Yeah, you read that right. As of right now, Halo 3 co-op remains an offline only experience. CVG has the scoop from the latest issue of EGM. According to Bungie's Frank O'Connor, the team is still working on a way to properly implement online co-op. As Frank puts it, it's possible for players to be nearly a mile apart at certain points in the game, which makes online co-op a challenge. He notes that measures could be put into the game to prevent such vast separations, but that it "would make it not feel like Halo anymore." He concludes by saying that "If we can make it happen in a way that works well, we will - and if it works badly, we won't." Considering that the Bungie crew is currently putting the finishing touches on Halo 3, we imagine online co-op won't make it into the retail disc. Any hope of such a feature likely rests in the possibility of downloadable content. So, if you've been waiting to try out some four player online co-op, you may be waiting for a while.
In happier news, EGM confirms several new weapons and vehicles. There is a dual-wieldable Brute shotgun called the Mauler and the gravity hammer we saw at E3 is confirmed as well. New equipment includes the Flare -- essentially a flashbang -- and the Regenerator, which refills shields (presumably for all those near the device). Three new vehicles, the Prowler, Hornet, and Elephant, which is described as a Jawa Sandcrawler. Halo fans will know that a Prowler is a recon ship with stealth abilities, though it is probably too large to be a playable vehicle. Finally, the article reveals that there will be a remake of the popular Halo 2 multiplayer map, Lockout, called Guardian.
[Via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
7-18-2007 @ 2:39PM
Bleedngreen said...
No online co-op!! i was really looking forward to that damn, o well
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7-18-2007 @ 2:41PM
Bravo6 said...
oh man, that's a bummer, really thought the co-op would make it..
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7-18-2007 @ 2:47PM
ccc said...
Halo, U just keep getting uglier and uglier. till ur gonna end up looking like the girl in ur bed from the bar the other night....Ewlll
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7-18-2007 @ 2:53PM
Toph said...
DUAL WIELD SHOTGUNS?!? I made a mess just now.
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7-18-2007 @ 2:55PM
kpizzle said...
why is it a problem specific to online play? i mean the same thing could happen on the same during split screen 360 but there's still co op.
couldn't whatever they do to keep from happening in a split screen co op be added to online as well?
disappointing...hopefully it'll be added
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7-18-2007 @ 2:56PM
pandlcg said...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. This was the piece that was going to bring me back after i felt so lonely when i finished Halo 2. Son of a..........
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7-18-2007 @ 2:58PM
un1qu3 n3wy0rk said...
That sucks.
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7-18-2007 @ 3:07PM
DjDATZ said...
"DUAL WIELD SHOTGUNS?!? I made a mess just now."
Me too.
I was hoping for the 4 player co-op...but oh well...it would have been a perfect addition to the last part of the triumvirate...
But still...that update still makes the game more appealing.
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7-18-2007 @ 3:08PM
Josiahx said...
W.T.F.
omg..........Bungie, please......omg, please don't do this.
*please*
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7-18-2007 @ 3:10PM
NukeAssault said...
Lockout remake?, Dual shotties?, AWESOME!
As for Co-oP if they dont have it done by launch and i have to wait... i think i can deal.
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7-18-2007 @ 3:12PM
Bishop said...
Damn, now everyone is going to have to make friends and clean out their basements, so they can play normal co-op....good luck everyone.
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7-18-2007 @ 3:15PM
Titty Pink said...
Lockout was the shit! Good job on that one. They SHOULD have made Prisoner and Hang-em High as multi-maps out of the box for Halo 2. How about Ivory Tower?
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7-18-2007 @ 3:15PM
Pinhead said...
What the hell? No online co-op? After they touted having 4 player co-op, it's just local play? Who wants to play co-op with their friends when you have to play the game on 1/4th of your total screen size! Are you kidding me? Halo 3 just suffered 500000 withdrawn preorders.
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7-18-2007 @ 3:17PM
ajw1371 said...
Why not take out co-op? Halo 1 and 2= No skill required PULL the trigger and hope for the best......or hope the grenade of desperation you threw before you got killed connects (you get a medal for that now). Maybe Bungie will take that out too.
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7-18-2007 @ 3:19PM
Benjamin09 said...
No online co-op?? that just pisses me off, that was going to be a big feature with me since both of my brothers are in college and no where near home and I enjoy getting to play co-op games with them (gears, Rainbow 6)
Please fix this before its finished, if its available 6 months down the road via an update I wont use it because I will probably have the game finished by then.
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7-18-2007 @ 3:21PM
Jacob P. said...
I don't think that people read the articles...This game still has co-op. Just not online (at the moment). Hell, it may have 4 player co-op...just not online. It really isn't that big of a deal. IMO, it's more fun to sit next to people and play than it is to play with nameless faces. I'm not saying that I'm against it, I'm just saying that it's more fun...I played the shit out of GoW co-op.
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7-18-2007 @ 3:24PM
Jermaine Pulliam said...
As long as I can do co-op over LAN still I'm good. And you have to think that dual shotguns will be severely lacking firepower. Or bullets..one of the two to balance such a weapon.
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7-18-2007 @ 3:29PM
Brandon Tyler said...
Remember when Halo 2 came out and there was the matchmaking screen and it says, switch to co-op? We all thought it was going to have on-line co-op! And now again after 2 more years still no online co-op? Oh well. I guess we can try it through the lan. Bummer. Please Bungie work hard on this. I really don't care about cut scenes. I care about gameplay. Thanks for the saved films though. That is sweet.
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7-18-2007 @ 3:29PM
Otis Whitaker said...
the person mentioning the same problem existing in split screen has a point.
If anything, I think this was just a cop out they didn't think anyone would figure out, as an excuse to simply not do Online Co-Op at all. The same way they got away with not adding bots in Halo 2, and the idiots that let it slide via blind loyalism.
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7-18-2007 @ 3:30PM
Who Flang Poo said...
Damn, this game just keeps getting better and better, fricken dual shotguns! Hell yea. And even more vehicals, I just cant wait til September 25!
Halo 3 = The PS3 Killer
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