Zanzibar's return to Halo 3!

[TIA Gangsta]

There was actually some rumours of Zanzibar returning for Halo 3, since a map which looked very similar to Zanzibar was seen in the latest Halo 3 ViDoc.
Some just said it may have been "ripped" from Halo 2, to just test the weapons (etc). Personally, I didn't believe it's making a return, since I remember 1up saying the map High Ground is a re-make of Zanzibar...which I thought was true.

Well...apparently not...as this LEAKED video shows:

http://www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=59795

It's a BETA build of the game, being played on a map called "Last Resort", and looking at the footage, it definately IS a re-make of Zanzibar (woohoo!). Looks like a little taster of what some of you may be playing next month...

Looking at this amazing footage of the new Zanzibar, it's reassured me Bungie are definately on the right track. Everything to the side-wall paths to the giant generator room seems an excellect idea to improve gameplay.

Notice how the shield pulses red when it's down, and the Bubble Shield can be entered/exited by others, but keeps bullets and grenades outside the bubble.

Thanks to a few Halo fans at Bungie Forums for finding/posting this video!


EDIT: Forgot to put in this topic about another rumour, still uncomfirmed, but realistic.
This link reveals an article claiming Halo 3 to be supporting 1080p and running at 60fps...=O
http://www.playthree.net/2007/04/halo-3-to-support-true-not-upscaled.html

True or false? It isn't known at the moment...let's just hope it's true. It is Microsoft's flagship game, so it would make sense to make it as good as it can be.

Again, thanks to another fan at Bungie Forums for finding/posting the article.

[Patrickssj6]

0.o

[FireDragon04]

looks sweet, i meen WOW! look at the scale of it. Trying to get hold of the extended HD version people are talking about atm. :XD:

[Saggy]

To bad this won't be in the public beta...

[TIA Gangsta]

looks sweet, i meen WOW! look at the scale of it. Trying to get hold of the extended HD version people are talking about atm. :XD:

Yeah, that's another thing that's been going around...Rumours about Halo 3 being able to support 1080p, with the release of the new Xbox 360 Elite.
It was posted on some website, but nobody else had heard about it, so at the moment it's just a rumour...But Halo IS Microsoft's flagship game, so it would make sense to make it as good as it can be. 1080p sounds good...

Edited the first post.

[Patrickssj6]

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13090/Xbox-360-Elite-to-be-Announced-on-Wednesday/

[FireDragon04]

This video is available in HD and 7mins long, you can see alot more, including portable grav lifts, detachable turrets and stuff, i'd post the link but i duno if its 'allowed'.

[TIA Gangsta]

This video is available in HD and 7mins long, you can see alot more, including portable grav lifts, detachable turrets and stuff, i'd post the link but i duno if its 'allowed'.

You mean the ViDoc...? Yeah, that's old...and NOT leaked, it was released by Bungie themselves.
This is a leaked video, from some random guy who got to play the Beta early (with some dodgy "My friend works at Microsoft" excuse), and set in a map nobody's ever seen before.

[Zeph]

As long as the source video itself is not hosted on h2v.net I dont see a problem with linking to it.

[Saggy]

You mean the ViDoc...? Yeah, that's old...and NOT leaked, it was released by Bungie themselves.
This is a leaked video, from some random guy who got to play the Beta early (with some dodgy "My friend works at Microsoft" excuse), and set in a map nobody's ever seen before.
No there actually is a longer, HD version of the Zanzibar leak and I'm downloading it right now.

It's a massive 308MB .mpg video.

Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W1LJHPT5

[FireDragon04]

No there actually is a longer, HD version of the Zanzibar leak and I'm downloading it right now.

It's a massive 308MB .mpg video.

Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W1LJHPT5
REP ME!

LAWL. But yea, thats what i was getting at, just didn't want to post link [insert image of jesus dying here].

[Snowy]

I'm getting a slow download from MegaUpload... 135-150 KB/sec :/

[Xetsuei]

Odd. I'm getting 400-500kb/s. Must be your connection.

