Single Player Mode Available For Halo 3 – And The Graphic Novel, Too

Halo3Halo 3s development team reports that multiplayer lab now functions as a  single player lab as well, so gamers will eventually be able to play through a selection of single player Campaign missions.

Currently being tested are the new AI and the encounters. Players will see some untextured placeholder surfaces, as well. Interestingly, while most players focus on technology’s ability to provide awesome graphics, they often overlook what the XBox 360’s processing power can do for AI (Artificial Intelligence) as well – after all, behaviors, reactions and animations are what really make for the gaming experience, whereas great graphics without great action is just great art. At this point, the AI is more noticeable in opponents’ behavior, but don’t dismiss it for your human allies.

One player, identified only as “Frankie,” described one single-player encounter in a Halo session:

I swear I saw some Grunts do a classic pincer-movement to trap me in a narrow canyon. I was battling um, something bigger than a Grunt, and suddenly, I’m being peppered by a second group of jerks, mostly Grunts, who’d been sent in around my flanks to take me out. Grunts are still grunts though, and once I showed some serious opposition, a couple of them panicked and fled, but they nearly had me and it was quite a shock.”

In a related story,  the first copy if the Halo Graphic Novel has just come back from Marvel, and goes on sale later this month. There are plans for a “proper” launch at this month’s ComicCon in San Diego.

Halo 3 is a sci-fi themed, first-person shooter published by Bungie Software.

Halo3Halo 3s development team reports that multiplayer lab now functions as a  single player lab as well, so gamers will eventually be able to play through a selection of single player Campaign missions.

Currently being tested are the new AI and the encounters. Players will see some untextured placeholder surfaces, as well. Interestingly, while most players focus on technology’s ability to provide awesome graphics, they often overlook what the XBox 360’s processing power can do for AI (Artificial Intelligence) as well – after all, behaviors, reactions and animations are what really make for the gaming experience, whereas great graphics without great action is just great art. At this point, the AI is more noticeable in opponents’ behavior, but don’t dismiss it for your human allies.

One player, identified only as “Frankie,” described one single-player encounter in a Halo session:

I swear I saw some Grunts do a classic pincer-movement to trap me in a narrow canyon. I was battling um, something bigger than a Grunt, and suddenly, I’m being peppered by a second group of jerks, mostly Grunts, who’d been sent in around my flanks to take me out. Grunts are still grunts though, and once I showed some serious opposition, a couple of them panicked and fled, but they nearly had me and it was quite a shock.”

In a related story,  the first copy if the Halo Graphic Novel has just come back from Marvel, and goes on sale later this month. There are plans for a “proper” launch at this month’s ComicCon in San Diego.

Halo 3 is a sci-fi themed, first-person shooter published by Bungie Software.

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