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Re: just to clarify...
Posted By: Louis Wu <halo@bungie.org>Date: 11/4/01 5:18 p.m.

In Response To: just to clarify... (butcher)

: ... I wasn't trying to offer any commentary on how long the game is. everyone
: will play through at their own pace, that figure is just talking about
: (hours I spent at work over that time period) * (percentage of time spent
: playing single-player halo). plus I'm probably better at exploiting the AI
: than you guys, heh. I would not be surprised to see people's time to
: complete on legendary be off by a factor of two in either direction, most
: likely higher.

I only stressed it on the front page because many people were looking at Apache's notes on VoodooExtreme and extrapolating ("he played for 4 days, probably a total of 30 hours") or from some print review (if it said it took 5 hours to get through the first 4 levels, they were worried that they'd be done in 12). If it took 60 hours (on the hardest setting, mind) for the guy who wrote a good chunk of the AI, AFTER that guy had spent a few months playing the game... well, 12 hours seemed unlikely. :)

: also, nobody (and I mean *nobody*) will finish the game in any reasonable
: period of time if they start playing for the first time on legendary. it's
: not possible to learn those skills while getting whaled on. so this won't
: reflect how long it takes you to play through the game the first time. :)

True dat.

:)


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           Re: How good will the AI be at Heroic difficulty?vector40 11/4/01 4:18 p.m.
                 hell yeah *NM*slumbermonkey 11/4/01 5:29 p.m.
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           Re: don't stop to breathejeremedia 11/4/01 3:49 p.m.
           **LOUIS, post on front page... *NM*Djof 11/4/01 3:52 p.m.
                 Umm...Louis Wu 11/4/01 4:15 p.m.
           Re: don't stop to breatheXBOX 11/4/01 4:03 p.m.
                 Re: don't stop to breathevector40 11/4/01 4:22 p.m.
                 Re: don't stop to breatheMax Payne 11/4/01 5:04 p.m.
           Son of a bitch.vector40 11/4/01 4:21 p.m.
           just to clarify...butcher 11/4/01 4:32 p.m.
                 Re: just to clarify...Louis Wu 11/4/01 5:18 p.m.
           Re: don't stop to breatheVan Fanel 11/4/01 4:48 p.m.
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           PC release now!! :]LaZ_EyE 11/5/01 2:44 p.m.
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