[Patrickssj6]

I'm getting a slow download from MegaUpload... 135-150 KB/sec :/

It's slow I'm downloading at 60kb.1 hour to go:)

oh yeah rep firedragon and me for digging out the link(well he did it but you guys love me right?):p

[Snowy]

Anybody know where I can get the codec to watch this? None of my media players will open it.

[FireDragon04]

Anybody know where I can get the codec to watch this? None of my media players will open it.
use real player i was able to watch some of it in there. But im still downloading. I also have DivX installed, so DivX + Real Player= play video! ;)

[Emmzee]

Awesome!

[Snowy]

use real player i was able to watch some of it in there. But im still downloading. I also have DivX installed, so DivX + Real Player= play video! ;)

Already tried it in both of them

[FireDragon04]

Can't be bothered to wait?
Want to see high quality screen shots?
Well hop over to HERE (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6177961&postcount=552)
And see some great shots NOW!

[Neuro Guro]

Im love'n it!

[AceParty]

completely amazing

[DaneO'Roo]

FUCK YES THAT LOOKS HOT

[Atty]

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7646/halo3betazanzibarremakegt3.jpg
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8181/halo3betazanzibarremakefo6.jpg

o i c u

[IPBJT!]

Awesome, though it's no big surprise considering Zanzibar is almost everyone's favorite map in Halo 2.

[Atty]

I'm a little amazed at how much work they've done on it. I don't know if anyone else has seen the 8 minute SD footage but it's huge. A lot is there that wasn't there, it looks like a blast.

The current effect for the sniper scope is :awesome:.

[IPBJT!]

I like the hud effect when you spawn. Instead of having the hud on when you spawn it look like it activate now.

[JDMFSeanP]

Tahts the one I played, its my favorite Halo 3 map out of the four beta maps.

[Saggy]

Tahts the one I played, its my favorite Halo 3 map out of the four beta maps.
I'm sure you played it...

[InnerGoat]

Tahts the one I played, its my favorite Halo 3 map out of the four beta maps.

Whats your tag? I might have played you allready

[Kornman00]

Earlier today, Bungie announced that if CMT tried to remake any of this, they would never ship Halo3. Ever. And they would C&D their family and livez and be executed once Jason Jones is Head of World-State
Oh great :/

[Zeph]

wow, what an idiot. he didn't blank out the names of the people he killed or were killed.

[Bossniak]

wow, what an idiot. he didn't blank out the names of the people he killed or were killed.

:lol: You noticed that too eh?

[Atty]

Oh great :/I wonder if I'll get my money back for the pre-order? :(

[Boba]

I hate the look of the ammo hud (the top doesn't have a background; looks plain).

[JDMFSeanP]

I'm sure you played it...

Don't be an idiot. I have a whole thread about it in CMT forums, but you prolly don't have enough privileges to get there.

Innergoat I was on my friends account, if you can get into CMT its all in there.

[Neuro Guro]

Can someone who still has the video upload it somewhere? Torrent file if possable.

[Kornman00]

No, :gtfo:nigger

[Saggy]

Don't be an idiot. I have a whole thread about it in CMT forums, but you prolly don't have enough privileges to get there.

Innergoat I was on my friends account, if you can get into CMT its all in there.
I'm sorry I was being an "idiot" to you, it's just that I did not see any proof. Most people like to lie and say that they played Halo 3 early to sound "cool".

[Reaper Man]

No there actually is a longer, HD version of the Zanzibar leak and I'm downloading it right now.

It's a massive 308MB .mpg video.

Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W1LJHPT5
The dll has been removed D:

[rossmum]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

That's awesome. I love what they've done with the map and the weapons.

[Stealth]

The dll has been removed D:
Poor Reaper man, if it wasn't for the fact that I need to be getting to school, I'd upload it and send it to you.

[TIA Gangsta]

Oh crap. Someone upload the full length video again please!

I'd be really thankfull! (and you'll get my rep!)

Thanks!

P.S. The hog is looking AMAZING from the screenshots.

[Kornman00]

Not sure if it was just WMP11 being gay, but I had to skip ahead to some random point for it to start playing. I could tell there were some warping in the game (players and the wheel) and I swear I saw atleast one texture pop-in incident but I'm not going to bash a WIP kthxno.

