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Luke Smith drops one new Halo 3 screenshot. This is news? photo

Oooh! Ahhh! Isn’t that shiny Master Chief guy something else? Boy, I sure can’t wait until that Halo 3 comes out. I’m going to crap all over my pants when I can finally get me my Halos.

Actually, I‘m lying. The day that Halo 3, or anything Halo related comes out; I’ll be staying at home in my pajamas while playing Tetris. I honestly, in no way, could give a rat’s ass about this game.

Although, if I were the type of person to get all hot and bothered by the mere mention of Halo 3, then I’m pretty sure that this lone, single, and rather purty, picture of Master Chief would cause me to go into a frenzy of speculations. Like, for instance, is that Earth he is standing on? Possibly Wyoming?








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ian_esq's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 02:42
ian_esq
Find me the HALOS!
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 02:55
Sharpless
I wouldn't say it's big news, but it is one of the few campaign-level shots we've seen, and it does look shiny and purty. (This is in-game, by the way, I do believe.) Also, I think that should be Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background, so... no. Not Wyoming. There's a jungle level, so that must be it.
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 03:21
topgeargorilla
man it's nice to hear about someone who couldn't give a rat's ass about halo. I played it for a bit, and lost interst. I'm even dying to get a 360, but doubt i'll ever get any of the halos. props to you
Ocelot's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 03:26
Ocelot
Wow. That's craptastic. I don't want Screenshots! I want my halos. Actually I'm just gonna rent this bad boy. The only thing that pulls me in on this one is the customization of the suit. Other than that, same ol' Haloness.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 03:30
Aaron Mxy Yost
Yep, that's Master Chief alright.
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 03:40
wardrox
Is that the Bungie logo in the top right... or is it actually a parachute!?
synce's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 03:54
synce
Halo kicks ass if you have friends to enjoy it with. It's all about co-op. Multiplayer's amazing too, provided you either play locally or with people you know over Live. Too many kids play this game, that's the only problem.
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 04:12
Rainbowblack
Hi I'm the only 360 owner who wont be buying this on launch day

I liked the first two Halo's but i cant bring myself to care about this one. chances are I'm going to still be playing Bioshock, Mass Effect and Blue Dragon when Halo comes out. "Shiny rehash 3" does not take priority over this

By the time I get though all the winter goodness i' check out H3. sometime in 2008
inque's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 04:24
inque
W007 please kill all the Halo Hype

Luke Smith couldn't keep his pants dry when they talk about it on the 1up podcast
zanpher717's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 04:44
zanpher717
I am with you, no real interest in halo 3, halo was awesome, halo 2 was above average, but boring by the end.
Dyson's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 04:46
Dyson
@ Rainbowblack:

The only games I'm looking forward to are the same. Mass Effect, Blue Dragon, and Bioshock will be taking up most of my time when they come out.

Uber marine vs. alien types, does not fit into my schedule at all.

(And that is actually their logo, not a parachute.)
Brock_Dainjer's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 04:47
Brock_Dainjer
@Synce

I couldn't agree with you more. And the beta was pretty fucking enjoyable as well, much more solid than halo 2 which i hated. The only problem is all the goddamned games coming out later this year. At least I can rest comfortably knowing that the PS3 won't be taking up too much of my time. Or my wii.
Lastrite's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 04:53
Lastrite
Wai sexi!

DrXym's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 04:55
DrXym
I think Halo was a revelation in its time. It demonstrated that you could produce a fairly decent FPS on a console. These days... I really don't see what the hype is about. There are LOTS of first person shooters, many with far better single player, and often with strong multi-player too. That's not to say I think Halo 3 will bomb, but hype aside there will be nothing remarkable about it. Besides, HL2 / CS / TF2 & UT2007 are all coming out soon so the field is going to get pretty stuffed with decent shooters.
Bas's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 05:20
Bas
I won't be playing this on launch day, Halo 2 has left a taste too bitter to ignore. There will be plenty of good games out by the time this releases, so I'll play those instead.
TenaciousAssassin's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 05:26
TenaciousAssassin
Well it is a sexy screen!
dprime's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 05:39
dprime
Let's analyze the exact shapes and shading of the environment around him to theorize precisely when and where he is standing.

