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I'm sure I'm not the first to bring this up, and I understand that this isn't the most original idea ever, but I really got to thinking about Halo 2.
Honestly it's probably my favorite of the series, by a thing hair, but my favorite.
Putting my opinions aside however I got to thinking about Halo 2. If you've seen the bonus DVD you'll note there were a lot of things cut. I also frequently heard that there just wasn't enough time to add all of the things that Bungie wish they couldv'e added, and I'm sure that goes with Halo 3 as well, and any other game and game developer.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is, imagine Halo 2, but remade. Reinvented.
It's a great game, I don't think anything should be taken out, and the game had plenty of epic moments.
-Fighting off Ranger Sangheili never got old or boring.
-Boarding the Scarab was something I had to replay over and over.
-Cutting the Cable to the Gas Giant Facility while playing as Thel Vadam (Arbiter) was an incredible rush. You're fighting on a giant falling structure.
-Fighting the Prophet of Regret, and fighting on moving Gondolas.
-Then last but not least, the final levels as Arbiter. You free your allies, find some already in a fire fight, and form a real resistance against the Jiralhanae (Brutes). That rallying of troops was an amazing feeling, and then in the end where you fly along side of a scarab in a Banshee and then face of with Tartarus. Pure epicness. (and that's not a word I use much)
It was great... but for some reason I just want more out of it.
Currently, Halo 2 on the original Xbox is very good, though the time it takes to fully load the graphics in cinematic is a bit sketchy. On the 360 they load fine though, no loading time or rendering, though on the 360 it's more prone to freezing (happened to me, as well as some odd shadowy glitches.).
But as great as it was, I really feel like there was so much that wasn't there. I'm still waiting for books that explain some of the Halo 2 goodness and behind the scenes, but I want us to imagine something:
If Bungie went ahead and remade Halo 2 (Either from the ground up with Halo 3 graphics and physics, maybe even Reach graphics and physics) what do you think should be added into the game?
I mean I think it's a good idea, look at other popular series:
Star Wars was re-released several time with new scenes and etc.
Ninja Gaiden was released, and then a better clone of it was released called Ninja Gaiden Black, and then a 3rd being Ninja Gaiden Sigma.
I think Halo 2 is more than worthy of such re story telling, and that's a good thing.
SO as I stated above, I'll ask again: What should be added, or touched on more in Halo 2?
I'll make my own personal list:
Because We get to see High Charity, I would have really enjoyed seeing more of the San Shyum (Prophets), particularly the ones that walk around. I also wouldv'e liked the cut scenes in High charity to chow the Covenant with casual clothes. In the Halo comic that comes with Halo Wars, the imprisoned elites where a jumpsuit, and in the books there is a variety of robes that are worn by different classes of Covenant species. I would have liked to have seen some of those.
I think The Earth levels were good, but maybe throw in one more somewhere. The Delta Halo levels were great though. Very beautiful. I would have liked to see some more wildlife though, as well as huge architecture that has the same emotionless cold appeal as the Ark and Installation 04.
I would have liked to use the spears too.
A time limit stage wouldv'e been great.
Destroying a Covenant cannon.
Driving a Covenant Shadow around a little bit, or at least fighting one that held covenant warriors, rather than Ghosts.
Spectres handling couldv'e been a little more like the ghost (smooth and fluid)
Scarab could have had some sort of life bar.
Brutes that came in with Tartarus, couldv'e been equipped with halo 3's armor, just for an interesting perspective at the end of the game.
I read somewhere that a Yanmme queen was supposed to be included (could've been a rumor though... maybe I actually heard it rather than read it) I think that would've been a great Earth level, that or adding the Drinol in just one more Earth level.
If the Drinol was added, then it should be included in the later levels as the Arbiter, and Drinol controlled by Sangheili and Jiralhanae should duke it out, whether scripted or not.
Cinematics could be redone, a little more explosions. We could have the scene where Arbiter and Johnson brawl a bit and add an extra 2 minutes of footage. I want to see human Martial arts versus alien Martial arts. I doesn't even have to be fancy, just some CQC. When Master chief runs from the destruction of the temple after slaying Regret, some wreckage could be added, hurdling over this and that a little faster, more agile. I want to see Spartan speed.
Some sort of Gravemind fight to would have been nice.
Note that I'm not bashing Halo 2, I love it. I just feel like a good story with epic content still needs some back bone, and though it had some backbone, I feel it could be reinforced a bit.
Ideas? Opinions?