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Posted by: Le_Tweek
Posted by: Adrian Da G
Posted by: BlueBaron123
To me it's not that the game itself is shutting down as much as it's the fact that a game that I dedicated myself to so much is going down. Until the last couple of months, I haven't played Halo 2 since Halo 3 came out. But just the fact that it's going offline is like my best friend who moved away a long time ago just died. I never talked to that friend since he moved, but I remember all the time we spent together...


Good. I honestly do think this is the perfect post.


I honestly thought it was a terrible post. From my perspective, it seems Halo 2 was the only friend to this poor sap.

And basically all of you as well.



You clearly weren't there during the glory days.

  • 04.15.2010 7:06 PM PDT

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We were all playing better, newer games.

Glad to see Halo 2 finally put to rest. Buh-bye!

  • 04.15.2010 7:06 PM PDT

grunts die in july men in september and i'll bury you in october

I was playing 3 multi BUT I still continue to play the crap out of the campaign It was the first thing I played on the xbox :'(

  • 04.15.2010 7:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: Le_Tweek
Posted by: Adrian Da G
Posted by: BlueBaron123
To me it's not that the game itself is shutting down as much as it's the fact that a game that I dedicated myself to so much is going down. Until the last couple of months, I haven't played Halo 2 since Halo 3 came out. But just the fact that it's going offline is like my best friend who moved away a long time ago just died. I never talked to that friend since he moved, but I remember all the time we spent together...


Good. I honestly do think this is the perfect post.


I honestly thought it was a terrible post. From my perspective, it seems Halo 2 was the only friend to this poor sap.

And basically all of you as well.



Dear God! Dose the senseless flaming bring warmness to your black heart!?!? srsly just GTFO

  • 04.15.2010 7:06 PM PDT

Playing the campaign.

  • 04.15.2010 7:07 PM PDT

If I had a Rocket Launcher...

Shut up and get behind me... Sir!

The cable. I'm going to cut it.

Awesomeness would ensue.

I was playing off and on.

One of my first games after the announcement that the service would be shut down was a team slayer match on Tombstone. Seemed somewhat appropriate.

  • 04.15.2010 7:07 PM PDT

Posted by: Brucemeister
Posted by: Adrian Da G
Posted by: BlueBaron123
To me it's not that the game itself is shutting down as much as it's the fact that a game that I dedicated myself to so much is going down. Until the last couple of months, I haven't played Halo 2 since Halo 3 came out. But just the fact that it's going offline is like my best friend who moved away a long time ago just died. I never talked to that friend since he moved, but I remember all the time we spent together...



Good. I honestly do think this is the perfect post.


Amen.


Amen x2.

Truth was, I had no mic and only played with one friend yesterday, I didn't have much fun; but the memories I got were insane.

  • 04.15.2010 7:08 PM PDT

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You thought you had lag, it took Jesus 3 days to re-spawn.

Posted by: Adrian Da G
Posted by: BlueBaron123
To me it's not that the game itself is shutting down as much as it's the fact that a game that I dedicated myself to so much is going down. Until the last couple of months, I haven't played Halo 2 since Halo 3 came out. But just the fact that it's going offline is like my best friend who moved away a long time ago just died. I never talked to that friend since he moved, but I remember all the time we spent together...


Good. I honestly do think this is the perfect post.


Yes sir. Great post. I spent a lot of time with Halo 2 and just because I've played Halo 3 since it came out doesn't mean I'm not sad to see Halo 2 go. When you spend that much time playing a game, it will always be sad to see it go offline.

  • 04.15.2010 7:09 PM PDT

Check out the group, Planet Reach and talk about Bungie's next game without the annoyance of the public forum. Oh and it's nice there too.

You thought you had lag, it took Jesus 3 days to re-spawn.

Posted by: Le_Tweek

I honestly thought it was a terrible post. From my perspective, it seems Halo 2 was the only friend to this poor sap.

And basically all of you as well.



Yet you're here on an internet forum bashing those people "without friends". Sounds way more pathetic to me. Grow up kid.

