Halo 3 Scoops Edge Award for Interactive Innovation

TheHater - 500 days 19 hours ago

The "Bubble" shield was in Resistance Fall of man. And that game came out a year before Halo 3.

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@ Number 9
Could be. But I can't read the full article, because the Access is Denied :(

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Number 9 - 500 days 19 hours ago

Maybe the theater and forge mode?

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PistolPumptMonk - 500 days 19 hours ago

Yeah I guess theater and forge were kind of cool... still not anything to win an award over though.

I was not aware of the bubble shield in resistance although I did just pick it up as a greatest hit and am about halfway through. Thanks for the SPOILER!! haha just kiddin'

But honestly I don't feel like Halo 3 did enough different from Halo 2, which I still feel is the superior online game due to better maps. Just my opinion.

Personally I would take COD4 over either though... :p

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TheHater - 500 days 19 hours ago

yeah, you are going to pick it up on the last level of the game :) It pretty bad ass dude.

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Polluted - 500 days 17 hours ago

@Hater: You mean the backlash grenade?

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elitewh0re - 500 days 17 hours ago

you doubt halo3 for innovation but argue "Personally I would take COD4 over either though..." jesus, that's hilarious.. examples if you'd be so kind?

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NO_PUDding - 500 days 17 hours ago

As much as the game itself is totally uninspiring, don't you all think the community efforts are what did this? The Resiatcen communtiy is great also, but the reason halo is so revered, is because it was released on a consoel, originally, that boasted easy online and great graphics.

That sold it, so in terms of multiplayer, Halo 3 has had time to mature and evolve it's community. And Despite thinkign so many games even online are so much better, they deserve that for the pioneering of it.

LittleBigPlanet does a lot of things, but I think they are evolving upon Halo 3's formulae. Infact I'd love to speak to them about that.

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FreeMonk - 500 days 17 hours ago

is that Halo won the Interactive Innovation award for the Forge and Theatre options.

Forge, if you know how to use it and have a creative mind, is an excellent tool for a FPS.

Yes, you've been able to this on PC FPS for a while, but this is the first game on a Console to utilise these options (I think).

It won't be long before other titles steal the same ideas from Bungie. Rumors going around is that Killzone 2 will have a theatre mode that mimics the Halo 3 theatre.

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Rofflecopter - 500 days 17 hours ago

portal was the only one to actually innovate. everything available in halo3 was available in some other game at some point long before.

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Kigmal - 500 days 17 hours ago

forge, theatre, and matchmaking. and all the community features and stat tracking etc.

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etownone - 500 days 17 hours ago

have to completely agree....

everytime I see my kid playing it, he is on some newly designed level.... it's always something different thanks to forge.
And then he is always using theater and sending me video clip messages to my xbox 360 of cool and/or funny gameplays that he did.

and just recently, he found out about Bungie.net... now he is always on seeing his stats, and being part of that community.

seriously... what other game offers so much innovation for a console game? and thats besides the point that it has a great/fun 4 player co-op campaign and is the #1 multi-player game on Xbox live.

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Kigmal - 500 days 17 hours ago

In case anyone (probably all of you) didn't read thr article this is why Halo 3 won:

"Ultimately it is the integration and coherence of Halo 3’s online content that makes the game stand apart. From its Theater mode to Forge, and the way a party playing through Live can seamlessly manoeuvre between them, here is an experience that demonstrates an unparalleled understanding of the potential for console online play. Outside of the game, Bungie.net has been engineered to become a remarkable resource for Halo 3 stats and communities, providing life for the game even when your Xbox 360 is switched off. Halo 3, just as Halo 2 did before it, presents a roadmap for the way online will be integrated in videogames in the coming years."

Seems fair.

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etownone - 500 days 17 hours ago

pretty much the same reasons that I stated above and have witnessed for myself.

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thor - 500 days 16 hours ago

Crash Team Racing had a bubble shield.
Yes, resistance 1 had a grenade which threw a bubble out which would repel enemy bullets and let your own pass through. It's slightly different to your usual bubble shield but it's used in the same way.

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Hellangelzx - 500 days 16 hours ago

WHere was this?

I really don't remember a bubble shield in resistance, is it in the second play through?

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MCHammer - 500 days 16 hours ago

Resistance 1 did have a bubble shield. It was called the backlash grenade and it would reflect enemy fire and would hurt any enemies inside it. If you don't believe me look at the video.

