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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 01/23/09

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If you know Elites are fan faves to fight then we can we expect the Halo game where we fight more Elites?

  • 01.24.2009 12:40 AM PDT
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I'm not entirely sure that I understand how this time line works, for a couple of reasons.

If it took 13 days for Regret to jump from one system to another, I'm not clear on how Truth could manage to redeploy forces in that period of time.
The only options I can see are either that the brutes were already with the fleet that came to Earth, or Delta Halo was much further away than wherever they did come from. I suppose there are actually several ways to explain this, but a clarification on why exactly Truth was able to accomplish so much in the span of one jump would ease the mind a bit.

The other thing I don't quite understand is why the Forerunner ship took such a long trip to Earth. Covenant ships seem to jump in wherever they please, just minutes from their destinations sometimes. What's up with that?

  • 01.24.2009 1:20 AM PDT

Maybe all the Elites in the city died because of the slipstream jump/explosion. Regret had to get away fast and didn't really care if some Elites died, as long as he would survive.

I'm also dissapointed the Elites aren't in the game, but it would make sense according to the story bible. And only a few people are making this game. They don't have the time and budget to make new AI for the Elites. They already have it for the Brutes.

  • 01.24.2009 1:21 AM PDT

If Sandbox isn't a forger's paradise, I will sink into a depression. I might get so depressed that I will have to play a game other than Halo... *shudders*

  • 01.24.2009 2:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: Shishka
First.

Same as before. "First" nonsense results in a ban.


Should make it so that people who post without actually reading the article get a ban. >_>

Update full of so much informationz, i luvs it

  • 01.24.2009 3:25 AM PDT
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best update in a long time
GJ bungie

  • 01.24.2009 5:03 AM PDT
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blah blah im bungie releasing information is a crime.
Telling a story that we allready know how it begins and ends and then making a game around it
Good job bungie whats next?
Halo RPG on how Master chief met Arbiter?
Lame milking the cow for its money.

  • 01.24.2009 5:47 AM PDT

How is aiming down the sight a dramatic gameplay difference... Small scopes are also usuable in all the Halo's, a Reflex Sight is very much comparable.

  • 01.24.2009 6:16 AM PDT

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aww no dinos to kill, oh well its still fun to pwn space apes. id like more info on the multiplayer side of things, if this is an expansion will we get new weapons and stuff to use in multiplayer, like the BRSMG lol
No, they've stated that the only thing added to MP will be new maps.

hmm how about forge :? i can haz new weapons in forge and maby default in new maps
and if possible mp (puppyface)

  • 01.24.2009 7:07 AM PDT
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bungie made the game a little -blam!- with the new ranking but the game is stiil cool

  • 01.24.2009 7:53 AM PDT

I LAUGH at the person that sent the PM about heavenly hog. Now, unless his name is phenomenon, it's not his business. I know Phenomenon(the inventor of heavenly hog) and he said that he was GLAD that they gave away the secret because he was tired of people asking.

  • 01.24.2009 8:11 AM PDT
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I need to say one thing that I have always been wanting to say:

I would like to offer a huge thanks to the sky box artists. They truly make the game come alive. I remember playing Halo 3 for the first time and repeatedly dying because I was looking up far too much. From what I can get out of this update, Halo 3: ODST seems to offer a similar experience that may even be more spectacular. I cannot wait for autumn.

  • 01.24.2009 8:26 AM PDT

Long live the Pimp Chieftain!

Secrets shall be revealed, never covered up.

  • 01.24.2009 9:41 AM PDT

I find it sad how Microsoft totally controls everything about Halo. Can't they understand that *fans* are much better at giving suggestions? Because we know what we want, and frankly, looking at stats is a terrible way to determine anything.

*When I say "fans" I mean intelligent fans. I also am excluding those who say "Mlg iz kingz" or anything that would result in the unfair making of one weapon dominating everything else.

On another note, great update. I hope that we will someday see the pimp brute in action.

  • 01.24.2009 10:28 AM PDT

It's good to hear the Mythic Pack will be a standalone purchase option in "Spring" but that's a pretty large time frame (Spring in the Northern Hemisphere is March 21-June 21).

I would also like to know what play lists are going to be available for the Mythic Map Pack. If Swat is there, I might suck it up and buy Halo Wars if the price was reduced. I simply cannot fathom paying $80 for a videogame. Hell, I got Guitar Hero WT for $54 at christmas (Usually $89.99). As of right now Halo Wars is a Halo-no for me.

[Edited on 01.24.2009 10:33 AM PST]

  • 01.24.2009 10:31 AM PDT
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i am not at all interested in this game and think it's just a quick money making scheme...why don't they talk about the peter jackson project instead??? and maybe that it's going to be about master chiefs journey home and nothing to do with halo (cuz halo is destroyed people!!!)...those tricky bungie bee's

and halo is marathon, it's all a remake...that's why there are so many similarities

  • 01.24.2009 10:43 AM PDT
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Posted by: RyMan1003
...why don't they talk about the peter jackson project instead???


Because we're not developing it.

  • 01.24.2009 12:07 PM PDT

-AceODST

can i reveal info from game informer?

if one of the characters name is 'Dutch' as seen before in the movie predator, and said character is the he-manniest, then would it somehow mean we see his face and he looks like arnold? or is bungie gonna be fancy and pull some moves by not showing the non-main characters' faces, or show it to finally give some personality besides voices to masked characters...

just thinking.

also i can't wait for anything, i love you guys, you always do well.

  • 01.24.2009 1:20 PM PDT
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Are there still goin to be vehichles in ODST?

  • 01.24.2009 1:32 PM PDT

BRANDON tha GREAT

If the Mythic map pack doesnt come out before March 10th Im done with everything Halo F IT Its Bull-blam!- that us fans have to wait 5 uckin Months for three maps is down right bull-blam!- I said it before Ill blow my microsoft points on Gta4 or Fallout 3 before i have to wait 2 -3 more months.


F*^% You Microsoft and You to bungie

Im done im going to play Skate2

[Edited on 01.24.2009 1:47 PM PST]

  • 01.24.2009 1:46 PM PDT
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Huuuuh. Yet again Bungie degrates the elites honour by saying that they will not be include in the game. Can you guys do anything else to break my heart ;(. You guys should at least make one mission (or flashback) where you happen to have Elites as your ally. I loved the idea at first that the Elites were on our side. I liked them ever since Halo: CE. I really think that Bungies really degrated the Sangheili race right there Sangheili haters!!!!! Even if I have to do it myself I will bring a name to the Sangheili race!!!! All those who agree with me and are willing to work along side me to reach this goal join me!

  • 01.24.2009 2:09 PM PDT

Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death. -Psalm 22:12-15

The elites in Halo: CE in my opinion were pivotal to the success of Halo as a game. They were fun and challenging to fight, and they looked awesome. Although there was not much background story yet, it didn't matter. The atmosphere created by fighting for a mysterious ring against terrifying aliens provided the necessary hook. The shift in the Halo trilogy from fighting elites to fighting brutes has been the most disappointing aspect of the series for me. Fortunately the quality of game play has drastically improved, along with the addition of other excellent features (forge and theater). These improvements keep me playing Halo. I would gladly welcome back the elites, but I trust Bungie to deliver a great experience like they have with Halo 2 and 3.

  • 01.24.2009 2:22 PM PDT

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Wow, that description of the rain hitting the pavement and the thunder in the distance actually gave me a slight tingling sensation in my spine.

I can't wait for ODST.

  • 01.24.2009 3:14 PM PDT