| #1 [165895] |
| pool-68-163-142-188.bos.east.verizon.net |
as a joke you should have posted screens of halo 2 cause we'd get half-way through it before anyone would notice it wasn't halo 3
actually no, that wouldn't work. you have a different helmet in 3.
(someone approve) |
#2  [165896] |
| dsl-216-227-124-230.gtcom.net |
Approved! GJ borking the site's CSS, btw!
Looks good, will read later. |
| #3 micro[165897] |
| cpe-65-185-126-209.woh.res.rr.com |
| i was borking the css before zerg~ling wrote his css guide ! |
| #4 mattzarella[165898] |
| c-68-42-51-228.hsd1.fl.comcast.net |
i would have liked some more explanation of the weapons and stuff. even though you did touch on some of them, the last halo i played was the first one (which is my fault i suppose).
does your replay function have a minimap? radar probably wouldn't work that well, but if it does that would be nice to see.
awesome pictures.
8 |
| #5 Psyonic_Reaver[165899] |
| 72.0.173.0 |
Nice to have something new and refreshing. The write was well written, and I had an easy time understanding the game since I've played it. *I don't own an XBox 360 though.* That double laser kill picture was hilarious. *I'M A CHARGIN MY LAZZAH!*
The game was rather short though, granted it was a Slayer round *FFA* and there is a lot of tense action but you just don't get the same kind of feeling as winning a Capture the Flag after almost an hour of playing. =p *When the timer is turned off.*
Because it is a new game, and the writing was good. I'd give it a 7.9. I have to round up though.
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| #6 micro[165900] |
| cpe-65-185-126-209.woh.res.rr.com |
matts- i originally wanted to give a box-tabled feature to every weapon used in the reported game, but i felt that it was a lot of work for unimportant weapons. i mean, the grenade-launching Brute Shot is self-explanatory, and the Brute Spiker pistol and other weapons were widely used but only during the boring parts that were glossed over, so they were left on the cutting room floor. :E
as for the mini-map, there's actually no maps in the entire game. i had to go to bungee.net to grab that pic of High Ground. i admit that i could have put relevant parts of the map pic into the collages. maybe next time.
psy- i like short reports. when i did the last Breakdown report i found out that i really don't like writing long reports. shorter reports are just easier to crank out (i did this thing in two nights). short is better than nothing, no? SHOOP DA WHOOP~! |
| #7 mattzarella[165901] |
| c-68-42-51-228.hsd1.fl.comcast.net |
do you get a lot of lag when you play? the 360 must have some crazy hardware to be able to handle that engine running like that with 5 players in the game (unless you cranked your graphics up for the replay).
i think a match of capture the flag or something else (not really familiar with halo multiplayer game types) where you work as a team, rather than just running around and killing, would be a more interesting read from a BR perspective. CTF is my personal favorite as far as FPS games go. |
| #8 micro[165902] |
| cpe-65-185-126-209.woh.res.rr.com |
the 360 is a monster. the game's engine does cut down the graphics detail at certain distances to improve performance, and the screenshots are always saved in hi-def, but the actual game is still amazingly beautiful. it does have a spot of lag now and again, but if someone's connection is too bad then you'll automatically be blocked from joining games with them so you never have to worry about it.
i agree that objective-type reports are more interesting to read. if i wasn't trying to grab Achievements, or if i didn't get any Achievements in the game, then i wouldn't have bothered with a report. plus, this game is so easy to report and i haven't written anything in so long that i had to do it. |
| #9 PeaceableGhost[165903] |
| 198.109.221.142 |
| Nice report! I've barely gotten my hands on the game (lack of 360 ftl), but I've played just enough to know what you're talking about. I'd give this a 7 or 8... not sure exactly. Love the SS, although some of the collages weren't that great. |
| #10 Timid[165904] |
| cpe-67-49-126-86.socal.res.rr.com |
| Nice! |
| #11 micro[165905] |
| cpe-65-185-126-209.woh.res.rr.com |
pg- yeah, some collages were just drafts that i was too lazy to improve. when i work on reports late into the night i just get this overwhelming urge to prematurely post the report, and that`ll always be my weakness D: if a do another one of these soon then i'll try work daylight hours
timid- thanks :] |
| #12 Psyonic_Reaver[165906] |
| 72.0.173.0 |
| I too fall for the "Crap. It's 2AM. I'm tired of writing//doing pic's for this BR." *Post BR.. Next day...* "I should have waited. > |
#13  [165907] |
| ip68-230-8-47.ph.ph.cox.net |
not a bad report, the ending was a little abrupt and the game was a little short though. seemed like the report was more about the 2for1 laser kill than anything else which i guess is alright but i don't think it worked too well in this report.
pics were nice, writing was decent, and hell it is halo3. 7 |
| #14 [165908] |
| dblt-216-227-28-138.gtcom.net |
I really enjoyed that. I haven't played Halo 3, but now I'm thinking I may have too.
Obviously the pics helped out the report greatly, but they seemed kind of ... I dunno, there was something about them I wasn't really feeling. I love that double laser kill collage, though, that's fuckin hilarious.
The writing was good, I don't remember any mistakes, but not great. There were a couple spots, especially earlier on, were I felt like I was reading a "and then this happened, and then this ..." type of report, but it picked up nicely as it went on. I really liked the "proximity also counts for shotguns" line.
