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Oh Frankie, your love for the water effects in Halo 3 is well known, so much so that when I watched the latest vidoc that I took notice too the way the water never reacted to a body falling into it.  When I saw that I said to myself, I know this is not the final product and Frankie is going to let us know this in his next weekly update.  Well folks, here it is, straight from Frankie himself:

In one moment of the Vidoc, we see a Spartan launch out of the Mancannon and meet a sorry, embarrassing end in mid air as a sniper uses him for target practice. Now in that footage from old build, he tumbles into the river and slides splash-lessly into a boring placeholder water effect. He won’t do that in May. He’ll do something neater.

Below, Fankie talks Halo 2:

Frankie posted a list that shows which gametypes will require the new maps to play.  He said that they don't want to alienate the people who don't purchase the new maps so only a few of the gametypes will require the new maps to play.

• Rumble Pit – Unranked – FFA – New Maps Required!
• Double Team – Ranked – 2v2 Teams
• Team Slayer – Ranked – 3 / 4 vs. 3 /4 - New Maps Required!
• Team Skirmish – Ranked – 3 /4 vs. 3 /4 – New Maps Required!
• Team Training – Unranked – 3 /4 vs. 3 /4
• Team Snipers – Ranked – 3 / 4 vs. 3 / 4 – New Maps Required!
• Team Hardcore – Ranked – 3 /4 vs. 3 /4
• Team SWAT – Unranked – 3 /4 vs. 3 /4 – New Maps Required!
• Big Team Battle – Unranked – 5 / 6 vs. 5 /6

 

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