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halo 2 brutes
il Diavolo
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Even though their AI devolved into rush the player most of the time, I'd have to say the H2 Brutes were the funner enemy to fight. H4 Knights were just too damn bullet-spongy.
Although the derez death animation for the Knights were pretty badass.
Brutes any day of the week, I dislike the cheapness of the knights teleporting about with OHK weapons and their spongy nature.
Did anyone ever experience that spiker dual wielding glitch were it would like super combine?
Prinz Eugn
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Well shit, I was about to say that. I'd add that Knights were also annoying since it was hard to tell the different ranks apart and therefore know what exactly you were in for, at least the first time around.
Knights. Brutes are just as spongey if you don't go for headshots and at least the Knights provide a few interesting encounters.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Halo 2 should definitely be left untouched
With the title update that they applied like 6 months in or whatever. The game was far from perfect. But it was awesome. Everyone played halo 2.
My entire friends list was halo 2 players. In a lot of ways halo 2 was xbox live. Top game for years or whatever.
Sure with private chat and other shooters being.king now it won't be the same, but god damn halo 2 was fun. The maps, the playlists, everything just worked well together.
I played halo 2 regularly on my 360 until the servers went down. Give me the original mp and you can put whatever loadout sprint killstreak garbage you want in halo 5. I'll be good.
That way the people clamouring for classic halo and the people who actually like halo 4 (tashi) will be appeased
With the title update that they applied like 6 months in or whatever. The game was far from perfect. But it was awesome. Everyone played halo 2.
My entire friends list was halo 2 players. In a lot of ways halo 2 was xbox live. Top game for years or whatever.
Sure with private chat and other shooters being.king now it won't be the same, but god damn halo 2 was fun. The maps, the playlists, everything just worked well together.
I played halo 2 regularly on my 360 until the servers went down. Give me the original mp and you can put whatever loadout sprint killstreak garbage you want in halo 5. I'll be good.
That way the people clamouring for classic halo and the people who actually like halo 4 (tashi) will be appeased
BeekleMatter
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I know you think I have nostalgia goggles, but I don't. So just stop.
Most encounters boiled down to watchers being taken out first then dealing with the other enemies, it wasn't a bad concept just poorly executed.
I only know their little crest thing changes but visual identification was awful. I'd have made them have different colors or more visually different.
He makes a perfectly valid point though.
I'd like the gameplay in H2A to be as close to the original as possible (an option to turn X button glitches and superbounces on/off would be nice), but I'd love improved netcode - H2's netcode was complete garbage, I'm still flabbergasted a decade later at how Bungie failed to implement latency compensation on long distance shots.
This is from a musicvideo, made in 2014.
Best page.
Thank you.
il Diavolo
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Prinz Eugn
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So you consciously want to relive even the terrible parts of Halo 2. Uh, okay. I would rather relive just the regular-to-good moments, but that's just me I guess.
ElRenoRaven
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Yup. I'll take Brutes any day of the week. The knights had a lot of potential. Design wise I actually kind of liked them. Probably the Space Pirate resemblence but still I liked the design. I hated the predictable teleport back and forth and the insane health they had. They just weren't fun to fight. More so when you had the pixel check...errr...watcher and the wanna be flood like AI of the crawlers.
ElzarTheBam
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ElRenoRaven
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Yup even on xbox it looked good. It does look better on PC though without a doubt. I love playing Halo 2 on the PC and just looking at the environments. That's the huge thing I'll give Halo 2 over any other Halo. The environments were amazing looking. Even the Halo 2 take on the library was interesting.
aHebrewMenagerie
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I nominate for Best Gif of 5ever. JEEEESSSSUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSThis is from a musicvideo, made in 2014.
Best page.
Jack Nickelson.GIF but whilst we're on the subject Uma Thurman has a great backside:This is from a musicvideo, made in 2014.
Best page.
This is from a musicvideo, made in 2014.
Best page.
Wake me When you need me.
You should.
Also, this should help with the jankiness.
Hmm. I don't recall the jankiness being about frame rate (though it was rather unstable) but the controls just not being... smooth.
Anyway, wired controller makes playing it much better, with or without the DSfix.
But first i have Thief Gold and Thief 2 to play through, and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory.
Should also finish ME3/Dragon Age II replays on 360, and finish my XCOM Enemy Within campaign.
Oh, and Uplink: Hacker Elite. And a bunch of others.
Hmph. Probably easier just to play Halo 2 first and then think about others.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Where's the best place to buy a 12 month xbl code? Don't really wanna pay 60 euros to.keep playing gears 3..
