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Bungie has hinted (or at least I think they're hints) at bots in multiplayer times. When they Disembodied Soul was still around, one of his few comments on Halo 2 involved bots. You had to include the words "Halo 2 bots multiplayer" to get him to talk about it. He said that he wanted the designers to include a smack talking soul bot, which would free him.

There's this:
Michael Evans : I led the Oni team in San Jose, the multiplayer effort on Halo 1 (and yes, the lack of bots are my fault) and led the overall engineering effort on Halo 2 leading up to E3.
http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=ArchivedStory8 3

And before the site update you could still view the Bnet Pro April Fools joke thing. In their little "preview" you were able to view one of the new chatrooms. At the very top a person asked to include bots in multiplayer and Jason Jones replied by saying that it was a very good idea and would bring it up with the development team.

[Edited on 5/6/2004 8:28:09 PM]

  • 05.06.2004 8:06 PM PDT
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Wow alucardx... you get five stars from me. Quoting your sources was a great idea. Well now, this puts everything into a whole new light...Right about when they updated the site I asked Marty about bots and now we know why he was being so cryptic...at least, I think. Thanks again for the info.

  • 05.06.2004 8:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: Neonight
We're in the same boat.

I live in a hick town. :(

I'll tell you all what: I'll take one for the team. Frank can have my manbabies if he wishes, as long as we all get bots.


I know how it feels too, living in a hick town...not having DSL. Actually, my situation is even more annoying, since I live 2 miles from the center of town and can't get DSL, whereas 4 miles on another side of town, someone I know has it. I wish my phone company would stop dragging its @$$.

  • 05.06.2004 8:15 PM PDT
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Bot s should be in the game i mean there bots pretty much in campain mode all the have to do is place them MP

  • 05.06.2004 8:28 PM PDT
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Exactly my point. How hard could it be? Sure, you have to code weapons placements and other things like that but with Halo 2's AI you're already halfway there.

  • 05.06.2004 8:41 PM PDT
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Well Timesplitters 2 had bots and face it without them the game would not be nearly as fun it is w/o them, and thats Timesplitters 2! Imagine it on a amazing game like Halo 2.

  • 05.06.2004 8:57 PM PDT
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Most certainly! Timesplitters 2 storymode was...how do you say...lacking. If they didn't put bots in there, I'd be suprised if they had half the success they did in selling it. But the point is, they made the bots fun. I didn't care for the almost-claymation quality to TS2's game engine, but assalt on the military base was a blast. I think that if Bungie does decide to put bots in, we can expect good quality from them, such as being able to make your bot a sniper, defender, etc.

  • 05.06.2004 9:04 PM PDT
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I wish Bungie would say something about bots. Anything, at this point, would be great.

  • 05.07.2004 1:26 PM PDT
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I read in the faq before that they would not be including bots in multiplayer

  • 05.07.2004 1:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: eliteassassin
I read in the faq before that they would not be including bots in multiplayer


From the Bungie.net Halo 2 FAQ
Q
Will there be multiplayer bots?

A
We have not made a final decision regarding bots yet. The team has heard the cries of fans and we're exploring ways to make multiplayer games more enjoyable for gamers with only 2 controllers and no Live access.

  • 05.07.2004 1:55 PM PDT
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Thanks, GC13. Let's hope that Bungie gets the right idea.

  • 05.07.2004 2:30 PM PDT
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posted by: hunterman117

"Bot s should be in the game i mean there bots pretty much in campain mode all the have to do is place them MP"

yes exactly, if the ai for the marines when they turn on you of the ai fo the elitles were used for bots in halo 2 that would be pretty damn sweet. and they can already get in vehicles and come after you, marines do it all the time. they get into ghosts and run your over. bots are a must, i don't have XBL and nither do i have the money to afford it. so this would really add some fun to multiplayer for me and a hell of a lot of other people.

  • 05.07.2004 2:53 PM PDT
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Although they still would have to code weapons placements and other things that the enemy normally wouldn't be needing. For example, in Campaign, they always start with a gun, but in MP you would have to code them to do that. That might take a bit to code, but it would be worth it.

  • 05.07.2004 3:42 PM PDT
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I really hope they add the bots. The coding shouldn't be that hard for weapons pickups. It might even be in there already, we don't know whether the enemies in campaign mode can change weapons or not.

  • 05.07.2004 4:08 PM PDT
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the enemies might be able to change weapons, but they'll never pick up a human weapon. if they add bots in multiplayer, i wonder how this might change things.

  • 05.07.2004 5:00 PM PDT

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