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Subject: Halo back in 1999...
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Does anyone besides me mourn the loss of the Halo we saw previewed in 1999? (look at my Avatar if you have no idea what i mean). It began as a real-time strategy game (like Myth only with a Horseshoe Crab Tank) but by Mac world 99' it had evolved into a 3rd person shooter. In an old issue of Computer Gaming World (go get a subscription, its a great magazine) had an article back in 1999 that was entitled "5 Games the Will Change Gaming Forever." In this articel, they said that Halo was the best bet to change gaming forever. I suppose it has; however, it was still in it's first person shooter from back then. I love Halo as much as anyone else, (I've spent countless hours playing it as well as just messing with the engine and drawing pictures by collecting vehicles and veiwing them from an elevated possition) but part of me really wishes that It had remained what it was back in 1999, before the X-box was developed. I have a 3 minute preview from, I beleive Mac World 1999, that shows Halo in its 3rd person form saved on my computer. Everytime I watch that preview a little part of me dies because it looked like such a unique game that would be incredable to play. If you can't find the vid, then search for screenshots because it looked really cool. I'm happy with Halo as it is; however, there is always that part of me that wishes it was still the 3rd person shooter it once was.

  • 12.12.2004 2:02 AM PDT
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hey man i would like to see that old preview, any way you could send it to me?

  • 12.12.2004 2:38 AM PDT
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I'll look around and try to remember where i found it so I can put a link to it in my profile. I'll try not to let you down cuz everyone should see it. I know its not the same, but bungie.net has a ton of screenshots from the original.

[Edited on 12/12/2004 1:17:50 PM]

  • 12.12.2004 12:20 PM PDT
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yeah that would have been great if they made a strategy version of it and I think they should also make a massive-multiplayer version like they planned to do a bit later. But I am very happy with what they came out with, If they make a strategy and MMOG version they should be seperate from the original. Maybe they should just hire more people and make a strategy version that follows the events of the FPS halo games.

  • 12.12.2004 12:31 PM PDT