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i cant really get mad at bungie for releasing the halo 2 maps this way it makes financial sense. Besides, is there realy anyone here who wasnt going to eventually buy a 360 for halo 3 anyways?

  • 11.15.2006 1:26 PM PDT
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Wow, I guess that its true that no matter what you give people, someone will always find something to complain about.
I have a question for Bungie, how do you take all this -blam!- without saying anything back?
Either way it was a good update. I can't wait for the new maps and Beta test.

(Also, a tip for saving up money, in order to afford a 360 I just rode my bike instead of my car to work everday for a few months, you'd be surprised at how much gas money alone costs (not to mention car insurance payments), you'd also be surprised at how far a bikes range is I could easily do 20 miles in 2.5 hours. And if the bike thing doesn't work out there's probably some way you can cut payments if you really want to.)

  • 11.15.2006 1:30 PM PDT

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omg. My boxXorz are officially RoxXorz'd

  • 11.15.2006 1:31 PM PDT
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OMG! I LOVE BUNGIE! THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR SINCE FOREVER!

  • 11.15.2006 1:31 PM PDT
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I like the screenshot and everything, its good but also bad. It looks like you guys are still using the same graphics engine that you used in halo 2...which is a bad thing. if you look back at halo 1 and its graphics, it was better than halo 2. The detail put into the MCs armor(cracks, and differents shades of green) the terrain, vehicles and so on, made the game look so much better than any other game out there. i noticed in halo 2 you guys did not put any fine detail into the MC and especially the terrain. I mean sure it looked fine from far away, but when you got close it wasnt to great. im not sure if its because of the graphics system you used or what but i liked halo 1s graphics the best. BRING BACK THE PISTOL

  • 11.15.2006 1:32 PM PDT
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i can't believe everyone liked the new screenshot. i think it totally blows. i expected e3 quality. this is certainly not. the whole body is completely chunky and over textured. the visor looks like jell-o, with hardly any reflection and an overdose of gold tint. the assault rifle is bland and jagged. and the way light falls on his hands... ugh. what happened to the whole "reflected light" thing, bungie? the 360 can do so much more. i really hope this improves. on the other hand, i am totally psyched about beta. but will it cost money? do you need to have gold? how long will it last?

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  • 11.15.2006 1:33 PM PDT
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great post

  • 11.15.2006 1:35 PM PDT

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This new content is going to be awesome. I am almost at the amount I've been saving up to get Vista, one of the major reason's being H2 of course. And a multiplayer demo next year? That'll rule for sure, but I hope they throw a little bit of single player stuff in there as well.

  • 11.15.2006 1:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: ImYourDaddy1122
i can't believe everyone liked the new screenshot. i think it totally blows. i expected e3 quality. this is certainly not. the whole body is completely chunky and over textured. the visor looks like jell-o, with hardly any reflection and an overdose of gold tint. the assault rifle is bland and jagged. and the way light falls on his hands... ugh. what happened to the whole "reflected light" thing, bungie? the 360 can do so much more. i really hope this improves. on the other hand, i am totally psyched about beta. but will it cost money? do you need to have gold? how long will it last?


Sorry for the double post, but I'm sorry to hear that you don't like the UNFINISHED GRAPHICS YOU RETARD. My gosh, people, they've said this a thousand times, they're not done. Don't complain because you got to see new H3 stuff and don't like the way it looks. IT'S NOT DONE! Have some f***ing patience.

  • 11.15.2006 1:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: irishproud34
i cant really get mad at bungie for releasing the halo 2 maps this way it makes financial sense. Besides, is there realy anyone here who wasnt going to eventually buy a 360 for halo 3 anyways?


Thank you for saying that. All these angry replies about the maps only coming out on the 360 are making me mad, first because it was mentioned immediately after the announcement in the update, and they apologized, and also because they also said that they had NO CONTROL over the fact that the maps will be 360 only.
MS probably made that decision because the XBOX (the first one) is now obsolete. Just like any other console, it got overwritten by the next generation of itself. You can't expect it to stay alive. I understand that Halo 2 is an XBOX game, but MS also has changed their system of payment for the 360, so it'd be difficult if not impossible to allow the content on both. And why deny the maps to the future of gaming while allowing them to the past? I think it's completely justified.
Besides, everyone posting in here wants a 360 for Halo 3 if they don't already have one.

