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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update
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I must admit that that vid was funny.

Sorry Bungie....

  • 12.08.2006 7:38 PM PDT
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I pre-ordered the lagendary version.............guy at store didnt know if the legend mc helmet comes with the making of halo 3 disc...if anyone knows can u tell me plzzzzz

  • 12.08.2006 7:57 PM PDT
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Nice update. And great job on the trailer, it's probably the best 60-second game trailer ever.
That edited version of it was funny...

[Edited on 12/8/2006]

  • 12.08.2006 8:09 PM PDT
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hm, i watched the trailer a few times, and noticed a few things. (if other ppl said them then sry, but i dont have time to read 5 pages of comments).

1: The only enemies in the stories are brutes
2: The brutes seem to have a new chief tain who have a hammer similar or same to that of tartarus'. he, like tartarus, have a mohawk. difference is that the new brute's is red and tartarus' was grey.
3: ZOMG, we get a see chief's face a little!!!! in the dark of course.. (i am 99.999% sure the boy in the beginning of the clip was chief in his childhood)
4. Chief was dozzing off (persumably knocked out cold) and relieved part of his childhood, thinking there might be aliens (bet he never dreamed they would start a genecide with a humans though)
5. Humans are getting owned by the looks of it (or else the commander or whoever's in charge wouldnt call the order "FALL BACK NOW")
6. I'm pretty sure only effects served for movie purposes, but the weapon damage scale soared crazy. note when a bolt falls from the sky, probably from a banshee, makes an explosion which equal to a mortar's in the game. and the mortar just blasted everything within a enormas radius. Again, probably only for the purpose of the clip, doubt that will be embedded into the game.

Cant wait till halo3 comes out, though personally i dont have a 360, i'll just go to my friend's house. :P

  • 12.08.2006 8:15 PM PDT
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Chat briefly about the secrets contained in the spot? How about, didn't chat at all about it.

  • 12.08.2006 8:26 PM PDT
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Lol. I watched it and said to myself this, "Wow, Master cheif is a Badass."

Also, The wriaths looks awesome!

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  • 12.08.2006 8:42 PM PDT
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In response to Zijian, those "bolt's" weren't from banshees, they were from the multiple wraiths sitting at the end of the commercial. (also part of your sig. is misspelled. the correction is "Not with a bang but a whimper"). sry.

all in all i thought this commercial did exactly what Bungie hoped it would do. provoke more interest in the game. it sure worked for me. this spot brings up tons of new questions (we're all wondering about the shield grenade) and i for one hope they DO include it in the campaign, but DO NOT include it in the multiplayer. I think that would detract too much from the Halo style of play that we have all come to know and love. (just my opinion im sure there are those that would disagree). I can't wait for more scraps from Bungie's table and intend to be first in line for H3 Legendary Edition in my home town, just like I was for H2.

  • 12.08.2006 9:16 PM PDT
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Ahahahahaahaha, That video was Awesome!

  • 12.08.2006 9:18 PM PDT
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i agree thats crap if they put it in multi player ( which they pprobably will ) but it would be cool in co-op and you and ur team mate could make one big bubble by joinging them and run thru aliens

  • 12.08.2006 9:24 PM PDT
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did any one notice the cloud when M.C. puts his gun on his back and think about that big huge cloud wasin the other halo3 thing so maybe this new comercial was like a prequal to the other halo3 comercial,so maybe that big cloud thing opens the arc( ? )

  • 12.08.2006 9:30 PM PDT
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I really doubt the shield "grenade" will be used constantly in-game, if it does actually make it to the final product. Let's not forget that it's an object and typically in the Halo games you cant carry a huge amount of anything like grenades or weapons. Also, using the X button simply for that would be a waste of a surprise (since it could be used similarly to a grenade (yes I know it's not one)) so that's doubtful.

For anyone complaining that it could ruin the game if used, if it's really that bad then Bungie will discover this during the public beta and remove it.

Really though, I cant see it being used, I doubt anyone could anticipate a grenade or projectile explosion early enough to use it effectively, and if used to stop gunfire then the player will essentially be trapping themselves. If anything it would be used for blocking doorways and other general abuse, something I'm sure bungie are already aware of.

  • 12.08.2006 9:32 PM PDT
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Come on, you answered all direct questions (yes or no) about the first trailer. I DONNOT CARE ABOUT DIGITAL DOMAIN!!! Is the kid the chief? (yes) Are those brutes? Is the sheild grenade triggered by the X button? Come on my patience runs thin.

  • 12.08.2006 9:36 PM PDT
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Dumb update

  • 12.08.2006 9:37 PM PDT
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if you look closely at the end, there is not one single elite in the crowd, they are all in fact brutes. and if you have a really good eye, the main brute in the middle has the hammer of rukt, the same hammer that, you guessed it, tartarus had in the 2nd halo. it appears as some punk-ass wannabe has taken his place. the wraiths also seem to be completly redesigned, the front, fin like parts appear to be curved forward instead of backwards. also, the kids in the beginning of the scene seem to be when the spartan program was first launched, john and kelly as kids, they might delve into the chiefs past a bit, or kelly may be back, dun dun duuuuuu, sweet co-op awsomeness right there ^_^ granted i havent read the whole ghosts of onyx yet so kelly may be dead, but who knows, maybe a spartan 3 :D

  • 12.08.2006 9:39 PM PDT
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I agree with Unstopable Sayain dont care about Digital Domain, what they've done or what they're planning to do, and thats what the entire update is about. What a load.

