few pages back that he really was out of extra invites now.
 
Karma Kramer said:
I am suprised we haven't got more pictures and stuff like the Forza thread...

I'd be great if people could take some photos.
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eh playing the game is whats fun. pictures are pretty lame after you get megaton videos like gametrailers.
 
Sugarman said:
Will there be any way to view saved films once the beta is over? It'd be awesome if they stayed on the hard drive, anything to help withdrawal.
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They aren't real movie clips, they need the game engine to play, so you wouldn't be able to watch them after the beta ends.
 
Well, it may be too late to fish for an invite...but if there is one out there somehow, I'm willing to change my PS3 PSN Network handle comment to: "Halo 3 owns Buy a 360" for all of summer!

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It's a long shot. :P
 
I really don't give a shit about getting into the beta, as I can definitely wait a couple days. Crap, I don't even care if I get in at ALL.

Reverse psychology FTW? NEEDS AN INVITEEEEE!
 
I don't know if this has been posted yet so i thought i'd let you guys know.

There's no more...

"Tied the leader"
"Lost the lead"
"Gained the lead"

From the announcer!
 
SpacLock said:
I don't know if this has been posted yet so i thought i'd let you guys know.

There's no more...

"Tied the leader"
"Lost the lead"
"Gained the lead"

From the announcer!
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I will miss it if it doesn't make the final game.
 
SpacLock said:
I don't know if this has been posted yet so i thought i'd let you guys know.

There's no more...

"Tied the leader"
"Lost the lead"
"Gained the lead"

From the announcer!
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That kind of sucks... I liked that, made it easier to concentrate on getting kills instead of constantly staring at the scoreboard in the bottom especially when in very close games with the final few kills.

Sometimes it got annoying when there was a back and forth with it constantly repeating, but it was useful more often then not... Hopefully they just didn't record the audio for that and it'll be back.
 
Dartastic said:
I really don't give a shit about getting into the beta, as I can definitely wait a couple days. Crap, I don't even care if I get in at ALL.

Reverse psychology FTW? NEEDS AN INVITEEEEE!
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:lol
 
SpacLock said:
I don't know if this has been posted yet so i thought i'd let you guys know.

There's no more...

"Tied the leader"
"Lost the lead"
"Gained the lead"

From the announcer!
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I doubt that won't make it into the shipping game..
 
GhaleonEB said:
Stinkles said a few pages back that he really was out of extra invites now.
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Thanks for the heads up, I guess it was worth a shot but I never knew these things were being passed around so I didn't get in on time. I guess I'll have to wait til Wednesday to start killing people. :D
 
time for more LoopOfHenle story time!

so i successfully boarded an enemy mongoose. i was trying to jack the driver out (not off... almost made an embarasing blunder) of the ride, but instead i jumped on brokeback style. my ride didnt last that long though, as i pumped my pilot full of lead in the back of the head as he tried to drive off :lol

halo's sandbox gameplay >>>> all
 
Not a Jellyfish said:
thats awesome. how long till it blew up?
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unlike in the mp vidoc, the trip mines seem to take a few seconds to activate. he got to drive away for a second or two before activating it and blowing himself sky high. also, there is definitely danger in using the trip mine, as any stray (or intential) fire will detonate it early, send you to your grave. hapened to me more then once
 
op_ivy said:
time for more LoopOfHenle story time!

so i successfully boarded an enemy mongoose. i was trying to jack the driver out (not off... almost made an embarasing blunder) of the ride, but instead i jumped on brokeback style. my ride didnt last that long though, as i pumped my pilot full of lead in the back of the head as he tried to drive off :lol

halo's sandbox gameplay >>>> all
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lmao, nice dude. (I throughly enjoyed the part about jacking the driver "out").

Bwahaha why isn't it Wednesday?
 
the worst:

"Flag Taken" is now "Flag Stolen" wtf...

and "Flag Returned" is now "Flag Recovered"

I prefer the old announcer lines from Halo 2. They were -perfect-.

Couple more issues: When I'm hit with a PP burst in Halo 3, I can barely tell that I was. In Halo 2, you knew if you were right off the bat. There needs to be a little more indication of that.

Also after roughly 45 matches... Still can't get used to the callsigns. I'd prefer the old emblems to be displayed instead. Also, I'd never respond to my callsign ever.
 
DopeyFish said:
the worst:

"Flag Taken" is now "Flag Stolen" wtf...

and "Flag Returned" is now "Flag Recovered"

I prefer the old announcer lines from Halo 2. They were -perfect-.

Couple more issues: When I'm hit with a PP burst in Halo 3, I can barely tell that I was. In Halo 2, you knew if you were right off the bat. There needs to be a little more indication of that.

Also after roughly 45 matches... Still can't get used to the callsigns. I'd prefer the old emblems to be displayed instead. Also, I'd never respond to my callsign ever.
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i know i ruined you shot at playing oddball, but wait till you hear the announcer say "ball". funny shit.

"odd bawwl"
 
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:
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If you download the WMV and check it's properties you'll see it's running at 1280x720, full HD.
 
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