Halo 3: Official

[Schlep]

I'll be buying the legendary rape package.

[arjue]

hawt hawt hawt!

my guess is that x will be an evade/cover button like the action button in gears.

[Brand X]

my guess is that x will be an evade/cover button like the action button in gears.

I hope not, that would really ruin the pacing of the game. And really wouldn't "completely open the game up" as Bungie has put it. My guess is some sort of short range jetpack. Maybe it can double/triple your jumping height to get to higher areas but can only be used sparingly.

Even though now that i think about it, I kind of doubt that also. Since it doesn't really look like the maps are built with height in mind.

edit: Good news for people like Destro who hated Halo 2's matchmaking.

Obviously we’re making changes to the way matchmaking will work this time around, and they’re all improvements. Some are interface tweaks and some are feature additions. We don’t want to give away too much about what we’re doing with matchmaking, but there’s an important principle at the heart of the matter.

Before Halo 2 shipped, we got a lot of complaints that you couldn’t simply search for a really specific server, but rather, a general type of game – think Team Snipers as an example. We knew before shipping, thanks to an extensive beta test, that the end result would be really satisfying, but we also knew it would take folks time to get used to it. The trick was making available a big enough population of players to find matches against – and that means softening the sharp edges of uber-specific game types, and making more players available. A couple of years on and we still have about 250k players per day, which vastly exceeds our target numbers for satisfactory matchmaking.

This time around, we’re applying the same principles, but giving the player considerably more options and fine control, while still maintaining the balance of population availability. After all, the worst thing of all is not being able to find ANY suitable game – something players of older PC games can relate to.

[Frogacuda]

Is it because we don't need a crutch to play them?

No, I think it's more that a beach with two things in the middle passes for an "awesome level".

[Brand X]

No, I think it's more that a beach with two things in the middle passes for an "awesome level".

Or because in terms of the way Halo plays, a level set up like that could be awesome.

[Frogacuda]

Or because in terms of the way Halo plays

Uncreatively?

Sorry, the "barrel full of players" approach doesn't appeal to me at all. It's not good design as much as a complete lack of design. There's no though process to a level like that.

[Brand X]

It's not good design as much as a complete lack of design. There's no though process to a level like that.

I don't care if there is no process involved in designing the level, and I don't care if it isn't creative. What I care about is if it will be fun to play, and a level set up like that, small, wide open, with barely anywhere to hide hasn't been done in the game, and could very well be a hell of a lot of fun to play on.

[Dyne]

I don't care if there is no process involved in designing the level, and I don't care if it isn't creative. What I care about is if it will be fun to play, and a level set up like that, small, wide open, with barely anywhere to hide hasn't been done in the game, and could very well be a hell of a lot of fun to play on.

but it's been done to death in any other fps released in the past like 10 years.

*yawn*

this series has never offered anything new or groundbreaking and people love it.

[Dyne]

Uncreatively?

Sorry, the "barrel full of players" approach doesn't appeal to me at all. It's not good design as much as a complete lack of design. There's no though process to a level like that.

i agree. wow.......piles of bodies and weapon fire everywhere. 10 second lifespan before respawning. fun.

[Dyne]

Stealing weapons would be pretty damn cool. Sneaking is pretty much already in the game, you crouch to go off radar, and then beat them in the back of the head for a one hit kill.

that sounds cool, but one hit kill from a melee, yet 4 shots from a BR to kill someone?