New Live action Halo Short

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2007-09-15 12:34am

I love the interactive walk through on that thing, it's great.. and I can't wait to see the other videos. I counted 3, 2 coming out on the 25th and one on the 1st of october, anyone else spot any others?

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2007-09-15 04:58am

I wonder what's to become of that diorama. Hopefully it's not broken up. Something like that would be perfect fodder for an auction.

Vehrec · Post by **Vehrec** » 2007-09-15 01:26pm

Auction hell. Make an exhibit of it and move it between WETA (who I am guessing Made it) Bungie and Microsoft HQ. Then, maybe you can sell it at auction for the 10 year anniversary.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2007-09-15 01:54pm

Vehrec wrote:Auction hell. Make an exhibit of it and move it between WETA (who I am guessing Made it) Bungie and Microsoft HQ. Then, maybe you can sell it at auction for the 10 year anniversary.

It shouldn't be moved, if it's as fragile as it looks...
Too bad there's no Video Games History Museum or anything like that, it'd make a great center exhibit.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2007-09-15 06:18pm

They are planning on touring it around the country, although they aren't sure where exactly it would be exhibited at yet.

TithonusSyndrome · Post by **TithonusSyndrome** » 2007-09-15 06:40pm

Am I the only one who noticed a Hunter in that diorama? I thought they were allied with the Elites.

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2007-09-15 06:43pm

Now the real question is whether the engine for Halo 3 will be capable of rendering even half as many troops as are depicted in that diorama.

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2007-09-15 09:33pm

Who got chills listening to the music? Especially in the 90-second video? I got massive goosebumps when the music suddenly shifted to major and the images that went along with it. Whoever wrote that, I'm assuming Marty O'Donnell himself, is a genius.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2007-09-16 03:09am

Hawkwings wrote:Who got chills listening to the music? Especially in the 90-second video? I got massive goosebumps when the music suddenly shifted to major and the images that went along with it. Whoever wrote that, I'm assuming Marty O'Donnell himself, is a genius.

I'll agree with that. Hope that they release an album of the Halo 3 Soundtrack if O'Donnell does the music again.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2007-09-16 12:34pm

TithonusSyndrome wrote:Am I the only one who noticed a Hunter in that diorama? I thought they were allied with the Elites.

I noticed that, too. There are two possible explanations I can think of: First, like the Grunts, the Hunters didn't all just join a single faction of the Civil War; or second, there were Seperatist forces involved in the battle that aren't focused on in the diorama walkthough, and that particular Hunter was a component of them (either it wasn't really fighting the UNSC marines, the shot is somewhat vague, or its "brother" had just been killed and it had lost its mind).

I love the diorama overall, although I'm a bit confused as to why there don't seem to be any female marines depicted there. The voice-over indicates that there were women fighting within the corps there, as is expected from the previous games and novels, but I didn't see any models or "First Person" segments depicting women.

hongi · Post by **hongi** » 2007-09-17 06:45am

Whoever wrote that, I'm assuming Marty O'Donnell himself, is a genius.

I'm afraid it's someone with a little more talent than O'Donnell: Chopin Prelude Op. 28, No. 15.

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2007-09-17 09:49am

how do you know he has more talent?

Nice find BTW, that's a really nice video.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2007-09-17 05:56pm

hongi wrote:
Whoever wrote that, I'm assuming Marty O'Donnell himself, is a genius.
I'm afraid it's someone with a little more talent than O'Donnell: Chopin Prelude Op. 28, No. 15.

Wow...well, that explains why it got such a strong emotional response from me.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2007-09-24 12:41pm

Fucking awesome.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-09-24 01:00pm

Holy shit.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2007-09-24 01:07pm

Spoilers for the video

I have to say, I was suprised. I didn't expect someone getting bashed into a wall, and then spiked to a wall, but I loved it.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2007-09-24 01:08pm

Brutal, but a excellent look at what Halo battles would look for real.

Ryan Thunder · Post by **Ryan Thunder** » 2007-09-24 01:17pm

Damn... that's good...

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2007-09-24 01:20pm

nice vid, too bad they didn't show any other covenant races then brutes though.

it's also nice that it had hectic feel of actual battle, after a while you seemed to forget that they were fighting esentially tall CGI apes

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2007-09-24 02:37pm

Wow, that was intense.

Here are a couple veteran videos that haven't been posted here yet.

Enemy Weapon

Hunted

Xess · Post by **Xess** » 2007-09-24 02:55pm

Fuck that was awesome. I wonder how it plays into the Halo 3 story, if it does at all.

The Vortex Empire · Post by **The Vortex Empire** » 2007-09-24 03:01pm

Holy freaking shit. Hate to be the Marine that got hit by the Chieftain.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2007-09-24 03:23pm

Blomkamp certainly didn't pull any punches with this last one, and it really is excellently done.

All things considered, Halo 3's marketing campaign completely blows the previous game, or indeed any game I can think of, out of the water.

DrMckay · Post by **DrMckay** » 2007-09-24 03:26pm

Making of the Diorama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnCs46FE ... er&search=

Natorgator · Post by **Natorgator** » 2007-09-24 04:26pm

The Vortex Empire wrote:Holy freaking shit. Hate to be the Marine that got hit by the Chieftain.

My only gripe about that was the fact it looked like the guy was wearing a wire because the way he flew to the way wasn't realistic looking.

Other than that, fantastic vid!