Halo 3 Beta

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Halo 3 Beta

Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Tue May 15, 2007 5:21 pm

Those of you who bought Crackdown for the X360 with the Halo 3 beta key, should be reminded that the Beta starts tom!

Grab your Spartan outfit, Halo is back in town...
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Post by Hound » Tue May 15, 2007 5:55 pm

Cant wait :-)

Is there limited availability? I wont be back until the evening to play :o
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Tue May 15, 2007 7:46 pm

Not that I know of, supposedly anyone with a pass can play, u can set up your own games so it should all be fun and games all round!
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Post by Shanti418 » Tue May 15, 2007 7:49 pm

Bah. I've got no time for fiddling around with an incomplete game that has crappy graphics where I have to track bugs. I'm a Guitar Hero, dammit!
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Tue May 15, 2007 7:59 pm

Its an open beta which pretty much = Demo.

So the graphics are 99% finnal and the bugs will be almost no existant at this point.
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Thu May 17, 2007 10:33 am

its amazing = fact
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Post by Shanti418 » Thu May 17, 2007 2:06 pm

A) What are some of the new gameplay dynamics? I've heard of the spiky grenade, man cannon/launch pads (Too Quake 3 for my tastes), and kind of Perfect Darkish secondary weapon functions.

B) If the graphics are 99% complete and there are non-existant bugs, what exactly are they doing between now and November?
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Thu May 17, 2007 3:35 pm

a) well there loads of new MP modes and stuff, lots of new equipment to use. the man cannon isnt as quake 3 as u might have heard, its rather cool, launch pads are portable units. id check out bungies website for a full list. - camera replay options is bloody cool. u can record and edit movies, send them to mates etc...

b) theres still a one player game, and we only have 3 maps on the beta out of X ammount, so it still needs loads of play-testing. i expect at this point its finnal stuff tho, launching a game as big as halo will require alot of effort in all departments, not just the game, but marketing and stuff.

I cant explain how smooth the MP runs, its like Halo washed in silk, its quit beautifull.
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