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Subject: The Tru7h About Co-Op in Halo 3

~Sleep is for the weak!!~

Posted by: Halomanuk
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Last but foremost....AGAIN has anyone found out which ELITE of the two new ones are which????


N’tho ‘Sraom, the Spec Ops one, has to be the one on the left hand side...for many reasons...he looks spec ops/the one on the right looks heavily armoured...it says that N’tho ‘Sraom is young, the other one looks older/not young...thats my guesse, but we will soon see...its just a seguestion so dont flame me


At least you took the time to answer my question thanx. Why would you think I'd flame you dude. I'm just hatting the fact we're ALL arguing over co-op campaign players and not discuss what we all MIGHT happen to either bring this group together or find out what the heck is wrong with Cortana.

So to all you people arguing -BLAM!

[Edited on 08.03.2007 11:50 AM PDT]

  • 08.03.2007 11:48 AM PDT

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit It.

good point. although, i'd rather have the option to be playing as a customisable spartanor customisable elite. and mc and ab do the talkin. Arghh!! you know how it is guys. but all love to bungie halo 3 is gonna be ace wateva happens

  • 08.03.2007 1:02 PM PDT

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."
- Oscar Wilde

This is awesome news. The only way I could be happier was if the other players didn't have to be elites.. does anyone know if the Elite HUD is going to be identical to the Spartan one? I hated the pinkish purple display of the elite HUD in H2.

  • 08.03.2007 1:42 PM PDT
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I think playing as Elites is an issue because everybody's gonna want to play campaign co-op, and most people are going to want to be the Master Chief. I've already picked my friends, and I already called playing as MC. If there's any dispute over that, then play by your -BLAM! self! At first, I didn't like playing as the Arbiter, but as I progressed through Halo 2, I realized that he was a total badass. I was actually hoping that you could play as Spartans, Elites and Brutes in multiplayer. Oh well. I still think that Halo 3 is going to be the game to end all games. And on a side note, did anyone download Marathon? I did, and they didn't have the control scheme that I love (legacy). Totally ruined the experience for me. I'm not mad about it, but I expected the people who remade the game to consider adopting similar controls from Halo. They did include MJOLNIR Mark VI controls, but that was just the default control scheme. After all, a number of people (I'm not saying everyone) are playing Marathon because of their love for the Halo series. Well, the countdown to September 25th continues. . .

[Edited on 08.05.2007 1:38 PM PDT]

  • 08.03.2007 1:43 PM PDT
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dibs on any Elite!

  • 08.03.2007 1:57 PM PDT
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Thankyou Bungie!!

  • 08.03.2007 2:10 PM PDT
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Thank god.

  • 08.03.2007 2:12 PM PDT
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dude cool i wonder if we'll be able to use the 2 new elites in non live campaign and will there be other players?

  • 08.03.2007 3:27 PM PDT

I got death star....death star.....

Well written update.



Oh yeah I almost forgot THANK YOU Bungie I will use this four player online/system link co-op feature with my cousins quite often.......Can I sue you for making a game so appealing before I even play it that I never get any sleep And broke my mouse by hitting the refresh button on the bungie homepage to much?

  • 08.03.2007 4:20 PM PDT

~Sleep is for the weak!!~

Got to admit adding the new elites into the cinematics would confuse the HELL outta us... But still BUNGIE YOU RULE!!!!!!!

  • 08.03.2007 6:02 PM PDT
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elites suck why not be marines

  • 08.03.2007 6:46 PM PDT
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I love the new characters. But hopefully there is an option to be a different looking Spartan or human ODST et cetera.

  • 08.03.2007 6:51 PM PDT
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Prepare to Drop

are these new charachters going 2 have english names???

  • 08.03.2007 7:35 PM PDT
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Why no 4 player Split screen as well though? :(

Still a cool announcement...

  • 08.03.2007 8:27 PM PDT
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I have to say I saw it coming what with gears of war doing its thing, but its still cool.
There must have been so many debates as to how to do it but Im almost totally happy with the setup.
Good call on not making regular humans part of the 4. Though I do dream of being an ODST it would have thrown the whole thing out of balance and you would have had to have given everyone their own abilities which would probably have stalled the game.
Very suprised that it is 3 elites though, instead of 2 spartans and 2 elites, but your way works.
At least there are no qualms about who the hero is....
...Just arguments over who is going to be him!

