Halo 3 Thoughts

[Raider87]

So I'm playing now and I have to say so far sooo good :D
What do you guys think so far?

[Chthonic]

I still haven't quite forgiven Bungie for the second one. I'm guessing the third instalment is the sequel that Halo 2 was supposed to be.

[Zidane]

Have people always sucked this much online? When I played Halo 2 I always was given an old fashion rapin' but now I find people online aren't as hard as they used to be. Maybe It's just luck on my side. Online is great, not too far in story mode as of yet, but it's fun.

[tharshmetalUK]

id like to say but i have to wait till tomorrow to play it. Which I might ad is an absoloute travesty:mad:

[Eman311]

Have people always sucked this much online? When I played Halo 2 I always was given an old fashion rapin' but now I find people online aren't as hard as they used to be. Maybe It's just luck on my side. Online is great, not too far in story mode as of yet, but it's fun.
People just aren't used to it yet.

In a few months the community will be just like Halo 2, which is not really a good thing.

[stinkdog2007]

I don't get it til after school!!! Stop making me jealous!!!!!

[FallenAce]

Hahaha. If you read my Insomnia thread you'd understand why I didn't go pick up Halo 3 last night.

[DShiz1029]

Today is national skip school/work/life day to play Halo 3. I wonder how empty my classes will be...

[Apples]

I found Halo 3 for 45$ online and I am still on the fence whether or not to get it.

It's an above-average FPS, but I have never fully understood the hype/attention.

[MartyMcFly]

It's an above-average FPS, but I have never fully understood the hype/attention.

It's the best in it's genre. But it's not a game that is kind to the general audience. I personally suck at the game, therefore I can't get into it or enjoy it.

I'm not a fan of FPS to begin with, so that's my first problem.

[FallenAce]

I just bought mine at GameStop a few minutes ago. Now it sits on my desk at work. Apparently a lot of people traded in Bioshock to get it, so if you haven't played that one, maybe you should pick it up first. That way, when you eventually buy Halo 3 and you get online, there's a small chance I'll be better than you and I'll have someone who I can actually kill.

[mobhit101]

Have people always sucked this much online? When I played Halo 2 I always was given an old fashion rapin' but now I find people online aren't as hard as they used to be. Maybe It's just luck on my side. Online is great, not too far in story mode as of yet, but it's fun.

It's just because everyone is starting out on level 1, including you. So in about another day or two, the men will be separated from the boys. Don't worry, you'll be back to getting pwnd in no time :D Me too...

[Zidane]

I gained two levels at night, so right now I'm on level 3, but it's still making me feel akward that I pwned so many guys.

In the immortal words of the nerd on Robot Chicken, "If I pwn enougn n00bs my ranking will get higher on the server!"

[R0ck3r]

I would have thought some people would have been used to it because of the beta. Then again the beta didn't have all the weapons and that was way back in the summer (at the beginning I think).

[ThePaska]

Haven't gone online yet. I actually have a test tomorrow and Thursday so I wont be playing for a bit. I did get a chance to play today however, and I am really happy with it. I like the new special abilities you can use like bubble grenades, invincibility etc...

The story is pretty cool, I didn't play through a lot of yet though, I played some single and some co-op with my friends. I am a little upset however that you can't play 4 player co-op on one system. I played a little multiplayer too, and I am enjoying it thoroughly. I think this will be the game that tides me over until Rock Band easy.

[travmeatwad]

My friend got it and brought it over.. We beat the campaign on normal. Woot. Haha.

[bounchfx]

on the last level now on heroic - this **** is hard!

fun as hell though. Can't wait to go through again in co op and try meta game and finding skulls.

then play some match making

then mess with the films.

then play with forge

repeat

==== awesomeness

[sushi111]

This game is so full of awesome. I just scratched the surface of mutiplayer and Im loving the hell out of it.

[Raider87]

Anyone mess around in the Forge yet?

[sushi111]

I did for a few minutes.

Its hilariously awesome to say the least. Maybe us Rock Band guys can start up a 16 player Forge Mania Rocket Race or something

[IErrantVentureI]

Heck yeah.

I'm almost done with the campaign..

[Bakkster]

Beat it on normal. It was good, but I'm ready to jump into co-op and multiplayer now. The campaign still didn't feel quite as good as the first one, and maybe not even as good as the second. The gameplay, though, was better than 2. Of course, they also copped a LOT of the levels from the first one.

Anyone up for co-op tonight around 4:30 or 5 CST?

[SmokaCola]

I'd get it, but I have to save my cash for rock band =\ getting a new TV too, i'll probably end up getting it next year.

[defmonkey]

Haven't played the campain yet. Gonna tackle that later.

The Multiplayer is very intense. Its good to see that the SMG is almost obsolete. Bringing back the Assualt Rifle was a must.

