Halo 3

offrovn

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Who is as excited about the release of HALO 3 as I am? Anyone heard anything new that has not been talked about already?
 

KaJuN

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I'll be excited about the new systems when they start using their power to make the games cooler, not just devoting it all to prettier graphics. I want walls exploding and crap flying around!
 

justinhaaga

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halo sucks.. try Battlefield

ahh, halo makers are sell outs, was orignally suppose to be made for the PC and had alot more advance features but instead they sold off to M$ and only released it on the XBOX.

I played it, not sure what all the fuss is about...PC still rules for games.

except guitar hero, that is cool.
 

Matt Taylor

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I've tried Battlefield. It's not even close to Halo.

Battlefield is good and everything, but the online multiplayer of Halo kicks everything else's ass, bad. The matchmaking rankings and the constantly updated playlists send Halo over the top.

I'm fired up about the new one. I heard something like a February release?
 
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how does halo kick battlefield? surely you must be kidding. to top it all off console gaming will never touch pc gaming.
 

Matt Taylor

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Let's make sure we're talking about the same thing.

Are you talking about the online multiplayer?

There's no way Battlefield beats Halo. No way. The single player or co-operative side of Battlefield may be argued to be better.

Halo's online multiplayer is just awesome. It's constantly changing, keeping the matches interesting for years now. I don't see how anybody who has played significant hours of Halo's multiplayer can even argue that something else is remotely close to it.
 

Eric N.

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I'm not big into gaming consoles.. If they make it for the PC I might try it out but, having said that.. I've been playing Battlefield 2 online for a little while now and I like it.. I think that the add-ons they do ( new maps and vehicles ) should be free instead of 10 bucks but, I really like the fact that playing it online is free unlike other games that you need to pay a monthly fee to play online.. Do you get free online gaming with xbox and the others or do you have to pay for it?

I have a PS2 that I pretty much only use as a DVD player for the bed room..
 

justinhaaga

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actually singlepalyer battlefield is what sucks bad. it's whole design is based on mutliplayer, 32 to 64 players on 1 map.

Halo is fun i'm sure, if you don't know what else is out there... ;) The best thing on the PC is that you have so many button, controls. You just have such a larger variety of things you can do, and can control much easier.
 

Matt Taylor

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I've played Battlefield online. After playing Halo exclusively for months (a lot), the Battlefield felt a lot different, and worse. Maybe I didn't stick with Battlefield long enough, but while Halo is out there, there is no reason to play what I feel to be an inferior game in order to give it the chance.

I'm not talking about graphics. If you want to argue that Battlefield's graphics are better, you can have that one.

I remember Battlefield being way too anonymous. It didn't matter if I was in the game or not. People would always quit, and one team would have more people than the other. There were way too many people on each team to have a true sense of organization. Who's got 64 or 32 friends that can play online together at the same time? How can you have an organized effort like that?

Halo offers 16 on 16 if you want big games, but for my money even that is too many people. Halo's main course is Team Slayer, which is 4 on 4. In this game, each player is relied on heavily and can make the difference between a win and a loss. Stategy is much more important in Halo. You have to know where your teammates are and what weapons they are using.

You have to know every crevice of the maps and where the respawns are. And as months go by, certain strategies are proved to be better than others, and gamers learn what works and what doesn't on each map. Then you have to execute.

To me, playing Halo online has legs. I'm still playing it now and it's been years since the release. It's still fresh because of the amount of strategy and skill it takes to be good at it.

Battlefield just seems like a clusterfuck of chaos compared to Halo. If you play Halo online with strangers, you immediately know if someone on your team sucks and doesn't know how to play.
 

road1will

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I hate all PC games. To me they arent as fun. Plus even on my large 23" Monitor I still want a bigger screen.

To me, my computer is for working and browsing the internet. The game console is for games.
 

justinhaaga

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yeah matt, battlefield free for all is like that.. crazy chaos, but there is also organized tournaments with squads, people that have specialized talents in flying f16's or tanks.. it very involved, if you have no life.

That's what I like about BF though, you just jump in and go crazy running people over with humvee's or chopping people up with knifes.. ahh a good quick kill.

I disagree with a larger TV screen. You get a large big screen and the images get distorted, a good nice 23" monitor is plentiful for what you need to see. Matter of fact, because the hardware is so much more newer and upgradeable on the PC you can have a higher resolution on your PC monitor and actually see more than on the TV because the TV is limited to a smaller resolution.

There are some games that work better on the console, however the large majority of games play, load, work better on a PC. There is much more depth is games to choose from also, look at all the MMORPG's
 

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3!?!?!?! Hell, I still haven't finished the first one yet...major motion sickness issues but I love the game. I'll buy it as soon as it comes out, put it in the ole Xbox, watch the opening scene, start level 1, get nausea, stand in front of the air conditioner vent for 10 minutes, put the game back in the case and wait for Halo 4. :)

PC games are WAY better, but MMORPG's having depth???? I dunno, but the few that I've played were lame as hell. No content, no purpose, way too many dumb kids and horny guys. Galaxies blew the biggest chunks of them all! EQ is still cool every now and again cause I'm old skool like that yo.
 

offrovn

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I've heard a 2007 March or maybe Feb release. I don't think it will load up in the old Xbox, you'll need the 360. The PS 3 is way over priced, i've heard as high as $799:eek: Halo is the best game I have ever played bar none although I have not played battlefield yet, will try. MasterChief rules!
 

Matt Taylor

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road1will said:
I hate all PC games. To me they arent as fun. Plus even on my large 23" Monitor I still want a bigger screen.

To me, my computer is for working and browsing the internet. The game console is for games.


I agree with this 100%. Computer games seem to have more depth to them and everything, but they don't draw me in.

Halo is by far the best game I've ever played. I bought a 360 for Halo 3, whenever it finally comes out. Once you get deep into Halo's online multiplayer, everything else seems like garbage. I wish I could explain it better.
 

Jake

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quit playing the games and just go do it for real..... enlistment bonuses are up :smilelol: :smilelol: :smilelol: :smilelol: