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SCOTT COLBOURNE

Globe and Mail Update

Latest comment posted at 7:59 AM EST 25/09/07

Halo 3 and its dazzling visuals, 50,000 lines of dialogue and frantic battle scenes delivers on its promise ...Read the full article

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  1. N J from Canada writes: Just imagine Halo 3 with superior graphics & computer power of PS3 !
  2. Kyle Shackley from Canada writes: Thats a nice though N J!
    Now imagine the PS3 had ANY good games worth playing!
    360 rules! Cant wait for this game.
  3. one thinker from Canada writes: Wii owns, enough said ;)
  4. Jason Masters from Toronto, Canada writes: Now imagine the PS3 with any good games and the wii with games that don't get boring after a month. And name a ps3 game that looks better than GoW or one that looks better on the ps3 as apposed to the 360.

    Now to the topic at hand. This article was mistaken when it said that you could play 4 player coop on 1 console. The max is 2 players per console for coop and 4 for multiplayer.
  5. Paul B from Vancouver, Canada writes: Consoles?! Are you kidding? Master Chief? You mean that sissy ran like a girl in Halo? A 4 PLAYER MAX MULTI-PLAYER?!?! Why waste MONEY!? Be a man, and grab yourself an Intel Quad Core (or Dual Core) with nVidia SLI; play the MAN'S GAME like, Counter Strike - Battle Fields - World of Warcraft !

    I can't believe this substandard, weak sauced, over-hyped garbage is on the frontpage of the Globe! What a shame!
  6. S D from Canada writes: I don't know whether to laugh or cry. A total of 5 comments so far and all I see is a PS3 fanboy, a Wii fanboy, a 360 fanboy and a PC fanboy, and with the exception of Jason's comment, not a shred of intelligence between the lot of them.

    I would expect this kind of discourse from 13 year olds on forums at gaming sites. I expected more from the supposedly more sophisticated Globe and Mail readership.
  7. Jake Richardson from kingston, Canada writes: Crying seems right S D.
  8. snow lander from Edmonton, Canada writes: There is something quite laughable about the comment regarding being manly and playing a computer game. Don't get me wrong I love to play Halo and Ghost recon online but i never thought it manly. In fact playing online makes me feel quite geeky or nerdy. . .

    s
  9. Jimmy K from Toronto, Canada writes: It'd be good on the Wii!!! Well it may look like garbage, but it'd be fun!
  10. Kanti Dinda from oakville, Canada writes: This is what the 360 was made for and why I skipped the PS3.
  11. R M from Canada writes: I heard that a lot of 360 users are returning their consoles due to overheating? I'm looking to get a 360 or PS3, what can somebody tell me about the quality of each?
  12. CPT America from United States writes: Yeah, why don't you wannabes follow me where heros are made?
  13. Bryce Lachance from Keswick, Canada writes: crysis crysis crysis.

    PC > PS3 > 360 WTF is a WII?
  14. Harper is Da Man? from Canada writes: There's no way that this game is 4 player multiplayer. IT's 16 multiplayer, 4 player CO-OP.
  15. Paul Hume from oakville, Canada writes: Is it me or was this article a bit off. I played the original halo and I was quite suprised by the lack of background information in this article. The Flood were introduced in the first game for one thing. I'm not trying to be nickpicky, but if you are going to make a statement in a national, well respected newspaper, shouldn't it be right? Makes me wonder about what other, much more important pieces of news are way off.

    I don't own a consule and if I did I doubt it would be able to play this game. I did enjoy the first one quite a bit though.
  16. Mark H from Columbus, IN, United States writes: 'R M from Canada writes: I heard that a lot of 360 users are returning their consoles due to overheating? I'm '

    That's true, they did have a rash of overheats at launch. They sell a special $30 fan that hooks onto the 360, but a $5 desktop fan pointed through to cooling grates does the job (my buddy put a thermocouple on the boards inside to prove it... those crazy EE's). I don't know anything about the quality of the PS3. But I do know that I can get 2 'economy' 360's with H3 for the price of a PS3 with 1 controller and no game. That being said I'll probably wait for the next price break on the 360 before jumping in. Enough people still play H2 online that it hasen't gotten old yet.
  17. Mark H from Columbus, IN, United States writes: 'Harper is Da Man? from Canada writes: There's no way that this game is 4 player multiplayer. IT's 16 multiplayer, 4 player CO-OP. '

