HALO 3 Official Thread

i blame my TV for the most part, when i'm round my mates on his 24" TFT and when i had my previous 360 on my 20" TFT i seemed to do far better (headshots, seeing distance etc) my current TV is so blurry it's hard to see to far, and harder to nail the head shots with the BR.

fortunately it's payday in 2 weeks or so, and we've got a bonus, so i'm planning to get a better screen, then will see what i have left to blame my poor skill on ^^
 
5bjoshua said:
It's not one of my favourites either :(

Lockout on Halo 2 was so much better!

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Halo 2 was better full stop.

I'd give anything for
-Noob combo
-Halo 2 Weapon balance (sword, sniper, rockets, BR, carbine, beam rifle - Only weapons I prefer over Halo 2's are: Shotgun, needler, SMG and maybe bruteshot)
-Halo 2 maps (made exactly the same just with updated graphics)
-Old Wraith & Banshee (with fuel rod added)

To be honest people kept saying Halo 3 is Halo 2.5, I just wish it was true. Just get them to mix the best bits from Halo 2 and the new stuff from Halo 3 (Saved films, Forge, New weapons & Vehicles etc) and I would be in gaming heaven.
 
kalanium said:
Halo 2 was better full stop.

I'd give anything for
-Noob combo
-Halo 2 Weapon balance (sword, sniper, rockets, BR, carbine, beam rifle - Only weapons I prefer over Halo 2's are: Shotgun, needler, SMG and maybe bruteshot)
-Halo 2 maps (made exactly the same just with updated graphics)
-Old Wraith & Banshee (with fuel rod added)

To be honest people kept saying Halo 3 is Halo 2.5, I just wish it was true. Just get them to mix the best bits from Halo 2 and the new stuff from Halo 3 (Saved films, Forge, New weapons & Vehicles etc) and I would be in gaming heaven.
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TBH I prefer the new sword, the old shotgun (I understood the weapon) the old bruteshot (I keep aiming the new one like the old one)
The old wraith, tank, banshee, and ghost (without fuel rod)
I'm glad the noob combo has been removed (or mitigated)
I think the BR needs tweaking, its too inconsistent over XBL. Sometimes its a 3shot kill (when I'm being shot) other times its a 7 shot kill (when I'm shooting) They need to reduce the bullet spread imo
The beat down system obviously. But I think it has improved significantly since they patched it. (I'm winning more now)
Other than that I'm fine I think
 
Well lets face it, nothing is ever going to happen with Bungie :p (mainly thanks to their ass-licking brigade) MLG settings have improved the BR a tad making it only take 3 shots to the head for a kill, but in turn your shield recharges more quickly.

Can I just ask how the hell do you prefer the new sword? The lunge is crap and so is the clashing... I listed Noob Combo aswell since it was a brilliant alternative if everyone had the sword/rockets/shotgun or whatever (you just hated it because you died to it so much ;))

Tbh I just cannot wait for the next game that will keep my attention for more then 2 months, because Halo is on its last legs for me =/ It is way too inconsistant and luck based for my liking and that is amplified even more by lag when you go into Match-Making. Factor in it is no longer skill based because of it being dumbed down for noobs who just love to AR charge at you.

Nobody can say I havent given it a chance since I've been trying to love it since September last year, but it just isn't happening...

Edit: Just read that last sentence and it comes across wrong (it is how I feel) but I'm not going to stop playing until something better comes along.
 
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kalanium said:
Can I just ask how the hell do you prefer the new sword? The lunge is crap and so is the clashing...
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But it has ammo now, I think the lunge is probably down to our (referring to alrik and me) complete lack of lunge in the game, the clashing is not a problem for me, more of a challenge.
kalanium said:
I listed Noob Combo aswell since it was a brilliant alternative if everyone had the sword/rockets/shotgun or whatever (you just hated it because you died to it so much ;))
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I hated it because it was overly powerful and virtually skill less, charge, run around, fire, switch weapon whilst green ball of death locked on and tracked any target with a shield, point click kill. Any muppet could get dominate with that combo. You talk about skill further down in your post, but you claim this is a missing feature in the game? it was named the noob combo for a reason.
kalanium said:
It is way too inconsistent and luck based for my liking and that is amplified even more by lag when you go into Match-Making.
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There are some inconsistencies granted, you and I probably see more of them than most people. But I'm starting to think there were more inconsistencies in H2 I certainly lost my temper in that game a hell of a lot more due to the game "cheating" me out of kills and killing me where I should have lived.
kalanium said:
Factor in it is no longer skill based because of it being dumbed down for noobs who just love to AR charge at you.
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I think it is still a skill based game. But at the same time there are a lot of weapons that IMO detract from the game (all dual welders bar the mauler), flame thrower, rocket pod (the RL should have vehicle lock - as you have said many times).