[TIA Gangsta]

Not sure if it was just WMP11 being gay, but I had to skip ahead to some random point for it to start playing. I could tell there were some warping in the game (players and the wheel) and I swear I saw atleast one texture pop-in incident but I'm not going to bash a WIP kthxno.

IGN just wrote an article on it, and they've gathered enough evidence to suggest it's far from final. They pointed out a few dodgy textures, hardly any finishing touches on the effects (e.g. grenade explosions) and something else I can't remember...

[TheGhost]

I don't know why they're calling it a "beta" build then. Especially since we're 6+ months from release.

Oh also, full length MPG here (http://jcap.h2vista.net/files/halo/halo3/Halo%203%20Beta%20-%20Zanzibar%20Remake.mpg).

[Love De Lux]

There's a torrent for the vid... I just don't know if I can post it there. :)

[TIA Gangsta]

I don't know why they're calling it a "beta" build then. Especially since we're 6+ months from release.

Oh also, full length MPG here (http://jcap.h2vista.net/files/halo/halo3/Halo%203%20Beta%20-%20Zanzibar%20Remake.mpg).

Gah...not quicktime...any download maybe? Or streaming from WMP?

[Zeph]

I don't know why they're calling it a "beta" build then. Especially since we're 6+ months from release.

Oh also, full length MPG here (http://jcap.h2vista.net/files/halo/halo3/Halo%203%20Beta%20-%20Zanzibar%20Remake.mpg).

Well hopefully THAT's not a release candidate.

[TIA Gangsta]

Full video here:

http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/10959

EDIT: K, I changed the first post so it has the above video link in it.

[ThatCrazyFox]

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/4223/birdfu5.gif


Even though I will not be able play the remake to my favorite H2 map (untill Desolation came out), this makes me even more excited I was able to get a week off for the beta at my job!

Also, if my posting of picks gets annoying, please tell me. I'm a huge funny image whore at a Star Fox site I mod.

[TeeKup]

Wow, Zanzibar got a makeover for the better. :o

[Xetsuei]

9rnRbdhLRZQ

[ThatCrazyFox]

Since its related to the vid I'll post this here:

I made a new avatar from the vid when the Red gets PWND by the SL, but I want to know if I'm allowed to use it since it's made of leaked footage.

I would have made it longer and better quality but the site's rules state that your avatar cannot exceed 50kb...:eyesroll:

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/158/slp2zk8.gif

[BobtheGreatII]

Ah snap, makes me think that the spartan laser needs to be a little fixed up for CMT. The animations are cool. Nice vid. Looking forward to Halo 3, but then again, who isn't?

[Reaper Man]

Poor Reaper man, if it wasn't for the fact that I need to be getting to school, I'd upload it and send it to you.
'S ok, I'll go play the ms beta at my friends house this weekend :3

[Xegrot]

That... is some SWEET shit! Frankie was right... the water is beautiful! And so are a lot of other things in that video! The cliffs need a little work, since they have texture that makes it look like it's rocky, even though it's way too smooth. Still, if it looks this good, imagine what the final game will look like.

O.O x100000000>

[Dole]

It's steroids, obviously. >_>

[Neuro Guro]

Now here is what im thinking from all of this; If Bunige is going to pay homeage to the "old school" h2 favorites such as zanzibar , then I see no reason at all why they wouldn't go right ahead and also remake Lockout and Ascension.

[Kornman00]

I'm so fucking tired of remakes (H1->H2, H2->H1, and now H2->H3), out with the old and in with the new damnit :eyesroll:!


I'm sure this is how Zanzibar actually started out, but due to the limits of the game they had to simplify it.

Also, I'm pretty sure the engine and asset build was finalized long ago for the beta, which is why some of it looks rough now, so don't get your panties in a wad just because its getting released in the September-October range.

[dm_tx]

Wow, that's looking pretty damn good - I just might have to purchase a 360...

[demonmaster3k]

it's not high ground, i heard last resort was a remake of zanzi

[Emmzee]

it's not high ground, i heard last resort was a remake of zanzi
You mean heard from the first post in this thread? :raise:

[FRain]

I just hope it's damn well worth downloading an 308 MB file for an hour.