  • 08.04.2007 6:06 AM PDT
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hakuna matata

bleh, im looking forward to playing four player with friends but i would prefer the option to play with just spartans. Maybe a spartan unlock-able mode or something? I was never a big fan of the arbiter and i tended to skip his missions on halo 2 campaign play back.

Four spartans would kick ass.

  • 08.04.2007 6:47 AM PDT
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YES!!!!!! I LOVE BUNGIE!!!!! I WANNA MAKE LOVE TO BUNGIE!!!!! LOL im not GIAY dont worry lukems i wont be knocking on your door anytime soon. BUT YES!!!! ALL MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE!!! THE DAY BEFORE IT WAS CONFIRMED I MAILED BUNGIE BEGGIN THEM FOR CO-OP AND I BET MY LETTER PERSUADED THEM!!! IM AWSOME!!!


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  • 08.04.2007 9:32 AM PDT
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DUDE!!!!! I go to running camp for 5 days, and this is what I miss!!!??? It was horrible to be without technology for so long sadly. The outhouse smelled so bad even the flies wouldn't go near it. But returning to find that not only is there going to be co-op over Live, but 4 players!!! This is the greatest news I've ever heard from you guys.
Best game in history of history, other people may challenge me, IDC. This means more than I can really ever say Bungie, and I wish my brain wasn't pudding right now due to 3 months of no school, then maybe I'd be able to come up with a more intelligent thank you.
Thank you Bungie, everyone that works there, you people are great, and I gotta say sorry also for being such a jerk about the co-op over the last couple weeks.
Now I must regain my composure. I like the idea of 4-player co-op, it has been something me and my friends have hoped would be in the game before last years E3 even showed the new Master Chief. I agree with others, Marines or possibly Spartans in the different armor would be cool, but the elites are cool too and I wouldn't mind giving up first player so I could play as one of them. You guys seem to have given this a lot of thought which is nice, because some games give you co-op people that when you think about it, don't make much sense to the storyline. I guess having two MC's in the first two games is an example, though it never bothered me that much, I just always thought it was a little awkward. G4 says this may be a turning point for games in the future. Maybe. I think it is, at least for shooters. We've always had 4-player co-op games, like that monster game whose name escapes me, where you have the giant lizard and ape and what not, roaming through the city destroying stuff, or like War of the Monsters. However, few shooters have such a feature, and this will definitely make Halo 3 stand out above the rest ( as though it doesn't do that already lol). If Star Wars: Republic Commando had had such a feature, it would have been a better game than it was, considering you have 4 AI on your team through most of the game, so why can't they be real people.

  • 08.04.2007 9:48 AM PDT
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I just had to say this...........

Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH BUNGIE!!!!!!!! Hahaha! Fing Awesome!!

  • 08.04.2007 11:14 AM PDT
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All well and good.... just one thing.

Will online Co-op force 2 player split-screen, or do we get our own full glorified sized screens?

  • 08.04.2007 11:18 AM PDT

"....There are those who said this day would never come. What are they to say now?...."

Utter Bobbins. Who wants to play as an elite?

  • 08.04.2007 12:16 PM PDT

5 years and counting on Bungie. I feel old and worthless.

me and for all people wanting to be marines they dont have energy shields which would make it unfair. :(

  • 08.04.2007 3:39 PM PDT

5 years and counting on Bungie. I feel old and worthless.

and i want to play as an elite

  • 08.04.2007 3:40 PM PDT

5 years and counting on Bungie. I feel old and worthless.

Posted by: dopey Doyle
All well and good.... just one thing.

Will online Co-op force 2 player split-screen, or do we get our own full glorified sized screens?


well duh as long as someone isnt playing on your console exept you....

  • 08.04.2007 3:42 PM PDT

5 years and counting on Bungie. I feel old and worthless.

Posted by: Lord Aldemar
Why no 4 player Split screen as well though? :(

Still a cool announcement...


It would overload the 360 and all the enemies and props would dissapear, people do it with halo 2 on delta halo. you can see a video of it on youtube.

  • 08.04.2007 3:46 PM PDT