I didn't have much time to post about it earlier today was hectic. I got to play some halo 3 epsilon today which had the forge in it. I got about 30 mins. to play all of the epsilon test, and I played mainly high ground (I really wanted to try sandtrap but we got so wrapped up in high ground :) ) Anyway, I got interrupted and had to leave. But I got to play some team slayer on high ground with some microsoft people. And I got to test out the forge. Wow the forge was awesome, and I had so much fun. The budget thing is a good idea, you would get stupid people that would spawn like a million fusion cores and just lag the game out. I really tried to edit high ground map to make good and cool changes. Making it harder to get inside the base, but then again giving the beach spawn more weapons and equipment. Since I didn't get to test it with a large audience, It seems like that changed the way it was played, making me want to go to the beach spawn more, dieing in other areas, but also, made it where I could camp out, and or knew where he was coming from. I also added a teleporter, that was one way, you can only enter it in the base, and it comes out on the beach. It doesn't spawn by any weapons, and its out in the open. So if you teleport, you need to have something to defend yourself. I didn't get to play with the helicopter (name escapes me at the moment) like I wanted to, there are so many more things I wanted to try. And for the sake of him keeping his job, I am not going to release a name or anything. I want to see if he will let me take some pictures, but I can't guarantees... I should get to play again on Sat. if everything goes well. If not, who cares, it comes it out in a month. I have to say forge REALLY impressed me. But if I go back im going to play the campaign level, and try out sandtrap. I know nothing that ground breaking, but ask some questions and I will try to answer them for if you if i know the answers.

interesting.

I am very jealus, I have heard of this 'Epsilon' buisness and I understand why you cannot post or comment about anything particular. All in all, that 'Helicopter' is the Hornet, One of the vehicles I'm looking forward to.

Everyone at microsoft got a copy, shame I don't know anyone...

:mellow: I hate you.

And i think the "helicopter" is the Hornet. I saw a leaked video a week or so ago. It looks really cool and it's a counter to the Banshee.

Bout time they got another air vehicle....

Paragraphs are a wonderful thing.

He doesn't use paragraphs as he browsers the interwebs on his phone from time to time.

So he write that essay on his phone?

O__o

I think he has a sidekick.
which has a full keyboard, so I don't see a problem doing that.

But still..its a small keypad. I got finger ache trying to text with my N95 and thas big buttons.

but doesn't that have a regular phone keypad?
some letters require 3 button presses, the sidekick has a full keyboard, no multiple presses required

yes the hornet is what I was talking about thanks... Which I was talking to him on the phone about. He says its not in multiplayer unless you put it in forge. (At least on the levels he'd played and the build he was playing on) It was made for single player. And its a lot stronger than the banshee. The gravity hammer is really cool. It saved my life from a lot of grenades.

PARAGRAPH!

Ok well, I visit this site a lot on my sidekick, when I'm on the bus and don't got shit to do... But I typed that on my computer. I don't like to use paragraphs without indents it just looks to awkward and never developed the habit of doing that. Just don't be afraid of the large wall of text it will be the same thing you read, just not a space down.


Anyway, I loved it, and it was very much improved from the beta version I played. It was orgasmic (in a non creepy way)...

awesome. glad you liked it.

how 'bout the graphics? I don't really care for the graphics, but just like a head's up. They say the water is extremely realistic.

Dudging from high ground, thats bound to be true. How about those god rays?

I've seen some elipson videos and I can tell ya it's amazing, even through the average quality video. It looks absolutely awesome, probably one of the best looking games I've ever seen.

They turned anti alias on!!!! also polished up the textures and graphics immensely improved... The map still looks like the map, but it just looks a bit less unpolished. Its really hard to describe but I think it was the anti alias... I must say, its greatly improved from the beta. And thats just epsilon. An almost finished game. Also, the singleplayer from what I got to see of him playing when i first walked in, looked a lot better than multiplayer.