carbonbased
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I'm going to be home from an extended vacation in a week and back to my usual Halo obsession. having the new maps would certainly make it all the sweeter. 
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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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lybertyboy
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MarkMacD said:
OMG that's funny. :lol
Domino Theory
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warbegins said:I'm going to be home from an extended vacation in a week and back to my usual Halo obsession. having the new maps would certainly make it all the sweeter.
armubaba said:
Penguin said:
K, I'll gift all three of you 1K points.
Check your PMs!
Bearillusion
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Cocopjojo said:
I'm halfway through my legendary run and loving it. Are we going to see another Halo game (FPS) on the 360?
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
MarkMacD said:
:lol Next Bungie game confirmed to focus on large scale space combat.
Cocopjojo said:
Fair one. I'd seen a lot of posts and pictures but it's a big thread. Even so, my main complaint would be doing a victory lap so often. If you actually wanted to make it fun for the other team, you'd give them a 2 flag head start!
Still like you say, Ranked BTB probably helps the situation. I'd be much more inclined to put my Rumble pit level 30 in jeopardy going for my last achievement if I've a ranked BTB to fall back on any maintain that shiny major status
It's only the hijacking one as well which everybody else seems to bloody have apart from me!
Three things:deftangel said:I'd be much more inclined to put my Rumble pit level 30 in jeopardy going for my last achievement if I've a ranked BTB to fall back on any maintain that shiny major status
It's only the hijacking one as well which everybody else seems to bloody have apart from me!
- Your military rank is based on your highest-ever skill, not current-highest. So don't worry about your skill going down before you get the XP.
- Drive a ghost into a wall, it's pretty much the only way to get the achievement. I got it by accident in a game of Oddball on Snowbound.
- You can get that achievement in Rumble Pit (unranked), and you can go into Rumble Pit as a party, and you can arrange what you might want to do in the game. Just saying.
The only achievement I don't have is Mongoose Mowdown, and I'm never going to get it. I don't want to mess around in Lone Wolves as it's the only chance I have of getting to level 45, and even at level 40 no-one is stupid enough to be run down by a mongoose. It's a shitty, shitty achievement.
Captain Blood
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i am just hoping for the podcast today
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Deleted member 21120
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Me too.Cap7ain Blood said:
The Lamonster
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Me three!Cocopjojo said:
We're talking about Sam Adams here, right?
har har har
Yeah. I'll always be disappointed by the over-arching story, but the gameplay is where it's at. Everything came together in Halo 3 - the mission and encounter design, AI, environments, weapons/vehicle mix. I had a similar eye-opening experience playing through on Legendary my first time.Cocopjojo said:
It's interesting - aside from a couple of choke points, I didn't have too tough of a time with Legendary solo, once I adjusted to it. I think the single hardest run I ever did was my first attempt of the first game on Legendary. I jumped from Normal to Legendary and wasn't ready for it; I must have done the part on the first level where there are Elites on the level above ("Elites! On the landing above us!") a few dozen times before I adjusted to it. And even then, many other classic battles took on an almost hopeless feel, as the odds were so stacked against a solo player. I loved it, because it was hard for the right reasons.
Now that I've played through Legendary a few times in Halo 3, I'm starting to change it up with the skulls. There's only a few that I like, but right now I'm inching my way through The Storm (still my favorite mission) with Thunderstorm, Catch, Mythic, Cowbell and Grunt Birthday Party turned on. It's unbelievably hard, but it reminds me of that first trek through Halo 1 on Legendary: hard, but very fun and rewarding. There's tons of options for how to tackle the encounters, and the AI design is such that I feel like I'm fighting formidable enemies, not cannon fodder. It's got more depth than any other action game I've ever played.
Domino Theory
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neoism said:yes please !!
lol nm to late!
Who says it's too late? I'll take one more.
Check PM.
Domino Theory
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Darunia said:ah damn and I didn't even ask because I thought you were done
So sorry, bro. I really can't do anymore this time.
Once I get some more money, you'll hear me knockin'.
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Major props for handing all of those out, Domino. That's a really nice thing to do.
Domino Theory
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Cocopjojo said:
Thanks. I've already given about 5 I think. Maybe more. The FOX free MS points inspired me. I was shocked to see people going out of their way to rob other people of 200 MS points; ranking up 15,000 points for three of their own accounts.
And plus, these maps are nothing short of absolutely amazing and everyone deserves to experience them as soon as possible.
Domino Theory
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eternal prize said:
Can't gift anymore points right now.
Once the cash monies comes to me, the points will rise again.
Off topic question: I just bought the NTSC-J version of Halo 1 and thought it would have Japanese audio, was looking forward to experiencing one of my favorite games in a new way but it's in English , I tired changing the Xbox language to Japanese too, no dice. Am I wrong in thinking it had a Japanese dub?
quick fanart:
, I tired changing the Xbox language to Japanese too, no dice. Am I wrong in thinking it had a Japanese dub? quick fanart:
Captain Blood
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Sai-kun said:And there's nothing more satisfying than getting a Vehicular Manslaughter with the Ghost on that level
my favorite part of rats nest is waiting by the boxes on the track with a hammer and smacking a warthog that drives by
The Lamonster
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Yeah I was a bit disappointed that all three new maps were in human locations (and the next batch sound overwhelmingly human as well), but they play very well. The feel of the new maps reminds me of Halo 1 maps.GhaleonEB said:
Rat's Nest reminds me of Chill Out, with the planks and walkways above ground level.
The Lamonster
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Somebody has to lovingly massage the aural meats of the thing to make it sound as yummy as a warm sip of gormet coffee with a hint of melted whip cream.voltron said:
mmmmmmm raw meat and coffee
The DLC maps are all set pretty early in the campaign. Rat's Nest is from Crow's Nest (mission 2), Standoff is in the setting of Tsavo (mission 3) and Foundry uses stuff from The Storm (mission 4). I wonder if they'll keep progressing through the campaign levels like that.The Lamonster said:
The Lamonster
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um I meant for it to say gormet because it's a new word that you must not have even heard of!voltron said:
Anyway, yeah I agree.
I wish they'd just hand the mastering duties off to me. It would take me like 30 minutes to get it right. And I'd work for free!
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This time the computer that has the editing software died. And yeah, this is pretty annoying. This is Bungie. They just shipped a game that made more money than anything ever, basically. I would expect them to have a regular podcast, with a page dedicated to it on B.net. If a computer breaks, you install Pro Tools on another computer and pull the audio off of the dead computer's HDD before you ship it off to get it fixed. And if it takes forever to upload to MS's servers, you have a talk with MS about making it faster. It's just really unprofessional. Look at Insomniac's podcast page for an example of something done well.voltron said:
In all seriousness, I thought this is what they brought Luke on for. To have someone to make sure that the podcast gets done and is on time. I've been in pro audio for seven years now, and when things break or don't go right (which they do), I'm expected to have a backup plan. It's not that the company would collapse if I didn't get the show delivered to the TV station on time or if a mic's batteries are dead when the gig starts - it's about professionalism. If Frank and Sketch aren't available, he hunts down other people to come on. If no one can talk about anything that's in development, then you get some of the more obscure Bungie employees to come on and tell old stories about the Halo 2 development process. Again, I thought this was why they hired Luke. If he's been given other responsibilites and is too busy to handle the podcast, then they should bring on someone else.
Bungie doesn't owe us a podcast. It's just really odd for one of the most productive and popular game studios to not have a regular podcast. It's disappointing.
electricpirate
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