Halo 3 Easter egg: This ... is ... Sparta!

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Halo 3 Easter egg: This ... is ... Sparta!

Posted Nov 13th 2007 6:45PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Fan stuff

It's been far too long since we've posted a video from Halo 3, hasn't it?. We'd better put one up now before we start to spoil our good name. And since we're all about hitting phenomena at the height of their popularity, why not make it a video about a 300 Easter Egg? Yes, we're all familiar with the ever popular "This is madness!!!" meme by now, but we're still tickled to see it in Halo 3. Even better (and appropriately enough), the Easter Egg seems to be triggered by the Spartan Laser. But enough talk. Check out the video above and enjoy.

Tags: bungie, bungie-studios, halo, halo-3

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11-13-2007 @ 6:51PM

Cal said...

I love Bungie!

11-13-2007 @ 6:57PM

JSN91 said...

I already know about this. Its happen to me 2 times already while playing.

11-13-2007 @ 6:58PM

Arno said...

Who still plays Halo??

11-13-2007 @ 7:01PM

DemonGSides said...

Thats badass. Unfortunately, I've never experienced this little egg. Normally, My marines are dead as shit by that time.

11-13-2007 @ 7:06PM

Insomnious said...

It's not really an easter egg, more an effect of the IWHBYD skull being activated. Although saying that, even with it off, the marine's continue to provide new lines.

11-13-2007 @ 7:48PM

Brian Fantana said...

Theres another good one if you are a fan of the movie Serenity. One of the Baldwin brothers who was in Serenity also voiced a Marine in Halo3, shouts "Sure would be nice if we had some grenades". That line was from Serenity. Kinda cool if youve seen the movie.

11-13-2007 @ 7:52PM

Ian Murray said...

I'm beginning to regret never seeing 300.

11-13-2007 @ 8:14PM

FiredCylinder said...

@6: Sometimes you hear one of the marines say "Shiny!"

Plus, sometimes Arby will say "Welcome to the social." when you board a vehicle that he's already on, which is a Zune reference.

11-13-2007 @ 8:18PM

Phazzer said...

It's not an easter egg. It's an IWHBYD effect. And it's not triggered by the Splaser, it's triggered by killing a covie. Also, where were you guys when this was found A MONTH AND A HALF ago?

11-13-2007 @ 8:39PM

dixonij said...

@6

Adam Baldwin (the man they call Jayne) is not a Baldwin brother.

But theres a few Serenity/Firefly quotes in the game thanks to Alan Tudyk (Wash) and Nathan Fillion (Malcolm Reynolds) doing voices. In the very first mission the first transmissions between Johnson and the other Col. are with a guy Fillion voiced.

11-13-2007 @ 9:05PM

LFotF said...

This is awesome!

11-13-2007 @ 9:28PM

Sam said...

Because this meme never gets old...

Nah just kidding, I 'd have it tatoo'd on my forehead if i had the chance

11-13-2007 @ 10:08PM

Who Flang Poo said...

When I was playing on the first level not too long ago with the IWHBYD skull on I heard a marine say "AW, come on I almost got an achevement" or something close to that. lol It made me laugh.

11-13-2007 @ 10:48PM

vaderhater145 said...

that's badass

11-13-2007 @ 10:52PM

akatsuki said...

it just would be cooler if there had been a beat down that animated like the movie.

11-13-2007 @ 11:09PM

phantomgrave said...

Haha, awesome. I love easter eggs.

11-14-2007 @ 12:19AM

Darkbhudda said...

Easter eggs are great but they drive you crazy if no one else finds them. During the original Halo I misheard the grunt in The Maw level. For years I thought it was talking about Starsky and Hutch. Could never find the grunt again to show anyone else. Didn't help that I only found him by accidently driving the wrong way.

11-14-2007 @ 2:37AM

Anticrawl said...

Yeah dude, they actually say much cooler stuff than "This is Sparta". Not really that impressive as an easter egg. Call me when you find some interesting hidden stuff, not the slap in the face type things.

11-14-2007 @ 7:37AM

Dauss said...

@ 15

http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/Screenshots.aspx?gamertag=Dauss

That's my fileshare, look at 'Co-Op 022', I think you're question will be answered.

11-14-2007 @ 9:50AM

TORO said...

This game is teh best, Rocket Race is a blast.

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