New Halo 3 Campaign Announced--Halo 3: Recon--You don't play as Master Chief [Archive]

The 1 2 P

09-26-2008, 06:32 PM

It's not often we get new campaign modes via downloadable content(I'm speculating) but Bungie will be delivering just that early next year: http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/207250/halo-3-getting-new-campaign-experience/

While it hasn't exactly been made official which form it will take (dlc, disc or both) it's still a nice treat for the 8 million fans who bought this game.

calthaer

09-27-2008, 10:21 AM

I'm still waiting for Halo 2 PC. Bungie's not getting any of my money until that gets released. So maybe...never.

Leo_A

09-27-2008, 11:12 AM

I'm still waiting for Halo 2 PC. Bungie's not getting any of my money until that gets released. So maybe...never.

That was released some time ago.

PapaStu

09-27-2008, 11:37 AM

I'm still waiting for Halo 2 PC. Bungie's not getting any of my money until that gets released. So maybe...never.

Bungie hasn't been in charge of the PC releases so don't blame them. Besides Halo 2 not only is out, has achievements, but is a Windows Vista required game. I'd gladly replay that game all over again for achievements.... if I had a windows Vista PC.

calthaer

09-27-2008, 04:37 PM

Ah, that would be why, when I occasionally search for Windows XP games, I don't find it. Who wants to run Vista? Good to know.

s1lence

09-27-2008, 04:56 PM

There are hacks to play it on an XP machine. The problem is that if you play online you could have problems with your live account.

The 1 2 P

10-09-2008, 03:36 AM

Well we knew an expansion was coming and here it is: http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/microsoft-announces-halo-3-recon-/

Since you don't get to play as the Chief, I'm hoping for a playable Spartan from one of the novels like Kurt, Linda or Kelly.

JunkTheMagicDragon

10-09-2008, 08:05 AM

you play as an ODST (orbital drop shock trooper), so no badass spartan powers. looks like it's going to be a stealthier affair.

heybtbm

10-09-2008, 08:31 AM

Sounds cool...BUT...

I guess this makes it official. No more AAA sequels are coming out for the 360 in 2009. No Halo 4, no GTA5, no COD6 (I'm sure we'll have plenty of cookie cutter "garbage" sequels, i.e. 2 Rock Bands, 3 Guitar Hero's). Hmmm. All we're getting is short "expansions" i.e. GTA downloadable content, this new Halo 3 chapter.

With all the talk of insane development costs this generation, I had a feeling this would happen. 1 big AAA title per generation, with tiny "chaptered" downloadable sequels. The days of 3 GTA's, 3 Final Fantasy's, 2 Halo's per generation are over I guess.

I think it's fairly obvious the big studios are turning over most of their manpower for the Xbox 720 (or whatever it ends up being called).

carlcarlson

10-09-2008, 09:18 AM

1 big AAA title per generation, with tiny "chaptered" downloadable sequels. The days of 3 GTA's, 3 Final Fantasy's, 2 Halo's per generation are over I guess.

I think I'm fine with this. It means I'll end up playing a wider range of games instead of a bunch of sequels.

The downloaded content aspect still sucks (for me), though, because I still refuse to pay for files.

PapaStu

10-09-2008, 10:12 AM

Merged.... Come on 1 2 P, I know you like posting these news threads all the time, but bump old threads about the same thing when you can, especially when you did the last thread.

There won't be any Spartan playing this time.... besides Spartan Kurt is dead, Kelly and the remaining Spartan 2's and Spartan 3's are in the shield world (Ghosts of Onyx book). I don't remember off the top of my head where Linda is.

Besides playing as a HellJumper ODST will be good enough for me. Squad and stealth action will give Halo a new feel thats for sure.

swlovinist

10-09-2008, 10:14 AM

I think next year might be a "lean year" for big budget retail games. Whatever people say, getting full contrent on discs for home consoles is loosing ground.

Ill take what I can get, but have to admit that Halo 3 for me was a big dissapoint.

chicnstu

10-09-2008, 11:56 AM

I guess this makes it official. No more AAA sequels are coming out for the 360 in 2009.

Hopefully 2009 will be the year of the Wii.

ProgrammingAce

10-09-2008, 01:13 PM

There won't be any Spartan playing this time.... besides Spartan Kurt is dead, Kelly and the remaining Spartan 2's and Spartan 3's are in the shield world (Ghosts of Onyx book). I don't remember off the top of my head where Linda is.

Linda was in stasis near death and was taken by the doctor who created the spartan project, if i remember correctly. She stole a ship and flew off, neither have turned up since.

PapaStu

10-09-2008, 02:11 PM

Linda was in stasis near death and was taken by the doctor who created the spartan project, if i remember correctly. She stole a ship and flew off, neither have turned up since.

