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Subject: Halo 2 was supposed be halo 2 and 3?
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Ok many things point to the fact that halo 2 was cut in half. My first resin would be this picture Desert Brigade
Another reason is that that when bungie was talking about halo 2 they mentioned desert levels but their were no desert levels in halo 2.
This leads me to belive if you look at old halo 2 news like from 02-erly 03 you can get hints about halo 3

THOUGTS?

  • 07.12.2006 5:34 AM PDT

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  • 07.12.2006 5:49 AM PDT
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i always used to get the feeling that might have been the case, but i doubt it as bungie would have had to start from scratch in order to take advantage of the new engine and capabilities of 360.

  • 07.12.2006 5:55 AM PDT

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Burial mounds is a dessert level.

  • 07.12.2006 6:04 AM PDT
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that photo had nothing to do with Halo 2 or 3... From what I remember it was a concept photo from one of the artist showing MC in desert camo...

  • 07.12.2006 6:32 AM PDT
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you know what i say and have been saying and my friend said before me that halo 2 was cut short because they knew we would be stupid enough to eat up all that -blam!- they said before releasing it that itd be so damn great and so they could sell more 360s and pretty much make more money off selling halo 3 get it? got it? good

  • 07.12.2006 6:53 AM PDT

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- St. Jimmy 7:19-21

I think this a good possibility. We do know that H2 was cut short. Think back to the E3 trailer that had us all hyped about a large scale battle on Earth. Maybe some of the things from the trailer that we were expecting to see in H2 will finally come about in H3.

  • 07.12.2006 7:34 AM PDT
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Burial mounds is a dessert level.
Yea sorta but i mean in the campiagn

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  • 07.12.2006 7:38 AM PDT
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ya ok you have me convinced

  • 07.12.2006 11:49 AM PDT
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wait why would they have all this armor just for john? he supposedly is the only remaining spartan do they make it for only one spartan ..... could there be more spartans!?!?!

  • 07.12.2006 11:51 AM PDT
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yea actually if you think about it, there's only an eighth of the story left...Is Bungie going to stretch out a little bit of the story into a whole game!!! the thing is Halo and Halo 2 kept the Xbox alive because the other games either were bad or were on the PS2 so Halo 3 will have to keep the 360 alive. That's why I'm getting the PS3 because the games will be a lot better. I was stupid enough to buy the xbox for halo and halo 2 but I'm not working my butt off to pay $450 for a game.

  • 07.12.2006 12:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: MIRTHGOL
wait why would they have all this armor just for john? he supposedly is the only remaining spartan do they make it for only one spartan ..... could there be more spartans!?!?!


Read this

there are more spartans 100%, they just may, or may not appear int he next game





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  • 07.12.2006 12:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: Armedsavage01
Burial mounds is a dessert level.


its also a multiplayer level that takes place on the planet by the first halo

  • 07.12.2006 12:11 PM PDT

Posted by: Duardo
I'd love to be a 10 year old and tell my mom I'm going on an adventure out into the world catching Pokemon, with her full support. Never mind the fact that there are rapists, criminals, and murders out there, or the fact that I may get killed by a Pokemon.

Luckily I have Pikachu.

Posted by: Legendary Bibo
yea actually if you think about it, there's only an eighth of the story left...Is Bungie going to stretch out a little bit of the story into a whole game!!! the thing is Halo and Halo 2 kept the Xbox alive because the other games either were bad or were on the PS2 so Halo 3 will have to keep the 360 alive. That's why I'm getting the PS3 because the games will be a lot better. I was stupid enough to buy the xbox for halo and halo 2 but I'm not working my butt off to pay $450 for a game.


Heritic!!!!!

  • 07.12.2006 12:18 PM PDT
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i would like to think that the whole halo story was thought up and prepared before halo 2 hit the shelves, what with the massive cliff hangar at the end of 2. they had to have some serious idea of where the story was going for them to drop us off like that. halo one had a pretty definate stop point, which meant they wernt sure whether the seiries would survive. after the first game made it big, im sure plans for 2 and 3 were started imediately.

  • 07.12.2006 12:24 PM PDT

The Bring Back Bloodgulch Group have many members looking for more its kind of an unofficial petition to Bungie to bring back Bloodgulch in Reach http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/bx3g/Group/GroupHome.aspx

Posted by: Legendary Bibo
yea actually if you think about it, there's only an eighth of the story left...Is Bungie going to stretch out a little bit of the story into a whole game!!! the thing is Halo and Halo 2 kept the Xbox alive because the other games either were bad or were on the PS2 so Halo 3 will have to keep the 360 alive. That's why I'm getting the PS3 because the games will be a lot better. I was stupid enough to buy the xbox for halo and halo 2 but I'm not working my butt off to pay $450 for a game.


