Halo 3

Just had breakfast meeting with Ken Taya - the artist who runs enfu and popular with his Hybrid Nippop art.
Ken is one of the environment artists responsible for the environment that surrounds you in Halo. If you have any feedback for him them leave them here ^^;
Met up with Ken to discuss bits n bobs n this n that.
Also learned that Ken works with one of my Amazon ex-colleagues at Bungie. Small world.
Ken brought some swag for us including these Halo Kubricks signed by the core developers on Halo. Cant wait to visit Seattle again.
Any Halo players here? How does it compare with other online FPS? Ken was also telling me how fights break out between groups and they try to kill each other - the looser getting something called a "face hump." I still have to delve into the world of online gaming but Ken warned about how it could get addictive.
I still have not ventured into the 360 world anyway as I hear the red ring of death is still quite common.
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Otaku, Animation Major
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Halo itself is a good game. It's the players that make it bad. Most of the people you play with are either
a. too cocky for their own good
or
b. an annoying small child that screams obscenities into the mic and makes your ears bleed
but when you find yourself some good friends to play with it's really not that bad a game. It's fairly balanced and the playlists it has are fun as well (especially SWAT IMO). Even so, I'd wait till tomorrow for Gears of War 2 or play Call of Duty 4.
Otaku, Animation Major
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Forgot to add for Danny. The "face hump" is called "teabagging." And if you're a fairly new player the cocky kids will do it to you. A lot.
http://www.marvinryan.com
did a search on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz-CFJmS3TU
guess some folks have nothing better to do. wish game makers would remove those silly taunt bug off with their game updates.
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
LOL! Never played Halo 3, but me and my buds use to play as a squad in Battlefield 2 & 2142. One of my squad members always teabagged the fallen. He, for some reason, always took these shooter games too personally.
Pre-U Student
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BF 2 and 2142 is fun. There are times when things can get real funny and I will be laughing to myself in front of the computer screen ^^
Electrical Engineering Student
omg theres serveral times where all i do in a game is be total jerk
get a jeep or fast car and strap it with C4 and drive it into tanks APCs almost anything you can reach ( terrorist tactics LOL )
Student
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or T-bagging ^o^ lol...
*blushes*
Student =P
*sigh* Don't we all just wish that, y'know, for once, we would be playing with people that are a bit more mature? I would really enjoy a match without anyone t-bagging or getting mad at a video game. =.=
tagger/cashier/delivery
yeah you're right. it's a good, balanced shooter, it's just the players... it's like everyone hates each other online... haha...
Hacker / Modder / Computer Assembler / Bored Out of My Mind
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You forgot to add the people who are crazy. like making turkey noises whenever they kill someone. but you're right about the annoying kids except iv never met a cocky player.
Pre-U Student
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Can't you just mute them? Lolz
Student
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actually... I'm sorta one... lol
Online Shop
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I didn't know a Japanese artist did environment for Halo, thought Halo was done by only US staffs. Good to know Japanese art influence in the game~
Student/Part-timer
Halo 3 is an excellent game. True, some people online are little kids or claim that they are the best in the world, and will do anything to "prove" that. I still frequently play Halo 3, it's a good game, and not everyone online is like that anyways. As with any online game, there are some people that are actually there to have fun while not ruining it for others. The campaign is pretty nice, so you should check it out.
Student
Mediocre fps, first one was good but the others don't bring anything good. Net play is boring in Halo. Even CS:S is better. :E
Student
Good = new, Danny we need edit buttons.
Computer Science Student
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The 3RL is the reason I'm still keeping my ps2 here ^^'
But then again, if they release God of War 3 soon I might change my oppinion...
Played the first Halo on PC. And i have to admit that the game was hyped a lot, but it wasnt a really satisfying a game for me. Good thing i didnt play online in Halo, so i've not suffered the indignity of having someones balls shoved up me face. ^^;
The only FPS game i play online is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. A very good game, just as popular as Halo 3, and pretty much grounded in realism. Plus, there is no teabagging in the game but you get to see through the eyes of the player who killed you (aka Killcam).
Halo 3 is ok for many fans, but for me, it's a hyped-up game. Everybody has their tastes ^^;
2nd year Civil Engineering Student
http://soonkiong.blogspot.com
same here. Plenty of games play better than Halo 3 IMO, but for me the storyline is quite solid.
Network Admin
No teabagging in COD4? Do you play online? You can definitely see it in the kill cam when someone does it.
unistudent
really ppl do that?, ive been playing heaps online in AUS servers never seen it happen, maybe only in the US, sounds prtty immature though
Network Admin
You play on AUS Servers? Gonna guess thats on the PC so you probably won't see it. However, on Xbox Live and PSN it definitely happens.
