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Subject: Glitchy Halo 2

Several years ago, when I first got into Halo, I bought all the games and played them in order. The only copy of Halo 2 I could find at the time was used. The disc was dirty, but nothing a little cleaning couldn't fix. At various parts throughout the campaign, strange shapes would appear and block out parts of the HUD. Most of the shapes were tan rectangles. My friend suggested that it was because some older Xbox titles don't run well on the 360, but I've never heard of this problem before. I went to replay the game today and it still has the same problem. Would anyone happen to have an idea of what is going on? The game is still playable, but it's quite irking.

  • 06.10.2011 6:29 PM PDT
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It's a common problem, but can't be fixed. It's just the 360's issue with backwards compatibility.

  • 06.10.2011 6:37 PM PDT
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It is not the game, it is the Xbox 360's emulator. This can be fixed simply by running it on the original Xbox.

  • 06.10.2011 6:45 PM PDT

Thanks guys! I guess I need an Xbox to truly fix this.

[Edited on 06.10.2011 6:48 PM PDT]

  • 06.10.2011 6:48 PM PDT

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I just recently played my Halo 2 disc on my new Xbox 360. I've never seen this occur. It is probably your disc.

  • 06.10.2011 7:46 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.

Its an emulation problem that is common with the xbox 360. You think they'd at least update that software after all these years. Lazyness at its finest.

  • 06.10.2011 7:53 PM PDT

Posted by: RureTan
Thanks guys! I guess I need an Xbox to truly fix this.
Yeah, that's what I use, I can't tolerate the shadows.

  • 06.10.2011 8:52 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.


Posted by: NOBLE SlX
I just recently played my Halo 2 disc on my new Xbox 360. I've never seen this occur. It is probably your disc.
Yeah I played the blam out of Halo 2 on my 360 and I never had the infamous 360 problems during Matchmaking or Campaign. But I have one of the "Pro" 2008 Xbox 360's. Maybe this only occurs on the earlier 360's? I have no clue.

  • 06.10.2011 8:58 PM PDT

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Posted by: NOBLE SlX
I just recently played my Halo 2 disc on my new Xbox 360. I've never seen this occur. It is probably your disc.
Yeah I played the blam out of Halo 2 on my 360 and I never had the infamous 360 problems during Matchmaking or Campaign. But I have one of the "Pro" 2008 Xbox 360's. Maybe this only occurs on the earlier 360's? I have no clue.


I don't know, but I never owned the Elite (or Pro). Could just be hit or miss. I've never had this issue, even once.

[Edited on 06.10.2011 9:03 PM PDT]

  • 06.10.2011 9:01 PM PDT

I believe I have a Pro. It's a white one with a 60GB hard drive.

  • 06.10.2011 9:56 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.

These HUD issues only happened to me when playing Lockout, Backwash, or Gravemind from campaign. I know why it would happen on Backwash because of the fog issues but I have no idea why it would on the other 2.

  • 06.11.2011 6:48 AM PDT

one time when i was about to fight the prophet of regret, i saw the arbiter on my screen as a black figure

  • 06.11.2011 7:09 AM PDT
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I only got these issues on my old 360 Elite. Now that I have a slim, it plays the same it did 2004. Dunno why, disc is the same.

  • 06.11.2011 12:35 PM PDT

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Losing internet 9/7/2012 until i don't know when. See you starside folks.


Fada beo Halo 2!


Posted by: NOBLE SlX
I just recently played my Halo 2 disc on my new Xbox 360. I've never seen this occur. It is probably your disc.


i didn't have that problem for awhile, but it recently came up, you probably will start having problems with it eventually.

  • 06.11.2011 3:12 PM PDT

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I hate that. It's happens all the time to me.

  • 06.12.2011 7:03 PM PDT