Halo 3...50 Person Multiplayer????

**Rainman979** · 06-17-2005, 03:28 PM

Let the rumors begin

Source:
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/gossip/...yer-108370.php

A new pack of Halo 3 rumors is spreading on the net today. Here�s a run down of what a friend of an uncle of a Bungie employee is reporting (Yeah, it�s that reliable):

1) It will have a darker and more gritty story than the previous games.

2) They�re attempting to maintain an online cooperative component for the campaign supporting more than two players at once.

3) It has a lot of cinematics planned for it. The opening scenes apparently occur thousands of years before the timeline of the original Halo: Combat Evolved�s story.

4) It will have a multiplayer mode which pits players against bots in scenarios that are directly connected to the story of the game.

5) They�re attempting to implement both a map editor and a movie maker, which would allow players to send and receive their maps/movies through Xbox Live. This would apparently be on a separate disc, and they have an entire team working just on these two projects.

6) Zanzibar, Sidewinder and Hang Em High are said to return to the multiplayer mode, completely reworked. Zanzibar will be mangled and torn apart as though after the battle, the sky will be dark red. Sidewinder will have four legs instead of just two, with bases at each end. Hang Em High will have a massive tree at its center and the structure will be deteriorated.

7) They want to support more than fifty players on Xbox Live for certain maps.

I'm getting giddy in the pants over these rumors, Hopefully som are true. Discuss.

**chareece** · 06-17-2005, 03:35 PM

i think all 7 of those items could be done even if it comes from such a reliable source.

**Raz** · 06-17-2005, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainman979

4) It will have a multiplayer mode which pits players against bots in scenarios that are directly connected to the story of the game.

Very cool...

To me this is the most important feature... 'cause I don't like competitions. I never compete. That's why I don't usually like playing FPS games in the internet. But that features changes everything.

As a side note, I don't hate to lose. Losing and winning are the same thing.

**McLean78** · 06-17-2005, 03:41 PM

I don't know, I was getting pretty excited right up until I got to the part about the movie maker. That seems like a pretty big stretch to me. Everything else sounds great though! 50+ players wouldn't surprise me, as MS is already pushing that number in PDZ and it's already been done in PC games.

**surrealist** · 06-18-2005, 09:04 PM

Anyone who's seen the ending to Halo 2 knows it's going to get darker and grittier.

**Ky kiske** · 06-18-2005, 10:27 PM

well I wouldn't think that he halo series would really get gritty...I mean how gritty can you get when the aliens you fight against favorite line is " What, WHAT WHAT?!". ALso im not shure how 50 player battles would even work the way halo is set up now. It would be total choas even on large levels. The battle rifle would always rain supreme on levels with 20 to 30 characters and over that its nothing but dual wielding and stealing other peoples kills. Ahhh, maybe im being a little hard on bungie, besides these are just rumors but heres crossing our fingers things work out.

**McLean78** · 06-19-2005, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by surrealist

Anyone who's seen the ending to Halo 2 knows it's going to get darker and grittier.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. Now that I think about it, I'm kind of in agreement with Ky here. I can't really picture Halo as dark and gritty.

I mean they've already had the Flood animating dead corpses, an invasion of earth, weapons that are supposed to destroy all life in the galaxy, and the Arbiter fighting against his own people. If they can do all that without making it seem gritty, then it's never going to be.

We'll get plenty of darkness and grit from Quake IV, Gears of War, etc. Halo will continue to be Halo.

**Ky kiske** · 06-21-2005, 06:55 PM

Hey, is it just me or does gears of war not look very scary? I don't know. Semms like it should be for some reason, but I guess not.

**McLean78** · 06-21-2005, 07:01 PM

Yeah I agree. I think it's hard to make a shooter scary. Horror usually tries to make you feel helpless in order to create fear, but you never feel too helpless if you're packin a big automatic rifle.

It's even harder to make a trailer for a shooter scary, let alone a designer talking you through the game as he plays it. I bet the game will be a lot scarier if you're playing it alone in the dark, but fear will probably take a back seat to action and fun.

**chareece** · 06-21-2005, 07:10 PM

what do you two think about doom 3? i thought it was scary and i just played the demo. or maybe i'm a chicken.

**McLean78** · 06-21-2005, 07:18 PM

Scary as hell! I haven't finished it yet, so I don't know if it'll just get old by the end, but the first few hours rival or surpass any scary game I've played yet.

I think part of that owes to the flashlight trick. So whenever you enter a dark room, you have to choose to be either blind or defenseless. I know that pissed people off as a gameplay device, but as a horror device I think it's great.

**Ky kiske** · 06-21-2005, 07:44 PM

I think your just a chicken. The game was so predictable! " Oh man im running thru a dark hallway! Theres no real story to why im doing it. I don't even really have a name! Theres no reason why I shouldn't just shoot my self in the head, no one would miss me! OH crap, whats that behind me? Oh its just another zombie, ooh whats that in the darkness, something scary? Nope, just a big mutated pig, ill just kill it. BUt wait! I'm holding a damn flashlight! Man im to stupid and lazy to go find some duck tape. guess ill just let the zombie eat my brain, no one will miss me." Ok.. \

OK i really should have just pointed out the bad points of the game instead of telling a story.
So ill point it out very quickly.
1) No story.
2) " can't just duck tape my flash light to my gun? WHAT THE $%#^!)
3) Graphics are highly over rated ( maybe it looks better than halo but its still not as good as the Chronicals of Riddick)
4)The game isn't very scary. ( I've found pimples on my ass that are scaryer than this game... i mean how many times must I be attacked from behind by a guy with a shot gun, or a freakin hell pig before I say, " Ya know what, this sucks, im gonna go kill the guy who sold it to me".)
5)Its not really "3"... its just a remake of Doom One....

The only saving grace is the multi player. Co-op is extremely fun for some reason...deathmatch..not so much. Look if you want to be scared go play silent hill 4. If you want to play another first person shooter ( you don't trust me..) with good graphics ( by xbox standards), no story, and so-so multiplayer, this is for you, but ya know what, frankly I can think of better
things to do with my hands (.... masterbation joke...sorry just had to get one in...)

**chareece** · 06-21-2005, 07:59 PM

so are you saying i should just shut up, play the game and stop whinning? i'll try but if i get scaried who is going to hold my hand when i'm to scaried to go to sleep?

**McLean78** · 06-21-2005, 08:00 PM

Okay, you who's arguing about how stupid the character is who can't tape his flashlight to his gun: I have a question for you.

If it were you in that game, which gun would you tape the light to? Would you pick one gun and stick with it the entire time? Or would you tear off the duct tape every time you switched weapons?

Btw, I don't think any game can ever scare somebody who doesn't want to be scared. If you want to just groan about how dumb it is, then of course it won't scare you. You have to let it scare you. I let Doom 3 scare me, and damn did it ever co-operate.

**Rainman979** · 06-22-2005, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by chareece

what do you two think about doom 3? i thought it was scary and i just played the demo. or maybe i'm a chicken.

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