Halo 3 Details Begin to Emerge

Eurogamer has a short rundown on some Halo 3 details which have emerged from the Swedish games mag LEVEL. There are a few details on weapons, levels, combat mechanics, and a super-special helmet edition for the game. From the article: "Finally, there's news on the contents of the Halo 3 'Legendary Edition', which will consist of four DVDs' worth of content and, amusingly, a replica Spartan helmet. So what's on those four discs? Well, the game, obviously, and then documentaries and developer commentaries, bonus material like Red vs. Blue episodes, and cut-scenes from Halo 1 to 3 in high-definition. There will also be some sort of Halo film trailer located in the package." 1up has announced they're going to have a bevy of features on the game tying in to the new issue of EGM, so more details should be available online soon.

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[Lostconfused]

Well your comment, cutting out the sarcasms, is pretty much true. But i believe is to late to start panicking now, since you could have expected all of this from the moment that MS bought out bungie. I am actually a bit surprised that the first halo game made it to PC, well it could be argued, but MS could have left halo as a console only game.

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[pl1ght]

Im sure he feels horrible about being rich. Selling out is everyones dream.

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[JWSmythe]

    No shit. If someone threw millions my way, you'd be amazed what I'd do.

    Or the shorter list, what I wouldn't do. :) As long as I'd stay alive with all my parts attached, it's a very short list.

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[Lord Kano]

As long as I'd stay alive with all my parts attached, it's a very short list.

I'd have to add my dignity as well.

There are a whole lo of TERRIBLE things that they can make you do that won't endanger your life.

How about the short list; Bukkake, sheise, Scat, cuckolding...

See where this is going?

LK

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[bigman2003]

I'd do all of that for the right amount of money.

Really, would you pass up millions of dollars (never need to work again) just because you don't want 30 guys to cum on your face?

Wash it off...take a hot shower. Go on vacation for a month, and you'll pretty much forget the whole thing.

The only way to lose dignity is to decide you don't deserve it. Making a ton of money for doing something stupid does not mean you lose your dignity, it just means you made a wise business decision.

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[Lord Kano]

Really, would you pass up millions of dollars (never need to work again) just because you don't want 30 guys to cum on your face?

Yes.

Wash it off...take a hot shower. Go on vacation for a month, and you'll pretty much forget the whole thing.

At the end of which, you'd be a clean and well rested whore.

LK

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[JWSmythe]

People get crap pay to do that stuff on the Internet. I think for a few million, it's not all that bad of a thing. It's all a matter of the price tag.

Hell, for the all time low price of just 10 million, I'd let someone do all that. For 15 million, they can even publish the pictures on the front page of every news site there is. I'd even do it with a shit eating grin on my face. Maybe a bit too literally. :)

Most of the people I know wouldn't care in the least. Anyone els

Lets Keep It Real Here

[NDPTAL85]

If Bill Gates shoved Millions of dollars in cash under your nose, I'm talking tens of millions of dollars for you and your co-partners, wouldn't you too say "Buh-bye" to Slashdot ethics of cross platform this and open source that and say yes so you could start living the Good Life(TM)?

You know, the one where you have a house on each cost, frequent trips over seas, a massive yacht, girls who look so good that EVERYONE is in general agreement you wouldn't have them if you didn't have the money you now have, and most importantly, All The Computer Gear You Could Ever Want!?!?!?!?

Or would you, seriously, tell Gates "You know what, that $30 million you are offering me looks real tempting, but uhhhh you know I just know this wouldn't sit right with teh Slashdot and Open Source crowds so even though those two camps wouldn't give me so much as a pot to piss in I'm going to have to say no and stick to working two fast food jobs to make ends meet and support my computer/internet habits."??

Please people be honest in your responses here. No matter which way you choose, be true to yourself.

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[WilliamSChips]

If I sold out, I would then immediately look for loopholes.

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[Lord Kano]

You know, the one where you have a house on each cost, frequent trips over seas, a massive yacht, girls who look so good that EVERYONE is in general agreement you wouldn't have them if you didn't have the money you now have, and most importantly, All The Computer Gear You Could Ever Want!?!?!?!?

On a side note, if a woman is only interested in you because of your bankroll, you're better off without her.

If I were to ever become rich, I wouldn't want a trophy bimbo.

