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Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 22 2007, 12:49 AM

As of typing this, I'm now in possession of a Premium Model Xbox360 and am making room on my gaming center for it, by putting away my Gamecube. I have already prepurchased Halo 3 and will be there at midnight to pick up my copy and play all night. Crushinator has informed me of 4 player co-op campaign mode online, so I wanna know who's up for this. I'm currently re arranging my room so I haven't hooked up my 360 yet. But once I get my Gamer tag I'll have it up.

Edit:

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/halo-3/halo-3-videos/530253

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 22 2007, 01:39 AM

Yeah, I was going to make a halo 3 hype thread, but this will do. For those of you that are out of the loop on the biggest game this year, get with the program!

Most important features:

-Online Co-Op for 4 players. Yes thats right, you can play through EVERY stage of the single player campaign with up to 3 buddies on Xbox Live. Also instead of the halo 1-2 style "2 mysterious master cheifs" the 2-4 players are the Arbiter and 2 new Elite characters with their own back story and looks.

-Campaign mode challenges and rankings. You don't just do the story now, there are actually sub-missions inside each stage with score-tracking and competetive play during co-op, plus worldwite rankings for high scores on XBL. Each chapter of the story has a unique meta-game mission to play. Clearing them and gaining certain scores will get you unlockable armor pieces, which can be used for...

-Customizable player character appearance. No longer are you limited to just 2 color selections and Spartan/Elite model choice. You can now customize your character's helmet, body armor, shoulders, and voice (male or female), and 3 colors (primary, secondary, and detail.) There are tons of different options for each part, and you can mix and match as you like.

-Tons of new weapons, vehicles, and new "equipment" such as land mines, portable shields, radar jammers, etc. All of which can be used in campaign and multiplayer mode.

-Online multiplayer. Of course the bread and butter of the game, all the classic modes from previous games return, along with some new ones like "VIP", where you have to protect 1 specific member of your team; "Infection" where one team "zombies" tries to kill and convert all the other team "humans" onto their side before the time limit is up. The playlists have been divvied up into "Ranked" and "Social" now, so you can jump right into the type of "crowd" you want to play with. If you just wanna have fun, and don't care about ranking up, want to fool around with ridiculous and hilariously unablanced gametypes, or whatever, go Social. If you want hardcore, pro-level, rank based play, you can go with the "Ranked" list. Also players have MASSIVE customization over the game rules now. You can change anything from gravity to powerup effects to team appearance. Its staggering how much you can change the game, which leads into...

-Forge map editor. Yes, built into the game is a real-time map editor, where you can collaborate with other players to edit maps on Xbox live, and play those maps WHILE you edit them, as well as save them for later to be used in regular or custom gametypes. Bungie will also provide webspace for you to upload and share your custom maps and games, and have a ranking system so the most popular ones can be downloaded by everyone.

-Saved films, replays, and screenshots. You can save EVERY SINGLE MOMENT you play halo 3 onto your hard drive, view it from any angle, cut, clip, and edit them into "films" and upload and share them online with anyone on XBL. That means every single player, co-op, and multiplayer match. EV-RY-THING. You can also cap high-res screens of any of your replays and upload them to the Bungie.net site so you can download them on your PC. This is the most exciting feature of the game to me. Being able to see EVERYTHING that happens in a match, from any perspective, reliving those "OMGWTF OWNED" moments, making fan-films. Combined with the forge, the possibilities are endless here.

It goes without saying anyone with a 360 MUST buy this game. There's no way around it. This will be come the new stomping ground for AT's online presence, come hell or high water!

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 22 2007, 01:45 AM

I'll be on shortly after midnight as well. I really suck at Halo, but hey, practice makes perfect.

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 22 2007, 04:07 AM

Gamertag is AC9Breaker. Sent out some invites. Add me peeps!

Posted by: Retehi Sep 22 2007, 04:46 AM

Buy me a 360 now.

Or give me yours. :(

Posted by: Kazicht Sep 22 2007, 09:30 AM

And you guys thought I would miss this? Pshhh.



