Halo 3

There were other ways that you missed. And Crackdown's a pretty good game. Go find a used copy or something.
 
Crackdown is mad fun. Literally, the game is crazy. Just turn your brain off, go level your agility up and find a heavy machine gun. Awesome.

Beta tomorrow. H20hhhh yeah.
 
There's supposed to be a Bungie update today, detailing all sorts of beta content. I'll try and keep you guys updated :D
 
Yeah I've been going backwards and forwards to Bungie.net all afternoon looking for such. One small post appeared about the 'dramatic or subtle' changes but nothing yet.

Out at 1:00pm in England tomorrow, which means I get a niiiiice lie in before I go off to my mates to play it. Got a good number of friends coming over at different times so it's gonna be wicked. Do some Team Training with my mate first then jump into some Team Skirmish games. Fupp yeah.
 
Awesome. I'm not sure why this is awesome, as I already know pretty much all the stuff just from reading forums, but it's nice to see it presented like this. :cheers:

EDIT: Was BTB in the F&F Beta? I don't recall anyone mentioning it. Looks like it's in the Public! Hoozah!
 
Plus it looks like Bungie will be updating the Beta at a couple intervals, at least. The matchmaking playlists opened up BTB, and the playlists also control equipment and weapons, which means they could throw in the Sword and Pistol at any moment \o/
 
The Public Beta is also a little bigger than the F&F Beta, whatever that may mean.

Me and my mates have all agreed to film our first ever games and save them, then send them across to each other to laugh at how badly, or awesomly, we do in our first games.

First things first, though, and that's 6 of us going into BTB Training as we can have guests with us. :D
 
Awesome! But man, the dl times are gonna be SLOW tomorrow eh?

I've been a big fan of the needler (one of the coolest weapons in Halo IMO), so its great to hear that its become far more powerful (but no dual wield).
 
I will try it before i buy it.But it could be huge.Hopefully this time it will be good to play.
 
The first Halo with online co-op? My money says yes \o/
 
I've been playing it for almost 4 hours now and...

Meh

Too much like Halo 2 with a few good additions and more flaws (in my book).

It's pretty mindless, not team-centric and very fast paced.

Pros:

+Looks better (about the same leap from Halo 1 to Halo 2 - maybe smaller)
+No bugs (yet)
+Small changes to interface and gameplay that are kinda neat
+Spike grenades
+Bubble shield (there should be more because it doesn't come into play enough if you ask me - it's one of the few things keeping battles interesting)
+Dual wielding is all but obsolete (I thought this was a shitty addition to Halo anyways)

Cons:
-Same exact gameplay and encounters you've seen in Halo 2
-Mongoose is nothing but a ferry to beat other players to weapons or a death waiting to happen
-Shotgun is still garbage
-Sniping is still a piece of cake
-Rocket pod is surprisingly crappy
-Holding the bomb you can get 1-punch kills - I got an easy triple kill against a shotgun-user, dual wielder and assault rifle guy
-Land mines are almost useless unless you plan to shoot it right away to detonate or you're dealing with complete morons that will ignore the loud annoying sounds it makes and step on it/drive over it
-Spartan Laser needs to be balanced for obvious reasons (maybe make the charging a one-way thing - once you start charging you can't stop it or something like in Gears of War)
-Shields seem a bit too low - 1 very short burst + a melee and you have a kill (I'm not sure but I think 2 melee hits kill). Also plasma pistol charge + punch = kill :|

And one annoying thing that will hopefully only be in the beta. There are 3 ranked playlists to choose from: Rumble, Team Slayer and Team Skirmish. I play team skirmish all the time in hopes of getting one of the very few modes I like (CTF - which I have gotten ONCE). The annoying thing is - there are still a surprising amount of team slayer games that are in the team skirmish playlist. If I wanted to play team slayer I would've picked it...
 
I still can't download it from Crackdown. "Check back later to download the Halo 3 Beta." Nice.
 
I just singlehandedly won a VIP snowbound game with just getting kills with the plasma pistol. It's so goddamn easy. Just hit them with a charge shot, punch. Even if you miss just punch again. I was the VIP - I walk into a room with all their guys and punch everybody to death (after giving their VIP the charge shot).

Just silly...
 
