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Halo 3: Canadian Newspaper Reveals Spartan Armors

A Canadian newspaper reveales that there will be different armors for you to wear in Halo 3 multiplayer. The story revealed two of them; the CQB (close-quarters battle) and the EVA (extra-vehicular activity) armors. It seems you'll be able to choose a certain type of battle armor for your Spartan to wear, with these armors providing certain strengths (ex: melee combat) while also make you more vulnerable in other areas as a required trade-off that assures a balanced gameplay.

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MetalNCarnet6170d ago

So each armor type will have their own strengths and weakneses. Interesting, I guess that will add more strategy to the gameplay. I can't wait.

closedxxx6170d ago

This could be a great addition to HALO. If someone knows what their game style is, it would be nice to pick an armor set that would compliment your style. Say you like to play like more of a "Scout" or "Ranger", a character that likes to travel around the map quite a bit and use assault rifles and pistols, you can pick a more mobile suit.
Then again, if you like to sniper, or stick to the corridors and shadows on a map, and tend to move more slowly and deliberately, setting up camp here and there, maybe you would prefer a more beefy, less mobile set of armor.
This type of armor accessorizing works out great in games like Rainbox Six: Vegas, because you have players with different strenghts on the same team who all provide a different aspect of attack/defend strategy to their team.

nobizlikesnowbiz6170d ago

Yea if this is true I can't wait to try out the armors to see which one suits me best.

luckywaster6170d ago

there is so much that bungie is holding back from us, so little we know, so early and unfinished the beta is. the beta is such a tiny little sneak peek, graphically as well, i believe. i can't wait. i really can't wait to get a glimpse of the campaign, and i agree that these new armor types are not only super cool aesthetically but great strategically as well. a more robust, deeper, and customizable multiplayer experience? sounds good to me!

Keyser6170d ago

I hope you're correct Luckwaster because the competition is not coming this generation.

I think this armor idea is excellent. That should really help in terms of the roles different teammates play. I hope that it is truly balanced not easily exposed like the infamous "noob combo" of Halo 2.

It would have been nice for them to put that armor feature on the Beta to be balanced by so many users. Oh well, we have to put some faith in them to get it right.

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Ranking Every Halo Game From Worst To Best

Not every Halo game has been a banger, but the franchise still has a raft of the greatest games of all time.

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HellspawnPR1981107d 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.

Kaii107d ago

Just exclude Infinite>5>4

ChasterMies107d ago

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

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The 7 Best Xbox 360 Games - Console Exclusives Win the Day

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?

DrDoomer145d ago

I'm pretty used to these lists being bad, but this one is particularly s#ite.

raWfodog144d ago

I think Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon should have been added to the list.

BrainSyphoned144d ago

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*

Husker42c144d ago

I really loved Shadow Complex.

P_Bomb144d ago

Ah yes, Shadow Complex! Good indies back in the day. Summer of Arcade. I enjoyed Trials Evolution as well.

ChasterMies144d ago (Edited 144d ago )

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.

Abnor_Mal144d ago (Edited 144d ago )

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.

darthv72144d ago

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.

Hofstaderman144d ago

When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....

Profchaos144d ago (Edited 144d ago )

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.

BehindTheRows143d ago

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.

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Xbox 360 Turns 18: Three Cheers to Live, Halo, and Red Rings

The Xbox 360 launched in North America 18 years ago, and is now officially old enough to buy you a drink in Europe.

darthv72155d ago

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.

isarai155d ago

The last gasp of greatness from XBox, you are missed, except the RROD that was lame, but amazing exclusives until the Kinect dropped.

TheBrainZ155d ago

So many brilliant games. I still have one stored somewhere.

LG_Fox_Brazil155d ago

I really enjoyed my X360, some great exclusives on it. Used to play the shit out ot Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, two masterpieces