Xbox 360 Fanboy

Definitely increased my hype for this game. Knowing that this was just a BETA, just a small fraction of what we will get to play in the final build and that this doesn't look nearly as polished as it will just makes me smile and realize how great this game will be.

Add in the fact that we haven't even seen footage of the campaign yet, and I can't wait for September 25th!

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I WANT IT MORE.

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Didn't kill it. Just relaxed people a bit. In a month, they'll be hungering for it, and even more intensely.

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I've never been especially hyped about this game. I might pick it up in the new year when I can get it second hand. Give me GTA4 & Half Life 2 Orange Box any day of the week.

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It actually made me like playing games online!!! I can't wait for Halo 3 and I think the BETA only made people want it more... not to mention the fact that we haven't seen ANYTHING of the story side!

Besides... a BETA is designed to make the game better... the input from all the Halo fans several months before the release of the game is PRICELESS!

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Beta eased the hype for me, but still made me want the game more...so yea...i've even caught myself thinking of preordering the legendary edition! :O

anyways...I can't wait for this game to come out so i can tackle the campaign in 4-player co-op glory, and to tackle all those online achievements too!

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I'm in the same boat as Jonah (#3). I was uber hyped before the Beta came out. In fact I'd say I was hyped to a point where it would have been unsustainable until Sep 25th so the Beta came out at the perfect time to quench that Halo hunger but to still leave me with a feeling of wanting more.
As the release date gets nearer I'm sure the hype level will start to increase again. In fact it may happen at E3 depending on what they decide to show us. For now the Beta helped cool things off, but I think that's a good thing.

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I didn't give a damn until I played it. Now I want it.

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I would say it was a great increase in my hype.
Even more so sence my 360 died on week 2.

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I went from just playing it because I had crackdown to ordering the heroic, purchasing Halos 1 and 2, spending late nights reading backstory at Halo Wikis, and anxiously awaiting the end of countdowns for Iris. No, it crafted an enthusiast here, I've got to make general.

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Still stoked on it.

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Increased it, definitely

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I didn't play the beta much , since I didn't want to wear out H3 when it came out. But it's not going to change my life or anything - I like Halo's campaigns typically - especially co-op - have fond memories of Legendary Halo1 co-op.

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call me old fashioned but i didn't touch the beta and decided to wait for the offical realease date. although i considered it, i thought back to when H2 was realeased and how excited i was up to lining up at the local future shop @ 10 PM and calling in sick the next day to play. I feel these days it's hard to avoid hype of anything with demos and game videos being made available on XBL and game footage being leaked on youtube. The fact that I have to go out of my way to avoid any spoilers makes the official release date for games even more sweet.

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I think it gave me what I needed for now but the anticipation will build again...Im really dying for the campaign anyway. I know they will do something to hype it up again when its closer to launch. Like the Mountain Dew Game Fuel thats coming in August.... thats a PR stunt if Ive ever seen one but you bet I will try some, LOL.

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there are still tons of people that didn't get to play the Halo3 beta, not to mention a lot of people will be buying 360s when Halo 3 comes out. Regardless, I am sure Microsoft will be able to push plenty of hype for it over the next few months.

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Beta got pretty boring for me, same maps with a couple of game types. I guess my heart belongs to Gears of War ATM.

I am going to buy this on 9/25, can not wait to finish the story! Hope it has CO-OP though, I enjoy playing CO-OP with my brothers over Live.

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I think public beta's are a bad idea. People will play the beta and say its not worth $60 or they will play it and have an advantage for a couple weeks on the people who didn't. In the case of Halo this doesn't really apply because people still want to buy it for offline modes and it is really similar to the 2nd one.

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The beta ruined me for GoW. Now, all I want to play is Halo 3.

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There's still another few months to build up more hype and clearly they'll be releasing more information, images and such about both the multi and single player components. I don't think any impressions now are going to matter when the time comes.

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