    Are you sure it's 4-player coop? Pretty sure Bungie online said the game would be 2-player coop like the other two, the only change being you could play the campaign with somebody over Xbox Live. Can you play coop campaign with 4 people on one Xbox? That would be super sweet. I need at least both my kids to prop up my weak skills ;) .
  18. Cat M from Canada writes: to Paul B : yeah it`s 4 player max PER CONSOLE.. but you can play system link and have as many players as you`d like.
  19. Cat M from Canada writes: to Mark H
    it`s 2 player coop per console , but once again you can hook up two xbox together and play 4 player coop
  20. R M from Canada writes: Thanks Mark H for your response. So MS wants me to buy a $30 fan to fix their console eh? Erm, no thanks.

    Like you, I'll wait until another price break then. Sucks, but surely saving me some cash.
  21. Steven Patterson from Canada writes: Cooperative play supports up to 4 players total, with up to 2 players per XBox. The Xboxes may be connected by either a local connection or by XBox Live. This can be in any combination; for instance, two consoles linked by cable, with one player each, could still play cooperatively with two other players over Live.

    Multiplayer play supports up to 16 players total, with up to 4 players per XBox. It works the same way that Halo 2 does that way.

    I've been following this game since announcement, and can't wait to play it tomorrow night. (It'd be tomorrow, but alas I can't miss a departmental meeting on Tuesday.)

    -- Steve
  22. M K from Canada writes: CPT America from United States writes: Yeah, why don't you wannabes follow me where heros are made?

    You work in a hospital? Cool.
  23. ELeGAnTly wASted from Canada writes: Guys, guys, guys... Go play outside ! (did you notice that there is not one female that posted on this topic ? Hmmmmm...).
  24. Satoru Kojima from Canada writes: Paul hume, I thought this review was really good. I'm not a Halo player and it explained what all the fuss was all about. my wife read the whole thing and she never does that about games!

    Plus it said the Flood things 'introduced horror themes' into the second game, not what you said. You should still question everything you read in a newspaper but not because of this.
  25. Paul Hume from oakville, Canada writes: Satoru, I went back and re read the paragraph in question. In my mind it did read as the flood being introduced in Halo 2. I definitely remember the horror of the flood when I first found them on the original game! Or maybe there was a more horror-like aspect introduced in part two. I didn't play the second game very much.

    I didn't think that it was a bad article by any stretch of the imagination, I just thought that it was a little bit off. Maybe it's written for non gamers. One of which, I am not.

    This game should be fun.
  26. Mark H from Columbus, IN, United States writes: 'ELeGAnTly wASted from Canada writes: Guys, guys, guys... Go play outside ! (did you notice that there is not one female that posted on this topic ? Hmmmmm...).'

    Hey man, I'm married! I procreated and everything, scout's honor.

    And 4-player co-op. I can't wait for that. I'll probably avoid this board in the next couple days...it'll just make me jealous.
  27. True North from Canada writes: @ M K from Canada: or a morgue.
  28. mini wheat from Toronto Area, Canada writes: pc/ps3/360/wii - whatever. get all 4 and live in your basement.
  29. Hugo Hall from Calgary, Canada writes: N J and Kyle Shackley: perhaps we'd be better able to assess the performance of the PS3 or Wii if they were able to produce games that are as enjoyable as the best 360 titles.

    I really enjoyed the first two Halo games, however I found one glaring flaw in both of them: extremely repetitive level designs. I would hope that, with the tremendous leap in processing power the 360 offers over the original Xbox, they are able to provide a little more variety in the environments.
  30. Graham Tatarchuk from Canada writes: Paul B from Vancouver, Canada writes: 'Consoles?! Are you kidding? Master Chief? You mean that sissy ran like a girl in Halo? A 4 PLAYER MAX MULTI-PLAYER?!?! Why waste MONEY!? Be a man, and grab yourself an Intel Quad Core (or Dual Core) with nVidia SLI; play the MAN'S GAME like, Counter Strike - Battle Fields - World of Warcraft !'

