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Subject: Because a comedian plays a Marine, all marines are not commedians.
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I love halo the epic story and everything i have no complaints about the game other than the minor things bungie cannot help. (cheating ect ect)

But i hope in Halo 3 the marines are a bit more serious. I mean the occasional joke is funny, when the battle is so greatly in your favor, but when they're is gun fire and its the cheif and two marines against a thousand elites i dont want to hear them constantly cracking one liners. Not to sound twisted or anything i want to hear the desperation in their voices as they pass ammo to one another or try to reinforce a line and the like. Think the E3 trailer that was cut from the game, wounded marines are everywhere and you just get the feeling that moral is just declining as more and more covenant poor into the city.


I just hope Halo 3 Has a more dark moody atmosphere thats all. The only person who should be able to laugh against overwhelming odds is Sgt Johnson.

Am i wrong here?


  • 07.09.2006 3:25 PM PDT
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Good thought. I like it. A little humor is good, but not in a desperate situation.

[Edited on 7/9/2006]

  • 07.09.2006 3:27 PM PDT
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Posted by: TheRealOneEye05
Good thought. I like it. A little humor is good, but not in a desperate situation.

  • 07.09.2006 3:28 PM PDT
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mexican marine:grunt your the perfect size....... to kiss my ass

  • 07.09.2006 3:31 PM PDT
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I agree, it seemed to me that all the marines were or were trying to be comedians. I certainly would like for there to be a few comedian marines cracking one-liners in the game now and then but having more serious marines would also add to the epic feeling that we all seem to want.

  • 07.09.2006 3:41 PM PDT
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Yeah, You got a point. I don't mind the wise cracks, but the game mind be a little better if they were more serious.

  • 07.09.2006 3:44 PM PDT

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IMMORTAL.

I want marines to be hopeless. Then their buddy dies next to him they get pissed and they get that charisma and they start fighting all badass again. Then after their victory they will crack some jokes.

  • 07.09.2006 3:46 PM PDT

when in combat, yes

but after a huge battle, seeing a marine run on top of a dead hunter and finish off his clip into it while cracking a joke would be awesome

also, against the flood if the marines lost it, maybe after a few of the squad drops dead, they could either get cold and mechanical (like Locklear in the books) or just get hysterical like the marine that you find in Halo 1- ahhh, d### it i cant remember the level- but the one marine in Halo CE that is sitting against the wall and just shoots you with his M6D till you kill him or walk away

  • 07.09.2006 3:47 PM PDT
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Yeah exatly they can have personalities but be professional.

  • 07.09.2006 3:54 PM PDT
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Dark Jester 86 is the Gamer tag.

I agree with you 100% death incarneate. I was recently playing Halo Combat Evolved through the entire game with a friend of mine, when I noticed that no jokes were being told. Halo 3 shouldn't have as much jokes, maybe witty cruel goreish sayings but constantly hearing "Uh yah so when I try to shoot I hit something" or "Take off your mask you can't be that ugly" can make one go insane and not get the proper "everything will die unless I do something" feeling. Yah just happy I'm not alone.

  • 07.09.2006 4:00 PM PDT

Rawr!

Yea, the Marines do need to toughen up a bit. I'm sick of them, to be honest. I hate their jokes.

  • 07.09.2006 4:02 PM PDT
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Yea, my problem with the marines, instead of comedy, is that when they were hurt, they didnt sound like it, they were all like, when they got shot in the face--

"oww, dammit, your gonna get toasted ugly!!"

I would like some realistic actions and quotes, the humor was refreshing, and he won an award for doing it on g-phoria or what not.

But good point, I would like some seriousness, but the humor is okay in some instances.

  • 07.09.2006 4:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: death incarneate
I love halo the epic story and everything i have no complaints about the game other than the minor things bungie cannot help. (cheating ect ect)



are you aware that its spelled "etc."???

this might help explain

  • 07.09.2006 4:08 PM PDT
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i see what ya sayin and what ya sayin is true

  • 07.09.2006 4:13 PM PDT

Johnson: Marines im going for a walk what will you tell somebody if they come looking for me
Marines: That your on the Covenant Homeworld
wading through waist deep piles of Covenant dead as you unleash you ungodly fury on their poor souls
Johnson: Your Damn Right i am
We are . We are the Shadows. We are Ghosts. We Are the Mirratord.

