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11/4/2006 1:01:40 AM
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Bungie Weekly Update!
Hey I actually talk about the game in this one. In as much detail as I can get away with without being fired. Zomg! That is to say more detail than usual, but less than you want. Read it, absorb it like 2-ply bathroom tissue and enjoy it. Lots of new stuff coming up soon. You're going to like it.
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Hooray for Bungie Updates! What people need to realize is that Bungie was bound to release actual information on Halo 3 in their Weekly Updates... eventually.To say nothing would be just be...strange (see: Corporate Marketing Suicide) So for all of you guys who used to whine and complain about lack of actual Halo 3 content in the WWU, I hope you all feel very foolish! News was/and is inevitable-- the rest of us just had more patience (see: Maturity) ;) Can't wait for the EGM story(s)!! [Edited on 11/3/2006]
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Great update. As if I wasn't already pumped up enough for Halo 3. Keep up the good work Bungie, you rokzorz my sokzorz.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Snpr W00t First Post1 Nice Update [/quote] U R retarded... Very nice post, and turrets are hard to draw
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man, I can't wait too see this game comepleted. ("
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wow friggin awsome, an old favorite???
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WOW! I can't wait for the Mag and the game to come out! Great Update!
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Oh I hope the fusion cores just don't respawn out of nothing, that's kind of lame. I know the weapons do but you can justify that in a "virtual" battlefield by saying maybe there are some supply troops running aruond we don't see dropping off the guns. But random fusion cores appearing out of thin air as I'm walking around doesn't sound realistic even in a virtual game.
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I'm glad the AR is back and improved and works well. But I'm sure I'll still use the BR more and I hope that they improve upon it as well. I think the SMG spawns and whatnot just ruined the first moments of the game and like Frankie said just making it a mad rush to get the weapons. But something I truly truly truly hope they fix is that SHOTGUN! It's nothing like a real shotgun and so completely random on Live or even on System Link that it almost makes it worthless. I played a game of Halo 1 System Link the other day and I had forgotten how truly great that version of the shottie was. No longer did I have to rush a target and hope that my pointblank shot/punch combo would randomly get the target, I could actually shoot from a shorter distance and it be effective. It was basically the range that the SMG is best at, not too far, not too close...but of course as a shottie the closer it got the better it was. It wasn't random. Too many times I'll be chasing a target with my shottie have planted four or five shots in his back and possibly even a punch as he turns to face me and he will turn around and in ONE SHOT he'll kill me. I want a useful shotgun back. I know they "fixed" it to make it more "balanced" but it just turned it into a luck weapon. I honestly used to never pick it up, I will occasionally now to prevent others from picking it up and randomly killing me in one shot from 10 feet away when I can't even kill them with a point blank shot and a punch. Even in no shield games where theoretically it should do pretty well and perform more like a real world counter part it's still random. I'm fine with one of the bumpers being the reload but why have the right reload only the right and then have the left reload the left if you're dual wielding. I find that kind of useless and a waste of controller real-estate. If you press the reload/X button easy enough it will reload only one of the guns anyways. I'm fine with them trying to revolutionize the use of the X button but hopefully it's not something stupid and will end up being a waste of time. I liked it as my general usage button. To activate things, to reload, to pick up a new gun. I get pissed off at other Xbox games when they do not use the X button as that. But things are still to speculative at this point. I hope Bungie does continue the work they do and do well and hopefully elevate Halo 3 to a level above both Halo 1/CE and Halo 2.
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Some cool stuff in the post... I think the assault rifle sounds like we might be starting with a weapon worth something by default... I like it. So even Halo 1 fanatics like some of the adjustments? Sounds cool, I definitely enjoy some Halo 1, even more than H2 lately, can't wait for the trifecta to be complete. If barrels respawn, that might be a little weird. Something to consider is if they're in a position where they will knock a power weapon off the map, causing it not to respawn like what happens on lockout if you shoot/nade the barrels on the top of the snipe tower correctly. Just a thought.... Looking forward to the preview of some MP maps -Cancer
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Its nice to get some halo content. Halo 3 looks like it will be substantially better than the other halo game currently being developed. Sometimes, loyal fans can make a better [b]free[/b] game than a multi billion dollar corporation.
