Believe.

Xyth

<!--quoteo(post=1649690:date=Sep 15 2007, 01:22 PM:name=DiscoZombie)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DiscoZombie @ Sep 15 2007, 01:22 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649690"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I wonder what was bigger - the game development budget or the marketing budget...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Uuuugh

What will they <i>do</i> with the model afterwards? Put it in a musuem... a museum for fake museum pieces?

Actually, they could sell pieces of it off on ebay... that would be some serious money.

torque

I'm not buying Halo 3 at launch based on the sole fact that I am sick of having it shoved in every orifice at every turn. Maybe it's an awesome game, who knows, but I'm shoving it to the back of the list, not because the stuff they're doing to hype it isn't cool (well, some of it isn't) but because it's way overboard and it'll give me some small measure of personal satisfaction to say "Your hype machine didn't work on me - in fact it backfired because I DON'T WANT TO PLAY IT ANYMORE - I've been hearing/seeing/smelling/tasting it for months already."

ARGGGGH GO AWAY ALREADY

NeonSpyder

<!--quoteo(post=1649791:date=Sep 15 2007, 10:43 PM:name=Mercedes)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mercedes @ Sep 15 2007, 10:43 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649791"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm not buying Halo 3 at launch based on the sole fact that I am sick of having it shoved in every orifice at every turn. Maybe it's an awesome game, who knows, but I'm shoving it to the back of the list, not because the stuff they're doing to hype it isn't cool (well, some of it isn't) but because it's way overboard and it'll give me some small measure of personal satisfaction to say "Your hype machine didn't work on me - in fact it backfired because I DON'T WANT TO PLAY IT ANYMORE - I've been hearing/seeing/smelling/tasting it for months already."

ARGGGGH GO AWAY ALREADY<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

You are the only one.

Everyone else drools in anticipation for this epic game as the continuation and conclusion of an equally epic series (including books).

You are alone.


(on a side note, I just realized that I know and recognize everyone in this thread as a regular member of OT except for mercedes. As in, I see Xyth, DiscoZombie, Aldaris, Scythe, Zig, Liku, lolfighter and Quaunaut post practically everyday in OT. I'm kind of weirded out by this, but the feeling will pass.)

Quaunaut

<!--quoteo(post=1649792:date=Sep 15 2007, 08:51 PM:name=NeonSpyder)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NeonSpyder @ Sep 15 2007, 08:51 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649792"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You are the only one.

Everyone else drools in anticipation for this epic game as the continuation and conclusion of an equally epic series (including books).

You are alone.
(on a side note, I just realized that I know and recognize everyone in this thread as a regular member of OT except for mercedes. As in, I see Xyth, DiscoZombie, Aldaris, Scythe, Zig, Liku, lolfighter and Quaunaut post practically everyday in OT. I'm kind of weirded out by this, but the feeling will pass.)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Mercedes = Athena = More Regular than you

Zig

<!--quoteo(post=1649794:date=Sep 15 2007, 09:35 PM:name=Quaunaut)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Quaunaut @ Sep 15 2007, 09:35 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649794"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Mercedes = Athena = More Regular than you<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Old school doesn't always mean regular... same with Infinitum, and others who I wish would post more than once every few months, lol

TychoCelchuuu

I won't be playing Halo 3, but not because I think I'm cool just because I don't give in to the hype machine or something. I just don't really like Halo. Good story, good music, nice production values, but first person shooters and consoles really don't mix as far as I'm concerned.

KungFuDiscoMonkey

Interesting flash applet but I just am not interested in Halo at all so I didn't really click on any of the extra links. I'm glad I avoid most of the game hype because I'm sure I would be rather tired of Halo 3 at this point. Halo fanboyism in general tires me. I didn't think the original was all that great though I admit I am biased towards PC games.

Liku

<!--quoteo(post=1649655:date=Sep 15 2007, 04:34 AM:name=Quaunaut)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Quaunaut @ Sep 15 2007, 04:34 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649655"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I got chills from some of those accounts, some of the imagery. Probably one of the best flash projects I've ever seen.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's pretty neat, the music does it. Master Chief seems to meet his demise at the end of the game.

