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On HBO there is a pretty cool article about one of the winners from the Mountain Dew contests experience with Halo 2 multiplayer. He gives a great discription of what if was like, and explains some of the new features with good explainations, and according to him multiplayer is pretty friggin' amazing so far.
So go check out what he had to say.

  • 07.28.2004 1:47 PM PDT
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The part about how he ripped through the wall and shot that Elite was very nice

  • 07.28.2004 1:49 PM PDT
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What the hell?? There is a Limited Edition version of Halo 2 in that guys trunk!

  • 07.28.2004 1:52 PM PDT
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probably just the case

  • 07.28.2004 1:53 PM PDT
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No. I love handing out "No's."

  • 07.28.2004 1:55 PM PDT
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The Limited Edition is sealed as well. Weird.

  • 07.28.2004 1:57 PM PDT
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"O.k. We're going to trust you guys with this copy of Halo 2, but remember you got promise not to open it until November 9th."

*rolls eyes* "We promise..."

*Two hours later*
"Suckers at Bungie actually trusted us! Us! Hahahaha!"

  • 07.28.2004 1:59 PM PDT
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one of my favorite things noted is the sniper recoil and that you can play with 16 different xboxs in a LAN game. (16 xboxs, not 16 X 4 players).

the worst thing is they said that the vehichles DO NOT respawn after destruction. *sadface*
i want infinite vehicles as a game option

[Edited on 7/28/2004 2:03:24 PM]

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forgot what page, but they said that you could play as a marine or a covenant elite. When he said "Marine" did he actually mean spartan? or did he really mean marine?

  • 07.28.2004 2:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dill X
On HBO there is a pretty cool article about one of the winners from the Mountain Dew contests experience with Halo 2 multiplayer. He gives a great discription of what if was like, and explains some of the new features with good explainations, and according to him multiplayer is pretty friggin' amazing so far.
So go check out what he had to say.


[color=lime] good read![/color]

  • 07.28.2004 2:18 PM PDT
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I guess that settles the whole Pistol mystery...

"Bye Bye Pistol - Our familiar friend the Pistol has been replaced by the more efficient Battle Rifle. This descendant of the familiar Assault Rifle now has a built in zoom similar to the pistol, but not quite as accurate. Although it lacks the precision of the pistol it is no slouch when it comes to combat. Pick up two and mow down your enemies with ease!"

-quote form the article

  • 07.28.2004 2:24 PM PDT
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good read =D

  • 07.28.2004 2:58 PM PDT
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man WTF!! HE got HALO 2 Ahhhh

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I don't think Bungie would get rid of the pistol if it is one of the most popular weapons in the game. They probably are tweaking it or have allready made changes that they want to be a surprise when the game releases. Thats what I'm hoping anyway.

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There are alot fo unaccurate things in there...

Pistol is now the magnum

You can't dual wield the Battle Rifle

Vehicles do respawn.

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all those things were in that build of the game and the options they were set to and the pistol is out because it was too powerful in the first game 3 shot kills were too fast so it is a trade off with the battle rifle you have more ammo in a clip but less power in each shot

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I definately hope that the vehicles respawn since it would be annoying if no vehicles were left in the map halfway through the game. It would basically turn a CTF match into who can destroy the opposing teams vehicles first.

  • 07.28.2004 4:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dill X
I definately hope that the vehicles respawn since it would be annoying if no vehicles were left in the map halfway through the game. It would basically turn a CTF match into who can destroy the opposing teams vehicles first.

I think what he meant in the article is that you only get one for the round. Once you switch side I imagine all the vehicles will reset along with all the destroyed environments.

This would probably be the same fore 2 flag CTF either they respawn after a certain period of time or it will have a rounds as well to reset the envirionments.

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Posted by: Dill X
I definately hope that the vehicles respawn since it would be annoying if no vehicles were left in the map halfway through the game. It would basically turn a CTF match into who can destroy the opposing teams vehicles first.

I think what he meant in the article is that you only get one for the round. Once you switch side I imagine all the vehicles will reset along with all the destroyed environments.

This would probably be the same fore 2 flag CTF either they respawn after a certain period of time or it will have a rounds as well to reset the envirionments.
But I also mean for Slayer games and such where the rounds are longer and vehicles make a difference. If vehicles wouldn't respawn in a Slayer game on a large map it would take much too long for the round to end since there are no means of transportation other than teleports(if there are any) and running.

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Posted by: Dill X
Posted by: Hedwig
Posted by: Dill X
I definately hope that the vehicles respawn since it would be annoying if no vehicles were left in the map halfway through the game. It would basically turn a CTF match into who can destroy the opposing teams vehicles first.

I think what he meant in the article is that you only get one for the round. Once you switch side I imagine all the vehicles will reset along with all the destroyed environments.

This would probably be the same fore 2 flag CTF either they respawn after a certain period of time or it will have a rounds as well to reset the envirionments.
But I also mean for Slayer games and such where the rounds are longer and vehicles make a difference. If vehicles wouldn't respawn in a Slayer game on a large map it would take much too long for the round to end since there are no means of transportation other than teleports(if there are any) and running.


Under edit gametypes I assume there will be an option to make them respawn or just turn off destructable vehicles

  • 07.28.2004 4:19 PM PDT
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Yeah, I am hoping that Bungie will give you an option to turn vehicle destruction on or off.

  • 07.28.2004 4:20 PM PDT
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I just hope that there will be health in Halo 2 when the game is released...

  • 07.28.2004 4:21 PM PDT
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I just hope that there will be health in Halo 2 when the game is released...
Well if the shields are stronger than they would have to take out the health pack to even it out. But I sometimes play in games where I have the shields turn off(i.e. for sniping games), and health packs definately come in handy.

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