Halo 3

[Lyris]

I think it might have just been interference. I've moved my 360 away from the telly (it was standing right next to it) and the weirdness has gone.

An LCD couldn't get interference like that, unless there's something I'm not aware of.

[watusi]

Anyone else having problems playing online? Not been able to all day, halo won't find any matches, it just searches forever and ever. Reyt annoying!!

[JP]

I'm on the Cortana mission now...what a load crap!!!

I really don't know if I can be bothered to get through this one or not.

[Rossco]

Bite the bullet mate, the next level after it is a belter!

[SuperBeatBoy]

I'm on the Cortana mission now...what a load crap!!!

I really don't know if I can be bothered to get through this one or not.

That misson was exactly like the library from halo 1. Boring and repetitive. The only bad level in halo 3 imo. All the rest of the levels were brilliantly designed and the combat was fantastic. Halo 3 is my fav in the series imo. Persevere Evo, the next level is brilliant.

Im definetly playing through it again on online co-op tomorrow.

[JP]

I thought this was the last one!

I know everybody was complaining about the 2nd to last mission which I though was the one I finished earlier and enjoyed lol.

I've not been a big Halo fan in the past and lost interest before finishing the others. I'm enjoying most of this one and I'm tempted to try the other two again now.

It's really good but there are some really bad things about it too. I'll post some more thoughts after I have managed to finish the game though.

I found some sort of console thing a couple of times in the game and activated them to get given a load of info. Do these do anything or do you get awarded anything for finding them?

EDIT:
I'm loving this screenshot thing though, I can spend an hour playing a level then spend two hours messing around with the screenshots lol.

It's not updating very well though as I took a couple on Tuesday and they've just appeared online now.

[dogen]

Persevere Evo, the next level is brilliant...

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I thought the last level was one of the worst. bungie just rehashed the climatic warthog run from the original HALO. Confirming that they had just run out of ideas.

The only difference was that they also removed the countdown timer. And with it, any sense of tension or fear that you might not escape safely.

[Kevvy Metal]

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I thought the last level was one of the worst. bungie just rehashed the climatic warthog run from the original HALO. Confirming that they had just run out of ideas.

The only difference was that they also removed the countdown timer. And with it, any sense of tension or fear that you might not escape safely.

It's there!!! wtf!?

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Cortana counts done how many second left till the Rings destruction.

Did you miss this?!

[MartyG]

Hmm - completed the campaign on heroic and it only unlocked the normal :/

I had been doing the solo on normal, but co-op was all on heroic. Ah well.

[PeteJ]

Hmm - completed the campaign on heroic and it only unlocked the normal :/

I had been doing the solo on normal, but co-op was all on heroic. Ah well.

Have you loaded "the arival" on heroic? It's the initial cutscene and counts as a level, you need it completed on Heroic to get the achievement.

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I thought the last level was one of the worst. bungie just rehashed the climatic warthog run from the original HALO. Confirming that they had just run out of ideas.

I don't agree with that at all. The

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final section is a huge nod back to the original Halo and a great one at that. No sense of urgency? If you look backwards you can see the whole scructure collapsing behind you! If you are not quick enough you will die!

[Sane]

Just finished the game on heroic yesterday. About the ending, is there an alternate ending for finishing it on legendary? This one left me a bit unsatisfied. Also is there more after the credits on heroic? One of my friends left during the credits so I was thrown back to the menu as well.

[PeteJ]

Just finished the game on heroic yesterday. About the ending, is there an alternate ending for finishing it on legendary? This one left me a bit unsatisfied. Also is there more after the credits on heroic? One of my friends left during the credits so I was thrown back to the menu as well.

Yes and Yes.

[MartyG]

Have you loaded "the arival" on heroic? It's the initial cutscene and counts as a level, you need it completed on Heroic to get the achievement.

Cheers Pete - that's what it was, I now have the achievement

[JP]

Anybody know what the hell this is?



EDIT:
For the people who don't know, it's some sort of award from my Bungie.net Halo 3 record

[B1gBeard]

Anyone who has found that they have maybe been left a bit flat by Halo 3. Are you long term PC Gamers as well?

The thing I've found is that for a Halo fan or console FPS fan, Halo 3 probably offers everything you could ever wish for. The game is a portal to a Halo hub that is going to give you everything you could ever wish for months and years to come.

For me, who started out with Wolfenstien on the PC and have subsequently played to death most FPS games since then, it all feels a bit like a game I was playing many years ago and even then, it doesn't quite match those games. Feeling similar to games like Quake and Unreal is not a bad thing, but I wonder if the negativity about Halo 3 says more about the evolution of FPS games on consoles currently than the quality of the game.

I think its a brave stab and can understand the ratings given out by Edge and Gamestm. I personally would have rated it as a high 8. In comparison to games I have played in the past, mainly due to the fact that the single player is very weak apart from 2-3 levels in the middle of the game, but I can see why, from a console perspective, it is a revolution.