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Juicy Halo 3 info discovered in GamePro mag |
Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Bungie Studios, Elite, Halo 2, Master Chief
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In the latest issue of GamePro (that's July 2007), more details about content coming into Bungie's Halo 3 was revealed inside the magazine. And what's more, they all come complete with pictures. Thanks to a friend of Go32111 over at the GameFAQ Forums, the world will be able to take a bite out of magazine Issue 226.
Now what's interesting is that a few of the content revealed here was rumored some time ago over the official Halo modding forums. There's the speculated Radar Jammer and the rumored Chopper. Notably absent, however, is the presence of a Halo 3 version of the flamethrower.
Lo and behold the spoilers that await right past this paragraph. All content revealed below from here onwards are quoted straight from Go32111, who claims everything was quoted straight from the magazine itself. Images courtesy of Go32111 and his friend.
Weapons
- Magnum - The Magnum is much improved since Halo 2, dishing out slower, more punishing shots. But it's still not back to Halo 1 strength, as the clip currently carries just eight rounds and you can't zoom in. Still a nice, precise choice for dual-wield combos.
- Energy Sword - The infamous Sword gets two tweaks aimed at balancing its overwhelming power. One change is a brief weapon-switch delay. The second adjustment is more controversial: the Energy Sword now has an ammo meter that depletes with each attack, which keeps players from hoarding it indefinitely.
- Wraith - The lumbering Covenant Wraith returns with a new player-operated secondary turret. It's helpful for driving off boarding attempts.
- Brute Chopper - This ugly, jagged Brute Chopper looks like something Firefly's Reavers might drive into battle. Its twin cannons and heavy, blade-like chassis can pulverize lesser vehicles in a nanosecond.
- Radar Jammer - Hurl this item into a fight and watch as chaos and confusion engulf friend and foe alike. The jammer scrambles the radar of all nearby players and triggers disco-like light flashes to further disorient your prey.
- Shrine - A UNSC battle cruiser looms menacingly over Shrine's sprawling sand dunes. Shrine is the largest map ever to appear in a Halo game, so Bungie put a key emphasis on vehicle-on-vehicle combat. Shrine has few ties to older Halo 2 maps, but its massive size recalls Relic.
- Epitaph - Epitaph is an arcane Forerunner cathedral-like structure that towers above the surrounding wasteland. The central killing floor is crisscrossed with elevated walkways, exterior hallways, and lifts. It's a spiritual successor to Halo 2 maps like Colossus, Gemini, and Midship.
- Last Resort - Zanzibar, one of Halo 2's most beloved maps, has been rebuilt and rechristened Last Resort for Halo 3. This industrial site is almost twice as big, with a less cluttered internal layout and more paths into the flag room.
- Secret Map - Bungie sneakily sent us two mysterious concept paintings labeled only as "Work in Progress Map." We see the icy motif and pray for a new Lockout, but only Bungie knows the truth.
Customization
- Create a Spartan - Tired of staring at Master Chief's ugly mug? Halo 3's online mode offers new armor permutations that allow players to customize their personas from head to toe. Will the Covenant Elite player models be eligible for similar upgrades? Only Bungie knows.
Via GameFAQ Forums
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and no infinite sword sucks!! killing the sword noobs are the best.