For the Honor of the Mirratord

exactly im a war history buff and when people see their freinds and comrades die they either go bezerk or get all ocld and start killing mercileesly or go into what civil war people called battle frenzy firing and reloading as fast as you can and lauhing like a maniac.

what would be real KICK ASS is for a marine once in a while to lose it and either drop his weapon or go berzerk and charge the enemy. now that would be awesome

  • 07.09.2006 4:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: death incarneate
I love halo the epic story and everything i have no complaints about the game other than the minor things bungie cannot help. (cheating ect ect)



are you aware that its spelled "etc."???

this might help explain



Are YOU aware that the first letter in every sentence is supposed to be capitolized? Also, there is an apostrophe in "it's". Let me explain; we started with two words, it and is. But because this is informal writing, we want to express it informally, so we omit a letter from the word is and note the omission with an apsotrophe.

Here, this might help.

Remaining on topic, I disagree with what you said. The marines have always been funny in Halo and I don't think they should change it and one of the funnest things is hearing all the hundreds of lines they have. This isn't a hardcore war-sim, I think a comedic aspect is good and the marines do it perfectly.

  • 07.09.2006 4:28 PM PDT
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I completely agree, Halo3 needs a more grim atmosphere.
Rather than,
*Marine dies*
Marine: haha, you ugly elite, die!

Lets have some,
*marine dies*
Marine: He's down, covering fire!

  • 07.09.2006 4:43 PM PDT

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IMMORTAL.

I think the marines should have diffrent personalities. A pissed off badass, a psychotic killing machine, a happy one etc.

  • 07.09.2006 4:44 PM PDT
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Marines arn't serious...Army is...

  • 07.09.2006 4:45 PM PDT
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what would be real KICK ASS is for a marine once in a while to lose it and either drop his weapon or go berzerk and charge the enemy. now that would be awesome

They do that in Halo. If a Marine is near death, he'll charge and yell senselessly at the enemy.

I agree with the topic creator. It should have more desperate feeling in Halo 3. The last stand against the Covenant. The Marines in the E3 2003 trailer has realistic combat chatter.

  • 07.09.2006 4:54 PM PDT
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I couldn't agree more. The marines should be much more serious. When I am playing Halo it is the epic story of the last Spartan (DO NOT START WITH THE -MORE SPARTANS IN HALO BECAUSE OF THE BOOKS- THING!!) fighting with the remaining earth forces whether it be on Earth or on a Halo, in an epic struggle for survival against the covenant juggernaut, until the flood, a darker enemy that is feared even by the covenant, emerges, which you have to save the entire universe from. I have never understoood all of the jokes in it. That was the one thing I liked about the E3 demo -> The general atmosphere and mood set by the wounded marines, with the lines like "No Tags", "Seems like the brass do give a -blam!-", "Two more behind that (dont remember word), im runnin low man" or "Come on, Come on, Come on!!" So they should do what real soldiers would do in that situation.
A) Help the wounded
B) Point out the enemy
C) Report things like ammo count, etc (Im running low, get me another clip *sees marine dive from one cover to another throwing a final clip of ammunition which the marine recieves in time to fight off a charging elite*
D) The occasional joke is fine, but a more serious mood would be much more emersive

So...sure my hopes are a bit high...but it would make a great game with the "darker mood" that Bungie has told us will be in this game.

They do that in Halo. If a Marine is near death, he'll charge and yell senselessly at the enemy.
The elites do that, not the marines (from what I have seen).


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  • 07.09.2006 4:56 PM PDT
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They shouldn't tell more jokes in easy. It should be like a seperately configurable option. Just because I want to experience the storyline faster on my first time through doesn't mean I want it to turn into a comedy show. I have TV for that.

  • 07.09.2006 5:07 PM PDT

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