Podtacular: The Unofficial Halo Universe Podcast

Podtacular Halo 3 and more Show, Episode 87
for the week of October 30th, 2006

(hosts Dialpex, JVB, Chevelle65)

Halo 3 and more Show (explain)


Introductions


Halo 3 ideas and speculation

Halo 3 new pictues were put out there today on the web. Some screen shots from aparently a Mag in Sweeden with some information, news and lots of great things about this new and amazing game. (comment on pictures and stuff.)

I think Halo 3 should go deeper into the mind of the Chief, like what his
favorite food is, why he has to shoot people instead of negotiating, and
if has a imaginary friend or teddy bear that he cuddles with on the
battlefield. Keep on fragging trucks!!!!! :)

I agree with this idea because it will give the game so much popularity. It
will be hard to get bord of halo anyway but if there were a map creater
then the possible game battles would be endless. Playing a new map nearly
every game would give us the opputuinity to learn new skills as in new
gaming conditions etc… thanks guys pmn1234

i think that there should be a gun that shoots out high powered shots of
acis that compleatly disolve the person and there should be a new type of
granade like a spike granadde that shoots out spikes.

I think the idea of Dan Forden, the sound designer from Mortal Kombat,
yelling “Toasty” at the bottom corner would be awesome! Like if you get a
Killtacular, instead of the announuncer yelling “Killtacular!” Dan Forden
pops up and yells “Toasty!”. The award could be a picture of toast or a
toaster. I also think Halo 3 needs unique unlockables, like alternate
character models, that can be unlocked by completing a task in champagne
mode. Finally, celebrity cameos, like Stan Lee (the creator of Marvel
comics) does in every Marvel movie. That would be semi-funny, to have a
Jack Thompson character pop-up and be brutally owned by the Covenant. (If
you don’t know who Jack Thompson is, he is the “crusader” against video
game violence.)

Keep up the good work!

things I want to see 2 things in halo wars which is a feature in
which you can play as the covenant. Then you should be able to buy weapons
and equip them to specific elites, marines, spartans etc. Thanks

There should be a hidden level somewhere in which you’re able to drive a
civilian hog to a hidden car hop. Imagine grunts on roller skates
delivering M.C. and whoever his date is(the obvious Cortana, or Miranda
Keyes). Now THAT would be funny.

Hello, I’m writing to give you a few requests for the upcoming Halo 3. I
think what you should add for the multi-player experience would be
different charaters and if you could costomize them, giving them certian
special abilities and able to change apperance. Also, add some more types
and versions of weapons. Maybe even more vehicals and gun attatchments on
the warthogs for example. And for the lonely person or somebody who wants
to play multi-player mode by themselves, add bots, and plenty of them. Think of how many bots can be used in “Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter”
and apply it. Another thought was if you had certian achievments such as
rank to show to other players. Achievments such as kills, sniping,
grenader, gunman, etc… Add some differnt game types also. Many people
online have made their own games such as sticks and zombie. Let’s make
some official. But most importantly, DO NOT get rid of the splitscreen
system mode. Fewer games have this now, and that kills the multi-player
game. Please take into consideration what I am telling you and thank you
for taking the time to read this letter.

Hi I’m Titaneus and here is my christmas list for halo 3. Yeah i know halo
doesn’t come out till next year,but if you don’t make your wishes now they
won’t come true and ANYWAY HERE THEY ARE

1. I think there should be more customization in multiplayer characters.
more than master chief and a coverant guy… (i’m just a little confused)
but more like a forerunner and more customization on color and symbol and
just maybe a male or female character or whatever you are.

2. I think there should be more communtary in the middle of a multiplayer
Game like in madden. More audio appeal like “Killing Spree”and so on.

3. This is a must! You know how Master Chief’s a Spartan right? I think it
would be cool to have a multiplayer level that was based on the historical
Spartans in greece. However it would be more in Foundation but just maybe
more like a place like the colesseum.

4. In a CTF game you should be able to (maybe just as a Option)throw the
Flag at other players like a spear. I think this would be a little cheap
to be able to kill other players with a flag but the players could only
throw it so far.

