- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: vociferous
Incidentally, the most damning evidence to suggest that Halo 2 will be released early is in the most recent Weekly Updates, and I don't believe any has mentioned it yet. From what I'm aware, one of the very last things which is addressed before a game goes "Gold" and even, if memory serves me correctly, sometimes after it goes "Gold" is the ESRB rating being established. Frank, apparently finished with the manual (otherwise they wouldn't have him running errands to and fro) is bringing the games across seas to testing the rating systems there. That being said, the game must be incredibly close to a finished product. Now, either Bungie plans on testing it for three months straight which is entirely likely, polishing and working out bugs, or they've intentionally lied about the November 9th date, and much to their fan's applause will release the game earlier. On the mathmatical equivalent of the sum of 11/09/04.
My guess is that something will happen on 08/24/04 that is important to the Halo community. I'm 100% certain that it is not a demo, as Bungie has already made mention before that a demo won't be out before the game ships, but that a lot of information will be collectively revealed, including footage, screenshots, hinting story elements and information such as the new human aircraft and some of the new Covenant vehicles. Perhaps this will be the date of a new commercial campaign, with tons of new footage promoting the game.
on tech tv they said there would be a demo and someone emailed a guy at OXM and he said you have to wait till the 24 and the subscribers do not get theirs with the special demo, u have to buy it at a newstand