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    Default Halo 3 Multiplayer Open Beta: Online NOW

    http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12231/...eta-Announced/

    One word: Awesome. Glad I never cancelled my Xbox Live account!

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    That is cool but I wonder what bungie may do to remain top dog over gears of war.
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    awesome news. right now i dont care as much because of that damn game called gears of war, but maybe i'll be sick of it by then when the beta for halo comes out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richter Belmount
    That is cool but I wonder what bungie may do to remain top dog over gears of war.
    Gears of War is an excellent game (of course), but the 3rd person 4-player max multiplayer is inherently inferior to a standard 24-32 player online 1st person shooter. Halo and Gears each have their own niche, but Halo is better suited for online multiplayer action.
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    http://www.1up.com/do/media?cId=3144308

    All new pictures-^

    Anyone else think that we're all kind of jumping the gun on the whole 'hype train' thing? I mean, this game is a year away. Shit, browse 1up for a while and you would think the game is coming out this weekend.

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    I guess beta signup is going to be on www.halo3.com on the 4th. Currently the site just goes to bungie's default homepage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by heybtbm View Post
    Gears of War is an excellent game (of course), but the 3rd person 4-player max multiplayer is inherently inferior to a standard 24-32 player online 1st person shooter. Halo and Gears each have their own niche, but Halo is better suited for online multiplayer action.

    See I think it really depends but IT's not inferior in any means to the standard 24 people matches

    mainly because it's so strategy orientated compared to the large multiplayer games.

    I would honestly play GoW Multi than Halo Multi because I like how it plays. but it will be interesting how Halo 3 will be.


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    now why the heck in games like these do they feel the need to put a texture on everything? i think it looks like shit, i mean accual shit. they guy looks like hes been made out of verious shades of green colored crap and sculpted!

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    Anyone know what time on Monday they will open it? Also any idea if they will let people outside the us join?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jcalder8 View Post
    Anyone know what time on Monday they will open it? Also any idea if they will let people outside the us join?

    No worries, the beta is worldwide.

    I'd also like to know about what time the beta is going to be open. I'm going to guess midnight or something.

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    I just received my confirmation letter from MS...I've been accepted to test the Halo 3 online beta! WooHoo!

    The e-mail said I will be contacted this week with more details. This is going to be fun...I can't wait.
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    I cannot stress enough how cool this is going to be. I predict an Xbox Live server crash as soon as the beta is available to download. You just know it's going to take 12+ hours to download...even though it'll only be a gig or so. Anyway...very very exciting.
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    It looks solid. I cannot wait!
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    Fantastic!

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    Damn!

    I was planning on being in Japan May 17th to June 1st.

    I may have to bump vacation plans up a week just so I don't miss the beta.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ubersaurus View Post
    Damn!

    I was planning on being in Japan May 17th to June 1st.

    I may have to bump vacation plans up a week just so I don't miss the beta.
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    I wasn't impressed with the first or second Halo and from the looks of it H3 doesn't appear to be too special either. I really hope they show me wrong and expect to hear from everyone how it goes because multi-player is one of the most important features in a FPS.
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    I watched the 7 minute developer video a few times, and I have mixed emotions about it. On one hand, certain things had me grinning from ear to ear, and on the other hand, certain things had me thinking it's basically halo 2 in High Def with a few extra features added on. I'm still looking forward to the Beta even though I'm not a multiplayer FPS guy. I'll certainly get killed a million times during the beta, but I don't mind, cause I'll get a glimpse of the Halo 3 engine.

    Really I'm more interested in the single player campaign.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anthony1 View Post
    I watched the 7 minute developer video a few times, and I have mixed emotions about it. On one hand, certain things had me grinning from ear to ear, and on the other hand, certain things had me thinking it's basically halo 2 in High Def with a few extra features added on. I'm still looking forward to the Beta even though I'm not a multiplayer FPS guy. I'll certainly get killed a million times during the beta, but I don't mind, cause I'll get a glimpse of the Halo 3 engine.

    Really I'm more interested in the single player campaign.
    I have high hopes for the single player. I'd much rather play an FPS co-op with a buddy than multiplayer. Local multiplayer (like GoldenEye or TimeSplitters) is great fun....

    I was just playing some GoW online multiplayer and getting beat to hell, so I imagine Halo 3 will be worse!

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