In fact, I already did so. He's 24km NW of the northwest border of Omaha Nebraska on October 21st 1922.
double2's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 05:51
double2
if this is in an game shot, then I'm a 18 foot tall chicken named clifford with a miniture spacehopper that travels through space and time collecting precious stones for sale on the lizard man black market in order to save my family from their captors which happen to be a groop of nordic pygmies.

in other news; I look forward to halo 3 because it's going to be good. no politics involved. Everyone stop getting so menustral :p
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 06:51
MechaMonkey
Hi, I'm MechaMonkey, and I'm a Halo Fan. And I don't care about this screen shot in the slightest.
Steel Frog's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 07:16
Steel Frog
Nice RvB drop with Wyoming... I assume anyway.
ShinAmano's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 07:43
ShinAmano
"if this is in an game shot, then I'm a 18 foot tall chicken named clifford with a miniture spacehopper that travels through space and time collecting precious stones for sale on the lizard man black market in order to save my family from their captors which happen to be a groop of nordic pygmies."

Nice to meet you...I have never met an 18 foot tall intergalactic chicken...let me know if you need help saving your family :)

"It's not a cutscene, it's a carefuly posed screenshot from Campaign. You can carefully pose and take your own screenshots in Campaign, in the game, in Sept 25th. You can recreate this pose exactly."

-Frankie Bungie Studios
-D-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 08:07
-D-
Is there a Master Chief dress-up minigame?
savagesaladin's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 08:49
savagesaladin
Halo 3 is for fat people.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 09:12
BluDesign
I'm sexin up mah haloes as we speak.
double2's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 09:13
double2
ok ok, maybe i meant: if the game ACTUALLY looks like this for any period of time measurable in units larger than miliseconds...I wish the game looked like this, really i do, but there is definatly some jiggary pokery going on with this image.
ZServ's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 09:29
ZServ
i love halo, but this shits just stupid. always a shot of the chief. >:|
Skeeblar's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 10:06
Skeeblar
I think we know what the Chief looks like by now >.>
LordRegulus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 10:09
LordRegulus
My God, dudes. You make it sound like you were expecting Bungie to show up at your houses and give you all BMWs.

I think it looks pretty impressive, actually. Halo 2 was a bit of a drag, but I'm starting to think 3 might be badass. And before you say this isn't much of an improvement, I submit to you:



Granted, it's an incremental upgrade, but I'm willing to believe that Bungie can consistently keep up that look.

Does that make me an asshole?
friedriches's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 10:15
friedriches
I don't know where all of the universal love for halo has gone (for crying out loud, the game was number two on JP Amazon last week) but this is one sexy screenshot and shows just how much better single player looks compared to MP. (They've discussed this previously.)

I think come the reviews, Dyson and the rest of y'all will be scampering, tail btwn legs, to grab it from the local GameWear.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 10:25
Sharpless
Well, I've always loved Halo and I always will. It's what brought me into the Xbox camp. I suppose, for most people, the novelty kind of wore off with Halo 2. I'm pretty sure that Halo 3 will step it up, to some degree. I suppose, also, that some people are just jumping on the "Hate Halo" bandwagon because it's 'in.' Not all, but some.
LordRegulus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 10:43
LordRegulus
@Sharpless

Sometimes it's a hipster thing. Living in NYC, I see this attitude all the time in the Village. It's okay to like a band as long as you're part of an exclusive group, but once their album goes platinum, they're overrated. Beware the people who think everything is mediocre, because they have little to no frame of reference.

It also doesn't help that the people who hate something are far more likely to grouse about it than those who genuinely look forward to it.

