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drnco_man source engine mapper	May 15 2008, 8:34pm Anchor
drnco_man source engine mapper	Just digging up an old hot topic Halo 3 really didnt build up to waht i expected fomr it...It was all overhyped It had its 1 month of fame and then everyone just went to playing they old thing CoD4 Obviously kicked the shit out of Halo 3 Halo 3 just had like 4 new weapons and 3 vehicles( Correct me if im wrong ) and i have a strange feeling that Microsoft is going to squeeze the shit out of this franchize and make Halo 4 or sumthing Halo Wars better be good, cuz if its not.... So what do you guys think of halo 3 and all its glory( sarcasm)
frosty-theaussie Sonny Jim	May 15 2008, 8:47pm Anchor
frosty-theaussie Sonny Jim	no halo game has ever been worth the wait. --
uberjager Mod Db's Biggest Gun Nut	May 15 2008, 9:33pm Anchor
uberjager Mod Db's Biggest Gun Nut	I was hyped up about the first, and extremely hyped up about the second, but as most of you know the second halo felt like a WIP.
Henley Currently Occupied for Reasons Unknown	May 16 2008, 12:54am Anchor
Henley Currently Occupied for Reasons Unknown	if they were smart they would release a patch for halo1 pc because it is still very much alive. i have not plated halo3 yet, mainly because of its awesome to fail ratio. -- Homepage \| Youtube \| Deviantart \| Arcadium
O N L I N E raxiv This, is Fleet Command.	May 16 2008, 4:09am Anchor
O N L I N E raxiv This, is Fleet Command.	Not so much to ratio there Henley, it's the religious halo fanatics ... THAT is putting me off. >.>
Koroshiya_Ichi proextinction	May 16 2008, 4:37am Anchor
Koroshiya_Ichi proextinction	halo 3's fun. it's not the best game ever, doesnt live up to the hype (with all due respect there's no game that possibly could live up to the hype microsoft generated for halo 3). Overall I think that the SP, MP and Forge together make for a pretty stellar package - not a package which truly justifies the money, investment, fanboyism or hype - but a solid package for what it is. there's too much bullshit surrounding halo from both fanboys and critics alike - it's just a game like any other, take it for what it is. personally when it comes to 'hype building a game up to much' i think HL2 is an equally relevant example though clllllleaaaarly not to quite the same extent as halo 3. But I'm not aloud to say that because you can throw stuff Edited by: Koroshiya_Ichi
ambershee Nimbushfish Rawks	May 16 2008, 5:02am Anchor
ambershee Nimbushfish Rawks	It's pretty average. If it had keyboard and mouse support I might bother playing it, but I was never of fan of the clunky-sticks, especially for Halo.
Arkanj3l Somewhat Anarchic and Demented	May 16 2008, 5:31am Anchor
Arkanj3l Somewhat Anarchic and Demented	Koroshiya_Ichi wrote:halo 3's fun. it's not the best game ever, doesnt live up to the hype (with all due respect there's no game that possibly could live up to the hype microsoft generated for halo 3). Overall I think that the SP, MP and Forge together make for a pretty stellar package - not a package which truly justifies the money, investment, fanboyism or hype - but a solid package for what it is. there's too much bullshit surrounding halo from both fanboys and critics alike - it's just a game like any other, take it for what it is. personally when it comes to 'hype building a game up to much' i think HL2 is an equally relevant example though clllllleaaaarly not to quite the same extent as halo 3. But I'm not aloud to say that because you can throw stuff Agreed'd. I think the multiplayer design was pretty solid, I appreciate that in a game. The singleplayer had more potential than we give it credit for but people give way more credit for what the single player actually is. I mean, the story is actually pretty cool, it's just that its told sloppily. Oh, and you have to admit the music is amazing. The AI is not necessarily smart to play against, but I think it's entertaining to play against, which is what counts. I'm actually a fan of controllers. They're make for a more tight control scheme most of the time and pulling an actual trigger give a lot more immersion than just pressing a button. For people who say that they can't turn around fast I don't think people actually have super sliding feet that can move more smooth than a Michael Jackson moonwalk. -- Ark
ambershee Nimbushfish Rawks	May 16 2008, 6:51am Anchor
ambershee Nimbushfish Rawks	I'm more worried about the extreme difficulty in pointing at things. If a mouse had a trigger (more akin to a joystick), I'd probably get one.