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etownone - 500 days 16 hours ago

Well.. you proved your point.

Even i thought Halo 3 was the first with the bubble shield.

oh well.

EDIT: who the hell can disagree with a video as proof??!

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Stubacca - 500 days 16 hours ago

Is this the same Halo 3 I played???

What about MGS4?
Or even Assassin's Creed?
Hell, Army of Two was more 'innovative' than Bungie's last outing.

I hear fanboys a-calling...

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PistolPumptMonk - 500 days 15 hours ago

WHOA WHOA there buddy you're putting words in my mouth. I never said COD4 was more INNOVATIVE than anything, I just think its a flat out better game than Halo 3, in all aspects of what a game should be.

COD4 and Halo 3 are not really that innovative, but I don't expect that much innovation with fps games. Which is why I NEVER SAID HALO 3 WAS A BAD GAME. Its just not that innovative. I mean honestly, if you think Halo 3 when you think innovation, you have not played enough good games.

oh yeah and @thehater:
Can you tell which system's fans are running rampant on this thread? You got 3 disagrees for telling me that something in Resistance was cool. LOL get a life people!

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Fishy Fingers - 500 days 17 hours ago

? Apart from theater mode, what did they do first? Not bashing, just asking.

Perhaps if your referring to consoles only?

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NO_PUDding - 500 days 17 hours ago

It never innovated, but it had the freedom to introduce the first communtiy dirven game on the Xbox, becuase it was the first console, that had released with online as a primary feature.

In this way, Halo 3 has had the community, and has nurtured it, from earlier executions of the game, and the community is what is innovative.

LittleBigPlanet will expand upon it, liek I said above. Halo 3 was basically Halo 2.5. They didn't do much for the community. I hope LBP takes the community aspect, where Halo 3 couldn't.

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Kigmal - 500 days 17 hours ago

matchmaking, like the one that COD4 uses

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KingME - 500 days 15 hours ago

Well if halo3 doesn't win any other award, it should definitely win the "MAKE PS3 FANBOYS B!TCH AND WHINE AWARD" because anytime the world halo is mentioned on this site, it's like feeding time at the zoo.

Edit: and for the guy recalling all the features on the PC and other things and say they were done before halo3. Well, using your theory, there will never be anymore innovation in the industry, because ANY thing that can be done has already been done to a certain extent in the past. Kinda like saying resistance is copying doom3 with aliens and guns. Plus doom had concrete on the ground also so the concrete on the ground in resistance is copying doom. come on now.. give it a rest.

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clintos59 - 500 days 14 hours ago

That is not the point here. Alot of other games brang way more then Halo 3 to the table that is way more innovative. Mario Galaxy Anyone? Also G4TV gave Halo 3 GOTY? Come on man as much as I got love for the Halo series, anyone who isnt a blind fanboy knows that this game is winning awards it shouldnt be winning. If u are truelly going to pick Halo 3 over GTA4 and MGS4 or even Call of Duty 4, or Mario Galaxy in these 2 catagory's it truelly shows how much of a fanboy some of these game sites are.

Also a note for anyone who disagrees with me. If there is anything halo 3 would have a reason winning an award, it would have to be sales, that is it because in every catagory that halo 3 had to offer there is a game out there that has done it better.

1. Halo 3 campaign & story, as mediocre as it was, MGS4, GTA4, and even Call of Duty had a better campaign and story then halo 3.

2. Halo 3 Gameplay was its strongest point in the game but at the same time, MGS4, GTA4, Call of Duty 4, and Mario Galaxy were on the same level if not better.

3. Halo 3 Graphics was a dissappointment and even though it did look pretty good, MGS4, Call of Duty 4 and yes even GTA4 looked better. The reason I give GTA4 better graphics then halo 3, is because even for such an open world sandbox game GTA4 is, the graphics were still gorgeous for a GTA game.

4. Halo 3 Multiplayer Online. This is prolly the only area Halo 3 has over games like GTA4, and MGS4 but it still wasnt the best multiplayer online for a console game and Call of Duty 4 took this crown from Halo 3.

5. Halo 3 Most Innovative game? Just no, ill give them credit for adding that video thing but that has nothing to do with innovative gameplay in a game. It is just a innovative feature. Where as Mario Galaxy has brought something Innovative period which is different then any game ive seen made ever period which adds to the expirience and is why it got such great scores and is prolly the best game of its kind period.

I can go on and on man about how overrated Halo 3 is. Note I said Halo 3, not the series. And to finish off my point, Halo 3 didnt even live up to its hype. This game truelly is a game so many other titles that have came out this next gen are way better in every way. I just cant believe how some of these game site can overlook these games I was comparing to Halo 3 and say Halo 3 was a better game or halo 3 had the most innovation, lol yeah ok. Anyways im done.

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elitewh0re - 500 days ago

If you read the article, its not based on wether the game was good or not, it was how it's innovated the interactive medium... so whilst its subjective to what you believe is a more 'innovative' game you can't deny it's added things that in the future games will/should have as standard.

1. Halo 3 campaign & story, as mediocre as it was, MGS4, GTA4, and even Call of Duty had a better campaign and story then halo 3.

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it had 4 player split screen, offline/online and throughout was being saved for theater automatically.
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2. Halo 3 Gameplay was its strongest point in the game but at the same time, MGS4, GTA4, Call of Duty 4, and Mario Galaxy were on the same level if not better.

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this is too subjective to debate, it depends on how you enjoy games, for me I liked the pacing of Halo, the controls are refined and you're never really stuck as to 'where to go next'
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3. Halo 3 Graphics was a disappointment and even though it did look pretty good, MGS4, Call of Duty 4 and yes even GTA4 looked better. The reason I give GTA4 better graphics then halo 3, is because even for such an open world sandbox game GTA4 is, the graphics were still gorgeous for a GTA game.

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you have to take into account of time frame, sure all 3 games you mentioned were released after halo3 on engine's built for the next gen consoles, correct me if i'm wrong, but halo3's engine is built upon the existing halo2 engine. i'll admit it isn't the best looking game on the 360 but for what it does it does well.
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4. Halo 3 Multiplayer Online. This is prolly the only area Halo 3 has over games like GTA4, and MGS4 but it still wasnt the best multiplayer online for a console game and Call of Duty 4 took this crown from Halo 3.

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call of duty took what crown? the fact it's most played, this proves how you're basing this game not on the award its receiving. what does call of duty 4 do to innovate? The party system in halo is what innovates, seamless intergration with the campaign/multiplayer/forge and theater, yes games have done this before (saved films, level editors) but so seamlessly? being able to play online with 4 player split screen locally. Also not to forget the stat tracker at bungie.net, which is sorely missed from cod4.
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5. Halo 3 Most Innovative game? Just no, ill give them credit for adding that video thing but that has nothing to do with innovative gameplay in a game. It is just a innovative feature. Where as Mario Galaxy has brought something Innovative period which is different then any game ive seen made ever period which adds to the experience and is why it got such great scores and is prolly the best game of its kind period.

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well this is your opinion and i'll respect it, personally i think besides the use of a motion controller mario's still a straight up platformer just set in space.
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- I just think a lot of you are missing the point of what this award is about, I'll admit the game was overhyped and for me wasn't as fun as when playing the first halo, but as a package, you can't beat what it has to offer. And what it does offer, i hope from now on all games include the multitude of features some of us halo3 players have become accustomed too.

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elitewh0re - 500 days 17 hours ago

i assume you also believe LBP isn't innovative since many PC games have had level editors too...

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Jenzo - 500 days 17 hours ago

Troll much?

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IaMs12 - 500 days 17 hours ago

wasnt it also the first game to utilize the matchmaking? i think i have played a game that had it before but i cant remember if so let me know

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AllroundGamer - 500 days 17 hours ago

i just wanted to write a comment, that BF2 had the battle cam feature long before Halo3. Bubble for stating the facts and being the fanboy disagree shield before me :D you just can't fight the hype, if MS puts their millions in something, the sheep will jump in and believe in anything, and as you can see, even the facts will be ignored...

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DaKid - 500 days 17 hours ago

While I agree this has been on PC for awhile, you have to look at it from a console point of view. To be able to record entire matches everytime you play, without telling it to do so is pretty cool. And the map editor has allowed many more game types to come out from the community. IMO those were the coolest things about Halo 3.

@FreeMonk I hope that rumor is true that will be cool to have in KZ2.

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 500 days 15 hours ago

So whats up with LBP? A 2D sidescroller with a level editor?

Really. The Forge and video playback alone is a good achievement on any console.

