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[360] Halo 3

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WILL THE ALMIGHTY

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H3_WSJ_CHIEFNEWS.jpg


Isn't it beautiful?
 

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I played the beta when it was out. It was amazing.. I didnt actually have it, my friend had crackdown and no xbox live so he brought it over and we tried it out.
The mancannon is awesome. You can launch full sized vehicles and dead bodies off of it. I personally enjoyed sniping anyone who tried to use them..
The mongoose vehicle thing is actually really shitty. Its basically a ghost with less speed and no weapons... Plus, if you ram someone at full speed they dont die.
Theres a ton of new items which make it really strategic. For example, theres a portable lift which you can throw, allowing you to jump walls. Theres also the plasma shield thingy which stops projectiles going through it, but its so uncommon I saw it once the entire time I played, and it rolled away the second it was used..
Theres also some new weapons. Spartan cannon. 2-3 seconds charging and then an instant kill to anything your pointing at. Theres also a covenant version of the smg, the spiker. Finally, snipers are different. They dont lock on anymore, they dont even follow the enemy. it gives a TOTALLY different (but awesome) feel to it.
I hope this isn't old news, I'm clicking the shiny Post Quick Reply button right now.. If it is, then whoops.
 

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Dil999 said:
I played the beta when it was out. It was amazing.. I didnt actually have it, my friend had crackdown and no xbox live so he brought it over and we tried it out.
The mancannon is awesome. You can launch full sized vehicles and dead bodies off of it. I personally enjoyed sniping anyone who tried to use them..
The mongoose vehicle thing is actually really shitty. Its basically a ghost with less speed and no weapons... Plus, if you ram someone at full speed they dont die.
Theres a ton of new items which make it really strategic. For example, theres a portable lift which you can throw, allowing you to jump walls. Theres also the plasma shield thingy which stops projectiles going through it, but its so uncommon I saw it once the entire time I played, and it rolled away the second it was used..
Theres also some new weapons. Spartan cannon. 2-3 seconds charging and then an instant kill to anything your pointing at. Theres also a covenant version of the smg, the spiker. Finally, snipers are different. They dont lock on anymore, they dont even follow the enemy. it gives a TOTALLY different (but awesome) feel to it.
I hope this isn't old news, I'm clicking the shiny Post Quick Reply button right now.. If it is, then whoops.
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Thank you for the insight. Seriously, it helps for someone who didn't get to play the beta. Looks like they better fix the mongoose...

BTW, here's some new stuff Bungie posted...

Spartan Variations:
Halo3_High-Ground_3rd-person-08.jpg


Brute Chopper
Halo3_Chopper-01.jpg
 

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Although it didnt seem like it, every weapon in halo 2 locks slightly. Try killing an ally as compared to an enemy. Its harder to kill an ally while moving because it doesnt lock to them at all.
Damn, those pics look awesome.
Also, if you have xbox live, this may intrest you, its coming tomorrow (today for some people): Click here!
Oh, and this may intrest you....
 

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No Live for me:

1) I run a modchipped linux-running 160Gb harddrive monster of an xbox. I have about 150 pirated games. No Live for me.

2) Every other person on Live is either an addict or an 8 year old. The accessability of Xbox Live for yougner children draws me away from it, with PC Games you have to have better hardware and a good internet connection to play good games online. With Xbox, all you need is an internet connection and the box itself. Anyone can do it. No Live for me.
 

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Holy shit. They made a vidoc about the Forge... some of the stuff they showed is amazing... (Click Here)
While in Forge mode you play normally, but by pressing up on the contrl pad you enter a sort of god mode, where you can place anything you choose to on the map (from tanks to turrets to shotguns to orange cones to boxes to explosives... etc)
This means you can have one player in god mode while the rest fight normally, and the player in godmode can spawn things to balance the game... or just drop tanks on you. Additionally they show some features of the saved videos. You can hover around and watch action from anywhere, with the ability to fast forward, rewind, pause, slow-mo, etc. At one point it pauses the camera looking at a rocket; you can see every little detail. Warthogs even have stuff like a speedometer and other things on the HUD!
 

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In all honesty though, I am a bit skeptical about the forge thing.

Considering X box live is FULL of 12 year olds who don't like to lose, it'll be tank tank tank tank tank tank tank.
 

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I ve been playing for the last 7 hours. I fucking love it. I would be playing right now but my brother is taking a turn. Tons of new weapons and levels. The game keeps the fast-paced feel of halo 3, while making the game MUCH more fun and strategic. Oh, and you get to bash peoples skulls in with a hammer, so thats a win for anyone.
 

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I just got past the third mission I think. The one with the AA guns that you have to destroy adn then the ships attack Truth. About how much longer in the game do I have to go? Please tell me I have a LONG LONG time.

Anyways, Forge is sweet, really fun when you have people who dont mind losing and just want to have fun. ALthough I can see the problem with the little 12 year old kids... I like it though. Finally! A moddable console game! Lol yes!

Oh yeah, if youg et little kids who keep going tank, for about a fifth of the price, get active camo and the rocket pod.
 

