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Subject: Miss Halo 2 matchmaking? Wouldn't you like to see it back?

Our big green style, cannot be defeated!
-Sgt. A.J. Johnson - Halo 2 - Metropolis

Poll: Miss Halo 2 matchmaking? Wouldn't you like to see it back?  [closed]
Yes:  61%
(43 Votes)
No (I don't even know why you would pick this):  39%
(27 Votes)
Total Votes: 70

I'm saying because I missed out on it. I bought it & Halo 1 after Reach came out. I just want to play Halo 2 matchmaking because it's the only one I never got to try.

  • 04.10.2011 9:42 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

Nothing can replace the best game on the planet!

New people to gaming and those that have played for a while would enjoy having Halo 2 back. It was the only game on the first xbox system, to still have a strong population of players. Games today could only wish to have the population it had for nearly 7 years (until it was shut down for little to no reason).

[Edited on 04.10.2011 9:55 PM PDT]

  • 04.10.2011 9:51 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

Na, it was just as good in year 6 as year 1 to me. Actually to me it was better as I knew better how to have fun and I knew alot more about how to communicate and play with teammates. I knew of glitchs and teaching those new to the game of glitches was really fun. Halo 2 rules!
Posted by: Frank_Sknaw
You sure did miss out. It was the best online game imo but I feel like if it's brought back today it just won't be the same. Sure it will still be fun but the community was a huge part of the fun in Halo 2 for me. The community was at its best when Halo 2 first came out because this was when most people were introduced to XBL, it was a new experience for many. People were open to meet others and not limit themselves to just their friends. It just felt more lively/active back then.

  • 04.10.2011 10:13 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

It never dissipated for me. Customs were just as strong near the end then any time before. i.e. when match making was taken down for about a week 1 year before it went down we'd play customs non-stop for days on end.

It all depended on if you were willing to talk with people and have fun. If you shut down your thoughts of halo 2 and moved to Halo 3 than to me you lost out on the best years of the game ever. More mods (in customs), more customs, different match making (more non-ranked BTB style, and rumble pitt training, less ranked ts matches). Glitching happened all the time. No other halo came close, no other game came close for me.

Posted by: Frank_Sknaw
I really only played Halo 2 from 2004-2006 and then after that I just played a bit from time to time. The time I did spend on Halo 2 in the beginning was so much fun. I loved doing glitches and finding easter eggs when they were new and fresh, I thought most people already knew most glitches after 360 came out. There were also less custom games going on, at least for me so I kinda felt like the community began to dissipate and moved on to gears of war and GRAW.


[Edited on 04.10.2011 10:44 PM PDT]

  • 04.10.2011 10:41 PM PDT

pwnin noobs in the real world!

best game EVER!!!!!!!! i just miss it so much.... maybe bungie will enable xbl for halo 2 agin.... man would that make my day ^_^... thats what i belive

  • 04.10.2011 10:56 PM PDT
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halo 2 still the best game in the series. long live halo 2.

Dam, I miss the old days playing halo 2 with my old brothers in arms. Thank you my old friends for giving me this account, I shall continue our legacy.

I would like it to be back, but I know its an impossible dream. I miss the old Halo 2 matchmaking, people were competitive and the ranking system was fair. If it came back as a remake, most likely it won't be the same as the old xbox version. Bugs, glitches, everything we loved would be changed or fixed.

  • 04.10.2011 11:36 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

I think we will have to wait. They dont want to make halo 2 fans happy (despite the fact that well over 50% of it's current customers are or were diehard halo 2 fans).
Posted by: great PHANTOM433
best game EVER!!!!!!!! i just miss it so much.... maybe bungie will enable xbl for halo 2 agin.... man would that make my day ^_^... thats what i belive

  • 04.10.2011 11:44 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

fixed lol. I think it is possible but it's unlikely when a company like Microsoft is in control.

I hope they consult it's halo 2 fans before they do any changes to the game like removing (remove cheating lol, but little else) or adding (maps are good for adding, other stuff maybe not)
Posted by: JB 199
I would like it to be back, but I know its an impossible dream. I miss the old Halo 2 matchmaking, people were competitive and the ranking system was fair. If it came back as a remake, most likely it won't be the same as the old xbox version. Bugs, glitches, everything we loved would be changed or fixed.

  • 04.10.2011 11:47 PM PDT

R.I.P. Halo 2 11/9/04-4/15/10
If you havn't played Halo 2 online than you are missing so much. Plus if you have played a good amount of Halo 2 online, I might have a better chance of listening to anything you say.

You would have loved it but even though you never got to try it, here are some videos that may give you a taste of what it is like.
1 Flag on Terminal
Part 1
Part 2

Gulch Wars on Containment
Part 1
Part 2

And Halo 2 had a 1-50 ranking system that was way better than Halo 3's crappy true skill 1-50.


