Halo 3 Impressions/Reviews

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:05 pm

Anyone having this issue?

I was playing two people on one 360 online and the game reverted to NON-HD with the black areas on the side of the screen. I can play single player Halo 3 online in HD but once I add that guess it goes into this other format. Any ideas people?

AJColossal · Post by **AJColossal** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:00 pm

Zlax45 wrote:Anyone having this issue?

I was playing two people on one 360 online and the game reverted to NON-HD with the black areas on the side of the screen. I can play single player Halo 3 online in HD but once I add that guess it goes into this other format. Any ideas people?

Having the same issue whenever I play co-op on one 360.

Also, the game is not recognizing my hard drive, so I can't play co-op with someone else online or use the replay feature.

Any help greatly appreciated.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:18 pm

Anyone up for some Sunday night Halo. I'm not all that into the Phil-NYG game so if anyone up for a game let the board know.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:04 pm

JRod wrote:Anyone up for some Sunday night Halo. I'm not all that into the Phil-NYG game so if anyone up for a game let the board know.

Hey JRod what's your GT?

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:12 pm

macsomjrr wrote:
JRod wrote:Anyone up for some Sunday night Halo. I'm not all that into the Phil-NYG game so if anyone up for a game let the board know.
Hey JRod what's your GT?

QuarterRod

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:04 am

btmmayor wrote:I thought that the first two Halo games were very average first person shooters at best. Still, the hype sucked me in and I picked up 3. I played the first 3 levels of the game with a buddy over Live on Legendary difficulty and all I can say is WOW. Both of us had an absolute blast. The increase in difficulty is a must as we really had to work together to progress.

I do not like the multiplayer at all as team elimination games like Eradication in PDZ and Warzone in GOW have ruined me of the run and gun type gameplay. I had some fun with the single player (I've only played the first two levels there) but it was nothing compared to legendary co-op. We finally shut it down at 2 am last night, which is a ridiculous time of night for me.

How far did you get in Legendary? I pulled an all nighter finish the entire campaign in Legendary with 2 other friends but the last few levels are just very plain and boring (and frustrating because of the ridiculous number of non-mobile snipers).

btmmayor · Post by **btmmayor** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:15 pm

WillHunting wrote:How far did you get in Legendary? I pulled an all nighter finish the entire campaign in Legendary with 2 other friends but the last few levels are just very plain and boring (and frustrating because of the ridiculous number of non-mobile snipers).

Wow....one night? We just finished Chapter 7 last night and that took us about 2 hours to get through.

We are still having a blast. The highlight of the night was picking up my buddy in an airship and weaving through the gunfire to drop him on top of one of those giant walkers so he could run inside and destroy it. Unless the end of the game takes a major turn the whole experience has been anything but plain and boring. I hear alot of complaints about the snipers but if you take your time, split up and approach them the right way they are no problem. I enjoy that alot more than just blindly running forward shooting whatever moves.

I'm not a Halo fan at all, but I put the co-op campaign experience right up there with the best games I've played.

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:17 pm

btmmayor wrote:
WillHunting wrote:How far did you get in Legendary? I pulled an all nighter finish the entire campaign in Legendary with 2 other friends but the last few levels are just very plain and boring (and frustrating because of the ridiculous number of non-mobile snipers).
Wow....one night? We just finished Chapter 7 last night and that took us about 2 hours to get through.

We are still having a blast. The highlight of the night was picking up my buddy in an airship and weaving through the gunfire to drop him on top of one of those giant walkers so he could run inside and destroy it. Unless the end of the game takes a major turn the whole experience has been anything but plain and boring. I hear alot of complaints about the snipers but if you take your time, split up and approach them the right way they are no problem. I enjoy that alot more than just blindly running forward shooting whatever moves.

I'm not a Halo fan at all, but I put the co-op campaign experience right up there with the best games I've played.

Level 7 is definitely the longest level in the game.

Also, IMO, the game peaked on that stage. Level 8 is a major drag, and level 9 is good, but nothing special.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:24 pm

Naples39 wrote:
btmmayor wrote:
WillHunting wrote:How far did you get in Legendary? I pulled an all nighter finish the entire campaign in Legendary with 2 other friends but the last few levels are just very plain and boring (and frustrating because of the ridiculous number of non-mobile snipers).
Wow....one night? We just finished Chapter 7 last night and that took us about 2 hours to get through.

We are still having a blast. The highlight of the night was picking up my buddy in an airship and weaving through the gunfire to drop him on top of one of those giant walkers so he could run inside and destroy it. Unless the end of the game takes a major turn the whole experience has been anything but plain and boring. I hear alot of complaints about the snipers but if you take your time, split up and approach them the right way they are no problem. I enjoy that alot more than just blindly running forward shooting whatever moves.

I'm not a Halo fan at all, but I put the co-op campaign experience right up there with the best games I've played.
Level 7 is definitely the longest level in the game.

Also, IMO, the game peaked on that stage. Level 8 is a major drag, and level 9 is good, but nothing special.

Yah, 8 and 9 is just so bleh when the rest of the game was quite good (really enjoyed 1-4).

I can't believe we stayed up till 7:30am to finish everything (and grabbed all the skulls along the way). I will probably help out a buddy on Legendary again, but no way am I doing it all at 1 go. Not 18 anymore!!

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:37 pm

Any chance of a DSP Halo 3 get-together tonight? Figured it would be nice to get a break from playing the 12 year olds who keep whining;

"Heeeyyyy Dr. Maaacaaa, stop stealing my kills."
"Oh, sorry."
"F@ggot."