Of course, all the diferences from Halo 2 and Halo 3 is apparant. Like switching weapons with RB (I sometimes still press x, and accidently unleashing a energy drain!!), and voice chat with hitting the dpad is kinda annoying. I'm gonna scotch tape that or something....

[Raider87]

Haven't played the campain yet. Gonna tackle that later.

The Multiplayer is very intense. Its good to see that the SMG is almost obsolete. Bringing back the Assualt Rifle was a must.

Of course, all the diferences from Halo 2 and Halo 3 is apparant. Like switching weapons with RB (I sometimes still press x, and accidently unleashing a energy drain!!), and voice chat with hitting the dpad is kinda annoying. I'm gonna scotch tape that or something....
Ya the D-pad thing is really annoying...

[Apples]

The 360 D-pad is just annoying in general.

[lithiumkc]

bought it today.. its pretty slick so far, only beat the first level i think. Forge was fun... dropping of tanks on my buddys head when he least expected it was cool, hahaha.

Just gotta try online now

[IErrantVentureI]

Amazing. Loved the Legendary Ending.

[Rock_Starman]

Having played it today (no it won't be on my GC wich is why I said played it and not bought or rented etc. GC seems to be broke anyway) it has the exact same problem as the first 2 Halo's. Not enough ammo/crappy weapon pick up system.

So my thought is: I think if I play something on easy and unload 2 full clips into a normal enemy they should die. Mr. Sledge Hammer seems to fix that problem and kill everything in one or two hits but that's what Smackdown is for. Did have a few amusing kills with it at least.

[battle_axe_of_doom]

ok so i'm officially making this the official halo 3 thread

apparently this game sold well : http://www.gamespot.com/news/6179914.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0

even though halo 3 did sell staggering numbers, microsoft (or gamespot i can't tell) is obviously overhyping this. yes $170 million is a LOT of money but comparing it to movie sales is ridiculous. look at one of the comments on there which brings up a very good valid point: comparing halo 3 sales to spider-man 3's record is absurd. it costs $7-$10 to watch spiderman and it still made $150 while halo 3 costs anywhere from at least $60-$120. still i'll give this worthless game its props and hope that mgs4 demolishes this during its launch. also super mario bros 3 will be unbeaten for most games sold :p

[lithiumkc]

Having played it today (no it won't be on my GC wich is why I said played it and not bought or rented etc. GC seems to be broke anyway) it has the exact same problem as the first 2 Halo's. Not enough ammo/crappy weapon pick up system.

So my thought is: I think if I play something on easy and unload 2 full clips into a normal enemy they should die. Mr. Sledge Hammer seems to fix that problem and kill everything in one or two hits but that's what Smackdown is for. Did have a few amusing kills with it at least.

Ugh tell me about it.. im restarting campaign and keep getting slaughtered by the 1st gravity hammer bastard because I have 7 brute shots, and zero ammo secondary. So... I basically can't kill him or any of the snipers at all because I have completely limited ammo and no range. Its pissing me off.

[Eman311]

Me and my 3 roommates just beat legendary in 6 hour sitting. It was well worth the lack of studying for my tests 2moro.

[Bakkster]

Ugh tell me about it.. im restarting campaign and keep getting slaughtered by the 1st gravity hammer bastard because I have 7 brute shots, and zero ammo secondary. So... I basically can't kill him or any of the snipers at all because I have completely limited ammo and no range. Its pissing me off.

From the game book:

Spartans think of enemies as mobile weapons caches.

It's the same as all the other Halos, you have to be smart with which weapons you use and keep track of all your ammo. Use something like the covenant carbine for ranged attacks that first level, they're everywhere. The brute shot is pretty limited, due to barely finding any ammo for it and the brutes having too good of armor. Just go for heat shots with the carbine (from distance) or the battle rifle.

Also, gravity hammer is an awesome weapon. It's not as delicate as the gravity gun in Halflife 2, but it sure is fun watching a group of enemies go flying 20 feet into the air :D

[FallenAce]

I love the Gravity Hammer, but we don't call it that. In my circle, it is known as "The Warhammer of Justice". So, if you ever play and a guy grabs the hammer, and in smashing exclaims something akin to, "Prepare to be smashed by sweet JUSTICE!" then I probably know the guy... or it's me...

[Saltines]

Um..yeah.

Someone wanna buy me a 360 so I can play this more? Seriously? wow.
I need this game..I was at a friends playing today.. and I won a match f King of the hill... hmm.
I suck at king of the hill, and I won by like 2 seconds. I was astonished.

[mobhit101]

Ya the D-pad thing is really annoying...

