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[nilam01]

Urk's way ahead of you. Probably the time machine.

Oh god that halo 2 trailer is still to this day one of the best trailers I have ever seen, that's movies included. A real shame the actual game didn't turn out like that. Earth never was properly invaded, MC never did land on that carrier. Instead they had to implement that silly bomb thing.

 

[Leotarius]

Oh god that halo 2 trailer is still to this day one of the best trailers I have ever seen, that's movies included. A real shame the actual game didn't turn out like that. Earth never was properly invaded, MC never did land on that carrier. Instead they had to implement that silly bomb thing.

I know what you mean, Bungie has been a victim of their own ambition a few times already. However I have no problem with ambition, if it weren't for their ambition, we wouldn't have the caliber games from them that we have today.

Here's to hoping Reach is finally the game that meets their ambitions.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Oh cool, thought you had to play vs Bungie to get the flair for Reach.

Fitting that my first 2 games were on Lockout and Midship, both of which have been remade.

 

[Kibbles]

I think I'm in love with the Halo 2 sword. :lol

 

[timetokill]

I think I'm in love with the Halo 2 sword. :lol

It made me amazed how much I missed with it, but also how much more... satisfying it was to get a kill with it.

 

[Thagomizer]

I think I'm in love with the Halo 2 sword. :lol

I once saw a montage where everytime somebody did a sword lunge, the Woot.com Screaming Monkey scream would play. It was hilarious, but I haven't been able to find it since

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

I just played on Relic, the thing that still blows me away is when I am on a map with the entire Halo ring stretching out in front/above/behind you, it is an awesome sight.

 

[DarkJC]

Wow thanks, 5 hours gives me enough time to download the maps and give a long goodbye to one of the greatest multiplayer experiences last gen. Microsoft better not do this **** again next gen.

I'd rather they shut down previous gen servers if it's required to make enhancements for things we can play this generation and in the future than hold back progress for a few thousand people.

 

[nilam01]

God I forgot how good the battle rifle feels in halo2.

 

[RdN]

Hey guys.. juts got home.. are there any customs going on?

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

God I forgot how good the battle rifle feels in halo2.

I know, it feel so powerful and fires so fast.

 

[Blueblur1]

Does anyone know if a Xbox 360 48 hour trial code will allow an account to play Halo 2 online??

 

[Oozer3993]

I once saw a montage where everytime somebody did a sword lunge, the Woot.com Screaming Monkey scream would play. It was hilarious, but I haven't been able to find it since

The day after Halo 2 came out, I started playing it on Live (first day was Campaign day). One of the first matches I get is 1-Flag on Zanzibar. I'm on the stairway protecting the flag when the guy with the sword comes running around the corner. He spots me, lunges, and says "high five!" as the blade goes into it's upward thrust animation. I died, but I laughed out loud at the line.

I'll be on the Deuce in a little bit and I'm hoping to stay on until they kick me off.

 

[CrazedArabMan]

Sucks I'm missing out on the H2 right now.

 

[Dirtbag]

It made me amazed how much I missed with it, but also how much more... satisfying it was to get a kill with it.

I miss being able to fast switch and lunge or shotgun blast someone in an instant. I remember how much fun the jump strike sword sneak was on lockout.

 

[Devin Olsen]

For those of you saying the lighting looks bad on the Beta shots lets not forget what Halo 2 looked like before it was release.

I could be very wrong, but Halo seems to get a really nice finishing polish right towards the end... Watch some of the attract videos for Halo 2 and 3 when you idle in the menu, and you can see some game-play of 'beta' footage and it looks way different.

 

[DeadFalling]

I like that the AR has wear on it, but it would be REALLY cool if there were 3 or 4 different models for the more common guns, with different wear on each one. Like they've been used in different ways

New page repost for awesomeness:

Anyone wanna add in the Halo 1 AR for shits and giggles?

