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Subject: So I just bought Halo 2 again...

Posted by: HiredN00bs
Arrogant hyperbolic exclamations of woe? Seems like a normal day for Halo/Bungie.net.

I just bought a fresh new copy of Halo 2's Limited Edition. (lost my old copy 2 years ago)
What a beautifully crafted game that is!

You can truly see how much love and effort Bungie put in. (Still like Reach better though - Bullet magnetism anyone?)

Anyway, is there a way to download the TU again? I don't have it on my HDD and apparently, my 360 doesn't force me to DL anything.

See you on XBC - Carmelo.

  • 01.21.2011 9:56 AM PDT

"Whaddya need that for, Stranger? Goin' Elephant huntin' or somethin'?"

I don't know man. I know bungie loves what they do, but execution-wise, Halo 2 has to be the worst and least professional. It's not bungie's fault though. Microsoft had all of the final words on that game and they rushed the release date to coincide with a competitors release of something. Even with that being the case, I may argue that Halo 2 is my all time favorite.

Sorry I couldn't actually answer your question, just wanted to give my two cents.

  • 01.21.2011 10:03 AM PDT

Posted by: HiredN00bs
Arrogant hyperbolic exclamations of woe? Seems like a normal day for Halo/Bungie.net.


Posted by: Brine Ryte
I don't know man. I know bungie loves what they do, but execution-wise, Halo 2 has to be the worst and least professional. It's not bungie's fault though. Microsoft had all of the final words on that game and they rushed the release date to coincide with a competitors release of something. Even with that being the case, I may argue that Halo 2 is my all time favorite.

Sorry I couldn't actually answer your question, just wanted to give my two cents.


Haha that's perfectly fine. It's better than all the trolls in the Reach forum.

  • 01.21.2011 10:09 AM PDT
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Posted by: Method Man NYC
You can truly see how much love and effort Bungie put in. (Still like Reach better though - Bullet magnetism anyone?)
*Sigh* I'll do it before anyone else does. Halo 2 was actually the worst Halo game in that area.

  • 01.21.2011 10:42 AM PDT

Posted by: HiredN00bs
Arrogant hyperbolic exclamations of woe? Seems like a normal day for Halo/Bungie.net.


Posted by: Dr Syx

Posted by: Method Man NYC
You can truly see how much love and effort Bungie put in. (Still like Reach better though - Bullet magnetism anyone?)
*Sigh* I'll do it before anyone else does. Halo 2 was actually the worst Halo game in that area.


This is a known fact and an old-ass video. That bit with Bullet Magnetism referred to H2.

Anyways, thanks for your contribution, people tend to get confused and will probably missunderstand me.

  • 01.21.2011 10:53 AM PDT
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Oh, I misread your post. I thought you said something like "Reach is terrible - Bullet magnetism anyone?" I was sleepy. Sorry about that (:

  • 01.21.2011 11:05 AM PDT

It was rushed thats why it was bad, but you got to admit it was a heck load of fun.

  • 01.21.2011 11:22 AM PDT

Posted by: HiredN00bs
Arrogant hyperbolic exclamations of woe? Seems like a normal day for Halo/Bungie.net.


Posted by: Non_Stop
It was rushed thats why it was bad, but you got to admit it was a heck load of fun.


True that....
I didn't have any issues pre-patch, actually but I figured it would be nice if I have it now as well.

  • 01.21.2011 11:38 AM PDT
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Posted by: JacobGRocks
Yeah, Hitboxing = fail. For example, a certan user from the maw who has never played Halo 2 Xbox online links to this halo 2 bash video (its much less exreme in acutial gameplay) which shows hitboxing, but it also exists in halo 3, which also has unbalanced weps and n00b armor (recon).

I believe the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack disk will give you the 1.1 or 1.2 title update. I forget which it was.

