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Halo 3 Auto-Update - Feb 20th 2008 - Melee Changes

In the wee hours of Wednesday, Feb 20th, PST, the Halo 3 AutoUpdate will go live, and address some minor bugs and gameplay issues.

The main change many players will see are to do with Melees. It is now possible to both die during a Melee (judging by alot of players playstyle this will now happen often) if both players have similar health. Bodies that have just died from a melee now do not fly miles and should be more realistic. Whether this is a good change has yet to be seen.

i Shank u5912d ago (Edited 5912d ago )

thank god for these changes, tho taking out the bug that sent melee kills far across the map suxx : ( and lol that pic looks like two Master Chiefs scissoring

warden9765912d ago

looking forward to trying this out tonight...

zonetrooper55912d ago

Haven't played Halo 3 in some time now, may go back to it and see if the update is any good.

v1c1ous5912d ago

so now if i melee first, i wont die when the other guy melees 1/2 a second later than me and gets the kill just because he had .3 more HP than me.

Andronix5912d ago (Edited 5912d ago )

I totally agree brother.
So many times I strike first and yet... the other person gets a kill... somehow.

Is was a major faux pas letting American gamers have an advantage over other nations. I will put Halo in my xbox to get the update, my worry is that I will find im still sh*t when it comes to melee combat!

I didnt mind the flying bodies, thing. Halo is not meant to be gritty like Gears of War, its lighter approach.

EDIT:
Just reading the Bungie page is interesting but techy stuff about latency and timeing. It takes a lot of clever people to make a game.

Eamon5912d ago

They also need to improve animations as well. It would be nice if dead bodies are interactive too. As in: If theres an explosion a dead body could fly and turn into a headshot at someone else. That would be wicked.

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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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HellspawnPR1981110d 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.

Kaii109d ago

Just exclude Infinite>5>4

ChasterMies109d 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?

DrDoomer147d ago

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

raWfodog146d ago

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

BrainSyphoned147d 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*

Husker42c147d ago

I really loved Shadow Complex.

P_Bomb146d ago

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

ChasterMies147d ago (Edited 147d 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_Mal147d ago (Edited 147d 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.

darthv72146d 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.

Hofstaderman146d ago

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

Profchaos146d ago (Edited 146d 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.

BehindTheRows146d 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.

darthv72158d 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.

isarai158d ago

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

TheBrainZ158d ago

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

LG_Fox_Brazil158d 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