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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.'"
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.
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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.
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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...
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and I heard Doom 4 and other rehashed FPSs are going to be there, too! Yea!
We're all hypocrites. We all have hidden parts, it's the contrast between them that make us more a hypocrite than others
Microsoft needs to unveil more than a new Halo, less that's all they want to be known for having.
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Sony might have shown some crazy demos. But remember that most of the stuff they showed at the original PS2 showing, were finally achieved and surpassed (the famous tekken shot with the hi-poly abdos was thought to be fake, when in fact those were graphics for Tekken 4, due a couple of years later).
On the other hand, microsoft never really had a good console. Xbox was succesful only in the US due to their bizarre taste for american football sequels and inane "US army saves the world" games.
bleh.
I played Halo 2 first and found the environments all a bit^H^H^Hlot samey.
Then I played Halo (1) and loved the way it alternated interior with exterior levels.
I guessed that they tried to save money on Halo 2 because outdoor environments are more demanding on the machine and time-consuming to develop.
Here's hoping - lots of luscious outdoors environments, please!
Prolog rules
With the short production time Halo 3 will likely have, not likely.
You mean just like the one they showed for Halo 2 before it came out? Yet none of that entire sequence was actually in the game?
Don't hold your breath guys. If this is going to be anything like the Halo 2 run through Bungie gave at E3 2004, it will be a test level (or footage) to show off the capabilities of the 360 running the Halo 3 engine. Nothing more. Watch the Halo 2 LE DVD and you can get a sense of how things are run at Bungie now. I don't think I've ever heard a bunch of people say "we didn't have enough time" more frequently.
Bungie's announced several times that their next game is not going to be a Halo game. Since they haven't announced that game yet, I can't see how they would possibly have any Halo-related news to give us... unless they've passed Halo off to another development team.
More likely, we'll see an announcement of what Bungie's next project (non-Halo, remember?) is, and some video related to that. I bet we're at least a solid year away from another Halo title, at best.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a script and maybe a design doc for Halo 3, but I'd wager that it hasn't gotten much further than that, and won't until Bungie's next project is finished.
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When Microsoft was contacted, the company issued its standard reply, 'We don't comment on speculation and rumors.'
;P
Unless it's a Vista ship date, which are their own speculations and rumors...
Sorry, the door was wide open, I couldn't resist.
You know, if you didn't like it, there's this little round thing called the "power button". Next time use it, then you won't have wasted your time!
Hopefully Halo 3 will at least feature more than a couple of levels on Earth, which, in my opinion, was the biggest thing lacking from Halo 2. Let's face it, everyone was looking forward to kicking arse on Earth, and Bungie played that whole part of the game up, only to have two levels (if memory serves) on Earth before taking us to ANOTHER Halo. I couldn't wait to take the fight to the Covenant, but with Halo 2 I felt like Bungie couldn't figure out quite where they wanted to take the game, so they just dawdled. The story went nowhere, I barely fought on Earth, the game engine was impressive technically, but had plenty of faults (pop-in, anyone?), and the game just wasn't as cool as its predecessor. It just didn't feel inspired. While the original was full of moments like "Wow!" and "Neato!", Halo 2 was like "Where am I, again?" and "When do I get to play as the Master Chief?" The weapons were better this time around. Marine AI still pales in comparison to Covenant AI (which wasn't near what it was hyped up to be). Wishlist for Halo 3: 1) Take place mostly on Earth 2) Puh-leaze not another Halo 3) Better AI (particularly with the Marines, they still suck pretty bad) 4) Better level design (I got lost in both games, numerous times) 5) Play exclusively as the Master Chief Do the above, and I will happily purchase your game. Have a third Halo, or take me off Earth within two missions, and I'll buy the game, burn it, and hold a pow-wow over its charred remains.
So, any chance it'll be worth playing? Anyone? I remember playing Halo, I never saw what the fuss was about. Half-Life with prettier graphics, drivable vehicles and a few other quirks. Nothing special. I'm still waiting for Starcraft 2 at E3 dammit...
I for one, hope that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. will be there. It seems to be taking forever!