Halo 3 Gone Gold

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• Yeah, I played H1, found out about and listened to ILB, went back all fired up for the "story" aaaaaaaaan... : Damodred

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  oh god. here we go again. : marmite
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    Hee hee. Actually a smaller FOV isn't bad for a TV, since a TV takes up less of your visual field. We... : Johnny Law
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      Play it on a 110" screen from about 10 feet away. FOV is no problem for me. : jake
      • I play it on a 52" screen from 7' feet away and it makes me nauscious. Magnified worse when playing split... : kevp
    • johnny i'd expect at least you to know what FOV means : derean
  • Sorry he's got a valid point, Halo is renouwned (sp?) for it's terrible FOV, it's a very claustrophobic g... : abrasion

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• Halo3 MP beta was lots of fun. I didn't like some of the game play in halo2 multiplayer but halo3 felt a... : metalremains
• yeah, we had some fun games in the beta. Looking forward to the end of September! : sevogajre
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  What did you find so great about the beta? I only played it briefly but it didn't do anything for me. May... : nudel
  • Maybe he's a Microsoft shill? ;-) : SilentDirge

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  i ordered whichever one came with the helmet... : agentlead
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    Yeah that Helmet would surely look sexy while dancing on parties....its a babe magnet.......NOT!!!!!! : omontero
    • The helmet is too small for a human head. I'm gonna have so many scars and scratches from trying to ge... : nudel
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  I don't understand the fascination with the helmet... didn't seem worth the extra 70 bucks or whatever..... : dedgecko
  • I think it's a massive rip-off for a silly piece of plastic but I still ordered it since I won't miss the... : nudel
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  ME! I'm can't wait for this game. I don't care if it's not cool to love it, but it's right up there with ... : marmite
  • Gamertag: fobouspod add me yo1!!11! : pun][sher
• No, but I preordered the vanilla package. : Ely
• I ordered the legendary elite edition which comes with a master cheif blowup doll. : gmd
• I wussed out and just ordered the regular collector's edition. The helmet is fantastic but it's a little ... : kungfusquirrel
• Is that the version that comes with the Halo themed FleshLight attachment for the controller for the Cort... : themelon
• I have the collector's edition on pre-order. I can't bring myself to buy that Legendary stuff. : nomaad

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• Maybe I should do that...At least the 25th off so I can stay p all night after going to the midnight rele... : pun][sher
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  i love video games and all, but i think taking a week of is a little silly. i would rather travel. althou... : captain hampton
  • Ok you got me, I'm actually taking Wednesday through Friday off. : jonin
  • Also, I couldn't travel far for 69$ :) : jonin
  • I took a week off to play GTA:SA. Best holiday ever, TBH! Fun times. (I am a huge nerd.) : nudel

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• did you work on it? : hamachi
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  he found out through other sources. : dmiller
  • I wonder who that source could be ? ;) Congrats on going gold and enjoy swimming in the money pools ov... : MrLobo
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    Really? Don't feel bad that happened to me too. I read that a game I was working on went gold on a news s... : Fred Garvin
    • Heh, Had it really gone gold? (i.e. Were your bug fixes destined for a patch, or was it a mistake by the ... : nudel
• It passed Cert yesterday : pun][sher
• WOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : YoYo

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  Well I think the story has changed quite a bit since 1999. The Cortana letters aren't canon any more, for... : thesubtlesnake
  • I suspect they finally realized that, in order to make the two universes connected, they'd have to do som... : Rotten Deadite
• Never played marathon, so i wouldn't know. : jonin
• I think this would've made the Halo storyline so much more interesting and robust. The Marathon series k... : [gooie b]
• I know what you're talking about, I was unbelievably obsessed with the marathon series and read the story... : psychobean

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• ditto, might be fun to finish that games singleplayer : metalremains
• well the ending won't be as shitty with the next game right around the corner, but it's still weak sauce.... : pyide
• I just now beat halo 2. For some reason the ending didn't bother me that much, I was actually pretty impr... : datoo

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  3 different versions and maybe they have localized versions as well? : Fred Garvin
  • Also they have over a million pre-orders to fill. That's seriously mind blowing. Guaranteed at minimum ... : Bruzilla
• Then they need to get distributed so they are actually on store shelves on time. That could easily take a... : kinnoch
• Is it being released globally at the same time? That would mean a lot of copies needed. : stump
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  I bet they'll have multiple disc duplication plants going on this one. I think MS knows they can't send ... : metalremains
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    oh hell yeah, im definately picking up the game, but im expecting to be able to walk into a store and see... : Jackass1233
    • potm material here. This is one game that definitely does not need pre-ordering (unless you're going ... : edgewise
• Halo is all about the hype baby.....always was...always will..... I admit the first Halo was a refresh... : omontero

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  No, because most people realize that they can wait a couple hours to buy it when they get up, off work, e... : deadhorse
  • I was afraid of that. : jonin

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• No. The Xbox had an install base of about 20 million: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/... : thesubtlesnake
• I bought an Xbox THE DAY a friend came over and showed me 'his new game machine' and halo back in 2001. A... : metalremains
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  360 actually isn't selling at a better pace, but it's more expensive so that may explain it. : Chris Remo
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    When Halo shipped the original Xbox was priced at $299.. the same price as the core 360 system. I think ... : metalremains
    • Core is not comparable to the original Xbox. You can't even save your game on a Core without buying addi... : Chris Remo
    • However the holiday after launch, the Xbox was down to $199, where as the 360 still isn't anywhere near t... : thesubtlesnake
    • I haven't seen a core in ages. : edgewise
  • True, they held off on a price drop longer than they did for the Xbox. : Fred Garvin
• this is the $50 million question.... Halo 2 sold 8 million copies to 20 million xbox owners. How many... : edgewise

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• ha there's more hype in your comment than there is for halo 3 (could ever be?) : wwonderboy334
• i dunno. online coop. even if the game sucks it still wins because of that. : pyide
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  I haven't even seen all that much hype this time around compared to Halo 2 : Chris Remo
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    it doesn't need much hype, it's already sold a bajillion copies. : jonin
    • I'm not saying it does : Chris Remo
• I actually haven't seen much hype around this recently. : spdon

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  I loved the first one and was 'meh' about the second one. How can you tell that Halo 3 is going be fun? W... : jtthe2nd
  • Better get your reserve now! : pun][sher
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    Of course I can't really tell for sure, but from what I can see they've spent a lot more time on the game... : Begawkiness
    • The lack of open levels in Halo 2 was a serious letdown to me too. Hopefully Halo 3 has a better mix of w... : jtthe2nd

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  I can't wait to get some 4 player coop action going with the Shack. : jonin
  • I can see those games turning into a huge team-killing clusterfuck. :) : stump
• I agree, 4p coop is a great addition. : xpaladin

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  lol, there are 3 underwear ads in the box. Clearly, Halo 3 will be so great that everyone will need new u... : ckaps
  • just 3? for me, all 6 google ads on this comments page are for underwear. : johnsto