Our biggest issue with the game, of course, is that it never lets us win online. Do we need to start spamming the lawyer weapon?
Our biggest issue with the game, of course, is that it never lets us win online. Do we need to start spamming the lawyer weapon?
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:29PM CobraClutch said
Hopefully they throw the rock off the boat first.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 1:07PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
I'd rather lock him up in a car with a badger.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:05PM Mikey XBL gamertag Sgt Mikey 516 said
so how long till you guys think this case is thrown out? xD
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 2:01PM Shagittarius said
If they actually win this would be really bad for videogames.
Imagine companies having to be sure they don't have any bugs or they will be sued.
Bad new especially for smaller developers.
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Imagine companies having to be sure they don't have any bugs or they will be sued.
Bad new especially for smaller developers.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 4:24PM (Unverified) said
@Swagman: Baloney. Super Mario Brothers for the NES has some of the most famous bugs of all time, including the infamous 'negative world' glitch. Another favorite of mine is ducking before you swim. The game thinks you are still ducked - you can't shoot fireballs, but the top half of the Mario sprite has no hit box and passes through objects and enemies. Doing this, it was possible to stick yourself into the notch over the exit pipe, get sucked into the wall, and be stuck until time ran out.
And SMB is hardly alone. Other games of that era were plagued with bugs too. But there was no internet for people to share knowledge of them once discovered.
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And SMB is hardly alone. Other games of that era were plagued with bugs too. But there was no internet for people to share knowledge of them once discovered.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 4:37PM (Unverified) said
@Straximus
Not to mention the incredibly simple gameplay of that era. You really cant compare the bugs in Halo 3 to the bugs in Super Mario Bro's. The levels in Halo 3 require much more testing than SMB did. Just about every game ever made shipped with some unknown glitches. Im just happy technology has evolved enough to where I can download instant updates for those buggy games online mostly for free.
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Not to mention the incredibly simple gameplay of that era. You really cant compare the bugs in Halo 3 to the bugs in Super Mario Bro's. The levels in Halo 3 require much more testing than SMB did. Just about every game ever made shipped with some unknown glitches. Im just happy technology has evolved enough to where I can download instant updates for those buggy games online mostly for free.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:07PM (Unverified) said
cousins shouldn't breed, or else we get these people.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:07PM SpacePenguinBot said
I play Halo 3 all the time and my 360 has never crashed. Wait, no... It's had a broken drive and a red ring/E74 and consequently had to be repaired twice. Still, this sounds like a silly lawsuit. I've experienced far more crashes in other games than I ever have playing Halo 3. And I play a lot of Halo 3.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 5:02PM SpacePenguinBot said
To be clear, I've had other games crash before. Fallout 3, GTA IV, and Far Cry 2 especially come to mind... I've had PS3 games crash as well.
The only time I've ever had Halo 3 crash were the times when my 360 itself was dying. The first time I was in the middle of a match and my machine started making a noise like a fork in a disposal. Turned out the DVD drive died and it wouldn't read discs anymore. The second time I thought it was really bad lag, but it was more like the frame rate dropped to like 5 fps, and got slower and slower until it just froze. When I restarted the xbox I had the red ring. Restarted again and got the E74. Luckily I was covered under warrantee both times so I'm still playing Halo 3, waiting for ODST.
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The only time I've ever had Halo 3 crash were the times when my 360 itself was dying. The first time I was in the middle of a match and my machine started making a noise like a fork in a disposal. Turned out the DVD drive died and it wouldn't read discs anymore. The second time I thought it was really bad lag, but it was more like the frame rate dropped to like 5 fps, and got slower and slower until it just froze. When I restarted the xbox I had the red ring. Restarted again and got the E74. Luckily I was covered under warrantee both times so I'm still playing Halo 3, waiting for ODST.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 6:10PM aristokrat said
@waves:
Agreed. If anything, Halo 3 is one of the most stable games on the 360.
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Agreed. If anything, Halo 3 is one of the most stable games on the 360.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:08PM (Unverified) said
is he sueing or is his mommy sueing cause this story makes him sound like the typical 13 year old playing halo
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:09PM (Unverified) said
Freakin economy!!! See what it is doing to us?!?!?!?!? Try anything to get a buck or two!!
