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Subject: The Tru7h About Co-Op in Halo 3
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this. iS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 07.31.2007 7:36 PM PDT

Join Men of War.

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so what happens in the levels when u meet the arbiter...unless u dont in the game...

He follow you and does some fighting with you

  • 07.31.2007 7:37 PM PDT
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awesome!

  • 07.31.2007 7:39 PM PDT
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ya i have read the books 2 and a guy named mendez trained the spartans who are on onyx.
and i wanna be able to have those sweet jetpacks some of the elietes have durring campain.
also i think that the (not to sound nerdy) "spartan 3" program from the books for players 2 and 3 or marines with shields

  • 07.31.2007 7:39 PM PDT

I wish you can play as a odsts instead of the two elites

  • 07.31.2007 7:40 PM PDT
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ODSTs dont have sheilds.

  • 07.31.2007 7:45 PM PDT
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Coming home from work couldn't have been any better, thank you Bungie!

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  • 07.31.2007 7:50 PM PDT
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And God said, "Let there be light.". And once everyone got tired of that, he created Bungie, and they created 4 player campaign co-op online/system link. And all humanity rejoiced the world over. And it was good.

[Edited on 08.01.2007 2:35 PM PDT]

  • 07.31.2007 7:57 PM PDT

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  • 07.31.2007 7:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: lukems
Split-screen co-op is as ever, limited to two players per screen – but they can if they wish join two other friends online or via System Link.


OK, but what about same-box, 4-way split screen for multiplayer (non-co-op)?

My Monday nights are 3 buddies and I getting together at my house, firing up the projector and playing in-room and online as a 4-person team, with other 4-person teams we know. Since this in-person comaraderie is important, is this going to stay for Halo 3, or am I going to need to switch to something like Haze?

  • 07.31.2007 7:58 PM PDT

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AWSOME NEWS!!!

But I have to admit. I was SOOOOOOOOO hopeing to play a Grunt. :(
But one must ask, "Why just Elites?"

I mean, we already know that there are other Spartan Types. To me, this tells us that we'll not see any other Spartans in Campaign and the armor we've seen is ONLY for MP. So I have missed feelings about it.



I STILL WANT TO BE A GRUNT, DANG IT!!


Really, why just Elites? Is it because of their abilities being the same as Johns? I'm sure that's it.
But I'm still going to hold my breath for downloadable characters as well. Knowing Bungie, the addition Elites will NOT show up in any othe cenimatics. So way I see it, Adding a Grunt, Hunter, Marine, etc, with Shields, etc, wouldn't hurt either. Okay, a Hunter with Shields and Duel weilding might not work for Campaign. But Iwould still like to why we can't be another Spartan, with different armor.

Serious Questions To Bungie:

1- What happens when a player has to leave?
You clearly point out that players can NOT enter Campaign games already in progressed. If they can't enter, then I can only assume they can't leave either. Not without ending the game that is. We saw in the Beta that when a single player quit or got booted, the game would ALWAYS end. It was a huge problem that most of us assumed Bungie fixed.

2- What about Teleportation?
In BOTH Halo 1 & Halo 2 the Co-Op had Teleportation for every Loading point. It didn't matter if the players were near one another or not, it would happen. And more then often screwed up strategies. In the article, Bungie states:

Acting as a team is a fantastic new twist to the Campaign gameplay – something that works as well on foot, in close confines as it does on the battlefield, with large scale vehicle mayhem. Scared of Jackal snipers? Send out a scout to see what dangers lie ahead. Terrified of an open field? Flank your enemies and swipe their rides. The combinations and scenarios are endless

We gamers (and most likely Bungie as well) KNOW that the above statement means squart if the Auto Teleportation system is still i place. It's difficult enough trying to flank a group of Covie bastards with 2 players. It's going to be a Nightmare with Four running around activation the teleportion right steady. So for the sake of the gamers' fun and the game itself, PLEASE turn off Auto-Teleportation. At least until a gamer starts a cutscene.
There are markers to inform us where each other are. If those are disabled, then we still have voice chat and IMs to work with.