Probably won't pick it up on midnight, so I'll join everyone the next evening.
Gamertag incoming.

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 22 2007, 11:34 AM

You whore! I was totally gonna pick that one up but wanted to play Armored Core Instead. haha
Nice man, my Gamestop is holding a contest, draw master-chief and I could possibly win a free Halo themed controller with a Master Chief Action Figure. Gonna try and win it!

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 22 2007, 01:05 PM

Fuck yeah Kazicht! Awesome snag on the limited edition Xbox!

Who is next to get at 360? (Donkey, i'm lookin at you!)

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 22 2007, 01:36 PM

Niiiiice, we have a good crew building up here! That 360 system looks pretty sick. I knew they were out, hadn't seen them yet though.

Breaker! Invite accepted.

Posted by: donkeybeatz Sep 22 2007, 01:44 PM

LOL CHILL.
I'll get one eventually...
Between now and the end of the year.

Posted by: Henge Sep 22 2007, 04:47 PM

For the first time in ages, I am seriously considering buying a console.

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 22 2007, 09:23 PM

Do it, Woe. Do it. Eat cat food for a month if you have to, so you can afford it.

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 23 2007, 01:08 AM

Yeah man, 360 is really an under appreciated system. imho its Dreamcast 4.0 Ironically though, I find I'm looking forward more into Call of Duty 4 then Halo. I think that game is really gonna be a Sleeper hit too.

Posted by: tanshin Sep 23 2007, 01:43 AM

I'll have one someday.

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 23 2007, 01:56 AM

Duuuude, whatchu talkin bout? 360 underrated? AC9Breaker, you are crazy. The fanbase is huuuge! :D

Tansheen, you should have one tomorrow!

Posted by: DarkEpyon Sep 23 2007, 10:58 AM

No thank you.

Also, am I the only FPS hater here? I did toy with the notion of picking up a 360 earlier in the year though, for Blue Dragon and Infinite Undiscovery (I think that's what it was called). But alas, the consoles of this generation come with too much red tape, and in some cases, red rings.

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 23 2007, 11:43 AM

Yes you are.

Even if you don't like FPS, 360 is still the best console choice for jip-jap weeaboo RPGS (and good RPGS too), it still has a better lineup than PS3 or Wii in that regard. And the new 360's out are the "Falcon" hardware redesign, so the RROD should be a thing of the past.

*cue Alisha post in 4...3...2...

Posted by: Vitamin D Sep 23 2007, 02:26 PM

Naw, I'm not a big fan either honestly. I mean first person shooters didn't kill my family or anything, but I can live without them. I play Halo 2 sometimes with friends, but it's incredibly rare (we play Smash Bros about 98% of the time haha). I may get a 360 in the future, as there are some games I'd want to play (VF5 for instance), but I'll still be getting a Wii first. The game I'm most excited for is Smash Brothers. Halo is more like "meh".

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 23 2007, 02:52 PM

I never cared about First person shooters, then I worked for a LAN where the primary game was counter-strike and started getting into them. I couldn't understand why Halo was all hyped up though. Halo one was alright, Halo 2 got better, but still only had it in multi-player, but with Halo 3 , i've played the beta(loved the team matches. Now I just need not to suck at the game.), watched a shit load of Red VS Blue, and talked with enough of the right people to let the hype hit me. I'm legit excited. ;)

Smash brawl will take presidence when it comes out, but I am stoked to kick ass in Halo 3!

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 23 2007, 05:09 PM

I wasn't an FPS player myself until I played the first Halo. Even then I wouldn't consider myself a FPS player cause Halo was really the only FPS I could play. Little by Little I gave them some chance and now I love them. Its really the social environment of the genres that have captured me. Competition in MMO's is a secondary objective.

Edit:

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/halo-3/halo-3-videos/530253

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 24 2007, 10:06 AM

Good article up on bungie.net about the H3 matchmaking system, new playlists, and changes they've made from Halo 2.