  • 04.15.2010 7:12 PM PDT

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I remember waiting and waiting for the release of Halo 2 back waaaaay when I reserved it. Getting false info on its release, and even having a Game Stop Worker telling me that it was out, and when I arrived he thought I was speaking of another game. Truly that was a blow beyond blows. But patience paid off...

I remember when I got Halo 2. I went to a midnight release, waiting for about an hour in the cold and skipping school to dedicate myself to Halo 2 for that day. Back then I was more or less a fanboy who would have done anything to get some Halo action, figuratively speaking of course. I had much fun playing with both friends and family alike over both splitscreen and LAN, but I did not have the luxury of internet, and therefore no Live could be obtained.

But as time passed, my passion dwindled like a couple in a stale marriage, and eventually I moved on. As time passed, I obtained an XBOX 360 and eventually Live. As I met people over various games, I was eventually pulled into Halo 2 Online! I had fun playing many custom games, and even participating in a Machinima making (even though it tanked and never got made :p). I rarely played Optimatch, as Halo 2 was very infamous for buttheads and nerd-ragers back in the day.

But as time passed again, I was drawn into the glory that was Halo 3, and therefore forgot about Halo 2 as I indulged myself upon its ever-new features such as Forge!

Three years passed, in which now I am in the present. As one of my friends read the feature articles on here. He told me of Halo 2 and how little time had remained for its life online. Though I did hear of the possibility of obtaining new gear for Reach, that was only one-third of the reason why I returned. Time was short, and I heard that access to the map packs would also become a thing of the past. I wanted to make sure that I would have access to the maps for old time's sake, and so that I could relive the Halo 2 experience one last time. And relive I did! I got a little bit of many things, from great moments, hilarious outtakes, and of course the bickering of those who do not know how to handle a loss. But surprisingly, I felt something I had not felt in a long time... I felt like a kid again... Though I was only able to play for brief moments due to internet issues, I still could not shake off the feeling that I was in a state of being young once again!

All in all, I should have played more than I have. I willing admit that the offerings of Reach stuff did help bring me back to the old girl for one last run, but that wasn't the main reason. Something inside me said "One last time. Just one last time." And so I did so one last time. Even if I do not receive anything Reach-wise, I still think it was worth playing Halo 2.

  • 04.15.2010 7:13 PM PDT
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I play for fun, I play for the team, and I play to win.

Posted by: BlueBaron123
To me it's not that the game itself is shutting down as much as it's the fact that a game that I dedicated myself to so much is going down. Until the last couple of months, I haven't played Halo 2 since Halo 3 came out. But just the fact that it's going offline is like my best friend who moved away a long time ago just died. I never talked to that friend since he moved, but I remember all the time we spent together...


This. Besides, my best memories of Halo 2 were the epic, Taco Bell fueled LAN parties my friends and I had back before (and even some time after) the release of Halo 3. I like a lot of other games though, including some multiplayer titles, so Halo 2's online sat on the backburner for me. I relished the opportunity to play it one last time today.

  • 04.15.2010 7:17 PM PDT

I have lost all hope in Halo Reach! A game that could have been good was ruined with slower kill times and run speed and a checklist of gimicks used to entice a new audiance and push away the older fans of the series.
Long live Halo Ce and Halo 2 the only good games in the series.

Ive been on and off but trying to get games was really difficult waiting an hour for a match is insane.
I have always liked Halo 2 more than 3 I just couldnt find anyone to play with. Thankfully there was a great turnout yesterday and today, I finaly got in some matches! Also everyone that participated now remembers how great Halo 2 was compared to 3 thanks to its fast pace, bullets counting and great map design!
Its going to be hard on everyone going back to the slow pace of Halo 3 but theirs still hope that Reach will be as fast paced and fun as Halo 2 was!
Im both excited for May 3rd and terrified.

  • 04.15.2010 7:24 PM PDT

I've probably dug a full 2 months of my life and soul into Halo 2 for the past 5 years.

And it was some of the best 2 months I've ever had =D

  • 04.15.2010 7:26 PM PDT

gtfo

1680

I almost never played Halo 2 on Live. However, I played countless hours of Campaign and LAN parties. Although I really never connected to the part of the game that is being shut down, I was attached to the others. It still makes me sad to see it go.