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:09PM Puertoricarious said
wow this is frivolous. i've NEVER had the game lock up on me, nor have i ever heard about that from any other source. i think it's safe to say that if halo 3 had problems like the ones described, the blogosphere would be all over it.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:15PM ComicShaman said
And even that is beside the point, really. Even if it had been released with tons of glitches and bugs, that's not grounds for a lawsuit.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 1:49PM Puertoricarious said
i think it could be grounds for a lawsuit. people sue over faulty/defective products all the time. just at the lawsuits involving the 360 RRODs.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:09PM Gaming Expert said
I've payed Halo 3 online for a couple of years now and haven't had it "freeze", "lock up", or "crash", I don't know what this guy's problem is but he sure does sound like a royal douche bag.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 2:00PM Chibi Chaingun said
Same here. I have had my share of RRoD, e74, and freezes over the past 4 years but it's never been with Halo 3.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 5:53PM Espada said
I wouln'd blame the game but this what happend to me. I put in Halo 3, the screen when wierd I was still able to see everything but with snowy glitches all over it. took the game out and inserted back in and still doing the same thing. put in a nother game and it works just fine. so I turn my xbox off then back on and bang! E74. lol. so who knows. what the hell happend to me.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:12PM Captain Underpants and the Bring said
I have logged over two years worth of play time in just six weeks. and I've never had it crash!
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:21PM (Unverified) said
I'm impressed that you could play with 18 controllers simultaneously for 6 weeks. Did you win?
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Posted: Sep 11th 2009 8:29PM Captain Underpants and the Bring said
BLAST YOU CAUGHT ME! I AM INDEED VISHNU THE HINDU GOD OF DESTRUCTION NOW WITNESS ME DANCE!
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:42PM commonperson said
I have to admit I have had it lock up and crash on me but that was all resolved by installing it on the hard drive. That's more an issue of the XBox then the game in my case. Frivilous lawsuits are ever so entertaining.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 1:44PM andsoitgoes said
A faulty 360???
NO, lies. That system is built like a rock. It could never crash or break down.
EVER.
360 = 6 9s of reliability! Fact.
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NO, lies. That system is built like a rock. It could never crash or break down.
EVER.
360 = 6 9s of reliability! Fact.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:15PM x4str0m3ch said
actually, if i ever play halo 3, my xbox does experience this crashing phenomenon every week or so. but as far as i can remember, i don't know a game that HASN'T been susceptible to crashing in the past 3 decades. Seriously, that's one of the three occupational hazards of being a "gamer." You know, besides the probable reclusiveness to society and increased risk of morbid obesity.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 1:28PM (Unverified) said
A SNES or Genesis RARELY had any of that problem and in my lifetime have never seen it happen to a SNES, Genesis, or Gamecube. The xbox is a pile of engineering failure and people eat it like it's gold. Now, I'm telling it how it is.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 1:15PM (Unverified) said
I'll gladly support any lawsuit against Bungie for destroying the Halo franchise with Galo 3.
Seriously though, Halo 3 was a complete let down from a cheating, story, and performance standpoint.
Disgustingly, Bungie is charging $60 for a 4 hour campaign, a horde-wannabe mode, and maps that most of us already have.
Thanks, Bungie, for showing me that greed and arrogance knows no bounds.
I hope the lawsuit turns into a class-action lawsuit and costs Bungie upwards of $1billion to defend. I'd love nothing more than to see Luke and that "bald piece of human waste" Frank sitting on a corner in Seattle asking for food stamps.
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Seriously though, Halo 3 was a complete let down from a cheating, story, and performance standpoint.
Disgustingly, Bungie is charging $60 for a 4 hour campaign, a horde-wannabe mode, and maps that most of us already have.
Thanks, Bungie, for showing me that greed and arrogance knows no bounds.
I hope the lawsuit turns into a class-action lawsuit and costs Bungie upwards of $1billion to defend. I'd love nothing more than to see Luke and that "bald piece of human waste" Frank sitting on a corner in Seattle asking for food stamps.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 1:53PM Snowblind said
Ignoring the obvious troll attempt, where are people getting the "four hour campaign" from? When people who have an early/leaked copy of the game have said the campaign is at least as long as Halo 3's, but is improved by the free roaming environment, and secrets to discover, including one entirely optional seperate storyline.
And if you hate the game, why would you own all the maps? I love Halo 3, and haven't bothered with any of the map packs, so getting all of them here for £30 covers the price of ODST alone.
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And if you hate the game, why would you own all the maps? I love Halo 3, and haven't bothered with any of the map packs, so getting all of them here for £30 covers the price of ODST alone.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:16PM SonicRift said
Yeah, I've never had a problem with Halo 3. I think I've been through 3 360s since Halo 3's release, and I've never had a problem with Halo and those units. I remember having a lot of trouble with GRAW locking up. Sue Ubi instead.
I have to admit I've never tried, but could this have something to do with running Halo 3 off the HDD?
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I have to admit I've never tried, but could this have something to do with running Halo 3 off the HDD?
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:20PM x4str0m3ch said
Nope, has nothing to do with the HDD. I just boot mine off the disk and it probably freezes after every 10 hours of play time i'd say, but its pretty random. That's life, though.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:23PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
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