5. this more is kind of like the other one execpt it’s for a oddball game.
again be able to throw the oddball to other players like on your team. This
more be cool for football games on halo and the oddball could be able to be
intercepted by the other team or players.

while that’s all of them and keep up the good work podtacular and yes
christmas is just around the corner.

In the very last cinematic in Halo 2 Gravemind says, “I will ask and you
will answer.” That leads us to obviously think that Gravemind wants to
know something, possibly the location of Earth. We think that Cortana is
going to use the information that he wants and she has. Also we think that
Cortan has tricked Gravemind into thinking that she is on his side and
that’s how Cortan contacts John (a.k.a. Master Chief). And that leads to
another part of the theory. The whole trailer, MC walking through the
remnants of New Mombasa, the Ark activating, everything was a vison. Sent
by Cortana with the messages “I have defied gods and demons, I am your
shield I am your source, I know you your past you future, this is the way
the world ends.” Now the first message we can’t really explain, all we
know is that the same thing was in the Cortana Letters. The second one,
not really sure about either, maybe it means that she is still on his
side? The third, we think is to remind him of his past and also that she
knows what will happen. The fouth and last message, is that, as we said
before, she knows how the world will end. It will end once the Ark is
activated, so Cortana is telling him that he has to stop this from
happening to save the world. But if you haven’t already guessed Cortana
might have gotten that information fromeither an Oracle of some kind or
most likely Gravemind. And HOPEFULLY there will some Spartans to back the
Chief up on the way.

In the halo books the SMG’s had silencers if the Spartans wanted them. If
you were to put silencers on duel SMG’s the tactical application would be
exponentially superior to the current SMG because of the splintercell like
kills u could get. Now you could noob combo someone with half the noise. (I
still would prefer the BR though) A silenced BR/Assault Rifle would be a
pain in the butt to deal with. Speaking of Splintercell you should be able
to use a combat knife or snap necks in Halo 3.

I think In Halo 3 They should Have Alt. Fire For Your Weapons. A Good
Example of This Is Like On Unreal Championships For Xbox. Say the Assault
Rifle has a Grenade Launcher attatched, and press the right bumper on the
360 controller to toggle it on and off

Two Words: Knife Fights

I have entered this a few time before, but I don’t think it has been read
yet, so, here I go…again…for the third time….

Anyway, this is kind of a new rendition of my previous entries, as I have
changed my ideas slightly. I beleive, just as the modern Marines of today
carry particularly large kinives with them (specifically the Navy Seals)
Bungie could include something like this into Halo 3. It could be
dual-wieldable, depending on the size of the knife, and could be
considered the equivalent of the Covenant Energy Sword. You could lunge,
and even Assassinate someone from behind (there could be a newer animation
for this as well, as in the slitting of the throat, etc). There could be
only one size, or perhaps larger ones such as perhaps a machette, (which
would be cool) or maybe smaller ones. I can see many Custom Game ideas
springing off of these Knives alone, maybe even knife dueling. So, I
suppose that about wraps it up. I thought it was cool, at least. :P P.S JVB is my Hero! (Stay away from my lucky charms! Dahhh!!!!!)

Hey guys hows it goin. I got some suggestions for Halo
3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! w00t
Anyway cool thing would be uber customizable controls. For example you
could define a seperate set of controls for a warthog that are diffrent
from a scorpion. So you could have like, a steering wheel and pedals. But
also that the wheel dosen’t just change the direction you want to go like
when you move the mouse, it controls the wheels like in real life so they
don’t automaticaly turn when you reverse. If they make the vehicles
diverse enough to support that it would be awsome. Along with that have
gears for the warthogs. So in gear one you would go slower then in gear
three which should be really freaking fast, and also make reversing as fast
as plain driving foreward. Also brighter lights for craps sake, the ones
they have dont do anything. Scorpions could also maybe have more custom
controls. All of this of course would have to be on the PC becuase there
aren’t enough buttons for the Xbox to support all that. And with the
warthog turrets, have like a combo, a gauss cannon with a chaingun mounted
under or next to the barrel. Also I think that the master chief should have
night vision not just the crappy flashlight. Uber realistic reactive
scenery would also add a new feel to the game. Realistic…..ism.
Whatever. Also like with halo 1 and soon 2 for the pc there should be a
custom edition version where people can download and make maps. Also have
it so that Xbox Live players and PC players can paly together. That would
make it so much better. Also some new vehicles like a human version of the ghost like a sort of
ATV and some kinda light fighter like the banshee. So just make the game
as customisable as possible and add all of the stuff i said in and ittil
pwn. P.S I spell checked this so you people should have nothing to laugh at but
seeing how bored you all are you probably will anyway. But I’ll be nice and
give you something to laugh at anyway. Oogie Poo bites the dust when the
hunters pee the brutes. Now I’m gonna have storytime and make cookies in
that cave in beaver creek with my friends. P.S.S Im a PC player and dont have an xbox because i personally think that
those consoles are wastes of money when I can just build a computer thats
ten times faster then a Xbox 360. I play halo custom edition alot and I’m
head of Neagative Zero Productions, my own machinima group. Keepin it
real: Ghost Rider


