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Subject: Proof Halo 3 Is Already Somewhat Playable
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Posted by: B Rad2005
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i said this before....i really think that Halo 3 will be ready by December of this year. The reason they said '07 was to make sure they had enough time and didnt need to push the realease date back like with halo 2


thats exactly what im thinking, that they are thinking it may be done this november or december but arent completly sure so they dont want to say 2006 cus no one is going to be mad if it comes out early, but if it comes out later then they said people would freak out



I was hoping that too.

  • 06.10.2006 9:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: B Rad2005
Posted by: RazorSpecOps
i said this before....i really think that Halo 3 will be ready by December of this year. The reason they said '07 was to make sure they had enough time and didnt need to push the realease date back like with halo 2


thats exactly what im thinking, that they are thinking it may be done this november or december but arent completly sure so they dont want to say 2006 cus no one is going to be mad if it comes out early, but if it comes out later then they said people would freak out




I was hoping that too.


i dont think they will release it this year......they will take all the time they are allowed to make it perfect......but maybe early next year.....who knows

  • 06.11.2006 5:12 AM PDT
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Posted by: CagedObscurity
I just hope they come out with a demo.

They won't...

  • 06.11.2006 5:41 AM PDT
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Bungie seriously needs to do a lot more MP testing this time around. If Bungie just had more time to test Halo 2, then it would've been a lot better.

  • 06.11.2006 5:59 AM PDT

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Posted by: DaWitchKing
true....but at least they are testing it......not still creating storyboards and models and all that good stuff


i am sure that theu will finish the campaign before they start on multiplayer, therefore, if they are testing the multiplayer, then doesnt that mean that Campaign is very close to finishing?

  • 06.11.2006 6:08 AM PDT

Contary to Belief, most games are actually playable from very early on in the development so that they can test game ideas, animations, play test levels, check for bugs and debug the code etc, they dont just start magically working at the very end.

Anyway, there were a few announcements before halo 3 was annoucned that they were play testing some levels, probably fairly glitchy and probably with alot of standin textures while the real things are being created.

  • 06.11.2006 6:26 AM PDT

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all i care is that bungie take their time on the game,and as long as they like

  • 06.11.2006 6:27 AM PDT
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Interestingly enough, tweaking the multi-player for Halo2 in the final months wouldn't have taken every single engineer they have and would have been a waste of their talents. (Not that I'm saying bug fixing isn't important, just that some people are more specialized) I imagine that many of the engineers started working on the core engine for Halo 3 long before Halo 2 was released. They could, after all, take time away from the new engine and help out with the bug fixing from time to time.

What I think is more the holdup now is artwork and level design. In the 8 bit age they didn't have much in the way of art departments. One guy would usually do all the art. Now we have specialists for texturing and numerous other small things. If anything is going to keep Bungie on track for a next year release (I don't imagine a November release like some people are wishing) it's the focus on creating evocative environments.

I also wouldn't have too much hope of a demo. If you hadn't noticed they still don't have a demo for Halo 1 or 2. Bungie has better things to do then focus on a demo which takes an incredible amount of effort. (Think about it... the announcment trailer took weeks of hard and loving work... imagine a demo!)

  • 06.11.2006 8:06 AM PDT

Posted by: My Liege
Interestingly enough, tweaking the multi-player for Halo2 in the final months wouldn't have taken every single engineer they have and would have been a waste of their talents. (Not that I'm saying bug fixing isn't important, just that some people are more specialized) I imagine that many of the engineers started working on the core engine for Halo 3 long before Halo 2 was released. They could, after all, take time away from the new engine and help out with the bug fixing from time to time.

What I think is more the holdup now is artwork and level design. In the 8 bit age they didn't have much in the way of art departments. One guy would usually do all the art. Now we have specialists for texturing and numerous other small things. If anything is going to keep Bungie on track for a next year release (I don't imagine a November release like some people are wishing) it's the focus on creating evocative environments.

I also wouldn't have too much hope of a demo. If you hadn't noticed they still don't have a demo for Halo 1 or 2. Bungie has better things to do then focus on a demo which takes an incredible amount of effort. (Think about it... the announcment trailer took weeks of hard and loving work... imagine a demo!)


there was a demo for halo 2 at e3 2 years ago

  • 06.11.2006 8:27 AM PDT

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Posted by: My Liege
I also wouldn't have too much hope of a demo. If you hadn't noticed they still don't have a demo for Halo 1 or 2. Bungie has better things to do then focus on a demo which takes an incredible amount of effort. (Think about it... the announcment trailer took weeks of hard and loving work... imagine a demo!)


there was a demo for halo 2 at e3 2 years ago


There is also a demo for Halo PC. It has the Silent Chartographer and Blood Gulch on it.

Also, if i remember rightly, Frankie actually mentioned late last year in one of the updates that he got the chance to playtest their 'next project' as it was then known.

  • 06.11.2006 8:52 AM PDT

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i sure hope they are closer than they are admitting to being done with Halo 3. i can't wait till it comes out.

  • 06.11.2006 8:58 AM PDT
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how about they said in the update that some of the people at bungie play some of it already

  • 06.11.2006 9:04 AM PDT
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Halo 3 Multiplayer is still at the Alpha stage (Chris Butcher - personal email). It's quite possible that they'll have another beta test for Microsoft Employees (or possibly MGS testers now it's easier to join the program), to test the netcoding and matchmaking, as well as the general multiplayer experience.

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  • 06.11.2006 9:06 AM PDT
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I never really got a chance to play halo 2 over xbox live, I tried to play with my 360 but I didn't have an xbox live account with my regular xbox so it didn't work. I'm going to put all that time I've missed out on halo 2 multiplayer and put it toward halo 3.

Could someone answer this simple question that has escaped my mind: Which prophet is still alive? They always looked very similar to me...and I need to draw a picture of them for my cover art design...thanks

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If you have a 360, you should be able to make a silver account with a 1 month gold trial, and play then...

The prophet that is still alive at the end of H2 is Truth.

  • 06.11.2006 9:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: One One Seven
If you have a 360, you should be able to make a silver account with a 1 month gold trial, and play then...

The prophet that is still alive at the end of H2 is Truth.


Thanks a lot dude, that was extremely helpful.

  • 06.11.2006 9:27 AM PDT
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We've know about this since May.

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