- Fos Tis Krisis
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- Intrepid Legendary Member
I hunt for the Prophet of Contentment, the San 'Shyumm that murdered my son, and stole his birthright, his Energy Sword. They call our species Heretics. They claim to all that our tongues sting, our words a vile poison that feeds on the unworthy. I have seen the true face of Heresy. The head of a gallant warrior lay on the ground. His neck scorched and blistered, scarred by his own blade. I shall retrieve the weapon, and drive it through that bastard's heart! Punishment for his sins is nigh.
Ok, I am seeing alot of posts and such that all say the same thing. "Halo Reach has a Beta so it MUST be a whole new style of gameplay." Or "Its going to be totally different from 3, they need the Beta to test out the new gameplay."
Now, here's what I am gathering, most of you think that the reason they need a Beta is because Reach WON'T be like normal Halo, and you know what? Your WRONG. Not so much about the new gameplay, that is a full on possibility, you are wrong because that is not WHY there is a Beta.
The REAL Reason there is a new Beta is because Halo Reach is on a whole new game engine, does this mean it won't be like Halo? NO, Halo CE, 2 AND 3 were ALL on different game engines, and only Halo 3 had a Beta.
Betas are used to test games for GLITCHES, and IMBALANCES. This is why Halo 3 had a Beta. Halo 2 was rushed, and the shipped product was full of errors and glitches, and I'm guessing it was on the day Superbounces were discovered that Bungie said "Thats it, we are Betatesting EVERY game from now on." That means EVERY Game, every time they make a new engine, the code has to be rewritten from SCRATCH, the whole game has to be made from NOTHING. This is why different glitches arise in different games.
Now that I have explained that a Beta DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH NEW GAMEPLAY. I am going to explain why Halo 3 ODST WONT have a Beta.
Halo 3 ODST will not feature a Beta for ONE reason. It is run on Halo 3's engine, using Halo 3's programming, so a Beta is unnecessary. They don't need to fix what they know is not broken, and ODST doesn't have any real multiplayer anyway.
OK, so do you guys understand what a Beta is now? Do you understand that if they made a BRAND NEW FPS, with AR STARTS, and the SAME WEAPONS AND VEHICLES AS HALO 3. They would STILL need to Beta test it because they used a NEW GAME ENGINE?
If you don't reread everything I said here with that fact in mind.
Peace Out.