Podtacular Episode 113: Halo 3 beta impressions
for the week of May 14th, 2007
(hosts Foo Mo Jive, JVB, WitchKing)
introductions
to cover:
- missile pod, portable turrets
- power drainer
- blue sphere is inviso
- turrets work in snowbound
- you can’t go through a shield wall with a ghost
- plasma pistol tracks a lot less
- needler reloads much faster, shoots faster and shots travel faster
- carbine is much better
- vip mode, one bomb (new assault rules), territories, crazy king
- game play differences between halo 2 and 3
- the maps themselves?
- theater mode
- new options show up in the player blade
- veto in matchmaking
- rankings – count whether in ranked games or not
- you can see videos from others by pulling up their profile
- expanded halo 3 stats online
Wrap up
- send in your comments, etc. to podtacular@gmail.com. We depend on your submissions to keep the show going! Keep an eye on Podtacular.com for an invitation to send in stuff for next week’s show.
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- Check out the other shows on the Gamercast Network: Gamertag Radio, Uncle Gamer, and the Video Game Show
Until next time I’m Foo Mo Jive (and this is)