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Subject: Parson's crazy theory = Bots in Halo 2?
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What in the hell was that all about? The roomba this, roomba that... It seems as if Frankie is hinting about bots being in multiplayer. OK, get this... the roomba does the job, cool right? It's programmed to do stuff so that you don't really need a human behind the thing, except to turn it on and off. It seems really far fetched but MAYBE he is talking about bots being in Halo 2... BUT, they're gonna suck. They wont be smart enough to pull off tactics like humans would be able to do. I dunno... I think I may be overthinking this a bit.... I just wanna know why Frankie even put that in the update if it doesn't mean anything... what do you think about Parson's crazy theory?

  • 05.29.2004 3:31 PM PDT

Wow.
I posted this in another forum just a few minutes ago....http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=109357
Take a look.

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  • 05.29.2004 3:38 PM PDT
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haha you did.. this could also mean that if they were gonna put flying vehicles in Halo 2, they would have to balance it out with something the sucks...

  • 05.29.2004 3:43 PM PDT
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Hmmm...

Your'e quite right. He does go on quite at length and he uses two of Bungie's favorite go-words. AI's and Rampancy.

  • 05.29.2004 3:48 PM PDT
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I think there will be bots in halo2 it only makes sense

  • 05.29.2004 4:35 PM PDT

Reading Parsons' Crazy Theory implies to me that 'bots would be more of a hassle to implement properly in the game than they're worth.

Consider: Microsoft is really pushing the XBL factor in all its games right now, and Halo 2 is no exception. Getting people to sign up for Live (which, like a sheep, I probably will, come November) is their focus, and with the number of people expected to pick up Halo 2, Microsoft would be foolish to pass an opportunity like that. Maybe they'll include some special package with Halo 2 for people who are new subscribers, who knows?

In the end, simply because a percentage of fans want 'bots doesn't mean Bungie HAS to oblige.
I doubt there is one fan of Halo who won't pick up Halo 2 because Bungie didn't deliver 'bots. I will be pleasantly surprised if there are 'bots in Halo 2.
IF there are, I have no doubt Bungie will make them worthwhile to play with.
If there AREN'T any 'bots, I won't be surprised.
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  • 05.29.2004 4:42 PM PDT
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Bots in Halo 2... hmmmm... Honestly, since there is Live play, that really doesn't affect me, and anyone who has the internet, Xbox, and wants Halo 2 really ought to too, because there is so much creativity to be had in Halo/Halo 2; I really doubt that any AI could attack with a sword, run away, get in a ghost, attack until it got blown up, jump out, stealthily escape a firefight that it could have gone into, start sniping, then bounce a plasma grenade against the wall to do a suicide attack from above? spontenaity (bad sp sorry) is what makes halo mutil awesome.

  • 05.30.2004 6:06 AM PDT
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unreal tournament pulled it off real nice, and they did that complex crap, mind you there wernt vehicular transports of sorts there, but a few mods had vehicles and the bots could drive n shoot n stuff

(i remember playing this one mod where these barrels were everywhere, they were exploseive, and instead of shooting me, it shot the barrel (and it didnt miss, i had it on 120% accuracy)

  • 05.30.2004 7:08 AM PDT
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But thats more of a twitch shooter game, halo is slower and a little more methodical.

  • 05.30.2004 7:45 AM PDT
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I have a scary suspicion that there won't be split screen mulitplayer games. On bestbuy.com it lists the game as one player...and in the description it says "For 1 player or multiplayer support over LAN or Internet." Gah! I will be PISSED if there isn't split screen...me and four of my friends do that constantly with halo. Please bungie...PLEASE don't take away our split screen.

  • 05.30.2004 8:58 AM PDT
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Bah.

Bots might or might-not make it into HALO 2.

But they're already said they're considering options for making multiplayer fun for 1-2 people off-line...

Which is where the whole "GRINDER MODE" idea comes in.

This game is going to own. Bigger than GTA. BEST.GAMER.EVER.

  • 05.30.2004 9:21 AM PDT
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Bah.

Bots might or might-not make it into HALO 2.

But they're already said they're considering options for making multiplayer fun for 1-2 people off-line...

Which is where the whole "GRINDER MODE" idea comes in.

This game is going to own. Bigger than GTA. BEST.GAMER.EVER.


I remember reading from Bungie that there will be no bots because they want to support playing with your friends online or through system link, not by yourself. They dont want to lose that feel from the original Halo

  • 05.30.2004 9:28 AM PDT
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Well i thought the roomba was something to do with Guilty Spark because they looked the same but my post is shorter than yours so you win

  • 05.30.2004 9:37 AM PDT
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some people like me would want bots because im to cheap to get high speed internet(lol)and I have no one to play with so bots would be a good idea so.....................




HEAR THIS BUNGIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WANT BOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i went on a site and it said 70% of people on the survay wanted bots over any other "mabey"
feature that could be on the game it beat out downloadable content by alot

[Edited on 5/30/2004 10:11:36 AM]

  • 05.30.2004 10:07 AM PDT