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Halo 3 possibly on two discs?

Probably the biggest game of 2007 will be Halo 3 for the Xbox 360. Gamers have been waiting for this sequel since Halo 2 came out in 2004 on the original Xbox. Bungie finally announced the releasedate last month: September 26. We've all had a chance to play the Halo 3 beta but the singleplayer of Halo 3 is still a big mystery.

Today Microsoft released the official boxarts of both the Normal Edition, Special Edition and the Legendary Edition. When you look at the Special Edition box tough, you'll notice three separate discs: Game Disc One, Game Disc Two and Bonus Features. Does this mean Halo 3 will be on two discs?

Nothing official on this but the picture surely says enough. It could be a mistake or the singleplayer and multiplayer are put on separate discs or something. Check the picture out below and jump to your own conclusions, but it looks like Halo 3 will be on two discs.

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PS360WII6916d ago

1 disc can be campain and the 2nd disc can be for multiplayer ^^

Yet that double disc is probably just special features and such.

eLiNeS6916d ago (Edited 6916d ago )

There is a Game Disc One and a Game Disc Two, Bonus Features for the third disc. Possibly one is the campaign and the two is the multiplayer, either way, I would rather have two disc then a slower load time of a BR disc any day. Not to many games will be on multiple disc for the Xbox 360 but PofS 3 will always have slow load times for all there games.

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Also Known As6915d ago

It could come in 10 disks for all I care all this probably means is that the game will be even longer than halo2. Multiple disks have never stopped people from loving a game, case in point: didnt the much beloved game shenmue (or shenmue2), i think it was the first one on dreamcast, come in 3 disks? and rabid fans of it (like me) are still hoping for a sequel.

FreeMonk6915d ago

IF Halo 3 is indeed to be split over 2 discs, one for Campaign and one for Multiplayer, this just proves how BIG and EPIC Halo 3 is going to be!

Remember, Campaign will have the Single Player experience, which will be huge, PLUS 4 Player Campaign Co-op which will need to be expanded for the 4 player experience. Bigger battlefields to accomidate the 4 players.

Then you have multiplayer which hit 1gb on the Beta with just 3 maps. Add another 7-10 maps, all the different Chief armour, different character models (Elite, Brute etc), plus more vechiles, weapons and more effects that we've not seen yet goes to show that 2 discs may be needed.

Who cares if it's two discs, you'll only be using one at a time, and all you have to do is press the eject button and swap them over, hardly rocket science!

Also remember that the rumour from a while back mentioned that Microsoft were pushing Bungie to create Halo 3 for 1080p support, not just 720p. This will take up massive space as well!

Bring it on. 2 discs means an EPIC EPIC game! Roll on E3'07 when Bugnie will finally reveal everything on Halo 3 ready for September (they better do it!!)

wolfgang6916d ago

Let wait to see who will be the first retarded to say something like :

"what the f8ck, so when I switch from pistol to sniper I'll have to get up and swap the disk ? This is BS, bluray 50 gig 4ever ! "

omfg_1116916d ago

this would be hilarious! :D :D :D olo

anh_duong6916d ago

haha that is actually quite funny comment you just made..

MADGameR6916d ago

I remember 360 fans were saying ''No game for the 360 will ever need 2 discs!' There you go! The game with the BIGGEST hype gets it. People get egotistical about this game. ''Halo 3 will beat everything'' doubt it. I don't hate Halo, its just the people that over hype it. And when I play it, its always not as good as the first. Halo 1 was the best Halo so far. Especially for PC, it was the best version. I pwn on Halo online for PC. Well then, if this comes true that Halo 3 has to use 2 discs, then it looks like 1 DVD9 was not enough for it! Blu Ray is MORE than enough!

gta_cb6915d ago

yeh man nice comment, lets see if someone actually comes out and says it.