All of the independent factors seemed like sevens to me, but I enjoyed this like an eight so I'm giving you an eight. :) |
| #15 micro[165909] |
| cpe-65-185-126-209.woh.res.rr.com |
keanu- it's true, i did this report because of the laser kill thing :o i don't think i've ever played a halo 3 game that had a climactic finish to it, someone who wins by points always takes a dramatic lead early on or else the timer just runs down. i'll keep this in mind when looking for the next game to report
maar- only get halo 3 if you intend to play a lot of multiplayer, because that's what the game was made for. the campaign is nice, but it's not $60-nice.
i agree that the pace and flow of the report lagged in the first half. i really didn't spend as much time on it as i should have, what with my rushing and premature posting. i'll really have to work on that. |
| #16 micro[165910] |
| cpe-65-185-126-209.woh.res.rr.com |
| psy- the benefit of the new br.com is that you can alter your html file and re-upload it. that's what i'm doing right now, in fact. i've got a few changes to the writing/pics, but bungie.net is being anal right now (servers get raped hourly from the constant gaming/pic/film uploads) so it'll probably be a while before i finish the updates. |
| #17 Psyonic_Reaver[165911] |
| 72.0.173.0 |
| I know but usually by the time I get around to editing my HTML file. My report is already rated. > |
| #18 wakiki[165915] |
| 71-91-78-227.dhcp.leds.al.charter.com |
FPS reports are hard to read for me since I don't play them much. I also don't think that they translate as well into reports as strategy games do because they are more repetitive. In Starcraft, the game changes as you progress from the beggining to the end as new technologies open up. In FPS's it's just shooting and respawning (and this includes CTF by the way -- the goal is more complex, but it still repeats itself over and over).
Now then, FPS games being bad to report is actually an advantage for you -- if it's bad, you have an excuse, and if it's good, it's all the more impressive.
I actually enjoyed this. I'd give it a 7 -- if it were longer I would have liked it less, but you struck the perfect balance: it wasn't so short as to be insubstantial, while it wasn't so long as to be boring. Excellent work!
:] |
| #19 micro[165916] |
| cpe-65-185-126-209.woh.res.rr.com |
wak- hrt :D
well, i was going to try and fix up some better collages, but i guess bungie.net won't let me. i've taken over 100 screenshots from this one replay, and bungie.net only lets you host 32 screenshots at a time. i bet i broke their website or triggered a glitch, cuz sometimes i get a "this page isn't working right now" window when i try to visit my picture gallery :x |
| #20 Psyonic_Reaver[165917] |
| 72.0.173.0 |
| That's right Micro. You damn the man. DAMN THE MAN! |
| #21 Psyonic_Reaver[165919] |
| 72.0.173.0 |
| Forgot to mention. My older brother bought an Xbox 360 and my twin bought Halo 3. We finished the fight in about 4 hours. Like you said: "Not $60 nice." We don't have Xbox live yet so we'll see how multi-player is. |
| #22 Dibbler[165928] |
| a82-95-24-175.adsl.xs4all.nl |
| Wow, a new report on a new game. I liked it: short and furiously hectic. Good to know you can shoot with other things than bow 'n arrows, too. 8. |
#23  [165929] |
| user-142o1sk.cable.mindspring.com |
| Great report on a hot game, I made a news item finally. |
| #24 [165930] |
| user-142o1sk.cable.mindspring.com |
And for the 12 yr AOL users:
GREAT R3PORT ON A HOT GME I MAED A N3WS IETM FINALY!!!11!! LOL |
| #25 Psyonic_Reaver[165931] |
| 72.0.173.0 |
| HAHA! |
| #26 micro[165932] |
| cpe-65-185-126-209.woh.res.rr.com |
| sweet, front page hookup. thx, jv :D |
| #27 Decay[165942] |
| 65-73-94-56.dsl1.mnd.mn.frontiernet.net |
Hi micro! Nice report, I would have thought that an FPS FFA would have been too difficult to follow, but this made it pretty easy. More explanation on the weapons/vehicles though plz. (I havent played halo 2 or 3) It would have been nice if it were a bit longer, but that couldn't be helped I suppose.
I'd say about a 7.5-8. |
| #28 micro[165944] |
| cpe-65-185-126-209.woh.res.rr.com |
| ah, yeah. i guess not too many people around here are halo players, so if i report another report about this it'll have to be epic enough to justify an explanation of all the weapons. i've only got one more achievement to get, so i'll be moving onto more interesting games soon. :E |
| #29 Feanor[165946] |
| p54834D59.dip.t-dialin.net |
This report was a really nice read. The writing captured the gameplay quite well and it was always easy to follow. I never had any problems with understanding the weapons and vehicles.
Sadly the images were a bit disconnected from the text and did not much to help the understanding of the action. They rather seemed to be just cool action moments without to much importance for the flow of the report. Except for one of course! The *I'M A CHARGIN MY LAZZAH!* is just 10ish!
All in all a nice short read with OK pictures and a uberhilarious moment. I'd give a 7 + 1 special LAZZAH! point = 8
Good Work! |
#30  [165951] |
| 74-132-4-163.dhcp.insightbb.com |
This was pretty good. I didn't realize how simple it was to make Halo 3 reports. I'll have to try it sometime, although the main purpose will be to laugh your ass off at me constantly getting beat down.
Also, Free for All is all well and good, but I think battlereports are better in some type of versus battle. I would love to see a report on the same map using the capture the flag or protect the VIP game types.
Anyway, good job. |
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