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AICN Games: Quint plays a little HALO 3 Beta and sets up a talkback for the half a million others that will begin later today!

Firsties? by Satyrgreen	May 16th, 2007 04:10:22 AM
Just wanted to point out how dumb all this FIRST!!! shit is.
Secondsies? by Satyrgreen	May 16th, 2007 04:12:53 AM
And I don't even play Halo so I could care less.
Never played it, but........ by lost.rules	May 16th, 2007 04:30:00 AM
it sounds really cool. Sorta like Aliens. Is Bill Paxton a character in the game?
Sixthies! by karamsoul	May 16th, 2007 05:01:08 AM
If such a thing is possible. Anyway, ready to play this bitch in a couple of hours. Oh, and be sure to download the Red Vs. Blue Halo 3 Beta Video from XBox Marketplace right now (and yes it does use the Halo 3 engine).
What's your gamertag? by endlessoul	May 16th, 2007 05:01:17 AM
Quint, what's your handle? Do any of the other staff have one?
Gamertag=thejwac by thejwac	May 16th, 2007 05:19:25 AM
Hit me up and we will own Quint. Send me a friend request Quint!
Gaylo by SmashedRat	May 16th, 2007 05:30:41 AM
Never really got into the second one first one was ok more of a COD man myself, im sure ill check this out tho. Anyone know if you can get on this Bata without owning crackdown...and/or will a second hand copy of crackdown work?
I don't remember much of the first Halo by emp	May 16th, 2007 05:30:55 AM
But wasn't the two player co-op campaign mode in Halo 2 much better? That's what I'm looking for anyway. Fuck the running around a map killing eachother, there needs to be a story to follow.
Just wanted to say... by Savage Jimmy	May 16th, 2007 05:52:58 AM
I got in with the Rule of Three crap and I'm about 80% downloaded now. I can't wait to get in there and get my ass handed to me!!!!
Just Finished Downloading It by Oozer3993	May 16th, 2007 06:08:40 AM
Good luck getting me to do anything else for a couple hours/days/weeks.
No cover system? by Dr_Zoidberg	May 16th, 2007 06:29:13 AM
After playing (and loving) Rainbow Six Vegas, I cannot imagine a shooter without a decent cover system being satisfying.
I hear ya Zoidberg... by Savage Jimmy	May 16th, 2007 06:38:42 AM
But since I was a fan of Halo first, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
My Gamertag = FLUFFER Post yours by Ricky Henderson	May 16th, 2007 07:06:55 AM
Come play with me. And what the hell is Quint's gamertag?
My Gamertag = rhodegb by rhodeuk	May 16th, 2007 07:41:15 AM
Will miss the Beta, but would be good to hook up with some AICN people on some other games.
My Gamertag = rhodegb by rhodeuk	May 16th, 2007 07:41:20 AM
Will miss the Beta, but would be good to hook up with some AICN people on some other games.
So, the latest console first person shooter... by raw_bean	May 16th, 2007 07:44:43 AM
...to show how many years behind those on the PC they are. :^)
It's about a game? So where's Uwe? by JackPumpkinhead	May 16th, 2007 07:58:15 AM
Or Paul?
Zoidberg by dale_cooper	May 16th, 2007 08:40:35 AM
The cover system in Halo is called "get your ass behind cover." ...Seriously, though, Halo plays NOTHING like Rainbow Six. If you want to make use of cover the strafe function is very easy to use and objects to duck behind are plentiful. But mainly Halo is about hyper-powered machine-men running around blasting each other with things called "spartan lasers" and "energy swords" and "needlers." Save the deluxe cover systems for the hyperreal shooters; the rest of us will have fun playing HALO.
Oh, and Quint? by dale_cooper	May 16th, 2007 08:43:45 AM
The sniper rifle in Halo 2 was EASIER to use than in Halo 1. There was an adjustment period, but the hit box on your opponents' heads was made larger, and they added in a lag-targeting adjustment that allowed you to "sweep snipe" - i.e. sweep your reticule across an opponent and pull the trigger at any time during the sweep and still hit them (even if you were not actually on target at the time of firing). Sniping well in Halo: CE was a skill; sniping well in Halo 2 was commonplace, and sniping like a god was just a matter of learning to exploit the changes. (We play 2 every week on a LAN at my house and I run around with the sniper rifle as much as possible. That thing is NASTY.)
Delayed for Crackdown people--YEAH!!! by dead youngling	May 16th, 2007 08:45:48 AM
i will not whine--i will not whine!
Gamertag - Lazlo Panaflex by Bionic Chango	May 16th, 2007 09:13:34 AM
I'll play with anyone. I'm such a tuppenney-strumpet.