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SPOILER ALERT, I WILL NOT HESITATE TO TALK ABOUT THE ENDING AFTER THIS POINT

Once you've beaten the game is shows master chief and the arbiter flying out of the exploding halo, but the next scene the arbiter is talking to Sgt Hope (or whatever his name is, the old guy). The Sgt says that 'its hard to believe hes dead', and the arbiter says 'if it were only that easy. Then, you see that the monument has 117, (Master Chief's number) written on it, as if he was dead.
If you wait until the end of the credits, it tells you why. As the arbiter and master chief went through the portal, the exploding halo caused the portal to collapse. Since the arbiter was in front of the ship, he made it through, but the back half containing the chief was not. It shows chief getting into a chronological chamber (or whatever its called, where they freeze you for years at a time).
Now, heres what I think that means:
* Halo 3 is not going to be the last of the series. It could be they they plan to literally 'freeze' the halo story and make a new franchise, then a few years down the road, once they have another franchise, revive it with Halo 4.
* An additional theory: if you remember the beginning of halo 1, the master chief steps out of a chronological chamber to begin fighting. This could mean that somehow he goes back in time.

Now, if you beat the game on legendary, it gets even more confusing:
It shows a scene of a mysterious unknown ship flying, then a huge burst of light, creepy music, and then it goes to the main screen. This could mean:
* That ship is a totally new species of aliens, which will be in [?] halo 4.
* That ship is a human ship, coming to rescue him
* The ship is s forerunner ship which sends him back in time, thus supporting my second theory above.
Oh, and you finally get to learn MC's name! (John)I will now fill the text up with bullcrap to stop people who are going to read the bottom few paragraphs

This could, finally, mean that master chief himself is a covenant- since we have not seen his face it is entirely possible. In addition to this, if he is a covenant that means he could have supported the High Charity.
 

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[HIGHLIGHT]SPOILER ALERT, I RUIN EVEN MORE OF THE STORY THAN Dil999 DID[/code]

A lot of those theories are completely ridiculous. Also, no offense, but learn to read books, you n00b. You learn Master Chief Petty Officer John SPARTAN 117's name in the first book (Halo: The Fall of Reach). He's not an alien, he's an above-average human that's been trained in all areas potentially useful to combat roles (tactics, weapons, piloting) since the age of five. He was specially selected with 74 (73?) other children of 150 potential "applicants" that were genetically screened for performance in the SPARTAN-II program. The first few bits of stuff that Cortana tells you (during the missions) in Halo 3 is what Catherine Halsey tells the "recruits" after they wake up from cryosleep and begin training. Of the 75 (74?) SPARTAN-IIs that underwent the physical augmentation surgery (lots and lots of surgery), approximately 35 survived and were in a condition to be of use in combat (maybe 34 or 33). Of those remaining SPARTAN-IIs, one died during the retrieval of the MJOLNIR MK.V armour systems, which further increased the SPARTANs' incredible combat abilities (lol, made them as strong as a Covenant Elite all on its own).

He steps out of the cryosleep chamber in the first one on a Halcyon-class ship known as the Pillar of Autumn... He's on another ship known as the In Amber Clad in Halo 3. The original reason he was on the Pillar of Autumn in Halo: Combat Evolved was to infiltrate and commandeer a Covenant flagship, with the ultimate goal of capturing a prophet and negotiating a truce between Earth and her colonies and the Covenant.

Unfortunately, during the previous encounter with the Covenant (which I believe occurred over the planet that John 117 was born on), a tracker is landed on the ship of one Commander Jacob Keyes, who ironically was just promoted. Interestingly, as a lieutenant, Keyes had escorted Catherine Halsey (the scientist in charge of the SPARTAN-II project) to conduct reconnaisance on an undisclosed (although most likely large) amount of potential SPARTAN-IIs.

Captain Keyes unknowingly lead the Covenant straight to Reach, the humans' main shipyard and military base. So, as the Pillar of Autumn was leaving Reach for Covenant space, they received a distress call and went back with the rest of the fleet. Every SPARTAN-II that could be called to Reach was; I believe that only two were not taking part in the mission to take a prophet hostage.

Approximately 30 SPARTANs went down to the surface of Reach to fight off the Covenant invasion force (and receive newer stuff, lol) while 3 SPARTANs went to destroy a navigation database that the Covenant could have potentially used to locate Earth. The pelican that the 30 SPARTANs took groundside was shot down, and approximately 4 or 5 of them survived. Overall, two SPARTAN-IIs were onboard the Pillar of Autumn when Cortana entered slipstream space to escape. One of those SPARTAN-IIs was John 117, and the other was Linda 058, who was more or less clinically dead.

Cortana's "randomized" coordinates were taken from data gathered during the previous fight, which got Captain Keyes promoted and his ship tracked. Thus, Halo (Installation 04) is discovered. The Covenant were not only already there, but had chased the Pillar of Autumn. Captain Keyes woke John 117 in anticipation of being boarded, and Halo begins. On a side-note, the Master Chief picks up Johnson, several other marines, and Linda 058's cryosleep tube on his way back to Earth. And that's the beginning of Halo: First Strike.

If you're too lazy to read all of that, Dil999 needs to read more.

Anyways, the planet is probably Onyx, where the surviving SPARTAN-IIs (with the exception of the two that were too far to be recalled for the Pillar of Autumn mission) and Dr. Catherine Halsey should be. Onyx is more or less an artificial planet made by the forerunners.

About your Halo 4 theory, Bungie has confirmed that there will be no Halo 4. They have confirmed that there will be another game set in the Halo universe, however.
 
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