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The Halo 3 Beta Thread
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Patrick Bateman
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Ok, played for about an hour.
* Total Kills: 72
* Total Deaths: 47
* Kill/Death Ratio: 1,5319
* Total Assists: 17
Dumb thing was that the map was always high ground.
* Total Kills: 72
* Total Deaths: 47
* Kill/Death Ratio: 1,5319
* Total Assists: 17
Dumb thing was that the map was always high ground.
but i don't understand....the graphics look good. disliking the graphics and saying they're not good are 2 different things. if a game looks good (for the gen it's in) then that's it....it has good graphics. could they be better? i suppose so, but what else do you want it to look like? it's using some nice lighting and textures with nice sized environs. are style is a toss up but i'm talking about graphics from a tech standpoint. art style falls under opinion and can mean anything to anybody. are the graphics good? yeah. is the art style? depends on who you ask. it's like a glass of water. you can debate if it's cold enough for you to consider it to be refreshing but you can't deny the fact that it's wet. c'mon people, H3 is wet!!! end of discussion! Halo may not be cold enough for everyone but it's damn sure wet....
Patrick Bateman
Member
Btw. the water efffects at the beach of high ground are pretty nice. I like the waves.
polyh3dron
Banned
Add me up.. I'll be playing again in an hour or so.
it was pretty bizarre watching the exponential growth of the online population tonight. when i first started playing on friday, i'd regularly see anywhere from 700 to a couple thousand. tonight, between rounds, it would jump to 15,000, to 35,000, then all of a sudden to over 100,000 players
Son of Godzilla
Banned
I still can't get over how amazing every weapon feels. I think I actually prefer AR over everything else right now.
I don't really like Valhalla. The respawns are screwy, why the hell aren't they inside the base?
FFA Crazy King is absurd and nearly impossible. Ditto for Oddball on anything but Snowbound. But holy shit @ Oddball on Snowbound. I think the map was created solely for it.
I don't really like Valhalla. The respawns are screwy, why the hell aren't they inside the base?
FFA Crazy King is absurd and nearly impossible. Ditto for Oddball on anything but Snowbound. But holy shit @ Oddball on Snowbound. I think the map was created solely for it.
Got in, played for a while. Had some fun.
Visually, my brain's holding a constant argument between whether it's a great jump over Halo 2 that I'm used to playing, or whether it's middling compared with the PC FPSes I've kept up with occasionally. Eventually, I'm more and more coming to the conclusion that it's graphically, in many areas, weak enough where there are flaws but strong enough where you have to slow down and look for them, which won't be an issue during actual play; and as much as I hate some parts of the terrain and models others are great.
Gameplaywise, I like the greater variety in shortrange combat given by the assault rifle, but think shortrange in general is still a little overpowered compared with midrange---this could just be me getting used to the controls and smaller radius/higher damage within radius frags, but unless I actively got the jump on someone with the battle rifle at 20-30 meters, AR or duals were usually better.
Couldn't really find a use for the human needler-equivelant whose name I forget is---it certainly SOUNDS tough, but compared to the already-overused plasma/SMG combo that can now easily kill vehicles...
I like the new exposedness of light vehicles, usually playing Halo 2 with someone who whores the Ghost and can only be pried out with a year's practice in sticky placements against his movement.
I like the new weaker shields, to a degree, or at least will when they stop working against me; I'm used to surviving a clip of SMG or needler and finishing things off with a frag or punch, but the 1.5x or so boost of firepower forces focus.
Relatedly, the new needler is great fun---sure, it's harder to keep locked, but it actually kills people with a clip, as opposed to the needlers-only H2 round I played while waiting for the DL to go up that turned into "oh what the hell you mean I punched you before the clip and a half of needles took effect, almost drained your shields, then the needles went off and did so minimal physical damage you survived".
The new matchmaking can rot in hell; I spent a half-hour before giving up on getting my last game in with coworkers when they both started getting mysterious forced Live downloades, and then spent 15 minutes on the loading wait in a solo game.
Visually, my brain's holding a constant argument between whether it's a great jump over Halo 2 that I'm used to playing, or whether it's middling compared with the PC FPSes I've kept up with occasionally. Eventually, I'm more and more coming to the conclusion that it's graphically, in many areas, weak enough where there are flaws but strong enough where you have to slow down and look for them, which won't be an issue during actual play; and as much as I hate some parts of the terrain and models others are great.
Gameplaywise, I like the greater variety in shortrange combat given by the assault rifle, but think shortrange in general is still a little overpowered compared with midrange---this could just be me getting used to the controls and smaller radius/higher damage within radius frags, but unless I actively got the jump on someone with the battle rifle at 20-30 meters, AR or duals were usually better.
Couldn't really find a use for the human needler-equivelant whose name I forget is---it certainly SOUNDS tough, but compared to the already-overused plasma/SMG combo that can now easily kill vehicles...
I like the new exposedness of light vehicles, usually playing Halo 2 with someone who whores the Ghost and can only be pried out with a year's practice in sticky placements against his movement.
