With gamers eager to jump into the Halo 3 beta, due out May 16, GameDaily met with Bungie's writing lead Frank O'Connor, who did an excellent job answering the beta questions while keeping all of the juicy stuff under wraps.
What have you learned from Halo and Halo 2, and how have you applied that to this game?
BUngie's Frank O'Connor talks about his Halo 3 experiences.
Multiplayer is very evolutionary. I say this a lot, but it's like a sport. That's why it's 16 players and not 24 or 12. It works best with a maximum of 16 players. The reality is people prefer to play smaller games anyway, such a five on five or maybe six on six. One of the big practical differences this time is the addition of things. We've already seen panic on the Internet over the addition of equipment, but philosophically, we like to build in balance where we can. I think you'll see that equipment is the biggest measure of change within the game because it auto balances. So the shield for example, you drop the shield and you have that glassy igloo effect. More within..
Remakes of the campaigns featured in Xbox Game Studios' Halo 2 and Halo 3 are currently in development, according to a new rumor.
That's Microsoft's gaming division for you...kill off developers making new ip while trying to capitalize off some long lost glory that has no hope of ever being what it once was thanks to recent decision making favoring unrealistic profit goals and greed. What a joke.
So much bitterness. Why be upset over something like this. Just don't buy it and stick with what you prefer.
Give it rest medman..., take a deep breath and try to not sound so invested in something no one is forcing you to read, buy, or play.
"Console war"is over, Sony won, be happy.
@thesoftware730
I'm invested in people losing their jobs and their livelihoods while Microsoft execs tout record profits for their gaming division. Not sure why you wouldn't be invested. Could be you one day. Good luck.
So what’s their solution to having multiplayer? Wait until Halo 7?
That was one of the most memorable parts of Halo..
I'm not sure spending the heavy investment in time to recreate the multiplayer here is the answer either though.
Remaking the campaigns is a great idea to bring the new players up to speed. But if the multiplayer is included in each it'll just fracture the player base of each release.
I think it might be better to turn these campaigns out quicker and have 1 multiplayer game to keep everyone in one place
Maybe having an Halo Online and just release the Combat Evolve maps. And when Halo 2 releases have those maps release. I don’t know but I would like to play a newer version of Halo multiplayer. I know times have changed, and Fortnite is all younger kids really play. But back then it was Halo and you connecting 6 Xbox’s together lol.
I agree. I think that'll segment the playerbase and once 7 comes out, players might realize it sucks and go back to the older games. Especially if 7 is live-servixe, they'll be shooting themselves in the foot on the one good leg they have to stand on.
Kinda surprised they didn't just port MCC.
Maybe more $ to by made with separate remasters
Wouldn't have that problem if it were MCC being released. Gotta wait for 7 to be disappointed with MP all over again cause if they half baked Infinite what makes people think they won't half bake the next game? MP works in past HALO games not cause of nostalgia but because it's MP that isn't concerned with the endless service approach.
There is so much cognitive dissonance over Infinite. People say they didn't like it because it was a live service. Yet if you look at what the criticisms of it were at the time it came out and when the playerbase started falling off, the primary issue people had was a lack of updates. In other words, it wasn't enough of a live service.
Which is really an encapsulation of the problem with multiplayer today. So many people think that they want to go back to the "good old days" of mid-2000s multiplayer (The first few Halos, Socom, the first few Battlefields, CS 1.6, etc), but in reality if a multiplayer game like that came out today, people would whine about the lack of content within a month of launch and go back to a live service with a grindy progression system.
Why not just port the MCC? 🤔 That was the easiest layup ever and you completely missed it
I thought the same thing, then I realized that they wouldn't include the remakes in that edition. We may get a different version of Halo MCC in the future with all of the remakes included. I just want them to include Halo 5 at some point for PC.
I wonder if Microsoft will port Reach over to Playstation I quite enjoyed that game. I played Halo 3 and it was not bad I have Halo 2 on the OG Xbox I just need some cables to hook up to my tv to play it.
A new Halo 3 mod turns the iconic Master Chief into a Pokémon % Master as functional Pokeballs come to the game.
That is very impressive to skip the article here is the direct link to the video
https://x.com/GashnorOffici...
Full animiation then a code change to make the target that comes out of the ball to be in the same class unsc not a easy thing to do.
Not every Halo game has been a banger, but the franchise still has a raft of the greatest games of all time.
Infinite is a dumpster fire and as much as I like ODST, in no universe it ranks above Halo 2. This list is trash.
Best to worst: Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 4, Halo ODST, Halo Infinite, Halo 5.
ye where is the beta I want to play it.
16 player is good for small to mid size maps. Anymore then that and you will die to fast. When playing Fall of Man, if you chose a small map with 40 people in a small room the very second you start playing you get blasted by like 10 people. It gets to the point were skill is thrown out the window.
On the other hand. When your on a huge map in FOM or even Unreal 4. 30/40 is better. If there is a huge game map and only 16 people are in game then you will find yourself lonely, wondering around the wilderness looking at the grass blow in the wind.
I must disagree with
"The reality is people prefer to play smaller games anyway, such a five on five or maybe six on six".
(Translation) We don't have the processing power to make it 40 player online or the game would have frame rate problems.
I'm not flaming the game but I'm sure I lose another bubble for my personal thoughts. I'm just smelling some BS from Mr. O'Connor.
Your talking about a last gen game. This is an all new Halo.
Lets not live in the past. Will Halo 4,5,6 be 16 player? I sure hope not.
stop doing interviews and GET BACK TO WORK
neogeo wtf r u talkin about....small maps ususally equals better in halo
and there will be no halo 4,5,6
...dont bother with comparisions to RFOM..jus embaressing yourself
Your little tiny maps. Why don't you just make it 2 player online?
Face it. 360 has some power problems. If you make a game look as good Gears,then It can't be more then 4 player online. thats why Halo3 only looks OK. whats next?