Really?.... My mic ALWAYS stays on. I haven't really tried to configure it yet but anytime I talk it's transmitted to everyone on my team. Sucks when I get pwnd by some 12 yr old and then I start cursing the gods and everyone can hear me :o

[Bakkster]

Really?.... My mic ALWAYS stays on. I haven't really tried to configure it yet but anytime I talk it's transmitted to everyone on my team. Sucks when I get pwnd by some 12 yr old and then I start cursing the gods and everyone can hear me :o

I think it only turns on with games greater than 8 people, or something like that.

[Raider87]

I think it only turns on with games greater than 8 people, or something like that.

I dunno sometimes its on and other times I have to hold the d-pad... haven't figured it out yet

[Bakkster]

I dunno sometimes its on and other times I have to hold the d-pad... haven't figured it out yet

The icon on the bottom right lets you know.

[TheRocker]

I am about to head to my friends to play alright! :D

[Chthonic]

Went and picked up the game yesterday. Am currently on the fourth mission on "Heroic" difficulty. My thoughts so far:

It feels like the game that Halo 2 was supposed to be. The assault rifle from Halo 1 is back (Halo 2 mistake number 1), the flashlight is no longer broken (Halo 2 misstep number 2), no cheesy 80's guitar solo for the intro (Bungie, what were you thinking?) and (so far) I haven't noticed any crappy licenced music (Bad Bungie! Bad!).

As for the game itself: so far, so good. :D

[Bakkster]

It feels like the game that Halo 2 was supposed to be. The assault rifle from Halo 1 is back (Halo 2 mistake number 1), the flashlight is no longer broken (Halo 2 misstep number 2), no cheesy 80's guitar solo for the intro (Bungie, what were you thinking?) and (so far) I haven't noticed any crappy licenced music (Bad Bungie! Bad!).

You are correct about everything. Quite true.

[TheRocker]

Just got back from my friends we played Heroic we got passed the first 2 levels , i must say i am impressed , graphics Wow , the new weapons and grenades rock :D

[Bakkster]

Just finished Legendary on co-op tonight! Now I've got to get the rest of the skulls for my hayabusha helmet. Grunt Birthday party is my favorite :D

[coheedfails]

:D this game is ****ing awesome so far, i love the idea of armor variations, i've gotten quite a few for the spartans and elites, me friend and i are playing it on heroic, the first day we got it it ****ing messed up, my xbox kept saying that it couldnt read the disc, we were so pissed but its working now, the flood is ****ing crazy, favorite weapon is stil the BR, that thing looks even cooler in H3, but overall Halo3 gets a 10/10 from me

[Simonious]

Not too bad. Picked it up on release day, not expecting much (Halo:CE was awesome as all hell, but Halo 2 kinda failed...) and I'm having fun. Campaign was actually good (Instead of Arbiter missions being shoved down your throat, he's instead just player 2 in co-op) no licensed music (:D) Online is still the no-skill required, just plain fun experience (Plus customizable armor, my Spartan has a motorcycle helmet. :D) Also, the Forge, great addition. 8.9/10

EDIT: My 100th post was a Halo review. :P

[Raider87]

I didn't really have much of a problem with the Gravemind level... everyone seems to hate it but I really didn't think it was really all that bad

[Pluto2493]

I found Halo 3 for 45$ online and I am still on the fence whether or not to get it.

It's an above-average FPS, but I have never fully understood the hype/attention.

true i got it though

[gh2masterwellalmost]

The single player is not Halo 1. Even with online co-op its nothing special. But, multiplayer... just wow.

[jq71586]

The single player is not Halo 1. Even with online co-op its nothing special. But, multiplayer... just wow.

I was always surprised why Halo never did something like Warhawk and sell a multiplayer only edition and knock 20 dollars or so off the price. I guess because they can get so many people to pay the extra 20 dollars and play through the campaign 1 or 2 times. I've never understood the Halo hype, but I'm not going to hate on it. I'm not a big FPS guy.

[IbanezBassist_v2]

Let me take the liberty to do so then jq. I absolutely hate Halo with a passion. As alot of folks here, not a big FPS gamer. They all are alike. Just different mapping for the characters and different weapons.

So I would like to give you all the heads up on the spoof Halo 3 Trailer that I will be putting together. I will post the link once it is finished. I believe you all will be highly entertained. Well, everyone but the fanboys. :D

[jq71586]

So I would like to give you all the heads up on the spoof Halo 3 Trailer that I will be putting together. I will post the link once it is finished. I believe you all will be highly entertained. Well, everyone but the fanboys. :D

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/395/simpsonsburns4qd.jpg


Excellent....

[TheRocker]

Let me take the liberty to do so then jq. I absolutely hate Halo with a passion. As alot of folks here, not a big FPS gamer. They all are alike. Just different mapping for the characters and different weapons.

So I would like to give you all the heads up on the spoof Halo 3 Trailer that I will be putting together. I will post the link once it is finished. I believe you all will be highly entertained. Well, everyone but the fanboys. :D

Can't wait , did you just start or is it almost finish ?

