Halo 3 beta gets a release date; admit it, you wet yourself a little, huh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOyNb5DUPiM

If anyone's too lazy or has problems downloading the vidoc.

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The video looks awesome. Trip mines? Bubble shields? Replay of kills? This is going to be awesome. Not only can I brag about a no scope, I'll be able to watch it in slow motion.

You should have made the topic said: At the 6th of June you can finally sell your Crackdown copy.

Crackdown is an awesome game. Why does everyone have to hate on it?

As soon as I saw the image, I was actually disappointed that you didn't use the other churchill pic.

Also, I want a piece of that unicorn action.

I'm envious, but not envious enough to drop $50 on Crapdown.

Yay. Time to rent crackdown and return it in june.

Yeah but can you walk thru the shield grenade?

Walk in, drop a grenade, run out and wait and attack.

I'm thinking the shield just stops bullets from hitting you but grenades and yourself are still able to pass through it. It probably last just long enough for you to get your shield back.

I'm not sure if I like this idea but I guess I'll find out come May 16th.

My bad Kryptinite, it doesn't show the grenade bouncing off it but it does show an explosion..

The video pretty clearly shows a grenade bouncing off the bubble shield. I figure they'll be like the shield doors, where you can run through them, but no gunfire or grenades can pass through.

I just really hope they end up making a decent animation for those X button actions. I don't want it to look like I'm pooping a bubble shield grenade thing.

Yay thats my birthday, i know what im gonna be doing.

As far as the H3 beta is concerned, I am neither gay nor a black man, so I have obviously never played Halo online. I hear things about how those are the only people brave enough to play against the 10-15 year olds on XBL. So far as I'm concerned, the single player is where it's at. In the original Halo, when the Flood first appeared, I wet my pants a little. About a quart or so (I was playing on the difficulty right below Legendary, mind you). The game took a total left turn on me compared to what I'd played up to that point. I realize multiplayer isn't going to offer that same experience...

How would a game like H2 or H3 differ in regards to some of the more popular FPS out there currently? I've played UT, GoW, Quake 3, Doom, CS, etc... What am I getting here that I haven't gotten elsewhere? Not saying I won't play the Beta, as I will, but I'm just wondering what the hook of Halo online is compared to the rest...

Well I am a black man, not gay, and I enjoy Halo online. I mean it's been awhile but you just have to weed through all the ignorant people that play. Mainly the young kids who have the freedom to say whatever they want online and not get their ass whooped.

3 weeks is bullshit, it took me 2 years to get sick of Halo 2, a few months of H3 multi won't spoil me.
What they should have done is beta test the co-op, but then they wouldn't have much to say at e3 I guess... "Hey look!, it's some more fluff footage and guess what the blue X button does now?"

Im a bit dissapointed on the graphics side, but the gameplay looks really solid. You can also record the entire match to watch later, I aprove!

Seriously Azrael, do you think the final game will look like that?

On Bungie's website they said that those shots are taking from an Alpha build. What we see come May 16th will look better than that. On top of that, whenever they release the final product, the game will go through it's final polish process. So we won't see the best it can be until the game is on retail shelves.

@ Azrael:

I agree...makes me think of all those posts about ports looking "last-gen" HAHA! But I don't seem it being bumped up terribly high. they are worrying about the game play instead of all focus on visuals. TRYING to make it fun. And Bungie used that "Alpha build" line in screenshots months ago, are they still in alpha mode? psssh.

@ Velirno : See my post.

Hah!

Crackdown > Halo 3... Fuck that beta.

I guess I'm gonna have to borrow a friend's copy of Crackdown. Either that or continue playing Gears until H3 is actually released.

damn i cant wait until may 16th give it to me NOW