Halo Wars ideas and speculation

In episode 83, you stated that the Spartan 117, nor any of the Spartan IIs
would be involved in the game of halowars, as they would have only been 14
years old at the time. However, this is the exact age that they entered
active duty (please see
http://halosm.bungie.org/story/halostory.timeline.html, or the book “The
Fall of Reach”). If you will recall, in The Fall of Reach, they said that
those without physical augmentations (perhaps a Spartan I) couldn’t handle
the suit. The simple movement of a marine’s arm resulted in broken bones,
uncontrollable spasming, and death. There you go. Keep up the good work with Podtacular! I didn’t want to be
a dick, just figured I’d let you know- the Spartans seen are definitely
Spartan IIs. Have a good day!

In Halo Wars they should have a feature that will still do the RTS thing,
but put it in the beginning, then after you are done you could play as a
marine or Spartan, because you don’t want the same marines as the other
ones in Halo 1 and Halo 2. And my other idea is you push a button and it
would change from RTS to first person shooter.


other games Halo freaks play

Saints Row is amazing guys. For the people who have not yet played it then
get it and play it!!! The offline mode is realy good, there are lots of
ways to spend your time on there. Activities etc. The down side to the
game is the amount of lag on the online mode. The online game is realy
good because of its modes such as blinged pout ride etc. If your a gamer
who could play offline gaming all day then this is the game for you.

Hey im here to tell you about my guild on xbl. it is called SilkroadPros.
silkroadonline is the mmorpg that is free to play, and you can buy perks
in the game. this game really good with awesome 3-d graphics. and 13
servers and more still coming this game is growing fast. the server i
personally like to play on is Aege so if you go to the site
(silkroadonline.net) and go to the data bank. we have a guild on there
called halo2pros. so this is somthing that is fun. when you get the game
and make a character click u then mail then mail me at Dragon8x and i will
help you out. also i want to say im listening to the last episode as im
typeing this and im laughing my (beep) off

hey it cgsniper465, with other games i play. im a sport guy so if u have
nhl 06 or madden 06 send me a f/r and challenge me to a game. also im on
counter-strick so if u enjoy no auto aim then thats the game for you.

p.s. anyone who is active on halo 2 send me a f/r because i can hardly
ever get a party these day.

Keep on ba-bamin weiners with migets from fantasy island riding them.

Hey it’s Megaman Zero 3 and just to say I ran this through spell check
before I sent this in so i know the spelling is all correct. ok well I
sent this it because this is my message to the world of 360 owners. Ok so,
does anyone have the game fantasy star universe? I just got it and well I
was wondering who has played it and who wants to get it?? It just came
out and when the demo was out a lot of people were online playing it. So I
was wondering who will be getting it?

Another game I play besides Halo 2 is enchanted arms witch I have posted
frequently on many sites trying to find someone to play multiplayer with.
It’s a fun game that has a great story in it.

Thanks

GO REC C (REXXY)

Hey guys. This is Penguin Smacker. Besides Halo 2, I also play games like
Guitar Hero and DDR. Guitar Hero is awesome because its a game where you
can get and play, and it’s a great party game, same with DDR. Thanks and
keep on fragging trucks!


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