Halo 3 Media BASICS CAMPAIGN Primary Weapon: the Weapon Currently Held in Your 1 Right Hand
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ONSCREEN DISPLAY HALO 3 MEDIA BASICS CAMPAIGN Primary Weapon: The weapon currently held in your 1 right hand. The number to the left shows the total ammunition Halo 3 isn’t just great to play: it’s also fun to watch and look at, EXTRAS carried or remaining battery power, while the gauge below displays the and the ability to create, share and download custom Game Types ammo in the current clip, or a temperature gauge for weapons powered and edited maps is endlessly absorbing. In this section, we provide MULTIPLAYER by fuel cells. If this gauge reaches its red extreme, an automatic cooling a brief introduction to the File Share and Theater features, and tell system will prevent you from firing for a few seconds. When you dual you how you can use them to watch, play and distribute film clips, HOW TO PLAY wield (use two weapons simultaneously – see page 14), an additional screenshots, custom maps and Game Types. (and functionally identical) display will appear in the left-hand corner of HALO 3 MEDIA the screen for the weapon held in the corresponding hand. To visit the Media page (Fig. 1) in Your Settings, simply press v HALO 3 PRIMER at any time. From here, you have access to several self-explanatory Reserve Weapon: The secondary weapon you have at options. Bungie Favorites provides a list of Bungie’s recommended 2 your disposal, which will either be holstered or slung over the files, which are frequently renewed. File Share and Screenshots Master Chief’s shoulder. Note that the reserve weapon icon will flash enable you to manage, amazingly enough, your File Share and your if it is out of ammunition or has a depleted fuel cell. Screenshots. , 01 Energy Shield: This gauge shows the status of your 3 FILE SHARE shield, with the bar decreasing as the Master Chief is hit by weapons or explosions. Once empty, it will turn red and Your File Share is a dedicated online area where you can make files flash (there’s also an alarm that sounds), indicating that any available for other people to download. Each Halo 3 player with an further damage might kill you. If you avoid being hit for a Xbox LIVE Gold Membership has their own File Share space allocated, number of seconds, your shield will return to normal with no limits on the number of transfers that can take place. working order and the gauge will be refilled. 4 3 1 5 2 Uploading data to your online 7 File Share is dead easy. All you have to do is enter your File Share menu from Your Settings (see above), and select the files 9 you would like to upload. These files can be: 6 • Video footage stored while playing Campaign or 10 Multiplayer modes (including Forge sessions). • Screenshots taken while watching Campaign or Multiplayer game videos in the Theater (more on this below). 8 • Custom Game Type Variants created in the Custom Games menu (for more information, turn to page 146). • Maps that you have edited in the Forge (see page 206). Grenades: You can carry a maximum of two grenades per Radar: Also called Motion Tracker, this device reveals the 4 8 type; the currently selected model is highlighted. When you’re location of all moving or firing entities in your immediate vicinity. Downloading data from another person’s File Share is also a snap. dual wielding, this display will be replaced by information about the The top of the radar corresponds to the direction you’re facing. Friendly Simply highlight their name from within a game Lobby, then press weapon held in your left hand (see Primary Weapon). beings are represented as yellow dots (this includes you, in the center a to display their Player Details, which includes their File Share. of the circle), while hostiles are red dots. Larger dots signify vehicles. You can also press 0 and browse your Friends and Recent Player Equipment: You may only hold one piece of equipment at a When you have an objective to fulfill, the direction of your target will lists. If you select someone while Halo 3 is running, you’ll see a 5 time; a representative icon will be positioned here when you’re sometimes be shown as a white triangle special File Share entry added to the usual list of options. carrying an item. Guidance on how to use these gadgets is provided in the Campaign chapter. Waypoint Indicator: In some instances an icon will Once a file is in your File Share space, you are free to use it as you 9 indicate the direction of your next destination, as well as how please, and as many times as you want. You can access your File Crosshair: The crosshair shape varies with each weapon, far you need to travel to reach it. Share from the Custom Games Lobby to load a map and/or a Game 6 and its color indicates whether a target is an ally (green) or Type Variant; from the Forge Lobby to load a map; or from the Theater a foe (red). Checkpoint: Whenever you cross a new checkpoint, it will Lobby to load entire game films, edited clips or screenshots. 