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Subject: Strange Things Happening Since 'Death' of Halo 2

The way I see it, we both lost anyway.

So, last night, I had a friend over and we decided to play Halo 2 one last time on my 360. We played a few multiplayer offline matches and then moved on to playing through the entire game on co-op.

This is where the weird stuff starts to happen.
We had just beaten Cairo Station and were at the beginning of Outskirts and got about halfway through when I started noticing an afterimage obstructing my view when in certain lighting. It appeared to a burn-in image, but as we progressed from level to level, it changed. There was a different after-image for each level. All of them only appearing in certain lighting. By the time we had gotten to Delta Halo, I discovered the image was 3 dimensional because it could pass through 3D objects but would always be seen when you looked up to the skybox.

Now, beyond that there was an assortment of other things that happened.
We noticed very uncommon dialog lines from characters in-game were occurring to the point where some of them I had never heard in my entire life of Halo 2. Trust me on this one, I used to play Halo 2 A LOT, to the point of memorizing many of the lines in cutscenes and combat dialog.

On another strange point, there were subtle changes to the cutscenes I noticed, whether it was an animation or (cutscene at the beginning of Regret) a rather large chunk of lines and shots were completely omitted.

Then, finally, the last thing that happened I remember was on the level Regret. We were on the elevator that goes underwater and as it emerged from the water my character disappeared and my screen showed a 3rd person view of the 2nd player. I didn't die, I simply disappeared.

Anyway, just wanted to share these experiences with you guys. I thought maybe an update for Halo 2 changed some things for strange reasons...or maybe some new easter eggs. Or maybe its like the directors cut of Halo 2 now.

EDIT: Prior to playing there was an update.

EDIT: Cortana doesn't say "Wait go back" at beginning of Regret, Cortana lines about Library are skipped, some of Miranda's lines were skipped too.(just off the top of my head)

EDIT: We never got to beat the whole game, It was 3:00 am and we were tired. We ended when we got to Gravemind, so changes/after-images to later levels or the ending are undetermined.

EDIT: Make sure to read the whole thing, this just isn't about an after-image.

Share your thoughts.

[Edited on 04.18.2010 10:57 AM PDT]

  • 04.18.2010 7:01 AM PDT

The way I see it, we both lost anyway.

Posted by: o0MrCheesy0o
I don't know why this happens but I get it all the time. Nothing to do with the xbox servers shutting down.

EDIT:
I've noticed these things happen the most when playing co-op.

EDIT AGAIN:
I know there was an update. But I've experienced all those things way before I even started playing on XBL. There just glitches.

Let me get this straight, the unheard dialog, omitted cutscene lines, after-images that changed for each level,random disappearances of players and changes in animation/camera angles. THOSE WERE ALL GLITCHES?!
I doubt it.

  • 04.18.2010 7:28 AM PDT

lol?

that picture on you screen I got that as well it's not burn in and thats all I know

  • 04.18.2010 7:30 AM PDT

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That used to happen to me ALL the time. Its just a small glitch with the 360 and Halo 2. It happened to me quite a bit on XBox Live but I haven't had any problems recently. Usually, restarting your xbox or loading up the dashboard fixes the problem

  • 04.18.2010 7:52 AM PDT

Wow I saw those too when I beat campaign yesterday, I thought my TV was messed up.

  • 04.18.2010 8:34 AM PDT

A lot of the time when I play on burial mounds an after image gets burnt in until I restart. Some times in mombasa too

  • 04.18.2010 9:48 AM PDT

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

It's just a problem that's caused by how Halo 2 is emulated on the 360. At least that's what I've been told when I inquired in the past.

  • 04.18.2010 10:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: qwerty135
that picture on you screen I got that as well it's not burn in and thats all I know

How very omanis.

  • 04.18.2010 10:19 AM PDT

I get those seemingly image burns all the time on the 360. It happens about every other time I play lockout. It's just the way Halo 2 plays on the 360. I remember getting my 360 and an image of lockout being burnt into my screen the first day I played. It happens a lot less now than it used to. This has been happening to me for 4 years now.

  • 04.18.2010 10:49 AM PDT

The way I see it, we both lost anyway.

READ THE WHOLE THING ITS NOT JUST ABOUT AFTER IMAGE

  • 04.18.2010 10:58 AM PDT

The burn in image happens to me everytime I play it on 360. When I went into a live match after playing campaign it would be there.

  • 04.18.2010 12:52 PM PDT

Posted by: xMaJoR cRaBsx
Dreams of being the one and only soup that people enjoy. Or wants to be a hero that dishes out hot scolding soup to evil.

I've never played Halo 2 much on 360, but the times that I have I was usually on for long periods of time. I don't remember any burn in during those periods. Perhaps I just didn't notice...

  • 04.18.2010 1:06 PM PDT

It happens to me a lot. Has nothing to do with the servers shutting down.

  • 04.18.2010 1:24 PM PDT