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[Temp]

Halo 3 pics.

http://users.pandora.be/tieno/h3/

On plot twists
"Halo 3 will contain more plot twists than any other game in the series" --Jaime Griesemer

On Gears of War being competition
"We've played lots and lots of multiplayer and some singleplayer, and yeah, it's really good. But it's also quite a bit different from what we're doing. I realize that a lot of people are concerned that Halo 3 and GoW are going to compete for the same audience, but I think that when people get to play, they'll realize how different the games are. Gears is a much slower game where stragegy and cover plays a bigger part." --Jaime Griesemer

On graphics
"A lot is still missing in this build. Weather- and water effects are missing, and most of our HDR isn't in there yet. We're still at alpha stage, but when everything is in place, Halo 3 will be the best X360 has to offer." --Brian Jarrard

"We definitely have another strategy than Epic Games when it comes to graphics. We'll never engulf our game environments in lots of details like that. GoW looks absolutely fantastic, but we want to avoid compromising Halo's unique visual style. That's why we're making a clean, sharp game as opposed to one with insane amount of details." --Brian Jarrard

"There are many ways to convey emotion. Graphics is not the most important one." --Brian Jarrard

On multiplayer and bots
"Multiplayer has always been important, but it's developed in a different way which makes it look bigger for every game. We have a base that we always build the MP part on, whereas the SP mode practically has to be built ground-up every time. Xbox Live also made MP in Halo 2 even more important." --Brian Jarrard

"A lot of people ask us about bots. They think that the AI in Halo was pretty damn good, and would work well in MP as well, but it's really not that simple. The enemies in Halo are optimized for encountering the player in large numbers. They would be a lot worse at abstract thought AI like 'I have to defend my flag' and so forth. In short, to create bots for Halo would be an immense undertaking, and we rather put that time into making new levels, weapons and netcode." --Jaime Griesemer
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New Weapons:
*Spiker: the weapon of choice for brutes.
*Spartan Laser: An anti-veichle weapon, fires a red laser that pretty much destroys any veichle that is hit.

New Vehicle:
*Moongoose: The ATV that was supposed to be in Halo 2. It carries 2 people and it doesn't have any weapons so it's mainly a means of getting from point A to point B as fast as possible."

from gamefaqs
Swedish magazine level has had the chance to play halo 3 in multiplayer and there are 3 levels which is revealed,
Valhalla = blood gulch, High Ground = Zanzibar, Snowbound = Frost bite.

New vehicle - Mongoose, mostly for transport 2 persons.

new weapon- spartan laser, hard to use but extremely powerful vehicle destroyer apparently

- nail grenade, sticks on walls and emits nails into the air.

new weapon - spiker (brute weapon),

your secondary weapon is visible at all times at your back. (THANK GOD!!!)

New transportation system in multilayer- man cannon, launches you into the air through air streams, you can still be fired at and you can fire back.

The X-button will have a special use which Bungie will not reveal.

No bots will come to H3. that will be all.

Bumper buttons can be used to reload both weapons independantly.

pretty stupid to show pics from an alpha. especially from MP which is slightly dialed down graphically compared to SP. this game is going to be so highly scrutinsed, they should have waited until beta to show something.

[Krispy]

They seem to be completely downplaying graphics and yet from what I can see in those screenshots... graphics are not downplayed.

[Temp]

really? even with the new hi-res scans all I see is Halo HD.

[Neptune]

Far Cry Vengenance trailer up for the Wii
http://uk.media.wii.ign.com/media/84...81/vids_1.html

[Temp]

wow, Xbox360s being sold for $100 on Amazon. less than half the price of the Wii.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/holiday/cv/homepage/

now there are only 1000 units available and this will have spread all over the net so you'll have to be fast. 360 option already has 75% of the votes.

[Zoetrope]

Originally Posted by Temp

wow, Xbox360s being sold for $100 on Amazon. less than half the price of the Wii.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/holiday/cv/homepage/

now there are only 1000 units available and this will have spread all over the net so you'll have to be fast. 360 option already has 75% of the votes.

Realistically, it's more like $200 if you're getting the HD aswell, then add p&p.

Still, it saves spending $300 like you normally would.

I'd get one but a) dunno if the 360 applies to the same laws as other consoles ie PAL and NTSC (I'm assuming it does) and b) the p&p would be higher aswell as running the risk of income taxes being added.

When's 11 a.m PST? I thought America were 5 hours behind us so wouldn't that mean the offer has started (which it hasn't)?

It's at 88% now, vote wise.

[Krispy]

Yeah, the 360 is region encoded.

[Neptune]

SSX Wii trailer being aired tonight

go here for info:

http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/748/748757p1.html

[mixedherb]

Originally Posted by Neptune

SSX Wii trailer being aired tonight

go here for info:

http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/748/748757p1.html

Looks good the graphics are stunning, roll on Wednesday as i'll be first in Que for the Launch to PAL regions