IGN Claims Halo 3 At E3

IGN says that 'sources' have confirmed Halo 3 will be part of Microsoft's E3 Event. From the article: "The video is allegedly two minutes long, although its contents weren't divulged. We're guessing a wild breathtaking battle on Earth. Knowing Microsoft, the publisher will want to show all real, in-game engine footage to counter Sony's fantastical CG videos from E3 2005. When Microsoft was contacted, the company issued its standard reply, 'We don't comment on speculation and rumors.'"

What I love about Halo

[Tibor the Hun]

Halo has such great innovative gameplay.
I just love how you can either do an immersive solo mission back and forth through the library, or in multiplayer how you can go into different teams, with different classes and compete for changing objectives.

Oh wait, what I'm trying to say is that Halo solo play sucks. And cooperative mode of Halo has nothing on cooperative mode of Enemy Territory.

I don't care... I really don't

[GundamFan]

I respect that people have diffrent taste... but my tastes are for a very diffrent kind of FPS.

It's not that I haven't tried to like Halo for the sake of Co-Op and competitive play with my friends but I always feel like I am playing in a vat of Jello.

After playing the great PC first person shooters growing up I guess I have higher standards.

This is a big part of the reason I don't want a 360... like the Xbox it has very few games that appeal to my taste that are not ports.

No Choice

[mikeisme77]

If MS doesn't want to be COMPLETELY buried this E3 (at least in terms of press coverage), they don't have a choice BUT to show SOMETHING on Halo 3. I mean, it's their biggest franchise and they're competing with launch data about the PS3 and Wii. Not to mention competing with Nintendo's launch lineup--which will contain at least 5 (if not 7 or more) of the most talked about games of the show (Zelda, Mario, new IP, Metroid, DS Zelda--although to a lesser extent, Super Smash, etc.) To not show SOMETHING from Halo 3 would mean to not get much, if any, press coverage. Sony's news will be HUGE (expect a lower than anticipated price to make it look like a bargain--I'd say $400 or less). Nintendo's news will be HUGE. Microsoft, without Halo 3 has little to show...

Hope that's not all

[oahazmatt]

I hope that's not all Microsoft plans to unveil. The Xbox line has failed to interest me, and many titles I prefer were either available on the PS2 or GCN only. I've played Halo, but not being much of a FPS fan, wasn't that impressed.

Microsoft needs to unveil more than a new Halo, less that's all they want to be known for having.

Re:No Choice

[Winterblink]

Isn't it sad that the only way they can maintain some kind of central focus of the press coverage is with a single game franchise? Surely there are other 360 things coming that are interesting to people. Gears of War for instance.

Don't get me wrong, I own a 360 and I'm looking forward to whatever news comes along on that front. But as a GAMER I'm excited about what Nintendo and Sony are going to be showing as well.

Re:What I love about Halo

[GmAz]

You are right. Though I did play both Halo 1 and 2 on my xbox, I wish I could get that time of my life back. It just wasn't a fun game. The terrain and environment was repetitive and the gameplay itself was very repetitive. Aiming is hellish with a freaking control pad. I say consoles are the worst platform for FPS games. Leave them to the comptuers.

Re:I don't care... I really don't

[Captain Splendid]

Jeebus....

I think Halo is good.

And I play a shitload of PC FPSes. Hell, I played some ET at work today.

My attraction to Halo has nothing to do with it being an FPS. Great story, great graphics, and (for a console), great control scheme.

So get off your generalizing high horse already.

Re:I don't care... I really don't

[aafiske]

"It's not that I haven't tried to like Halo for the sake of Co-Op and competitive play with my friends but I always feel like I am playing in a vat of Jello.

After playing the great PC first person shooters growing up I guess I have higher standards."

No, but you seem to have a well-developed sense of arrogance. Just because a game is _different_ does not make it _worse_. I personally prefer Halo's speed to, say, Half-Life 2 or Farcry. I don't get nauseous playing for long periods, big open areas actually _feel_ big, etc.

When I play half-life 2 I feel like I'm running around like a spastic rodent on speed, and I don't find it enjoyable. On the other hand, I don't go around saying I have more refined taste than everyone else because of it. Nor do I hop in on articles and expound on how much I don't care about the topic. I guess I have higher standards, eh?

Re:What I love about Halo

[drsquare]

I say consoles are the worst platform for FPS games. Leave them to the comptuers.

Yeah, that explains why no-one liked Goldeneye and it flopped.

Better to play a PC game with two hundred different keys that need thirty fingers to use, and where the developers and players are more interested in the framerate than the gameplay.

Re:What I love about Halo

[Nanpa]

And not only is the game pathetic, the fans are worse