02-10-2004 22:33									#1
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According to Gamespot

quote: Bungie to gamers: Halo 2 is gold. Time to break out the bubbly (and sushi) in Redmond. The team has been holed in an unmarked building for months, nay years, but now, the coders, programmers, artists, and designers behind the making of Halo 2 are stepping into the light. In a post this afternoon on the developer's official site, Bungie.net, word comes that Halo 2 is complete. "We are basically done making Halo 2. Seriously. Barring any unexpected shenanigans, Halo 2 is done and dusted, simultaneously, for every region it will be released in worldwide. Oh, and Parsons has been hitting the sushi again..."

	02-10-2004 22:51									#2
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Read this earlier on their website.

A nice looking game, and one of the reasons I am looking at an Xbox.

	04-10-2004 06:32									#3
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This is a good sign that they really feel sure that they're done a month before release date. This means nothing will be rushed.

	06-10-2004 00:33									#4
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I hope it means it won't have all those "filler" levels, like the library level in Halo...

	06-10-2004 02:21									#5
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quote: Originally posted by nostromo I hope it means it won't have all those "filler" levels, like the library level in Halo...

Or doing several levels backwards. All said and done, I LOVE the first 4 or 5 levels of Halo, then I kind of lose interest. Control Room is da bomb.

	06-10-2004 02:32									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Pythagoras Or doing several levels backwards.

Thats was the most obvious symptom of the game being rushed IMHO

	06-10-2004 05:41									#7
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BTW, is there any word on their next project? HALO 3 for the Xbox 2?

	06-10-2004 06:42									#8
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Halo 3 is pretty much slated as a launch title for XBox 2. No real official word on it, though.

	12-10-2004 09:48									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Pythagoras Or doing several levels backwards. All said and done, I LOVE the first 4 or 5 levels of Halo, then I kind of lose interest. Control Room is da bomb.

I dunno, I like the backwards levels. Even if the terrain is the same, the enemies are different, and going in the opposite direction does change things quite a bit. Plus the Maw doesn't include all that much backwardsness.

I hate Guilty Spark and the Library. Horrid levels.

	12-10-2004 09:49									#10
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Best Buy was out of Xboxes this weekend, so I'm going to check back next weekend and get one. I've already preorded Halo 2 and bought Halo and KOTOR for the Xbox.

	12-10-2004 11:41									#11
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Halo 2 has to be the most overhyped game I've ever heard of, even moreso than fable. I hope it kicks ass, but seriously, unless it is 10 times better than every other game combined it won't be as good as the hype it has going. I mean seriously, 95% of Xbox owners are going to buy it and play it. It will be the only game on Xbox live for a month. I just can't see that any game could possibly be that good.

	12-10-2004 17:07									#12
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quote: Originally posted by BustaMike Halo 2 has to be the most overhyped game I've ever heard of, even moreso than fable. I hope it kicks ass, but seriously, unless it is 10 times better than every other game combined it won't be as good as the hype it has going. I mean seriously, 95% of Xbox owners are going to buy it and play it. It will be the only game on Xbox live for a month. I just can't see that any game could possibly be that good.

Halo one was not the greatest FPS ever. Sure the first player was fun, but multiplayer devolves into overshield-rocket launcher or shotgun every game. I think its popular in multiplayer simply because its what everyone has.

	12-10-2004 21:40									#13
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I heard someone say that Halo 2 looks as good as Doom 3 and Half-life 2. I've seen a gameplay footage, and it looks pretty much like the original Halo to me. Ok, maybe it looks a bit more polished. Mind you, I would settle with Halo graphics WITHOUT the huge drops in framerate you got sometimes, especially in the last level. Anyway, if Halo 2 is 30% better than the first one, it will be a great game, maybe not the greatest, but a great game nonetheless.

	12-10-2004 23:07									#14
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Well, it's gonna be better than Doom 3 for sure. HL2 should be much better though (I hope).

	13-10-2004 01:25									#15
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quote: Originally posted by BustaMike Well, it's gonna be better than Doom 3 for sure. HL2 should be much better though (I hope).

Unfortunately nobody will be able to play HL2 because few have the uber PC required, while anyone with an Xbox will be able to play Halo 2.

	13-10-2004 01:56									#16
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I'm going to be playing HL2.

	13-10-2004 02:01									#17
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When is the damn thing coming out anyway? As I speak, it's still TBA. Man do they have lousy management down at Valve...

	13-10-2004 02:52									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Pythagoras Halo one was not the greatest FPS ever. Sure the first player was fun, but multiplayer devolves into overshield-rocket launcher or shotgun every game. I think its popular in multiplayer simply because its what everyone has.

I can see how many MP games you've played.

	13-10-2004 02:52									#19
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Halo 2? Nov. 9th.

	13-10-2004 03:24									#20
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No HL 2

	13-10-2004 03:42									#21
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End of November's the last I heard of it, the release candidate's supposed to be in Vivendi's hands now. Before Christmas in all likelihood. (Where have we heard this before?)

	13-10-2004 04:24									#22
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Kassiopeia,

I know it's a little off-topic, but where is your avatar from?

	13-10-2004 04:55									#23
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The graphics are great.

Hope this link works :
http://www.bungie.net/SlideShow.asp...nshots&Slide=38

	13-10-2004 05:04									#24
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quote: Originally posted by CygnusZ Kassiopeia, I know it's a little off-topic, but where is your avatar from?

It's meant to portary the young incarnation of a character from a Japanese animation series called Neon Genesis Evangelion. The source of the image is an artbook from the character designer of the series.

	13-10-2004 06:20									#25
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It looks sort of like it comes out of a 70s style Super Robot anime. I've actually seen NGE+EoE. I can't really tell who that is though... maybe Gendo Ikari?

And, on topic... I would be surprised if Halo 2 really turned out to be better than Halflife 2. Especially when you consider the whole MOD community thing.

	13-10-2004 06:26									#26
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I don't think comparing the two really flies, Halo 2 is just in its own element on the XBox. HL2 will doubtless blow the pants off of any future PC port, I'd say. (Oh and it's Gendo, yes.)

	13-10-2004 07:02									#27
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quote: Originally posted by CygnusZ And, on topic... I would be surprised if Halo 2 really turned out to be better than Halflife 2. Especially when you consider the whole MOD community thing.

Some games are so good, they don't need mods to be playable.

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	13-10-2004 12:34									#28
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I can't riggin wait for Halo 2, I'm on the waiting list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	15-10-2004 03:16									#29
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Halo2 'basically pirated!!' news on the bbc here .

Half-life and now this? whats up with all this - and do the guys who leak the games get anything for it(apart from jail when caught)?

	15-10-2004 03:22									#30
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Not a big deal, you need to illegally modify your Xbox to be able to use it, and you can't use online play.