[TIA Gangsta]

I just hope it's damn well worth downloading an 308 MB file for an hour.

Eh, not really. It says HD...but it REALLY isn't. The quality is terrible (mind you, it's alot better than previous leaked videos...).
There won't be much of a difference watching it downloaded than on Gametrailers (the link I provided in first post), other than being able to see a few numbers and names more clearly.

[Kornman00]

Hell, just let it go while you're sleeping one night if you care about wasting your time and bandwidth that much.

[Limited]

He used a captre card to get this footage? How did bungie let them hook it up and shit. Or was it one of these "friends of friends" people :O

oh yeh the dude who "played" halo 3. No proof = you didnt play it.

[Kornman00]

Well, its pretty simple when you work at MS and get to be part of the "internal" tests. I just wish Bungie would use better test groups, I'm tired of seeing their shit leaked tbh :/

9mm, if your talking about that Sean dude, he did supply proof

[TIA Gangsta]

He used a captre card to get this footage? How did bungie let them hook it up and shit. Or was it one of these "friends of friends" people :O

oh yeh the dude who "played" halo 3. No proof = you didnt play it.

Yeah, capture card, and they were in their own homes, hence why they were playing online (gamecards were posted on the forums, and they said "Last Game Played: Halo 3 Beta"), so there was nobody to stop them from recording.

And it's a good damn thing that Bungie aren't allowing campaign to be tested by anyone other than the Bungie Team...imagine what a disaster it would be if the ending of the game (or something significant in the Campaign) was leaked....Yikes...

[Limited]

Well, its pretty simple when you work at MS and get to be part of the "internal" tests. I just wish Bungie would use better test groups, I'm tired of seeing their shit leaked tbh :/

9mm, if your talking about that Sean dude, he did supply proof
The gamer tag thing?

That wasnt proof he played it, or proof that it was his friends gamer tag.

Could have been any one who has access to h3.

Also, I thought they were mega strict about this and you could only play it at bungie's studios.

[Atty]

Eh, not really. It says HD...but it REALLY isn't. The quality is terrible (mind you, it's alot better than previous leaked videos...).
There won't be much of a difference watching it downloaded than on Gametrailers (the link I provided in first post), other than being able to see a few numbers and names more clearly.It's SD. Judging by the capture quality he probably used an ATI-TV Wonder, it's quality is near the same as mine is (some of the artifacting is the same as I get, too.) :)

[IPBJT!]

Eh, not really. It says HD...but it REALLY isn't. The quality is terrible
That vid quality is FAR from terrible. It might not be HD but it's still great. At least it is for me.

[TIA Gangsta]

That vid quality is FAR from terrible. It might not be HD but it's still great. At least it is for me.

Compared to the claimed "HD" it is. And it still isn't clear, that's the point, so you can't see all the details and effects...which is kinda what seperates HD games from the SD games.

[Boba]

The new vegetation looks awesome. :v

[Elite Killa]

I like the new building behind the wheel.

[Dole]

The power plant on the other side of the observation/utilities platform inside the main building looks like it takes up more than half of the BSP.
All in the name of aesthetics. ;)

[Dragonpurr]

looks/sounds cool. but the gameplay is discouriging (spelling -_-)

[Rosco]

looks cool. but the gameplay is discouriging

I don't like the gameplay either, it looks like the same old wtf how did I die shit you get in Halo 2. :(

[JDMFSeanP]

I always understand how I die in Halo 2.

The few things I'm afraid of are them trying to push too many weapons into a map, and overcrowding it. Also something that I never got a grip for when playing was the headshot weapons, I think I just need to get used to it more, but the BR seemed to take a hell of a lot of shots to kill someone.l

[DaneO'Roo]

I don't like the gameplay either, it looks like the same old wtf how did I die shit you get in Halo 2. :(

QFT

Halo 2 it's just like......spawn - dead, spawn - dead, spawn - dead. Most of thetime you get to kill like 1- 3 people before your dead, most of the time you never last 30 seconds. Well, thats me anyway.

