The boards have been at it once again debating on the graphical prowess of Halo 3, with pre orders of the game already toppling 1 million in North America. The stupendous hype behind the game seems to be growing at an unprecedented rate. Here’s some more fuel to ignite The Chief’s new Flame thrower (believe it after 7 years Bungie has finally decided to add it to the game.
Here’s from the desks of the global community right at the click of all your finger tips, but do remember that there are numerous spoilers after the jump.
Here’s the new level information from the desks of IGN:
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- M7057 / Defoliant Projector
Official Designation: M7057/DP
Length (o/a): 116.8 cm (46 in.)
Weight (empty): 45.8 kg (101 lbs)
Weight (loaded): 55.5 kg (122.5 lbs)
Cartridge: Pyrosene-V
Max. effective range: 13.4 meters (44 ft)
Magazine capacity: 9 x three-second bursts
Unit Replacement Cost: cR. 1,520.00
Description: The M7057/DP is a standard chemical flamethrower, which projects and ignites a stream of a volatile, semi-liquid fuel. Flamethrowers are cumbersome and relatively difficult to use (psychologically as well as mechanically).
Observations: Referring to the M7057/DP as a weapon1 is a bit of a misnomer as the dee pea in its nomenclature indicate that it is a defoliant projector—to be used to rapidly clear away heavy foliage for in-theater construction projects and to destroy new or persistent growth from emplaced and/or hardened military assets. That having been said, despite being all but obsolete militarily its effectiveness as a psychological weapon is undeniable—unfortunately the psychological effect is a double-edged sword.
“It wasn’t just balance in Halo 2, it was also performance, Obviously the 360 makes things like that significantly easier. In Halo 3, we can control where it goes a lot better. [The flamethrower] obviously features a lot in campaign. But in multiplayer it doesn’t have to be in every multiplayer playlist and map.” Bungie lead writer Frank O Connor.
Next I saw a glimpse of the firebomb, a new grenade variety within the game.
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- Type-3 Antipersonnel / Antimateriel Incendiary Grenade
Official Designation: Type-3 AP/AM
Length (o/a): 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Weight : 3.6 kg (8 lbs)
Filler: Unknown
Killing radius: 3.4 meters (8 ft)
Unit Replacement Cost: cR. NA
Description: The type-3 incendiary grenade is used to destroy material. The filler of the type-3 AP/AM grenade burns for 4.5 seconds and can damage, immobilize, or destroy vehicles, weapon systems, or munitions. It can also be used to temporarily block enemy movement through restrictive areas. It has acquired the monikers “Molotov” and “firebomb”.
Observations: The type-3 incendiary grenade can be thrown 10 meters by the average soldier. The casing of the device is converted to a molten state, which burns at approximately 2200° C. It must be noted that looking directly at the incendiary grenade as it burns, the intensity of the light is potentially hazardous to the retina.
Frank says, “It has a very similar level of damage as [the flamethrower]. It works pretty much the same way. It’s very dangerous to get hit by one directly. It will explode and splash over you when it hits.”
Now someone in Microsoft’s Chamber was playing a brand new stage from the single player campaign in Halo 3 titled “Halo 3 Epsilon”. Fact or rumor, you decide! Here is a long list of Levels that was dug out by the 7th columnist recently:
01-No Place Like Home
02-Old Friends
03-The High Road
04-Reporting for Duty
05-How May I Direct Your Call?
06-Excuse Our Dust
07-Molon Iabe
08-Ruins
09-On The Road Again
10-The Bridge
11-When The Going Gets Tough
12-Terminus
13-Convoy
14-Factory Floor
15-Downtown Rampage
16-Voi
17-The Ark
18-Pest Control
19-If I Had A Little Black Box
20-Holy Ground
21-Lockdown
22-Into The Desert
23-Wasted
24-My Name Is Ozymandias
25-My Own Private Thermopylae
26-Not This Again
27-Sic Est Meus Censura
28-Loophole
29-Infestation
30-I Leave Home For A Few Days…
31-The Best of Enemies
32-Square One
33-The Burning Sky
34-Unlikely Allies
35-Fool Me Once, Shame On You
36-Return
Halo 3 new graphic novel Halo: Uprising has been in the buzz for sometime now. Frankie over at Bungie.net decided to give the fans of the Halo universe a peek into the graphic novel. Here’s one of the snaps right from the house
Death Of Master Chief?
In EGM’S latest issue there is a small advertisement that says, “A hero need not speak. When he is gone, the world will speak for him.”
There is also a small eulogy describing the valor shown by Master Chief. Well this might just hold true, following Snake’s rumored demise at the end of MGS4, but then again Master Chief could do a Harry Potter, get married, settle down and have a bunch of Spartans running around…Ahh…
There is also another picture that looks like an invite to a ceremony, circulating around the net
This is just the beginning of the “FLOOD” whose mysterious nature remains under close wraps. This is the way the world ends after all…
–Neelesh Mukherjee