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The original Perfect Dark was SO the bomb, and I bet that secret love for it was responsible for that "Goldeneye had bots" mistake in that update. Have folks played PDZ? Is it really as bad as the sales numbers seem to suggest, or is it just that Halo 2 is so much better?

Marathon games over networked Macs in college were the first SO the bomb, though. Bungie, you guys took the brilliant but crude mechanics of DOOM and produced something much better. Homebrew levels using "Forge," and all kinds of fun stuff. The only guy I knew in college who played DOOM never networked it and just spent all his time on "invincible" mode with the chainsaw. Give me a flamethrower with my Mjolnir armor anytime.

  • 07.14.2006 9:57 PM PDT
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Marty's retiring!?
NOOOOO!!!!
And I did ask for a Mister Chief....In my heart....

  • 07.14.2006 10:53 PM PDT
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That was a really good update. I enjoyed it very much.
However, I really feel Duke Nukem should have been apart of the list. Duke brought in aliens, babes, and adult content. I feel as if it was a brilliant game, and should be at least given some credit, or be noteworthy.

  • 07.14.2006 11:05 PM PDT

Missing the headshot from across Last Resort: 1 sniper round, -1 kill.
Having that round ricochet 3 times before coming straight back through my head: Priceless.

How about Mister Chief playing poker? I'm a big Texas Hold 'em player myself, so that would absolutely make my day.

Btw, nice list. I think just about all the games I would have put on there made it. You're dead-on about Doom, Goldeneye, and Halo. When Halo came out, it really was a revolution in movement around FPS. I can't wait to see what Halo 3 adds to the genre :)

[Edited on 7/14/2006]

  • 07.14.2006 11:15 PM PDT
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i agree with the duke nukem, i loved that game. Also another earlier FPS was called "NAM" for the PC, an older game but I played that a little bit too. In the end I have to admit halo really revolutionized the FPS experience for me though, and it really grabbed me and I am almost strictly an FPS player now. halo 3 should be the best game of all time in my opinion

  • 07.15.2006 12:06 AM PDT
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Listen up you guys at Bungie....thess fun and games are all good and fine, but you guys are in serious danger of losing your base. Please don't feed us this weekly update nonsense if you DO NOT actually have something relevant to report.

Look, I am a HUGE halo fan, but this has gone on long enough!

During the day, I am a scientist, but at night, I am secretly a Halo fan.

But the Halo movie has stumbled (gee, I wonder why), and the impending Halo 3 media blitz (over an over-rated video game, I'm sure of it) is on the horizon.....please, NO B.S.!!!!

  • 07.15.2006 12:43 AM PDT

I love chips!

Goldenye did not have bots, its an insult to such a game to print wrong information. Damn it Frankie do some research!

  • 07.15.2006 1:03 AM PDT
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Frankie dude, your thinking Night Fire, I had to think about it too though...STML.

Groovy update for the most part. Nice to see someone of importance actually point most of that history out to people. General old school gamers try every now and then, but the ratio is like 1/10 kids, and they get rambunctious and tag team the elders, and leave bruises on my shins like old bananas dropped out a school bus window.

Only thing I must say, and I’m really disappointed about, is that you guys are using the same voice overs from H2 in H3, am I understanding this correctly?

I don’t know about the rest of the forum (someone should start a related pole that has been beat to death on this topic once again) but the lines in H2 were totally lame dude. It was cool that you guys had thousands and all, but tone down the flamboyant marines. It was almost disturbing some times. You guys (could) make the marines more hard-core. That might mean scrapping 1/4 of the lines from H2 but it would make for a better game experience, and dont be elcheepo, add some more in there on top of the good ones from H2.

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  • 07.15.2006 2:39 AM PDT
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I love that you mentioned Marathon and its awsome story but you forgot to mention that Marathon was the first shooter to use mouse-look. It diddent work that well but it was very revolutionary at the time.

  • 07.15.2006 3:10 AM PDT
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I've just realised I could have gone to that conference, but passed up the chance because I thought it would be pretty boring. DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN :(

  • 07.15.2006 3:47 AM PDT

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Only thing I must say, and I’m really disappointed about, is that you guys are using the same voice overs from H2 in H3, am I understanding this correctly?

I don’t know about the rest of the forum (someone should start a related pole that has been beat to death on this topic once again) but the lines in H2 were totally lame dude. It was cool that you guys had thousands and all, but tone down the flamboyant marines. It was almost disturbing some times. You guys (could) make the marines more hard-core. That might mean scrapping 1/4 of the lines from H2 but it would make for a better game experience, and dont be elcheepo, add some more in there on top of the good ones from H2.