Gibberstein Generic Coder Type Thing	May 16 2008, 7:19am Anchor
Gibberstein Generic Coder Type Thing	For me, mouse control is about the reduced brain friction. With a mouse, I can choose where I want to look and more or less look where I wanted. On a stick, I often have to think about how to move the stick to make the game move where I want it to. When I'm thinking about how to make the pad do what I want rather than just doing it, I'm not immersed in the game. Sure I can't turn my body quite that fast and accurate in real life, but I can move my head, arms body and legs separately. I can look over my shoulder without having to move my whole body, which lets me see what's behind me very quickly. Until games can read thoughts straight out of our brains, no control scheme will ever represent that independence of sight and movement directions perfectly, and mouse control is the compromise that comes closest for me. Plus - it's a game. Surely games are about being more powerful than our real-life selves, not less able -- "lets say Portal is a puzzle game, so its a rehash of Tetris" - Wraiyth points out the craziness of stereotyping games by their genre
Wraiyth That Guy Who Does Those Things With The Stuff	May 16 2008, 9:04am Anchor
Wraiyth That Guy Who Does Those Things With The Stuff	Can something be not worth the wait if you weren't waiting for it? -- My Homepage
Ninjadave Eh?	May 16 2008, 5:58pm Anchor
Ninjadave Eh?	I never bought Halo 3. Its just not my type of game. I mean the way things were set up in the game, it just didn't feel right for me. I just didn't really like the game play style. --
Jiffy_No0b Blame Hofmann	May 16 2008, 7:55pm Anchor
Jiffy_No0b Blame Hofmann	frosty-theaussie wrote:no halo game has ever been worth the wait. I was basically going to say exactly this so I'll just go for a QFT. -- Yak.RUS wrote:We had a girl in my school that took LCD and now she thinks shes a balloon for the rest of her life.
Spector WWIII	May 16 2008, 8:22pm Anchor
Spector WWIII	The two things that are annoying in Halo 3 for me, is the STUPID Marine AI. For some reason Bungie never managed to make the Marine AI intelligent in the slightest, while the convenant blow our arses up. The other thing was the annoying Difficulty curves. It went up and down, hard and easy, to insanely beyond the scope of legendary. Well the story was a little confusing to follow as well. -- snetErz.com - Web Design Some guy in the space time continuum.
General_Atrox	May 17 2008, 6:29am Anchor
General_Atrox	If someone here doesn't like Halo - then they should stop playing video games completly and should be buried alive with the pristeen copy of Rise of the Robots on the Genesis - hmm mayby also ET Yes two games that almost crashed the gaming market about 12 years ago... Halo Combat Evolved was the best halo in the series, they had all the aspects of it in place perfectly, especially the campaign. (The story behind it i mean) As drnco_man said before about them squeezing another game out of this franchise - Halo 4 - well i hate to imform you but they won't. They will be making a completly different game (Based on the Halo Novels - if anyone could be bothered to read them). No more convernant in the next one! And it won't be about a Halo. I could be wrong, but the no covernant is true. Laters! Edited by: General_Atrox
Wraiyth That Guy Who Does Those Things With The Stuff	May 17 2008, 7:27am Anchor
Wraiyth That Guy Who Does Those Things With The Stuff	Quote:If someone here doesn't like Halo - then they should stop playing video games completly and should be buried alive with the pristeen copy of Rise of the Robots on the Genesis - hmm mayby also ET The hell are you talking about? No one is obliged to like Halo at all. I can't stand the game. Its well polished for what it is, its well marketed, but I just don't enjoy the game. -- My Homepage
Gibberstein Generic Coder Type Thing	May 17 2008, 7:38am Anchor
Gibberstein Generic Coder Type Thing	Awww, doesn't it make you nostalgic? I remember when I used to say similar things about Doom. Give it a few years and all the Halo fans will be the ones saying "No, honestly! When it was new it was really amazing.Next big thing is just the same game as Halo but with some next-gen fluff added." ...and what ever game topples Halo from the current pedestal, I will still be playing UT of some flavour or another -- "lets say Portal is a puzzle game, so its a rehash of Tetris" - Wraiyth points out the craziness of stereotyping games by their genre
Koroshiya_Ichi proextinction	May 17 2008, 7:51am Anchor
