I have been wanting to write some sh@# up here for almost a month now, but quite frankly, I have been spending every minute I am not at work playing damned Halo 3. All in all it is awesome as I am sure anyone here that is playing the beta will agree. Though it only comes with 3 levels, they are highly detailed and for the first time in Halo history (not including pc versions) it is in High Definition. The visuals are sick. But I am almost more impressed with the sound design- and I dont even have surround sound. The guns and explosions don’t just get quieter the farther they are from you in the game, the sounds actually change in pitch and some sort of other effect that essentially makes it sound like you are listening to a real fire-fight from a 1/4 mile away. The new weapons are pretty cool too, namely the laser. I seem to get killed constantly when firing it, but I am working on it. Some minuses, if there are any have to do with the way it handles the game sessions- Halo 2 is much more forgiving of packet loss shown as latency in the game. Halo 3 Beta seems to stop the game immediatly when one of the players drops for a second and makes you wait while it tries to figure things out. Sometimes it will drop you back in the game- in my experience it usually just drops the entire game. Last night in 3 hours I actually got to complete 3 whole games. Very frustrating. Anyway, my boss walked by and asked me not to work so hard, so I will continue later. If you happen to play me online (my name is paxaran) please take it easy on me, I am only a level 38 in Halo 2

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