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Subject: #3rd MP SHOT NEW SCREEN ON TOP
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Is the left brown MC's right leg covered in ice?
It looks like it is coated in something. Perhaps the effects of a hit by one of the green rounds?
Maybe screen dirty.

  • 04.14.2004 3:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dill X
he is dropping a Battle Rifle


He isn't necassarily dropping a BR in the screen the gun in question seems to have to shot of a stock and zoom thing ... I could be the new BR\SMG hybrid we saw today in the OSTD render ...

  • 04.14.2004 3:26 PM PDT
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wootyty to 10 power

  • 04.14.2004 3:37 PM PDT
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this halo2 screenshot roks! does anybody know what those blue beams of light are? looks like blue needler rounds.

  • 04.14.2004 3:39 PM PDT
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My initial thought was that the 'ice' was dust being thrown up from a bullet or small explosion of some sort.

  • 04.14.2004 4:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sfpiano
I can't be the only one who thinks the environment textures look sub-par. The grey girder textures are so bland and ugly, and I give Bungie more credit than to represent lights as shotty bitmaps... The only other things is that the closest MC has a grey decal on his knee where the paint chips away, and I you look at the second most recent pic, every other MC has the same decal on their knee; something else that would bug me.


You're not the only one, I think that some of the textures are sub-par. But let's go over why they might be that way. Numero uno; Frankie has said a few times that not all the graphical features are turned on. Two; It's multiplayer, and sacrifices will have to be made to keep the framerate decent and allow for less lag online. Three; this is an early build, there are still many months before the game releases. So, while I agree that some things in this screen could use some TLC, I'm not worried about it at all. I know Bungie, and they won't release the game until they're happy with it, and we'll be happy with it long before they ever are.

[Edited on 4/14/2004 4:16:17 PM]

  • 04.14.2004 4:15 PM PDT

[color=green]It is, sort of, I just cant wait for the desert level...[/color]

  • 04.14.2004 4:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: DarkFire329
[color=green]It is, sort of, I just cant wait for the desert level...[/color]


A desert level sounds PERFECT right now...

I can't wait to see the level that's on a gas giant...

I wonder what the Covenant homeworld will look like...

  • 04.14.2004 4:17 PM PDT
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I'd to see a level like the example that was shown in EGM a while back, in a broken down city with lots of half-destroyed buildings. Great for sniping.

  • 04.14.2004 4:19 PM PDT
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the lazers look sooooo much better than the last game

  • 04.14.2004 4:22 PM PDT
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Ok, when i initially saw the blue things, i thought they might be just another feature in the level, but upon reading these posts i have realized something. Think back to Halo.. Now, what has a fast rate of fire, is pretty inacurate, and fires plasma? A covenant TURRET! Well, maybe a new turret? Maybe fires singular fire instead of burst of three? Stronger plasma?
Also, upon inspecting the image closer, the master chief's right hand is holding the shotgun, but it seems be be smaller and stubbier.. also, the pump almost seems gone. Maybe a variation of the shotgun? Dual-Weilding compatible perhaps? Because the fact of dual weilding shotguns it almost impossible because they are pump action.
Next, the MC's left hand is moving towards the other weapon. Maybe he dropped the weapon we see?
What is the weapon that has just been dropped? It appears to have a scope.. i cant see past the dust..

Thats my 2 cents

  • 04.14.2004 4:27 PM PDT
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Ok i think i got it. those weird orbs that look like a dozen plasma pistol bursts, they've gotta be from that new covenant battle rifle style thing those elites were carrying from the X03 shot. another thing, look how both players are the same color (but not red or blue) and not shooting each other. could bungie have more than just red and blue as a team color?

  • 04.14.2004 4:37 PM PDT

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It could be the weapon shown at X03, but I hope it is another new weapon. Yep it looks like their could be more team colors in Halo 2.

  • 04.14.2004 4:40 PM PDT
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Theres a ton of pages on this topic, so I obviously didn't read them all, so I don't know if this has been mentioned but ah, any one really think about how the MC is standing. Like the big one that stands out, and has the plasma pistol and SMG. In usual multiplayer games they really don't take a stance or any thing, so do you think in halo 2 they will stand differently depending on how hard and what angle your pushing the control sticks? Also the guy with the double shot guns is sweet!

  • 04.14.2004 4:57 PM PDT
Subject: #3rd MP SHOT NEW SCREEN ON TOP

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I think ur pretty much insane since we cant see the floor to see the shadows plus look at that warthog making a realistic front lights and those blue lights i think are from the weapons trails cant get much better light than that

he is not holding a shotgun and a battle rifle its just that hes being shot and killed so he dropped his guns when he got knocked back

  • 04.14.2004 4:58 PM PDT
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OK awsome pic, honestly I think its 4 player Co-Op, notice theres 4 Spartans playing, and its not multi because theyre not using team colors. I dont know what the blue patches are for, but i dont likem much ( not that i really care ). The guy to your left of the picture is obviously Dying and his weapons are falling out. Maybe it might be a Spartan vs Covanent multiplayer game. Like a mission type, where you must complete an objective and they must defend. And I think its obvious that the plasma trail showing there is probably a Plama Pistol. Yea the multi weapon thign is cool, but what I wanna know is what button are we gonna change the specific hands weapon with? the D-Pad maybe? anyways if you look close it looks as though the dying cheif dropped a plasma nade, maybe its a new type of nade? maybe its just the old one with a newer model. And I dont see any shadows, the dust clouds are cool too,

  • 04.14.2004 4:59 PM PDT
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For those of you who are able to zoom in on photos on your computer, zoom in on the gun the Spartan dropping the grenades is holding. If you zoom in close enough (as I did) you will be able to see clearly that gun the Spartan is holding IS a shotgun. Details that verify it is a shotgun are: it is pump action, flashlight on pump mechanism (like on the original Halo shotgun), and there are many other similar features from the old shotgun on this one. So to answer all of your question, if you zoom in on the gun you will be able to see that is a smaller version of the shotgun.
For those of you who thought it was a SMG, Battle Rifle, and SMG shotgun....you are mistaken. The gun is a shotgun, but just a smaller version of it.
If you don't believe me, try it yourself.

  • 04.14.2004 5:00 PM PDT
Subject: My View on the Pic
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[quote]Posted by: The BeasT
OK awsome pic, honestly I think its 4 player Co-Op, notice theres 4 Spartans playing, and its not multi because theyre not using team colors.

Theres a red guy driving the warthog, you have to zoom in to see.

  • 04.14.2004 5:01 PM PDT
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cool pic i like this one better than the other ones and no this isnt the brute gun if you have seen the e3 demo and read the books you will no its not the brutes gun

  • 04.14.2004 5:03 PM PDT
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Live killa...most of us have come to the conclusion that this is team play, and it is multiplayer. If you look at the four Spartans in the picture, most of them have blue metal plates on certain areas of their armour. That verifies that it is team play because they are the same colours on those parts in their armour. As one person already said before, "In Halo 2 you are able to be your normal colour as well as your team colour which is displayed on small parts of your armour.

  • 04.14.2004 5:05 PM PDT
Subject: #3rd MP SHOT NEW SCREEN ON TOP
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do people from bungie actually reply to stuff in here???
Posted by: Frankie
Woot!

  • 04.14.2004 5:08 PM PDT
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That and the fact that the spartans hidden in the dust and driving the warthog are both red.

  • 04.14.2004 5:08 PM PDT
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Going off topic for a moment.
Look at the awesomely massive detail on the walls and ceiling. Bumped-mapped Bungie goodness. Looks saaaawwweeeettt.

  • 04.14.2004 5:08 PM PDT
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haha W007!!!!!

  • 04.14.2004 5:09 PM PDT
Subject: My View on the Pic
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Posted by: Dill X
Going off topic for a moment.
Look at the awesomely massive detail on the walls and ceiling. Bumped-mapped Bungie goodness. Looks saaaawwweeeettt.


Bump mapping, mmmmmmm...

  • 04.14.2004 5:18 PM PDT