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Halo 3 Beta; off to a rough start.
Topic Started: May 16 2007, 10:26 PM (269 Views)
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We all know that the Crackdown side of the Beta download has been delayed by some unknown issue. The good news, that issues has been identified. The bad news, it will take 3-6 hours to get the update out. At least we'll have it by the end of the day.
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Yea been waiting for it, but then i hit aegis wing with 3 other friends on co-op so time can pass its a blast. Nice avatar. :)
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The Update for Crackdown is now Live! Go update and start downloading! Also, as a consolation for our lost time and inconvenience, Bungie is extending the Beta to June 10, thats an extra 4 days! Woot!
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Probably to compensate for the two to four hour waiting time for the Crackdown update! What can you do? I'm still waiting either way -- I'm happy there's an extension!

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Yea had to wait till 10 pm est to dl both the crackdown update and beta, but im glad theres an extension, happy gaming.
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whoever thought of the movie part.....Genius
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wow that was me above but seriously the movie feature is awesome
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Yeah. I played some of the beta at a friends place, and I can easily say that they've done a great job so far. I'm really looking forward to the final game...

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PS: Get used to seeing me with that missile pod...
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Yea that movie feature is nice, its good for when your waiting for friends to login. Also its pretty good to analyze how you play what part you can work on. I like how the put the service tags ( don't remember if it was part of halo 2) it gives it that unique feeling of being part of the UNSC.
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While I still think they need to tweak a few things:

  • Slightly increase movement speed.
  • Give the frag grenade more damage.
  • Larger splash/damage on the rocket launcher.
  • Decrease the "blur effect" when you get shot.
  • Make the Active Camo more potent, still way to easy to see some one with it.
  • Lower Warthog health, that damn Puma never wants to die!!!
But other than that, I think everything is perfect. Some people say that the graphics aren't "up to par" with Next Gen games, they don't know what they're talking about. I know that model and texture wise what we see is pretty near final, but I don't think this Beta has all the extra enhancements, such as HDR. I could be wrong, will just have to wait and see.
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I played it again today, and I've got to say that I'm still getting used to the controls! They arn't bad, but have a bit of a learning curve -- they really symbolized left with left, and right with right (bumpers).

I agree with you there, Spartan. Player movement is a little slow... do you think Halo 3 should have a sprint function? Or even a powerup like the runners in Sonic 2 where you can move twice as fast? Well.. that would render vehicles rather useless I guess... Anyway, you know? Sprint?

I did notice the grenade damage was a little weak. I DID however, notice how many it seemed you could carry... perhaps it's not about the damage, but how many you can huck at their feet before they jump away?

Overall, a great game. I can't wait to get my hands on the final copy this September!

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The final game, with it's immense amount of multiplayer options, will be 5x as fun as the Beta. There's even a hint of it having not only online coop, but online coop for up to 4 players! How awesome will that be!

And actually, you have less grenades than you did on both Halo: Ce and Halo 2. Grenades are meant to be a support weapon, one to attack an enemy you can't shoot, or kill him as he runs away. Not an 8 player grenade spamming festival, where guns aren't allowed. Which is really what Halo 2 was, with all the assholes that play it.
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