LK

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[drinkypoo]

If I were to ever become rich, I wouldn't want a trophy bimbo.

Me neither. I would want ten.

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[X-treme-LLama]

You are goddamned right!

Amen man. Amen.

This material "good life"

[tepples]

If Bill Gates shoved Millions of dollars in cash under your nose, I'm talking tens of millions of dollars for you and your co-partners, wouldn't you too say "Buh-bye" to Slashdot ethics of cross platform this and open source that

If I had morals, I'd keep a million or two for early retirement and then donate the rest to Free Software Foundation and other worthy causes.

and say yes so you could start living the Good Life(TM)? You know, the one where you have a house on each cost, frequent trips over seas,

Erm...

[Tarlus]

"...while multiplayer modes will also benefit from something playfully dubbed the Man Cannon..."

I really hope they rename that.

Wii, PiSs3, Man Cannon

[tepples]

I really hope they rename [the Man Cannon].

Why? Microsoft needs its own joke of a name to match Wii and PiSs3.

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[Tarlus]

lol.
I noticed that most of these improvements will appeal to the multiplayer crowd... which would make sense since Halo 2 also seemed to focus more attention on its multiplayer than on its single player campaign (and that shows because it was panned by critics for it). I'd have to admit that the first one wasn't that great in single player mode, and I never actually played it all the way through... But the multi, it definitely fills the void for console gamers that Unreal Tournament fills for PC gamers.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Halo has the most run of the mill standard every other game has done it gameplay. And yet people worship it. And then people who hold board meetings to decide the next big game go "Oh hey that sold well lets do another exactly the same!". And the AI isnt anything all that special either.

Yes. Im saying you need to learn to buy games responsibly so they stop making crappy ones like Halo. The last game with multiplayer I liked was C&C Renegade. To this day I have yet to find any kind of multiplayer F

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[theStorminMormon]

At the risk of being laballed the resident Halo fanboi or whatever:
1. I don't play Halo (1 or 2) on xbox live
2. I've beaten Halo (1 and 2) more than once on single player. Those are the only two games I've *ever* played through more than once.

I think a lot of the love for Halo comes from the story/art/audio, etc. I get tired of people who complain about gameplay "you only kill stuff in FPS". Well duh, that's why it's fpS. The point is: are you just mindlessly blowing up aliens for no good reason? Or is

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[AcidLacedPenguiN]

wow, just wow. I can't believe you just likened Unreal Tournament to Halo. All they really have in common is having guns and playing in first person. I know this is basically just a shitting match but I found both the halo single player campaigns extremely compelling (well, at least when playing co-op with a friend)

RE: "first one wasn't that great"?????

[interactive_civilian]

Tarlus said: I'd have to admit that the first one wasn't that great in single player mode

Wow. Simply, wow. I mean, to each his own, I guess, but I would have thought the opposite (halo 1 multiplayer not being that great).

Of course the reason I disagree is because of things like the Rockslide Megabattle and others [virgin.net]. Have you tried these? If not, I recommend trying them out. Even though they are not intentional parts of the gameplay designed by Bungie, they are some of the most intense single-player gamepla

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[Chibi-Hikaru]

Has anyone bothered to sit down with a friend and play co-op? I'm talking running through the levels together, none of this deathmatch shit. It's really quite fun and alot more enjoyable than playing the game one player. This is coming from someone who doesn't tend to like or play FPSes.

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[ender-]

Has anyone bothered to sit down with a friend and play co-op? I'm talking running through the levels together, none of this deathmatch shit. It's really quite fun and alot more enjoyable than playing the game one player. This is coming from someone who doesn't tend to like or play FPSes.

Well, no as a matter of fact I haven't. Mainly because I don't own an Xbox, and MS/Bungie was unkind enough to remove co-op play from the PC version. I remember hearing something about them not being able to handle co-op wit

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[Osty]

I noticed that most of these improvements will appeal to the multiplayer crowd... which would make sense since Halo 2 also seemed to focus more attention on its multiplayer than on its single player campaign (and that shows because it was panned by critics for it).

