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Subject: The Classical Experience
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While Halo 2 can and will kick ass, will it be the same classic that we know and love? In Halo LAN games with your buddies, or your buddy's buddy who you hate, but you play with anyway, everything was slow and well thought-out. Everybody [usually] takes the game seriously, and works together. But some things I have noticed about any game online give me reason to believe it just won't be the same.

All games I have played that have the "Hot-Drop" feature that allows you to join games in progress, people seem to take less seriously, and therefore, not work together as much. It just doesn't have the personal feel to it. With games that have staging rooms, you have to wait to get into a game, so you take it more seriously. Unreal Championship was notorious for this; not only was there almost no stratagy, but since you can jump into any game at any time, if you start losing, you quit. I realize that all games have this problem, but hot drop games especially.

Also, faster paced games have less strategy in them. You have less of a life span, and crap happens so much faster, it's almost senseless to come up with a new strategy constantly. Slower games, like Mechassault, take longer, and therefore allow more in-depth plans. Also, inexperienced players are at risk with faster paced games. While they may have an idea what they are doing, with much more going on faster, those who got mowed down in Halo are doomed for Halo 2.

Other than these potential problems, Halo 2 will mimic Halo in damn-near every way. The Bungie crew is working hard to get it as close to the LAN experience as possible. Talking smack, scratagizing, -blam!-ing, the whole nine yards.

Anybody have any fun concerns or LAN experiences you'd like to share??

  • 06.04.2004 9:14 PM PDT
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well its not like our halo 1 games will dissipitate..but yea from what ive gathered halo2 will retain that feel (it has too if they want to make any money)

  • 06.04.2004 9:17 PM PDT
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There isn't really one thing that changes the experience. After a certain point, it just gets to fast and loses that whole stratigic touch. While they aren't really changing anything a lot, they are changing a lot of different things. I just hope it feels the same.

  • 06.04.2004 9:29 PM PDT

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The animations and stuff are the same speed and MC runs the same speed and the warthog does as well. (I'll leave the ghost boost out of this) and all the classic game modes are returning and there are rumours of classic levels like blood gulch returning too so dont worry.

If anything, theyre making it more strategic (e.g. you now have to arrange for a getaway driver to drive you out of the base seeing as you cant carry a flag and drive) and also the panel on zanzibar could offer some strategy, one guy goes in while the others are waiting to charge.

The fusion cores will offer plenty of strategy, you can drop them and tear apart the environment as well as a sniper or two.

Trust that bungie will make a great game. I think if they keep everything implemented that they've announced then it'll be great.

[Edited on 6/4/2004 9:35:51 PM]

  • 06.04.2004 9:34 PM PDT
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i think halo2 will be the perfect pase for a lan game. unreal champ was way too fast but fun, no stratagy, counter-strike was fun but still has peeple in and out all the time. one way i stopped this was to increase the freeze time at the beginning of the round to talk stratagie, instead of peeple running off to get awp-d.

  • 06.04.2004 9:40 PM PDT
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[quote]Posted by: ash55
The animations and stuff are the same speed and MC runs the same speed and the warthog does as well...[quote]

I'm not talking about literal speed. I have read many-a-tread talking about only being able to take like 3 shots before dying. I pretty sure these guys are just retards who want to look smart, but if it is true, that's where I'm getting part of the fast paced from. Also, the destructable vehicles. Don't get me wrong, I will love this, I have grown attached to my warthog and will kill anybody who puts a scuff on it, but eh, idunno. I have faith...

  • 06.04.2004 9:52 PM PDT

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I think 3 shots is refering to 3 shots from the unzoomed battle rifle.

and maybe to the head too. unzoomed fire shoots 3 rounds at a time so thats 9 shots. Im guessing 9rounds from the pistol (which is simmilar to the BR) would kill you in halo1 so I think you can take an equal beating in halo2 aswell. Relax...

  • 06.04.2004 10:01 PM PDT