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[PS3 Exclusives]
- Dynasty Gundam Musou (garbage): hack n slash
- Lair (garbage): aerial hack & slash
- Heavenly Sword (garbage): 20% God of War rip-off + 80% hack n slash
- Crysis like FPS from Crytek (garbage): best graphics + extremely boring gameplay
- Getaway (garbage): GTA rip-off
- The Eye of Judgment (garbage): another card game
- PS3 Home (garbage): don’t waste even 5 minutes on this
- Final Fantasy versus XIII (so-so): action RPG crap just like many other action RPGs
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma (so-so)
- Afrika (so-so): 3rd person Safari maintenance game
- LittleBigPlanet (so-so)
- Tekken 6 (so-so): Tekken 5’s the most sold (based on the number of copies sold) fighter in gaming history; single-player only
- Folklore (so-so): super-mesmerizing graphics
- SingStar (so-so)
- SOCOM Confrontation (so-so): SOCOM is the most sold shooter among all PS2 shooters. SOCOM is the most played online game on the PS2 + worse graphics than GRAW 1
- Resistance 2 (confirmed, so-so): lackluster Resistance 1’s sequel
- Haze (timed PS3 exclusive) (so-so): crappy run n gun just like Halo 3
- Heavy Rain (best): cinema quality game
- Warhawk (best): fantastic gameplay
- Ratchet & Clank (best): mind blowing graphics & character animation
- Uncharted-Drake's Fortune (best): Indiana Jones + top graphics & animation
- Gran Turismo 5 (best): GT 4 is the most sold racing game in gaming history
- MotorStorm 2 (confirmed, best): dominating
- God of War 3 (confirmed, best): dominating
- Metal Gear Solid 4 (best): dominating
- Final Fantasy XIII (best): dominating
- Killzone 2 (best): the journalists who saw the actual footage at the GDC said KZ2 is like Half-Life 3 and next-gen Black combined
- Eight Days (best)
- Jak and Daxter (best): dominating
- White Knight Story (best)
- WarDevil (best): cinema quality game
- Pain (best): this arcade game is sadistic
- Silent Hill 5 (best): legendary horror
- Imabikisou (best): another horror game
- Monster Hunter 3 (best): the PSP version is the most sold PSP game in Japan
[X360 Exclusives]
- Overlord (garbage): total suckage
- Shadowrun (garbage): from the 3rd rated FASA studio (a subsidiary of Microsoft), MS announced that FASA studio will be closed and fired after the release of Shadowrun.
- Flatout-UC (garbage): Flatout 2’s average review score: 65.3 from 129 publications
- Ace Combat 6 (garbage): AC5’s average review: 71.8 from 92
- Theseis (garbage)
- Mass Effect (garbage): BioWare was great in 1980s~1990s (20 years ago), but only made 3rd rated games since after
- Huxley-ALSO ON PC (garbage): from a 3rd rated Korean developer
- Too Human (garbage): 3rd rated Canadian Silicon Knight’s
- Eternal Sonata (garbage): Namco Bandai mostly makes crappy or mediocre games
- 2 Days 2 Vegas-ALSO ON PC (so-so): GTA rip-off
- Fable 2 (so-so): Fable 1 got the average review score of 73.8 from 97 different publications
- Project Gotham Racing 4 (so-so): PGR 3’s average review: 82.5 from 152
- Lost Odyssey (so-so)
- Halo 3 (so-so): pathetic run and gun, no tactics or skills required, friendly shooter for beginners, laughable storyline, terribly mind blowing (literally) graphics (Halo 2.1 HD Upscaled)
- Alan Wake-ALSO ON PC (best): dominating
- Gears of War 2 (confirmed, best): dominating
- Forza 2 (best): dominating
- Bioshock–ALSO ON PC (best): dominating
- Halo Wars (best)
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I like how the message above posting a comment states that spamming will be deleted and their posting privileges revoked, yet clowns such as the poster above me can copy and paste the same idiotic spam into every post and the mods dont do anything to stop it.
If you guys are in need of a moderator I can fill the position. I am already a moderator on Ubi.com, so I have experience. Just a heads up.
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I love the look of the new customization, which it were a little better quality, but at least now I have an idea.
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BTW, for anybody concerned about the sword who hasn't been able to start up a custom for some reason, there has been three major revisions to it:
1. It now has a charge, just like in Halo 2 campaign, the charge starts at 100 and goes down by ten for every kill for a max of ten kills.
2. Lunge range is shorter and takes longer to reach the target, making it much easier to stick or shoot a lunging swordsman (you even get a medal called Bulltruth I think it's called when you shoot him/her)
3. You can no longer press Y to begin switching to the sword and immediately lunge with it, you now must wait for the sword to extend completely before being able to use it
Overall it's a vast improvement over Halo 2's sword, can't wait for the full game
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Everyone will behave the same....but just look different.....example...gears of ware....skinny white dudes and big ass black dudes all act the same...
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http://www.arrogantics.com/2007/05/30/high-resolution-scans-of-gamepros-halo-3-article/
enjoy this ppl it looks amazing!!!
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HALO 3 IS GAY
HALO 3 IS GAY
HALO 3 IS GAY
HALO 3 IS GAY
HALO 3 IS GAY
HALO 3 IS GAY
HALO 3 IS GAY
HALO 3 IS GAY
HALO 3 IS GAY
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