I dont see any people teabagging n00bs in CoD4 for PC. All that happens is that one stupid idiot gets knifed in the back, or a multi-knife spree commited by one player.
University's Slave
I never play FPS--they give me vertigo and disorientation something terrible. My cousin likes Halo, though, as I recall.
Halo and. . . DC.com? That would be very bizarre.
Your local Otaku Cashier.
Halo is pretty good, but I like Half Life more.
College Student
Halo 3 is a good FPS for a console. The multiplayer is very hectic and gratifying and the single player is a sorta epic sci-fi story. The world is quite visually engaging even though sometimes the outdoors spaces and flood infested areas feel a bit sparse/repetitive, though that is to be expected.
If you haven't seen them, the Super Chief World videos give a view of what the Forge map editor can do with some coordination and camerawork. http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1676524
I've had my 360 since GTA4 came out earlier this year. Haven't had any issues with it... yet.
Student
http://cameronanimeangel.blogspot.com/
Mr. Choo you are one lucky person. For my self I have played all three but never beat them as I played at a friends house with them. As for online play you have to be self aware of the environment that you enter due to the language that is shared among players. Most of the time it is a pleasant time and everyone has fun. Other times words that should not be said will be. As for the figures your received I'm happy for you as my self I'm not a figure collector but would like to have those especially signed. I hope for the best your return to Seattle in the near future. Thank you and have a great day.
-1
http://necrophadian.blogspot.com/
Played Halo mostly for the story. I've read some of the novels too, multiplayer is pretty much what everyone else has described above.
As for the red ring of death. Mine just got one and it will be 2 months before my warranty ends. What makes it even worse is that it happened when all the good games are coming out (Fable 2, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2) >=O
then again, it has been almst 3 years since i got it and I fear it was my own fault for not giving it enough ventilation.
College Student
I dont own an xbox but I have played Halo 1 for the PC. That was fun, and it was easier to play that in the hardest diffculty. During the tropical island and snow missions, I managed in Legendary to save all the marines (not let them die). It was a little challenge I made for myself. Halo 2 and 3 I haven't played so I don't know. Halo 1 PC multiplayer was horrible and laggy but I believe 2 and 3 are a lot better.
As for online FPS, I only really got into Battlefield 2 and Call of Duty 1. Spent so many hours in the weekends playing those.
Seeing red!!!
Played and sucked at halo, but fun though. I more of a rpg player.
Figure of Shiki....its awesome!
Baker
i have an unhealthy obsession with halo. play the game nearly nightly (you can view my stats here for the interested: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=Dirty%20Beast )
as far as the face humping goes (or "Teabagging" if you will) it's just something cocky/arrogant people do to show how they just dominated you. amazing game either way with incredibly addictive multiplayer and a awesome single player
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DC.com & Halo @_@
Wonder what kind of combination & end result will be like.............
Whatever it is, it gonna be great!
Bounty Hunter
oh man i love halo, that game never bores me, i could play everyday all day >:) i could say i'm an ok player, i would buy the 360 just for that game hahahaha
Brand and SEO Manager
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Ah, the face hump, AKA teabag. It's a ceremonious way of positioning yourself as the alpha male in the gorilla land of FPS. Also a source of good fun.
Network Admin
My advice to Ken is to look at what Infinity Ward did with Call of Duty 4. This is how you make a successful FPS that people don't get bored with. My friends and I are big FPS fans and we play all of them from Unreal, Rainbow Six, Call of Duty, Quake, and of course Counterstrike. We played Halo 3 for about a week and we were bored. The levels are bland and do not promote any type of encounters between players. It seems like everything is designed to promote players from coming into contact with each other. Weapons like the assault rifle(or whatever you calling it now) are horrible and shouldn't even be in the game. All they promote is pray and spray and not much else. Why even use half the guns when you can have a shotgun? Its the future and your wearing forcefield protected armor but its one of the best guns? Seriously?
Network Admin
"It seems like everything is designed to promote players from coming into contact with each other." This should read, " It seems like everything is designed to keep players from coming into contact with each other"
Forgot to mention - Danny please don't associate your site with Halo and Bungie. Promoting a horrible game and a halfassed design studio is not the way to go.
Student
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you know what you should do danny? you should get a halo suit haha :P add to your collection of suits that you already man.
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
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Well, i looks like you're not going to be opening that box anytime soon
Network Admin
I forgot to mention if you bought a brand new Xbox 360 the red ring issue is not a problem. Though I will say if you like online play until very recently the PS3 wasn't even a contender. I own both systems and I am very happy with both.
Hikikomori in the making
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I've never played Halo 3 online but I know why the loser gets called "face hump"... Oh, those guys and tea bagging...