Noo, No no and NOOO! They are TEMPORARILY using the lines and music from Halo 2 during the DEVELOPMENT of Halo 3 so that it seems more fleshed out. They have, what, 15,000 lines of dialgoue in Halo 2? Why not use those in Halo 3 for TESTING purposes until the NEW dialogue and music is ready? No reason not to.

Anyway, i liked the update. Would still like to get a few more screens now and then, if it is a blurry, out-of-focus, off-screen shot, looking over someones head, while they work on some models for Halo 3.

  • 07.15.2006 5:27 AM PDT
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Update was cool
but can we atleast get a screenshot?!

"I'm getting a lil ticked off
because she hasn't even sent
me a full body shot yet" - Napoleon Dynamite
lol

And I would like to see
Master Chief In the Hood
next to me...a skull with an afro
Kickin' It Old Skool Like

HOLLA FRANKIE!

  • 07.15.2006 6:29 AM PDT
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I only have one thing to say

GOLDENEYE did not have any bots in its multiplayer

tsk tsk tsk shame, frankie, shame. I condemn you to console fps hell! (oh wait... you're there... btw we expect you to have Halo 8 ready by 2009)

  • 07.15.2006 6:34 AM PDT
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I Put Master Chief
I Meant Mister Chief
...carry on

  • 07.15.2006 6:37 AM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update

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The list was great, but GoldenEye 007 never had Bots. Perfect Dark did though.

  • 07.15.2006 7:47 AM PDT
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Who was that hot chick with Marty in the pic

  • 07.15.2006 7:48 AM PDT

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I can't believe Duke Nukem 3D didn't get any love. That had some of the best graphics for its time and it should have made the list.

  • 07.15.2006 8:46 AM PDT
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Sigh..... more filler. I guess they think that maybe if they give us enough to argue about (ie which FPS game is the best), we'll forget that instead it would be nice if they gave us some actual Halo 3 stuff. And no, a screenshot from the release video, even from different angles, does not count as new material. So I sit and wait with bated breath.... dare to dream!

  • 07.15.2006 9:54 AM PDT
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Yay! Somebody finally gave serious Sam credit! That was the game of my dreams for a year, and I still play it from time to time. Who could ever say fighting gigantic enemies and watching a cutscene of a sleigh of a hundred idiots crash into a spaceship wasn't satisfying?

  • 07.15.2006 9:58 AM PDT

Posted by: Shadowstep889
It has the word "Halo" in its title. That means an automatic campaign playthrough for me.

WE WANT HALO 3!

as in, WE WANT HALO 3 INFO! I don't want the game to be released untill it's DONE. we want it released when it's done, not because of a deadline.

[Edited on 7/15/2006]

  • 07.15.2006 10:14 AM PDT

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This is my favorite line from 300 THAT MOVIE RULEZ ALL

Nice Update frankie keep em comin wheres the whaammmbbbuuullllaaaannncccee i wouldve liked to see some more. Also about that gametype you said new but i was thinking maybe a whole playlist of low like low slayer where everyone gets 10 kills and then the games over i could see how thatd be a problem if it were ranked if it were a 4 man team then 3 would quit and 1 would get 10 kills itd be hard for the other team to get 40 kills before the 1 can get ten hmm maybe but yea justrambleing also why didnt you announce that the new nocel is coming out not the graphic novel but the other one what is it like ghost of coral i think but yea anyways nice update sorry for the ramble

  • 07.15.2006 10:49 AM PDT
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As much as I want to see more information and pics from halo 3, at the same time I don't. I appreciate Frankie doing updates like this, giving us little tidbits weekly, so that the actual game isnt ruined when it comes out. I didn't read much about halo 2 before it came out because I wanted it to be fresh, and then it's so much more rewarding (in my opinion) than if I were to scan the internet for spoilers. It'd be nice to get some screenshots, but nothing too revealing in my opinion so that the game can blow me away. In conclusion, good update!

  • 07.15.2006 11:28 AM PDT

Send me out with a bang...

I love long updates even if there isn't much Halo 3 news. It's just nice to have a Dev/Frankie talk to us common folk ;)

Pretty sure Goldeneye didn't have bots... PD did though.

Sad to hear about Marty but hey... why be sad hes a success and can enjoy it now! Always loved your work man.

My picks for FPS are small. Maybe because I'm only 23... Anyways here goes.

GoldenEye
Half-Life
Halo

Short but sweet. These are the FPS that made me stop in my tracks and just stand in awe of what I was playing :) So thanks for Halo guys!

  • 07.15.2006 11:36 AM PDT
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Nice! The Mister Chief 's.... avator is very similar to VII Toast!

  • 07.15.2006 12:17 PM PDT