[stalker 4589]

sorry but that sounds like your a bad player then.....

the remake looks to improve on the already hugely fun zanzi. i can wait only thing i worried about is it may get old fast as people know the basic layout. i mean look at beaver creek i loved that map back in the day on my xbox now everytime i see it in matchmaking i turn emo and try to slash with my 360 controller to no avail. the spiker looks rape the music makes me sad :(

[Elite Killa]

I don't like the gameplay either, it looks like the same old wtf how did I die shit you get in Halo 2. :(
Yeah, in the beginning, the player was just walking around doing nothing... and there was barely and action what-so-ever.

[Neuro Guro]

I don't like the gameplay either, it looks like the same old wtf how did I die shit you get in Halo 2. :(

99.9% , You die because you get what they call "being own'd". "Owning" as it is called is what they do in a "First Person Shooter". To be as brief as I can while getting the point across ,I'll describe it in layman's term;

Ya get skeet'd on!

Now for all of you who want a more tech. description;
"owning" is getting murdered without consent by someone who is obviously enjoying the pleasure of taking control of your body. (not to be confused with "Rape" , but it is sometimes referred to that since the definitions fairly match.)

But wait! Why do people "Skeet" on your head regions in these "First Person Shooters"?

Thats because this is a "First Person Shooter", and thats what happens in a FPS (First Person Shooter). The goal of a "FPS"(First Person Shooter) is to kill those who happen to be in front of your weapon, or in some examples , "AFK" which means "Away "Fapping" [with one's] Koch"

Now , I would go all fancy in a diagram here but I think I can explain it just fine. See, if you are behind someone (as in , they don't see you) and eject lead skeet on their face (what they call "owning") (pardon the pun too btw, I mean ammunitions) you be what they call the "own't". Unlike other games , First Person Shooters DO NOT usually have people dieing from the following:

Lightning bolts
Magical spell casting
Hordes of goats
Snafubar
"M01 l01k l3vel 57 S0L1d Sn@k3zor 1337 F@pPZ0rz W@an'd
Any one related to SnafubarSo yes , if you DO die in a shooter I can confirm that you most likely got owned.

I hope this has been helpful to the less informed part of the gaming community , and to tie up any loose ends about why people die in FPS's (First Person Shooters)

http://files.myopera.com/Eddie_Lopez/blog/The_More_You_Know.jpg

[dg]

Neuro, I hate you now.

LOL JK.


~dg945~

[PenGuin1362]

Hello NeuroKoNeza, my name is PenGuin1362. I love you

[CtrlAltDestroy]

LOL PENGUIN LIKES MEN

[Neuro Guro]

hai guiz, Leet listens to Elton John cause he didn't rep me.


Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highwaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Lay me down in sheets of liiiiiiinennnnnn
you had a busy day todaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[CtrlAltDestroy]

I WOULD REP YOU BUT I CANT OK :'(

[Con]

http://users.telenet.be/tieno/funny/halo/h30238.jpg

Picked up a...."Power Drainer"?

[JDMFSeanP]

EMP fo' sho.

[PenGuin1362]

I WOULD REP YOU BUT I CANT OK :'(

don't listen to this non sense neuro, he can rep you. he just doesn't want to....>_>...he's gay

yea i think that power drainer might be an emp but why wouldn't they call it an emp...

[CtrlAltDestroy]

are you going to listen to that talking duck huh

[Teroh]

Neuro I love your lead skeet on SnaFuBar's face.

[TIA Gangsta]

Yeah, in the beginning, the player was just walking around doing nothing... and there was barely and action what-so-ever.

Maybe that's because at the beginning the enemys spawns at a different place to you?...Like in all the other Halo team-games...?

[Kornman00]

No, ur wrong. it was clearly a stunt server...

[PenGuin1362]

are you going to listen to that talking duck huh

zeph does

[CtrlAltDestroy]

because zeph is a mental patient :'(

[TIA Gangsta]

No, ur wrong. it was clearly a stunt server...

My point was that there were two teams, and each one always spawns in seperate places on the map, therefore there would be a quick silent run-around before the action starts.

[Atty]

I always understand how I die in Halo 2.