[Edited on 04.11.2011 3:15 AM PDT]

  • 04.11.2011 3:11 AM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

Yeah, rank actually meant something and put you with players with similar skills of cheating (between 25-50) or of game skills (1-25) lol. This meant if you had good skills you hit a limit and had to play unranked or you'd have to learn how to cheat and test your skills against modders, stand byers, host booters, boosters, game booters (could boot everyone or anyone they wanted from games), suciders (planted), betrayers (planted), modded control people (triple, double at will, no effort or timing needed), super bouncers, glitch whores, rank manipulators (would create level 1 accounts to play with level 40's), lag inducers, I'm probably missing about 100 other very prevalent cheats used in halo 2.
Posted by: EvoX Domeshot
You would have loved it but even though you never got to try it, here are some videos that may give you a taste of what it is like.
1 Flag on Terminal
Part 1
Part 2

Gulch Wars on Containment
Part 1
Part 2

And Halo 2 had a 1-50 ranking system that was way better than Halo 3's crappy true skill 1-50.

  • 04.11.2011 4:53 AM PDT

Our big green style, cannot be defeated!
-Sgt. A.J. Johnson - Halo 2 - Metropolis

Posted by: EvoX Domeshot
You would have loved it but even though you never got to try it, here are some videos that may give you a taste of what it is like.
1 Flag on Terminal
Part 1
Part 2

Gulch Wars on Containment
Part 1
Part 2

And Halo 2 had a 1-50 ranking system that was way better than Halo 3's crappy true skill 1-50.
It's alright, I don't need to see these, I watched Red vs. Blue during it's making during Halo 1 & 2.

  • 04.11.2011 4:59 AM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

Red Vs. Blue

wasn't close to what Halo 2 was...

And wouldn't represent it well.


Posted by: xecnalxes117
Posted by: EvoX Domeshot
You would have loved it but even though you never got to try it, here are some videos that may give you a taste of what it is like.
1 Flag on Terminal
Part 1
Part 2

Gulch Wars on Containment
Part 1
Part 2

And Halo 2 had a 1-50 ranking system that was way better than Halo 3's crappy true skill 1-50.
It's alright, I don't need to see these, I watched Red vs. Blue during it's making during Halo 1 & 2.

  • 04.11.2011 5:18 AM PDT

Watching this for 5 hours is more entertaining then Halo 2 matchmaking

It was slow, had lots of quitters, and you would get matchmade with either micless people, or people from countries with bad internet like Mexico or Colombia.

  • 04.11.2011 5:55 AM PDT

Missed out on Halo 2? WTF, man?!?

  • 04.11.2011 8:43 AM PDT
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I certainly would not

  • 04.11.2011 11:50 AM PDT

R.I.P. Halo 2 11/9/04-4/15/10
If you havn't played Halo 2 online than you are missing so much. Plus if you have played a good amount of Halo 2 online, I might have a better chance of listening to anything you say.


Posted by: xecnalxes117
Posted by: EvoX Domeshot
You would have loved it but even though you never got to try it, here are some videos that may give you a taste of what it is like.
1 Flag on Terminal
Part 1
Part 2

Gulch Wars on Containment
Part 1
Part 2

And Halo 2 had a 1-50 ranking system that was way better than Halo 3's crappy true skill 1-50.
It's alright, I don't need to see these, I watched Red vs. Blue during it's making during Halo 1 & 2.


Red vs. Blue was not online play.... Those are vids are real online play.

  • 04.11.2011 11:52 AM PDT

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It's funny how in halo 3 getting a 45 was fairly simple while in halo 2 a 30 was considered high.

[Edited on 04.12.2011 9:58 PM PDT]

  • 04.12.2011 9:58 PM PDT

You can fight and all of you will die, or you can not fight, in which case only most of you will die.

Rest in peace, Halo 2 Matchmaking. You will be missed </3

  • 04.12.2011 11:42 PM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.

Of course. But, it's not going to happen. Bungie doesn't care anymore.

[Edited on 04.14.2011 11:58 AM PDT]

  • 04.14.2011 11:57 AM PDT
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All it took was a stew of whoopass.

I enjoyed the little time I spent on it.

  • 04.14.2011 12:25 PM PDT

Please, no hurt! Me like Elites. Brutes stinky bad bad. Me stay here, make sure no Brutes come behind mighty Arbiter. Heh, heh... Eh?


Posted by: G Man A44
It's funny how in halo 3 getting a 45 was fairly simple while in halo 2 a 30 was considered high.


hehe yeah,Even level 20s is good :)
i dont remember my level...
I was like 10-15 can i check my level on halo 2 on some website?
I didnt play much halo 2 matchmaking,but it is still my fav halo game<3
I wish i played it more

  • 04.14.2011 3:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: great PHANTOM433
best game EVER!!!!!!!! i just miss it so much.... maybe bungie will enable xbl for halo 2 agin.... man would that make my day ^_^... thats what i belive


You can play Shadowrun online through and with PC players why can't Microsoft do this as well for Halo 2 Xbox 360 users?

  • 04.14.2011 8:21 PM PDT

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