[IbanezBassist_v2]

Its a work in process. Bout half way! Its gonna make you laugh your ass off. I hope....

[FallenAce]

You know what game I hate? "King's Field" for Sony Playstation. Worst. Game. Ever. Worst anything ever, actually. Let me demonstrate with what my friends and I call the "Hamburger Hypothesis":

Let's say you are eating a hamburger. This is the most terrible-tasting crap you've ever had. You're pretty sure it's a bloated raccoon someone found in lake Eerie between two pieces of foam, with a slice of cheese that was not originally meant to be cheese. You'd say, "This is the <I>second</I>-worst hamburger <B>ever</B>, next to 'King's Field' for Sony Playstation."

See, the game is so bad, it actually <I>transcends</I> it's solely-video game status. It actually overtakes the worst anything ever, making the worst of anything only really the second worst, next to, of course, "King's Field" for Sony Playstation.

Did I mention? They made four follow-ups and a spin-off game.

[IbanezBassist_v2]

Hmm. Never heard of it. Obviously it sucks. :)

[PsycoCheerio]

Well, I for one enjoyed the multiplayer on the original Halo and then Halo 2 was crap all around, I got to play Halo 3 this weekend and it was terrible...The campaign only took 5 hours, and i didn't find anything special about the multiplayer...

Thankfully I just rented it, and I can go back to my Team Fortress 2 Beta...

[the_drummer]

freaking almightily godlikely amazingly awesome. im halfway through legendary already,and the flood is impossible to defeat.at least with the covenant you can hide to recharge....oh well.I WILL WIIINN!!!

[ThePaska]

I started on Heroic, and plan on doing Legendary next and try to find all the skulls and between class and homework and playing online, I believe I'm on the last chapter of the game. It is really hard to put down. I really love it, and I'm determined to unlock all the armor pieces I can for my character. This game is easily going to last me until Rock Band, I actually don't know how I'm going to have time for both games come November!

[defmonkey]

Went and picked up the game yesterday. Am currently on the fourth mission on "Heroic" difficulty. My thoughts so far:

It feels like the game that Halo 2 was supposed to be. The assault rifle from Halo 1 is back (Halo 2 mistake number 1), the flashlight is no longer broken (Halo 2 misstep number 2), no cheesy 80's guitar solo for the intro (Bungie, what were you thinking?) and (so far) I haven't noticed any crappy licenced music (Bad Bungie! Bad!).

As for the game itself: so far, so good. :D


****** Slaps you for slandering Steve Vai's good name*

[lithiumkc]

Me n raider were pwning last night a bit

[Raider87]

Me n raider were pwning last night a bit

Hell ya dude those punks didn't know what hit em

[IbanezBassist_v2]

Me n raider were pwning last night a bit

Just a bit? Why not alot?

[Raider87]

Just a bit? Why not alot?

It was late, I went to bed but tonight there will be much

[ThePaska]

Beat it today. I'm not going to spoil it for anyone. I wasn't terribly happy with the ending. Although it was fun to play. I wish there were more boss battles in this game though, and I wish they were tougher/more clever, I hate all the straightforward shooting that always happens for the few "bosses" in the game.

Now I have to beat it on Legendary to get those achievement points and I hear there is a bit of an alternate or extended ending which I'm looking forward to. Heroic was really easy, a lot easier than I thought it would be.

[Bakkster]

Now I have to beat it on Legendary to get those achievement points and I hear there is a bit of an alternate or extended ending which I'm looking forward to. Heroic was really easy, a lot easier than I thought it would be.

Make sure to watch the ending after the credits.

Also, skulls do a lot to make the game more difficult. I don't think you could ever find the game "too easy" with some of them on :D

[FallenAce]

Yeah. Like "Grunt Birthday Party" because you'll spend all of your time making <I>sure</I> you only hit grunts in the <B>head</B>. < CONFETTI>Hooray!!!< /CONFETTI>

[Bakkster]

Yeah. Like "Grunt Birthday Party" because you'll spend all of your time making <I>sure</I> you only hit grunts in the <B>head</B>. < CONFETTI>Hooray!!!< /CONFETTI>

Yayyyyyy!!!!

[ThePaska]

Make sure to watch the ending after the credits.

Also, skulls do a lot to make the game more difficult. I don't think you could ever find the game "too easy" with some of them on :D

Yea I'm planning on collecting the skulls this time through, do they automatically turn on? Or do I have to do it?

I watched through the credits this time, is the end of the credits on Legendary different? I hope so!

[Bakkster]

Yea I'm planning on collecting the skulls this time through, do they automatically turn on? Or do I have to do it?

I watched through the credits this time, is the end of the credits on Legendary different? I hope so!

Skulls can be turned on individually. You need to enable scoring for them to be active, though. Hit 'X' in the lobby to bring up the menu.

And yes, the post-credits ending is different on Legendary ;)