I also agree with your grenades statement. Flame grenades are never used in MM so why not let everyone either carry a max of 8 grenades regardless (with a max of 4 per type) or carry 3 of each of the sticky, spike or frag in MM.
 
kalanium said:
Well lets face it, nothing is ever going to happen with Bungie :p (mainly thanks to their ass-licking brigade) MLG settings have improved the BR a tad making it only take 3 shots to the head for a kill, but in turn your shield recharges more quickly.

Can I just ask how the hell do you prefer the new sword? The lunge is crap and so is the clashing... I listed Noob Combo aswell since it was a brilliant alternative if everyone had the sword/rockets/shotgun or whatever (you just hated it because you died to it so much ;))

Tbh I just cannot wait for the next game that will keep my attention for more then 2 months, because Halo is on its last legs for me =/ It is way too inconsistant and luck based for my liking and that is amplified even more by lag when you go into Match-Making. Factor in it is no longer skill based because of it being dumbed down for noobs who just love to AR charge at you.

Nobody can say I havent given it a chance since I've been trying to love it since September last year, but it just isn't happening...

Edit: Just read that last sentence and it comes across wrong (it is how I feel) but I'm not going to stop playing until something better comes along.
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I've been saying this for a while now, and I agree what you said here and up above ^ that Halo 3 is nerfed compared to Halo 2.

IMO Everything in halo 2 was better, even the glitches were less annoying than they are in this game - the latency is worse and I can get assassinated from in front and can do it to other people!

I posted a list somewhere of what I thought was better in halo 2 than 3, but now I just think everything is better! Both Halo 2's campaign and multiplayer beat the crap out of this game.

Sometimes I wish I could go back to Halo 2, but it will look crap on my tv and there arent many people playing any more (not to mention Bungie ruining all of the playlists). PC version is crap too
 
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The skill comment was about Halo 2 taking more skill then Halo 3, not necessarily about the Noob combo, but the game as a whole.

I prefer ammo bar on the sword its just the new 'physics' (for lack of a better term) I hate, atleast if you lunged and missed in Halo 2 it would put you quite a ways away the guy and give you a chance to get your bearings, now you just appear next to him and get assassinated/beatdown yourself before the animation even finishes.

No doubt Halo 2 had its share of problems but the game wasnt as frustrating for me as it is now in Halo 3 and I actually had fun despite them being there (but I'm thinking most of the stress is now coming from me being used to Halo 2 and the drastic changes that happened with Halo 3 and I just cannot accept them because I loved Halo 2 so much [also being a bad tempered sod doesnt help])
For example even if there was some Lag and I sniped someone in the head they would die in Halo 2, but now in Halo 3 the bullet will go through their with head blood splatter and all and just deny me the kill because the hosts Xbox didnt see it. I mean what more can I do if I've shot them in the face on my console?
 
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RoachycaL said:
I've been saying this for a while now, and I agree what you said here and up above ^ that Halo 3 is nerfed compared to Halo 2.

IMO Everything in halo 2 was better, even the glitches were less annoying than they are in this game - the latency is worse and I can get assassinated from in front and can do it to other people!

I posted a list somewhere of what I thought was better in halo 2 than 3, but now I just think everything is better! Both Halo 2's campaign and multiplayer beat the crap out of this game.

Sometimes I wish I could go back to Halo 2, but it will look crap on my tv and there arent many people playing any more (not to mention Bungie ruining all of the playlists). PC version is crap too
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I've moaned about Halo 3 constantly since it launched and how I wish I could play Halo 2 again, but its time is over. I would go back and play it on my own, but there is nobody even in match-making and as you said Bungie messed up the play lists, I couldn't give a toss about the graphics though. I can't do customs either because they are too boring, I prefer to go into match-making and own randoms.

I so miss BTB 1 Bomb/Flag on Terminal + Relic + Headlong, Team Snipers on Accension, Multi-flag on Coagulation+Water Works+Containment and most of all Team BR's on Lockout (dont even dare suggest Blackout Krono...)
 
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I also forgot to add did anyone else enjoy the Beta more then the full release? Not because it was something new obviously, but more of the Map/weapon balance side of it?