Quint's Tag by dgcrawford	May 16th, 2007 09:47:48 AM
Quint's tag (I believe) is AICNquint. I saw him (I assume it was him) get killed in a video of the beta roaming around the net.
I never understood the allure of Halo multiplayer by Deus Vult	May 16th, 2007 09:49:50 AM
Quint and everyone else, maybe I'm too much of a non-team player, but the whole concept of the multiplayer never scored with me. Perhaps its because I didn't have any guys my age who bought an xbox or had time to sit around and play games (not a slam fellas, just the truth), but the multi-deal just alluded me as to why it was so fun. Granted, I got an xbox the first day bestbuy san antonio had them and halo as well, then went on to play every level of the campaign on legendary until I completed all of 'em, but played multi with a friend from houston only once and we got really bored with it and went into campaign co-op almost immediately. As for Halo 2 and xbox live multi, I spent about five minutes with it and was also bored. not sure why I'm telling everyone this...
Gamertag = Sgt Nick Angel by Jlazz	May 16th, 2007 10:19:22 AM
How cool is that??
JUMPING! by dreamwriter1888	May 16th, 2007 10:21:01 AM
This game is going to be JUMPING!
AND BUMPING by dreamwriter1888	May 16th, 2007 10:21:37 AM
And BUMPING!
YEAH by dreamwriter1888	May 16th, 2007 10:21:55 AM
YEAH!
Totally Awesome by TheAllSeeingEye	May 16th, 2007 11:39:57 AM
Also been playing on the Friends and Family invite and I have to say that this game exceeds my expectations. Not only does this game totally wipe the floor with Halo 2 multiplayer, it actually beats Halo 1 on PC which, as far as i was concerned, was untouchable. It's taking me a little while to get used to the controls though, i've been trying to use the B button to climb in and out of vehicles and pick up weapons and even though I've been playing it for ages I still keep forgetting. Totally love the new weapons and they've made the guns as powerful as they were in halo 1. What's more incredible, is that I've not experienced any lag. Halo 2 suffered badly but, so far, every game i've played has been flawless. Roll on September Oh and anyone interested in playing; head over to the zone and check out the XBOX Live community. You'll get afew talkbackers tags on there and the chance to post your own.
knowthyself by TheAllSeeingEye	May 16th, 2007 11:46:17 AM
Needler in H2 sucked. Needler in H3 is back to awesome kick ass weapon. Everything is so much more precise and refined. The dual SMG's are absolutely rediculous; i always thought they were the worst weapons in Halo 2 so i avoided them in 3, until i kept getting raped by people dual wielding. I tell you what else is back to normal too, the shotgun. It's...man..so lost for words.
Halo 3 release date... by Bootskin	May 16th, 2007 11:54:37 AM
Of course you guys all know this already...but Halo 3 got "pushed up" to September 25th. Got mine reserved already.
My Gamertag is Dashl by Dashl	May 16th, 2007 12:01:43 PM
I think I am going to miss a lot of work.
Quint, I have lost respect for you... by ATARI	May 16th, 2007 12:05:35 PM
You loved the first Halo?
Still Not as good as Marathon by ShiniGamiSan	May 16th, 2007 12:22:10 PM
Halo is just a watered down version of Bungies' mid 1990's game, Marathon. Thousands of levels, new games and stories every year. Marathon 1, 2, Tempis Irae, Evil, etc. With Anvil and Forge, people made their own games and levels, and posted them on the net to download. Now you only get some crap every few years, with story lines not even a fraction of the quality of Marathon. My kids still prefer Marathon to Halo. Halo 1 and 2 combined are still only half as long as Marathon 2.
haha... by zombieslayer	May 16th, 2007 12:49:19 PM
all my friends were on crackdown this morning while i used my key and downloaded. good stuff. still figuring out the nuances, tho. my gamertag is TheZombieSlayer.
man, lots of Halo disrespect here by dale_cooper	May 16th, 2007 01:30:00 PM
ShiniGamiSan - nobody plays first person shooters for the story. It's a bit of gravy that Halo even has an interesting backstory. But Halo has a wider audience than Marathon because it draws in players for other reasons than storyline. ATARI - the first Halo had an engrossing (though sometimes repetitive) campaign, and the best console multiplayer FPS action available to that point. What's not to like? KnowThyself and others - uh, the needler in all multiplayer iterations has always sucked. It was a decent weapon in Halo 1's campaign, and dual-wielded it absolutely rocked in Halo 2's campaign (I call dual needlers the Elite Killers). But anybody who knows how to strafe can shrug off needler fire like it's nothing in both of the first two Halos. I haven't fully play-tested the new one yet, but so far in the beta the needler seems slightly better than either of the previous two, while still being inferior to most other weapons in the game. The real tragedy of Halo 2 was the neutering of the plasma rifle - bring back the freeze function, Bungie! That shit was awesome. As it stands now the plasma rifle is just another boring rapid-fire, mid-range weapon.
