Not satisfied with gigantic numbers and statistics? Bungie has posted a brief article detailing the team's thoughts on the Halo 3 beta. We must share one more number first, though. Remember those twelve million hours that were logged into the beta? According to Bungie, 816 years worth of that time was spent in-game. Yowza. Back to the task at hand, the Bungie team is pleased with the information gleaned from the beta. Network bugs in particular were weeded out very effectively. However, those of you hoping for any drastic weapon changes may be disappointed, as the team will leave the weapons mostly the same. There will be minor tweaks, of course, but don't expect anything drastic. Finally, the team is definitely aware of the many map escaping exploits (particularly Banshee ... in ... Space) and plans to seal the maps a little tighter for the retail release. Still, Bungie knows that fans are dedicated to finding ways around such measures, and has no illusions that they won't. Hit the "read" link for the full article.
Update: Clarified Bungie's claim of 816 hours worth of play time.
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6-14-2007 @ 1:59PM
Highimpact1 said...
Hehe, I love it when they do writeups like this.
It's very satifying and fun to read the thoughts of people acually working on the game; especially how we impacted that final game. =)
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6-18-2007 @ 10:31AM
jim said...
"Remember those twelve million hours that were logged into the beta? That's the equivalent of roughly 816 years."
Did you take GWB's correspondence math course?
12,000,000 hours is 1369.86 years. Not including the extra 24 hours every leap year.
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