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The Halo 3 E3 Campaign Trailer

I really like the trailer. There were some amazing scenes.

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Darktails said:
I really like the trailer. There were some amazing scenes.

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that was my favorite part of the trailer, I can just hear the Arbiter just screaming as loud as he can after the Ark fires. between this scene, Cortana falling down from extreme anguish and the Chief looking down at a blue screen in complete darkness, the trailer has a huge emotional theme present.
 
Thermite said:
that was my favorite part of the trailer, I can just hear the Arbiter just screaming as loud as he can after the Ark fires. between this scene, Cortana falling down from extreme anguish and the Chief looking down at a blue screen in complete darkness, the trailer has a huge emotional theme present.
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Are you sure? My friendly neighborhood Killzone fan/Halo troll told me that there was nothing about the story in the trailer, and that Halo 3 will suck like Halo 2.
 
Thermite said:
Cortana falling down from extreme anguish and the Chief looking down at a blue screen in complete darkness, the trailer has a huge emotional theme present.
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I agree. Those moments were very atmospheric.
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the disgruntled gamer said:
Are you sure? My friendly neighborhood Killzone fan/Halo troll told me that there was nothing about the story in the trailer, and that Halo 3 will suck like Halo 2.
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110% sure.
 
sableholic said:
I'm playing through Halo 1 all over again and one thing I miss is the night level. Sniper and night vision was awesome.
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That was one of the things I loved about the E3 2003 trailer: it took place at night. Adds so much more atmosphere. Nice to see some night/dusk levels are making it to Halo 3.

On another note, Cortana, what happened? You looked so much better at the last E3!
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the disgruntled gamer said:
I dunno, those Killzone fans that didn't actually watch the trailer semmed pretty sure of Halo 3's upcoming failure.
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Well those people are idiots because I have played Halo 3 and its amazing.
 
sableholic said:
I'm playing through Halo 1 all over again and one thing I miss is the night level. Sniper and night vision was awesome.
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I did miss having a night level in Halo 2. Truth and Reconcilliation was awesome.
 
beerbelly said:
:lol :lol :lol You being 25 and all and being impressed with the words "****" in a video game says it all. You're a grown man with a mind of a teenage boy that wants to grow up. Loser.
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Holy ****, beerbelly. Where've you been?

What a way to return...hilarious post.
 
Cortana is going to be either crazy, evil or suicidal in halo 3, so we can't have her looking too pretty. Lest, we fall in love and suicide. :/
 
there was like no gameplay in that trailer, come on guys. there were a few half second screens of some things, and the rest was just a bunch of cutscene footage.

i'm talking about something like a single player campaign demonstration. i want anything , as long as its at least 10 seconds of gameplay. preferably one of the epic battles with tons of characters onscreen.
 
MaX_PL said:
there was like no gameplay in that trailer, come on guys. there were a few half second screens of some things, and the rest was just a bunch of cutscene footage.

i'm talking about something like a single player campaign demonstration. i want anything , as long as its at least 10 seconds of gameplay. preferably one of the epic battles with tons of characters onscreen.
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only the press got that.
 
Darktails said:
But the footage was so beautiful. =)
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That part was the one part in the trailer that i actually raised my eyebrow, when the Spider shows up. I thought the graphics really hit a very high note in that part.
 
MaX_PL said:
there was like no gameplay in that trailer, come on guys. there were a few half second screens of some things, and the rest was just a bunch of cutscene footage.
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I'm not going to break this down shot by shot for you. But "like no gameplay" is not a correct assessment of the teaser trailer.
 
LukeSmith said:
I'm not going to break this down shot by shot for you. But "like no gameplay" is not a correct assessment of the teaser trailer.
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luke is there any night time levels in halo 3? please say yes
 
LukeSmith said:
I'm not going to break this down shot by shot for you. But "like no gameplay" is not a correct assessment of the teaser trailer.
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Luke, any chance we will see the any media for the demostaration?
 
LukeSmith said:
I'm not going to break this down shot by shot for you. But "like no gameplay" is not a correct assessment of the teaser trailer.
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Hi Luke! What did you think of the COD4 gameplay trailer.
 
Agent Icebeezy said:
Marines look pretty good
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The shot of a bunch of them in (new version of?) a Warthog at 1:39 was simply amazing. The new marine models look awesome, and, from what I have read, have hilarious dialogue to boot.
 
Agent Icebeezy said:
Marines look pretty good

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That looks better than what i expected. Wtf bungie, man the trailer sucked even more than i thought.

The vegetation and the models look really good there.
 
Proelite said:
Hi Luke! What did you think of the COD4 gameplay trailer.
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Which trailer are you referring to? Either way, any of the gameplay from CoD4 basically blew me away so yeah, didn't get me any more excited about H3 but it sure made me excited about CoD4.
 
armubaba said:
The shot of a bunch of them in (new version of?) a Warthog at 1:39 was simply amazing. The new marine models look awesome, and, from what I have read, have hilarious dialogue to boot.
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I thought the marine models didn't look as good as the one featured in the et tu Brute vidoc. That marine model had good textures and high polygons. These new ones looks too UE3 for me.
 
I haven't chimed in much, I wanted to wait a little bit before doing so. But funny enough all I have to say is that trailer sucked, but I'm pumped from what I've been reading and seeing in screens.
 
armubaba said:
The new marine models look awesome, and, from what I have read, have hilarious dialogue to boot.
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I remember in Halo 2, a lone Grunt turned to me and said something to the effect of "me be sidekick. You know, like Robin!" only for me to laugh my ass off and promptly get run over by a Specter. Never got a Grunt to say the same thing since, but it was one of my favourite moments of Halo 2.

