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Following Halo 3 revelations in a Swedish magazine at the end of October, now the French are at it - with more multiplayer information seeping out in the French Official Xbox Magazine.
Their preview, partially reported by IGN, reveals three new multiplayer modes - NinjaBall (about hanging onto a ball, obviously), TankFlag (where a tank carries the flag - they worked hard on these names y'know), and Elimination (where the idea is to kill off five opposing team members) - and confirms a 16-player limit.
There's also some more on the Spartan Laser mentioned in Sweden - apparently the vehicle-busting weapon's powerful application will be off-set by the need to lock on to the target by holding it in the sights for around three seconds before firing.
As for the "Man Cannon", which sounded like a sort of projectile bounce pad - apparently it will be possible to use it to fire explosive barrels and even vehicles in looping arcs over the battlefield. When a player uses it, they will be able to fire or be shot down as they zoom over the top.
Other new information includes some on the controls - with the Warthog and Ghost vehicles apparently handling similar to the way they do in Halo 2, and the control pad's X button as-yet unassigned (but destined for greatness no doubt).
The game's currently in the alpha stage of development, the preview added, with Bungie saying it'll be done "when it's ready".
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smoothpete
02/11/06 @ 09:48
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I was hoping for more than 16 players to be honest
There are some scans on xboxyde by the way http://www.xboxyde.com/news_3763_en.html |
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drivenstorm
02/11/06 @ 10:29
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16 players is just fine. The problem is that it sounds great having 40 players online but the fact is most of them will quit before the game ends, act like arses and you probably won't be interacting with all of them anyway.
Furthermore you would have issues with map design to accomodate large numbers - and those games won't be very common anyway. As Bungie has stated, 4 v 4 is the sweet spot and designing the maps around that is the most sensible thing to do. |
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BrokenSymmetry
02/11/06 @ 11:01
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As long as Halo remains a peer-to-peer multiplayer game, 16 players will probably remain the maximum, because of memory limitations on the host console, and the limited upload speed that most console users have. Resistance can have a lot more players, because they use dedicated servers hosted by Sony.
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If it's in Alpha you would expect it to be coming relatively soon, certainly possible within the next 6 months.
The fact that all we've seen so far is a pretty short trailer suggests they're further away than this, or keeping their cards closer to their chests (they didn't for Halo 2, we had a load of media available for it a year+ before it's release). |
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BadBoyBonner
02/11/06 @ 12:40
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Come on Bungie stop messing about an get this released, it's ready when it's ready is getting so long in the tooth.
I mean must be third time lucky for hitting a PS3 launch day, even if it is only the European launch, let's crush the PS3 together! lol While I sneak off am go buy one for GT-HD as well as Halo 3 for my 360 |
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Actually, maybe, just maybe, the x button gives you the option of weapon modification. Iirc, one of the dev's said that they where looking into a number of ways to enhance strategic weapon choice. I.e. an assault rifle could be combined with a scope, laser, etc.
As for the Mp thing.... 40 players is....loads of ppl quitting early (including the server) 40 players is....absolute lack of team play 40 players is....massive deathmatch 40 players is....a chance to stay on the phone the entire match while not affecting the outcome 40 players is....possibly lot's of lag 40 players is....huge levels that take ages to cross and give you lot's of dull moments 40 players is....auto cap of the flag simply because you can't find the flag carrier. 40 players is....20 people screaming in your headset at once. 40 players is....impossibly strong defences in KotH (usually ending up with 20vs4) No, the only thing what massive player amounts are good for is massive mayhem in DM. I've played games that have the likes of 20+ players and they always fail. 4 vs 4 is optimal imo as it really forces a team to work together or fail. Don't think that's true? Then why does the BTB in H2 only account of 11% of the matches (and that's only 16 players)? |
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NegativeZero
02/11/06 @ 22:54
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My hope is that the X button will become part of a proper dual-wielding system, rather than the shitty tacked-on way it was done in Halo 2.
If i'm holding a one-handed weapon and I have another as my secondary, then I want to be able to press a button to pull out that secondary in my other hand. I want to be able to press that again to holster it so I can throw a grenade. The whole walk-over-it-and-press-x system is retarded. |
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