<!--quoteo(post=1649676:date=Sep 15 2007, 09:35 AM:name=Aldaris)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Aldaris @ Sep 15 2007, 09:35 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649676"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><a href="http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/216C5EFF-B914-43A6-9369-E40D70B72A5D/0/vidhalo3monumenthi.asx" target="_blank">http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/216C5EFF-...3monumenthi.asx</a>

Video for the making of the diarama, set as if the video was made in the future when the museum was made.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Damn, it's not working for me. Time to browse.

<!--quoteo(post=1649804:date=Sep 15 2007, 11:16 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Sep 15 2007, 11:16 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649804"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I won't be playing Halo 3, but not because I think I'm cool just because I don't give in to the hype machine or something. I just don't really like Halo. Good story, good music, nice production values, but first person shooters and consoles really don't mix as far as I'm concerned.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There's always the PC version to look forward too in a year or two.

lolfighter

<!--quoteo(post=1649792:date=Sep 16 2007, 05:51 AM:name=NeonSpyder)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NeonSpyder @ Sep 16 2007, 05:51 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649792"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You are the only one.

Everyone else drools in anticipation for this epic game as the continuation and conclusion of an equally epic series (including books).

You are alone.[...]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No she's not.

NeonSpyder

<!--quoteo(post=1649825:date=Sep 16 2007, 05:22 AM:name=lolfighter)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lolfighter @ Sep 16 2007, 05:22 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649825"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->No she's not.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I know, I was just being unnecessarily cruel. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

Haze

That dio-whata was really cool.

enf0rcer

I'll probably play halo 3 on PC whenever it comes out. They are pretty entertaining games but not worth me buying a console over.

I'm definately 100 fold better at fps games with a keyboard and mouse. Just makes it more fun when you can still play the game and win on the harder settings.

TychoCelchuuu

<!--quoteo(post=1649820:date=Sep 16 2007, 03:22 AM:name=Liku)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Liku @ Sep 16 2007, 03:22 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649820"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->There's always the PC version to look forward too in a year or two.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

It's better on the PC, yeah, but I have other problems with it. Crappy level design in lots of parts (or, in Halo 1, good level design, over and over again, without any alterations). "Brown and gray" syndrome for the colors. Nathan Fillion's voice acting not being used a whole lot more. The long wait before we even get it on the PC. Microsoft making me buy Vista just so I can play a game that doesn't run in DirectX10. The very floaty feeling of jumping and of grenades. Overall I'd say almost all of the actual gameplay bits are mediocre. I'd rather Halo have been a bunch of books, or a trilogy of movies, or a made for TV miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg.

Quaunaut

Well, the floatyness is part of the Halo feel when it comes to jumps. When it comes to nades, thats because of a major ######up in Halo 2.

TychoCelchuuu

<!--quoteo(post=1649882:date=Sep 16 2007, 12:25 PM:name=Quaunaut)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Quaunaut @ Sep 16 2007, 12:25 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1649882"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Well, the floatyness is part of the Halo feel when it comes to jumps. When it comes to nades, thats because of a major ######up in Halo 2.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I never played much Halo 2 compared to Halo (no PC version) but I'm 100% sure the original Halo nades felt weird. And whether the floatyness is the "Halo" feel or just a "floaty" feel I still don't like it. Giving it a name doesn't make it better.

lolfighter

The original Halo grenades were a good deal more bouncy than you'd normally expect a piece of metal to be. The plasma grenades were more convincing (and stuck to grunts in a very satisfying manner).

TychoCelchuuu

Yeah, I never really thought of the plasma grenades as grenades, since they just stuck to everything. I thought of them as <a href="http://redvsblue.com/" target="_blank">spiders</a>.

Quaunaut

Holy hell, this is a new live action piece completely seperate from the ad campaign:

<a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/last-one-standing/halo-sweeps/halo-sweeps.html" target="_blank">http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/last-one-stand...alo-sweeps.html</a>

Also, if you have XBL, add me. Quaunaut. Gonna be co-opping it up tonite with a friend, we can fit 2 more.

Liku

Kinda cool, outside of the props though the production values aren't great.