And yeah, the Marine's seem to have got a well needed upgrade from Halo 2, they look so much better now.
 
NJ x Falkor said:
Take all of this COD4 nonsense and shove it up your hiney holes. :D

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It's a speaker phone where you deploy to deliver UNSC propaganda to your marines. +30% attack speed and +30% health regen. Can't believe you're so dull.
 
NJ x Falkor said:
Take all of this COD4 nonsense and shove it up your hiney holes. :D

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The new trailer is actually a wealth of new info if you look hard enough. Fourth grenade, new Hog, etc.

Any good breakdown videos out yet?
 
armubaba said:
The new trailer is actually a wealth of new info if you look hard enough. Fourth grenade, new Hog, etc.

Any good breakdown videos out yet?
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Well the best theory i've seen on the 4th grenade type is that it is the flashbang type grenade from the Art of Halo book.
 
With 11 weeks to go before release, Microsoft and Bungie showed off Halo 3's single-player campaign for the first time at the E3 Media and Business Summit. The demo, held behind closed doors, showcased the graphical improvements in the sequel, which is one of the most highly awaited games of the year.

Bungie showed off the first level of the game, titled Sierra 117. Not wanting to spoil some of the plot developments revealed at the beginning, the action picked up about one-third of the way through the level. What's interesting is that the Master Chief and the Arbiter have now teamed up, and they and a small escort of Marines must make their way through a Covenant-infested gulch to rendezvous with Sergeant Johnson and a couple of Pelican transports.

Though the opening level lacks what Bungie's Frank O'Connor said are the large-scale vehicle battles of later levels, it still packed an intense amount of action as the Master Chief and his friends battle their way through waves of opponents that included grunts, brutes, and what looked like to be some elites. The presence of the grunts and elites alongside the brutes is a bit puzzling considering the fractured state of the Covenant at the end of Halo 2, so we imagine that the answers are to be found in the exposition that we skipped over.

A number of things just stuck out to us as the battle unfolded. First, the combat looks to be as wild and dynamic as in other Halo games. The artificial intelligence of both the enemies and your allies pretty much guarantees that each battle can unfold differently. Second, the amount of intelligent chatter going on does a lot to add atmosphere and humor to the game. You hear the alien grunts cry, "What a world!" before a grenade explodes next to them, or another remark "I'll revenge my brother!" as he throws a plasma grenade at you. The chatter is constant and with the cacophony of gunfire and explosions, it makes for a symphony of battle. Speaking of symphonies, the music was missing in the work-in-progress version that we played, though it has been composed and recorded and is awaiting insertion.

So how it looks is a question that's undoubtedly a question on millions of Halo fans' minds. Keep in mind that after some grumbling by fans about the graphics in the recent multiplayer beta, Bungie stressed that what was seen did not represent the final look of the game. Well, what we saw wasn't quite final, but the graphics were undeniably better and more advanced than those seen in the beta. The game pops out right at you. The visuals are clear and crisp, as well as bright and colorful. There's a lush quality to the forest gully, with lots of ground clutter and towering trees. Most noticeable is the almost lifelike sunlight poring through the forest canopy. Halo 3 makes considerable use of high-dynamic range lighting so that shadows look dark, but at the same time, sunlight looks almost saturated. The animations and character models are also well done. The Master Chief encountered alien brutes in green camouflage armor that looks really cool and plausible, and it's possible to strip a brute of his armor with gunfire or explosions.

After battling through a section of the forest, the Master Chief and allies make it to a riverside clearing where the Pelicans await them. Unfortunately, a horde of Covenant is also there, so a desperate battle erupts to clear the landing the zone. However, it's all for naught as one Pelican, looking to avoid ground fire, collides with another, sending one crashing to the ground and the other spinning in a different direction. Your new mission: locate Sergeant Johnson's crashed Pelican; so it's like Black Hawk Down, only with aliens. An alien Phantom suddenly appears and hovers over the river, laying down suppressive fire, so O'Connor, playing the Master Chief, grabbed a canon off of its mounts and used it to shoot down the alien craft. Another large-scale battle erupted between arriving brutes and the Chief, and that's where the demo ended.

Bungie next showed one of the neat multiplayer features of Halo 3, which was the ability to record and play back gameplay movies of both multiplayer and the single-player campaign. While this was a feature that was somewhat crippled in the multiplayer beta, we got to see the all-but-final version of the film system. Basically, Halo 3 records game data as you play, and then when it plays it back, it reenacts all the events. Only now, you can move the camera around anywhere to change the angle, as well as pause and slow the action

To demonstrate, Bungie showed off a five-versus-five multiplayer match that was recorded last week on the sand-trap multiplayer level. We watched as the battle was reconstructed and replayed. The members on one team boarded Warthogs and Brute Choppers, which are basically hoverbikes on steroids and had a head-on clash with the opposing team on their vehicles. The action was then paused and explosions were caught in all their fiery glory. It looks awesome, and even better, you can take high-resolution screenshots of your finest moments. You can then take screens or movies and upload them to a special shared space on Xbox Live so you can show off. This is going to be a great feature because it has implications for everyone, from whether you want to rub it in to your friend about a certain kill or you want to make machinima to or user-created movies.

Bungie has the next couple of months to polish and bug fix, though what we saw looked to be almost ready for primetime. All we can say is that it's going to be a long 11 weeks until September 25.
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old?

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Gamespot
 
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The earth from orbit looks amazing. I suspect this scene will be from the opening cinematic of the game.

I have no idea what that equipment could be, but as far as the fourth grenade type, although I can't really see a flashbang as being very fitting, that's all I can think of, especially when keeping in mind that in the E3 '03 H2 demo the frag grenades would stun enemies.
 
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