The build-up for Halo 2 was the same way. Most previews were focused on multiplayer features because Bungie kept the single player story tightly under wraps (for example, nobody knew you played part of the game as someone other than Master Ch

Spartan Helmet

[Lostconfused]

Now i have to wonder about the quality of the said item. How much detail will it have and how accurate is the replica, its quality and the quality of materials used. A quality replica would probably cost more then $100 on its own, ok i am pulling this number out of my arse, but still its very likely that it will cost more then the game itself. Well at least i hope its a quality replica, i once got one of those FMA watches, it used plastic instead of glass to cover the watch face, and worst of all it had doz

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[Bieeanda]

I was wondering the same thing, myself. If it's a solid piece of costume gear, you're probably looking at a release price comparable to the original Steel Battalion. More likely, it's a sheet of vacuum-formed plastic with a removable bottom or a solid lump the size of a keychain fob. There are plenty of Halo fans out there, some with more money than sense, but unusually bulky packaging doesn't enthuse retailers or the guys packing everything into crates for shipping.

Four DVD's of content?

[GoNINzo]

I really do not understand the people who say that DVD9 is big enough for games. Especially when we have releases like this. It's obvious that if there is space on the disc, the developers will find some use for it.

While printing multiple DVD's would be cheaper than making a single HD DVD, it is still aggravation for the players and the developers in the long term. The players will actually have to 'get up' from their computer to watch extras, for example. I know I get bothered having to switch cd's

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[Goose42]

You're wrong about The Wall. That album is 81:12 long, and an audio CD can only hold (at an extreme maximum) 80 minutes. You'd have to do some incredibly complicated overburning that wouldn't work in most CD players in order to fit that album onto one disc.

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[BackwardHatClub]

"You're wrong about The Wall. That album is 81:12 long, and an audio CD can only hold (at an extreme maximum) 80 minutes." Yeah but if you cut out all the worthless crap it'll easily fit ;)

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[XxtraLarGe]

What happens in a couple years when they start doing the multiple DVD's just for game play? We, as consumers, are generally lazy.

This isn't anything new. Ever played FF VII or Oddworld 2?

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[(H)elix1]

I really do not understand the people who say that DVD9 is big enough for games. Especially when we have releases like this. It's obvious that if there is space on the disc, the developers will find some use for it. While printing multiple DVD's would be cheaper than making a single HD DVD, it is still aggravation for the players and the developers in the long term

Multiple DVD's would only be an extra "disk in, disk out" on the install. It has been a long time since I've seen a game that did not put all t

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[atomicstrawberry]

It is big enough. The three extra discs are special features stuff. One of them is apparently slated to be a 'making of' special video DVD, much like what was included with the Halo 2 collector's edition. The other two, from what I can make out, are a Red vs Blue video DVD, and a DVD with a pile of material from the other two games in the trilogy. You might argue that those last two could be combined (the first is to be included with the 'collector's edition' release), but these things cost a few cents to p

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[theStorminMormon]

Where's the innovation?

That's a really, really sad statement about what we expect from the gaming industry. Imagine a new album coming out from a band you like, and when you find out that it has guitar, bass, and drums you're like "oh great! screw this! I want some innovation!"

Since when did we measure entertainment by innovation? Are we tired of pianos now? Is it impossible to write new music for the acoustic guitar?

I mean just look at some of the stuff you want from them: Hell most games claim to be

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[WilliamSChips]

That's a really, really sad statement about what we expect from the gaming industry. Imagine a new album coming out from a band you like, and when you find out that it has guitar, bass, and drums you're like "oh great! screw this! I want some innovation!"

If I buy the newest album from a band I like, and it sounds exactly the same as their previous album, I generally don't buy their next album. The best bands manage to make every album have its own distinctive sound.
For example, go listen to Audioslave's

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[theStorminMormon]

If I buy the newest album from a band I like, and it sounds exactly the same as their previous album, I generally don't buy their next album. The best bands manage to make every album have its own distinctive sound.

Yeah, exactly. So if the story (what you tell with the gameplay) was the same, that would be like the music being the same. But why should the gameplay (e.g. the instruments used to make the music) change?

and a variety. You see very few imitators on those disks.

You picked a ridiculous example.

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[WilliamSChips]

Yeah, exactly. So if the story (what you tell with the gameplay) was the same, that would be like the music being the same. But why should the gameplay (e.g. the instruments used to make the music) change?