CrazzyMan6915d ago

anyway, you got the point, if you know, what other people would say That meas, somehow you agree that DVD is a pastgen, due blu-ray or hd-dvd. =)
but well it`s a FACT. =]]

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devv056916d ago

Bonus disc is seperate, so it can't be the bonus disc. Weird though, I wouldn't think the game was that big after having player the beta.

nice_cuppa6916d ago

you may be thinking of the 2nd bonus disc that has all the halo trilogys cutscenes on it.

i think people have just got confused by the 3 versions of halo 3.

version 1 is just the game.

version 2 is the game and a bonus disc. (shown in the picture on this thread is the inner case) this is the outer case.
http://medialib.computerand...

version 3 is as vesion 2 but with a 2nd bonus disc with the halo trilogy cutscenes and the plastic helmet case.

THWIP6915d ago

You'd have to be blind to not see "Game Disc One" and "Game Disc Two" on the first 2 discs. :o

Xi6916d ago

or something of that sort.

ThaGeNeCySt6916d ago

so when I switch from pistol to sniper I'll have to get up and swap the disk ? This is BS, bluray 50 gig 4ever !

anh_duong6916d ago (Edited 6916d ago )

ThaGeNeCySt - why did someone disagree with you? you are only making a joke. some people are so darn sensitive.

i just got off the phone from bungie and they tell me that the the game does indeed come in TWO discs. however, they stated that disc swapping will not be needed since one disc contains the game and the other disc contains the voiceover and surround sound effects (gun/tank/plane noises etc). the idea is: you put the second disc in your hi-fi system whilst playing the game with the first disc. you then press forward/skip/rewind/seek (using your hifi remote-control) to the relevent track to play the accompany sound with each scene. for example if you fire the spartan rifle you would need to play track number 34 to get the "whooosh" "whoosh" noise that would acompany the gun. simple isn't it? this workaround ensures that there is no disc swapping needed - so all you sony fanboys can all go to hell - how dare you take the piss out of halo!

just joking okay. i am not a retarded ps fanboy since i am bill gate's love child. i love microsoft. ps: leave my negative feedback button alone since i only got 4 precious bubbles left.

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Halo 2 & 3 Campaign Remakes Allegedly In Development, Halo 7 Will Feature Multiplayer

Remakes of the campaigns featured in Xbox Game Studios' Halo 2 and Halo 3 are currently in development, according to a new rumor.

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medman195d ago (Edited 195d ago )

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.

Reaper22_195d ago

So much bitterness. Why be upset over something like this. Just don't buy it and stick with what you prefer.

Tacoboto194d ago

Complaining about Microsoft is the only thing people comment here for anymore.

This website is practically dead without it

Mmmkay194d ago

I remember when you guys constantly complained about Sony remaking and remastering games. Guess it is cool now. As usual.

thesoftware730194d ago

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.

medman189d ago (Edited 189d ago )

@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.

Travesty195d ago

So what’s their solution to having multiplayer? Wait until Halo 7?
That was one of the most memorable parts of Halo..

monkey602195d ago

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

Travesty195d ago

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.

jjb1981194d ago

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.

crazyCoconuts194d ago

Kinda surprised they didn't just port MCC.
Maybe more $ to by made with separate remasters

Inverno194d ago

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.

JEECE194d ago

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.

isarai194d ago

Why not just port the MCC? 🤔 That was the easiest layup ever and you completely missed it

franwex194d ago

30% profit margins! People will pay $70+ for remakes!

Software_Lover194d ago

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.

TheColbertinator194d ago

Can they remake Reach too with the multiplayer?

Knightofelemia194d ago

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.

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Master Chief becomes a Pokemon Master in Halo 3 Pokeball mod

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just_looken569d ago (Edited 569d ago )

That is very impressive to skip the article here is the direct link to the video
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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.

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HellspawnPR1981856d ago

Infinite is a dumpster fire and as much as I like ODST, in no universe it ranks above Halo 2. This list is trash.

Kaii856d ago

Just exclude Infinite>5>4

ChasterMies856d ago

Best to worst: Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 4, Halo ODST, Halo Infinite, Halo 5.