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12802

Check it out for a heads up on whats waiting for us tonight!

Posted by: Knightsword Sep 24 2007, 11:11 AM

Got my copy fully paid, but I have to wait till tomorrow to pick it up :( stupid work getting in the way of everything.

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 24 2007, 11:27 AM

I have to work tomorrow too :( But i'm just going to buy like 10 coffees and stay up for 48 hours or so.

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 24 2007, 11:51 AM

LOL me too. I have school AND work tomorrow but I may just call out of work. So I can get some rest and study for an exam I got on Wednesday. I think we got enough skill to be able to beat the game before my first class though. which is at 8 AM.

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 24 2007, 12:18 PM

Yeah, I think we just might be able to make it.

EDIT: Also this live action awesomeness: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/last-one-standing/halo-sweeps/halo-sweeps.html

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 24 2007, 12:36 PM

Well fuck, I didn't even feed the thought, but yah, i also have work tomorrow. Oh well, that won't stop me from being on for a few hours! ;)

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 24 2007, 02:10 PM

Holy crap that looks freaking awesome!

Also, we should state this now, we're not playing on any difficulty less the Legendary.

Posted by: DarkEpyon Sep 24 2007, 02:31 PM

Wow, that movie was great!

Interestingly enough, Halo 3 hits Japan the same day as the PSU expansion, not that this affects anyone here.

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 24 2007, 03:57 PM

Legendary it is!

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 24 2007, 04:00 PM

how many on co-op can you have?

That video is fucking awesome btw.

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 24 2007, 04:20 PM

4 players simultaneous. Read my first info post!

Posted by: donkeybeatz Sep 24 2007, 05:51 PM

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 24 2007, 07:18 PM

Hell yeah Donk! Whats the gamertag?

This just in.... Crushinator has moved from 20" of blurry bullshit to...












50" of 1080p GLORRRRRYYYYYY!!!!!!!

Just in time for the game of the century, Halo 3. FUCK YEAH SEAKING!

Posted by: Knightsword Sep 24 2007, 08:01 PM

pfft, its photoshoped

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 24 2007, 08:03 PM

I'M OUTSIDE OF THE MALL RIGHT WITH LIKE 40 OTHER PEOPLE. NOW 2 HOURS LEFT AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!1!1!1!!!!!!!

Posted by: donkeybeatz Sep 24 2007, 08:25 PM

Oh right. Gamertag is donkeybeatz.
Gonna pick up the game in a few hours

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 24 2007, 10:27 PM

GET!!!

Posted by: tanshin Sep 24 2007, 11:24 PM

Fuckin awesome. I wish I still lived there. Did you get a new stand for that TV? What'd you do with the old one?

Posted by: Kazicht Sep 24 2007, 11:43 PM

Get.

Posted by: Oddies da Nerfed Sep 24 2007, 11:43 PM

WTB xbox360, willing to trade in mr.crushin for it! Stupid slow IRS.

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 24 2007, 11:47 PM

Me and wiiryu are running the game on Legendary now. Drop us a message for an invite.

or Log on live and i can invite you. Is HC getting on too?


:Donkeybeatz joined!

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 25 2007, 12:37 AM

I just got it! Getting online a few minutes!

*furiously heats up pizza*

Posted by: ZioII Sep 25 2007, 02:14 AM

i broke down and ordered a 360 with Halo 3, should be here by wed :o

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 25 2007, 02:26 AM

Haha, love the halo slurpee.

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 25 2007, 05:22 AM

HELLS YEAH! We gotta build a fucking army!

Posted by: Kazicht Sep 25 2007, 06:06 AM

My wired internets was down all last night. Pissed me off greatly, but I managed to get it back up this morning. Hopefully it stays up and I can join you guys later today for some games.

Posted by: donkeybeatz Sep 25 2007, 09:07 AM

From now on, I should drive all the time.

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 25 2007, 09:08 AM

ARRRUGUGHF FUCKING COMCAST!

After about 2.5 hours in game they decided to have a Cable outage. YEAH FUCKING AWESOME!