  • 12.08.2006 9:40 PM PDT
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oh my god! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 that youtube vid is FUNNY AS! hell yeah, man! by the way, bungie (crying with laughter) you ever heard of the saying that banning a thing is the best way to advertise it? AH HA HA HA HA HA HA! omg, i still cant stop laughing..... STUCK YOU! (i am playing h2 with friends on xbox while typing this post lol)

  • 12.08.2006 9:50 PM PDT
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Great update, the more news, the better. there is multiple mockeries of the halo 3 ad. thats rediculous. anyway, i thought that the two children at the begining were CG, very good CG. but then i read that they were actual actors. regardless, the halo 3 ad was amazing. who ever doesnt like it can suffer pain!

  • 12.08.2006 9:51 PM PDT

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if you look closely at the end, there is not one single elite in the crowd, they are all in fact brutes. and if you have a really good eye, the main brute in the middle has the hammer of rukt, the same hammer that, you guessed it, tartarus had in the 2nd halo. it appears as some punk-ass wannabe has taken his place. the wraiths also seem to be completly redesigned, the front, fin like parts appear to be curved forward instead of backwards. also, the kids in the beginning of the scene seem to be when the spartan program was first launched, john and kelly as kids, they might delve into the chiefs past a bit, or kelly may be back, dun dun duuuuuu, sweet co-op awsomeness right there ^_^ granted i havent read the whole ghosts of onyx yet so kelly may be dead, but who knows, maybe a spartan 3 :D


SOMEWHAT OF A SPOILER IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED GHOST OF ONYX:

well I have finished the book and I can tell you that she is not dead and not a spartan 3 she is still wears spartan 2 armor, but there is a problem, the whole crew (I will not say who) who survives on Onyx, including Kelly, is rather stuck. Read the book to find out how.

  • 12.08.2006 9:52 PM PDT
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OMG, Those kids were real? Wow!, thanks to everyone who made this trailer possible, you guys rock! I can't wit for this game to come out. Nice update!

  • 12.08.2006 10:08 PM PDT
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Um... you guys DO realise, that the shield grenade is in fact what will balance the spartan laser? The Spartan laser takes a few seconds to charge, before it completely destroys someone, in that time, you have jsut a few seconds to realise someones chargin' thar lazar at you, throw down the nade, and hope for the best. Also, since we'll have 2 frag nades, 2 plasma nades and 2 spike nades, woudlnt that mean that, most likely, your only going to be able to hold one shield nade at a time?
Say you see a team mate whos about to get 'lazowned', you can possibly save his ass with your nade, could be interesting gameplay. It wont be a 4 per person thing that will get raped and noobed all over the place. It'll be like 1 per person, or possibly, it even replaces the overshield.

I think its a smart move to balance out the new heavy weapon. Chances are the shield would only last a second or two. You may even be immobile while in the shield, a sitting duck for a moment, while people can coordinate, reload and plan an after attack on you. You certainly wont be able to shoot out of it.

I think its fine, please consider the most possible options before j00 noobs go blowing your cherries all over the place.

  • 12.08.2006 10:15 PM PDT

Wait, you actually checked this?

Will you be my friend?

You guys need to make some screenshots from that commercial so I can put 'em on my desktop.

  • 12.08.2006 10:16 PM PDT
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Very cool :^)

  • 12.08.2006 10:40 PM PDT
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niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee =]

  • 12.08.2006 11:52 PM PDT
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Oh noes! Reading some of these posts it would seem that some of the 'special' people from the Halo 3 forum have begun to overflow to different areas of the forums (i.e This main news thread)

Bungie.net is doomed!!

Good update btw... finally getting excited about a new Halo game again! 2007 is very very close to boot :D

  • 12.08.2006 11:53 PM PDT
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First thing I want to say is that you mispelled TO in around the first paragraph somewhere around the last sentence. You just wrote t and no o whats up with that fast typing or something. Come on thats not even a hard word. lmao
What type of guns do the brutes have they look like automatics to me. I try to pause the video right where the brutes turn on the vid. but the darn thing moves to fast. I got it on 360 and man it looks freaken sweet. I really couldn't tell that the first part of the video was not cinematic or animeted because it looked so sweet on my tv but then I looked it up on the web and I saw the helmet change polygons and I told my brother about it. he was like I thing the color of it changed on the internet one but not much on the 360 one. So thats my explanation of my first site of the vid.
Does the slow mo movements of the chief in the beginning indicate that when you get hurt that the camera willl do a slow mo style in game?
That would be sweet if it was like for just like 2 fast seconds and returned back to normal like super fast.
It's late and I can't think anymore so I am headed for my snooz, I'll edit this if something comes up or something.




  • 12.09.2006 12:11 AM PDT