In a recent interview to promote the PLAY! A Videogame Symphony Concert, Audio Director of Bungie, Marty O' Donnell let it slip that Bungie had the option to let press play Halo 3 multiplayer at last month's E3 2006:
"Well a funny thing about that, we showed them and flew around in the trailer in real time, we were able to show how light reflects off the space-tether, you could see the expanse of the Forerunner construct and how it goes out for miles, something people don't know is we had the option to let the press play some multiplayer."
Aside from that, Marty also revealed that in the near future Bungie will have a behind the scenes feature on Bungie.net showing the process of creating the music, and the teaser for Halo 3:
" It's one of those things that is my decision, where I have the ability to want to do it or not since I am the audio director for Bungie and not just a hired hand. I have a hand in making the trailers, and help put in my own input throughout all that Bungie does in many ways. We are bringing something new out here soon though, it isn't a dramatic thing, it's just sort of a behind the scenes showing how we did what we did with the trailer, and we are going to show some more angles of the trailer."
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.
The Xbox 360 was a fantastic console in its day with some truly classic titles, but what are the seven best games for the console?
I'll go with,
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga, Shadow Complex, Ace Combat 6 with the flight stick,A Kingdom for Keflings, A World of Keflings.
Bonus Kinect Games: Happy Action Theater and Sesame Street.
*Skyrim was so bad on PS3 that it almost deserves to be #1*
Ah yes, Shadow Complex! Good indies back in the day. Summer of Arcade. I enjoyed Trials Evolution as well.
Was this made by a.i.? No human being would put Shadowrun, Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Conviction into a list of the 7 best Xbox 360 games.
Would love to play Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but Xbox decided to buy exclusivity and keep it off a competing platform.
The only mainline game I never played except for one level at a friends place. Game sold less than any other in the series if I remember correctly.
360 had Namco hitters AC6 and RR6... both quality titles. You should at least bust out the 360 for AC6 if you can score the flight stick. Its great.
When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....
It's a nostalgia peice same reason we get thousands of YouTube videos on sega genisis. Something people have fond memories for but the era is long gone.
It's xboxs golden year imo it was their genisis years the time where they stuck it to the market leaders Sony.
They stuck nothing. Sony screwed themselves giving Xbox an opening. They would have gotten the usual smack down if the PS3 had launched at $399 and was easier to develop for.
The Xbox 360 launched in North America 18 years ago, and is now officially old enough to buy you a drink in Europe.
Great platform, and many of its games (not bc) still hold up well to this day. Like the PS3, I keep a 360 hooked up for those games you can't play any other way.
The last gasp of greatness from XBox, you are missed, except the RROD that was lame, but amazing exclusives until the Kinect dropped.
I really enjoyed my X360, some great exclusives on it. Used to play the shit out ot Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, two masterpieces
I think were not only going to be introduced to a whole new level of true next gen. gaming but I think that HALO 3 will bring us incredible online gaming into a whole new HALO universe. I think based on what they say is that it's noy just going to be Halo 3 single campaign and a online version, I think were going to see an incredible and vastly optioned online universe. With choices we've only dreamed about. I think HALO 3 will cause an uproar in XBOX 360 console sales as everyone will want it. I think were going to be able to add and change some aspects of "live" gaming that will be introduced with HALO 3. Just wait, you'll see what I mean: )
Music is as important as graphics now days; you can't have one with out the other.see tittle
I agree Halo along will bring the 360 to the top. Add to that titles like Gears of War, Oblivion, Mass effect, GTA 4, Viva pinata and the others and this will truely be the generation MS comes on top. No other console maker has a game with this much hook to it. Sure some people like Final fantasy and Metal gear but ask your parent if they know those games. And xbox 360 is the only system you can play all these games.
My imagination runs wild with possible gameplay concepts after seeing the trailer.
Massive Star Wars-sized battles. Covey dropships that you could shoot down b4 they land, stopping those reinforcements(but if you cant, you would have those extra enemies to deal with)-kinda like the start of Hell Jumpers level in H2, but not scripted-The A.I. would position the ships where they're needed most.
To see a Covenant Invasion assault like in that early Halo 2 demo that that became nothing, but cranked to eleven.I envision the Terminator 2 opening sequence, but replace the T-800s with Elites or Brutes....oh and have all of above in Co-op....32 player Co-op.
I think Gears of War will sell 360 systems first, even before Halo 3 will be out.
Everyone, and I really mean everyone is going to buy GoW that has a 360 and I'll bet former Playstation fans will buy it also because Killzone 2 is not delivering