Koroshiya_Ichi proextinction	General_Atrox wrote:If someone here doesn't like Halo - then they should stop playing video games completly and should be buried alive with the pristeen copy of Rise of the Robots on the Genesis - hmm mayby also ET if this is serious then I'm afraid that never before have I witnessed such an example of chronic dysentery spew forth from someones fingers. If on the other hand its a joke, kudos on your hilarious parody of elitist gamer fanboy turds! It was very convincing -- Koroshiya Ichi Creative Resolve - Multimedia Design Solutions Demon Towers - Designer workflow optimisation Mod DB -Feature Writer Krupskaya - UK Grindcore Band
Wraiyth That Guy Who Does Those Things With The Stuff	May 17 2008, 8:00am Anchor
Wraiyth That Guy Who Does Those Things With The Stuff	Koroshiya_Ichi wrote: General_Atrox wrote:If someone here doesn't like Halo - then they should stop playing video games completly and should be buried alive with the pristeen copy of Rise of the Robots on the Genesis - hmm mayby also ET if this is serious then I'm afraid that never before have I witnessed such an example of chronic dysentery spew forth from someones fingers. If on the other hand its a joke, kudos on your hilarious parody of elitist gamer fanboy turds! It was very convincing If it was a joke, it was a terrible one -- My Homepage
Mr.Kadish Arty type thing	May 17 2008, 9:52am Anchor
Mr.Kadish Arty type thing	General_Atrox wrote:If someone here doesn't like Halo - then they should stop playing video games completly and should be buried alive with the pristeen copy of Rise of the Robots on the Genesis - hmm mayby also ET Yes two games that almost crashed the gaming market about 12 years ago... Halo Combat Evolved was the best halo in the series, they had all the aspects of it in place perfectly, especially the campaign. (The story behind it i mean) As drnco_man said before about them squeezing another game out of this franchise - Halo 4 - well i hate to imform you but they won't. They will be making a completly different game (Based on the Halo Novels - if anyone could be bothered to read them). No more convernant in the next one! And it won't be about a Halo. I could be wrong, but the no covernant is true. Laters! noob. -- giddy tangential litanies pertinent to as yet unrealised features are the sure signs of a game developer doing PR.
Henley Currently Occupied for Reasons Unknown	May 17 2008, 12:11pm Anchor
Henley Currently Occupied for Reasons Unknown	i tend to be turned off a game if i see the main character on the front of a mountain due bottle -- Homepage \| Youtube \| Deviantart \| Arcadium
uberjager Mod Db's Biggest Gun Nut	May 19 2008, 6:46pm Anchor
uberjager Mod Db's Biggest Gun Nut	Henley wrote:i tend to be turned off a game if i see the main character on the front of a mountain due bottle What's wrong with that? 300+ calories per bottle and loads of caffeine are a great way to get fueled for extensive hours of playing forge with freinds.
Henley Currently Occupied for Reasons Unknown	May 19 2008, 10:25pm Anchor
Henley Currently Occupied for Reasons Unknown	uberjager wrote: Henley wrote:i tend to be turned off a game if i see the main character on the front of a mountain due bottle What's wrong with that? 300+ calories per bottle and loads of caffeine are a great way to get fueled for extensive hours of playing forge with freinds. its a mountain dew bottle... how would u feel seeing freeman on a snickers bar? -- Homepage \| Youtube \| Deviantart \| Arcadium
drnco_man source engine mapper	May 19 2008, 10:40pm Anchor
drnco_man source engine mapper	General_Atrox wrote:If someone here doesn't like Halo - then they should stop playing video games completly and should be buried alive with the pristeen copy of Rise of the Robots on the Genesis - hmm mayby also ET Yes two games that almost crashed the gaming market about 12 years ago... Halo Combat Evolved was the best halo in the series, they had all the aspects of it in place perfectly, especially the campaign. (The story behind it i mean) As drnco_man said before about them squeezing another game out of this franchise - Halo 4 - well i hate to imform you but they won't. They will be making a completly different game (Based on the Halo Novels - if anyone could be bothered to read them). No more convernant in the next one! And it won't be about a Halo. I could be wrong, but the no covernant is true. Laters! Covernant? I think u mean Covenant...How the hell would they make a game without the covenant....who are the humans guna fight...I thnk you might need to bulk up on halo trivia cuz it doesnt even look like u read the books -- IM just so cool .... how can u resist my sexy body ha ha jk...but seriously
ambershee Nimbushfish Rawks	May 20 2008, 4:44am Anchor
ambershee Nimbushfish Rawks	There's this little entity called the Flood too, and races (and groups within those races) other than those that choose to join the Covenant. I grasped that without reading the books, or playing all the way through the 3rd game. Go figure.