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Since I don't have anything else to say, I'll say this: Great update!

Even if I don't really mean it.

(Just Kidding).

I actually like this update. It makes me feel a little better about Peter Kackson making a Halo Game...

I was picturing this: We start the game off as Sergeant Johnson in First Person mode. We don't have any weapons.but along the way, a Marine finds a stick and tosses it to you. You get to use this stick maybe once or twice by stabbing a grunt that comes out of the water mysteriously.

After you accomplish this, you get to play as a Brute in third person, while jumping endlessly.

Too bad it doesn't sound like it will turn out that way... Because I really enjoyed King Kong.

-6U

  • 09.29.2006 9:25 PM PDT
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mmm... good i gess

  • 09.29.2006 9:39 PM PDT
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wow, that's the first I've heard of Halo Wars...

From that Trailer, it looks like how I'd envision a Call of Duty type Halo game, dealing with normal, Non-SPARTAN soldiers.

Call of Duty 2 was my first experience with the CoD series, (BIA is better though...) and it really just grabbed me by the balls, and dragged me down the road, gleefully (and painfully at times) screaming.

I'd like to see a seperate game-certainly not Halo 3 ofcourse, only the Chief, and the Arbiter need to be the playable characters there, but maybe Jackson's project, or someone else's set in the Halo universe, that puts you in the shoes of GI Joe UNSC Marine, circa 2552 AD.

Ofcourse, nothing's set in stone for you guys...I'm just throwing ideas out.

  • 09.29.2006 9:43 PM PDT
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Frankie since u and Ensemble seem to be good friends can u pls tell them that their trailer happens to be a little OFF. In that time era of the Halo Univers the spartans didnt have there upgraded armour yet and THEY DIDNT HAVE BRs so could u pls let them now of their error thank u.

  • 09.29.2006 10:14 PM PDT
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wow a halo movie halo 3, halo wars, and now peter jackson is makin a halo game my mind is blown can't wait. Hope Halo Wars comes to pc sometime soon after the 360

  • 09.29.2006 10:36 PM PDT

(10:19:49 PM) Scruss: oh and pezza, i saw what you did to that cat
(10:20:17 PM) Pezza: You were the one with the video camera breathing heavily. Of course you saw.

Cool update KP.

  • 09.29.2006 11:09 PM PDT

I wonder if the Wolf thinks the Moon listens when he howls at it.

the new rts-Halo Wars. i think there is a good chance that it might come out for pc. its not a bungie game so those chances are diminished but since its an rts there is still somewhat of a good chance halo wars could make its way to the pc.

  • 09.29.2006 11:25 PM PDT
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A nice update, guys; some good-looking "Halo Cakes" as well.

  • 09.29.2006 11:31 PM PDT
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I must say, no one else touched on it, I'm a bit upset that bungie is very impressed with Gears of War graphics.

I mean, I most definately am impressed; but these guys have Halo 3 in their sights every day, and GoW was definately better looking than the Halo 3 trailer.

*cringes*

I really hope it is the best looking game on the 360 when it comes out; and I really hope someday they redevelop the old games around the final engine. Only a few game companies have done that, it would be so awsome.

I really miss parts of Halo 1. Would love to see it in high def and on XBL :)

  • 09.30.2006 12:52 AM PDT

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Will there be some live achievments on Halo 2 Vista???

  • 09.30.2006 1:29 AM PDT
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do something interesting w/ h2 matchmaking please.

  • 09.30.2006 2:06 AM PDT
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(I really don´t want to be inpolite,but...) This is it!I´m totally upset from that mother******* Xbox 360.Ok,make games for it,but for christ´s sake,RTS???!!!What do you think PC is here for???Please,stop making RTS for Xbox beacause it´s the dumbest idea I´ve ever seen.

Btw,great update...very informative and long. ;) Keep going.

  • 09.30.2006 2:48 AM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
You'll have to excuse Frankie, he was geeking out on pretty HD DVD pictures.

Seriously though, you guys need to get a little perspective. Here are two facts about Halo 3 for you:

1. Halo 3 will not be released until an unspecified date in 2007.
2. There will be very little concrete news on Halo 3 for a while (see 1).

So, given those to facts, sometimes there isn't going to be much to talk about in a Weekly Update that is related to Halo 3. But, considering that it is the Bungie Weekly Update and not the Halo 3 Weekly Update, that's okay. This week, the goings on at X06 were the big news. In addition to our announcements, some of the community team are there at the event, so it is logical to assume that some of the Update is going to be about what they see there.

