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H3 question from someone under a rock.. : ) Anonymous
I'm not a huge gamer.. I got hooked on it after reading the books (friend referred me to it) and finding out they should have made it a scifi series like babylon 5 or andromeda instead of a damn video game.

AANYWAY.. simple question for anyone who played the beta..

this is a new weapon.. obviously human made.. what's it called, what's it do, how awesome is it?
>> Zothique !5kL7bwCrGk
I could never understand the hype for Halo. It was just another generic sci-fi FPS. Was it because it was the only half-decent game on the XBox?

Now if we were to talk about the original Deus Ex, or System Shock...
>> Anonymous
>> AANYWAY.. simple question for anyone who played the beta..

The beta hasn't even started yet.

Also, that red beam is the "spartan laser", a powerful handheld device capable of knocking out tanks in one mighty blow. Also cool for blowing shit up in general.
>> Anonymous
>>105265
Halo always seemed like Tribes without jet packs (and that whole single player game thing.) It wasn't bad (though I hate console FPS games, so I really only played the pc version), but it just felt... blah.
>> Anonymous
Actually the beta is out for a few thousand Microsoft employees--If you see someone playing Pimps at Sea on Xbox Live, that's the Halo 3 beta :D

I'm assuming it's not anywhere close to final, as someone would have leaked what the X button does by now if it was.

There's supposed to be a new book out soon too...Next year I think. Ruins of Coral, I think?

The other new weapons in Halo 3 will be the return of the Assault Rifle, the Brute spikers, and the spike grenades.
>> Anonymous
this weapon is called the Spartan Lazer if i remember correctly
>> Jeremo !iKGMr61IHM
>>105265

Yeah i tend to agree, it really was an average FPS... like on the PC we had seen better games before and after...

but i suppose it was the first time Consoles had a good FPS and it was really one of the only decent games on the original xbox.

Halo 2 looked to be a great game, but someone fucked that up.
>> Anonymous
Fucking Halo console bullshit. Take your faggotry back to /v/.
>> Anonymous
>>105495
Please leave 4chan and don't return, or at the very least, confine yourself to /b
>> Maxwell !ZmdSh6eNG.
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>>105452
I'm thinking the same.

It brought alot of PC attitude to a market almost oblivious to the kind of crap we're used to. These guys barely had a few FPS when halo came out, then they get one crammed with all the trimmings.
That could cause a small paradigm shift.
>> Dominoooo !arjgWSIZBg
Yeah, that's the spartan laser. Takes out vehicles (and people) in one shot, but it takes a few seconds to charge, making it kind of useless in close range person-to-person combat.
>> Anonymous
PC gamers please shut up about halo. The pc version of halo was a steaming pile of shit, but the xbox version is one of my favorite games.
>> Anonymous
>>105744

Disregard that I suck cocks
>> Anonymous
>>105744Both versions of halo were steaming piles of shit, but it might have been a good game if they'd stuck with a real platform to begin with.

fixed
>> Anonymous
Fucking gay halo shit.

Stupid babie monsters who cry all the fucking time. Console shit.
>> Anonymous
valhalla laser?
>> Anonymous
Fuck consoles.
>> Anonymous
>>105261
/r/ing lazor chargin' face on guy shootin his layyyzzoooorrr!!
>> Anonymous
>>105749
Halo was originally developed for PC anyway. Blame Microsoft for stealing Bungie and making them develop it for Xbox under enormous time restraints.
Halo 2 was shat out because the fanboys wanted it out as soon as possible and didn't think about the consequences.
At least Bungie has some slack for Halo 3. I'm glad it's taking time to be developed.
>> Anonymous
>>105803
if by PC you mean "mac", then yes it was originally intended to be a mac only title.
>> Anonymous
>>105744
frame-based animation 'cause of port from horribly inferior system tends to do that, yeah.
>> Anonymous
>>105809
Err wrong Halo was originally intended to be for release on both the Mac and PC at the same damn time. Also, Halo was originally intended to be a FPS/RTS but Bungie got in over their heads on the workload for that kind of gameplay.
>> Anonymous
anyway you see it, its one of the best games ever.
>> BME !RcojlcMl36
>>105272
Ghosts of Onyx
>> Anonymous
Alex Seropian & Jason Jones == sellouts
>> Anonymous
wouldn't it be the same laser from halo2
and this just looks like fanart to me
can u see the guy in the pic to mid left flying?
>> Anonymous
>>106029
sweet! jetpacks!
>> Anonymous
>>105495
agreed PC takes the win always
>> Anonymous
>>106029
the pic came from bungie.net's halo3 screencap section.

enjoy your official tag of fail.
>> Anonymous
http://www.gametrailers.com/downloadnew.php?id=15807&type=wmv&f=

first game play woot
>> Anonymous
This is real, the guy isnt flying he has just been launced out of the "man cannon" as its called the laser is not the laser from 2 its the spartan laser go be smart and read about it on bungie.net jeez
>> Zothique !5kL7bwCrGk
It is still a bad game.