And am I the only one who doesn't want to participate in the Public Beta? I like knowing parts of the game, but I love the surprise and the thrill when I play the game for the first time. If I play the Beta, that thrill won't be there.

  • 11.15.2006 1:41 PM PDT
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*squeals in delight*

  • 11.15.2006 1:42 PM PDT
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NEED MORE H3 INFO + PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 11.15.2006 1:42 PM PDT
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this is to all the moderators and the bungie team. Just a shot in the dark, but you think that it would be possible to have a cammcial contest? (meaning you give us footage/images and then the halo nation can give their spin on what the footage is doing by making a commercial for you. And the best gets to be air on tv, or over XBL. just a thought.... -=)

  • 11.15.2006 1:42 PM PDT
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I thought the picture was good for how much time bungie has left to finish and polish the game. Some questions. Why is there a power button on the rifle? Could it be the Spartan laser? Does it turn on the Spartan laser if it is that?

  • 11.15.2006 1:42 PM PDT

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Posted by: ImYourDaddy1122
i can't believe everyone liked the new screenshot. i think it totally blows. i expected e3 quality. this is certainly not. the whole body is completely chunky and over textured. the visor looks like jell-o, with hardly any reflection and an overdose of gold tint. the assault rifle is bland and jagged. and the way light falls on his hands... ugh. what happened to the whole "reflected light" thing, bungie? the 360 can do so much more. i really hope this improves. on the other hand, i am totally psyched about beta. but will it cost money? do you need to have gold? how long will it last?


note that the game is nearly a year from release! most of the light, texture and shader models arent in place xD

  • 11.15.2006 1:44 PM PDT
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New maps r good, but i kinda wanted them a little earlier. Christmas guys that's wen to get the 360. and if u dont celebrate that well.... everyone has a birthday. Big improvement on the graphics even if theyre not finished.

  • 11.15.2006 1:44 PM PDT
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if u look in MC visor u can almost c something in it. almost looks like another spartan

  • 11.15.2006 1:44 PM PDT
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"My Question to is this: Why would Bungie (Microsoft) give new maps to those still using a xbox?"

Because Halo 2 originally came out on XBOX.

  • 11.15.2006 1:44 PM PDT
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If u look really close u can make out the shape of a grunt and it looks like he doesn't have his mask on. So maybe we went with the Elites to the Grunt homeworld to get the grunts to fully join the humans, thats why MC isnt shootin the grunt.

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Posted by: MaStAChIeF1684


Sorry for the double post, but I'm sorry to hear that you don't like the UNFINISHED GRAPHICS YOU RETARD. My gosh, people, they've said this a thousand times, they're not done. Don't complain because you got to see new H3 stuff and don't like the way it looks. IT'S NOT DONE! Have some f***ing patience.


i'm fully aware it's not done. hence the "i hope this improves". i was just really dissapointed, and then, when reading through this thread, to see "OMFG this is the awesomest screen ever" i couldnt find what people liked in it. good god, chill out. i have every right to complain about a screen that looks like hell.

  • 11.15.2006 1:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: Duchum90
I thought the picture was good for how much time bungie has left to finish and polish the game. Some questions. Why is there a power button on the rifle? Could it be the Spartan laser? Does it turn on the Spartan laser if it is that?


No IT TURNS ON THE FLASHLIGHT. The Halo 1 AR has it also.

  • 11.15.2006 1:48 PM PDT

What's up? I'm Anthony, from Maryland. I play a lot of video games, too many. Enjoying the Halo Reach Beat right now. Also Halo was kind of my life from the age of 11-14.

Happy B-Day Halo~! Great news on the commercial, new maps, and Halo Wars. I cant wait to get my 360 in a few weeks. I'm sure the annuoncement for the Halo 3 commercial will bring the total audience for Monday night football way UP !

  • 11.15.2006 1:48 PM PDT

lol, i see the marathon logo, snap

  • 11.15.2006 1:50 PM PDT

What's up? I'm Anthony, from Maryland. I play a lot of video games, too many. Enjoying the Halo Reach Beat right now. Also Halo was kind of my life from the age of 11-14.

Also because people who dont have a 360 yet deserve the content too !!

  • 11.15.2006 1:50 PM PDT