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Subject: Do you want Halo 2 back online?

Poll: Do you want Halo 2 back online?  [closed]
Yes:  86%
(31 Votes)
No:  14%
(5 Votes)
Total Votes: 36

Halo 2 was the best FPS, and along with Online and matchmaking made it a game popular all over the world. Halo 3 and Reach strayed away from the skill aspect of the game and moved towards an easier game for anyone to pick up and play; which made it less fun to play...Also, cant even play customs online which is a buzzkill so halo 2 is totally out of the picture.

Bring H2 back

  • 03.01.2011 9:48 PM PDT
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I'd love Halo 2 to come back online and back on the shelves of stores which aren't second-hand, but online gameplay will be a problem since I think that every original Xbox game has had Xbox Live disabled, and I guess that Halo 2 follows the countless amounts of other games that simply "fade away" over time.

My Halo 2 disk broke some time ago, so I'd love to be able to buy it again, or at least make it available for the Xbox 360 Marketplace so that I can download the game. I miss Halo 2 and the famous Scarab Gun along with all of the fun glitches that you could do.

It doesn't really matter if multiplayer would be introducted to the Marketplace downloaded version of Halo 2 or not, I want Halo 2 only for the single player campaign.

  • 03.01.2011 10:16 PM PDT

Multiplayer made the game, plus best ranking system. You can just order it online if you want it again just to play campaign; but yea h2 should be available for download in the marketplace.

  • 03.01.2011 10:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: IOo RiOT oOI
Multiplayer made the game, plus best ranking system. You can just order it online if you want it again just to play campaign; but yea h2 should be available for download in the marketplace.

I agree, although it's impossible to ask for multiplayer when there's practically no multiplayer available for the original Xbox version.

Maybe multiplayer could be introduced in a downloaded version of Halo 2 from the XBL Marketplace? Although with saying that... is that possible? I mean it would need large online multiplayer servers because many people would want to go online on the game, and I don't know if a downloaded version of the game could hold up to what a purchased version of the game would be in terms of lag during multiplayer matches and all of that.

Also, since Halo 2 isn't in any sort of production anymore, the only Halo 2 types of games that I see at a store or on online websites are the PC version for the game, which isn't bad, it's just that I've gotten used to halo through use of an xbox console, not a computer.

  • 03.01.2011 10:43 PM PDT

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Close, but the plague killed those infected with it, and the ignorant are still alive.
I wish ignorance was a plague.

It would be amazing if they could get it to work. I would buy it.

  • 03.01.2011 10:58 PM PDT
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i would love if halo 2 was put back online again. i miss that game and would love to play it online and also the campain online again. if it was put on shelves again or in games on demand, id definately get it

  • 03.01.2011 11:09 PM PDT

Posted by: destroys u
It would be amazing if they could get it to work. I would buy it.

Same here man, I would love to see it again.

  • 03.01.2011 11:11 PM PDT

AFK: Away from Kontroller. Don't do it or you'll get the living crap smacked out of you by the Banhammer. If you disagree with any of this, you are just bad at Mortal Kombat.

Yes, i never got a chance to play it on Xbox Live because i didn't have any have access to the internet (small towns usually take forever to get them). Even if it's just one match, i still want to relieve H2.

  • 03.02.2011 12:42 AM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.

That'd be nice, yes.

  • 03.02.2011 3:29 AM PDT

I am a practicing traditional Catholic.

I do. I never even got to play it on Live.

  • 03.02.2011 4:35 AM PDT

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One final effort is all that remains
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Posted by: IOo RiOT oOI
Multiplayer made the game, plus best ranking system.


The ranking system in Halo 2 was reset many times, with anything beyond a 40 nearly always forcing you to run into cheaters of some variety. Bungie even tore down the supported leaderboards to hopefully help diminish their impact (why is probably why we didn't see them in Halo 3 and only see them for firefight in Reach). I disagree with it being the "best" ranking system. One could argue that without cheaters, the ranking system would be best. But since Halo 2's successor had a similar system and many people whined that after hitting general there was nothing left to do, I still have to disagree.


In any case, Halo 2's online support being shut down has nothing to do with Bungie. You need to contact Microsoft if you wish for your words to go to the correct people.

  • 03.02.2011 8:00 AM PDT

YES!!!

However in a remade form ;)
343 should take the multiplayer and its maps (which are all as perfect as any map can be in my opinion), update the graphics and add at least daily challenges (and maybe something like the Armory, with a bit more Elite custimization too).
Release it on Live for 1200 MSP, or 800 for those who played H2 (for a limited time of course ;)) and it will be a hit.
Kind of like how BF1943 operates, just with A LOT more maps = longer replay value.

H2 is the best online game ever, so sure; I want it back :P

  • 03.02.2011 8:01 AM PDT
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Posted by: notlad73
You know it does nothing. It did nothing in Halo 3-1, you just did not notice it. Go on Halo 3 and rapid fire at a wall and the bullets get more random. Don't try to deny it. I've shot real guns, I should know.

Yes'm. Would be amazing.

  • 03.02.2011 8:57 AM PDT

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On topic: There's nothing we can do about it Microsoft shut it down because it ran on an old version of Xbox live that is no longer compatible with the current version. Apparently I need 100 friends.

  • 03.02.2011 9:07 AM PDT

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Posted by: Magna117
I do. I never even got to play it on Live.


me too

  • 03.02.2011 9:30 AM PDT


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Posted by: Magna117
I do. I never even got to play it on Live.


me too


that sucks, I never got to play it on my original xbox online but it was the first game I played on my xbox 360.

  • 03.02.2011 11:25 AM PDT