Screenshots. Halo Mythic addon for Halo 3. New campaign content. New achievements. Halo Blue?
Submitted by rapture on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 8:20pm.
Screenshots of Halo 3 Mythic were leaked out of the Penny Arcade Expo this week. The screenshots (see the bottom of this post) show a version of Halo 3 that hints at a new campaign and multiplayer achievements coming to Halo 3. 750 additional achievement points can be attained.
Achievements:
1. Heretic Skull 25pt
2. Citadel Skull 25pt
3. Assembly Skull 25pt
4. Sandbox Skull 25pt
5. Orbital Skull 25pt
6. Longshore Skull 25pt
7. Tank Dropper 25pt
8. Zombie Repeller 25pt
9. Delicious Brains 25pt
10. Save This Film 25pt
11. Have Fun Respawning 25pt
12. Killtacular 25pt
13. Awww, Too Bad 25pt
14. ... Get the Horns 25pt
15. Post Mortem 25pt
16. Ghost Patrol 25pt
17. Blades of Fury 25pt
18. Pull 25pt
19. Hammer Time 25pt
20. Look Both Ways 50pt
21. Road Rage 25pt
22. Flag Dropped 25pt
23. Defend This 50pt
24. Came... From... Behind... 50pt
25. Alas, Poor Yorick 25pt
26. Double Double 25pt
27. Vidmaster Challenge: Brainpan 25pt
28. Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7 0pt
29. Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch 0pt
30. Vidmaster Challenge: Annual 0pt
What can we speculate?
Perhaps "Halo Blue" which was mentioned in Walmart documents in July is Halo Mythic. Halo Mythic will be a new map pack featuring new multiplayer maps as well as bundled maps from the previous Heroic and Legendary map packs.
With the Mythic disc will come updates to the Halo 3 campaign and the introduction of new skulls (THX was the first to provide you with a skull guide). It is speculated that additional Halo 3 campaign missions will be included in the update. Some of these missions may even take place before the Halo 3 timeline.
The Mythic bonus content is thought to be released exactly 1 year after the release of Halo 3 meaning the Mythic DLC and disc will be available on September 25th, 2008. The release will be here just in time to give Bungie DLC purchasing momentum before the busy XBOX 360 holiday season and release of Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty 4 DLC.
It is possible that the Mythic disc will contain the 2008 Fall Dashboard update for the XBOX 360 console so that users without live will be able to update their console with the latest updates to the XBOX 360 system, including the new user interface.
Leaked screenshots:
I hope you don't mind my rampant speculation. Anyone else have any takes on what Bungie is going to give us?
I wonder what these "Legendary" maps are. Are they the maps from the Legendary map pack? I bought it, but I don't even know which maps those are.
Rampant speculation is always good. It gives you something to think about.
I hope there's new campaign content, because then I'd probably purchase it. Otherwise, I could wait. It'd be good for Bungie to be one of the supporters of Microsoft's "additional downloadable content", because then other developers would be more likely to follow suit.
Bungie confirmed that Halo 3 is getting an update and there will be new campaign achievements. They have also said that other achievements are coming but they can't talk about it just yet.
FROM BUNGIE
For a number of reasons ranging from obvious to sublime, Title Update 2 (which is the new, hip, Xbox 360-version way of saying “Auto Update” or “Patch”), introduces new Achievements to Halo 3. Last weekend at Penny-Arcade Expo we played Assembly on the TU2, which meant that folks would see and buzz about the new achievements. These will be made live when TU2 turns on later this month - the previously announced date may slip a bit closer to the Halo 3 one-year anniversary."
Here’s a look at these achievements which can be earned via the Legendary Maps and Halo 3 Campaign:
* Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch (0 points) – Get to the rank of Lieutenant in any playlist in the new EXP progression system.
* Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7 (0 points) – Enter into any ranked or social playlist with 7 EXP on the 7th of the month.
* Vidmaster Challenge: Annual (0 points) – After 9/25/08, complete Halo on 4-player Legendary LIVE co-op, with Iron, and everyone in Ghosts.
* Double Double (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get two Double Kills during any ranked or social match.
* Poor Yorick (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 3 Oddball melee kills during any ranked or social match.
* Came…From…Behind (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get 3 assassinations during any ranked or social match.
* Defend This (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get a flag melee kill during any ranked or social match.
* Flag Dropped (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 2 flag carrier kills during any ranked or social match.
* Road Rage (25 points) – On a Legendary map, get 5 Warthog chaingun kills during any ranked or social match.
* Look Both Ways (50 points) – On a Legendary map, get a Splatter Spree during any ranked or social match.
As folks have seen, these aren’t the only achievements we’re adding. But without proper context, there’s not a whole lot else we’re going to say. Stay tuned.
SNIP
The most visible change coming to Halo 3 in TU2 is the in-game addition of Playlist Ratings. We’ve talked about Playlist Ratings before, but here’s a quick recap:
* Playlist Ratings are the playlist-level decoupling of Trueskill values (the in-game number next to your name) from Experience (the icon next to your name).
* You will now have a separate military rating (based purely on EXP) in each playlist. When TU2 goes live, everyone will begin at 0 EXP. This means that being a General in a Playlist is based on how many games you’ve won in the Playlist, not based on the Trueskill number next to your name.
* Your Trueskill values have not been reset. If someone checks your Service Record they will still see your Highest Skill.
I just can't get excited about changes to Halo 3's XP ratings. It's nice to see Bungie confirming some achievement stuff flying around the internet, though.
I'm digging the "ranked or social" matches for achievements. I CANNOT stand rumble pit.. I miss out on alot of achievements due to that.
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bungie has posted a weekly update with several new achievments so its confirmed
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=15422
I'm still confused over what this is. My brain is spinning. Someone make it stop.
when you say new canpaign content do you meen more levels?!?!?
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Call 911. That is an emergency. The dispatcher will know what to do.
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