Halo 3 ad.

squidman001 · Post by **squidman001** » 2006-12-04 09:41pm

Any reactions to it? If you haven't seen it yet, they have it at xbox.com. I want to able to use the nifty shield grenade.

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2006-12-04 10:14pm

Seriously, WTF in that video is so bad as to necessitate the questioning of someones age?

Other than that nitpick it looks nice, though there's always the question of whether the actual gameplay will be as good as that, or the cut scenes/OP are really good.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2006-12-04 10:29pm

Why does it play at the rate of approximately a frame every three to four seconds?

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2006-12-04 10:32pm

Played just fine for me, holy shit that's some pretty CGI.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2006-12-04 10:42pm

Okay, it plays fine for the first four or five seconds. Then it freezes on a view of the grass and sky for the next 30, and then plays jerkily to the end.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-12-04 10:53pm

Rogue 9 wrote:Okay, it plays fine for the first four or five seconds. Then it freezes on a view of the grass and sky for the next 30, and then plays jerkily to the end.

Just stop it and replay. It worked fine for me on the second time through.

I really like the way the "backslung secondary" model is developing; I wonder if it will make changing weaponry mid-game more realistic (slowing the process down).

Lancer · Post by **Lancer** » 2006-12-04 10:54pm

Oh wow, that is a sweet trailer. The assault rifle looks about the right size to be a proper assault rifle now, not a dressed-up submachine gun.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2006-12-04 10:57pm

Well, I'm just wondering how a video that long can be 310 kilobytes in size...

Edit: And it's getting slightly better. I'm actually seeing some frames in between 0:06 and 0:43 now.

At least the last part displayed properly once...

JLTucker · Post by **JLTucker** » 2006-12-04 11:17pm

Could Microsoft possibly upload a video with quality that is shittier than this one?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2006-12-04 11:24pm

IGN and Gamespot have it, and theirs work.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2006-12-05 12:44am

Mr Bean wrote:Played just fine for me, holy shit that's some pretty CGI.

Combination of live-action and CGI, according to Bungie.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-12-05 12:47am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Mr Bean wrote:Played just fine for me, holy shit that's some pretty CGI.
Combination of live-action and CGI, according to Bungie.

Yep, no possible way those two people at the start were CGI.

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2006-12-05 12:49am

I tried pausing it at the appropriate frame, but it was too blurry for me to make out: did the enemies John-117 jumped down to at the end look like Brutes to anyone else?

I mean, it would only make sense that he would be fighting half the Covenant, with the civil war full in swing. Who knows, perhaps we'll have Elites and Hunters as allies now.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-05 12:50am

Heh, so it's even more worthless than usual. It's not just prerendered, it's not rendered at all!

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2006-12-05 12:51am

Ace Pace wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Mr Bean wrote:Played just fine for me, holy shit that's some pretty CGI.
Combination of live-action and CGI, according to Bungie.
Yep, no possible way those two people at the start were CGI.

What video where you watching? There was no possible way the kids at the beginning were anything but cg.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-12-05 12:55am

DesertFly wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote: Combination of live-action and CGI, according to Bungie.
Yep, no possible way those two people at the start were CGI.
What video where you watching? There was no possible way the kids at the beginning were anything but cg.

0:09, that is not CGI.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2006-12-05 01:40am

DesertFly wrote:I tried pausing it at the appropriate frame, but it was too blurry for me to make out: did the enemies John-117 jumped down to at the end look like Brutes to anyone else?

I mean, it would only make sense that he would be fighting half the Covenant, with the civil war full in swing. Who knows, perhaps we'll have Elites and Hunters as allies now.

Yeah, they all look like Brutes to me. Don't know what the hell else they could be, actually.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2006-12-05 02:29am

General Schatten wrote:Seriously, WTF in that video is so bad as to necessitate the questioning of someones age?

Other than that nitpick it looks nice, though there's always the question of whether the actual gameplay will be as good as that, or the cut scenes/OP are really good.

It's rating pending, they are covering their arses.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2006-12-05 03:48am

http://www.gametrailers.com/ has it in high res, no subscription required.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2006-12-05 05:09am

You can see on that Hi-res version, the whole things is definately CGI.

Chris OFarrell · Post by **Chris OFarrell** » 2006-12-05 05:20am

Heh when the MC jumps at the Brutes, they all appear to flinch away from the Spartan jumping down towards them...

Pelranius · Post by **Pelranius** » 2006-12-05 10:42am

Brutes...

If Brutes are the only high level enemy type around, it's going to get pretty boring playing as Master Chief/Arbiter. Jackals and Drones are typically speed bumps.

Of course, we'll probably see new Sentinel and Flood stuff.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2006-12-05 11:12am

SPOILERS FOR HALO: GHOSTS OF ONYX

In the book, there is still a sizeable faction of the elites that want to continue the war on humanity. The Arbiter and his allies are in the miniority siding with the humans. The largest elite faction, led by their highest ranking military leader, is still perfectly willing to wipe out the human race.

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » 2006-12-05 11:17am

Darksider wrote:SPOILERS FOR HALO: GHOSTS OF ONYX

In the book, there is still a sizeable faction of the elites that want to continue the war on humanity. The Arbiter and his allies are in the miniority siding with the humans. The largest elite faction, led by their highest ranking military leader, is still perfectly willing to wipe out the human race.

What a bunch of dicks. You'd think once they realized the Prophets had been lying to them they'd stop blindly following everything they say, but nooooo.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2006-12-05 01:21pm

Ok, I'm guessing one of those two kids at the beginning was the Chief.

Edit:

Oh, yes, did anyone else like the look of the Chief when he was running?