But you'll pay $600 for system that lost GTA and Final Fantasy as exslucives (spelling srry) and that doesn't look any better then the 360 not to mention the only good games on the

PS2 WERE

MGS 2&3

God of war

XB WERE

Halo CE & 2

Splinter cell

Unreal championship 1 & 2

Kotor 1 & 2

Jade Empire

DO I NEED TO GO ONE?

  • 07.12.2006 12:24 PM PDT
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i think the ps3 has some nice things going for it, but the 360 is
A: more affordable
B: out now
and C: AMERICAN

dont be a commy
support the 360

  • 07.12.2006 12:29 PM PDT

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The Halo REACH Script (post thoughts in thread)

Writing Lead of Whisper Studios. Check out Heron!

Look... I'm on bungiepedia!

Could we have been supposed to visit the Ark in Halo 2, level 9? Check this out:

Note: There is also conept art for this structure..on it, "Earth_Ark_09" is written..along with the name "Chief/Dervish" Dervish was going to be the Arbiter's name..

* http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/2737/halo2docark27dt.jpg
* http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/209/halo2docark12yv.jpg

The above images are from the Halo 2 LE DVD...

Posted by: SS_Zag1
Well, the FAQ does say "You may find something familiar between the Forerunner Structure's design." (give or take)

It reminds me of the room on REACH..You know, miles in circumference..circular..so big it seems like you were outside when you walked in it..buried deep under ground, under human building(s)..hole in the center..light emitted from the crystal in the center..

And a "true" Halo fan is someone who underswtands the story, and the best way to do that..is to read the books.
Posted by: Akuda
I don't see the similarity. And Bungie puts the Marathon logo on stuff all the time. The Marathon logo was IN the Halo 1 logo. And on Captain Keys' uniform.

And on the Pillar of Autumn..and on 343 Guilty Spark..

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  • 07.12.2006 12:32 PM PDT

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Yes you are right. If I remember correctly, when Halo 2 was first announced, way way back in the day, I remember someone at Bungie saying it would bring closure, but that was very early on. We learned then back in 2004 when the game came out on the extended dvd that the Bungie had basically made a Halo 2 that was nine levels long, but suddenly they realized that this wasnt gonna work. Things that were "written in stone" had to change because obviously the game wasn't gonna end how they wanted. We dont know how it was going to end really, if their was some extra earth levels that were going to be tacked on, but on September 11, 2005, a certain map maker named The Swamp Fox found a bsp (basically part of a level, everytime you see a loading sign, its loading the next bsp) on High Charity. This bsp is set inside the forerunner ship, the mapmaker commented that he thought it would be where you faced off with truth, but this is not known.

The reason why, most likely, that Bungie thought the game they had wasn't working was because some many thing started getting cut, real time shadows, stencil mapping on everything, water physics, there physics engine (replaced by havoc). All this is on a PDF a long time ago, but it no longer exists, if you look up "Bungie Development Details PDF" on HBO you can find the link to the post, that linked to the site, that doesnt have it anymore. The extra DVD really gives no clue on when exactly they realized that they couldnt make the game like they wanted, but if I had to guess I would say around the time the E3 04 Singleplayer demo came out. Why would I say that? Go watch that part of the extended DVD again, the song "The Reason" by Hoobastank comes on. It shows very joyous fans watching a the E3 04 demo, but this very sad song comes on. A line from that song that was played was:

"i've found a reason for me, to change who i used to be
a reason to start over new, and the reason is you"

My guess is the reason you look back and you see all this really cool stuff in the old halo 2 announcement trailer and demo, and the reason its not there now, is because they wouldn't want to do the fans a disservice and put the game out on a console that couldnt handle everything they wanted to be in the game.

My guess is that Halo 3 will be exactly what they wanted Halo 2 to be.

  • 07.12.2006 12:32 PM PDT

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Posted by: Happy Gilmore
Ok many things point to the fact that halo 2 was cut in half. My first resin would be this picture Desert Brigade
Another reason is that that when bungie was talking about halo 2 they mentioned desert levels but their were no desert levels in halo 2.
This leads me to belive if you look at old halo 2 news like from 02-erly 03 you can get hints about halo 3

THOUGTS?


Desert Brigade was made by a former member of the community team and released when her contract ended as a going away present. It was made based on a poll she had on her private Seventh Column group, and was in no way tied to Halo 2 (and certainly not Halo 3, as it was not being worked on until after Halo 2)'s storyline or planned features.

  • 07.12.2006 12:32 PM PDT
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I think that Halo 2 was supposed to end where the Halo 3 trailer is at, so basicly halo 2 was supposed to be Halo 2 and 1/3 of Halo 3

  • 07.12.2006 12:33 PM PDT

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Shishka were you a contractor at Bungie when Halo 2 was being produced? If so could you maybe fill us in yourself, if not, could you maybe, idk, interview Staten or someone, I think the community would like that.

  • 07.12.2006 12:46 PM PDT
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or could you just tell us every thing you know about the halo story. i think that would clear up alot of the confusion......
hehe

  • 07.12.2006 12:49 PM PDT