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Subject: Will Marines in H2 look more like todays Marines?
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Do you think that the Marines in Halo 2 will be more like todays soldiers? Cause when you compare the Marines in Halo to the Marines of today, are troops look like they can do a much better job against the Covenant?

  • 07.02.2004 7:49 AM PDT
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One word for you: Videogame.

  • 07.02.2004 8:06 AM PDT
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I think they should look more advanced. I watched a show on Tuesday or Wensday It was about the future and from what they showed our soldiers will be way more advanced in twenty years than the marines in Halo. From what they showed they are doing amazing stuff with Nano techknowledgy They say that the soldiers will be able to make thirty foot verticle leaps and ther armour will treat wounds automaticaly it was really an awsome show if it comes back on you should check it out It was on one of the discovery channels I think.

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  • 07.02.2004 8:06 AM PDT
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Posted by: TenaciousChief
One word for you: Videogame.


Yeah, and other games have better Marines buddy.

  • 07.02.2004 8:20 AM PDT
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No, they will have more advanced gear, better reflexes,and probably look different than year 2004 marines due to evelution.

  • 07.02.2004 8:26 AM PDT
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Two words, better technology!

Put simply the Covenant are just kick ass. Thats why the Marines have such a hard time dealing with it.

  • 07.02.2004 8:28 AM PDT
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I would like to see them with some strategy, like walking along walls and getting behind cover.

  • 07.02.2004 8:30 AM PDT
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True, their AI is simillar to that of a small child!

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Posted by: The Duke
I think they should look more advanced. I watched a show on Tuesday or Wensday It was about the future and from what they showed our soldiers will be way more advanced in twenty years than the marines in Halo. From what they showed they are doing amazing stuff with Nano techknowledgy They say that the soldiers will be able to make thirty foot verticle leaps and ther armour will treat wounds automaticaly it was really an awsome show if it comes back on you should check it out It was on one of the discovery channels I think.

The Duke


I've read up on this as well. But it seems that those projects may never actually succeed. We have a long way to go before we got anything remotely close to that. Also you must consider the cost. The UNSC is huge, they can't just have every soldier wearing that stuff. Too damn expensive. Especially when the nanotech would just get burned off courteousy of plasma.

  • 07.02.2004 8:31 AM PDT
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And the marines from Halo didnt have that much gear with them. Whatever they had was left on the POA when they had to evacuate.

  • 07.02.2004 8:31 AM PDT
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I read something once that in like 100 years well have a prototype of a armor suit that blends into walls. Or maybe im crazy.

  • 07.02.2004 8:34 AM PDT
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Posted by: Endnote
True, their AI is simillar to that of a small child!

hahaha.
sorry for double post.

[Edited on 7/2/2004 8:35:02 AM]

  • 07.02.2004 8:34 AM PDT
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Posted by: R1ch
No, they will have more advanced gear, better reflexes,and probably look different than year 2004 marines due to evelution.


actually evolution is when things advance on their own the reason why humans advance is because of research and scientists and really smart people

  • 07.02.2004 8:39 AM PDT
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Posted by: Hikaru 119




I've read up on this as well. But it seems that those projects may never actually succeed. We have a long way to go before we got anything remotely close to that. Also you must consider the cost. The UNSC is huge, they can't just have every soldier wearing that stuff. Too damn expensive. Especially when the nanotech would just get burned off courteousy of plasma.

I am not saying we will see it in our lifetime but we are talking about 550 years into the future and barring an apocalpse I really feel they will have stuff that no one can even dream of. I am not griping about the game I really like it I am kinda glad that the marines arn't so bad ass because it makes you feel like a bad ass when you are playing.

The Duke

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Posted by: BEZERKER
I read something once that in like 100 years well have a prototype of a armor suit that blends into walls. Or maybe im crazy.


What are you talking about? Anyone who says "in 100 years" to start the sentence regardless of any topic, is full of crap. We cant look into the future and estimate our level of technology. There will be constant booms of technology and occassional lows.

  • 07.02.2004 8:55 AM PDT
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Well thats what the Magazine told me. Did I make you angry or something cause It seems that way.

  • 07.02.2004 10:00 AM PDT
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hey, just take the old Halo marines, and make them more better, and advanced, and u have your H2 marines!

  • 07.02.2004 10:16 AM PDT
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Um........it is the 26th century in Halo not the 21th..............so probably will look nothing like today primitive marine compared to Halo's.

Bad question.

  • 07.02.2004 10:19 AM PDT
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I noticed in one screenshot that a marine had his helmet off...isnt that kinda dangerous?

  • 07.02.2004 10:22 AM PDT
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It's not that far from reality, there are already similar technology using a wearable screen and a camera behind the subject, so if we could create some sort of replacement for the camera that is more like a sheet filled with optical sensors then intergrate that with a wareable screen we would have active camo.

  • 07.02.2004 10:25 AM PDT
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I don't know, BUT MARINES HAVE COOL NEW SUITS! they finally have full body protection and helmets...but I don't think they are marines. I think they are Army...or maybe there is no such thing as army in the future? Anyway, why didn't they have these suits in Halo 1? I mean, wtf they had armor like some damn knights in some places, and completely no facial protection.

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Posted by: Wantaskillet
I noticed in one screenshot that a marine had his helmet off...isnt that kinda dangerous?

Seeing as just being human is dangerous enough for your planet to get glassed....not really.

  • 07.02.2004 10:30 AM PDT
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Thats the ODST's (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers). They are better than Marines, the Marines still look the same! Also Ive hardly ever seen Marines with full facial protection in real life or fiction, I mean modern day Marines dont have full face protection, neither did the Colonial Marines in Aliens!

  • 07.02.2004 10:32 AM PDT
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What are you talking about have you seen the marines in Halo 2 they have visors with hud communication they have battle armor not some plastic to protect against plasma weapons not some firearm. Even in Halo 1 the marines had electronic eyepatches so they could coordinate their attacks and lead on the battlefield.

  • 07.02.2004 11:22 AM PDT