Quick question about Halo 3

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I want to buy a 360 to play Halo 3, but I don't have a widescreen TV (I am adamant about playing games with widescreen).

Is there an option to play with a 16:9 ratio while using a 4:3 TV? A guy at work said this is possible, but I don't believe him.

 

[Queasy]

Yes. You'll just end up with the black bars on the top and bottom.

 

[gamepad]

Sweet. This is the deciding factor of whether or not I'll buy a 360 for Halo 3.

Thanks for verifying.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Why? You're just making the visible screen smaller. You'll see "more" to an extent. And if you're doing multiplayer on the same box, it defaults to 4:3. (Why they did that crap I don't know)

 

[hans030390]

Speaking of aspect ratios and Halo 3, I HATE how it puts bars on the left and ride side of the screen in co-op mode (16:9).

 

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Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Why? You're just making the visible screen smaller. You'll see "more" to an extent. And if you're doing multiplayer on the same box, it defaults to 4:3. (Why they did that crap I don't know)

I know, it sounds kind of silly, but since I started playing games on my WS monitor, I can't go back to 4:3.

 

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Originally posted by: hans030390
Speaking of aspect ratios and Halo 3, I HATE how it puts bars on the left and ride side of the screen in co-op mode (16:9).

Wouldn't it be a little too wide if they did a true split screen? I think it would get to the point where people are forced to do split screen on XBOX Live for the competitive edge.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: hans030390
Speaking of aspect ratios and Halo 3, I HATE how it puts bars on the left and ride side of the screen in co-op mode (16:9).

I am SSSOOOO glad they did that with Halo 3.

Playing Halo 2 splitscreen, split vertically, gave you absolutely NO peripheral vision to the point it was unplayable.

It started to get to the point that i was so annoyed trying to play halo 2 splitscreen by going into the Xbox dash, changing to 4:3 mode, setting my TV in 4:3 mode, rebooting Halo 2, just to play a splitscreen mode you can actually see with. then when done, i'd have to go back to the dash, change it back to 16:9 mode, change TV back to 16:9 mode, and reboot Halo 2. It got so annoying my friends and I would just take turns playing by ourselves online.

Gears of War split it horizontally and man, it gives you a view that is like 16:4.5, which was almost unplayable too. It was just so awkward because you had no vertical vision at all then tons and tons of horizontal vision.

 

[CKDragon]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: hans030390
Speaking of aspect ratios and Halo 3, I HATE how it puts bars on the left and ride side of the screen in co-op mode (16:9).

I am SSSOOOO glad they did that with Halo 3.

Playing Halo 2 splitscreen, split vertically, gave you absolutely NO peripheral vision to the point it was unplayable.

It started to get to the point that i was so annoyed trying to play halo 2 splitscreen by going into the Xbox dash, changing to 4:3 mode, setting my TV in 4:3 mode, rebooting Halo 2, just to play a splitscreen mode you can actually see with. then when done, i'd have to go back to the dash, change it back to 16:9 mode, change TV back to 16:9 mode, and reboot Halo 2. It got so annoying my friends and I would just take turns playing by ourselves online.

Gears of War split it horizontally and man, it gives you a view that is like 16:4.5, which was almost unplayable too. It was just so awkward because you had no vertical vision at all then tons and tons of horizontal vision.

Personally, I had issues with neither Gear's Top/Bottom split nor Rainbow 6's Left/Right split. I'm not the best at console FPSes, however, so I'm sure highly competitive players have stronger opinions.

I'm glad you get to play as you want, but I do wish they gave us the option to use our full screen real estate in Halo 3.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: CKDragon

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: hans030390
Speaking of aspect ratios and Halo 3, I HATE how it puts bars on the left and ride side of the screen in co-op mode (16:9).

I am SSSOOOO glad they did that with Halo 3.

Playing Halo 2 splitscreen, split vertically, gave you absolutely NO peripheral vision to the point it was unplayable.

It started to get to the point that i was so annoyed trying to play halo 2 splitscreen by going into the Xbox dash, changing to 4:3 mode, setting my TV in 4:3 mode, rebooting Halo 2, just to play a splitscreen mode you can actually see with. then when done, i'd have to go back to the dash, change it back to 16:9 mode, change TV back to 16:9 mode, and reboot Halo 2. It got so annoying my friends and I would just take turns playing by ourselves online.

Gears of War split it horizontally and man, it gives you a view that is like 16:4.5, which was almost unplayable too. It was just so awkward because you had no vertical vision at all then tons and tons of horizontal vision.

I'm not terribly good at either, so I'm sure that makes a difference. But personally, I had issues with neither Gear's Top/Bottom split nor Rainbow 6's Left/Right split.

I'm glad you get to play as you want, but I do wish they gave us the option to use our full screen real estate in Halo 3.

true ... the option would have been the best solution, i just can't complain since it's the option I would have picked heh.

 

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Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: hans030390
Speaking of aspect ratios and Halo 3, I HATE how it puts bars on the left and ride side of the screen in co-op mode (16:9).

I am SSSOOOO glad they did that with Halo 3.

Playing Halo 2 splitscreen, split vertically, gave you absolutely NO peripheral vision to the point it was unplayable.

It started to get to the point that i was so annoyed trying to play halo 2 splitscreen by going into the Xbox dash, changing to 4:3 mode, setting my TV in 4:3 mode, rebooting Halo 2, just to play a splitscreen mode you can actually see with. then when done, i'd have to go back to the dash, change it back to 16:9 mode, change TV back to 16:9 mode, and reboot Halo 2. It got so annoying my friends and I would just take turns playing by ourselves online.

Gears of War split it horizontally and man, it gives you a view that is like 16:4.5, which was almost unplayable too. It was just so awkward because you had no vertical vision at all then tons and tons of horizontal vision.

I absolutely agree with you. It annoys me when people get angry about black bars on the sides. Bungie has made a very good decision with this.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Yes. You'll just end up with the black bars on the top and bottom.

that does not happen for me

 

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Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Queasy
Yes. You'll just end up with the black bars on the top and bottom.

that does not happen for me

That does not happen for me either...