IGN Claims Halo 3 At E3 78
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 (Score:3, Insightful)
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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Re:What I love about Halo (Score:1, Redundant)
But thanks though, I always hate when my flames get modded as trolls. (Either you've told the mods what to mod me, or all the cool and informed mods are modding "Games", the best section of
So, for those unsure of the difference between the troll and flamebait, here's an explanation on trolling: Link. [wikipedia.org]
Re:What I love about Halo (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:What I love about Halo (Score:1)
The point is that you CAN play HALO on the PC/MAC. You will eventually be able to play HALO 2 on the PC (and likely the MAC).
So, you can't complain about not being able to play HALO with a keyboard and mouse.
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Lifstyle advice, free of charge (Score:1)
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Re:What I love about Halo (Score:2, Insightful)
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.
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I don't care... I really don't (Score:4, Insightful)
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.
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:1, Flamebait)
I think the Halo games are the most overrated games in history.
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:1)
If Halo came out when it should have for the PC ages ago I think we might have been happier than with the pile of crap that it is today. I tried Halo for the PC when it was finally available and it looked like an older game at the time. It just didn't hold a candle to other games at the time (I was really enjoying Medal of Honor around then) and in some ways it looked like crap. There was some re
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:2)
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:1)
Now it all comes back, I forgot grumbling about that. It was still unfair that it was held back the way that it was.
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:1)
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MS made a strategic move to secure an exclusive AAA release title to push their new console. How dare they.
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:1)
Not in a rush to confirm this, just passing on what I've heard. So yea, PC gamers are allowed to be a bit bitter.
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:3, Insightful)
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 (Score:2)
I think you definitely could say that Halo was average. I wouldn't say that it completely sucked because the game was playable and I found it fun. The first Halo was THE game that got me back into consoles. Before that, I was strictly PC only. I think there were a few things that definitely contributed to me liking it. First, the control scheme was actually pretty decent to handle. Second, the game actually had a likeable story. Third, it came out while I was in college and it definitely was the game
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:2)
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:5, Insightful)
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:I don't care... I really don't (Score:2)
Hey... have fun with Halo 3 I really honestly hope anyone who is a fan of the series will be happy with the game but unfortunatly I seem to dislike the elements that make it appealing to it's fan base.
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:1, Troll)
If higher standards means preferring manic speed, insta deaths, constant respawning, poor framerates, abysmal textures, and running up and down omaha beach over and over and over, then high standards you shall have. The rest of us on the other hand, will have fun.
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:2)
In the end I grew up playing Doom 2 and that will alway flavor my opinion... I think if I had played more Golden Eye I might think diffrently.
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:2)
Re:I don't care... I really don't (Score:2)
So your post is really a jab at Halo because it didn't meet your standards. That's fine - there was a lot to criticise (the never ending library being one, playing all the levels back through in reverse is my point of contention). but there was a lot of fun in the game as well. Just don't pretend you don't care.
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No Choice (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:No Choice (Score:3, Insightful)
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.
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At this point, Halo 3 has to be no
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Keep in mind that even if Halo 3 comes out this year, it won't help the 360 in Japan since FPS-style games typically do not do well there at all. And if it comes out at Tha
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Frankly, Microsoft doesnt have many cards to play because its already launched. Plus, t
Re:No Choice (Score:2)
I understand fully the WHY of it all, it's just silly that the whole event has devolved into a game of Hungry-Hungry-Hippos for press coverage instead of marbles.
Re:No Choice (Score:2)
Really in many ways, these people are the lowest of the low. Almost every article I have read in a game magazine for a game in development had almost a deific praise of game developers. Hard to expect anything good to come from this group, neh?
Sorry... hit on a weak point for me. But gaming "journalists" are pathetic
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Yeah, sure (Score:1)
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Hope that's not all (Score:3, Insightful)
Microsoft needs to unveil more than a new Halo, less that's all they want to be known for having.
Re:Hope that's not all (Score:2)
How do you want to be let down tomorrow? (Score:1, Interesting)
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 ar
Re:How do you want to be let down tomorrow? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How do you want to be let down tomorrow? (Score:3, Interesting)
It looks like at least the MGS4 footage was real
Re:How do you want to be let down tomorrow? (Score:2)
Admittedly the MGS team can do amazing things with any hardware (look at the work on Otacon's appearance on a video monitor), but the PS3 is starting to look staggeringly powerful. I can't wait to see what the Ico/Colossus team does with it.
Hopefully Halo on Earth, not Halo inside spaceship (Score:4, Interesting)
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!
Re:Hopefully Halo on Earth, not Halo inside spaces (Score:2)
They'll just fake it. Again. (Score:1)
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?
Re:They'll just fake it. Again. (Score:1)
Only Sony shows off those EVIL CGI demos that don't EVER come to pass, where as microsoft shows off REAL demos that never come to pass.
yes I am joking since just about every single demo that was shown for the PS2 has been achived. No one has patience anymore, they see a demo and are quick to shout "Bullshit!" even though they don't have a clue what will happen within the next 4 years.
Compare the Fin
Re:They'll just fake it. Again. (Score:1)
Will be test footage only (Score:1)
How could they? (Score:2)
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 a
Ironic much? (Score:1)
Unless it's a Vista ship date, which are their own speculations and rumors...
Sorry, the door was wide open, I couldn't resist.
Keep it on Earth, please (Score:1)
Ah Halo 3 (Score:1)
but... but... will S.T.A.L.K.E.R. be there? (Score:1)