But I had a kickass time doing Campaign with AC, Wiryu, and DJ Donkey while it lasted! I love how there's the scorekeeping on the co-op mode, it adds an oldschool arcade competition feel to the game, even though you're all playing on the same team. Can't wait to get back on tonight when I get home from work!

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 25 2007, 09:38 AM

lmfao did anyone save that replay? That was the funniest shit ever along with commentary from Crushinator.


Me and Wir ended up duo'ing it. Ended up getting to chapter 6 I think? Then I had to bail and go to class. Wonder how many more AT peeps we'll have tonigh? We can have two teams running legendary and see who beats the game first!

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 25 2007, 10:35 AM

Hahaha, yeah I saved it, although I got kicked out halfway through the level. I'll send it to you guys if nobody else saved the full stage.

Posted by: Kazicht Sep 25 2007, 11:03 AM

Send it over to me too! Wanna see what I missed out on :(

Damn Verizon.

Posted by: Oddies da Nerfed Sep 25 2007, 11:37 AM

This sucks, I'm missing out on all the fun. Instead I get to find alternate HR department contacts because the 4 primary are out of the office STILL, been two weeks now. Fucking godamn sonofabitch.

Posted by: Henge Sep 25 2007, 11:56 AM

Envy!

I'm so getting in on this asap.

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 25 2007, 02:15 PM

"Who let the asian drive?" -Crush

hahaha, man, last night was good times man. Seriously, legendary is the only way to play! I like the idea of two legendary teams running at once, it's badass. ;)

Posted by: Knightsword Sep 25 2007, 02:40 PM

Starting the game up any one on?

Posted by: DarkEpyon Sep 25 2007, 02:49 PM

Damn that Halo!

Thanks to the Japanese version of said game, I'm probably not getting my copy of Illuminus till Monday! Since both games come out the exact same day, looks like Play-Asia sent out the batch of Halo 3 first. Some folks on this side of the Pacific just HAVE to hear Master Chief speak Japanese, huh?

OK, enough ranting. Hope you guys are enjoying it, and kicking ass as only AT knows how.

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 25 2007, 03:28 PM

I'll be home from work in like 2 hours, and I can jump on then.

Posted by: Kazicht Sep 25 2007, 05:05 PM

Just toss me an IM on AIM when you guys go on. I'm gonna get some work done until then.

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 25 2007, 05:16 PM

So lets see we got

AC9Breaker
Crusinator
Donkeybeats
Kazicht
Knightsword
Wiryu

How do you guys wanna split this up?

I Motion for Me Donkey and Knightsword or Kaz since they all seem ready at the moment and I wanna play now. lol

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 25 2007, 05:24 PM

I'm also ready to go man. ;)

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 26 2007, 12:09 AM

That was some pure ownage tonight. Tomorrow... we finish this fucking fight!

Posted by: AC9breaker Sep 26 2007, 11:37 AM

Timeline of AT and Halo 3 assault.



09/21/07: AC9Breaker obtains a 360 and pre purchases his copy of Halo 3. Also picks up Armored Core 4

09/22/07: AT Halo hype thread is made. Kazicht Obtains a limited Edition Halo 3 360 and reserves Halo 3, Crush spazzes out

09/23/07: nothing!

09/24/07: Donkey gets a 360 , Crush gets a 50" 1080 tv,
24/07:2130 AC9Breaker camps out of his local gamestop, not many people around. has phone sex with wiryu
24/07:2230 AC9 enters the mall gets his receipt reserves CoD4 at the same time, and purchases a Halo 3 t-shirt with the Legendary symbol on the front.
24/07:2320 Ac9 Stops playing Pokemon to partake in a triva contest, wins a bunch of free posters, drunks Mountain Dew game fuel tastes like gummi bears.