  • 01.21.2011 2:39 PM PDT

I remember watching a old Bungie vidoc pretty much saying that Bungie worked on a kick-ass demo for E3, then realized they had to release the full game the same year...and theyve been working on the demo the whole time. D:

  • 01.21.2011 5:26 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

Dont believe everything you hear. I'm not saying it's true or false but be careful with distinguishing what you hear and what actually occurred.
Posted by: Lobotomick
I remember watching a old Bungie vidoc pretty much saying that Bungie worked on a kick-ass demo for E3, then realized they had to release the full game the same year...and theyve been working on the demo the whole time. D:


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  • 01.21.2011 5:31 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

Isn't screaming that bloody murder... Coming to the Halo 2 forum and saying Reach was best because of bullet magnetism... come up with a real argument.

The fact that Halo 2 was the best Xbox original game of all time and voted the best online video game of all time would say that your reach argument isn't very good.

It's a false argument to say that one aspect that actually helped make it a success online ruined the game... and made it worse than reach.

Reach isn't even worth the time of day to me as it was the worst video game I ever had the pleasure of playing lol (well actually I played the beta only, also H3 is tied as the worst game in the history of gaming to me as well lol, so much potential after Halo 2 was wasted).

  • 01.21.2011 5:41 PM PDT

Posted by: HiredN00bs
Arrogant hyperbolic exclamations of woe? Seems like a normal day for Halo/Bungie.net.


Posted by: totallymassive
Isn't screaming that bloody murder... Coming to the Halo 2 forum and saying Reach was best because of bullet magnetism... come up with a real argument.

The fact that Halo 2 was the best Xbox original game of all time and voted the best online video game of all time would say that your reach argument isn't very good.

It's a false argument to say that one aspect that actually helped make it a success online ruined the game... and made it worse than reach.

Reach isn't even worth the time of day to me as it was the worst video game I ever had the pleasure of playing lol (well actually I played the beta only, also H3 is tied as the worst game in the history of gaming to me as well lol, so much potential after Halo 2 was wasted).


Reach's mechanics are way better (Custom CTF with only Sprint as pick-ups is quite sick) - Halo 2 is more fun. Got my point?

Anyways, I won't look for the update no longer, Sword Flying was removed in it, wasn't it?
I loved doing that haha.


EDIT: By the way, how did Bullet Magnetism help H2 to become good? It's a false argument to say that one aspect that actually helped make it a success online ruined the game...


[Edited on 01.21.2011 7:37 PM PST]

  • 01.21.2011 7:35 PM PDT

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Welcome back to one of the best games of all time. I'll add you on XBC.

  • 01.21.2011 8:23 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

We see the world different or you didn't play Halo 2 much. Either way doesn't matter, because here in the Halo 2 forum the majority enjoy halo 2 enough to talk about in a nice way and not bad mouth it.

The seeking assistance is exactly what happens when someone fires something in real life. If you were to shoot or throw something in real life at an appreciable level you would see exactly what occurred in Halo 2 occurs in life. One locks on to the target and fires, if it's your teammate there is no lock on.

  • 01.21.2011 8:40 PM PDT

Posted by: HiredN00bs
Arrogant hyperbolic exclamations of woe? Seems like a normal day for Halo/Bungie.net.


Posted by: totallymassive
We see the world different or you didn't play Halo 2 much. Either way doesn't matter, because here in the Halo 2 forum the majority enjoy halo 2 enough to talk about in a nice way and not bad mouth it.

The seeking assistance is exactly what happens when someone fires something in real life. If you were to shoot or throw something in real life at an appreciable level you would see exactly what occurred in Halo 2 occurs in life. One locks on to the target and fires, if it's your teammate there is no lock on.


Halo 2 is 500 years in the future. And Gameplay Balance goes over realism. But I don't want to argue about that.

Anyways, I got my 1st LIVE account like 2 months before H3's release, so yeah, I didn't play that much.

Do I need the update to play XBC? Halo PC works in a similar way, doesn't it? You can only play with those who have the same build as you. By the way, does the LIVE 2 month trial included within the Game work? Or is it for the XBOX Original Servers (Which shut down)?

I do NOT have the game yet. I have the box - I bought it online from a game store, you know, they always have the boxes but not the discs inside. Game arrives on Tuesday. As of now, I'm playing H2 Vista again but it sucks. (PC is wack)

[Edited on 01.22.2011 3:05 AM PST]

  • 01.22.2011 3:02 AM PDT