I'll be online around 11pm EST.

JRod,
Sorry I missed your invite yesterday.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:50 pm

I was supposed to be online but the damn baseball game keeps me hooked so far. Going to the 12th inning now. Hope if any of you guys are around still by 21:30 PST to catch up a bit.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:30 am

10spro wrote:I was supposed to be online but the damn baseball game keeps me hooked so far. Going to the 12th inning now. Hope if any of you guys are around still by 21:30 PST to catch up a bit.

I can't believe trevor lost that game for us:(:(:(:(:( Oh well. Good luck in the post-season Rockies. EVen though they knocked us out I'll be hoping they go far this October.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:15 pm

Anyone download any custom maps from Bungie? Played around with a few. Check out one call Nuclearpowerplant (or something similar). It's crazy.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:08 pm

greggsand wrote:Anyone download any custom maps from Bungie? Played around with a few. Check out one call Nuclearpowerplant (or something similar). It's crazy.

Aren't they just the same maps but with different spawn points/vehicles etc...? Doesn't sound very cool to me but I'll check that one out.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:15 pm

macsomjrr wrote:
greggsand wrote:Anyone download any custom maps from Bungie? Played around with a few. Check out one call Nuclearpowerplant (or something similar). It's crazy.
Aren't they just the same maps but with different spawn points/vehicles etc...? Doesn't sound very cool to me but I'll check that one out.

Sorta, you can actually do stuff like create explosive barrels the spawn mid air every 2 secs (or whatever u want) and coming raining down on the maps like bombs. Some guys have created mongoose racetracks by placing crates around the map to form the track. Add that and falling bombs and you really got something!! One dude claims to have a made a version of Football, but I have tried it yet. They're all on bungie.net.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:19 am

Finished the campaign on heroic last night, solo... I gotta say I really enjoyed it! Except for parts of mission 8, perhaps. Some have ragged on the cutscenes, but I thought they looked great (especially some of that large scale matte painting stuff towards the end) and that wonderful Halo music sort of elevates everything, even when the dialogue is vague cheese. I look forward to doing some legendary on co-op.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:09 am

Slumberland wrote:Finished the campaign on heroic last night, solo... I gotta say I really enjoyed it! Except for parts of mission 8, perhaps. Some have ragged on the cutscenes, but I thought they looked great (especially some of that large scale matte painting stuff towards the end) and that wonderful Halo music sort of elevates everything, even when the dialogue is vague cheese. I look forward to doing some legendary on co-op.

I hated the last 2 levels of Flood, just brutal on Legendary (especially level Cortana). But overall, the game is great and alot of fun (co-op).

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:22 am

WillHunting wrote:
Slumberland wrote:Finished the campaign on heroic last night, solo... I gotta say I really enjoyed it! Except for parts of mission 8, perhaps. Some have ragged on the cutscenes, but I thought they looked great (especially some of that large scale matte painting stuff towards the end) and that wonderful Halo music sort of elevates everything, even when the dialogue is vague cheese. I look forward to doing some legendary on co-op.
I hated the last 2 levels of Flood, just brutal on Legendary (especially level Cortana). But overall, the game is great and alot of fun (co-op).

Agree about level 8, but level 9 isn't nearly as bad because you have a lot more room to move around, you have the arbiter with you, and the flood you kill don't get back up again.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:36 am

Naples39 wrote: Agree about level 8, but level 9 isn't nearly as bad because you have a lot more room to move around, you have the arbiter with you, and the flood you kill don't get back up again.

True true. My complains on 9 is that it is so BORING. The last level shouldn't be so plain and unimaginative....

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:43 am

I loved the driving section of 9. But on the whole, yeah, fighting covenant is ten times more interesting than fighting flood.

LAking · Post by **LAking** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:28 am

Slumberland wrote:I loved the driving section of 9. But on the whole, yeah, fighting covenant is ten times more interesting than fighting flood.

I hated the last two levels. Even the driving wasn't very exciting. I just wanted the game to end at that point. Although i had some fun on the rest of the levels the game has been somewhat of a disappointment for me. I'm not all that into the multilayer and the single player was good but not great. I'll keep it for a little longer to get more MP in and then sell it. Too many other great comes on the horizon.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:03 pm

Man, Halo 2 was pretty miserable for me online, but I sure do love 3. Even with randoms, I'm having a good time. Maybe the matchmaking is better, maybe it's the ease of the mute function now, who knows. One thing I can put my finger on, it just feels real good, in a visceral way, to take someone down. Even the default machine gun is effective, especially when you weave and charge while shooting and then finish it off with a melee (I'm afraid I will be something of a knife whore when COD4 gets to my doorstep). One of my favorite things is to run away from a pursuer, then hide behind a wall and stop moving to disable the radar, then sort of reverse ambush them as they come around. I had a nice game of team slayer where I had 15 kills and only 1 death, with 14 of those kills coming uninterrupted. I felt so Willem Dafoe in Platoon. Then being able to replay the match in theater... so fun.

I'm still eager to play some of the campaign on Legendary co-op. Is anyone down?

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:17 pm

Slumberland wrote: I'm still eager to play some of the campaign on Legendary co-op. Is anyone down?

I am, I am, I am! Me, me, me, me, pick me!

I really dig the co-op in this game and want to get through it on Legendary.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:32 pm

I want to as well. I still have only done the first 3 levels in the game period. I want to finish the game in co-op so definitely count me in.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:15 pm

That's awesome... is there a time this weekend that's good for you?