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Its been almost a year since they said they were 90% done with the game, so i would think they are almost finished with everything.

  • 07.31.2004 9:09 AM PDT
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I don't think Halo 2 is being released on the 24th, I think a demo including new mombasa (sp) and zanzibar (mp) will be made available through OXM in the August 24th issue, which will be out on the 10th. (ilovebees' counter points to august 24th (OXM says 'do not open until august 24th', and the 'in 10 days this medium will metastasize' probably refers to OXM being released.

Of course, a full release is not entirely out of the question.

  • 07.31.2004 9:12 AM PDT
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Posted by: Spike99
Ok here is what Demian says.

"Demian took a top-secret trip to a undisclosed location he can't talk about, though it had something to do with next month's cover. When you see the ______ on that ______ you are gonna _______ a ________ in a _________-_______ mother_______! Seriously.He can't give out a hint, mang."

mang isn't a typo btw. Does anyone know if he did a review for the first halo?


You guys seem to be missing the biggest clue about Demian... Right next to his name, it says that he is EGM's Reviews Editior.

REVIEWS EDITOR! What does that tell you?

  • 07.31.2004 9:14 AM PDT
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Thats one of the theories yes. We can only hope for something more than screenshots. Even though i think i speak for everyone, We'd be excited to see some new levels and stuff.



HAHAH Thats pretty funny ^^^^
Who knows man, who knows...

[Edited on 7/31/2004 9:15:58 AM]

  • 07.31.2004 9:15 AM PDT

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Why have people been saying that "Oh! They've finished the game because its been rated!"?

It has been rated because they've finished ernough of the game to get it rated. They've done the blood effects, marine death animations and the marines lines so its ready to be rated. Its still not finished though they are still fixing bugs and textures, resolving lag problems and beta testing it etc. The game is not finished and will be nowhere near finished by August 24th. This rating thing is the worst "proof" I've ever heard to back these hopefuls theories.

  • 07.31.2004 9:17 AM PDT
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Yeah the rating thing isnt really proof.
But whats so bad about wishful thinking?

  • 07.31.2004 9:19 AM PDT

SB-117

Whats bad about wishful thinking is that when people realise that its NOT coming on August 24th then they will be upset and flamed to non-stop by immature people yelling "I told you so you censored" etc.

Its just ridiculous that people think bungie will advertise a game, repeat it constantly, tell gaming stores its release, make a Halo2 countdown clock etc. all pointing towards "november 9th" and yet people think just because a crazy site counter is counting down to something on August 24th then it automatically means the game is coming out then with no proof at all.

Oh well people can think what they want but they will be disappointed...

  • 07.31.2004 9:24 AM PDT
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i work for GAME in the uk
and if halo 2 did turn up early i would


1.pass out
2.tell my boss to stick his job
3.run home crying with joy
4.kick open my front door and tell my family i hate them (should keep them away !)
5.put in disc
6.pass out again
7.PLAY ALL NIGHT AND DAY



i hope u guys are right but i think it will be a demo on the 24th

but u never know ! :)

  • 07.31.2004 9:24 AM PDT

What if on the 24th or 9th there is something downloadable on XBOX Live? That would stink for people that don't have it though.

  • 07.31.2004 9:25 AM PDT
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Posted by: GhOsTman
Alright, as too whoever said multioplayer isn;t finished thats impossible, I LAUGH MY ASS OF AT YOU! The game has been in production for 2 YEARS and close to 5 MONTHS. IF THEY CANT DO ALL THAT IN THAT TIME THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.


Its this simple. How could a multiplayer that relies on the multiplayer beta be done if the beta is still happening they are still collecting data, and they havent ended the beta? They want to get it right so they are taking their time and i love them for it

  • 07.31.2004 9:25 AM PDT
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I really doubt its coming on the 24th because most game stores have a bunch of Nov. 9th stuff up.

  • 07.31.2004 9:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: James Blond
Posted by: Spike99
Ok here is what Demian says.

"Demian took a top-secret trip to a undisclosed location he can't talk about, though it had something to do with next month's cover. When you see the ______ on that ______ you are gonna _______ a ________ in a _________-_______ mother_______! Seriously.He can't give out a hint, mang."

mang isn't a typo btw. Does anyone know if he did a review for the first halo?


You guys seem to be missing the biggest clue about Demian... Right next to his name, it says that he is EGM's Reviews Editior.

REVIEWS EDITOR! What does that tell you?


Another thing... Don't you think that's a suspiciously Frankie-ish kind of way to write that? I mean they wrote an entire paragraph about this trip their reviews editor took, but they censored out most of it...

  • 07.31.2004 9:28 AM PDT
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Tricky Bas$%#!

  • 07.31.2004 9:29 AM PDT
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tons of people are saying that the reason they are doing the ilovbees thing is for publicity for the game so that tons of people will know about it when it is released early. But wouldn't giving people a kickass demo and tons of new info make them want to get the game more. Yes. That is a good marketing strategy rather than only having the hardcore gamers know about the early realease

  • 07.31.2004 9:29 AM PDT
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Posted by: GhOsTman
Alright, as too whoever said multioplayer isn;t finished thats impossible, I LAUGH MY ASS OF AT YOU! The game has been in production for 2 YEARS and close to 5 MONTHS. IF THEY CANT DO ALL THAT IN THAT TIME THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.