 

[Kibbles]

GT put up a little montage of Halo 2 clips from today. Would've gone better with Marty's music and it's not really edited to be dramatic.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/salute-to-halo-2/64488

 

[Sanic]

For those of you saying the lighting looks bad on the Beta shots lets not forget what Halo 2 looked like before it was release.

http://media.mlgpro.com/site/images/features/halo2grenade.jpg[IMG]

I could be very wrong, but Halo seems to get a really nice finishing polish right towards the end... Watch some of the attract videos for Halo 2 and 3 when you idle in the menu, and you can see some game-play of 'beta' footage and it looks way different.[/QUOTE]

That pic looks...pretty good (even great). Not the best example to proove your point :)

 

[nilam01]

That pic looks...pretty good (even great). Not the best example to proove your point

Yeah i'm playing halo 2 right now and no way does it look that good.

 

[dilatedmuscle]

I dont remember seing it posted here but a website had a picture of an Elite standing straight up next to a spartan standing up to compare the size difference but i cant find it on b.net. Where can i find it?

 

[Kibbles]

I dont remember seing it posted here but a website had a picture of an Elite standing straight up next to a spartan standing up to compare the size difference but i cant find it on b.net. Where can i find it?

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=25376

 

[Shishka]

Oh cool, thought you had to play vs Bungie to get the flair for Reach.

Fitting that my first 2 games were on Lockout and Midship, both of which have been remade.

My first game was on Tombstone, which I thought ironic.

 

[quilter46761]

From someone a few hours ago, I think.

Beaten.

 

[Devin Olsen]

That pic looks...pretty good (even great). Not the best example to proove your point

:lol perhaps it has been to long since I last played Halo 2.

I thought I remembered this screen shot as looking 'washed out'... Guess I am wrong!

 

[Sanic]

:lol perhaps it has been to long since I last played Halo 2.

I thought I remembered this screen shot as looking 'washed out'... Guess I am wrong!

Yeah, that screenshot actually looks better than the final game does .

 

[Revengeance]

Oh God, I haven't been in this thread in weeks, but when I saw a news post on bnet entitled "A Love Letter to the Chopper," I knew that had to be Eazy's work :lol :lol :lol

 

[dilatedmuscle]

thanks Kibbles! i couldnt find it in the project page.

 

[Kibbles]

My first game was on Tombstone, which I thought ironic.

Same here :lol Played like crap on it though.

Last game was on Containment, Gulch Wars. It was an excellent game on Waterworks with some really cool fans, which I thought would've been a great way to end, but I had to get one more game in.

 

[Kapura]

Larz is good. Sketch is an SMG pro

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Wow at the AR comparisons. It is a huge jump from Halo 3 to Reach and I really like the new and improved Reach AR. I really like the new look.

Personally I liked the way the environments looked in the alpha build particularly the lighting.

^this looks like it's properly lit compared to the new screens

^The lighting here looks unrealistic/overlit.

I really have to agree. While I dont think the game should ever be too dark, I really like the dramatic lighting in the first pic. I hope they are still tampering with the lighting and that we will see a healthy middle ground once the game ships.

 

[feel]

Anyone wanna add in the Halo 1 AR for shits and giggles?

Sure.

 

[nilam01]

Sure.

You know the halo 1 AR kinda looks better than the halo3 AR in those shots.

 

[zumphry]

Larz is good. Sketch is an SMG pro

Heh, I don't know why I'm hoping to play against Bungie.

 

[JesseZao]

You know the halo 1 AR kinda looks better than the halo3 AR in those shots.

To each their own.

 

[les papillons sexuels]

For those of you saying the lighting looks bad on the Beta shots lets not forget what Halo 2 looked like before it was release.

I could be very wrong, but Halo seems to get a really nice finishing polish right towards the end... Watch some of the attract videos for Halo 2 and 3 when you idle in the menu, and you can see some game-play of 'beta' footage and it looks way different.

that lighting is mighty impressive, I think it's much better then halo 2, especially since it looks like weapon fire is casting light, much like what halo 3 will be doing.

that lighting looks so flat in comparison, environment detail and textures are better, but i give both character models and lighting to the halo 2 beta shot.

also, customizable hud overlay please! Like the elite vs spartan in halo 3.

