Screenshots? Bah. Video is the wave of the future! To wit, Bungie's latest "vidoc" focuses on Halo 3's upcoming Legendary Map Pack, combining video walkthrough goodness with good old witty banter from the map's designers and developers. If you want to get an in-motion perspective on the trio of downloadables hitting next week, there's 10 full minutes of animated goodness in the clip. Check out those "juicy" filter effects! For giant downloadable versions of the short, grab it from the official site.
Halo 3's Legendary Map Pack In Motion
5:40 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Michael McWhertor
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Wow, I love the screen effects. I'd love to play a game in Black and White, or Sepia. Pretty neat
Great vid!
Really love the new map design.
Now all I need is time to play games online again. :/
Hey, hey.
Don't have the pink elites!
I am one, too!
Nice vid!
I Really enjoy the new map designs.
All I need now is time to play online games again. :/
even though i don't have Halo 3, let alone an xbox, this looks like it's worth the DL for those who love the game. nice maps and features.
filter option is really cool.
also, why does forge have a "budget" anyway?
@Akmed: Forge had a budget because you can only fit so much stuff on map. The engine can only render so much before it starts to chug.
I love how they did this vidoc!!! Please let more come in this style!
PAUL RUSSELL
@Akmed:
The more items the more lag =/
Btw there's an infinite budget glitch (although you still have the item constraints, so you can't put like 20 flamethrowers on the map)...
Anyways the map pack looks awesome.
wowwy, Ghost Town actually looks as good, if not better than a CoD map! might pick these up (and Halo 3 again.)
Yeah I can kinda see why they put a limit with certian items now that I think about it.
Imagine what might happen if you had like a full game with everyone using flamethrowers in the same area and such.
"Show them the Gears of War filter" <------ LOL
I think i will have to start playing Halo 3 again!
I'll probably just wait till they're free.
Well its a fantastic clip to get people interested in buying the maps....
MOAR FILTER PLEASE
LOL great vid
Very nice Vidoc, makes me excited for the maps. A couple weeks of cod4 maps, a couple weeks of halo 3 maps, and then GTA. April's a good month.
I'm not a Halo fan, but that's a great vid. Really funny.
Bungie has always been good at the whole public relations thing.
Best Vidoc yet! Great looking maps too. If you like the old games, Sidewinder and Lockout are the best of the best so I'm happy to see them remade.
"Haunting Torgo Theme" as a ringtone?
Okay, Bungie has the coolest devs ever!
Of the three, I thought Ghost Town was by far the most visually appealing. Avalanche and Blackout looked cool, but a little bit lifeless. Still can't wait for April 15. :D
Love the Gears of War Filter comment. But it does make it look a bit more GoWish though, so hey, I guess its not all bad.
this looks wiiked
sold
Aaargh, I hate it when devs make a game I don't actually care all that much for seem really exciting and cool. I'll get online all giddy, and come crashing down a few matches later...
A shame really, I love all the online options with Halo, and I WANT to like it, just something about the aiming ticks me off.
It like too rigid or something. (my epic suckage at Halo miiight have a little to do with it, though not that much)
From a design standpoint, Blackout seems exactly like a Phantom Dust multiplayer map.
Wow, that was great. It was like RvB meets Vidoc. I wonder if the Rooster Teeth guys did the video. The new maps look fantastic, can't wait till tuesday.
@Dunny0: Seriously, that's the best ringtone I've ever heard. Manos!
That was sick, can't wait to play these when their Free2Play
Looks like they added some interesting new stuff. Glad to see come companies enjoy new ideas.
Wow, now I'm even more excited for these maps after seeing that! April is turning out to be one hell of a month for me; CoD4 & Halo map packs, GTA4, and Mario Kart. I've said it before and I'll say it again: why does all this sweet shit come out right before finals?!
Where in the HELL do I get the Torgo theme for my cell phone?!
hahaha i laughed pretty hard at the gears filter haha
How come his helmet is on fire??? Is it something you can do or it's exclusive to the developer?
@haihn7: Yeah, it's a thing for Bungie devs.
@haihn7: Supposedly, it's a chest plate that gives the helmet the fire effect.
@haihn7: That's a staff-only option. Only Bungie employees get the flaming helmet OF DEATH.*
*Does not actually improve gameplay; player will still suck as much as he or she would without a giant glowing indicator of exactly where he or she is.
-- Steve
@Witzbold: Agreed. If I had time for gaming, I would be all over this.
Aw damn!
The ringtone for his cell phone was the theme from "Manos: the hands of fate"!
I guess there are some MSTies working at bungie =D
These maps are full of epic win. First story about Halo on Kotaku in a few weeks that wasn't completely decimated by haters before somebody said "hay guise!, I think thats cool"
When I heard the Manos theme I had to go check if somebody had MST on in the other room. Best nerd ringtone evar!
All in all I'm pretty excited about these maps. Although two of them are remakes I think theres enough new stuff in the sandbox to make all seem new again.
Cheers Bungie, thanx for the newness.
Bungie is great. I can never get enough of the love-hate-fear-mocking relationship they have with their fans.
theyre such awesome dudes ^^
I love it. They somehow made me extremely excited to part ways with my $10.
Those filters are just neato. Anyone know if they are restricted to the new maps only?
@Agies: I don't believe so, I think they're just restricted to Forge maps.
Always amusing to watch Bungie's vidocs.
Holy Shiz! Torgo theme FTW!!
and this REALLY makes me wanna pick up a new gold membership and play Halo again. Good jorb!
Its amazing how the "Gears of War Theme (Love Bungies sense of humor) Actually makes the game look better. But as depressing as hell. Now we know how Epic did it.
Lockout + Sidewinder return to me!!!!
I'm excited about the 'Western'/'Oldies' visual effect.
I <3 Gears of War filter
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