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Subject: LUCKIEST HALO FAN, I PLAYED HALO 2, WHAT DO YOUWANT TO KNOW?
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I feel like the luckiest halo fan right now. I got to play halo 2 todayat e3 and had a -blam!- load of fun.
Its tough to say what I thought about it.... first off its going to take some getting used to. here are some of the things i was worried about

1) i played as an elite and its no different than the mc himself.
2) there is no more health bars, its all shields. Towards the end its bloody as hell though.
3) the boost thing of the ghost its seemded weird at first but when you try it it doesnt really make a difference in the game. When you boost you cant be hi jacked, and you cant steer at all- youjust go straight.
4) you cant carry the flag on the ghost anymore.
5) the new AR is accurate as hell, the zoom is similar to the pistol requiring about 2 extra shots, and non-zoomed is really accurate with burst fire and fully auto.
6) there was no melee combos, and the physics for the melee contact was weak (probably stil being worked on) I missed when I shouldnt have...
7) the plasma sword is- well- scary as hell. If you see a guy coming at you there is a good chance your gonna die. You have two choices b button to regualr melee, or you "lock on" and right trigger to do this charge attack.
8) dual weilding rules all. You can rule enemies once you get a good weapon combo and get a feel for the recoil. Dual weilding just decimates an enemy.
9) the map we played on was hella small; but it had tons of little tunnels and backways to sneak into the base.
10)hijacking is tough to do, the timing has to be exact, and cant do it when a vehicle is at full speed.
11) the maps have exploding barrels
12) A lot of stuff is not done yet; a lot fo the animations are still rough form reloading to melee, and the explosions and explosion physics are probably still being worked on
13)everyting does explode, and everything in the enviornment moves too... I shot a rocket at a trashedup warthog and all the fallen wheels flew everywhere. I shot rockets at a wall and it desintegrated.
14) THE BIG SHOCKER: WE PLAYED HALO 2 WITH 10 PLAYERS.. big deal right... guess how many tvs? 10
it seems that bungie will offer one tv and one xbox per person.

Things im gonna have to get used to:
1) i dont think there is gonna be a pistol:(
2) the game seemed a little slower
3) there is so much to do and so many plaves to run and hide, triggers to pull, bridges to open etc...
4) the map was super small
5) I feel dirty playing as a covie
6)weapon recoil...
This is all i have post any questions on topics I might not have toched on and ill do my best to answer.

  • 05.13.2004 2:57 AM PDT
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cool dude,but in the end was it more fun than the first, and also how did the health thing work, i dont understand.

  • 05.13.2004 3:04 AM PDT
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do you know if you can shoot the lights out? bungie talked about this ages ago...

  • 05.13.2004 3:05 AM PDT
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is there surface deformation? like when a gernade explodes there is an crater that you can crawl in

  • 05.13.2004 3:14 AM PDT

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  • 05.13.2004 4:00 AM PDT
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The health system sounds like you need to explain more.

  • 05.13.2004 4:31 AM PDT

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if there is no split screen i will cry there better be split screen

  • 05.13.2004 4:41 AM PDT
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Wait a minute slow. Dont tell me it laggs. I hope that was because you had 10 players on 10 tvs.

  • 05.13.2004 4:52 AM PDT
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Come on, is da needler any good?

  • 05.13.2004 5:03 AM PDT
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while you may have played it is a possibility, you didnt really mention much more than we already know from watching the 2 different video's from E3 already and since it's not playable on the show floor and only behind closed doors to the press - are you press?

just wondering ;-)

  • 05.13.2004 5:15 AM PDT
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Posted by: RedBack
cool dude,but in the end was it more fun than the first, and also how did the health thing work, i dont understand.


i think he meant that instead of the normal halo where your shield got depleted and then you had the energy bar, its just the shield now.

  • 05.13.2004 5:26 AM PDT
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was the map a ctf? did the spartans/elites start at the beach? was there this thing so that if you preesed it then a gate would open?
If the answear to all quistios then the map is called ZAnzibar


Also i don't think they have finished the mele combos yet..

  • 05.13.2004 5:37 AM PDT
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so there is no health at all, once ur armour is gone u r dead, is that what u r saying??

  • 05.13.2004 5:51 AM PDT
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E3 is closed to the public

  • 05.13.2004 5:58 AM PDT
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lol if you died when you lost all your shield I think plasma pistol would be a bit too good eh? :P

  • 05.13.2004 6:04 AM PDT

The entire fleet is engaged Cortana, with respect what the hell sorta reinforcements have you got?

1. Homing Rocket launcher!! i thonght the origonal was too deadly, what the disadvantage?

2. only Shields?!?! explain more!??!

3. how do you hijack a hog?! how can you throw all three people out?!?!?!?1

  • 05.13.2004 6:18 AM PDT
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I have to credit your authenticity of this claim. E3 is closed to the public, and I dont see many people who ACUTALLY go to E3 just posting on bungie forums for this reason. You havent been a member for very long either, this just adds against your claim. I cant say I believe you, someone who went to E3 wouldnt post "LUCKIEST HALO FAN, I PLAYED HALO 2, WHAT DO YOUWANT TO KNOW?" That doesnt sound very logical to me. I dont think you went to E3, offer me proof. Like something we DIDNT see in the videos. ALL the facts you said we already know of through magazines and videos, tell us something new so we can believe you.

  • 05.13.2004 6:21 AM PDT
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I think the lack of a health bar means that you'll still have it, but either you won't know how damaged you are or they're still working on the health bar graphics. I always thought that you shouldn't bleed in Halo till you're dead, you should just spark as your armor takes hits. Its not like you could survive one shot from any of the Halo weapons if they were actually hitting you and not just your armor.

  • 05.13.2004 7:03 AM PDT
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You will have heath, it is a lie, he is lieing. It was told in a IGN interview with bungie's Pete Parsons. You will have health, this thread is a lie.

  • 05.13.2004 7:08 AM PDT
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i think only brutes can knock all the people ot of the hog

i think mc can only hijack the ghost

  • 05.13.2004 7:16 AM PDT
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im guessing you only played multiplayer but what vehicled did you see

  • 05.13.2004 7:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: Xio
E3 is closed to the public


Exactly. By the look of his text, he's not in the media. He told us nothing that we didn't know for ourselves.

Good God, the world is getting even more stupid than I thought.

  • 05.13.2004 7:26 AM PDT
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Posted by: Master Chief 115
i think only brutes can knock all the people ot of the hog

i think mc can only hijack the ghost


No you can hijack the Warthog, because in the Multiplayer video, he was next to the Elite, who was in the Warthog, and it said "Press X"

  • 05.13.2004 7:35 AM PDT
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I agree. Fans don't go in. It's for shows and interviewers and stuff like that. You can't be some person and go in and play. I watch a show that reviews and talks all about games, and the hosts didn't even play.

  • 05.13.2004 7:37 AM PDT
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How Exactly did you play Halo 2???.
I mean Bungie said no one will be able to play Halo2 except them.
Can you tell me how to play halo2 if you did.
1.)Also if you really did play halo2 what covie wepeons did you use
2.)Were there any new type of grenades?
3.)How fast does the ghost go?
4.)Is it true that you can sprint, if so how fast?


[Edited on 5/13/2004 7:41:03 AM]

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