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Subject: Halo2 Weather? And why Halo2 is going to kick Doom3's butt!
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Halo2 to isn't done. There is way too much to do to fix it. And with games like Spinter Cell and Riddick looking as good as they do, you know that Bungie is doing EVERYTHING they can to make Halo2 better.
My most excited part of Halo2? The weather Effects. I just rented Pandora Tomorrow. I've beat it on normal and almost on Hard. But my Over all FAVORITE part of the game is the level with the Thundoer Storm. I mean it is just Breath Taking. I'm tempted to record parts of it just to print out and frame! And there is a VERY cool shot you can get by using the Optical camera in a small guard house just out of reach of the Turrents.
Oops! Almost forgot that this is a Halo Forum. LOL!
If Bungie has weather in it that looks like that or better, then it's going to kick Tale! I just pray that they dont include a thunderstorm with rain and NOT include the rain bouncing off of the Characters. That would just SUCK!

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Here's a Reason why Halo2 is going to kick Doom3's Big Fat Demonic Butt!
MUCH LESS POLYGONS!
The Doom 3 guys have already comfermed that there will NEVER be more then 4 people during MP. And NO TWO PLAYERS can use the same TV. They'll have to use seperate TVs Vea Lan or Xbox Live. There are So many poligons in that game that it'll slow the gameplay down a LOT. They also said that their main concern at the moment (2 weeks ago) was reducing the loading times for Campain. So you already know that the frame rate is most likely going to suck.
My sorce for Doom3 was G4TV. where they interviewed the Doom3 guys.


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What do you guys hope they do with the weather in Halo2?

  • 06.12.2004 8:36 PM PDT
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Dude...we already knew H2 would kick doom 3's ass. Lol, but it will still be a good game hopefully.

And yeah, beat Pandora Tomorrow like two days after it came out, great game, the original was the only game, i thought, that could even compete with Halo(as far as this generation of games is concerned). And i hope Halo 2 has wicked weather effects, that would be awsome.

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  • 06.12.2004 8:38 PM PDT
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I hope they do the smae I have had a poll discussing this smae subject and everybody votes for it.

  • 06.12.2004 8:39 PM PDT
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i have to contradict one small part of ur proposal. first of all Doom 3 is 4 the PC which means the graphics r actually better than halo 2 if u dont think so just watch the video 4 doom 3 and dont be stupid and say halo 2 looks better just because its halo! second the reason they r only allowing 4 people in a game at once is because they want the multiplayer games to have intense moments more along the lines of splinter cell than FPS run and gun.
now im sure we all know that halo 2 is going to beat Doom 3 in terms of gameplay and it will almost have the same amount of graphical features which is a big feat for a game limited to the xbox. anyway Doom 3 is coming to xbox so i will still buy Doom 3 as well as halo 2.
lastly how do u know the framerate is going to suck? u never played it!

lemme add this at the end so u fanboys dont attack me like lunatics! HALO 2 will definitely beat Doom 3 with no effort at all by the looks of it so far. im just pointing out that Doom 3 is still a good game. not every game is gonna be like halo

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  • 06.12.2004 8:45 PM PDT
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Dude, its coming otu for Xbox, and I've read plenty of articles about it in OXM, Sespider is right about everything he said about the game slowing down. And i know its going to be a good game, im hoping it'll be more than a good game (i want it to kick Half-Life 2's ass) But this is a place for Halo 2 talk. If we say Doom 3 sucks, well, tough, lol.

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  • 06.12.2004 8:47 PM PDT
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im just pointing out facts besides if this is a halo 2 forums THEN Y IN THE HELL R WE TALKING ABOUT DOOM 3!!!!
besides i could care less if halo 2 doesnt beat doom 3 or not in technical terms because the only i care about is halo 2 living up to the hype.

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  • 06.12.2004 9:01 PM PDT
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Yes Doom 3 is going to be on the PC. But when G4TV was talking about Frame Rate and MP, they were talking about the XBOX version. And the Doom3 guys Came out and said that the Number of poyigons limited it to 4 players. They also said it was going to 6 players, but they removed the extra to for speed and frame rate sake.
And I'm basing the framerate to that of Halo2. I didn't mean to say that the frame rate would Suck in general. Just that it would compared to Halo2 (on the Xbox). Doom3 has MUCH more poylgons then Halo2, so yeah it's going to look better. And yes they also mentioned the intence moment thing. And it makes sence. But they sure didn't hide the frame rate problems.
But knowing that Doom3 is having trouble with loading for campaign (for PC and Xbox), I can't help but see it freezing during gameplay once in a while until it loads. Doom3 IS going to rock. That's no doubt. And it'll look better then Halo2. But I care about loading time, and gameplay the most. Halo2 will for sure beat it in that department.

  • 06.12.2004 9:02 PM PDT
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Theyre both great looking games, and they are both coming exclusively to the Xbox and PC eventually. So why are they competing?

  • 06.12.2004 9:03 PM PDT
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Thats exactly why they are competeing, lol because they are both directed towards the same audience, i for one will definetly get Doom 3, but not when it first releases, because Halo 2 will probably last me a good four months of pure Halo 2 play, tahts before i get LIVE too.

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  • 06.12.2004 9:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: SEspider
But I care about loading time, and gameplay the most. Halo2 will for sure beat it in that department.


well duh what did u expect. doom 3 just looks like it is trying to be another tech demo.

  • 06.12.2004 9:04 PM PDT
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Come on now. take it easy on Bentfishy. He made som every good points. I've just answered them. If he wants to make more points or comment on holes in people's post, then let him. If he's wrong, he'll find out. Just as we would if we were him.

I can already see Halo2 living up to the hipe. so will Doome 3 and Splinter Cell 3. But Bungie better not screw up halo2 by not including Great Weather effects. ALL THREE novels have Rain sceens in it. There MUST me RAIN in Halo2! LOL! Or atleast make it a fucntion for MP. That would just ROCK BIG TIME!!

I want:
Rain
Snow
Ice
Huricans
Tornados (IT's in Crimson skies, so why not?)
Floods
Bizzerds
Fog
It's still not too late to add these to MP at least.
Lets not forget that in the books Master Chief has night and heat vision. WHERE WAS IT IN HALO?! I WANT IT TOO! LOL. No, really. I do.

  • 06.12.2004 9:11 PM PDT
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Thats exactly why they are competeing, lol because they are both directed towards the same audience

I realize that for alot of people, money is an issue, but if and when they both recieve excellent ratings, this audience should buy both. Then play both. Then go out and buy Half Life 2. Then play that also.

  • 06.12.2004 9:11 PM PDT
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right im still gonna buy half life 2, halo 2, and doom 3 regardless of how many people criticize those games. and no i didnt mean half life 2 is 1st halo 2 is 2nd and so on thats just the way it came out.

  • 06.12.2004 9:16 PM PDT
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I only have the money to buy one, sadly. And that's the Limited Halo2. But I will Rent the others.

  • 06.12.2004 9:23 PM PDT
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I'm going to get Doom3 for sure, but Half-Life 2...the first one was fun, for about ten minutes. I dont think its for me.

  • 06.12.2004 9:23 PM PDT