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**drools** i can,t WAITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

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"Power Drainer"?

I didn't see a "Power Drainer".

Care to elaborate?

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In the HD version, the bubble does move. A frag is thrown inside it which in turn makes it fall off the platform.
It looks like the Bubble shield explodes when it has expired.
The shotty seems less powerful(3:22 HD Vers).
The Battle Rifle seems to burst quicker.
Warthogs have imporved handling & Mongooses.
Its hilarious to see a friend wiped out by the Spartan Laser. And the mongoose has alloys. :P

HD Version FTW

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Oh yeah the Power Drainer was were the Sword is on Zanzibar. Its when he rides the mongoose past the beach wall, you catch a glimpse of it.

HD Version FTW

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the hud has a fishbowl effect. I kinda like it. Feels more like im in the helmet.

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the video isnt there anymore...:(

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The power drainer is actually where the camo is now on Zanzibar. On the left side of the HUD, where all the notifications are, you can see a "Picked up a Power Drainer" one at around 2:30 in the video.

Other things I noticed: The shotgun's clip now appears to be only 6 shots instead of 8. The HUD now says "[Gamertag] smashed you instead of "You were beaten down by." And needler fire can be seen when the player is on the Mongoose.

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At around 3:19 on the gamevideos one, the guy tries to do the quick reload (YY) with the sniper and it doesnt work. lol

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Also, the vehicles slow down in water now. i wonder if the ghost does that too?

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and also, heres a list of (about) everyone in that game:
nutzsquirrel
garyc
jimmyfargo
TD Shaker
EL SWEEPADOR
Master Sig
XMAC

thats everyone but the person whos playing.. i wonder why hed go so much trouble to black out the score and then forget to black out the names in other places?

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wtf!does anyone realize what this is a video of?its only halo 2 with updated graphics.halo 3 beat?if so, were getting screwed big time.this isnt halo 3,its halo 2.5

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Somebody needs to put the video back up. There's a bunch of prank videos on youtube now.

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@10, I did notice that, they mainly forgot to black out the spot on the screen that shows who killed who most importantly.

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@11 Tony, you are being an idiot. This is a pre-public-beta. Of course the grapics aren't going to be perfect, but they are already great. The thing we fanboys are most excited about though, is the gameplay. If it plays better than Halo 2, most of us will pee our pants the first time we get to try it out. I want a game that resembles Halo 2, because (and this is important) Halo 2 is still one of the best games on the 360.

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@12 You can still see it on gametrailers.com, see link

http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/clip-new-halo-3-beta-vid-254649.php

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I hope this is a WAY EARLY build of the graphics. If not, there will be a LOT of disappointed people out there. The 360 can push much better graphics than Halo 2, and that's all this looks like. Even the HD video wasn't that great. Bungie needs to do something to make this game look good. I'm just as excited for it as the rest of the Halo fans, but the graphics are going to disappoint me if this is what they look like.

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Alright, I don't normally comment on any posts, but JESUS H. CHRIST you people who say this looks just like Halo 2 or it is "Halo 2.5" are simply retarded. Clearly you do not play Halo 2 enough to recognize the large differences, even from a design standpoint, to this level/game. The graphics already look at least twice as better as Halo 2. You can see it in the details of the level itself. Example: Look at the floor by the switch for the gate inside the building. Notice the shine? Now fire up Halo 2 after watching this video. Case closed. Also remember this is a level that Bungie implicitly said is NOT complete yet, whereas the public Beta levels are closer to their finalized versions (including some shaders, et al.) In case you forgot, this is HALO. It's going to have a particular look and feel. Get over yourselves, already. It's going to be a fantastic game, and you're going to play it even if you think its Halo 2.358234956729 because everyone else on the 360 is going to be playing this thing for months on end, and you're going to be all alone playing your little Lost Planet or Madden or *gasp* Gears of War (lol!). Me, I personally can't wait to play an actual game where the designers know how to build a multiplayer system, unlike Ubisoft and Epic.

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AmplifiedJ, the reason I stopped playing Halo 2 was because of all the little sh1ts that couldn't just play the game; glitching off the map or to areas that they cannot be seen or shot. Yeah, Bungie did an excellent job fixing this. There have already been videos and photos online (pulled to save Bungie's credibility) that have shown people glitching off the maps AGAIN!

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The Power Drainer is not used in the video, but it is picked up from where the Active Camo spawns on Zanzibar, not the sword spawn (although that could be another drainer, I'm not sure). As for the shotgun, I doubt it's weaker for a couple reasons. One, it's only got 6 shots now, so it's gotta pack more a little bit more punch. Second, the reason it doesn't work so well in the video is because the guy playing sucks. :) He totally misses, to it's understandable that the kill is not made.

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HALO = not impressed

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