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Subject: Quit overhyping yourselves!

Posted by: Duardo
I'd love to be a 10 year old and tell my mom I'm going on an adventure out into the world catching Pokemon, with her full support. Never mind the fact that there are rapists, criminals, and murders out there, or the fact that I may get killed by a Pokemon.

Luckily I have Pikachu.

Poll: Are people setting there expectations to high?  [closed]
Yes:  56%
(14 Votes)
No:  44%
(11 Votes)
Total Votes: 25

I am tired of all of these dumb Halo 3 ideas being thrown around that should be included in Halo 3!

This is exactly wha happened with Halo 2, everyone expected a whole bunch of stuff in H2 that were not possible therefore setting there expectations to high and being dissapointed with the final results!

And now people are doing the exact same thing with Halo 3, so let me make a few things straight:

1. You won't be able to disarm opponents by Punching them.

2. You won't be able to duel-weild two handed weapons like the Rocket Launcher and the Shotgun.

3. You will only beable to play as a Spartan or Elite in multiplayer. (So no Playable Hunters, Grunts, Marines, ect.) Remember this is Halo not an RPG!

Those are just three out a billion dumb suggestions I have heard all over the internet!


Does anyone agree?

[Edited on 6/22/2006]

  • 06.22.2006 7:45 PM PDT
Subject: Quit overhyping ourselves!

Halo's a hell of a drug.

Who cares? It's fun to over hype. Thats part of the fun as we wait for the game to come out. Most of us know that the things we ask for won't make it to the game, but it doesn't hurt to brainstorm about what we would like to see in a game. If you're tired of it you can always avoid reading them. The headings are pretty obvoius about what the post will be about.

  • 06.22.2006 7:48 PM PDT

Posted by: Duardo
I'd love to be a 10 year old and tell my mom I'm going on an adventure out into the world catching Pokemon, with her full support. Never mind the fact that there are rapists, criminals, and murders out there, or the fact that I may get killed by a Pokemon.

Luckily I have Pikachu.

Posted by: aplusjimages
Who cares? It's fun to over hype. Thats part of the fun as we wait for the game to come out. Most of us know that the things we ask for won't make it to the game, but it doesn't hurt to brainstorm about what we would like to see in a game. If you're tired of it you can always avoid reading them. The headings are pretty obvoius about what the post will be about.


People hought it was funn to overhype Halo 2 as well, and Bungie got Flamed for it so much it's not even funny!

I'm just letting fans know that they are stting themselves up for a big dissapointment!

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  • 06.22.2006 7:51 PM PDT
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I'am 100% behind you BS police!

  • 06.22.2006 7:54 PM PDT

Don’t get mad if I flame you because you cannot spell, or because my three year old has better grammar and etiquette than you.

Dont forget about the map editor, bots, time travel, the covenant individual home worlds too.

Some ideas are pretty out there, it is getting old to see so many posts about the same thing with a different title.

I like to speculate, but I keep it to myself USUALLY. I dont need the cred of 1st omg usuckorz 1st my ideas yadda yadda these little kids want so badly.

I want a great game, with a lot of MP maps. Thats all. I really dont see how they could screw it up.

  • 06.22.2006 7:54 PM PDT

Halo's a hell of a drug.

people will flame bungie regardless if everything we asked for is put in H3 or not. Some people are jerks, but the point is this, it's kind of pointless to come to the Halo 3 forums and complain about people talking about the game and hyping it up. The game isn't even out what else are we supposed to talk about on this board. We've only seen one video and there's only so much you can talk about the video. So the next step is just to talk about what we would like to see.

I wasn't dissapointed in Halo 2 because all the stuff that was discussed in the boards wasn't included. I was dissapointed in Halo 2 because the ending was a cliff hanger.

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  • 06.22.2006 7:55 PM PDT
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W was my responce to your quiery

  • 06.22.2006 7:57 PM PDT
Subject: When it comes down to Halo...
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When it comes down to Halo, there is never enough hype, there is only record breaking sales, and angry fans.

  • 06.22.2006 7:58 PM PDT
Subject: Quit overhyping yourselves!
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this hype is getting anoyying.. seriously.. DW rockets and shotty or things like that is just ridiculous.. ive also seen stupid things that should never be even thought of.. yes please think before oyu want osmehting in the game. yuor not a game programmer/designer and wanna know why? cause the ideas you try to throw involve the words... i wanna be a grunt.. dont see any problems ....grunts teh coolest.

  • 06.22.2006 7:59 PM PDT
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I admit I was dissappointed by Halo 2 and that's only because of the Bungie staff talking about how we could drive all over the human city, climb up the stairwells of the buildings and snipe, drive Covenant transport buses and numerous other things.

The E3 demo two years ago supported these claims.

The sort of hype that we generate here is taken with salt. Nobody really believes we'll be able to dual wield shotguns and rocket launchers but some people can dream.

If they manage to put what they promised in Halo 2 into Halo 3 I'll be happy enough.

  • 06.22.2006 8:03 PM PDT
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I personally like getting hyped up. It's something to do while i wait for the game to be released. I know 90% of the things we are predicting won't come true but it's still fun coming up with ideas.

If you don't want anyone coming up with ideas whats the point of these forums?

  • 06.22.2006 8:18 PM PDT
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Halo 2 was overhyped, but I avoided the hype and I loved every moment of it. Lots of people hated the storyline going on the covenant side of things or the cliffhanger ending but I LOVED it. It set things up so perfectly for Halo 3. It gives us nothing to go on for Halo 3 so we are all utterly astounded when we first see it. So, I say that Halo 3 can be overhyped (and will be), but I usually don't read those crazy theories and I know that Bungie will amaze me again.

  • 06.22.2006 8:27 PM PDT