The game's biggest issue was netcode/network the system had in 2004.
Now if you're going to ask me, do I want to play something I've played thousands of times and have said time and time again it's been the best Halo MP experience I've played, or a complete question mark that honestly I have extremely little hope for, then the answer you're looking for is pretty easy.
You can point to any online Halo game and easily pick out a multitude of problems. Halo 2 had them as well, I don't think any fan will argue that. That said, it had the best pack of maps and gametypes the series has seen so far. The games after it weren't even in the same ballpark.
Deputy Moonman
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I would actually go with knights over brutes. Brutes are the worst thing in the entire Halo universe imo. And i thought halo 2's campaign was pretty bad at the time. The only campaign that beats it for more blah is reach. I know I'm in the extreme minority of opinions though.
Combat evolved spoiled me with the most entertaining weapon of all time and a nice phat field of view. And the game engine in halo 2 compared to combat evolved was too pastel. I thought I had ventured into the land of gumby.
Combat evolved spoiled me with the most entertaining weapon of all time and a nice phat field of view. And the game engine in halo 2 compared to combat evolved was too pastel. I thought I had ventured into the land of gumby.
Syphon Filter
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NobleGundam
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Yup agreed. I have a bit more fun toying around with brutes in Halo 2. Knights are chore cuz of watchers but Brutes in legendary is a Spamming Fiesta with Brute Plasma Rifles and Carbines. Still fun though.
Whoa whoa are we talking fixing glitches and bugs here or entire reimagining of campaign areas? Sorry I've missed out on the conversation in a sense.
Wat. Wat.
The Real Napsta
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There were battle rifles in that game the whole time?
Yeah, I just wish this was a few weeks earlier so I could have gotten Sleeping Dogs for free. I bought this a few days ago too. Figured what the hell, could play TitanFall or a few customs nights.
BR is visible in one cutscene so obviously, the model at least exists within the game...
EDIT what about the energy sword then? Its hilt is seen but is there a working version?
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Whoah, Halo 4 could've had this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXzYKQZDrpM
A modified Revenant. Looks like an old find but still... damn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXzYKQZDrpM
A modified Revenant. Looks like an old find but still... damn.
Gabotron ES
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I bet 343 ate AvalonX's babies.
@Woorloog Oh I want that The model seemed unfinished but it still looked neat.
Saw this too.
3rd Person Halo 3, ODST, Reach, and 4 I actually wish 343 would add this in as an option, at least for Action Sack or something. MW2 3rd person was surprisingly good, even though it sounded horrible at first.
The model seemed unfinished but it still looked neat. Saw this too.
3rd Person Halo 3, ODST, Reach, and 4 I actually wish 343 would add this in as an option, at least for Action Sack or something. MW2 3rd person was surprisingly good, even though it sounded horrible at first.
It's a variation of Ricochet that plays kind of like football.
I hopped on Halo for the first time in two weeks today, saw it, figured i'd play it. The first game I played I went 43-8 with a Killtrocity.
@Woorloog Oh I want that
Saw this too.
3rd Person Halo 3 I actually wish 343 would add this in as an option, at least for Action Sack or something. MW2 3rd person was surprisingly good, even though it sounded horrible at first.
I loved playing Halo PC with 3rd person view with a camera trainer.
Never got to play Halo 2 with such because i couldn't get it work (and last year someone here noted it needed windowed mode, so perhaps the next time i'll play Halo 2 PC).
Optional 3rd person mode, and a skull for that for campaign would be wonderful.
Computer
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I am finally going to lag switch my way to that Halo 2 50.
Same with me. Went 26 and 0. Got a untouchable on Team Slayer Heaven. Halo 4 is in a bad state right now. Nothing but new people that have never played any other Halo. You cant beg people to vote for Legendary Slayer BR's even if the game type in on a better map. When new people are introduced to Halo with Halo 4 it really ruins what they think Halo is. Halo 4 is not Halo. I feel that if 343 did go back to Halo's roots there will be a lot of confused people wondering why they cut sprint AA's ect..
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Those ranks were amazing. So simple
Enter The 36 Chambers
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It's crazy the lengths people went to to cheat for those little numbers
Sticking a pin into your Xbox to lift the disc off the laser so the game couldn't load the original maps and would guarantee a dlc map came up in matchmaking just so the mods would work.
Sticking a pin into your Xbox to lift the disc off the laser so the game couldn't load the original maps and would guarantee a dlc map came up in matchmaking just so the mods would work.
IxmagicmanIx
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That.... was a thing???
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