And what's with all the comparisons between Halo 3 and Mass Effect. That's hella apples-n-oranges. That, and I'll remain cautious of Mass Effect until I'm convinced it can still scramble out of the Uncanny Valley:

CreamyGoodness7's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 12:14
CreamyGoodness7
It looks really good but umm... Bungie promised this...

hmm... not quite...
CreamyGoodness7's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 12:21
CreamyGoodness7
But I still wuv the haloes
Neelesh's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 12:50
Neelesh
@creamygoodness
I totally agree with you man on this one,and the time they show cased that screenshot was ages ago,even before the Beta,the screen shot does not look very different from the recent batch of screenshots on Ign.

I doubt even Metal gear is going to look something like the videos that they showcase...and according to IGN its coming on the 360 all right..
jamisu's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 12:57
jamisu
It's a shame how so many people got caught up in the Halo hype machine, but never played Bungie's original epic, Marathon. I miss the good old days when they were a Mac developer.
xtofuconsumerx's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 13:04
xtofuconsumerx
It is amazing how the screen shot blurs the edges around him and focuses on the soldier. Last time I checked screenshots did not have an auto blur function.
Kotua's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 13:08
Kotua
Bungie developed games for Mac?!
maybe that's why halo fans never played the "original epic", Marathon.

I'll play halo 3...since its likely my friend will buy it.(He loves teh haloes.)

Or I might be playing teh Crysis on PC.
invisible universe's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 14:53
invisible universe
The good old days when they were a Mac developer?

Christ! Give me a break.

I liked Marathon just as much as the next guy but you really think they've gone downhill since producing games for Xbox?

You sound like a Phillistine.


Brock_Dainjer's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 16:37
Brock_Dainjer
yea, thats like saying "pathways into darkness" blows away "halo"...you phillistine.
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 16:44
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain
Sorry, but I'll probably be playing Bioshockwhen Halo 3 comes out. And then I'll be playing Orange Box.
Dyson's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 16:53
Dyson
@ friedriches

I'm sure the rest of the crew will be all up ons when the game comes out for review, but I can guarantee you that I will be no where near it when it does. Not because of the hipster mentality, as LordRegulus suggests (although I do know what he's talking about), but because I just don't care about Halo.
I'm glad that Bungie's game is popular and all, but I played Halo 2 for about twelve minutes once, and was bored off my ass from it.
Jark212's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 18:23
Jark212
So Sexy...
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 19:19
Sharpless
@LordRegulus: I've known, and am friends with, a lot of people who are into indie music, so I know what you're talking about. I listen to a lot of indie myself, so I have to be careful not to fall into those traps of pretentiousness, too.

And, directing this at Dyson also, I can understand if Halo just isn't someone's thing. I'm actually a very critical, opinionated person, when it comes to arts and entertainment. If I don't like something, or it doesn't interest me, then I couldn't give a shit who agrees or disagrees. So, Dyson, I can respect that. There are tons of popular games that I've never played, nor do I have any desire to.

I love teh Haloes, though. :)
Ezruh's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2007 17:26
Ezruh
There's a reason why it's the most popular shooter in America.
Ezruh's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/08/2007 13:55
Ezruh
Yup, I get my ass kicked at it every time I play. I'm a long time fan of Valve's awesome productions. Half-Life is perhaps my most favorite single-player experience of all time. Still, the fact remains that almost none of my friends have ever heard of Counter-Strike, or Half-Life for that matter. So I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Halo 2 has a larger audience then Counter-Strike (at least now). Correct me if I'm wrong.
Ultra-realistic twitch-reaction shooters are great, but Halo is completely different. It's this difference that not only differentiates it from other more hardcore FPS's, but allows for players of all skills to come together and have a great time with eachother. Provided your not on LIVE, that is.
And yes, every time I read about how much Halo sucks on this blog (whose patrons and editors I respect), I will defend it. This fanboy loves his Halo.
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