Halo 3 Mythic expansion pack spotted?

[InsaneNutter]

As we jet off to our next PAX appointment we thought we'd inform you about the latest and most interesting Halo 3 news bit to come from the PAX show floor that's fourteen times more exciting than Assembly. It's something called Halo 3 Mythic with a multiplayer only menu, version 1.2 marking and, if the above screen grab from the guys over at AddictGaming.com can be trusted, is something to do with Bungie's canceled E3 announcement. Or it could be just a general Halo 3 update. Or it could be something to do with the acceptance videos. Or it could be everything combined. We dunno!

Like we said, the image above was snapped from Bungie's booth at PAX, so (seeing that we're here at PAX) we'll sneak over to the Bungie booth like ninjas and inquire about this mysterious Halo 3 Mythic. Story developing.

Update: According to Joystiq, Bungie's Brian Jarrard explained that the Mythic picture was taken prior to the PAX kickoff and wasn't meant for public consumption. Jarrad then made it clear that the Mythic screen is "really not that exciting" and has "gotten kind of blown out of proportion." We attempted to get someone at Bungie to talk about it, but mum is the word.

What do you think? Could it simply just be a build of Halo 3 for testing some new maps? Or could there be an expansion pack in the works.

I think it will just be a special internal build for testing some new maps.

 

[Safinn]

I don't think it will be an expansion pack.. I think the game is too old now for new stuff. But they may be wating people to get back into the game.

 

[InsaneNutter]

It’s unlikely it’s an expansion pack I agree, however I wouldn’t say the game is that old... it’s not even been a year since it was released! Age of Empires 3 is almost 3 years old and that’s still getting expansion packs so a game is never too old!

I believe there is going to be another Halo 3 map pack soon so i think it will be just something to do with them, you never know tho!

 

[BSmith]

Looks to me like all it is, is a dedicated testing build for the new maps. Just a stripped down version of Halo 3, using the new 1.2 system and only consisting of multiplayer with the new maps loaded.

 

[Ultrakiller]

it's strange to put an expansion right now when are released Halo Wars and LEGO Halo in 2009

 

[Trebor]

The only mention I could find of Lego Halo from a reputable source was 1up. Looks like you were April Fooled Ultrakiller .

 

[BSmith]

it's strange to put an expansion right now when are released Halo Wars and LEGO Halo in 2009

Mythic isn't, it's only a map pack. Although TU2 is probably the closest Halo will get to an expansion pack, albeit a non-optional one.

 

[Slaz]

I'm looking forward to what TU2 will bring the Halo3 community, I suppose nothing that good, as the majority of my friends are concerned about the ranks reset and the new achievements being related to downloaded content that's still being paid for.. Still I love to see how Bungie is one of the few developers that spends so much time on the community and the fun factor of the game, even when release was somewhat a year ago.

 

[InsaneNutter]

the majority of my friends are concerned about the ranks reset and the new achievements being related to downloaded content that's still being paid for..

So the ranks are getting reset? I didn’t know that. I know they did this with Halo 2 several times... I never really understood the point... however I ranked up far enough to get the ranks achievement so I’m not too bothered, I know some people are going to go crazy about that though.

 

[Slaz]

I've only seen a few things about the 1.2 update on Bungie's homepage, but clearly all friends/players who were talking about the update, said that it will bring reorganized playlists (like the removal of Rocket Race) to give the important ones more priority and activity, and reset all players ranks (thus not skill levels) to reorganize and make an individual rank for every playlist (just like skill levels already were). I don't see the point for this either, as the true rankers who are like generals and such will lose a lot of status, as they're not able to rank up so quickly again because even if the player has a highest skill level of 40, that won't get him to the highest levels that are mainly based on EXP points instead.. I suppose this whole reorganizing thing will eventually expand the lifetime of the game though, so I don't see it as a real problem, just that the ones with a proud rank will lose a status they've played months for.

 

[MunkyMagikUK]

Ranks nor skill levels will be reset. You will keep both your highest rank and skill level from before, but now we have separate rank and skill level in each play list. For example, over all you could be a brigadier, but on team slayer you could be a general.

Thats what i could gather from what bungie said anyway. Maybe someone get a link form the bungie website, i cba to look!

 

[Slaz]

I was surprised that they didn't reset any ranks or skills after all. Some of the new achievements are a little strange however, it still made me download the Legendary Map Pack after so much time.. I'm not sure if I'll buy the upcoming Mythic pack so quickly.

 

[InsaneNutter]

You gave in and bought it the Legendary Map Pack is free when the next map pack comes out I believe.

Would you say the maps are worth buying?

 

[Haloman]

not particulally they cost about half your points. they are way too expensive

 

[MunkyMagikUK]

Avalanche is well worth it, especially for Objective based games.

Blackout is average at best, Ghost Town is shite.