  • 04.15.2010 7:28 PM PDT

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Posted by: hockeylevys15
I almost never played Halo 2 on Live. However, I played countless hours of Campaign and LAN parties. Although I really never connected to the part of the game that is being shut down, I was attached to the others. It still makes me sad to see it go.


You missed out man, but I wish I'd played more LAN parties!

Wait, we still can! yeeeeeyyyyy!

  • 04.16.2010 2:56 AM PDT
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Been playing since May 2005. Over 6700 games played with over 33,000 kills.

  • 04.16.2010 2:57 AM PDT

Tank beats everything!!!

Posted by: x8DMB8x
Posted by: SatansReverence
I have been on and off since I got live back on '07

I did have a problem with losing the maps and when I upgraded my tv and started using VGA I thought I would never be able to update and play again (You cannot use VGA for the update or map downloads in pal regions) and this final hoorah convinced me to move all my xbox and stuff to somewhere I can use components to update and DL.

As for the people who only played so they could get their reach special thingy, I hope Bungie puts a minimum total games limit to recieve it like 500 or maybe even 1000.


I have been playing Halo 2 since 2004 but haven't had live. Custom games with my friends was good enough for me. once I finally got live in 2008 I was too busy playing Halo 3 to play halo 2. I still frequently play compaign with my friends.


same

  • 04.16.2010 3:01 AM PDT

I wish I was still legendary.

Honestly? Mostly H3 and BF:BC 2, for two reasons:

1. I have had H2 since launch day, but never had the opportunity to play LIVE on it before today and eventually grew tired of campaign.

2. my H2 disc had been used so much since I got it for campaign and LAN games that the surface was too badly scratched for my 360 to read it.

IF my H2 disc hadn't been so badly scratched, and I'd gotten XBL earlier in my life/had known the DLC for H2 was free, I would have been playing for a much, much longer time.

[Edited on 04.16.2010 3:01 AM PDT]

  • 04.16.2010 3:01 AM PDT
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you cannot compare Halo 3 to Reach, Reach is not a game, its a disc in a plastic green case called pure fail.

Got it? good.

lol just because we didn't play original xbox live anymore doesn't mean we didn't care about it.

I had halo 2 the day it came out but didn't gain access to live until I had a 360 in 2007 when halo 3 came out. I came back to play multiplayer this last day just to say goodbye.

  • 04.16.2010 3:05 AM PDT

My GT is actually lockepyker - somehow I got linked with my g/f's tag...so that should answer your first question.
Since you're here, take time to visit my file share. I mean, I have beach grifball in there - and you know you want some of that . Thanks!
See you in the rumble pit!
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I've been waiting for a thread like this all night.
You speak the truth.

I have periodically come back to H2, but I never stayed long. The wait time between matches was often intolerable.

Still, I am going to miss playing on some of my favorite maps.

And let's just admit it: Halo 3 is superior...then again, that's how it's supposed to be. Reach will be even better yet...

  • 04.16.2010 3:08 AM PDT

I played the hell out of CE and 2 before I got LIVE, so I was already semi-tired of them when I got 3. Then I was able to afford so many new games that I have been busy keeping up with all of the games I have since 2008.

I barely have enough time to play anything anymore now, though, so I couldn't be blamed for not being there for Halo 2 the past few years. Playing Halo 2 online again was amazing, and it was a truly incredible time this past week, playing one of the games that defined my childhood.

  • 04.16.2010 3:10 AM PDT

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Well I played Halo 2 near it's inital release thanks to a friend and went round pretty much every day for well over a year and played it.

I however only got my 360 finally in July and only played Halo 2 occasinally due to the fact I found it really difficult to find a game.

  • 04.16.2010 3:11 AM PDT

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Congratulations on not enjoying your 360's full potential!

  • 04.16.2010 3:12 AM PDT

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Posted by: cagman40
Congratulations on not enjoying your 360's full potential!


I think there's still plenty of time for that.

  • 04.16.2010 3:15 AM PDT

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