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Subject: Halo 2 left in the dust? (please read)

"Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bull-blam!-, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you."-Lemmy of Motorhead

i belive shhave funzes suppos

Yes, I'm the guy who had the Flood admit to being furries.

Long time fan of all halo games (except maybe Halo Wars, but that's besides the point). As of very recent news, Halo 1 is getting a HD recreation that will run on the Xbox 360 with FULL live support. Let's stay simple and overall, this means:

Every Halo game is on the Xbox 360 with full live capability...Except Halo 2. Doesn't that seem odd?

When the servers for Xbox Live for Original Xbox games were taken offline, so was Halo 2, which was and still(on the PC) a very popular title. People played it continuesly for ages before Halo 3.

We're in a retro year for games, Halo 1 is coming back, but no love for Halo 2. Wouldn't it be nice for a HD remake of Halo 2? That may not happen, that's a lot of work, Halo 1 is enough. But I would still like to see a fully capable Halo 2 on the 360 released as an arcade title so it has full live functionality possibly with co op.

Even if they had just put Halo 2 on games on demand, it would sell....FAST. and I guarantee you this would sell very fast as an arcade title. As well as complete the circle so I can enjoy all my Halo games on my 360 fully on Xbox Live. Who agrees?

  • 06.06.2011 5:05 PM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

Halo 2 anniversary will be an expansion on Halo 4.

Calling it.

  • 06.06.2011 5:05 PM PDT

Halo 2 Vista

  • 06.06.2011 5:06 PM PDT

Oh hey there

Posted by: petarded2
It's a metaphor for the 07s' lack of identity. too old to be newfa­g, yet too new to be oldfa­g, we wander b.net in search of a home, forever trying to be something we are not.

One more time.

So every 10 years from release each game gets its own Anniversary game? I think that's too much milk even for Microsoft to drink.

  • 06.06.2011 5:07 PM PDT

"Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bull-blam!-, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you."-Lemmy of Motorhead

i belive shhave funzes suppos

Yes, I'm the guy who had the Flood admit to being furries.

Posted by: The Captain097
Halo 2 Vista
Have it, still prefer to play it on the Xbox 360. Online community is weak, too for the Vista version.

[Edited on 06.06.2011 5:10 PM PDT]

  • 06.06.2011 5:10 PM PDT

Posted by: privet caboose
Halo 2 anniversary will be an expansion on Halo 4.

Calling it.


Agreed. It certainly fits with the way they are doing things: Major Game (H3, HReach, H4) followed by extra campaign and MM maps (ODST, CE remake, H2 Remake)

  • 06.06.2011 5:12 PM PDT

Just do what I do when I have a problem... SCREAM!

The Banhammer hurts less and less w/ each crushing blow.

Sadly, the CE remake only includes maps for Halo: Reach; you won't have the excitement of playing H:CE on XBL anytime soon.

Xbox Connect is the only way to go at this point.

Yes, I'm sad.

  • 06.06.2011 5:16 PM PDT

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Posted by: HaI0Fighter92
We're in a retro year for games . . .


Stop right there. No we're not.

Halo and Halo 2 are not "retro" games by any stretch of the imagination. Halo itself is a little over ten years old, and even then, you've had four sequels/spin-offs to keep you busy. They only seem old to people with no memory of video games prior to the 'next-gen' consoles and who typically lack a complete enjoyment and understanding of the medium as a whole.

If anything, the only accomplishment made by the Halo remake (and Halo 4 besides) is to further prove the title has garnered a relatively young fan base; one that is loathe to play 'old' games and constantly clamors for games from a short while ago to simply be remade as they didn't/couldn't experience them fully the first time around and lack the motivation to play the original now.

Oh, and get off my damn lawn...

  • 06.06.2011 5:20 PM PDT

I would love to play a HD Halo 2 were the Elites were 8'6" and Brutes weren't rushed overpowered things (< moreorless Halo 3 ODST Brutes).

  • 06.06.2011 5:26 PM PDT

Oh hey there

Posted by: petarded2
It's a metaphor for the 07s' lack of identity. too old to be newfa­g, yet too new to be oldfa­g, we wander b.net in search of a home, forever trying to be something we are not.

Posted by: Placid Platypus
Posted by: HaI0Fighter92
We're in a retro year for games . . .


Stop right there. No we're not.

Halo and Halo 2 are not "retro" games by any stretch of the imagination. Halo itself is a little over ten years old, and even then, you've had four sequels/spin-offs to keep you busy. They only seem old to people with no memory of video games prior to the 'next-gen' consoles and who typically lack a complete enjoyment and understanding of the medium as a whole.

If anything, the only accomplishment made by the Halo remake (and Halo 4 besides) is to further prove the title has garnered a relatively young fan base; one that is loathe to play 'old' games and constantly clamors for games from a short while ago to simply be remade as they didn't/couldn't experience them fully the first time around and lack the motivation to play the original now.

Oh, and get off my damn lawn...
*claps* But I'm still looking forward to the Anniversary game.