About the shotgun by dale_cooper	May 16th, 2007 01:58:17 PM
I don't think it's quite back to glory, sorry. It's a little juiced compared to 2, and a little more consistent - less of those inexplicable occasions where you drill someone in the chest almost point-blank and they walk away without a mark on them. But it still doesn't seem to have the range it had in the original game. In CE you could expect instant kills on anybody within arm's reach, and if someone was wounded the shotgun would tip them over from several yards away; but in 2 and now in the beta for 3, the shotgun seems to do absolutely nothing to people more than a few feet away. Several times now in the beta I was chasing someone at death's door, blasting away with the shotgun, and it never seemed to tip them over like you'd expect. (I've gotten used to it though - in 2 I've mastered the "run right up in their face, fire, then melee" routine that always results in a kill, and I'll be doing the same thing in 3 it looks like. Although now the melee is probably unnecessary if your aim is good.)
Quint's tag by Kraken	May 16th, 2007 02:01:26 PM
Isn't "AICNQuint" anymore... that is his OLD gamertag that did not transfer to his Xbox 360 when he got it. So anyone sending friends requests to that tag is hitting a dead end.
When is Crackdown activated? by frank1rizzo	May 16th, 2007 02:32:06 PM
Anyone know how long us crackdown folks are being delayed for? I need to know when I should skip outta work. :)
Crackdown ACTIVATED!!!! by dundundles	May 16th, 2007 03:10:29 PM
Just kidding, I'm still waiting for a "later date." Love the halo series, Love the halo books, love the peter jackson stalled movie, love the rts coming next year, love the episodic halo game coming at the turn of the next century... Fuck, just call me Chief. Bungie's conquering the world!!!
The range of the shotgun? by TheAllSeeingEye	May 16th, 2007 04:18:02 PM
The shotgun was always a close up weapon. Except in Halo 2 where, depending upon network conditions, it could be used to precision levels from the other side of the map. In Halo 2 the shotgun was weak even without the network problems. Now it's a killtacular charge in weapon. No prisoners. Flip63Hole, maybe Quint doesn't want to play some other first person shooters. Maybe he has played other shooters and can't see the appeal you see in them? For what it's worth, I've played both Half Life 1 and 2 and the second one bored me immensely. It's a game for PC elitists whose only achievemnts in life will be to "have a better pc than you". Sorry, but if you're going to pick a game that's more engaging than Halo 1, at least pick something other than Half Life, all the mooks have made that statement already. Oh and Half Life only did well because of Counter Strike; so don't tout sales figures.
Flip63hole is correct on this one by noobsauce	May 16th, 2007 04:54:42 PM
games like HL2,CS:S,FEAR,BF2..and classics like Deusex,Unreal,Hl1,Noone LIves forever really dominate Halo. Why does halo get all this press over far better FPS comming out this year like Bioshock? I will never know..prolly the hype and popularity. It has several times been called the Linkin Park of shooters.
crapdown by stupidmop	May 16th, 2007 07:10:21 PM
Bungie said that crapdown should be fixed within the hour...YEAH!!!
Naw, bungie said next 3 to six hours by iamnicksaicnsn	May 16th, 2007 07:39:25 PM
WEAK, i have reading to do anyway.
today was a letdown by paragraphs	May 16th, 2007 07:45:40 PM
i was all excited and then crackdown fucked it up
IT'S UP NOW!!!!!!!!! by iamnicksaicnsn	May 16th, 2007 09:48:10 PM
I'M DOWNLOADING AS WE SPEAK! 90% COMPLETE!
I love me my Half-Life by ATARI	May 16th, 2007 10:26:24 PM
Halo always seemed like a pale imitation.
me = DoctorWhiskey by brokenheadstuff	May 17th, 2007 08:52:18 AM
was one of the 'rule of 3' winners, So i' was playing all night last night, no crapdown needed. my gamertag is DoctorWhiskey if anyone wants to party up.
KICK.... by TheAtomicCow	May 17th, 2007 10:57:19 AM
ASS. This game fucking rocks. Major props to Bungie for thier fine work. Everything that needed fixing is fixed.It's slowed down a bit, you can't jump like fucking Superman anymore, sniping actually requires skill again, and I love reloading each dual wielded weapon seperatly! The new weapons and equipment are really cool. Even dying is pretty awesome! I can almost feel my skull exploding when I am the victim of a sniper's headshot. I also love the blood splatter on the snow and the way some of your weapons will float down the river when your dead.
My gamertag is by TheAtomicCow	May 17th, 2007 10:58:55 AM
TheAtomicCow. Bet you couldn't guess that.

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