You're right, but thats where Fall Of Reach ended. I just checked the synopsis for Ghosts Of Onyx and Dr. Halsey (The original Spartan 2 creator) and Kelly (the one in stasis) arrived at Onyx and Lord Hood sends 3 of the remaining Spartans to help, Fred-104, Linda-058, and Will-043, who along with Kelly, go into the Dyson Sphere while Kurt blows the Nukes, so that means all of the Spartans known save for MC and the one that was 'warped' to present day and is fighting in DOA4 are all accounted for, or dead.

/end side tangent

ProgrammingAce

10-09-2008, 06:06 PM

I forgot she showed up in Onyx...

The story i heard, Nylund was kinda pissed about how Halo 2 completely screwed up the storyline from the books he was doing after Halo 1. He decided to end Onyx in a way that even Bungie couldn't screw up the story line. They could decide to use the remaining spartans or not. It wouldn't matter to the universe's plot.

On topic:

ODST: Dear Sarge, having a lovely time kicking ass in outer space - wish you were here!
Sgt. Johnson: [over intercom] I heard that, Jackass!

The 1 2 P

10-09-2008, 06:42 PM

so that means all of the Spartans known save for MC and the one that was 'warped' to present day and is fighting in DOA4 are all accounted for, or dead.

Actually they called that "missing in action", but they are all still alive. Too bad none of the living ones never showed up in the games though. I suppose we'll have to wait until Halo Kart Racer for that to happen.

And heybtbm--there are AAA sequels coming out in 2009(such as Resident Evil 5) on the 360, but some are multiplatform.

PapaStu

10-09-2008, 11:58 PM

The whole point of none of the other ones showing up is because you are playing as THE baddest, strongest, luckiest, smartest Spartan of them all. Any of the others, despite their skills, are not Master Chief.

Well time line wise Onyx (which took all of the remaining living ones save for Grey Squad, who are mentioned in Fall of Reach, and get their own book this November, Halo: Cole Protocol) happens somewhere between H2 and H3, since New Mombasa has already been glassed if I'm remembering the finer details of the 3 spartans that go there to help save the day.

They are all marked MIA or WIA only because the front that the UNSC has given the spartans, that they never die. I could quote the lines from Halo: First Strike and list the ONI Directive Number but I think i've already gone far enough down the I'm a Halo dork who's read all the books a few times road.

The 1 2 P

10-10-2008, 02:18 AM

but I think i've already gone far enough down the I'm a Halo dork who's read all the books a few times road.

I get your point and can strongly relate. The only novel I haven't read is Contact Harvest(it's been sitting on my bookshelf for about 8 months now), but the other 4 I read and completely enjoyed. I was also confused how there were so many living Spartans before Halo 2 started(timeline wise) and yet none of them showed up for that game or the third one.

But like you said, the first game was made without future novels in mind and even after that Bungie still wanted you to play as the toughest Spartan around. For the only practical alternative, I suppose I'll have to play DOA 4.

ProgrammingAce

10-10-2008, 02:24 AM

You know they let me pick? Did I ever tell you that? Choose whichever Spartan I wanted.

You know me. I did my research...watched as you became the soldiers we needed you to be.

Like the others, you were strong, and swift, and brave. A natural leader.

But you had something they didn't. Something no one saw but me.

Can you guess?

...Luck.

...

...Was I wrong?

PapaStu

10-10-2008, 10:34 AM

Leo_A

10-10-2008, 03:17 PM

heybtbm

10-10-2008, 04:28 PM

The next Call of Duty from Inifinity Ward is due in the Fall of 2009. Who cares about Halo or GTA, you'll get online expansions and they were never annual franchises anyways.

COD6 is 2010. Also, I didn't say anthing about annual franchises. I said these games are 1 per generation. At least this new Halo release looks like an almost full length game rather than a DLC add-on for Halo 3.

Leo_A

10-10-2008, 07:48 PM

COD6 is 2010. Also, I didn't say anthing about annual franchises. I said these games are 1 per generation. At least this new Halo release looks like an almost full length game rather than a DLC add-on for Halo 3.

2009, that DP thread and 1 source was incorrect I think. Some members of Activision are still saying 09, and I only ever saw the delay rumor at smaller sites.

ProgrammingAce

10-10-2008, 09:34 PM

CoD6 date has not been finalized, but you can damn well assume it'll be just before christmas '09.

mnkysuit

10-12-2008, 01:30 AM

On the topic of Halo 3: Recon, I'm really excited to see where Bungie goes with it. From the trailer and everything I've read it seems like it's going to be more of a stealthy take on the Halo universe which will be new. Advertising a Halo FPS that feels and looks the same as the first 3 would have been such a disappointment.