University Student
I heard 10 year olds are like the best players in halo.
Phone technician
Yup the ring of death is common, its just hit my xbox.... gonnna be coming up to a month be4 i get it back....
On the note of FPS games, i can't stand console controls for them, I have to use a good old keyboard and mouse.
But Halo 1 on PC was very good, quite fun online aswell.
Network Admin
Mouse is easy mode these days. Its more challenging to use the two analog sticks by far.
Phone technician
Mouse isnt easy mode.... almost all FPS console games use aim-assist, because otherwise it takes way to long to adjust your shot...., on some games i've fired to the left of a person and because of the assist still end up hitting them....
Network Admin
Yes the mouse is easy mode. With the mouse and keyboard I can easy run over ten or twelve people without even batting an eye. You can claim all you want that its not easier, but when you can spin a 360 in less then a second and kill 4 people it speaks for itself.
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
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Don't play Halo though, I'd like to try it. I've Heard a lot of good stories about it ^-^
Lover of Akiba!
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Don't like Halo series, his games don't have excelent graphic textures like Gears of War series... Gears of War is awesome!! There's better FPS than Halo...
Student
I don't own xbox and I have only player Halo 2 single player on PC so far. Seemed ok, didn't waste my time:)
???Confused???
I have only played Halo 2, but it was awesome...loved going sword vs. shotgun with my roomate...if you liked Halo then you should watch the Red vs. Blue series by Rooster Teeth, it's absolutely hilarious...
sysop
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RROD's pretty rare around here. I've had the Xbox for 2 years, and between me and my friends, we had none.
Student
http://dimas-themighty.blogspot.com/
HALO environment were made by Japanese? Now that's make any sense.Hmmmmmmmmmmm, I wonder if the environment at FARCRY 2 also been made by Japanese?
Video Game Design Student / Monster Hunter
I am going to be buying an Xbox 360 in about a month, my friends at University convinced me to get one, and i love my games, so i guess i win ^_^
Also Danny, just a quick note on the Red Ring of Death. It is a lot less common in the newer models. They have a new chipset, and supposedly the new one is supposed to try and prevent or at least reduce the chances of RRoD'ing.
Lover of Akiba!
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All that you have to do is NOT put in closest place, and try to keep away dust...
sysop
http://www.wowtuga.org/forum/
sometimes it happens anyway. It's a lot less frequent in newer models tho.
Delivery Driver | Semi-student
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Online gamin addictive? NAAAAA.
Except for the part where all you do is play online games and forsake reality and responsibilities. You know, things like going back to college after 8 years, or hanging out with friends.
Student
my 360 just broke a few days ago. It didn't red ring but the graphics card completely died so now I am waiting for it to return from Microsoft's repair center. Waiting for it sucks especially since I just got a new HDTV and as soon as I hook the 360 up to it it dies. :(
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
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I'd wish to try Halo 3, but overall, I just can't play FPS on a console.
I just NEED keyboard and mouse.
Yep, I'm a CS:S player... also playing Combat Arms since Counter Strike Source, for some reason, became too heavy to play on my laptop (after several updates).
Oh yeah, Combat Arms is very similar to Counter Strike, and it's free... post I made on my blog:
http://xspblog.com/2008/09/05/combat-arms/
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://xspblog.com
About the experience, it goes something like this:
If you have no experience on FPS gaming, you'll probably need lots of patience to practice 'till you get a little skilled.
After that, it just becomes an addiction.
From my own experience, even when I had days that I only got pissed playing the game (mostly because of low fps since I play on a laptop), I still play for 5 hours sometimes.
Also, I used to be a RPG/adventure player when I was younger, so I guess just anyone can become addicted to it.
IT Crowd
I find Halo3 thoroughly enjoyable on standalone play. Way better than the first instalment. I haven't played any online, but I played 1 on 1 against my nephew and he thoroughly spanked me. My excuse was I hadn't played at all for months so kept forgetting the buttons to duck, roll dodge etc.....
Re the RED RING 'O DEATH, mine finally ringed itself a few weeks ago after two and a half years of faultless service. Microsoft gladly coughed up for a repair (cost me $8 for postage) as it was within 3 years of original purchase. I think I got back a different refurbished machine, as the MAC address was different. I thought the red ring 'o death was history now, so long as you had the newer consoles. If it's got HDMI out, chances are it's got the new improved GPU cooling as well so you shouldn't have issues.
College Student
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I haven't played Halo 3 yet but I hear its fun, though I think Halo 1 was the best. I doubt your ever gonna be able to get into online gaming Danny with your busy life. Its too much of a waste. Keep up the good work. :)
Graphic Designer
i got cortana XD and master chief
Costume Talent, Stormtrooper, Student, Writer
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I teabag is EVERY FPS game I play. BF2142, BF2, COD4, Halo 3, Counterstrike, even Team Fortress 2. Whenever I have the opportunity. Even in story mode, to AI players.