I suggest all of you whining about the lack of Halo 3 content in this (or any other) week's update suck it up and realize that significant Halo 3 news is unlikely to appear in the weekly update. That is not its purpose. The purpose of the weekly update is to keep at less some communication to you while we're in these media blackout periods during development. Some news is better than none, and frankly, it is far easier to for us to do nothing than to listen to people complain because we didn't have any Halo 3 news to talk about.


Hey Achronos,

Let's say I swallow the observation that Frankie is simply that interested in HD technology. Well, doesn't change the fact that by gushing about it's various qualities and price over here on the Bungie Weekly Update he is advertising the thing. If I know that... he knows that.

Putting that aside, I never focused only on a lack of Halo 3 information.

I simply said that the Bungie Weekly What's Update should be about Bungie related happenings. Sure, Frankie was at X06. He likes the HD DVD Player.... great. In fact, he's right to like it... it's very good.

But this site and the Weekly Updates are for the people who visit Bungie.net to learn more about Bungie and this Bungie community we're all at such pains to maintain. I am here, reading the update, so that I can enjoy some interesting facts ranging from work on ALL Bungie related projects and various happenings in the Bungie world.

With that in mind, when I read an update that looks suspiciously like PR for Microsoft products, I start to concern myself that Bungie may be cynically using their updates for purposes beyond their proposed function.

All I'm saying is that it'd be nice if you guys didn't do that.... intentionally or otherwise. Of course, you could choose to tell me that you'll do what the hell you'll like. That's entirely legitimate too. I'm just speaking from my perspective of a guy who is interested in Bungie and wants to feel like Bungie is interested in him... for reasons that extend beyond my wallet.

  • 09.30.2006 3:09 AM PDT

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Maybe i'm easy to please, but i always like the Bungie Weekly Updates :D

dude, that Halo Wars trailer was a whole different type of awesome to the Halo 3 one.

btw, since the trailer used some ingame models, and Ensemble are liasing very closely with Bungie, can we assume that the warthog will look THAT GOOD in Halo 3? Cus, seriously, those are some -blam!-in' warthogs.

Oh, and i like how the marine armour is highly reminisent of the Halo 1 marine armour :) continuity oh yeah!

Edit: i think i'll watch the Halo Wars trailer again now :)

[Edited on 9/30/2006]

  • 09.30.2006 3:36 AM PDT
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1)The armour could be degraded instead of updated.
2) Maybe the Assault Rifle was just for the Pillar of Autumn and a few other things... Like the Halo 1 pistol was supposed to be just for the Pillar of Autumn's crew. Even if I'm wrong about the AR thing, how do you know they didn't have BR55's back then?

Forgot to quote Blade 1469..

[Edited on 9/30/2006]

  • 09.30.2006 5:12 AM PDT

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We also spent some time playing the games of our friends and partners – and jaws were dropped when we tried out some four player death match on Gears of War. Crikey, those are some startling graphics and the huge, impossibly detailed multiplayer levels had us gasping.

Alan Wake is also a graphical powerhouse, with the most realistic environments and lighting I have ever laid eyes on.


does this mean they are better then halo 3?

  • 09.30.2006 7:16 AM PDT
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Nice update, I cant wait to see what that other Halo game is all about...

  • 09.30.2006 8:44 AM PDT
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Posted by: Bunqie Jump
We also spent some time playing the games of our friends and partners – and jaws were dropped when we tried out some four player death match on Gears of War. Crikey, those are some startling graphics and the huge, impossibly detailed multiplayer levels had us gasping.

Alan Wake is also a graphical powerhouse, with the most realistic environments and lighting I have ever laid eyes on.


does this mean they are better then halo 3?


DUH! Of course not! I mean, im sure they're good, but its just a given that Halo 3 will be the best. There was no reason to say anything.

  • 09.30.2006 8:45 AM PDT
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Posted by: The Gunshark 360
I really hate to do this but it needs to be said: that update was just regurgitated information from X06.
Gunshark. Out!


Duh ! Its supposed to be. Most of you should just be taken out back and simply shot in the head! What a waste of 5 pages, almost nothing but complaining and I don't think I've seen so much pwnage from the moderators in any thread. GET A CLUE. I will break out the chalk board for most of "you". Chalkboard below.

This site = Bungie Weekly Update !
This Site does NOT = Halo 3 weekly update !

