Halo 3: Tips And Tricks
VideoJug gives you cheats, tips and tricks for playing Halo 3. With advice from the Official Xbox Magazine staff, you'll soon be succeeding properly at Halo 3.
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Legendary Co-Op
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Step 1:
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Know your Weapons
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Weapons that spew Plasma, like the Covenant plasma pistol and the rifle are pretty top-notch against shielding, but will bum out something rotten against actual people. Conversely, pithy human bullet-spewing weapons will chew up flesh pretty good, but will result in a somewhat lacklustre ‘ping' when it whacks against shields. Learn which to use, and dual-wield if necessary using one gun to deplete shields and finishing the fight with bullets.
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Step 2:
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Sniper
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Make sure one of your team of ultimate badasses is a sniper. Have them hang back and find a nice vantage point while the others act as bait and draw out the baddies, who'll be lined up for an easy frag.
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Step 3:
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Form Up
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As much as possible, stick to a triangle formation, using short-range weapons like the Shotgun or Needler up top and mid-range weapons like the Carbine or Battle-rifle at the rear.
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Step 4:
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Bunch of Flankers
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Flanking's a classic military manoeuvre, and it works just fine in Halo 3: one man charges in guns-a-blazin' like John McClane while the others tippy-toe around the sides for a nice big surprise attack.
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Step 5:
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Play Nice
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Bubble shields and regenerators are insanely useful, but they can be used by the whole team – so don't hog them all to yourself like you're the only Master Chief out there. Deploy them where everyone can reap the benefit.
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Step 6:
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GRENADE!
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Accidentally blowing up a teammate into little bloody chunks is all-too-risky with a grenade or rocket launcher. In tight areas, they're simply not worth the risk. In open areas, announce where you're throwing to, it's only polite.
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Step 7:
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It's good to talk!
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Halo 3 comes to life when you're using a headset: you need to work as a team, and what better way to do that than by all pretending you're hard enough to be in the SAS or something and shout GO GO GO! and RECON!
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Deathmatch
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Step 1:
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Move it!
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Don't stop moving. Nothing's easier to shoot at than some noob gawking about the place like a sitting duck. So run. Move. Jump almost incessantly. The harder you are to hit, the less likely you are to die a horrible, horrible death.
What's more, Teabag with care. It might be hilarious to hump your meat into someone's face, but it's a nigh-on guaranteed way of getting shot.
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Step 2:
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Whack 'em about the noggin'
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Whacking an enemy about the back of the head is a one-shot kill, so do that if you can. Not only is it a quick clean kill, it's a little bit humiliating to die like that an' all.
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Shoot the floor
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If you're anything like us, you'll spend your opening few hours in Halo 3 shooting the floor, or throwing grenades at particularly menacing-looking trees. Generally speaking, it's a bum tactic, but it's sometimes useful. If you've got a rocket launcher, shooting it at an enemy will probably see it a-whizzing past their astonished face and smacking into a wall fifty foot behind them, so shoot at the ground and off them with the splash damage.
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Step 4:
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Keep an eye on your radar
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Especially in tight maps. They show you where you should be shooting, which is pretty much invaluable if you think about it.
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Step 5:
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Rules for Snipers
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If you absolutely must be a camping sniper, don't forget to reposition yourself from time to time. Your bullet leaves a trail, so it's insanely easy for the rest of us to see where you're shooting from, hotshot.
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Step 6:
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Crouch
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Crouching gets you off the radar, and lets you recharge your health. You'll also find it much easier to sneak into your opponents' base.
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Step 7:
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Take a little 'you' time
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It's not all about fragging and death and BLAMMO and ‘aaargh', you need to know the lay of the land. Intrinsically. So why not boot up a map with only you in it? Sure, it'll be lonely. But you can have a good old proper explore and work out where all the useful nooks and crannies and bits and pieces of hardware are.
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Step 8:
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Psychological Warfare
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The true secret to owning at Halo is in the trash talk and the Tea-baggin', so make sure you practice that.
There are some extremely naughty words in common parlance online that we can't mention here because by-and-large we're a family site. But you'll pick up what they are quickly enough. -
Mad Halo 3 skills come with practice. You'll be rubbish at first, but you'll pick it up quickly enough.
And remember: if you happen to catch a little gamer online with the tag of VideoJug1138, go easy on him, ok? He's rubbish.
Happy fragging!
