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Thursday, May 24, 2001 |  |
Internet Xbox play unlikely at first
We hesitate to point this out, given how some folks tend to overreact to the words of Bungie employees... but it seems pretty clear from here. Matt Soell weighs in on the possibility of internet play for Halo - looks like it won't happen, at least for the initial release, on the Xbox. NOTE: He specifically limits his comments to the Xbox version:
I should make clear that I'm talking specifically about the Xbox version of Halo here.
Please - don't jump on this and start crying about how Bungie has cancelled internet play for the Mac/PC versions. Read the whole post for Matt's full explanation. (Louis Wu 19:15:41 UTC) (permalink)
Underwhelming the masses
E3 articles: hoslap.com was mostly unimpressed by Halo, but thought it nicely showed off the power of the Xbox:
At the booth where they were demoing it, they had set up a multiplayer game between two consoles with 4 players on each console for a total of 8 players. The fact that the graphics were decent and smooth flowing with 4 players per console is a testiment to the crunching power of the XBox.
SourceMagazine.com misses the PC version:
Thanks to nVIDIA graphics technology the game looked good, but not quite as good as it did on a PC the first time we saw it.
Looks like folks were expecting more... (Thanks to Blue's News for the links) (Louis Wu 19:02:37 UTC) (permalink)
Poll smash, and odd Halo preview
Gothmog points out a new poll over at Dream Machine, an Xbox site we'd never heard of. "What Xbox game are you most looking forward to?" We took a look around the site, and found a Halo preview, written about 3 weeks ago in an... um... interesting style. Either the author consumed a massive amount of some mind-altering substance prior to writing this, or Halo has SO flabbergasted him that he's incapable of being coherent... I guess it doesn't matter, much - bottom line is, he liked it. I think. Check it out! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 18:08:43 UTC) (permalink)
GamePC rates Halo a massive disappointment
Aginor pipes up on our forum, pointing out a GamePC E3 report, which gave Halo their 'Most Disappointing' award for the show (tied with the Xbox, in general). They didn't even like the single-player:
Their flagship game, Halo, was displayed in a four-way split screen (a la Golden Eye). The graphics were choppy and the resolution and detail obviously suffered from the split screen. Single player modes were being shown as well, but it was hard to see the visual differences between it and a game like Tribes 2.
Another victim of hype... (Louis Wu 16:35:46 UTC) (permalink)
Another look at the Xbox controller
In what's quickly turning into Ph.D. day here at HBO, he points us to an MSXbox.com article that showcases some of the screenshots we took for the Fanfest V page and our E3 2001 coverage page. One that's worth a second look - the Xbox controller diagram. Never mind the errors... the diagram makes it clear how simple control really is. (Louis Wu 12:54:53 UTC) (permalink)
8 megs of direct Halo goodness
Whoa - not sure how we (and every other Halo site out there, it seems) missed it, but Ph.D. posted an interesting link to our forum last week - xbox.ign posted a direct feed video (not filmed off a screen with a camcorder) of some Halo gameplay last Friday. It's in QuickTime format, and it's a bit dark... but definitely worth the 8 meg download. (Louis Wu 12:49:15 UTC) (permalink)
What REALLY came out of E3?
Ph.D. pointed out a nice little article over at xbox.ign.com, which wonders what really got shown last week. After reading it, Ph.D. pondered the sagacity of forcing Halo to be a launch title. Do you agree with him? Talk it over on our forum! Pax. (Crux Fidelis 12:40:04 UTC) (permalink)
Fan Fiction Fandango
Koontzy has submitted part 3 of his 'Land of the Unknown' story to our Fan Fiction section - remember, you can read the story in order by using the 'More by this author' link on the Fiction page. (Louis Wu 12:08:48 UTC) (permalink)
New fanfest movie mirrors
Harry "Organizer Man" Al-Shakarchi sends word that several new mirrors have turned up for the Fanfest movies, including two that have put up the new MPEG versions. (These scale up better than the QT versions - they look better doubled. The tradeoff is their very large size.)
Battleground: Halo has mirrored the .mov versions: 1 | 2 | 3
Monte VI and Tim have mirrored the .mpg versions:
Thanks to all involved! (A comprehensive list will go up soon - today, probably.) (Louis Wu 08:52:36 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Fan Fiction updated E3 Hands On report of Halo at MSXbox New Wallpaper available |
Tuesday's news in brief:
