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Subject: Halo 2 Beta Footage, Includes Mongoose, Health Pack and Covey Flame...

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Watch the videos here.

Yes Halo 2 has come out over 3 years ago but why shouldn’t we forget that Halo 2 was slightly different from its release and was closer to Halo 3 than Halo 2 ever turned out to be. Halo 2 was originally going to include the Mongoose, Health Packs, Online Co-op, and even Saved Films.

  • 03.04.2008 10:02 PM PDT
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Yeah, it's kind of weird actually.

If you play Halo 2 without any of the patches, the BR feels the same as it does in Halo 3.

Everything else however is a different story.
-Melees were very week in Halo 2 pre patch.
-Grenades were very weak and had long fuses pre patch.
-Launches didn't work as well.

All of these among others.

  • 03.05.2008 1:03 PM PDT
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How is this guy a legendary member?

Well, he probably won't be for long if Bungie finds out what you're doing.

Because I KNOW what you're doing.

  • 03.05.2008 4:51 PM PDT

Yeah, there were a bunch of those kinds of features. As I recall, part of the user interface demo also presented options to share other types of files like maps, saved games and emblems.

Funny how that stuff never happened...:( Oh well, I suppose there's just some things that make the cut, and some things that don't.

[Edited on 03.05.2008 5:09 PM PST]

  • 03.05.2008 5:08 PM PDT
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I have an xbox I refuse to get updates on, and another with probably all of the important patches... what you said about the patches is true.

  • 03.05.2008 10:28 PM PDT
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How is this guy a legendary member?

Well, he probably won't be for long if Bungie finds out what you're doing.

Because I KNOW what you're doing.
What are you talking about??? This isn't leaked.

  • 03.06.2008 9:07 AM PDT

* Pr: ĭnʹtərnĕts: "I hear there's rumors on the uh (pause), Internets...

It may have been 'bannable' footage long ago, but I'd imagine that posting of it would be fine by now.

However, wouldn't these videos still be under the protection of Microsoft, seeing as they are depicting beta software that wasn't intended for public release?

  • 03.06.2008 10:29 PM PDT
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A guy posted 2 weeks ago or something, same footage, got blacklisted yeah, and then the ban was removed.... so don't sweat it.

  • 03.06.2008 11:58 PM PDT

Trailer Park Boys ~ One of the best Canadian made comedies ever.

Very interesting.

I knew some things were different in the H2 Beta from the final version of H2, but I never head of a covenant flamethrower, or having destructible areas on maps.

Presumably, Bungie removed these features because they wanted to have new items in Halo 3.

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Watch the videos here.

Yes Halo 2 has come out over 3 years ago but why shouldn’t we forget that Halo 2 was slightly different from its release and was closer to Halo 3 than Halo 2 ever turned out to be. Halo 2 was originally going to include the Mongoose, Health Packs, Online Co-op, and even Saved Films.

  • 03.09.2008 2:17 PM PDT
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I do wished they brought the flamethrower on halo 2, seeing as how it was coded in at halo ce. Although that covenant plasma incinerator looks cool, too bad they didn't finish it.

(plasma incinerator is not its real name, its a name I made up, seeing as how the covenant rely mostly on plasma for everything).

  • 03.09.2008 7:41 PM PDT

7even is Darker

The covenant white stick thing that shot fire was the tool tarturus used the burn the mark of shame into the arbiters chest.

  • 03.09.2008 8:32 PM PDT
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basically, they figured that if they did that, halo 2 would be easily the best game ever created.

and then not many people would go for halo 3 when they released it

all about the money basically

  • 03.10.2008 2:16 PM PDT
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Thinking of those items, can't believe we didn't discover them sooner, if they at least brought back the human flame thrower, the game would be much cooler, too bad we discovered it rather late.

Anyway, the mongoose didn't really need to be in halo 2, the covey shame burner would replace the shotgun, no doubt, or even be a weapon to keep swordsman from killing you face to face. What I mean is, although I understand they didn't want to bring the mongoose to halo 2, why didn't they bring back the flame thrower?

Discussion is of late, but hey, I still love halo 2.


  • 03.11.2008 3:18 PM PDT