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That was a good update, Frankie. Plenty of Bungie and Halo 3 info. We will be pleased.
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*titters with joy*
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i know this is a late reply... but that update was worth all the secretive info he kept from us before...This update is amazing.. sorry i posted it so late
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Excellent update.
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great update frankie ive been a fan of water effects and they are getting so real now that i cant tell the difference oh and one question will the pelican be flyable in halo 3 just curios
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This suspsense really is killing me. I'm going to make the Halo 3 MP maps my wallpaper ZOMG
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sebasman Just incase anybody is wondering, that "rough sketch", if you call it that, of the MP map he was dreaming of is in fact a real MP map. Although I don't know anything about Halo 3 besides some new weapons and vehicles, I saw some awesome "leaked" screenshots/scans at [DELETED] which has a link to [DELETED]. You're welcome! And apparently there's going to be a big section in [i] Official Xbox Magazine [/i] about this, judging from some other scans I found on that site, although I can't confirm anything. Also, if anybody's wondering, I [u] [b] DO NOT [/u] [/b] know anyone at Bungie.[/quote] lol, u gonna get blacklisted foo, and if you dont, I wish u were. [quote][b]Posted By:[/b] Recon Number 54 A word of advice and another word of warning. These magazines are copyrighted material and are available to their subscribers and people who purchase the magazine. Scanning images, posting those images, scanning or posting transcriptions of the articles is a violation of the magazine's copyright and ownership of the material. Anyone posting scans or text from these magazines will be permanently blacklisted from this site. No other warnings, no appeals, nothing.[/quote] On a more positive note, awesome update, wish I could get the EGM mag, me needs more LEGAL Halo 3 info goodness. Looking forward to next weeks update! [Edited on 11/3/2006]
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I've already seen some of the new weapons like the Spartan Anti Armor Laser And the Brute's new Spike weapon also the Mongoose is making an appearance in H3 I know I -blam!- My pants too. A new...well I let you find out the rest will be reveled soon Maybe I should stay quite.
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well, i liked it, but i think that the pic with mister chief isnt good. mister chief is a camper....it is a legitamate strategy, but no one likes it...and he already knows the map...its just not fair
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i also dream of halo3 all the time...good update...better then nothing
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Best. Update. Ever. This made my day, the great spawn weapon, atmospherics, and freaking grunt bashing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 Awesome.
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Just incase anybody is wondering, that "rough sketch", if you call it that, of the MP map he was dreaming of is in fact a real MP map. Although I don't know anything about Halo 3 besides some new weapons and vehicles, I saw some awesome "leaked" screenshots/scans at [url=http://http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/27/halo-3-info-leaked-in-portuguese-from-swedish/] this site [/url] which has a link to [url=http://http://www.xboxportugal.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1161959262&archive] this site [/url]. You're welcome! And apparently there's going to be a big section in [i] Official Xbox Magazine [/i] about this, judging from some other scans I found on that site, although I can't confirm anything. Also, if anybody's wondering, I [u] [b] DO NOT [/u] [/b] know anyone at Bungie.
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Wow... because of this Update I've decided to buy an Xbox 360 on November 17 (the day PS3 comes out). Water, water, water! I can't wait to see the new water system. That's one graphical improvement that is needed for Halo 3! I would love to hide in the water, but I think that you would need to include a limit on the amount of time the "spartan armor" can be in the water. Yeah...
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FAT!!!
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"atmospherics and lighting are also used to amazing effect in the single most terrifying Halo moment I ever saw. I literally yelped. Something really, really bad happened in the Campaign story, and something really, really scary ensued. Joe screamed when he saw it. I admit I peed too." I hope they didn't kill Sgt. Johnson lol
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Nice to see a suggestive update though as most of us have already at least checked out the swedish info (through legal means I assume and if not shame on you) this is somewhat not interesting. Though the way you speak of the scary event in the halo story and the way it is replicated for another to see either is a prescripted event of characters in the normal gameplay or a cutscene occasion in either case I look forward to experiencing the same kind of terror you describe.
