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Halo 3 Almost Done
The word from Bungie is that they consider the final chapter in the Halo story 99.9% complete. They're now in the home stretch, with time to polish. Says Luke Smith, "That last .1% percent is pretty important, however. Right now, some testing is being done in a controlled retail environment via our Halo 3 Epsilon. You've probably seen reports online or even folks on your friends' list playing it, so here's the scoop: The Epsilon is a closed, final phase testing for Halo 3. We won't be making the Epsilon available for public consumption, so while that's immensely disappointing for folks hoping that Friends and Family invites would be extended for the Epsilon, just know that each day you wait in agony is another day closer to September 25." Wired has a huge blowout feature on the title, with lots of screenshots, discussion of how the game was made, and more.
Seriously, why is this news? I mean, they already set the frikkin release date some time ago, of course Halo has to be "almost done" by now!
And considering they will need a bit of time to press the discs and ship them to retailers, it is about time that they are almost done now.
Sheesh, if they would have declared Halo 3 gold master, that would at least have been some sort of news, but "It is almost done" is not the least informative; right now, it is to be expected if they want to honor their release date.
Does anyone actually believe that? This is the biggest console seller for Microsoft...of course there's going to be a Halo 4. Or maybe it'll be Halo: Cortana's Revenge or something. But there will be a Halo 4, no doubt about it.
So where's my jar of honey?
You can't talk about Wikipedia's flaws on Wikipedia
But after the Halo saga is complete, where do you think Bungie will go? What do you think will be their next project? Or has this been known for some time and I was just never told about it?
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What I saw from Halo 3 at E3 disappointed me. Killzone 2 trumped Halo 3 in almost every way. I'm not predicting a flop, just don't automatically assume that Halo 3 will be a huge hit.
They have already released the Halo 3 Mountain Dew flavor. See, there is a little Halo dude on the side. Should be due out anytime now. Think I'll just grab me a can while I wait.
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This sounds like how the typical programmer seems to think when designing progress bars. Sure, it only took 5 minutes to churn through the first 95%, but the last 5% is SO important, it's OK to wait another 10 minutes or so.
(If you've ever installed Visual Studio, you KNOW what I'm talking about!)
I don't see what the big deal is. Trent Reznor's already up to Halo 25
>> "What would the robut do? Frame someone!"
I know it did to the majority of Bungie's fanbase.
You must mean everyone BUT the ones that bought 8.some million copies of Halo2.
I remember when Halo was going to be an MMO FPS set on a ringworld with players having access to both Covenant and Human sides to play as...
ahh 1999 was a glorious year.
...Halo 2 sold alright, and it was only like 85% complete...
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
This only reinforces my theory that the release date for Halo 3 was moved up from November to September for marketing reasons (to avoid being too near the (original) GTA4 release date), and that decision does violence to the final product quality.
They've still got gameplay issues, for chrissakes!
Hans
Sad but true, a game being completed before it's shipped is, these days, pretty big news.
>I know it did to the majority of Bungie's fanbase.
What, both of them?
I keed, I keed.
Seriously though: I like Bungie's stuff and Marathon is a favorite, but Halo delivers the same kind of complex and nuanced storyline in a shinier and better-playing package. Yeah, it's not the Mac-only Halo RTS or MMO that some anticipated, but it's an enjoyable game.
You're quite welcome to your stomach-souring Microsoft-hating bile. I for one am having too much fun with games for various platforms to spend my time a-hatin' their manufacturers.
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Hans
Haha so you are mad at the mod for correctly modding you? It wasn't informative, wasn't insightful, far from funny. In fact the only purpose your post had was to start a "flame war" over the console. Hence you were moderated "Flaimbait." Then you complained about how you were modded, calling the mod a "fucktard." Thats as trollish as you can get, hence you were modded "Troll." You might get a little more respect by not posting as AC, as mods in general seem more willing to use a negative point against a AC then a regular user.
I know the mod system is VERY complicated and tough to fully comprehend, but dont worry kid, one day you'll understand it.
The age old debate... Can I use a mouse a keyboard with this? If not, what's the point?
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No, that is a new demographics.
/. and the Bungie forums - you'll see just how much the old Bungie fans thought of that.
I don't say it wasn't a good business move. Well, ok, being about the only game worth playing on a console marketed with a billion dollar marketing budget certainly doesn't exactly hurt sales.
But see other comment: Everyone anticipating Halo before MS bought ought Bungie expected something very different. Check the archives, both of
Now Bungie has a new fanbase. Probably a larger one. If it'll be a loyal as the old one, or jump ship the next time someone else comes out with a cool game - we'll see.
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That's what I remember, too.
I was really, really looking forward to Halo. Keyword being "was".
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Halo is playable on XBox, PC, and (omg) Mac.
Whatever small fanbase they lost, it was only a fraction of the fanbase that they gained.
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Why are they releasing Halo 3?
I'm still waiting for the remaining half of Halo 2.
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Whoa now. Looks like some ones angry about kindergarten starting soon. Like the parent said, its ok tyke! One day you'll mature and figure the whole posting, respecting, sharing thing.
So let's bury this one, please. Bungie wasn't a Mac-only game studio save for three games, and if you can name two of them without consulting Wikipedia then we can talk.
This now concludes our broadcast day.
"So let's bury this one"
Psssst, here's a secret:
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Most people, myself were uninpressed by the Halo3 beta. I don't anticipate enough has changed to make that much of a difference.
What I did see, was the PS3 trailer for UT2007, and that looks amazing, blowing Halo3 out of the water....
...who can't stand this game?
0 0079WF16), anyone remember that?
First off because the story line is absolute dog excrement, the game play and controls...suck hot dogs, and secondly, it's a morphed crap version of a product that Bungi Studios (before Satan(tm) bought them out) was doing good with called Marathon (http://www.amazon.com/Marathon-Infinity-Mac/dp/B
Halo, is a DIRECT copy of the leftover bits of Marathon. Microsoft did what they always do to great ideas they inherit from companies they buy out: take existing great ideas, piss and crap on them, generate hype and then sell the trash.
Yeah, you can flame me now...