The story is more like the lyrics. I enjoy the lyrics too, but the same song with different lyrics is rarely seen except as a parody. The gameplay is the "sound" of the album, the general feeling, the way the instruments are played

It's getting to expensive to keep up with next-gen graphics, and I'm tir

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[theStorminMormon]

If story's the only thing I wanted in a game, I'd turn off my computer monitor and either turn on the TV or go to a library. The goal of a game is to make the person playing the game have fun.

This doesn't make any sense. What does innovation have to do with fun that story doesn't? I mean you say yourself that Counter-Strike is still fun after all these years: and yet does it need new gameplay every week? Every month? Every year? I thought you were the one complaining about attention to multi-player asp

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[PaganRitual]

Where's the innovation?

We are talking about Halo here. What made you expect innovation in the third iteration?

Err.. "Frost Bite"?

[necro2607]

Hmm...

"The preview also introduces three new levels - Valhalla, High Ground and Snowbound, which are likened to Blood Gulch, Zanzibar and Frost Bite respectively"

What is Frost Bite (in relation to Halo, no dictionary.com links please)? I've been playing Halo 2 since it came out and I have never heard of this map... a search on google just comes up with more results of this exact same leaked Halo 3 information.

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[Chosen Reject]

I don't know but I'm unstoppable in Bombing Run on Bifrost in UT2003. It has to be UT2k3. UT2k4 slows the teleporter down way too much.

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[necro2607]

Ahh, I'd guess then that the writer is saying that to give us a reference we're likely to know about (a UT2k4 map) as opposed to just saying "there's lots of snow and it's cool and stuff"...

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[Osty]

Not a particularly good one (really intense but initially rushing ensures you eventually win it), so I don't know why Bungie would copy it. It'd be funny though, the (pre-Editor's Choice pack) vehicle set in UT2004 was pretty clearly copied from Halo.

I assumed they meant "Sidewinder", the big snowy map from Halo 1, but got confused.

Halo 3 Pumpkins Begin to Emerge

[LordJezo]

Made this to celebrate Halloween [78west.com]
Took a drill, some pins, a big knife, and some patience, but at least it looks a little pretty to me.

likelihood of these weapons

[necro2607]

Is it just me or do some of the things mentioned in this article seem pretty questionable? I REALLY doubt Bungie would make a gun called the "Man Cannon", or something as painfuly unoriginal as a nail grenade. I'm pretty damn sure that 500 years from now we'll have more advanced weapons than nails, and I'm pretty damn sure that Bungie, being the ultra-creative people they are, would feel the same way.

Not only that, but considering Bungie brought us such unique games as Myth [wikipedia.org] (which was so original it spawned

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[necro2607]

Well that's just the thing - in 2552 we apparently have the ability to travel through space at faster-than-light speeds, but.... nail grenades??!

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[MrCopilot]

I have a lot of trouble believing that Bungie would have something so generic as a nail grenade in their insanely anticipated new game...

But needle guns, and grenades are original?

I'm pretty damn sure that 500 years from now we'll have more advanced weapons than nails

Yeah I love those futuristic Assault rifles.

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[TheDreadSlashdotterD]

You're right. In the future we'll have lightsabers and blasters and all sorts of fun stuff. No more of this chemical based projectile goodness.

Taking nails too literally...

[SuperKendall]

Can you honestly see no use in the future for a grenade that spreads razor sharp particles (possibly with edges on a nanotech scale) is of no use even in the distant future?

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[necro2607]

Sure, sure, but in that case it's some kind of high tech shrapnel engineered specifically for that task, not just a handful of carpenters' nails glued to the outside of a grenade... Of course I guess since the only description we got was "nail grenade", that could mean exactly what you mentioned, especially since it's translated from Swedish with questionable accuracy... ;)

Halo 19... with teeth.

[tepples]

By the time I finish emerging Halo 3, Halo 6 would be out.

Halo 19 [wikipedia.org] is already out, and so are the expansion packs Only [wikipedia.org] and Every Day Is Exactly the Same [wikipedia.org].

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[WilliamSChips]

"Only" and "Every Day Is Exactly The Same" seem more like episodic content than expansion packs to me.

special edition

[rpillala]

The phrase "super-special helmet edition" made me think the helmet was for a special person, not that the edition was special.

I teach school so I'm certainly sensitive to some people's special needs, but still an edition with a helmet is funny.