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Subject: Housten...we have contact.
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how was it cause I went ot sleep and forgot damn i'm so stupid

  • 12.20.2006 4:22 PM PDT
Subject: Et 2am Brute?

Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth, you'd get a lot of free games.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

Dude, I totally saw that Twilight Zone episode last week. Those Gremlins are so funny.

  • 12.20.2006 4:41 PM PDT
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About the Grunts, I think there will still be a significant amout of them still in the covanent (not with the elites) mainly because there only in the covenant because they have to be anyway, and I'm sure the prophets would glass there planet if they all crossed over. BUT, it would make sence to stay with the Elites, because they treat grunts like crap, but I'm sure Brutes are worse to them.

Considering the redesign of the Brute, I predict playable Brutes in Multiplayer, hopefully Elites get ahh...downgrade to make them more menacing/cool looking like in halo 1. Also I don't see why you can't play as a Marine or ODST in Multi also aside from them being in alot smaller, but definatly Brutes.

  • 12.20.2006 4:43 PM PDT
Subject: Et 2am Brute?
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Believe

My gametag is not sparda34b, it was an error, gamertag is Sparda3b.

wait I dont get it are the grunts with the brutes or not or is it unknown.

  • 12.20.2006 4:46 PM PDT
Subject: Hammers and stuff

The names Mark. Skidmark.

Dude, you guys aren't even getting excited about the possibility to HAMMER people's FACES. If we get to HAMMER people's FACES then everything will be ok.

Yes.

  • 12.20.2006 4:48 PM PDT
Subject: Et 2am Brute?
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"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something, but I can't accept not trying." - M. Jordan

See, even the animators and artist agree Halo 2 was not fun to play. I have to say I'm not easily impressed, but the video looks good. It looks more fun to kill a brute, I expected a little more in the graphics department for being a next gen game. I understand though, the nature of the game, it takes a lot of power having all those models and crazy things going on.

Looking much better than Halo 2 ever did. I can see this is a game that wasn't just thrown together in a year. Good job.

  • 12.20.2006 4:51 PM PDT

Tell me again why I care

Totally and amazingly awesome for something that was made months ago and i like how the brutes are just easy level ones

  • 12.20.2006 5:06 PM PDT
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Dear Frankie:
I think you are really neat. My question is this. How did you become so awesome? Or is it just something your born with?

Oh, and, is the Brute's blood really going to be green? Cause that would be awesome.

  • 12.20.2006 5:13 PM PDT

About the Brute pulling the arms off the Marine -

Try stretching a rubber band, and then to let go of both ends at the same time. It's extremely hard to do.

Similarly, I believe that one shoulder would be just a bit more robust than the other, especially because of left- or right-handedness: if one is right-handed, one tends to use their right arm more. Unless one is truly ambidextrous, one arm would be stronger than the other, and therefore resist such damage a bit better.

If both arms are pulled, I believe that only one would separate, and the other would just be severely dislocated.

tl;dr - Only one arm coming off would be a more realistic outcome. It still looks cool, either way.

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Wow, I really need to get on Live and change my character. The last game I played was around nine months ago, in a party of annoying pink Elites, just before my Xbox crapped out on me.

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  • 12.20.2006 5:23 PM PDT
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bannana i got 360 sjihucbofhb ajhubfabhafe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • 12.20.2006 5:29 PM PDT

Spartans don't die, they simply go to hell and regroup.

Looks good. Can't wait for the next one.

  • 12.20.2006 5:31 PM PDT

seeing the way those brutes look makes me change my mind about playing as one in multiplayer, there was one concept the guy had drawn on his computer that looked totally hot, it was an all gray brute that sort of remined me of the bounty hunter guys from star wars. I like the new brute designs, they dont look as primative as I thought they would, they have a nice sort of royality to them especially the chieftan (the gold armored brute) with the rapid fire cannon, I hope you can use that, and the one charging with the hammer which I also hope you can use.

I have to say Im very impressed with the amount of thought and research that went into the impovements, I really hope the AI is challenging and not annoying by being to good I mean imagine if your out numbered and trying to get your shields back and ten of them nade where your hiding :-O, I doubt it will be that bad, and besides you have that shield thing to help you out so it might not be a problem at all, it looks intresting so far keep up the good work bungie,

  • 12.20.2006 5:46 PM PDT

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Hey Frankie, I saw some pretty awesome dismemberments during the video.
Is their a possibility they won't be in the finale cut of the game?

  • 12.20.2006 5:47 PM PDT
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I saw the Brute Shot (or what looked alot like it) 4:17 into the vidoc. Can anyone else confirm this?

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  • 12.20.2006 5:50 PM PDT
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dual swords? sweeeeeeeet

  • 12.20.2006 5:54 PM PDT
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i wonder if were goin to see limbs flyin in h3, that one part where u see the brute terrin the marines arm was pretty freakin brutal n sweet. just a hope

  • 12.20.2006 5:56 PM PDT
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I loved how the animations for the brutes killing the marines........that kicked ass....

  • 12.20.2006 5:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: Proteus736
I saw the Brute Shot (or what looked alot like it) 4:17 into the vidoc. Can anyone else confirm this?


That's definetley the Brute Shot.

I hope the brutes are bit less accurate with their grenade throws... particularly now that they all throw one at once as a tactic. They threw with perfect accuracy in Halo 2, at almost any range.

I noticed that as the player was getting shot, (human) blood came out, but no sparks. Again, just like Halo 2. The Master Chief is covered in titanium armor! Their should be sparks if he gets hit while his sheilds are down, not just oozing blood... although plenty of blood is necessary.

  • 12.20.2006 6:07 PM PDT

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Are the physics (as in Ragdoll, death animations etc) placeholders in that video?

  • 12.20.2006 6:11 PM PDT
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I hope those brutes' animations for smashing marines will be in the gameplay.

If anyone has played through Half-Life 2: Episode 1, you probably noticed the kill animations Alyx does when a Zombie gets close enough. I hope that the brutes animations will work that way too for marines.

I loved the way that one guy was just slammed against the wall by the rampaging brute. But that marines arms getting torn off... that's a bit too... gory for Halo. I know that the Flood is pretty gory, but ripping apart grutesque zombies is different from ripping apart normal, un-zombified humans.

  • 12.20.2006 6:15 PM PDT
Subject: Et 2am Brute?

Decapitation...

  • 12.20.2006 6:27 PM PDT
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Frankie, Will we be able to fight elites in Halo 3?

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  • 12.20.2006 6:28 PM PDT
Subject: Et 2am Brute?

Are you planning on Marines versus Brutes being like Grunts versus the Master Chief? Cause that's going to bite... for the Humans...

  • 12.20.2006 6:46 PM PDT