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Subject: Halo 2. Is it really worth it???
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How is Halo 2 better than Halo: Combat Evolved??? When Halo came out for PC, It was much better than the Xbox version. I hope that Halo 2 will come out for pc. If it doesn't, it shall be thrust back onto the Game Stop shelves. Right where they belong. Halo 2 has ok graphics, but playing with the elites is pretty sad. Really, when you look down, you should see a little more than just your legs. I mean really, if the elites toes are that long, don't you think you'd be able to see them. And what's up with switching between the Elite and Master Chief on Single Player??? It messes with the story line, and I got a little confused as to what happens.

  • 12.08.2004 6:59 PM PDT
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1. we don't know if halo2 is gonna be for PC, but we hope so
2. what besides you legs do you see when you look down at that angle?
3. no other game has ever shown a player's legs. ever. give them some credit.
4. you missed the whole point of the polt, didn't you? oh well... you'll play it eventualy ang understand it.
that's about it, but bear in mind, i'm not trying to be mean or anything

  • 12.08.2004 7:21 PM PDT
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well, you are right on number three, but why even put legs on there, you don't care about the legs, they don't do anything for the game, besides make it "pretty"! I got the point of the plot, but why not have the elite and master chief play together on co-op???

  • 12.08.2004 7:33 PM PDT
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well... it's cool
when you look down, and see a big black shaddow, it doesn't do much for the game, but when you crouch, and your legs are in your line of fire... it just adds a little more realism to the game

  • 12.08.2004 7:41 PM PDT
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well, they really shouldn't have the shadow either, you do see your legs when you see the shadow, so why even put the shadow??

It is very cool

  • 12.08.2004 7:43 PM PDT
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hey man i know what your sayen... For this being halo 2 theres not much too it. We waited 3 + years for the same graphics engine, same physics engine, about 10 new models and a few new guns? To me it seems to be a halo 1.5 rather than a halo 2. And i HATE being the arbitor... hes a covenant, i was trained all through halo 1 to kill em all... now i gotta sympathise for them... ghey ghey ghey! And where is the GOD Dam* apocalypse?! seiously watch the trailer that came out a few years ago, and youll know what im talking about.

but dont get me wrong ive still put in an easy 30 + hours on the SP alone, not to mention the countless hours i have played on Live, i just expected more than a halo 1.5.

  • 12.08.2004 8:06 PM PDT
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the apocoplapse is shown when the covinant ship made a slipspace jump in the city at the end of the metroopolis level(or whatever) rember that cutscene?
wieard... i thought it would be a nuke

  • 12.08.2004 8:30 PM PDT
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you are completely correct darkknight

  • 12.08.2004 8:33 PM PDT
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Actually kids...its not the question of will halo 2 come out for pc...the question is when...becuase there is no way hell they wont release Halo 2 for the pc....

My guess and hope is that Halo 2 will come out next year in July...im not entirely sure but im bieng optimistic here....although there are lots of Halo 2 maps that are in progress now for Halo CE which is actually greaatttt!!!!.....Zanzibar was great minus the lag and the weird rockets, theres the vertigo city map, and then the makers of Zanzibar will update the Zanzibar map some more thats well... thers some other halo 2 maps that are bieng made but I cant think of anything else

  • 12.08.2004 8:33 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

Err.. Iamwhie, no games showing legs? WRONG! lol, sry buddy, I guess you've never Played Tribes 1&2. Get them, they're freeware, search on google, download the game FOR FREE AND LEGALLY, and turn on 1st person view with weapon and player model, and when you look down you see your torso, your legs, your shadow. I give Bungie no credit, if old games could do it, so should new games. You may ask, "now why diddn't they do this?" cause they diddn't bother to set the camer angles right. In HaloPC, the camera you view your guy from is actually up to the left, above your guys head. Want proof? get a bud to aim at your eyes and you guide him saying left and right until the barrel of his gun is aimed at your eyes. by the time he gets it, on his screen he'll be aiming off very badly. So yeah, bad 1st person camera angle. So if you wondered why you could never see the stickeys attached to your visor when your bud plants one there? it's cause your camera offset's too bloody high. :p

I'm sure there's other games that do this too, I just know tribes as an example cause that game pwns in smexyness. ;)

I have another funny example of bad 1st person camera angles. You know Counter-Strike? quoted many-a-times over as the best game on pc? well, the 1st person camera's in your CHEST, lol. So if you ever wondered why your guy feels short? that's because you're one head-size down from where you should be. :p

Now, Halo2 seems to be better gameplay wise, weaponbalance is much better, more variety, and no fuel rods in multiplayer! w00t! :)

But from what I've seen from Red Vs Blue, Halo2 actually looks more cartoonish... which's kindof lame... If I wanted cartoonish gaming I'd throw on a cell shading mod or play XIII. ;)

[Edited on 12/9/2004 11:02:17 AM]

  • 12.09.2004 11:00 AM PDT
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I hate the new MJOLINR armour. How the hell is it any different??? It just looks a lot like the old one, just with a few little pieces sticking out of it???????

