Halo 3 Map Editor on Game Disc 2?

Spreading around the web is an image of the official limited edition Halo 3 box with three DVDs.

From the image, you can see the disks titled 'Game Disc 1', 'Game Disc 2' and 'Bonus Features'. What's this mystery 'Game Disc 2' you ask? Well, some seem to think it could merely be two parts of the game, or maybe, one for single player and another for multiplayer.

However, TalkXbox is going to add a twist to these rumors by pointing towards the possibility of a map editor being included on the second DVD. Now before you start writing this assumption off, it isn't too far fetched since code relating to a map editor has been found in the Halo 3 Beta source

[Honeal2g]

Bring on the content ..hell the more the better...wat would be sick is if one disk was all single player and one was multiplayer!! that would own...and i have no problem switchin disks wont make me enjoy savaging people online....although i doubt that would ever happen too farfetched

[toughNAME]

map editor isnt a big deal to me

there is such a thing as TOO MANY options :P

[Kyur4ThePain]

I think having a map editor could be quite fun.

However, if everyone is creating maps (and I'm assuming these are for online play), how would you ever get to play together?
It might end up being that online matches are only played between small groups of friends.

Anyway, let's see what's up.

[Xi]

you'd probably have to host your custom map.

[Arkham]

A map editor would be fantastic, esp. coupled with XBL distribution of fan-maps. The Timesplitters map editor(s) were fantastic, and some really great maps could be achieved even via a console interface.

Though what worries me is that MS might want to control maps and levels too tightly (eg. $$$) and not allow user-created maps. Who knows. I would have guessed that if a map-editor was going to be released--and it's not a last-minute addition--that we would have heard about it before now.

[Expy]

GAME DISC 2 .... GAME, not EXTRAS or MAP EDITOR... GAME.... Are they blind?

[_insane_cobra]

No, they've just seen this:

http://nikon.bungie.org/new...

[The BS Police]

It would be a pain having to download new maps every single day jsut to play custom games.

Bungie may clear this whole mess up tonight.

[omansteveo]

It work really well in timesplitters 3

[tehcellownu]

they goin to announce that disk 2 is really halo 2..and disk 1 is halo 1.. and combine together will make halo 3..

[Caxtus750]

yes!.....guys! we've cracked it!......??

[eques judicii]

what would be cool is if you could play through halo1 and 2 on disc 2 but revamped with the halo 3 engine!

man, that would be worth the extra 10 bucks for the collectors.

[DrunKao]

I wouldn't put a map editor past Bungie, but why would we need an extra disc for it? Map editors don't take up that much space.

[CrazzyMan]

the only thing, that proves this article, that 1 DVD is not enough for ALL content and bonuses.

EDIT:
ofcourse not always, but usualy. =))

[eques judicii]

it doesn't always matter if a disk can hold the bonuses. There are bluray movies out there that when you buy the "special" edition you get two discs... why? because its cheaper to include the "normal" disc and put in a bonus disc than to reformat the original disc to include extra data...

for example:

http://www.amazon.com/Missi...

[masterg]

This thread has flamewar written all over it. I can feel it's getting ready to start.
But yet no one has mentioned the fact that all 3 discs could easily fit on one single blu-ray.

[DrunKao]

I see what you did there! ;) Like a ninja.

[ericnellie]

There are people dieing across the globe in under-developed countries; trust me - if the game was on 2 discs it won't be the end of the world:) It'll be a great game nonetheless. At what point do people decide the greatness of a game based on disc numbers. Last time I checked FF7 was one of the best in the Final Fantasy series and most people agree and guess what....it was on multiple discs.

[Delive]

Every game that gets the content it needs comes on multi disks? I wish they went with the HD-DVD from jump. Swapping disks (Though not difficult) is a pain.

[Maddens Raiders]

is this a joke article or something? Zonetrooper5 already told us about this. Move on. =]

[Close_Second]

...but really, I would have preferred all the content on a single disc. Gears of War 2 will most likely span multiple discs, especially if we want a game that lasts more than 6 or 7 hours.

For the fanboys below...
I own a 360 and having games that will span multiple discs pretty much sucks in my opinion. What was the point of introducing wireless this and wireless that if you have to get up and switch discs anyway. Everything of course would have been a-ok if you could install content from the discs on the hard drive like you can with PC games. Oh but wait, because the core system has no HDD developers can't take advantage of the HDD.

Games are only consuming more and more space so at least the PS3 (no I don't own one - or intend to) has future proofed itself in that regard.

As a final note, having games span multiple discs is not a large enough factor to make me ever want to switch from my 360 however, as I started off by saying it would have been better if they didn't have to.

[CrazzyMan]

because, you won`t get games on hd-dvd`s. M$ has stated that, and that is their POLITICS, which some people like very much.

EDIT:
so, then prepare, because this year you will get some games with more then 1 disc:
Blue dragon, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect(?), Halo3, GTA4(?), UT3(?).

[Caxtus750]

you know what crazzy? I have a PS3. Not touched it since march...im fine swapping my discs! :D

[razer]

Hrm... I'm looking at my 360 collection and guess what?? Not one freakin game has multiple discs..

[gods army]

that would be one way to keep halo3 fresh forever!

[omansteveo]

Yeah no doubt i LOVE the beta its so much fun

[The Snake]

Map editors are cool, but for every good map made there's 10+ garbage maps.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Hell I'll be spending most of my time on the multi disc anyway with a few campain reminders every three months or so.