Video: Halo 3 Forge demonstration

by Richard Mitchell { Aug 28th 2007 at 10:30AM }

We called for a video of the Halo 3 Forge in action and it didn't take long before someone pointed us in the right direction. As it turns out, the folks at JeuxVideo recorded a long video that features just about everything you can do in Forge. The demonstration is given by none other than Bungie's Brian Jarrard, who walks the press through the ins and outs of the wonders of Forge. Perhaps one of the coolest bits of info pulled from the video is that Bungie will be keeping track of what players are doing in Forge. If one particular map configuration works really well, Bungie can easily incorporate it into matchmaking for all to play. In other words, if you think the weapon placements on Guardian are unbalanced, you can design your own and, maybe, Bungie will agree with you and share your creation with the rest of the class.

Us, we'll just drop tanks onto our friends, thank you very much.

[Thanks to Dr DMoney for pointing this out]

Tags: bungie, bungiestudios, halo, halo3, mgs, microsoftgamestudios

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Project Ekim @ Aug 28th 2007 10:33AM

Old but still really cool and thats not even close to all you can do in forge. Its going to be sweet......

COV3RT SN1P3R @ Aug 28th 2007 10:40AM

Ya thats really old I was wondering if I should send it in but then I thought it is so popular someone else probably sent it in. Either you guys are really slow at responding to tips, or no one wanted to send this in lol.

TORO @ Aug 28th 2007 11:20AM

I haven't seen it thanks for posting this Sensei. Halo 3 is teh best!

Profit @ Aug 28th 2007 11:38AM

cr@p stick! I haven't seen it yet either. I mean I knew about the 'forge' but I hadn't really read much about it. I would have married my copy of Halo3 anyway, but now I guess I can try to at least keep our sex life active too. can't wait.

Stubby Boardman @ Aug 28th 2007 11:43AM

Everyone says Halo 3 is just Halo 2 in hd. "a few new guns, vehicles, and maps". This is an example of how Bungie isn't sitting around on their asses and letting the Halo name sell itself.

Halo 1 had system link. Halo 2 had Live. Halo 3 has Forge. can't wait.

Fontez @ Aug 28th 2007 12:07PM

If you think about this...

The possibilities are endless...

You can make thousands and thousands of intricate versions of mini-games within multiplayer by customization through Forge.

Multiplayer is going to be chaotic with soo many different gametypes. You won't even know what you're playing half of the time, but at the same time I'm sure there will be some new fan made favorites...

Some Idea's I have...

- Delete every weapon... Demo Derby Baby !! WITH TRIP MINES EVERYWHERE !!!

- Rockets or spartan laser with a massive amount of Reactive Cores all over the map

- Mongoose races from start to finish, with check points... But Wait it get's better... Design the course so that it's completely bordered with grav lifts so that anyone who loses control or get's pushed out will fly off the course be out of the race

- Tank Wars

- Dog Fights

- Hand-to-Hand Combat with only one weapon on the entire map in a hidden location

- Grenades only

- Design a maze you have to walk through bordered with Trip Mine's

- Section off a portion of the map by placing all of the spawn points in the exact same location and placing Trip Mine's to block them from leaving that area... Then place reactive cores EVERYWHERE in the small portion of the map and give them Assault Rifles... Becareful where you shoot !!

I could go on and on...

Truth of the matter is... Fun times are waiting...

No video game in history has given us this level of customization... I was a little doubtful on game of the year for Halo 3 in comparison to Mass Effecte, GTA IV, etc. But as I see it now... based on the amount of options and the sheer effort and research put into this product by Bungie and Microsoft...

This is fuckin Game of the Century !!!

Most likely will be the best overall video game of all time... May not be the best in any one field but overall it looks like nothing will come close...

Halo 3 will be played and talked about for the next couple decades... Period

Crazy part is I haven't even mentioned SHIT about the story or campaign like I usually do...

Anyone disagree? If so you can "Go Fuck A Grunt" lol

btw... Where's the guy that wants to bang the reunion chick?!?! That guys awesome !!

Peace out

brianfontez@hotmail.com

EdogLost @ Aug 28th 2007 1:10PM

@ Fontez

Some dope ideas you got there. This is really going to open up possibilities of game types. I love the two sides of the map idea, split with mines WORD!

I just hope that Richard gets his box back in time to play it.

Hockle @ Aug 28th 2007 1:19PM

I think I'm in the vast minority when I say that this feature doesn't really do much for me. It's as though Bungie isn't confident with their own design features that they have to say, "Here! You do it!" I can see the merits and why others would like it, it's just not for me.

EdogLost @ Aug 28th 2007 1:52PM

I think the concept of modification has become a big interest in online multi player games like Halo. Look at the dedication the UT team placed the ability to modify their new game on the 360.
I see the concept of forge as a way to continue Halo's multi player experience further then Bungie's talented dev team could conceive. Allowing for the game to have even a longer shelf life.

Fontez @ Aug 28th 2007 2:32PM

You're absolutely right...

Technically speaking... Because of Forge...

Halo 3's shelf life is practically infinite...

You're creating your own video game within the parameters of a specific design...

The amount of possible variations on gametypes can't be calculated because it'll be a mathematical variable soo great that it does not exist...

Just think about it...

Take into account the variables...

Weapons, vehicles, items, armor, rules, setting, physics, players and the position of all of those things within the map...

It's friggin MIND-BOGGLING...