  • 12.09.2004 3:00 PM PDT
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Now your just being DUMB the new armor is NOTHING like the old except its green, thats it, theirs over 20 differences in it, god thats like saying a sparrow is the same as a pigeon, you don't even need an eye for detail to see that, and then you say the graphics are "ok" ? their are some of the best i've seen considering it was layed out 3 years ago. People consider halo graphics to be awsome, and halo 2 graphcis far surpass it.

  • 12.09.2004 3:16 PM PDT
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Tell me everything that is different with the armor (save the HUD) and i will start to believe you. And the graphics are much more SOUND on Halo than on H2. If H2 was put on PC, the PC version would "far surpass" IT, YOU LITTLE F****ER

  • 12.09.2004 3:23 PM PDT
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give me a sec, I'll get the pictures. and no **** sherlock, pc is better than xbox, of course it would look BETTER.

  • 12.09.2004 3:30 PM PDT
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I know what the god****ed MJOLINR battle suit looks like. I'm not stupid. The human weapons are less powerful, more accurate (save the pistol, it's vice versa). I personally prefer the Mark V, and the old human weapons. H2 is centered more on how much more about the Covenant we have learned.

  • 12.09.2004 3:46 PM PDT
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here you go (mind you i'm going to point out 20 JUST in his upper body and FRONT only)
OLD ARMOR- http://www.popcultureshock.com/reviews/3409/3409_3.jpg
NEW ARMOR-http://www.fiercegaming.com/Images/halo2_2.jpg

Now lets take a look at the FRONT-HEAD
1. Visor - New Design
2. Elongated Chin Amor
3. New Vents in Jaw Area
NECK
4. Neck is now visible
5. The Huge piece of armor that came from the back has been taken out and flattend.
CHEST
6. Pectorial Chest Plantes are now Independent (not attached)
7. They take form of his body instead of an X , like the old one.
8. The pectorial area is now follwed up by an underlining piece that connects to the back.
9. He doesn't Carry a bag around his upper waist. (ab area)
10. He abbs are defined by the armor since the bag now gone.
12. He has a vent area on the sides of his body.
13. His crotc area now (center piece) goes up and bulgdes out.

ARMS.
14. New Shoulder Pads that jetoson out.
15. Light system on the shoulders.
16. New Bicept Armor Design.
17. New Tricept Design.
18. New Lighting system on Forarms.
19. Forarm armor is now not in the cshape of a glove, but a brace.
20. The Armor FIts to his muscles rather than random parts.

This is only VAGUE LOOK at this armor and only his front chest/head.

  • 12.09.2004 3:48 PM PDT
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Ooooooooooh, pretty, still doesn't do much more for the shields.

  • 12.09.2004 3:50 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

Spartan, pick up the latest Red VS Blue episode, you can see the difference between the 2. You can even see why many people say H2 is much more cartoonish looking than H1...

  • 12.10.2004 12:38 PM PDT
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I have seen the difference between halo2 and halo. And I agree with you, it really is cartoonish. When I want to play an FPS, I frankly don't want to play as a cartoonish character...

  • 12.10.2004 8:08 PM PDT
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well, what gives you the idea that the MC exists in the real world? it's eaither real, or cartoonish.
just play halo 1, and think about what i'm, saying

  • 12.10.2004 8:55 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

I know MC's just a character for a game, and not supposed to be real n' Halo's set inna fictoral future, bla bla bla... but what I'm sayin' is I like keep the look the same between games, Halo1 had a pretty realistic look to it, Halo2 looks like they applied cell shading to it... heck, even that ZanzibarCE map looks like it has a bit of cell shading....

  • 12.10.2004 9:20 PM PDT
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I know he doesn't exist in the real world, but Bungie really could do a little better with the H2 graphics!!!

  • 12.11.2004 8:39 AM PDT
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you ppl should jus accept that halo 2 is too much for the poor xbox an its doing what it can too keep up with the game. an stop dissin the bungie team. if it werent for them halo would not be here and life would be pretti boring. also halo 2 gets better the more you play it and you soon get used the graphics.

[Edited on 12/11/2004 1:01:18 PM]

  • 12.11.2004 1:00 PM PDT
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Sup,

I (as of the time of this post) don't have a PC to even begin to run Halo PC (working on it though) But, I do on the other hand play XBox Live Halo 2 quite freqently and heres a real review;

Unreal w/ Halo skins and more spray and pray.

Its nothing like Halo 1, its just Spray and Pray with Halo skins. I'm sticking with Halo 1 at this point

  • 12.12.2004 9:52 PM PDT
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If you want to compalin about Halo 2 do it at some other site, not Bungies.

  • 12.12.2004 10:50 PM PDT

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