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Subject: The leaked Halo 2 beta screenshots

Don't discuss or post links to the leaked beta shots. These were illegally posted on a website, and the bungie.net rules state that you may not discuss illegal things. Anyone posting links to screenshots or details about screenshots will be ninjafied.

  • 07.18.2004 4:57 AM PDT
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BETA VERSION IS NOT FINAL VERSION -

Brought to Bungie.net courtesy of Xbox Aristotle, originated from Louis Wu at Halo.Bungie.Org

In case you havent read HBO this morning...

Many of you probably saw threads on various Halo or Xbox forums this weekend about leaked beta screenshots. Bungie has yet to make a public announcement about this (it's unlikely that they ever will, actually), but there are many clues that suggest that these aren't fakes; that they did, in fact, come from a beta version of Halo 2. Putting aside the legal issues (which aren't actually minor), there's a really good reason to keep pics like this away from the public... many casual gamers don't realize that a beta version is NOT a final version. Often, there are elements that have been added specifically for beta testers - debugging information, or extra on-screen displays, so that testers can provide useful feedback to the creation team. (Beta testing isn't a game; that should have been made clear from the recent Bungie.net article. It's pretty serious business.) When beta shots hit the public, though, many people are oblivious to the fact that they're looking at a test image. We've already had folks griping on our forum about how cluttered the HUD looks, and how disappointed they are in Bungie for putting so much crap onscreen. Others read these comments, maybe without even looking at the pictures themselves, and the ideas spread... and before too long, there's buzz about how crappy the interface of Halo 2 is. Only... it's NOT the interface of Halo 2 - it's the interface for BETA TESTERS. Boiled down: the final product can NOT be judged by the appearance of an early beta - but because many people can't make distinctions like that, pictures of early betas do NOT belong in the public eye.

(Lets just hope that 4 player live is still an option)

  • 07.19.2004 1:39 PM PDT