The few things I'm afraid of are them trying to push too many weapons into a map, and overcrowding it. Also something that I never got a grip for when playing was the headshot weapons, I think I just need to get used to it more, but the BR seemed to take a hell of a lot of shots to kill someone.lIt takes 4 shots to kill someone with a BR, and 5 if you have a bad connection (4th shot registers but only after the time frame to hit a 5th shot do you actually witness their demise.) Sniper is one shot. How hard is that?

[Pooky]

It takes 4 headshots to kill someone with a BR

fixed.

It does take a lot of shots if you don't shoot people in the head

[JDMFSeanP]

It takes 4 shots to kill someone with a BR, and 5 if you have a bad connection (4th shot registers but only after the time frame to hit a 5th shot do you actually witness their demise.) Sniper is one shot. How hard is that?

I was talking in H3, but everyone had bad connections there anyways.

[Kornman00]

My point was that there were two teams, and each one always spawns in separate places on the map, therefore there would be a quick silent run-around before the action starts.
my point was that I was joking and making fun of HaloCE. ftfy btw

[TIA Gangsta]

my point was that I was joking and making fun of HaloCE. ftfy btw

What's ftfy?

[TheOneBread]

I wasn't a big fan of Zanzibar myself, hopefully this one will be good though.

[TIA Gangsta]

I wasn't a big fan of Zanzibar myself, hopefully this one will be good though.

You obviously haven't played a big multiplayer match on it.

[Rosco]

You obviously haven't played a big multiplayer match on it.

Last time I played a big match on Zanzibar, it sucked.

And the time before that, and the time before that too.

I could see Zanzibar working on Halo 1's engine better. :)

[TIA Gangsta]

Last time I played a big match on Zanzibar, it sucked.

And the time before that, and the time before that too.

I could see Zanzibar working on Halo 1's engine better. :)

Eh...well that's mostly thanks to the dickheads on Halo 2 online...but my point was that Zanzibar is a great map if you mind some cool people to play with.
This H3 version just looks totally awesome...

[Champ]

I wasn't a big fan of Zanzibar myself, hopefully this one will be good though.
I enjoyed Zanzibar, it may not have been the best slayer map. But it was good for Assault and 1 Flag CTF.

[Rosco]

I enjoyed Zanzibar, it may not have been the best slayer map. But it was good for Assault and 1 Flag CTF.

The only gametype i really liked was the bomb gametype, lol.

[TIA Gangsta]

The only gametype i really liked was the bomb gametype, lol.

"bomb armed, bomb-, bomb armed, bomb-, bomb armed, bomb-, bomb armed..."

[Atty]

What's ftfy?Fix'd dat 4 u

[Amit]

Calm down.........clear your head........then GO CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pooky]

You obviously haven't played a big multiplayer match on it.

I have, and I still didn't like Zanzibar in Halo 2. Ironically, I liked the H2CE version though

[Corgy]

fixed.

It does take a lot of shots if you don't shoot people in the head
It takes 3 body shots, 1 headshot, at minimum...

[TIA Gangsta]

It takes 3 body shots, 1 headshot, at minimum...

No he was right, it's 3 at the head.
ONE SHOT KILL? You're joking right?
Maybe you're thinking of SWAT?

[Elite Killa]

Or maybe he's thinking of the crappy/overpowered H2CE BR that had AR animations...

[Corgy]

No he was right, it's 3 at the head.
ONE SHOT KILL? You're joking right?
Maybe you're thinking of SWAT?
No, maybe I'm fucking right? Headshots don't matter when you have shields. Anyone who knows Halo will be able to tell you the pistol in Halo 1 is 2 body shots, then one headshot, and the BR in Halo 2 is 3 body shots, then one headshot.

[dm_tx]

Translation error...I believe they think you meant 1 headshot was a kill. No cause for anyone to get upset.

[Corgy]

I realised that. Just didn't care.

[TIA Gangsta]

Translation error...I believe they think you meant 1 headshot was a kill. No cause for anyone to get upset.

yup

[Kornman00]

so...how 'bout them cowboys?

[Atty]

They suck.

[Champ]

No he was right, it's 3 at the head.
ONE SHOT KILL? You're joking right?
Maybe you're thinking of SWAT?
It's four head shots with the Battle Rifle.

[TIA Gangsta]

It's four head shots with the Battle Rifle.

I never commented on how many shots it takes to kill...