Halo 3: Official

Looks a bit underwhelming, 60fps and some destructable enviroments whould have been nice. Never understood why there can't be more than 16 people either but I guess Bungie knows a little more than I when it comes to making stuff work.
What about the button setups, can you change so that you melee and grenade on the shoulder buttons?

I don't know how well Halo would translate to >16 players (I prefer smaller games, myself,) but the no-dedicated-servers thing has a lot to do with it. I don't know why MS is so allergic to the idea, especially considering that XBL is a pay-for service.

I just thought they would take it to another level with that troop transport thingy they showed before H2. Coagulation with wraiths, jeeps, banshee's but only double the amount would have been cool imo.
And yea they should hook us up with some dedicated servers.

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Originally Posted by Gamespot Halo 3 Beta Hands-On

When you're alive and you look down, you can now see your legs.

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Dave Halverson is going to drown in his own jizz.

I hear the GameSpot videos are just a bunch of retards running around and dying. Apparently one of them swore that you could see peoples' guns on their backs in Halo 2 and yeah that leg thing, haha.

If there would be any game MS would put on dedicated servers, it'd be this one. I hope they do the right thing.

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Originally Posted by Nash

Dave Halverson is going to drown in his own jizz.

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You can see your legs in Halo 2 as well. Good work, Gamespot.

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Originally Posted by Gamespot

Another key change is that when you're not next to a vehicle, the left and right bumpers allow for the independent reloading of any weapons that you're holding in your hands. This lets you reload one weapon in your hands while you're firing with another, which will be incredibly valuable in a desperate fight.

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Did Master Chief grow a third arm or something?

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Visually, the Halo 3 beta looks impressive. Yes, it looks like a higher-resolution version of Halo 2, but the textures and details are razor sharp, and there's a lush quality to the world that wasn't there before. You'll run through fields of flowers or your body will float in a tranquil pond.

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lolz, flower processing

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Originally Posted by epmode

Without resorting to GAF-style bullshit, it is probably best to stick to actual in-game screenshots of Halo 2 than something like that (ultrahigh resolutions, ridiculous antialiasing, etc).

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It's an actual shot of the PC version. So yes, the resolutions is a bit better, there's no pop-in, and there's some minor improved effects. But it puts the "Halo 3 looks like Halo 2 in hi res" comments in perspective.

Well, to be fair you picked a good screenshot of Halo 2 (Vista) and probably the worst screenshot of Halo 3 where nothing is going on. If you watch the HD videos of the Halo 3 beta there is just no way you're going to confuse it for Halo 2.