  • 06.06.2011 5:31 PM PDT

If you're passionate about the thing you're talking about, I'll always lend an ear.

Posted by: The Captain097
Halo 2 Vista

If only the darned thing worked for XP....

:(

  • 06.06.2011 5:38 PM PDT

Wait until 2015 for a Halo 2 anniversary and stfu.

  • 06.06.2011 5:44 PM PDT

Posted by: ninjakenzen
Posted by: The Captain097
Halo 2 Vista

If only the darned thing worked for XP....

:(


I have the same issue. when I get my new laptop I'll be able to play it. :D

  • 06.06.2011 5:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: privet caboose
Halo 2 anniversary will be an expansion on Halo 4.

Calling it.

I second this.

  • 06.06.2011 5:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: ninjakenzen
Posted by: The Captain097
Halo 2 Vista

If only the darned thing worked for XP....

:(

Lucky. I can't even find the darn thing.

  • 06.06.2011 5:52 PM PDT

If you're passionate about the thing you're talking about, I'll always lend an ear.

Posted by: ReconHunter101

Posted by: ninjakenzen
Posted by: The Captain097
Halo 2 Vista

If only the darned thing worked for XP....

:(

Lucky. I can't even find the darn thing.

I have it, it only works on my laptop.But my desktop is XP so that's a no go.

  • 06.06.2011 5:57 PM PDT

"Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bull-blam!-, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you."-Lemmy of Motorhead

i belive shhave funzes suppos

Yes, I'm the guy who had the Flood admit to being furries.

Halo 1 isn't a retro game, I know that, but just notice the titles that are coming out, remakes of older series, older games, and such.

Duke Nukem Forever, Serious Sam 3, Tomb Raider, Sonic Generations, Doom 4 (possibly but probably not) Halo Anniversary, that Yar's Revenge reboot.

Surely that's not all a coincidence, I think the trend is just changing, and that's what I mean, don't attack me for that opinion. I'm just saying, I would think Halo 2 would follow suit with all this. I have my doubts they'll do a Halo 2 Anniversary but it's a possibility. I figure an Arcade port would be easier and more readily accessible.

  • 06.06.2011 6:53 PM PDT

Posted by: CultMiester4000
I'm not really an Apple person (Bananas forever) but damn, that's kinda sad.

The remake doesn't have MM capabilities on its own.

And Halo 2 is bad :)

  • 06.06.2011 6:58 PM PDT
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SC = Supreme Commander/Supreme Canadian.

De Facto leader of the military of the APE (Allied Planets Empire).

Coup = Admiral Asskicker, ZPM hive ship

Posted by: The Captain097
Halo 2 Vista

>Halo 2 Vista
>2 Vista
>Vista

>implying that Vista actually works.

  • 06.06.2011 7:13 PM PDT

Out of the sky, Into the flames

I was told the halo 2 servers were coming on for a week sometime in either june or july. I dont remember but it might not even be true. Either way, I dont wanna see a Halo 2 remake, it kinda hurt to watch the remake trailer for CE. I wasnt even sure if it was real. All I want fro christmas is the halo 2 servers to be up again.

  • 06.06.2011 7:17 PM PDT

Posted by: Placid Platypus
Posted by: HaI0Fighter92
We're in a retro year for games . . .


Stop right there. No we're not.

Halo and Halo 2 are not "retro" games by any stretch of the imagination. Halo itself is a little over ten years old, and even then, you've had four sequels/spin-offs to keep you busy. They only seem old to people with no memory of video games prior to the 'next-gen' consoles and who typically lack a complete enjoyment and understanding of the medium as a whole.


They're not retro, but there certainly old by the current population standards (Which includes myself, I was only six years old when Halo: CE was released). It's surprising, sure, but when you see people on XBL with tags like 'ProSnipe01' and realize they were born the same year that Halo CE came out, these games are aging.

Not aging in the way Doom, Duke Nukem, Pong and all of the older "retro" (Arcade and what have you) games that I can't be bothered to play aged, but these newer games are starting to enter the "old classic" (in the eyes of the newer generation) realm. You, and gamers from past generations, don't see it that way, hell, I don't see them as classics, but it is going to progress this way. It's just the way that it works.

Imagine another 10 years of Halo, people are going to be nostalgic over Halo 3 (Some already are), and chances are we'll see a 3D motion controlled remake of the "timeless classic" for the new generation.

I'm with ya, Halo's not a retro game, but it's old. The new generation wants to experience it and Microsoft sees the money in it.

In a market stagnated by annual rehashes of the same space marine alien sex game, what can you expect.

  • 06.06.2011 7:17 PM PDT

I only fear God...

Man of Steel


Posted by: Spartan1065
One more time.

So every 10 years from release each game gets its own Anniversary game? I think that's too much milk even for Microsoft to drink.


Farmers don't drink their own industrialized, preservative filled milk.

Maybe they do...

Nevermind

  • 06.06.2011 7:17 PM PDT

Microsoft is going for a Halo game every year from this November. We'll see Halo 2 HD in 2013.

  • 06.06.2011 7:19 PM PDT