 

[reetva]

The icon above the number is facing a different direction in each image... Is there a compass on the AR that I didn't know about or something? :lol

 

[DopeyFish]

The icon above the number is facing a different direction in each image... Is there a compass on the AR that I didn't know about or something? :lol

correct :lol

 

[Deputy Moonman]

Oh my it's been so loooong time since I played Halo2, but I already miss it. Pace of the game feels so much faster. SMG sound effects are hilarious, like when you I used to clip playing cards to my bike wheels for the cool sound.

 

[Ten-Song]

Anyone that's interested, Giant Bomb is live streaming them playing Halo 2 right now to bid farewell to old Xbox Live.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/the-xboxalypse-is-now/1956/

 

[StUnNeR H2K]

No Halo 2 for me! I'm out of town for work, dragged the 360 with me only to find out the 360 won't work through the hotels internet... FML.

 

[Tashi]

Oh my it's been so loooong time since I played Halo2, but I already miss it. Pace of the game feels so much faster. SMG sound effects are hilarious, like when you I used to clip playing cards to my bike wheels for the cool sound.

Yea I really notice the difference now with a decent sound set up. Halo 3's sound is fucking miles ahead of Halo 2's in every way. I can't wait to hear Reach in game.

 

[dslgunstar]

Jumped in for a match of Halo 2 to get the visual flair, hopped out immediately. The game hasn't aged well at all.

Just some of the changes I cant go back on:

Battle Rifle is the finger of God. If someone points it at you, you die. Hitscan sucks, Im a little worried about how they're going to deal with its return in Reach.

Dual-wielding destroys the shoot/grenade/melee trifecta. It doesn't help that grenades dont feel very powerful and melee's have a wild lunge to take into account. With dual-wieldable weapons all over every map, every match is just a spray-and-pray cluster.

Equipment adds so much variability to the combat, so many tactical wrinkles that completely reshape the dynamics of a skirmish in one fell swoop.

Valhalla > Coagulation

That said, damn I miss some of these maps! Headlong, Relic, Terminal and Containment are ****ing brilliant.

 

[2 Minutes Turkish]

Jumped in for a match of Halo 2 to get the visual flair, hopped out immediately. The game hasn't aged well at all.

Just some of the changes I cant go back on:

Battle Rifle is the finger of God. If someone points it at you, you die. Hitscan sucks, Im a little worried about how they're going to deal with its return in Reach.

Dual-wielding destroys the shoot/grenade/melee trifecta. It doesn't help that grenades dont feel very powerful and melee's have a wild lunge to take into account. With dual-wieldable weapons all over every map, every match is just a spray-and-pray cluster.

Equipment adds so much variability to the combat, so many tactical wrinkles that completely reshape the dynamics of a skirmish in one fell swoop.

Valhalla > Coagulation

That said, damn I miss some of these maps! Headlong, Relic, Terminal and Containment are ****ing brilliant.

Agreed on everything.

Halo 2 maps are far better, but everything else has aged like a donkeys cock.

 

[les papillons sexuels]

anyone else notice the lack of shadows and self shadowing on players?, in these screens there's not even shadows cased onto the ground.

http://www.1up.com/media/03/8/0/4/lg/549.jpg

http://www.1up.com/do/slideshow?pager.offset=0&cId=3171232

I know it's the beta, but cmon bungie, these things should be standard by now, up the contrast a bit on your shadows, lets see some real details in the environment and on characters.

 

[dilatedmuscle]

oh my god, my internet has been lagging since last night. Im trying to play H2 but i fear that the maps wont be downloaded in time before the O.G. XBL shut down.

 

[JohnIIVII]

Well I had fun playing Halo 2 tonight. Kinda sad to see it go now lol. Atleast Bungie knows how to give their game a proper sendoff.

Rest in peace old friend.

 

[Heretic]

I don't think letters recognised me

I did... recognized both you and sai kun

i suck at Halo 2 =(

 

[Heretic]

I did... recognized both you and sai kun

i suck at Halo 2 =(

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EDIT: What in the world just happened?

 

[advent29]

When is Halo 2 going offline? It's 3:34am EST and I'm still finding games.