I mean the trip mine is crap compared to the one we had in the beta. The beta version would take out a hog full of people in 1 hit, but now it wont do it unless a bit of their shield is missing. It also used to jump up and attach itself to the vehicle and explode a few seconds later.

It was even useful for taking out infantry but now in Halo 3 I can deploy it, run over it and survive =/

Dual Spikers were awesome in the Beta, but then they nerfed them to the point of being useless.
 
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kalanium said:
I've moaned about Halo 3 constantly since it launched and how I wish I could play Halo 2 again, but its time is over. I would go back and play it on my own, but there is nobody even in match-making and as you said Bungie messed up the play lists, I couldn't give a toss about the graphics though. I can't do customs either because they are too boring, I prefer to go into match-making and own randoms.

I so miss BTB 1 Bomb/Flag on Terminal + Relic + Headlong, Team Snipers on Accension, Multi-flag on Coagulation+Water Works+Containment and most of all Team BR's on Lockout (dont even dare suggest Blackout Krono...)
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I miss all that stuff too :( I was just watching some Halo 2 video's on youtube actually :p Graphics look well dated however stuff like plasma grenade explosions actually look better in halo 2 from some of the videos over been reminiscing over.

I still prefer all the weapon motions too such as the rocket launcher reloads and especially the carbine - I still think halo 2's carbine looks better! And man the sword, when you switch to it - the CLASH!!!

I much preferred the Beta too, you got more from the grave kills (a lot less latency). It was funny because I was expecting the look of the weapons in the game to completley change as I thought they looked rubbish - they didn't change in the slightest.

Trip mine was better too, it actually worked how it should - and I loved the way you could stick it to vehicles!
 
RoachycaL said:
Trip mine was better too, it actually worked how it should - and I loved the way you could stick it to vehicles!
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Exactly, it could be used as a last resort to take out a hog thats heading straight for you. Now you will die from either the turret, hog splatter or the mine explosion and the hog will either escape the mine all-together or just go flying accross the map =/

As I said the graphics never will bother me because I'm not a graphics whore (not implying you are btw) I still play old games from 10 years ago and they still dont bother me.

I've wound myself up over it now and want a huge debate (i.e moan) about it :rolleyes:
 
kalanium said:
As I said the graphics never will bother me because I'm not a graphics whore (not implying you are btw) I still play old games from 10 years ago and they still dont bother me.
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Yeah Dw, I suppose I am but I think everything just visibly fitted together better in Halo 2 than it did in 3. When I place a vehicle in forge onto the ground - I think it looks out of place, I also think the weapons look out of place when holding them and comparing them to the background - its probably got something to do with all of these different engines they combined together.

& I moan about it every 5 seconds when Im playing Halo 3 - oh this used to be better, this is crap, this dosnt work - oh laaaag.
 
Got another! Stun when you get hijacked - oh my god does that get me wound up!

It could be the best day of my life, I could be the happiest person on Earth (;)) and then I come to play halo 3 and get hijacked from a ghost and thats my life over /wrist

I mean seriously whats the need for it? I can somewhat understand the shield being taken down, but why the stun? Not only have you just lost your ghost AND all your shield, you also cannot move for 3 seconds basically making you a sitting duck :rolleyes:

The person who put it in needs shooting tbh
 
kalanium said:
Got another! Stun when you get hijacked - oh my god does that get me wound up!

It could be the best day of my life, I could be the happiest person on Earth (;)) and then I come to play halo 3 and get hijacked from a ghost and thats my life over /wrist

I mean seriously whats the need for it? I can somewhat understand the shield being taken down, but why the stun? Not only have you just lost your ghost AND all your shield, you also cannot move for 3 seconds basically making you a sitting duck :rolleyes:

The person who put it in needs shooting tbh
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I agree again, it worked fine in halo 2 so what's the deal - again its so the noobs can get their kill when they hijack someone
 
Dual wielding - useful when everyones got the power weapons

Halo 2 was the pioneer of match-making on consoles and inturn turned it into one of the best MP game of its time.

Thats another 2 things Halo 2 did that Halo 1 didnt :) I'm sure I can think of more later.
 
kalanium said:
Dual wielding - useful when everyones got the power weapons

Halo 2 was the pioneer of match-making on consoles and inturn turned it into the best MP game of its time.

Thats another 2 things Halo 2 did that Halo 1 didnt :) I'm sure I can think of more later.
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i really don't care, you wont change my mind, if you told me i had one and only one to chose from it'd be combat evolved, no competition, hands down without hesitation :)
 
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