2 + 2 = 4
2 + 2 does NOT = whatever "you" want it to =

Anyway, My only concern about the Update is the whole "GOW" thingy. Am I the only one who thinks this seems to be alittle "Brute Force-ish" as far as Bungie helping promote "Gears Of War". I mean the same thing happened with "Brute Force" when Bungie got involved and that game ended up being absolutely Horrible, and Bungie backed that game up as well saying all the same good stuff that they have said about "Gears Of War". I actually was looking forward to "GOW" but now that I see that Bungie is sorta promoting it or helping promote it obviously, I think the game is going to fly off the shelves and then Bite The Big One ! Just like Brute Force did. What a waste, and I though the game was gonna rock! No wonder it is taking so long to release, I mean it's already almost a year late as it is. Any game that is announced, then takes so damn long to release, must have some major problems. Once again, this only reminds me of what happened with "Brute Force". "GOW" seems to be taking the exact same course before release. I will keep my fingers crossed and hope for atleast a few good hours of gaming from "GOW", but i wouldn't get too excited just cause Bungie says it "Pwns" or because Frankie pwned someone else at it, doesn't make it a good game as of yet.

"HALO WARS" However Looks absolutely amazing, The Spartans....OMFG! Best looking Spartans I've seen so Far(<--Opinion). Tough, Rugged, and nothing comical about them at all. I've always said in Halo 2, The MC looked alittle Like a Turtle and seemed as if he had sort of a "Smile" on, which made it hard for me to take him seriously. Those Spartans in "HALO WARS" look simply Military and as if they really mean business. The Idea of Halo in an "RTS" I think is an awesome thing to bring to the table. I think I may be looking forward to "Halo Wars" more than Halo 3.

Halo Battles on a Galactic scale !!!!!!!! Holy -blam!- !

Great Update, and Nice Pwnage by KP and Achronos. Good Job !

  • 09.30.2006 9:12 AM PDT
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so I'm excited to see what Ensemble can do to realize the original vision of Halo, which was in fact an RTS, then a third person action and then finally the FPS that we know and love today.

thats what kp said. "then a third person action". could that be peter jacksons project?

  • 09.30.2006 9:51 AM PDT
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This was the best way of telling us absolutely nothing about Halo 3 yet!

The only things I know about Halo 3 is that there is an AR, and that there is not a Halo 1 pistol equivalent because of "testing". Excluding the 100 servers of Halo 1 xbc that were running at any given moment before Halo 1. Its as if Halo 1 wasn't really a good game and Halo 2 was the smash hit that defined the xbox. Basically every element of Halo 1 gameplay was changed in someway. I mean I'll be honest. Before I extensively had the pleasure of xbox live and halo 2 I didn't really know what made halo 1 a great game either. So I can't just point fingers. Just dissapoints me that massive Halo 1 LANs have been replaced by the occasional dude going to an MLG tournament. Halo 1 was one of the greatest games ever. Bungie tried something new with Halo 2. They changed the weapons, basically every weapon. They changed grenades. They changed the damage scheme. They changed the central weapon scheme from the pistol to the BR. With a weaker weapon this was to force the use of other weapons. It really made big maps no fun to play. They changed vehicle damage. No longer could you rocket a full warthog, then jump in and launch a couter attack. Sniping no longer required leading, just host. Was it a mistake to change EVERYTHING? Not really. Is it a mistake to be ignorant to the flaws of Halo 2? Yes. I get a little discouraged when it doesn't really seem like Bungie acknowledges the flaws of Halo 2. Whats the difference between an online game of Halo 1 2v2 ctf BG and an online game of 2v2 ctf Coag? The second one is no fun.


Sorry I'm ranting.

Horrible update(for Halo 3) as usual. Seems we hear news about every Halo related project except Halo 3. Its like forced advertising for the other projects.

random person: yay! halo 3! you update me on it weekly! ima read dat
bungie: er... can I tell you about Halo 3 with using Peter Jackson's name every 30 seconds?
random person: no
bungie: too bad

But hey! Halo 3 has an AR!

  • 09.30.2006 10:11 AM PDT

A mythic member but I speak my mind to much.

Bungie I like the info about the new halo games being released but I was some product placement going on there.

  • 09.30.2006 11:07 AM PDT
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ZOMG like that was the greatest update of all time. The cake made me so hungry OMG!!!!11

I'm kidding. Actually that was a really bad update. but who the hell cares what i think.
:/

  • 09.30.2006 11:23 AM PDT
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Nice update, I was kind of confused at first because it had the same picture as "Bungie's X06 Announcements". I have just skimmed through it for new stuff but couldn't find any. The cake did not appeal to me, sure it has a cool design but it's not looking like a cake. More like a castle built from clay.

  • 09.30.2006 11:40 AM PDT
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OMGOMG HALOWARS IS GONNA BE SO COOL. WILL DA SCARAB BE IN IT. WUT ABOUT THE ARBITER WEN DOES IT COME OUT. THATS SO AWESOME THAT IT IS ONLY FOR THE 360.



Gee that thing getting shot down by the banshees in the trailer looks awefully familiar. I Can't seem to remember where I've seen it before. Oh yeah it was from the halogen mod.

  • 09.30.2006 11:49 AM PDT