I know a few friends who've attempted it in real life. The prime target would be a sleeping guy with his mouth hanging open. You dip your... Er, 'gunny sack' in it. And hope he doesn't wake up and bite. Ouch.
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
http://thehangerbay.wordpress.com/
"...hope he doesn't wake up and bite. Ouch." XD
That might suck big time for the teabagger if the victim really woke up... well, assuming the victim had the guts to bite into two hairy fruits. XP Yuck...
College Student
I have both PS3 and 360 and I have to say PS3 is so much better. Despire Halo 3 being the best FPS imo, is it really worth paying less for a lesser console like the 360 that breaks down all the time? Anyways my PS3 has never broken down *touch wood*, and the 360 has broken down 6 times and counting! Stick to PS3 I say danny...
Mechanical Engineering student
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Ima Call of Duty 4 kind of person XD
If only Halo became popular here in the Philippines, then I could have played it AND I could become addicted to it as well seeing as that I'm an FPS kind of guy. But what became popular here was Counter Strike so I had no choice but to play that instead x_x
Student Otaku (ITM Student) and ACG NA Staff
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OMG!!!!!!
You got signed Halo goods!!!!!
I LOVE HALO AND I WANT THAT!!!!!!!
Halo is a great FPS and I do say that FPS games are addictive...hard to get away from them...just too fun...
Online FPS is also just as enjoyable, playing with people from all over the world...just fun and pretty intense having people trying to out do one another...
Student
Teabag ^^
CSU student/accountant
http://rantingsofadiehardharuhiist.blogspot.com/
Love the Halo series. As for the Red Ring of Death, I got that once three years after I purchased my xbox 360 at midnight when it first came out. Microsoft was real good about getting it fixed and sent back to me in as little as 2 weeks and it didn't cost me anything since I was under warranty and already had a box to ship it in. I just got it back and I've been playing Fable II on it, which is another great game although not as good as Oblivion.
University Student
Halo's an odd case: the first game is a timeless masterpiece, but the sequel.. ugh... . But, you see, what is truly amazing about Bungie FPS games is that they all have a common timeline, and a common Mythology. Many of the things that are mentioned in the Halo games, like the Forerunners, the ones who built the Halos, or even the logo of the UNSC, Earth's Army, were part of their previous games (Marathon Trilogy and Pathways Into Darkness). So what might look like a simple FPS is, in fact, part of one of the most complex franchises in videogaming history, with a timeline that covers six centuries!
Gameplay-wise, the games have their own style, much like any Bungie FPS, but you can say that's it's a very solid game that, back in 2001, brought a couple of new ideas, like the massive use of vehicles in a FPS, something that was rarely done back in the day. I still haven't played Halo 3, so I can't really give an up-to-date review of the gameplay of this latest installment, but I guess it's more of the same, really.
Student
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I prefer scarier games like Doom 3 and F.E.A.R. --_--
But I also play those action FPS types lol...
Otaku
http://imperiomoe.wordpress.com
I never play Halo I love Unreal Tournament and Quake
Destroyer of the Waps
http://blogpantsu.org/
Halo 3 is good at multi player, but crap at everything else. If you aren't going to use the multi player features in Halo 3, than I suggest you buy Rainbow Six Vegas or BioShock instead.
Anyway, Borderlands > All.
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
http://thehangerbay.wordpress.com/
Addictive, yes.
Abusive, also yes.
But if you get to know some mates online or get your own friends to play together with you, it's really a fun experience.
Student
http://konadora.wordpress.com
it's fun.. if not for the controls. it's wierd how i find xbox controllers to be hard to control but ps3's controller isn't XD
Exact opposite for me XD. I find the PS3 controllers impossible to use compared to the 360's!
I bought the game the day it came out and I'm still playing it now.
Online is excellent when you're with a party of some good mates. That's really the only time I use my mic now, when I'm with friends.
The community is a bit... immature, but there's always the mute button; which I find myself using to shut-up the idiots.
student, ventilation fitter
you really need to get 360.
the re-designed model is better and the red ring of death risk is minimal.
halo 3 is best console FPS i ever played. i recommend :P
College Student
http://ifigma.wordpress.com/
Not really. I felt that Halo 3 was quite a disappointment. I was expecting a lot from it since the success of Halo on Xbox. But it didn't live up to his older brother's achievement >.<
Just a personal opinion and no offense ^.^ Most importantly have fun
Student/ 3D animator game designer
gah danny your networking in our industry ceases to amaze me.