It's like they've figured out true AI !! lol

I'm officially excited for ANY project coming out of Bungie studios...

If you think Forge is awesome I have a feeling that this "Halo Interactive Experience" they are working on with Peter Jackson is going to be something utterly fuckin ridiculous and just melt your face-off with shock value and innovation...

That's it I'm getting a Bungie Tattoo... lol jks

brianfontez@hotmail.com

hiiro @ Aug 29th 2007 1:59PM

Neat ideas Fontez, but I'm not sure if with the budget system we can have such extremes. It would be great though.

Fontez @ Aug 28th 2007 3:09PM

ya you're prolly right but we'll have to see what Bungie has limited us to...

TORO @ Aug 28th 2007 3:42PM

Yea if Bungie gave us to much space it would mess up performance, there's only so much our beloved 360 can handle. Not only is forge technically amazing, but the way that Bungie records all our games is pretty awesome. I can't wait to send you videos Fontez, I'll try to limit my teabaggin'!

Boff @ Aug 28th 2007 5:13PM

Yeah I agree with #9 & #10, it's a good way for Bungie to get around the problems Epic are having with getting user-made content on Live.

Colton @ Aug 28th 2007 6:51PM

"each map has a maximum amount of stuff you can put on it, without making your xbox explode" damn you microsoft and your stupid overheating xbox.. now i can have all teh haloz that i want in one mapz!!! but seriously, forge rocks, i just wish there wasnt a budget system, and i wish you could spawn elephants anywhere you want.. thats like the ONLY thing you cant make with forge... Halo 3 and LittleBigPlanet, BEST. GAMES. EVER. PERIOD.

EdogLost @ Aug 28th 2007 7:12PM

^^ LOLz

If you think about all the stuff in Higher Ground, all the barrels, all the guns, everything. You could end up with a lot of stuff I think you could come up with some great crazy ideas I think.

What about this one?

in the center of Valhala you stack a bunch of boxes as high as possible with a gun on the top. (Smear the Queer) With no other guns in the game everyone goes for that one gun.

jinkywilliams @ Aug 29th 2007 4:11PM

Man...

This is like how I envisioned the final battle in Matrix Revolutions should have gone. None of this boring kung-fu stuff. I wanted to see buildings and cars flying at each other, brick walls appearing right in front of the other person, holes opening up underneath, huge chunks of pavement popping from nowhere and falling down on the opponent, with only the quickness of the minds, both in creativity and application of that creativity, being the limitation.

I am so jazzed about this.

You could have "Matrix" two teams of x players each, with one person being the monitor, and the others starting as guys with nothing. Then the monitors would start spwaning stuff in, dropping weapons, placing barriers, trying to crush the other team while still supplying their own team with the goods.

Sam @ Oct 5th 2007 5:42PM

@Fontez

1) "No video game in history has given us this level of customization..." Its called a mod. Video games for 10 years have had more customization than this. Sorry, but mods > in game features. You can do all this, and more with mods. Its not the same thing and its not as easy, but technically, video games have been even more customizable than this for 10 years.

2) "This is fuckin Game of the Century !!!" Insane fanboy overstatement. If this is the game of the century, then i'm quitting gaming right now. You do realise that to be the "game of the century", it would have to be better than every other game for 93 years to come? Think about your claims before you make them. I know it was exaggeration but dont be so silly.

3) "Halo 3 will be played and talked about for the next couple decades... Period" Doubtful. The only reason that people still talk about 20-30 year old games is because they were the very very first games. Video games have reached a plateau and will be stuck at that plateau for a fair while. This game will come and go. 5-10 years MAXIMUM. Sorry but its the truth. Fans will still play and talk about it after 5 years, but that doesn't mean it will be the only current game that will still be talked about in 5 years. Another game will have come and gone by 10 years time that you will all have dropped halo 3 to play, and then another game after that. 10+ years is too long in the current gaming industry for one game to survive with an even slightly large following.

Seriously. The halo fanboys really need to stop instantly thinking how amazing this game is and just step back a little bit. It is a MASSIVE release, it has got a tonne of great features. Its a really solid game engine. Its probably going to have a pretty solid single player, an amazingly fun multiplayer but the one thing it does not have is originality. Its just another FPS, and it is essentially, almost the same as Halo1 was 6 years ago.

This game WILL sell massively. It will probably win a fair few GOTY awards and it will be unescapably talked about for an unfortunately long time...but its no revolution.

I'm sorry guys, but its just another FPS. The most popular console fps ever, but just another console FPS.

In fact if not for the massive fanbase of halo (and by fanbase i mean fanboybase), i would wager that UT3 is probably going to be a far better/popular game. Especially in the multiplayer section.

I know its not what you halo fans like to hear, but halo has always been an average game. Average art direction, average gameplay, average graphics, average storyline.

It just happened to first get released at a perfect time and was marketed brilliantly. It filled a gap in the market and instantly took the market niche for console shooters like never before. From that perfect original release, its built up an undying fanbase that will never give it up. Proven by the fact that they still look forward to halo3, despite halo2 being distinctly terrible in every way possible.

The one thing i WILL give to halo though, is multiplayer with vehicles. For better or for worse (i personally dislike vehicular based FPS multiplayer) halo basically invented FPS multiplayer with vehicles, and definitely contributed that now common feature to the industry.

If i had to pick one unique feature about halo, it would be the vehicular multiplayer. The rest of it is completely - average, average, average.

Disclaimer: PSWii60 Owner. Completed Halo1+2.