I like the new weaker shields, to a degree, or at least will when they stop working against me; I'm used to surviving a clip of SMG or needler and finishing things off with a frag or punch, but the 1.5x or so boost of firepower forces focus.
Relatedly, the new needler is great fun---sure, it's harder to keep locked, but it actually kills people with a clip, as opposed to the needlers-only H2 round I played while waiting for the DL to go up that turned into "oh what the hell you mean I punched you before the clip and a half of needles took effect, almost drained your shields, then the needles went off and did so minimal physical damage you survived".
The new matchmaking can rot in hell; I spent a half-hour before giving up on getting my last game in with coworkers when they both started getting mysterious forced Live downloades, and then spent 15 minutes on the loading wait in a solo game.
rollingstart
Banned
rod said:
seriously, Sniper and shotgun matches are the worst.
after playing for a while, I already hate Snowbound, I think Valhalla is beyond awesome and High Ground is pretty good.
I think the bubbleshield is great so far, so is the grav lift, the energy drain and the mine arent that good. Picking up chainguns is an awesome addition, especially in territories. Spartan Laser is pretty cool but takes a bit of time to get it down.
one thing I cant wait to see is Valhalla with Banshees flying around dodging missles being shot from below, it will be awesome. Valhalla is so much fun, but whenever I get the map, it is that damn sniper and shotgun mode.
polyh3dron
Banned
sypher said:
There won't BE a H4. Halo 3 is the conclusion. It is the way the world ends.
Spider_Jerusalem
Member
Thank you, Microsoft 
Sai said:
When the game sells 5 or 6 million copies, a sequel is made. Theres no story that wont be reopened for that kind of cash. I bet if you dug up Nabokov he'd manage a sequel to Lolita for what the guys at Bungie would get for H4 or something in the vein of H4.
I think many people don't see that Halo 3 is technically quite a good looking game. Lighting is brilliant, textures are of a good quality, water effects are great, etc. Also, you're not playing with a "gun fixed to the screen" like many FPS's. You're playing with a character (jump and look down to see your legs).
Twicenightly
Member
Twicenightly
Member
What's the default? I put it one up from that and it seems perfect
I only played one game last night and recorded the playback, it was fun.
I'm still very tired...
Anyways, the graphics looked quite good to me. It took forever for a game to get going, but other than that it played fine.
I played only one game, but I won it against 5 other people. :lol
Does anyone know how high the people playing got? I saw over 100k people playing at one point.
I'm still very tired...
Anyways, the graphics looked quite good to me. It took forever for a game to get going, but other than that it played fine.
I played only one game, but I won it against 5 other people. :lol
Does anyone know how high the people playing got? I saw over 100k people playing at one point.
rollingstart
Banned
I switched to 4 and I have been doing better and like it more, I wish there was a 3.5 or something I could use.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
I left my 360 on download for the entire night (12-6), just to find that it shut itself off (at least I hope it did). But the beta is there...
I'm debating whether or not I should go back to sleep or play the beta...
I'm debating whether or not I should go back to sleep or play the beta...
Patrick Bateman
Member
Maybe a dumb question asked for the millionth time, but do I always have to load up Crackdown to play the beta?
Patrick Bateman
Member
itsgreen said:
/o\
That FAQ was written before either Halo Wars or the Peter Jackson partnership were announced. It left the door open for those games, maybe others.Sai said:
And m0dus wasn't being a dick, he was incredulously stating the facts.
(In a few days hopefully no on is talking graphics anyways - just the game, baby.)
okey, just played a little, first rumble pit then sniper valhala or what the name was. well, its an ok shooter, for console players seems to be the best out there, most well rounded id say. but its still seems soooooo slow, dont know why 
some questions: how do i cycle through granates? how do i use this energy thingy, what was it, um, energy extractor? is this with the X button? and i still dont like this much health, cause one clip from the machine gun and with big luck the enemy is dead (my aim is not thaaaat great yet, but still). are there headshots? like in counterstrike where with one bullet with most of the guns youre insta dead?
some questions: how do i cycle through granates? how do i use this energy thingy, what was it, um, energy extractor? is this with the X button? and i still dont like this much health, cause one clip from the machine gun and with big luck the enemy is dead (my aim is not thaaaat great yet, but still). are there headshots? like in counterstrike where with one bullet with most of the guns youre insta dead?
banKai said:okey, just played a little, first rumble pit then sniper valhala or what the name was. well, its an ok shooter, for console players seems to be the best out there, most well rounded id say. but its still seems soooooo slow, dont know why
some questions: how do i cycle through granates? how do i use this energy thingy, what was it, um, energy extractor? is this with the X button? and i still dont like this much health, cause one clip from the machine gun and with big luck the enemy is dead (my aim is not thaaaat great yet, but still). are there headshots? like in counterstrike where with one bullet with most of the guns your insta dead?
cycle grenades w/ LB (left bumper)
power drainer is X button
there are headshots, not with all guns though. use the BR/carbine/Sniper rifle for headshots