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Subject: Does Halo 2 Have an Online Future?

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

Hey, I posted this on another board outside of Bungie.net, but I wanted to know what the players here thought about the subject.

Halo 2 is possibly the best FPS of all time (IMO). It has the perfect balance of everything. It is just sad to see how Halo 2 has melted from Live over these four years. Double Shot Controllers, Modded Consoles, Hackers...whatever. Halo 2 is amazing. I just do not understand why Bungie is putting it on the back burner (Yeah Halo 3, whatever) when it is absolutley the best in the franchise (IMO).

I TRIED to move on to Halo 2 Vista, which makes me sad. Sure, there will always be LEGIT players on, looking for a great, true and honest battle, but will Bungie just 'let it go' in the future when it comes to Online Play? There is nothing better than a nasty fight in Halo 2 with the legit legends, but I just can't seem to find them anymore. But, there is always a game to find.

WHAT IS SO HARD ABOUT UPDATING THIS CLASSIC? Better yet, get a Bungie Team together that is totally dedicated to modertaing Halo 2? Something? Yeah you make no money off of H2, Bungie, but do it for Halo 2's players and continue its awesome legacy.

Your thoughts.

-Polar.

  • 10.11.2008 1:36 PM PDT

"I wanted to make people happy, if only for an hour."
-Busby Berkley

RIP Halo 2

I think Bungie believes that Halo 2 has gone as far as it can go. They've moved on to Halo 3 for good. The Halo 2 we knew loved is gone, I still play it, and still love it, but it will never be the same. Bungie pretends that it and Halo CE don't really exist anymore. To Bungie, they have been relegated to the past.

  • 10.11.2008 2:47 PM PDT

If people play it enough it will always have a future,think of it this way its been one year since the release of H3 i didnt even last that long, the beta was great i dont know what went wrong with me(?) or the game.
Any way i dunno how long H2 has been out and as was mentioned for sheer balance of weapons* to the fact that the game actually does register headshots with a sniper which is the tenant of any FPS really!.You cant fault it..............well, you can in one word HOST.
But however many years it has been since the release of H2 ,it still catches my attention and i think (and hope) to play for many years to come.

  • 10.11.2008 5:30 PM PDT

somewhere in the heavens...they are waiting. I love the Marathon Trilogy.
Halo CE will always be the best game in the Halo franchise. What a perfect game.
(Proud LONGTIME owner of the PC and Xbox versions of Halo CE)

Posted by: RussellTheHippy
I think Bungie believes that Halo 2 has gone as far as it can go. They've moved on to Halo 3 for good. The Halo 2 we knew loved is gone, I still play it, and still love it, but it will never be the same. Bungie pretends that it and Halo CE don't really exist anymore. To Bungie, they have been relegated to the past.

Why, Bungie, why....

  • 10.12.2008 6:53 PM PDT
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From what I read on a earlier bungie game, Myth. That game has been neglected since bungie moved on to other games, but the players of those kept them alive, and even changed them for the better to this day. (Or at least, I think they still play that game)

Halo 2 will sadly share the same fate as all the other games, but its fans of Halo 2 that will keep running, for as long as we continue to love this game, we can keep it alive as long we find it to be enjoyable, and fun.

  • 10.12.2008 9:21 PM PDT

One of the last 20 to play Halo 2 online. I am honored :)

I'm actually a Halo 3 to Halo 2 convert. I never played Halo 2 online until a couple days ago. I really think that the weapons are much more balanced than in Halo 3. The maps are also more varied and built better than those in H3. I am really disappointed that I did not get to play this game at the height of its fame. In all honesty, I would currently play money to for any new H2 stuff that could come out, or even pay just to play that one game. If bungie doesn't want to take care of the game, maybe they could find some really dedicated members of the H2 community to take care of it for the. It is a great game that deserves immortality.

  • 10.13.2008 3:32 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

Halo 3 to Halo 2 huh? That is awesome. It is just the way console gaming works, the old fades away. Halo 2 is a classic forever and I just do not understand why Bungie just doesn't make minor updates every now and then for its 3,000+ players population. Halo 2 Vista was a terrible port, I could probably count the average population on my hands and toes.

  • 10.17.2008 5:48 PM PDT
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I don't think they can update it anymore. I remember reading something somewhere... and the Optimatch Forum is for "Halo online Matchmaking and gametypes" so you might be able to get an answer there.

  • 10.19.2008 7:11 PM PDT

It makes me sad when a great game is forgotten by the maker, and all its fans are left hanging. That's why i rarely visit the Halo 2 forums.

  • 10.19.2008 7:21 PM PDT
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1.bungie wont update h2 because they wont be getting any money out of it.
2.bungie probably dosent care about the 3000 + h2 population.
3.bungie is done with h2 and is working on h3 and recon and other projects.
I know how you guys feel I was playing h2 in its prime and wish it could be updated now and then but I really dont think bungie cares enough to update it.3000 + people is a very small number compared to the thousands that play h3.

  • 10.21.2008 4:38 PM PDT
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Halo 2 is forever. Screw any other game.

  • 10.22.2008 6:24 AM PDT