    4 players just playing splitscreen buddy. Xbox live can have upwards of 16-24 players. BTW what has come out on PC recently that is any good? Oh thats right, NOTHING.
  31. Graham Tatarchuk from Canada writes: R M from Canada writes: I heard that a lot of 360 users are returning their consoles due to overheating? I'm looking to get a 360 or PS3, what can somebody tell me about the quality of each?

    In terms of overheating 360's Microsoft has fixed the design flaw that was making them ovwerheat. New Xboxes without the overheating problem should be in stores now. In terms of graphics both consoles are aboout equal and it will ultimitely depend on which system you think has the better games.
  32. ELeGAnTly wASted from Canada writes: Ok Mark. Incidentally, I am married too, I procreated, I am not a gamer, and yet I am tempted to shell out the dough for an Xbox and Halo 3......
  33. Harper is Da Man? from Ottawa, Canada writes: Halo 3 Gears of War Bioshock = Sony Death. My God..Even more coming like Ninja Gaiden 2 and Mass Effect!
  34. Paul B from Vancouver, Canada writes: Graham Tatarchuk, are you out of your mind? Haven't you heard of WoW, Guild Wars, Team Fortress...etc.?!? The real reason behind kids buying XBox is to play Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball (series), if you don't know what that is, then you are obviously lying. The game is so wracked-up EBstores don't allow kids to play that thing. There is a reason why Bill Gates added 'X' in the front. Consoles = bouncing boobies (DOA, Xbox), Melodrama Sitcom (FF series, PS) & Mushroom hunting Italian (Mario, Wii).
  35. Mike H from Grande Prairie, Ab, Canada writes: Paul B from Vancouver, Canada writes: ..The real reason behind kids buying XBox is to play Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball (series), if you don't know what that is, then you are obviously lying. The game is so wracked-up EBstores don't allow kids to play that thing....'

    Paul B...you seem to know a lot about a game for a system you think is for children. I personally have never played the Dead or Alive series...not a big fan of fighting games or volleyball games. But the only PC games I've ever gotten into are the Civilization IV games, Warcraft I, II & III and Starcraft.

    I bought an X-box just for Halo. I quite enjoyed Halo 2 and I am looking forward to picking up my reserved copy of Halo 3 tomorrow since I am not quite hardcore enough to pick it up at midnight tonight...(not like with Halo 2).
  36. Cup of Tea from National, Canada writes: Bunch of console weanies.

    Anyone who really knows how the game is meant to be played is on a PC platform. No comparision, end of story.

    Console weanies... sheesh.
  37. Steven Patterson from Canada writes: Platform bigotry makes the Master Chief cry. And he's macho enough to hide that with salvos of rocket fire.

    Don't make the Chief cry. You wouldn't like it.

    (Besides, it doesn't matter what box of magic sand you use to play your games, PC, XBox, PS, Wii... so long as the games themselves are fun.)

    -- Steve
  38. Bob Rollheiser from Canada writes: OK kiddies, put on your hockey helmets, you wouldn't want to get hurt.
  39. Paul B from Vancouver, Canada writes: Master Chief? I pity the fool. If Master Chief were to see that people play his game on consoles, he'll go berserk, because the console is so stupidly underpowered... yet claiming to be a 'gaming system'. So traumatic the discovery that Master Chief would take-off his helmet to let steam out from his head.
  40. Harper is Da Man? from Canada writes: Sure Paul...Triple Core system is underpowered. Oh, you thinking about Memory? Try not having to run a bloated gen-purpose O/S. Video Card? Ya...Thanks, I'll save the $800 it would take to get a better one than is in the 360.

    Why don't you list your PC specs and how much it cost to put together? All that and you STILL can't sit on the couch and play...Gaming at a desk...How 90's.

