Epic saga continues with Halo 3, the hugely anticipated
third chapter in the highly successful and critically acclaimed Halo
franchise. Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict
between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic,
pulse-pounding climax.
Split screen play will be included in the beta, although only in two-player
form. They've even gone to the trouble of taking HD monitors into account, so
the game will maintain proper ratios and allow plenty of playing area for split
screen.
Bungie drops hints about an extremely large map that until recently was
barren but is now a moody, atmospheric delight. It's the largest map in the
game, and we'll probably need a vehicle to get around it.
The update also does some rumor busting, shooting down reports that
Microsoft was forcing the developer to make
Halo
3 1080p running at 60 frames per second. It is unrealistic to expect all
the game's action to be running at those numbers, Bungie says. It will display
1080p on the Xbox 360 Elite, though.
These improvements are designed to give gamers an unparalleled experience and
tell an even more compelling and engrossing story. Working in concert with Xbox
Live on Xbox 360,Halo 3 builds on the unique social multiplayer experience of
“Halo 2” and promises to expand the innovative and evolving online game play and
community of “Halo 2” on Xbox Live. In this third chapter of the “Halo” trilogy,
Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between
good and evil, the Flood and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding
climax. Master Chief is very clearly carrying a
weapon that looks very similar to the Assault Rifle in Halo. It is similar
aesthetically, but that's about it.
The MA5B Assault Rifle in Halo: Combat Evolved had a 60-round clip, was fully
automatic and ineffective at long-range shots (it could be, because the M6D
Pistol was so great overpowered at that range). Only one of those three
characteristics of the MA5B remain: it's still fully automatic.
Although Halo 3 comes complete with a selection of multiplayer maps and
game styles, it'll let players redesign them to suit their preferences, using a
system it calls "Forge." Uniquely, up to eight players can cooperate (or
compete) to design maps before jumping into an Xbox Live game set in their own
creation.
With the MA5C Assault Rifle, the clip-size has been drastically reduced
from 60 to 32, and as a trade-off, the weapon's accuracy at long-range has been
increased. Why the revisions to the Assault Rifle? Well, the starting weapon in
Halo 2 -- the SMG -- didn't exactly work out how Bungie wanted it to. Halo 3
(you know, that "30-seconds of fun" guy), points to the two previous starting
weapons and their problems. "It shouldn't do headshots... and it shouldn't be
dual wieldable. It's the conclusion of the Halo story
How will Master Chief stop the Covenant activating Halo, wiping out all life in
the galaxy? What happened to his companion, Cortana, left behind on the ring
itself? Halo developer Bungie has been clear all along -- this game will be the
conclusion of the Master Chief's story.
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