It's still not available from crackdown ;_; bungie knew well in advance when this would happen you would think that they would make sure there wouldn't be problems with servers! :flame:
 
AmishSlayer said:
I just singlehandedly won a VIP snowbound game with just getting kills with the plasma pistol. It's so goddamn easy. Just hit them with a charge shot, punch. Even if you miss just punch again. I was the VIP - I walk into a room with all their guys and punch everybody to death (after giving their VIP the charge shot).

Just silly...
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You're the man now....dawg
 
Bungie totally let me down with Halo 2. I'm not expecting anything from Halo 3 this time. I'll play it, but I'm expecting more of the same.
 
Tyguy said:
You're the man now....dawg
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I'm not trying to brag, just saying how crazy-good the weapon is (in that mode especially).

That being said: I'm already done with the beta :|

I'm sure some of my friends will want to come over and play, but I think I'll just watch them. I'm bored of it already - Too much Territories/Crazy King/VIP and not enough of the only good modes - CTF/Assault.
 
Game types aren't going to be a problem for me - I'm entering with a group of mates so we'll veto what we don't want.

That said, doesn't look like we're going to be getting on til tomorrow. And I'm even nervous that it won't be done then. What a disappointing day.
 
GG Crackdown. I hope this gets fixed later today >: |
 
Well, if you check the Bungie site bout the crackdown problem, there is one official comment about it being up and running soon hopefully. But as of now, guesses are ranging from the next hour to next month (by members that phoned support).
 
Wanted Bob said:
Well, if you check the Bungie site bout the crackdown problem, there is one official comment about it being up and running soon hopefully. But as of now, guesses are ranging from the next hour to next month (by members that phoned support).
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Haha that would be awsome...."The beta will be back up and available for download in 4 weeks, also the beta will be ending in 3 weeks"
 
TheAntipop said:
Game types aren't going to be a problem for me - I'm entering with a group of mates so we'll veto what we don't want.
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You only get the opportunity to veto the first map/gametype and then it sticks you with the second one.
 
AmishSlayer said:
You only get the opportunity to veto the first map/gametype and then it sticks you with the second one.
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Hehehe...

Gametype: Capture the Flag on Valhalla
"Oh man, screw this"
"I had too many matches like this in Halo 2"
"veto"
"yeah veto!"
"VETO"
"VETO"

Gametype: Assault on Valhalla
"GOD DAMNIT"
 
Heh, I think the new maps look pretty cool. High Ground by far looks the best IMO, love assault gametype.

Oh, and an update to those with Crackdown, should be around 1 - 4 hours tops before the fix (look for a Live update upon bootup).
 
''We're happy to finally announce that the issues being faced with the Halo 3 beta and Crackdown will be resolved shortly. The Microsoft team has found a solution and it's undergoing final testing now.

Assuming the test pass goes according to plan, the fix will come in the form of a Crackdown title update within the next three to six hours.

We understand many of you were eagerly awaiting your chance to jump into the Halo 3 Beta and this technical issue has put a damper on your plans. Thankfully the fix is incoming and we're sincerely sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. Ultimately we hope this will all soon be a distant memory once you pick up the Spartan Laser, launch yourself from a Mancannon and enjoy online shenanigans with your friends.

As a reminder, people who already have the Halo 3 Beta are unaffected by this issue. We'll keep you posted as soon as we have more information.''

Wooo.

Also, I welcome Assault or CTF on Valhalla fo sho. :p I didn't even get bored of those both on Coag - that map was a proper challenge sometimes. High Ground looks AWESOME for attack and defence but from what I can see it looks like the defenders don't have much to defend. :\ Looootts of openings.
 
Halo 3 beta is available for download now!

You might have to go into the System tab, then Memory, then highlight your Hard Drive, press Y, then press X X LB RB X X to do system maintenance. You'll have to redownload any game updates (patches, basically, not extra content), but it'll enable the download icon in Crackdown's menu.

Plus for our troubles, the beta's extended until midnight on June 10th \o/
 
i thought the system maintenance was bs until i did it, and the download worked....
 
I'm not very impressed with Halo 3... It's the same stuff I've been playing for ages, nothing new. The graphics are very Halo 2 and nothing that really tickled my fancy (But it's just a multiplayer beta, I hope they sort it up by the time they release it)

Overall... Not very impressed.
 
I think it is great! :D in terms of MP I think 3>1>2 (despite the fact that it is a beta) Halo 3 will definitely make up for 2!!
 
I played with 0Cyberman0 a bit earlier today and the best part was dicking around with the vehicles on Valhalla :p

But now I retire from Halo 3 beta and when anybody sees me online it'll be my friends playing.

I actually don't think I'll buy the game on general principle when it comes out unless there's some REALLY cool additions to MP.

I'll just rent it for the SP and a taste of MP.
 
I finally got a go today at my mates house. Little annoyed that as he had my HDD and my Crackdown at his house overnight he's been mooching off it all day. He said I could come over from 6 til 8 as he was revising all day, but his Bungie stats page says differently. ):< I've took my game and HDD back with me now anyway in hope that my 360 comes back tomorrow, and out of petty spite. :p

Annnnyway. I would of enjoyed myself ALOT more if I wasn't with my two mates as during my first go, as I was getting used to the controls, they were constantlty in my ear shouting out what to press. As it was my first go, shouting ''IT'S RELOAD TO GET INTO VEHICLES'' isn't going to help as I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT RELOAD IS. Oy vey. Too many things to do with the right bumper. Controls do feel a little messy to be honest. I'll get used to them but it's as if they've taken Halo 2's controls and shoved them in a blender. Also, comms on the D-Pad is just awkward. I have to pretty much take my right hand away from any other buttons to talk. And why does it make so many different noises? Beep! Clunzzk! Blooble! Fiizsst! Wtf?

They were also quick to point out EVERYTHING I've been telling them about the last weeks. ''RORY PICK THAT UP IT'S A DEPLOYABLE SHIELD!'', ''THEY'VE ADDED ATV'S GO GET IT COME ON MAN''

Nnnnngh.

I really can't wait to get my 360 back so I can play it on my own. But from what I did play, I really enjoyed it.

Disliked Snowbound. Too dull. Really like High Ground, though, and I only got one game on Valhalla but I really enjoyed that. Although that game was VIP and I didn't find that as fun.

Weapons feel nice. It's cool having a BR to kill someone a distance away whilst also having the AR to keep in close combat with.

Didn't use the Brute Spiker, used the Spike Grenades though which, whilst sometimes thrown like a pussy, are pretty ****ing cool. My first kill in the game was a stick with the spiker. :)

Sniper was a real change to me as I wasn't use to the slight delay in the magazine. Halo 2's rifle was like an assault rifle in terms of firing, so kills that weren't headshots were easy to get. Now, with the slight delay, often I'd have put the first shot in then the target would of gotten behind cover. I can only say this for High Ground, though, as on offense theres a lot of tight spaces to hit people in, like doorways, etc.

Love the gatling gun. It's inevitable that you will die with this, but when you catch 2 guys from behind, or wait at a choke point it's a truely devestating weapon.

I only got three kills with the Laser. One was just pure luck, the other was as I was chasing these two guys on a Mongoose through the corridors of High Ground. Easy pickings. Quite a good weapon, terrible if your out in the open with enemies from all sides, though.

More later.
 
Just played two games.

Initial impression: WAY better than Halo 2. Feels much more like Halo CE's multiplayer, less arcadey and "floaty". Weapons are far more balanced, even though I did get killed with the battle rifle an awful lot. The only shitty things so far are the sounds made when you use voice chat. Press button, WSHZZZZZZT, "Two guys coming in through the left tunnel", silence, your friend says "Sorry, through the wha-" WSRRROWWWWW "-ldn't hear you because of the annoying voice chat sounds."

The Needler is a completely awesome weapon. The AR is a solid starting weapon. The grenades are pretty good, although the Spike grenade should really have a more pronounced cone of fire. The Rocket Launcher no longer has a lock-on, and feels like it did in Halo 1, which is a very good thing. Sniper rifle has a cooldown between shots, which is cool. The Spartan Laser is kind of a bitch to use, but very satisfying. The Needler now feels useful. The Carbine feels useful as well. Haven't touched the dual-wieldables yet.

Basically the game just feels solid and more strategic. It feels like it's going back to the Halo 1 roots.
 
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