That's really all I'm worried about as far as Co-Op.

[Edited on 07.31.2007 8:08 PM PDT]

  • 07.31.2007 8:07 PM PDT
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BUNGIE YOU GUYS ARE GREAT I CANT WAIT FOR HALO 3 I WAS EXPECTING THIS AND I HEARD A RUMOR FINALLY ITS TRUE!!!!!!!!

HALO 3 IS GOING TO ROCK!!!!

  • 07.31.2007 8:13 PM PDT
Subject: The Tru7h About Co-Op in Halo 3

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Posted by: lukems
Split-screen co-op is as ever, limited to two players per screen – but they can if they wish join two other friends online or via System Link.


OK, but what about same-box, 4-way split screen for multiplayer (non-co-op)?

My Monday nights are 3 buddies and I getting together at my house, firing up the projector and playing in-room and online as a 4-person team, with other 4-person teams we know. Since this in-person comaraderie is important, is this going to stay for Halo 3, or am I going to need to switch to something like Haze?


Good question.
But I think Bungie may stay away from that. Keep in mind that campaign is a LOT more detailed then MP. Forcing a SINGLE system to show the same images from different view points with action, movements, particul effects, etc can really do some damage. But spreading that info across multiple (at least 2) really helps a lot.

  • 07.31.2007 8:14 PM PDT
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wow this is gonna be awesome, only thing left to do is pre-order... Dun Dun Dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!! This calls for dancing!!! <(^.^<) ^(*.*)^ (>^.^)>

  • 07.31.2007 8:15 PM PDT

GG guys, GG

The preverbial stamp saying 'THIS GAME WILL ROCK!!!' has completely blown away ANYONE who had a doubt (not that it needed to for most). Haveing heard this, i will continue my count-down untill the release of this game. At this molment, there are about 80,760 minutes seperating me from that date....... so this is what anxiety is ^_^

  • 07.31.2007 8:22 PM PDT
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SWEEEEEEEET!!!!! The Elite on the right looks awesome!!

So, are these Elites going to be worked into Campaign somehow? As in they are main characters? My guess is that in single player, the others would just follow you around.....

I guess we have to wait for it to come out to find out.

  • 07.31.2007 8:24 PM PDT
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And thus continues the eternal struggle: Who gets to be "Player 1"?

Honestly, I'm not entirely thrilled that players 2 through 4 will be playing elite models. Even something as simple as weapon spawns can cause a lot of contention among players for who gets to play what model. Personally, I would have gone with two classic spartan models and two elite models.

On the other hand, I'm really thrilled to get to play 4 player co-op. ^.^

  • 07.31.2007 8:27 PM PDT

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...yet a Journey must commence."

oh gees.

i just had a seizure in my pants.

this is incredible, i may just have to get xbox live after all.

  • 07.31.2007 8:31 PM PDT
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Did my pants just scrunch up into a ball or what? i think Bungie has gone out of the lid this time, i love it when they do this.

Why is the floor wet?

  • 07.31.2007 8:31 PM PDT
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yes!!!!! bungie thank you so much.... this is going to be so sweet. and yes my pants are tight too.

  • 07.31.2007 8:31 PM PDT

Thank you bungie.

h3s gunna kick so much ass.

im speechless haha

  • 07.31.2007 8:34 PM PDT

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I'll admit, I was the first to complain when the bad rumors started circulating.

But now I see the light.

I'll be a college drop out, come december.

  • 07.31.2007 8:34 PM PDT
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Sweet rum-soaked Jesus on a bed of rye! I love you, Bungie. I love you so very, very much.

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  • 07.31.2007 8:40 PM PDT
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YAY! Awesome job Bungie! I love you!

  • 07.31.2007 8:47 PM PDT