Its this simple. How could a multiplayer that relies on the multiplayer beta be done if the beta is still happening they are still collecting data, and they havent ended the beta? They want to get it right so they are taking their time and i love them for it
The beta was finished like 1 week ago. When the first timer on ILB finished, bungie put out the mister chief saying the beta is done. And also, when your getting your game rated in OTHER COUNTRIES, I happened to notice they want a 99% complete game, otherwise they won't rate you, just read about it on there website. How do I know? I have been to Europe and have asked about it in some game sores.

  • 07.31.2004 9:30 AM PDT
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And Frankie keeps talking about crunching everything in time. You don't normally crunch unless your close to the release of a demo build they want to release or the game itself.

  • 07.31.2004 9:34 AM PDT
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Posted by: BentTwig
tons of people are saying that the reason they are doing the ilovbees thing is for publicity for the game so that tons of people will know about it when it is released early. But wouldn't giving people a kickass demo and tons of new info make them want to get the game more. Yes. That is a good marketing strategy rather than only having the hardcore gamers know about the early realease


Ya but you see Bungie can use any strategy they wunt seeing that we know so little eny action they take will be good for them their just trying to do the best one wich is why we may be so ....dazzed if you will yes they said 11/9 is the release date but I would hate that if I per ordered a demo for more than 50$ and not the actual game, and keep this in mind rememberf bungie wants to take over the world so they need to play there cards carefully.

  • 07.31.2004 9:42 AM PDT
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Posted by: GhOsTman
Posted by: BentTwig
Posted by: GhOsTman
Alright, as too whoever said multioplayer isn;t finished thats impossible, I LAUGH MY ASS OF AT YOU! The game has been in production for 2 YEARS and close to 5 MONTHS. IF THEY CANT DO ALL THAT IN THAT TIME THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.


Its this simple. How could a multiplayer that relies on the multiplayer beta be done if the beta is still happening they are still collecting data, and they havent ended the beta? They want to get it right so they are taking their time and i love them for it
The beta was finished like 1 week ago. When the first timer on ILB finished, bungie put out the mister chief saying the beta is done. And also, when your getting your game rated in OTHER COUNTRIES, I happened to notice they want a 99% complete game, otherwise they won't rate you, just read about it on there website. How do I know? I have been to Europe and have asked about it in some game sores.


The testing may be done, but they haven't collected the betas from everyone because i know i MS employee who said he still has it and he still wont let me play

  • 07.31.2004 9:44 AM PDT
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Another thing to consider is that maybe they planned on releasing the game early and then picked an arbitrary release date afteer the fact to make it more suprising (e.g. 77 days after the actual release). Then releasing it early would give them a chance to satisfy the Halo 2 preorders, and still give them enough time to produce more and more disks so that everyone will be satisfied by the holidays and there won't be mass sell-outs.

And another thing, if you look on EBgames and Gamestop all of the Halo 2 strategy guides are listed as coming out on October 25th or 26th, considering guides usually have a significant amount of spoilers it makes no sense to me why they would be released several week early. But this doesn't really help anyone's theory for an early release, or the Nov. 9th date.

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/241303.asp

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=831472

  • 07.31.2004 9:53 AM PDT
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Ok think about this one guys.They had a MAJOR party last night.They were taking pictures with the whole team,playing halo 2 for a while and generally having a DAMN good time..Now tell me why would they do all of that if they didnt accomplish something great.I mean this was a huge party too =)

Oh and BTW.I have been a part of the bungie community for a very long time,And I have never known them to lie to their fans..If a rumor was fake they would shoot it down IMMEDIATLY..especially if they knew it would hurt their fan-base...Now I dont know about you,But I have not seen them say anything bout this not being real...And trust me THEY WOULD say it wasnt..if..well...it wasnt...BTW put this in your head..could they make a HUGEEEEE release including a demo-halo 2-and a review allll in one day..That would be the BIGGEST release EVER..It would blow the caps off stores and make bungie RICH beyond anything they could hope for =)

  • 07.31.2004 9:57 AM PDT
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this is what i think
the game is probably most likely done but.. they are probably just tweaking stuff fixing bugs and finishing up all the mp levels and making sure everything works just right.

  • 07.31.2004 10:01 AM PDT
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look at this http://img38.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img38&image=oxmaug24.jpg

  • 07.31.2004 10:07 AM PDT
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They also never shot down the fact that it could be coming out Nov 9 so theres no logic behind your reasoning. They have stayed out of this ilovebees thing completely except posting a few rules and shutting down reitterated posts. Right now they are getting the best publicity they want from the people who affect them the most. us hardcore gamers. So they had a party. DOn't you think if it was for finsishing the game there would be some sort of sign at this party other than it was a party, like a banner that said congratulations, or tons of handshakes as in saying "Job well done," or something else that would be obvious, and dont even say they were covering it up. THat party could have been for anything like a birthday, getting past a huge obstacle in the game, Hell maybe it was a Party For Finishing the Beta. No evidence whatsoever that the party was for a end of creation

  • 07.31.2004 10:07 AM PDT
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Yes most of us know about it. and have seen it.

Alot.


Bungie isnt stupid man. They know they have live webcams up. You think theyre gonna put a banner right in front of one? "Congrats on Halo 2!"
"Oh -blam!- Take it off!"

[Edited on 7/31/2004 10:10:53 AM]

  • 07.31.2004 10:08 AM PDT
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The beta is still somewhat being used. I mean, I know it was being used during mid July. You can't release a game of this magnitude in just a month of it's beta. Getting it right and next to perfect comes first.

I also don't want them to release early for the sake of my disability in obtaining it. Yeah, I'm greedy.

[Edited on 7/31/2004 10:29:36 AM]

  • 07.31.2004 10:20 AM PDT