09/25/07:0002 AC9 Gets halo 3, breaks the sound barrier to get home, has more phone secks with Wiryu
25/07:0010 Ac9 Takes pics posts on various message boards skeets.
25/07:0030 Ac9 and Wiryu meet on xbizzle live start campaign on Legendary difficulty and proceed to get served.
25/07:0130 donkeybeatz joins the game and wiryu and ac9 restart campaign AT ownage commences.
25/07:0230 Mr Crushin gets on live missions restarted, AT owange of Campign is over 9000.
25/07:0430 donkeybeatz drives a warthog, hilarity ensues.
25/07:0447 mr crushins connection craps out, donkeybeatz needs sleep. Ac9 and wiryu continue the fight
25/07:0702 AC9 and Wiryu make it to chapter 6 ac9 bails to head to his ENG 112 course.
25/07:0757 AC9 sleeps in class
25/07:0900 AC9 heads to HIS 202
25/07:0915 AC9 sleeps
25/07:1055 AC9 speeds home and sleeps.
25/07: ????????
25/07: 1900 Knightsword wiryu donkeybeats Mr crushin Kazicht run a few slayer matches.
25/07: 2100 Knightsword Donkeybeatz, Mr Crushin, AC9 restart the campiagn on legendary
09/25/07: 0200 Mr crushin falls asleep AT teams successfully reaches chapter 7
09/25/07 TONIGHT WE FINISH THE FIGHT!

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 26 2007, 12:03 PM

fuck! I miseed out on chapter 6? i'm gonna have to reserve some time today and catch up or somefin! If my connection is still shit, heads are gonna roll!

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 26 2007, 01:06 PM

Stop all those animal porn torrents foo'!

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 26 2007, 01:30 PM

Stops for no one!

While we're on the campaign stuff, while I had time last night, I played legendary on solo player, and holy fuck is it hard as hell. After two levels of consistent dying, I backed down for the night. NO RESPAWNING IN THIS HOUSE BITCH! I can't wait to hit level 5, it's gonna be sick, haha.

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 27 2007, 02:32 AM

Fight = finished. AC, Donkey, Kaz and I finished it up on a Legendary game tonight. That last stage is BRUUUUUTAL, but the driving antics were hilarious.

GG guys! Now time to get to some objective multiplayer!

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 27 2007, 04:24 AM

ef that, i'm stealing some of you fools for the last of my lag campaign! Stage 6! Final stage check point! I've got a fight to finish!

Posted by: donkeybeatz Sep 27 2007, 10:07 AM

Oh man that driving sequence was epic haha. I guess the ending was ok. I expected more out of it though.

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 27 2007, 10:40 AM

Yeah, the ending didn't seem epic enough compared to the actual ACTION in the last level. But my roommate says there is an extra sequence after the credits roll... So i guess we need to beat it offline to see it?

Master Cheif marries Cortana and they live on the Halo happily ever after?

Posted by: ZioII Sep 29 2007, 05:26 PM

my gamertag is elmo is good

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 29 2007, 07:21 PM

Added! I plan on playing all day sunday and monday

Posted by: Crushinator Sep 30 2007, 01:53 PM

Good article here on exactly how the scoring for campaign mode works:

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=h3campaign

This should help us unlock those achievements and more armor mods!

Posted by: Wiryu Sep 30 2007, 02:50 PM

Heroic with skulls! Sounds good! Those are some pretty dirty tactics man.

Posted by: Nisshoku Oct 5 2007, 08:35 AM

Dang. I need to get myself in some of this action.

Posted by: AC9breaker Oct 5 2007, 03:14 PM

Oh-shi Whats up dood? Haven't heard from ya in a while? Hows everything going? Post your Gamertag so yo can get your game on with us, AT style!

Posted by: Crushinator Oct 5 2007, 07:22 PM

Rocket race. Tonight. You.

Posted by: Nisshoku Oct 5 2007, 07:50 PM

I'm pretty much ready at a drop f a hat. Us canadians got a long weekend going on, so that's awesome for me in Halo 3.

Been busy with work mostly, but just recently joined the Halo 3 bandwagon, along with you guys.

So feel free to hit me up for a game, doods!