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AclayPS3 - 500 days 17 hours ago

Halo sold over 8 million copies because it was a Halo game, not because it was innovative or did anything new. I'm not hating on Halo, but I've seen much better looking FPS than Halo 3 and they are Resistance 2, Killzone 2, and COD4, just my opinion.

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GiantEnemyCrab - 500 days 16 hours ago

Agreed Jenzo and I'm not going to waste my defending it to a bunch of haters on this site.

Congrats Bungie and Halo 3!

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NO_PUDding - 500 days 16 hours ago

The reason it sold 8 million, you shoud, be congratulating Microsoft.

The paid for marketing. The game itself is really not that special. Teh reaosn you Halo/360 fanboys are such a virile lot, is becuase you can see quite how unspecial the game is.

The problem for anyoen arguing against Halo si that there are so many of you deluded idiots.

Halo 3 has a great community, it's the first console game to get that. Good job, innovation award justified, but the game itself is short of great.

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Sitdown - 500 days 15 hours ago

"I'm not hating on Halo, but I've seen much better looking FPS than Halo 3 and they are Resistance 2, Killzone 2, and COD4, just my opinion."

I am not saying that your argument is right or wrong, but it would be a better argument if you named games that did not release after Halo 3 and had similar art styles.........and then two of your games are not even out, so the hope and expectation would be that they would look better over a year or more later.

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KingME - 500 days 12 hours ago

How can you "see" a better game. Sorry son, you need to actually play a game to determine if it is better or not. So, when did you play Killzone 2, When did you play Resistance 2, As for COD4, I can give you that, at least for some people. But, there are actually people out there the feel that halo 3 is a better game than COD4. You can't call them wrong either, It's like telling someone that they like chicken better than they like fish, sorry I think they are more capable of telling you what "they" like than you are at telling them what they like. Stop trying to control other people's opinions.

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Sitdown - 500 days 11 hours ago

How about we strike a deal...I will "stop trying to control other people's opinions" when you show me exactly how I tried to control somebody's opinion. First off, I can not be your son.....because my father understands the value of quotation marks. You see, the first line of my post was in quotation marks, because I was quoting the person that I was addressing. So therefore I did not say I "see" a better game......but the person I was quoting said that. Therefore the reference to Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 was not mine, but again...the person I was quoting. Now, by this time it is probably to late for you to edit your post.......but hopefully this will serve as a reminder that you should correctly read a post before trying to correct somebody.........that way at least you save face. So for you, how about you do not place me with the wrong opinions and then try to control them.....and oh yeah, this is the part where you KingME.

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Diugu - 500 days 17 hours ago

Ill be the first to say Halo 3 is a good game. Not as good as the first one but good nonetheless.

However... you cant give Halo 3 an award for innovating. Besides I think that killzone, no matter how good, also will not deserve this award. There was no innovation here and there will probably have little innovation in killzone.

This is pathetic.. its a good game and it should get some awards, but lets not give it more than it deserves.

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Eiffel - 500 days 17 hours ago

Jealous much, Hating with your punk ass yes?

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KBDuB - 499 days 19 hours ago

Yep, it's Halo 2.5. Yet, it outsells erything on the PS3! =)

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Shane Kim - 500 days 17 hours ago

Okay dear, just don't forget to put the box in the refrigerator.

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Mr PS3 - 500 days 16 hours ago

All they got to play is Halo 3
How Depressing !!!!!

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Wasim - 500 days 10 hours ago

Isn't it great PP!!!

I've come to realize how amazing the Xbox 360 really is also!

Best games. Best features.

Doesn't it feel good getting all the GOTY's awards for innovation and not being in last place!!!

It sure does, my friend pp.

Enjoy Halo 3.

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Hockey11 - 500 days 16 hours ago

Lair? lol

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doshey - 500 days 14 hours ago

okay so lair wasnt that great at first once it got analog control game didnt suck and who cares what made halo so innovated, it has better graphics

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 500 days 13 hours ago

You've never looked at the ground textures closely? Lair sucks in multiple ways.

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KBDuB - 499 days 19 hours ago

Well, you go on and keep playing the pretty games, I for one will keep playing the FUN(ya know, the most important part of a game) games.

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KBDuB - 499 days 19 hours ago

Not really. It would be overrated if it didn't sell well. It sold very well. So, it's all good. =)

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tsunamiheat - 499 days 17 hours ago

It's overrated.

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