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Kinda rough pictures from Electronics Gaming Monthly; the mag will be released Nov 14th. But it sounds pretty sweet and Bungie is being smart not to change too much and just improve what they have. An ATV will be sweet....



http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3154702
http://www.younewb.com/index.php/2006/10/27/we-finally-get-some-halo-3-info/


1up has up some tidbits from their upcoming Halo 3 expose, including one that alludes to something I haven?t mentioned here?

What if you could save your own movies from Halo 3?s single- and multiplayer gameplay and then rewatch them? In Halo 3, you can.

That would be a nice feature, especially in multiplayer bouts. I wonder if you?ll be able to spectate certain matches or something. That would be pretty useful too I would think.

[UPDATE 3]
A poster on the NeoGaf forums (link at bottom or this post) translated some text from the article and here?s what it says:

On plot Twists:

?Halo 3 will contain more plot twists than any other game in the series? ?Jaime Griesemer

The plot can twist all it wants, I?m interested in seeing if things begin to come together and if some lingering answers get answered.

On Gears of War being competition

?We?ve played lots and lots of multiplayer and some singleplayer, and yeah, it?s really good. But it?s also quite a bit different from what we?re doing. I realize that a lot of people are concerned that Halo 3 and GoW are going to compete for the same audience, but I think that when people get to play, they?ll realize how different the games are. Gears is a much slower game where stragegy and cover plays a bigger part.? ?Jaime Griesemer

On graphics

?A lot is still missing in this build. Weather- and water effects are missing, and most of our HDR isn?t in there yet. We?re still at alpha stage, but when everything is in place, Halo 3 will be the best X360 has to offer.? ?Brian Jarrard

?We definitely have another strategy than Epic Games when it comes to graphics. We?ll never engulf our game environments in lots of details like that. GoW looks absolutely fantastic, but we want to avoid compromising Halo?s unique visual style. That?s why we?re making a clean, sharp game as opposed to one with insane amount of details.? ?Brian Jarrard

?There are many ways to convey emotion. Graphics is not the most important one.? ?Brian Jarrard

Do the graphics look like shiite or something? They seem a little defensive here.

On multiplayer and bots

?Multiplayer has always been important, but it?s developed in a different way which makes it look bigger for every game. We have a base that we always build the MP part on, whereas the SP mode practically has to be built ground-up every time. Xbox Live also made MP in Halo 2 even more important.? ?Brian Jarrard

?A lot of people ask us about bots. They think that the AI in Halo was pretty damn good, and would work well in MP as well, but it?s really not that simple. The enemies in Halo are optimized for encountering the player in large numbers. They would be a lot worse at abstract thought AI like ?I have to defend my flag? and so forth. In short, to create bots for Halo would be an immense undertaking, and we rather put that time into making new levels, weapons and netcode.? ?Jaime Griesemer

So they equate building multiplayer bots to basically being a waste of time?I agreee.

More information including pictures (big uns!) after the jump?

[UPDATE2] The multiplayer leves are

* Valhalla(Blood Gulch)
* High Ground(Zanzibar)
* Snowbound(Frost bite)

Your secondary weapon will now always be on your back and there?s also a new transportaiton system that?s called the ?Man Cannon?. It launches you into the air through air streams to an other cannon. You can still be fired at and you can fire back while in ?flight?. Sweet! The X button on the controller is reserved for an as yet unmentioned function. Oh, and there will be NO multiplayer Bots. None.

[UPDATE] Got some more information from what the article actually says and here are the highlights:

2 new weapons

* The Spiker - New weapon for Brutes, it?s a nail grenade type weapon that sticks on walls and bursts nails into the air
* The Spartan Laser - An anti-veichle weapon, fires a red laser that pretty much destroys any veichle that is hit. Hard to use.

1 new vehicle

* The Mongoose - The ATV that was supposed to be in Halo 2. It carries 2 people and it doesn?t have any weapons so it?s mainly a means of getting from point A to point B as fast as possible.

Legendary Edition of Halo 3 - It will come with a full size (!) replica of the Master Chief?s helmet and 4 DVDs. The first DVD will be the game, the second DVD will be Various documentaries and audio commentary, the third DVD will be Halo such as ?Red vs Blue? and ?Spark of Life? and the fourth DVD will be ALL of the cutscenes from the game in the HI-DEF. Hells yes.




Before all of that information ends up in your hands, though -- here's a small taste of what to expect from both EGM and 1UP over the next few weeks:
- What are these new Brutish weapons? What's a Spike Rifle...or a Spike Grenade?
- The Mongoose (the once-scrapped ATV from Halo/Halo 2) is back: Who wants to ride Brokeback?
- Halo 3 will have three retail SKUs: standard, collector's edition, and Legendary. Guess which one comes with a helmet and four discs of content?
- Adding bumpers to the 360 controller means there's some extra real estate for Bungie to play with. Now the left bumper reloads your dual-wielded weapon and the right bumper is the normal reload. What does X do, though? Mum.
- Starting weapon: Bungie thinks they have the "perfect" starting weapon in Halo 3. It's not the pistol, the battle rifle, or the SMG...and it's pretty familiar. How does the new Assault Rifle play?
- One of the new maps, Valhalla, is being called "the new Blood Gulch" -- but this isn't another coat of new paint on the Combat Evolved classic. This is, from-the-ground-up, a brand-new map. How is it?
- What if you could save your own movies from Halo 3's single- and multiplayer gameplay and then rewatch them? In Halo 3, you can.

