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The Halo 3 Beta Thread
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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There are no constant headshots, so far as I can tell. Sometimes it gives you one and sometimes it doesn't. You have MUCH more health here than in CS or something like that. Although really it seems like you have less than H2(which is clearly why it plays better, people can no longer survive forever)
Does anyone else feel the need to at least rent Shadowrun after this? I just don't know if I'm going to be able to do without a shooter until September 25th. Maybe that was their evil plan.
Does anyone else feel the need to at least rent Shadowrun after this? I just don't know if I'm going to be able to do without a shooter until September 25th. Maybe that was their evil plan.
Grenades - left shoulder buttonbanKai 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?
Equipment - x button
Not all weapons do headshots (such as the Assault Rifle). Aside from the sniper rifle, which is a one-shot kill to the head, weapons that can do headshots kill instantly when your shield is down if it's to the head. Otherwise it's a few body shots.
got2bekidding
Member
LoL, the last 3 posts or so I've done is nothing but "OMG I LOVE THIS GAME!" It's even more fun when you know the buttons. I'm enjoying the shit out of it, thanks bungie!
Pope Benedict XVI
Member
holy moley, this thread has sailed past 10,000 post with ease
yikes
I'm normally like a year behind the times in gaming (20 bargains ftw), but I feel like if i don't buy Halo 3 on its release day then I'll be missing out on not just a game, but a huge event
yikes
I'm normally like a year behind the times in gaming (20 bargains ftw), but I feel like if i don't buy Halo 3 on its release day then I'll be missing out on not just a game, but a huge event
RPS37
Gold Member
Things I like about the Halo 3 Beta:
+ Menus
+ HUD
+ Spartan Models
+ Snow
+ Sound
+ Assault Rifle, Spikers, SMGs (don't feel like toy guns now), Brute Shot, Machinegun Turret, Spike Grenade
+ Bubble Shield, Grav Lift, Power Drainer, Trip Mine
+ Mongoose
+ CTF, VIP, Slayer, Oddball, Assault
+ Valhalla, Snowbound, High Ground
Things I don't like about the Halo 3 Beta:
- Snipers
- Territories
Games: 60
Total Kills: 425
Total Deaths: 678
Kill/Death Ratio: 0.6268
Total Assists: 249
Is that considered disgraceful around here? What's Y2Kev at now?
+ Menus
+ HUD
+ Spartan Models
+ Snow
+ Sound
+ Assault Rifle, Spikers, SMGs (don't feel like toy guns now), Brute Shot, Machinegun Turret, Spike Grenade
+ Bubble Shield, Grav Lift, Power Drainer, Trip Mine
+ Mongoose
+ CTF, VIP, Slayer, Oddball, Assault
+ Valhalla, Snowbound, High Ground
Things I don't like about the Halo 3 Beta:
- Snipers
- Territories
Games: 60
Total Kills: 425
Total Deaths: 678
Kill/Death Ratio: 0.6268
Total Assists: 249
Is that considered disgraceful around here? What's Y2Kev at now?
FFChris said:
I haven't seen one without it, and it's not like you get a special code that you need to use with a 'specially marked copy' of Crackdown, just the disk, and I doubt they'd go to the trouble of pressing two different copies.
The 'limited' thing probably refers to it no longer being specially marked/included after the beta ends, since what would be the point of that.
I could be wrong though.
ElectricBlue187
Member
argh i'm stuck at 78% downloading...anybody know what's going on? did their download sever crash last night? i've been restarting my console and everything to get it going again
I like it, but I get owned by H2 veterans. Also, Higher Ground is without a doubt the best map of the bunch. Valhalla is way too open and a haven for snipers. Snowbound spells 'meh' to me. It doesn't flow like it should. Higher Ground is the perfect blend of long, mid and close range fighting. I love it.
Been playing nothing but Slayer and Team Slayer games and I'm thinking of going to the goal-driven games for a bit. How are they?
Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
Well i'm back from my first halo mp experience 
It's good fun, didn't do as badly as i expected :lol
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/PlayerStatsHalo3.aspx?player=BadAss84
Games: 9
Total Kills: 82
Total Deaths: 95
Kill/Death Ratio: 0.8632
Total Assists: 48
My hands are tired now (RSI ftl) but it was fun, i'll play more later on.