  41. james mclintock from Canada writes: Harper is Da Man? from Canada writes exactly xbox is a gaming console and thats it, does what its good at and thats playing games. pc is for doing everything, and dosent do everything especially well. i used to be a pc gamer ( before i got a hot wife, and a life, and a full time job), but frankly i now play games to have fun, as i can easily just sit down and get it goin. console games are for ppl that get out of there rooms for more than 8 hours a day ( not including sleep here) hell to play a decent game on a pc you would need to spend 500 bucks on a vid card, plus at least 2 gig of ram and since your a gamer you need quality ram so ocz or better is only way to go which is at least 100 for a gig, god help you if you are running vista cause you cant play anything then. throw in everything else, and you have a small fortune then you have to play the game and hope it works well. personally id rather buy a console getting a good tv, and leave my computer to work, music, and makin money. and nothing beat playin a game in a lazy boy. nothing ( of course with 4 of your buddies around you drinkin, havin a great time).. so lesson of the story, get a girl, get some friends ( real ones), get past the age of 19 and get a few beers, and buy a xbox, and enjoy life. and please get some sun, sitting in your basement all day is not food for you. full disclosure: former nerd, former kid in basement, former loser with no girl. so i know what im talking about.
  42. james mclintock from Canada writes: Harper is Da Man? from Canada writes exactly xbox is a gaming console and thats it, does what its good at and thats playing games. pc is for doing everything, and dosent do everything especially well. i used to be a pc gamer ( before i got a hot wife, and a life, and a full time job), but frankly i now play games to have fun, as i can easily just sit down and get it goin. console games are for ppl that get out of there rooms for more than 8 hours a day ( not including sleep here) hell to play a decent game on a pc you would need to spend 500 bucks on a vid card, plus at least 2 gig of ram and since your a gamer you need quality ram so ocz or better is only way to go which is at least 100 for a gig, god help you if you are running vista cause you cant play anything then. throw in everything else, and you have a small fortune then you have to play the game and hope it works well. personally id rather buy a console getting a good tv, and leave my computer to work, music, and makin money. and nothing beat playin a game in a lazy boy. nothing ( of course with 4 of your buddies around you drinkin, havin a great time).. so lesson of the story, get a girl, get some friends ( real ones), get past the age of 19 and get a few beers, and buy a xbox, and enjoy life. and please get some sun, sitting in your basement all day is not food for you. full disclosure: former nerd, former kid in basement, former loser with no girl. so i know what im talking about.
  43. mark cosgrove from Toronto, Canada writes: Master Chief dies at the end of Halo 3.
  44. Harper is Da Man? from Canada writes: James: BANG ON. If I get the chance to play a couple of hours a week now I'm happy...No way I'm paying $2500 for a gaming PC that will be obsolete in 2 years.
  45. Lee Turner from Regent Park, Canada writes: Personally, I'd love to hear more hype from the media about the media hyping Halo 3.

    Seriously, you can't turn to any news source without getting a Halo 3 commercial in the form of a 'news article'. How much is Microsoft paying for these ads?
  46. Wanderingwilly Longtail from Canada writes: Personally, I spent the money on a PC and upgrade it about every four years. (not sure how often you upgrade a console) It is in the shop right now getting a bigger power supply, the latest Nvidia video card and a new motherboard. I don't care about the cost but then I am not 16 with a paper route.

    I have tried most games but I came back to the one I love the most which is Everquest II. I PvP/roleplay and have never had a boring time online ever. And believe it or not the male to female ratio of those I play with is almost 50-50 (Vent is the great equaliser for determining gender of avatars). I much prefer playing and interacting with people from all over the world then being limited by a console.
  47. No No No Yes No from Canada writes: Longtail: Funny. The last time I played Gears of War it was against a bunch of Australians over XBOX Live.
  48. raymond marshfield from zeblion, United States Outlying writes: man iv heard so much about halo 3 does it live up to is rep ???
  49. Paul Hume from oakville, Canada writes: Geez, I paid about $600 for my computer and it runs WoW just fine. I only upgrade every 4 years or so and that's fine for me.

    I really don't think that one can make the arguement that one is better than the other. It's really personal preference and what a person likes to play.

    And what is this crap dumping on gamers? What the heck is this comment about? 'so lesson of the story, get a girl, get some friends ( real ones), get past the age of 19 and get a few beers, and buy a xbox, and enjoy life.'

    I have lots of real friends, working on the girl and enjoy my job quite a bit. It's quite easy to be a gamer and have a life my friend. My friends happen to prefer getting a few beers, setting up a lan and playing online WoW for the most part. How is that different than what your friends like to do?

    No need to dump on us, just because 'you know'. lol Enjoy your 360 and I'll enjoy my pc my friend
  50. B A from Vancouver, Canada writes: @WoW addicts:

    www.wowdetox.com

    'nuff said.
  51. Gavin Nettlefold from Canada writes: Video games died when Nintendo stopped making games for the SNES. Super Mario Kart über alles!

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