Halo 3 online mutiplayer beta.

[Bleeders]

I'm ashamed that I've hardly been on this at all. Tonight and tomorrow though, I'll be there.

Poxy moving house lark! >_<

[Yoshimax]

See it's happening - The people investing time learning the ropes are seeing past the insta-death frustration and appreciating the AAA game underlying it.

Blowing Banshee clean out the air = Still awesome And some of the carry on last night was absolute comedy gold - Seems it's been a while since we had a right good NTSC session like that !

[Marmite]

I think i need to try and play this with some of you guys as i dont really know what the hell is going on! I do feel like it could be awesome though given a chance and played with the right people.

[RustyS Badge]

Blowing Banshee clean out the air = Still awesome

I think it was Roddy who I lasered out of the air. Git deserved it though

[Mardigan8]

It was a superb session and hopefully get plenty more over the next few weeks. The stuff you can pull off when you actually get some coordination is immense. Neutral bomb game we are 1 down and all doing our own stuff, quick call from Yoshi to pull things together and then we get the boys loaded up in the hog and a goose and roll in to pull one back... we ended up with every one of us in their base each guarding a different door while we waited on it detonating, it was class.

The BTB stuff last night was also immense fun, really starting to appreciate the level of detail in a lot of these maps. Still aint got all the weapon placements memorised but that will come

[Yoshimax]

I only noticed last night that the water isn't a flat poly with clever shaders applied - It's 10x more awesome than I thought

[Briareos]

It was a superb session and hopefully get plenty more over the next few weeks. The stuff you can pull off when you actually get some coordination is immense. Neutral bomb game we are 1 down and all doing our own stuff, quick call from Yoshi to pull things together and then we get the boys loaded up in the hog and a goose and roll in to pull one back... we ended up with every one of us in their base each guarding a different door while we waited on it detonating, it was class.

The BTB stuff last night was also immense fun, really starting to appreciate the level of detail in a lot of these maps. Still aint got all the weapon placements memorised but that will come

Was that the one where we were joined by the yanks? Pesky kids!

[Mardigan8]

Was that the one where we were joined by the yanks? Pesky kids!

Aye, and I think there were a few Canadians in at some point aswell, that didnt work out either

Also, I landed a spike grenade on a boys helmet visor last night and would love to know if it was all he could see on his screen before it detontated, haha, probably not though eh

[Briareos]

Also, I landed a spike grenade on a boys helmet visor last night and would love to know if it was all he could see on his screen before it detontated, haha, probably not though eh

We can but hope!

Lesson learned last night for me:

Bubble shield on high ground territory 1 = good.
Great driver on hog = killing spree.
Spikers are placed in pairs for good reason.
Spartan laser doesn't have as many shots as i though.

Also I love high ground even more as i keep finding more nooks and crannies. I didn't even know about the pipe that connects territory 3 with territory 5! By the time i got to my destination the tube was full of corpses, spooky stuff.

[Mardigan8]

I only noticed last night that the water isn't a flat poly with clever shaders applied - It's 10x more awesome than I thought

Also, am pretty sure I spotted some 3D grass while I was looking for my killer after my head got blwon off, it was lurvly

It certainly aint a punch you in the face visual step forward from 2 at the moment but when you actually look at the detail of the environments, etc rather than just scream by them with your sights firmly placed on your target, there are some really ncie graphical touches on show here... we are just to engrossed in the benchmark gameplay to give a ****, hehe.

[Briareos]

Pop Quiz!

Can i download the demo on another xbox (i.e the one we have at work) if i recover my gamertag on it? And to double check, there is no way to ensure a four player game without anyone else right?

[Tobal]

That BTB bomb game sucked for me, i ended up onthe yanks side, who did nothing but kill and shout "your mum's penis". Everytime you planted the bomb i think only giga and me ran back.

The only enjoyable bit in that match was grabbing the mutli missile launcher and hitting the manpad to rain down missile death on the you lot camping the hill in the middle.

Apart from that the rest was good.

[Briareos]

That BTB bomb game sucked for me, i ended up onthe yanks side, who did nothing but kill and shout "your mum's penis". Everytime you planted the bomb i think only giga and me ran back.

The only enjoyable bit in that match was grabbing the mutli missile launcher and hitting the manpad to rain down missile death on the you lot camping the hill in the middle.

Apart from that the rest was good.

Yeah they weren't thinking much in the team tactics area. Where is the multi missile launcher btw?

[Tobal]

Always inside each base next to the bomb plant point.

[Kevvy Metal]

Had some AMAZING games last night with you guys...people like DataDave and EvilBoris.....BTB is something else! I saved at least 3 films of sheer comedy gold....pinging off the man cannon with the missile pod, straight into the middle of mid-field vehicle carnage

This very well could be the best multi-player shooter I've played and the Full release will be MORE than worth the money for it alone....potential quality of Single-player is still up in the air imo...but the INCREDIBLE MP is a REALLY good sign.

Hopefully the MP doesnt get ****ed for final release.