Dumb Q, where are the options to change my sensitivity etc? I didn't notice them The default seemed ok but a lil bit slow to turn.
It's good fun, didn't do as badly as i expected :lol
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/PlayerStatsHalo3.aspx?player=BadAss84
Games: 9
Total Kills: 82
Total Deaths: 95
Kill/Death Ratio: 0.8632
Total Assists: 48
My hands are tired now (RSI ftl) but it was fun, i'll play more later on.
Dumb Q, where are the options to change my sensitivity etc? I didn't notice them
The default seemed ok but a lil bit slow to turn.
Francias Castiglione
Banned
Awesome stuff. I really can't afford to be playing this all day, but I don't think I can tear myself away for longer than it takes to find a game!
Not played much even though I got in via a key; got a best man speech to write! :S
Combat Stats
Games: 11
Last Played: 5/16/2007 4:03:59 PM
* Total Kills: 150
* Total Deaths: 141
* Kill/Death Ratio: 1.0638
* Total Assists: 46
Will be in a lot more after Friday.
Combat Stats
Games: 11
Last Played: 5/16/2007 4:03:59 PM
* Total Kills: 150
* Total Deaths: 141
* Kill/Death Ratio: 1.0638
* Total Assists: 46
Will be in a lot more after Friday.
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
It's a beta and it's fun. But still; Halo 2.5 confirmed
Tieno
Member
Check out this cool video of people glitching the beta, doing cool jumps, testing and experimenting with the equipment. Hover mongoose is quite cool! Smart use of the shield for going out of bounds on snowbound
http://www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=65984
http://www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=65984
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Timan said:
There is. It's stickied on the first page of the Bungie Halo 3 Beta forum. "'GAME OVER' fix".
marvelharvey
Member
# Games: 1
# Total Kills: 6
# Total Deaths: 6
# Kill/Death Ratio: 1
# Total Assists: 0
That's me done for now, I'm sure I'll love the single player though.
# Total Kills: 6
# Total Deaths: 6
# Kill/Death Ratio: 1
# Total Assists: 0
That's me done for now, I'm sure I'll love the single player though.
Mr. Lemming
Member
I guess it is good that I went to bed when I started having problems with matchmaking last night. Even with that I keep running into two different bugs with matchmaking, one I keep ending up in a game with only myself after the system matched up all the players. The second one involves getting stuck at the looking for players screen, without being able to "B" to back out or chat. Everything else looks like it is still searching but it does nothing!
People don't like VIP or Territories? I love both of them, very intense matches in different ways. The changes in assault are golden as well.
Sorry I didn't join you guys, Truelize, Ghaleon, and whoever else was in that party perhaps this evening.
People don't like VIP or Territories? I love both of them, very intense matches in different ways. The changes in assault are golden as well.
Sorry I didn't join you guys, Truelize, Ghaleon, and whoever else was in that party perhaps this evening.
brokenwatch
Member
Well my first impressions posted in the thread were that I didn't like it at all (too slow paced). However, after partying up with a good team, I ended up having a lot of fun. I lived long enough to get the hang of what I was supposed to be doing and where the weapons are. GOTY
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
This game is among the funnest ever.
Every toy in the toolbox of this game has been precision crafted to ensure maximum awesomeness. The Spikers? You know, the sickest looking guns in the game? Why not give them the hottest reload animation on Earth? And don't stop there, make them sound shit awesome and make dual weilding them not only the funnest shit ever, but also a tactically sound manouver (sp?).
And man, every single fight that breaks out on the base side of the gate in High Ground is funner than the last.
This game is going to blow up the world.
Every toy in the toolbox of this game has been precision crafted to ensure maximum awesomeness. The Spikers? You know, the sickest looking guns in the game? Why not give them the hottest reload animation on Earth? And don't stop there, make them sound shit awesome and make dual weilding them not only the funnest shit ever, but also a tactically sound manouver (sp?).
And man, every single fight that breaks out on the base side of the gate in High Ground is funner than the last.
This game is going to blow up the world.
Well said! In general I dislike dual wielding, but dual wielding the spikers is ****ing awesome. The control change makes things so much easier too.BenjaminBirdie said:
One thing, I really like the scale of Valhalla, but a 4 vs 4 territories match there doesn't quite work. Fortunately we won't be limited in retail.