Halo 3 wagers - Day 1

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  1. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    Approaching the deadline ..
     
  2. Paulo

    Paulo PoeticHalo

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    Not for me i have to wait till wed... and i start uni on wed so im not gonna be on halo till like 1pm!
     
  3. jp.

    jp. Be Attitude For Gains

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    Alas, the true problem wasn't even listed. Microsoft fucked up big time. For the limited editions, probably 70% of them had manufacturing problems in the cases, leaving most of the discs scratched. I also know a lot of other copies wouldn't work.

    The one time Microsoft REALLY couldn't drop the ball... they did it in a big way.
     
  4. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    Yeah that is big news, something like 1/3 or more.
     
  5. APE

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    Just got home after waiting 2 hours in line for Halo 3. 2 friends who bought collectors got messed up disks.
     
  6. jp.

    jp. Be Attitude For Gains

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    Waaaay more than that dude.

    Thing is, Microsoft's packaging of discs has always been HORRIBLE. They just stack discs on each other on one holder like its no big deal. Probably trying to cut costs (slightly). But maybe this fiasco will teach them a lesson and they'll start doing it RIGHT!!!!
     
  7. graciano1337

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    OMG.
     
  8. Buyatari

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    Are any of the discs so scratched they can't play? I thought it was just cosmetic in nature.
     
  9. jp.

    jp. Be Attitude For Gains

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    Some of them can. I'm not sure what the ratio is for how many can play and how many can't.

    At any rate, I'm impressed that this is the ONLY snag for the Halo 3 launch thus far. Granted, its a very stupid one that shouldn't even have happened... but given that its the only one I guess that says something.
     
  10. TheDeathcoaster

    TheDeathcoaster Game Developer

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    Halo 3 just claimed the life of my poor 360. I don't even like Halo, I just got it free from work :(
     
  11. SilverBolt

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    ok, online loading times like hell, the network is sooo frikking slow
     
  12. neull

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    Wow, that was one of the biggest bugs during the MP beta. They said that they would make the loading times faster, but I guess that they didn't...
     
  13. Paulo

    Paulo PoeticHalo

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    Well i havent been online i did the first 4 or so missions alone and then compleated the rest with my girlfriend who really enjoyed it. Its the first time shes really played halo for more then 1 lvl. Took about 7 and a half hours.
     
  14. graciano1337

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    On normal difficulty?
     
  15. ASSEMbler

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    I hope they make the difficulty setting more complex than making the enemies have 40x the hitpoints. It would be nice to see added enemies like in doom3.
     
  16. graciano1337

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    Well, so far I think I'm the closest... :110:
     
  17. PhreQuencYViii

    PhreQuencYViii Champion of the Forum

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    When I played heroic, I noticed the game being more challenging in a un-cheap way. You do have weaker shields, but enemies used more tactics and stuff. Some of them yelled out plans and carried them out too.

    Of course, it's AI....a few of them yelled something and proceeded to fall off a cliff.
     
  18. Paulo

    Paulo PoeticHalo

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    Yeah on normall. I really need to complate it my self i hate playing on split screen and it seems to make the game alot easier.
     
  19. PhreQuencYViii

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    On normal it is a lot easier, but everyone I know who did normal said it sucked/was short. On heroic it wasn't too hard, you get both achievements, and it was more enjoyable imo.
     
  20. JamesMichael

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    I pulled off a superjump today...I knew they wouldn't delete all the bugs but I would have thought this would be nearly top on there list for mp since loads of people did it in Halo 2
     
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