10 be briefly mentioned above the radar. Read the “Halo 3 Primer” Onscreen Instructions: Every time you can interact section further along in this chapter to learn more about the checkpoint You can also recommend files from your File Share to your friends. 7 with your environment (for example, to pick up a weapon or to system. Whenever you do so, they’ll receive a message taking them directly open a door), the button you need to press will appear here. to the file in question. 10 MORE SAMPLE PAGES AVAILABLE AT 11 WWW.PIGGYBACKINTERACTIVE.COM BASICS CAMPAIGN EXTRAS MULTIPLAYER USER INSTRUCTIONS I PREFACE MISSION 1 CHIEF CRATER MISSION 2 MISSION 3 JUNGLE WALK MISSION 4 MISSION 5 MISSION 6 MISSION 7 MISSION 8 MISSION 9 SIERRA 117 M I S S I O N 1 GRUNT CAMP III SNIPER ALLEY DAM BRUTE AMBUsh II SUB-STATION 22 MORE SAMPLE PAGES AVAILABLE AT 23 WWW.PIGGYBACKINTERACTIVE.COM You’ll have the Arbiter fighting alongside you for the forthcoming jungle battles. Armed with a Carbine, he’s a highly useful companion – even when his shots don’t hit their mark, he tends to draw fire away from the First things first: your Assault Rifle is of relatively little As soon as you vault over the natural barrier, take cover by the fallen BASICS Master Chief. A use against this Brute or, indeed, his entire species, on tree and use your Assault Rifle to kill a few Grunts as they come into CAMPAIGN Legendary. You may as well be pelting him with spitballs, view. Switch to your Magnum, quickly grab one of the Grunt’s Plasma or harsh language. You’ll need to expend at least an entire clip Pistols to dual wield with it, then immediately prepare a charged EXTRAS Weapons are made available on purple “dispensers” throughout most levels. at close range to destroy his power armor, while simultaneously shot to blow the Brute’s power armor. You should aim to finish him Feel free to help yourself whenever you encounter one. dodging incoming fire. It’s much better, then, to leave habits off with a Magnum headshot immediately, but if there are plenty of MULTIPLAYER acquired on Normal (or even Heroic) behind and learn to love one Grunts around, it may be safer to duck straight back behind cover. of the tools that will keep you alive on Legendary: the humble yet Use your Assault Rifle to begin clearing the area. Note that grenades USER deceptively powerful Plasma Pistol. are used by enemies and allies alike from the first encounter on INSTRUCTIONS S I e r r a 1 1 7 Legendary. Be vigilant, and steer well clear of explosions. I PREFACE MISSION 1 Meanwhile, two Phantoms will deploy Brutes and Grunts is by far the best way to kill Brutes at this point, so we’re going to MISSION 2 CHIEF CRATER b further along the riverside, so take cover until they depart. assume that you’ve got the message now.) At this point, you should begin to notice enemy behaviors MISSION 3 that were perhaps less apparent on other difficulty settings, Move forward cautiously: there are numerous Grunts and two MISSION 4 particularly their tendency to pull back to more defensible positions more Brutes along the river’s edge. You can swap your Assault once the tide of battle begins to turn against them. Over the first Rifle for a Brute Shot to deal with the former quickly from range, MISSION 5 waterfall, pop the single Brute’s power armor with a charged Plasma and there is a ready supply of Plasma Pistols to help you beat MISSION 6 There’s a Brute standing guard on a tree trunk here, and a sizable group of Grunts Pistol shot, then – carefully – dispatch him with a headshot. (This the latter. will attack shortly after you arrive. As a rule, it’s always smart to break enemy MISSION 7 forces up into manageable units. On lower difficulty settings, you can also rely heavily on your allies to help you out when things get tough. MISSION 8 A MISSION 9 b JUNGLE WALK Once the first enemies have been dispatched, two Phantoms will drop off reinforcements. The Phantom’s cannons can be devastating, even on Normal, so it’s prudent to take cover until they fly off.