If they are too big, just delte em Refs.


Ya Spooky, I can't freaking wait. I am getting bored with the no new maps and same old game types.


Some things I really hope that they take out of the game.

-Standbye, there is no reason that anyone who hits the standbye button on their modem should be allowed to stay in the game. they should be instantly booted.

-BLUE SCREEN, OMG, I might not buy it if they don't do something about the blue screen, it is SUCH a waste of time.

-When the host quite, having duplicate weapons, Ex. Two swords, four snipers.

-BXR, drives me batty, I hate people who use it.

-Mods, there is no place for modded gametypes in matchmaking and it should serve as an IP addy BAN. Period. You Mod, your gone.

- Double shots (the battle rifle shooting twice at the same time).

-Superbouncing. How lame is it when losers sit at home ALL day and learn how to bounce onto the top of the map so thye can snipe. It makes it less fun for the casual player.

Mostly this game needs to become more casual user freindly. They need to take away the "15 level" system where if your a 20, you can get match up against a 35.

I could go on and on, but ya, they need to improve it for me to buy it. If they "pull a Madden" on me and only give me a few updates, I might not even bother with buying a new system and new game.

Knowing Bungie, they will not dissapoint me. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />

Yea, I hate the damn cheaters...They really can't ban them using an IP since that can change. Maybe ban the Xbox by using the ID number of the box or something...I don't know. But I agree, these people ruin a great game.

Different story with some of the same info........

Halo 3 Details Revealed
New weapons, rides and it comes with a Spartan helmet. Enough said.
by Jonathan Miller
October 27, 2006 - Spike Grenades.



Yes, the new vehicles, new weapons and a Legendary edition that comes packaged with a Spartan helmet all make us giggle in anticipation of Halo 3, Bungie's upcoming epic sequel on the Xbox 360. But of all the new details swirling from multiple online sites today, it's the new Brutish Spike Grenade that has us trigger-happy. "Spike Grenade." We are not sure what it is, but the images it conjures in our minds mean that someone is going to get hurt. Hurt bad.

In the December issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Swedish mag LEVEL, Bungie will reveal a host of new gameplay details, as well as the news that Halo 3 will have not only a collector's edition but a legendary edition as well. Along with bonus DVDs of content, the package will come with a replica Spartan helmet. Starting to sweat? We haven't even started on the weapons.

The Brutes will be armed with Spike Grenades and Spike Rifles. The grenades are said to stick to walls and explode into a vicious blast of sharp projectiles. There's also word on a new Spartan Laser, a difficult-to-control but powerful attack that can disable vehicles in a single hit. Pwned!

The Mongoose will also be included, the two-man vehicle that was originally slated to be included in Halo 2. The Mongoose has no weapons, reportedly, and it is designed for speed. That doesn't mean the passenger can't wreak havoc with the newly designed assault rifle, though. Or maybe it does.

Halo 3 will obviously feature new multiplayer maps. New maps Valhalla, Snowbound and High Ground are being compared to Blood Gulch, Zanzibar and Frostbite, respectively. Halo and Halo 2 enabled 16 players to vie on System Link and Xbox Live, respectively. But we still don't know how many players will be able to jump online at one time. We're hoping Bungie has plans to compete with the PS3's Resistance and 40-player action. Just imagine.

In terms of control, the X button is said to change the way you play Halo. Mum is the word from Bungie. We only know that the bumpers are now used to reload, and the left bumper will reload a secondary weapon, if equipped.

There is also said to be a kind of cannon that will shoot players across the map. You can shoot enemies in the air and they can shoot you. This should put to work the new movie maker that allows you to capture clips of you shooting newbs in the head. We'll have more details on Halo 3 soon.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/742/742313p1.html

Hey guys do any of you use the "component" AV switches where there is five jacks instead of three?


Is it supposed to be weird colors like that?

Also it says "CR" and "CB" on two of them, but my TV plugs say "PR" and "PB", does that mea I can't use it?

There is three - A (r) (g) (b) colored plugs (composite) for HD. The yellow one is for (componant) video and the red and white is for sound or you can use the digital sound option. It requires a seperate cable.

So for HD and digital sound (not shown here) you would use:
(r)-(g)-(b) and the digital cable
For HD and stereo sound use the same exept you would use the solid red and white contectors for sound (this is the way its shown in the photo)
For SD video use the yellow plug instead of the three rgb plugs

This may be confusing...look here for connection help.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemsetup/xbox360/console/tvhdtv.htm

Forgot about this...just look at the last letter...R or B, its just two terms for the same thing.

Thanks spooky, it seems to be much better now. NO more black and white <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />