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Subject: Halo 2: First Printed Ad

[color=white]Bungie's Frank O'Connor has been hinting about the marketing campaign for Halo 2 in the last weekly halo 2 updates, but today we get to see the very first printed ad of the game.
[/color][color=blue]The ad features an ID4-like message using the Halo font and a dark space background that adds an interplanetary taste to the game. In Halo 2, the sequel to Halo: Combat Evolved, the saga continues as Master Chief—a genetically enhanced super-soldier—is the only thing standing between the relentless Covenant and the destruction of all humankind. This time, the action will take place in both earth and space. [/color][color=white]Halo 2 will land on store shelves on November 9, 2004. Bungie promises that after that date, Earth will never be the same... and we believe them [/color]

[color=blue]Here's the ad[/color]
ad pic 1
ad pic 2

  • 06.22.2004 9:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: X THUNDER
[color=white]Bungie's Frank O'Connor has been hinting about the marketing campaign for Halo 2 in the last weekly halo 2 updates, but today we get to see the very first printed ad of the game.
[/color][color=blue]The ad features an ID4-like message using the Halo font and a dark space background that adds an interplanetary taste to the game. In Halo 2, the sequel to Halo: Combat Evolved, the saga continues as Master Chief—a genetically enhanced super-soldier—is the only thing standing between the relentless Covenant and the destruction of all humankind. This time, the action will take place in both earth and space. [/color][color=white]Halo 2 will land on store shelves on November 9, 2004. Bungie promises that after that date, Earth will never be the same... and we believe them [/color]

[color=blue]Here's the ad[/color]
ad pic 1
ad pic 2


Awesome. When do we start seeing commercials.

  • 06.22.2004 10:01 PM PDT
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i thought egm did that and not bungie??

  • 06.22.2004 10:02 PM PDT
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Isn't it for Pokemon??? I thought that came out on November 9th??? Oh well, halo isn't as good as pokemon anyway.

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Posted by: Captain Obvious
Isn't it for Pokemon??? I thought that came out on November 9th??? Oh well, halo isn't as good as pokemon anyway.

*jaw drops*

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wow...

  • 06.22.2004 10:13 PM PDT
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Yeah...Im looking forward to Pokecrap......Maybe Bungie will have Master Cheif morph into cortana with a double tap of the white button.....That would be cool....

  • 06.22.2004 10:20 PM PDT
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The add looks bad

  • 06.23.2004 5:48 AM PDT
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and i really mean bad as in it sucks

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Posted by: Captain Obvious
Isn't it for Pokemon??? I thought that came out on November 9th??? Oh well, halo isn't as good as pokemon anyway.


*head falls off*

  • 06.23.2004 5:52 AM PDT
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I'm sure Bungie can do better than that. It looks kind of like a fan job. And spamming, is it like the cool thing to do or something? Man , everyone is doing it. A few months ago it was only Canoli and Mithrandir, now every Joe Idiot spams.

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Posted by: halomonsterhalo1
Posted by: Captain Obvious
Isn't it for Pokemon??? I thought that came out on November 9th??? Oh well, halo isn't as good as pokemon anyway.


*head falls off*


*Shock, gasp* "Someone get my smelling salts, quick!"

Pokemon isn't a bad RPG but quite frankly Halo is the unquestioned lord of games as anything is more anticipated. as for the ads, they're ok, but i was expecting more

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Posted by: medic101
i thought egm did that and not bungie??


ya those have already been printed in egm. why would egm be in charge of making adds tho. how do you think they get a lot of money, by people paying them to put adds in.

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The ad is bungie made. And i agree with someone who posted earlier who said the ad sucks. It's kinda cheesy, and plain. If bungie doesn't release screenshots in their ads, they should at least have shadowy elites, or horizons with explosions or maybe a picture of a halo or something. But then again, they don't really have to have much of an ad campaign to sell this game.

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It's kinda cool. It reminds me more of a movie-poster teaser than anything else.

And to tell you the 7ru7h, it didn't do much to get me pumped up for November 9th.

  • 06.23.2004 7:33 AM PDT

[color=white]This [/color][color=blue]is [/color][color=white]just [/color][color=blue]the [/color][color=white]first [/color][color=blue]ad [/color][color=white]guys [/color][color=blue]i'm [/color][color=white]pretty [/color][color=blue]sure [/color][color=white]Bungie [/color][color=blue]will [/color][color=white]release [/color][color=blue]more [/color][color=white]that [/color][color=blue]you [/color][color=white]guys [/color][color=blue]like. [/color][color=white]I [/color][color=blue]think [/color][color=white]it's [/color][color=blue]not [/color][color=white]that [/color][color=blue]bad [/color][color=white]for [/color][color=blue]a [/color][color=white]teaser [/color][color=blue]ad. [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color]

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Posted by: X THUNDER
[color=white]This [/color][color=blue]is [/color][color=white]just [/color][color=blue]the [/color][color=white]first [/color][color=blue]ad [/color][color=white]guys [/color][color=blue]i'm [/color][color=white]pretty [/color][color=blue]sure [/color][color=white]Bungie [/color][color=blue]will [/color][color=white]release [/color][color=blue]more [/color][color=white]that [/color][color=blue]you [/color][color=white]guys [/color][color=blue]like. [/color][color=white]I [/color][color=blue]think [/color][color=white]it's [/color][color=blue]not [/color][color=white]that [/color][color=blue]bad [/color][color=white]for [/color][color=blue]a [/color][color=white]teaser [/color][color=blue]ad. [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color][color=white] [/color][color=blue] [/color]


Your fancy colors don't help the fact that the ad looks like it was thrown together by some retarded 12 year old.

[Edited on 6/23/2004 8:44:09 AM]

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The ad is probably just a prototype. But if it is the real thing, then what do you care? You already know about the game so you shouldn't be ashamed about the appeal of the ad. Btw, if you're going to continue to join these forums, please stop spamming (I hope you really have changed).

[Edited on 6/23/2004 8:53:06 AM]

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I think it's a great teaser, but I'm hoping we can see some cooler ads in the future. However, we have to consider just that: it's a teaser. Remember, it's only June 23. As of today, Bungie has 139 days to pump out some cooler ads.

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I think the ads are OK for a teaser, anything more than that and they start to suck. Canoli, don't bash retarded people, so not cool man. They should release some screens in their ads. They need to make a cool cardboard cutout. I have the original Halo cut out in my room : )

  • 06.23.2004 9:18 AM PDT
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Do you know any retarded kids who can draw something better than this piece of SHlT ad? I'm not bashing them, simply stating a fact, retarded kids can't draw.

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Posted by: Sornos
I'm sure Bungie can do better than that. It looks kind of like a fan job. And spamming, is it like the cool thing to do or something? Man , everyone is doing it. A few months ago it was only Canoli and Mithrandir, now every Joe Idiot spams.


Its just a teaser. You never really see game adds till the month before it comes out

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i was expecting something better than that crap.

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Posted by: TheLastMithrandr
i was expecting something better than that crap.


... [color="003247"]That's funny, that is what I thought when I first saw you.[/color]

  • 06.23.2004 9:51 AM PDT
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[color=red] I cant wait for the commercials they might have in game stuff we havent seen b4 [/color]

[Edited on 6/23/2004 10:08:37 AM]

  • 06.23.2004 10:07 AM PDT