Halo 3 Mongoose details

By Robert Purchese Published 12 January, 2007

Driving me round the bend.

Details of Halo 3's Mongoose ATV have emerged on the Bungie website.

It bills the two-person vehicle as an ultra-light, all-terrain vehicle, both fast and vulnerable; ideal for quickly securing an important location or for attempting a wild snatch-and-grab operation for the enemy's flag.

However, the 'Goose won't be for everybody. While it would be a rookie error to overlook the versatility of the machine, its virtually non-existent armour and demanding handling make it a challenge to utilise effectively - as remarks on the site point out.

"Speed is the only protection this vehicle provides; it is unarmored, noisy, and prone to roll over. It demands a level of skill from its operator that is impossible to expect from the rank and file during combat conditions. Those not qualified as expert need not apply."

Examples of strategies when racing around multiplayer maps Valhalla and High Ground are offered further down the page. Elsewhere on the site you can catch up with how the game's designers and community team faired against each other in recent head-to-head battles.

Open beta-testing for Halo 3 multiplayer begins in the spring. Those of you in the US have already been offered various ways to take part, whilst us Europeans will have to wait for details on our participation (unless we all want to buy Crackdown, that is).

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (22) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • brooza #1 5 years ago

    MONGoose

  • BMXer #2 5 years ago

    ooh Mongoose eh! Just like my BMX, It's nearly all terrain and it could support 2 people if you fancy standing on the stunt pegs.

    /now reads article

  • octo #3 5 years ago

    I predict a race to the mongoose and a race to the power weapons.

  • Skooch #4 5 years ago

    I predict a race to shoot the other team first.

  • Spanky #5 5 years ago

    Gnnn multiplayer be damned!

  • mattigan #6 5 years ago

    "ninety plus kilo papa hotel over uneven terrain"

    kilo papa hotel!?!

    American Cocks!

  • Tomster #7 5 years ago

    Oh my, it's a m0T0r81k3!!!

  • kangarootoo #8 5 years ago

    A quad bike in other words, which are extremely prone to rolling in real life too (as a friend of mine, and Ozzy Osbourne can both testify).

    Riding a quad bike whilst carrying a flag (or indeed, a gun) is not recommended.

  • Carrybagma #9 5 years ago

    Who on earth is anal enough to enjoy this dripping crap?

    The exact specifications of an imaginary vehicle in a computer game.

    I so wish Nintendo would tell me the exact composition of the material used to make Link's green tunic in Zelda. Do you suppose it's all wool, or perhaps a wool/cotton mixture? Perhaps 40/60? Perhaps it's woven from the hair of goats from Hyrule farm (or whatever it's called). But - if that was the case, I'm pretty sure they'd need a different method to create the thread. And what about the colour? Is there woad in Hyrule, or is some sort of dye potion you can buy in a bottle from Hyrule castle market? These things are SO important I MUST know please Nintendo developers create a web-site full of made-up useless information so that I can wank myself silly thinking about it.

    Halo is the new Star Trek.

  • Carrybagma #10 5 years ago

    No offence.

  • ave #11 5 years ago

    Nice analogy carrybagma, nice like YOUR FACE.

  • lambtron #12 5 years ago

    lol @ Carrybagma

  • morriss #13 5 years ago

    Nothing wrong with Star Trek.

  • rhinoxious #14 5 years ago

    Yes, it'll need it's own wiki, like wookiepedia for star wars . . .

    . . . oh it's already got one at [link url=http://h2.halowiki.net
    ]http://h2.halowiki.net
    [/link]

    Very worrying behaviour.

  • trevd72 #15 5 years ago

    so when racing back to base only tip the 'goose over and end up getting rapped will be known as an "ozzy"

    just realised that when i play halo2 people generally make effective use of vehicles but when i play COD3 next to noone does. is that the games fault or the players.

  • JediMasterMalik #16 5 years ago

    Do we really have to hear every single thing about Halo 3? Come on, I know MS love all the press but I'm quite frankly sick of it. Just finish the game and release it already. Bloody documentaries.

  • DeveloperPump #17 5 years ago

    OZFragged!

    And remember folks, you heard it here first!
    Edited by DeveloperPump at 12/01/07 @ 16:37

  • Foregone Reality #18 5 years ago

    Kilo Papa Hotel.

    That's NATO Code. KPH. That's the Metric System.

    How can you call the Americans 'Cocks' for that? Last time I checked they will not let go of the imperial system.
    Edited by Foregone Reality at 12/01/07 @ 17:14

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #19 5 years ago

    (unless we all want to buy Crackdown, that is).

    Don't worry, you all will want to. Crackdown is fucking ace.
    Edited by MENTAL1ST at 12/01/07 @ 18:03

  • the_dudefather #20 5 years ago

    wasnt the mongoose supposed to be in halo 2, along with snow mobile warthogs or something?

  • mattigan #21 5 years ago

    "Kilo Papa Hotel.

    That's NATO Code. KPH. That's the Metric System.

    How can you call the Americans 'Cocks' for that? Last time I checked they will not let go of the imperial system. "

    It's the NATO phonetic alphabet or international radiotelephony spelling alphabet, and using it instead of a 3 letter acronym, that the whole fucking world knows the meaning of, just to sound cool and "military" is quintisentially gung ho - HOOO RAH! - "American". It would just NOT happen anywhere else. That is why they are cocks.

    /rant over

  • penhalion #22 5 years ago

    To much hype and no trousers so far! Not a thing on the single player, which is what I'm buying it for (if I bother at all). Don't know about most of you but being killed by 12 year old idiots in Halo 2 multiplayer got old real fast! Had to start doing private games all the time.

    I should point out I'm talking about sniper camping muppets here.
    Edited by penhalion at 12/01/07 @ 21:32