- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Eagle 117
I’ve heard much discussion about the possibility of having a customizable weather option in Halo 2 MP. Most of the discussions have centered around fans hopes and wishes with nothing to back them up. I decided to do a little investigating on the subject, and what I found is quite interesting.
I’ll present the evidence first, for those of you who absolutely have to see it. This isn't some rumor, you can see this "evidence" with your own eyes! The evidence is two videos from E3. The first video (most of you probably have a copy of this video already) is of the Microsoft Press Conference Halo 2 MP demo. There is a high res and a low res, if you want to download it, at FilePlanet.com. Once you have downloaded it, fast forward towards the end of the video when a tutorial is given of the level Zanzibar... when the camera flies around the level. The other video is from OpaAges.com. It is video of a Bungie employee giving a tutorial of the level Zanzibar in the “Bungie booth.” Here are the links for those of you who want to watch them.
FilePlanet - http://www.fileplanet.com/files/140000/140538.shtml.
Opa Ages - http://www.the-nextlevel.com/news/0405/Halo2_E3/Halo2_energys word.AVI
These two videos are of the exact same thing; except, they are taken at completely different times. One is at the press conference, and the other is behind doors at the Bungie E3 booth. If you watch the videos, you should notice exactly what I did. In the press conference video there are dark clouds and skies, not much sunlight, not many reflections off of the surrounding environment, and if you watch the beginning you can hear what appears to be thunder in the background. In the Opa Ages video there are bright reflections, bright skies, darker shadows, white clouds, and blue skies. This has nothing to do with the quality of the video or video noise. Both of the places I have given to download these videos give great quality videos.
I think this means one of two things.
1. - The weather changes while in play during MP.
Or
2. - You have the option to customize the weather before the level begins in MP.
While I personally belive both of these are likely in the final product, I think that the 2nd one is more likely in this particular situation. Why? If you’ll notice, both of the videos are tutorials, not actual game play. These videos are taken BEFORE the CTF round begins.
There was one other interesting thing I noticed. If you watch the bridge fall down to the huge fan with the energy sword under it, you’ll notice that the bridge reacts differently (while it is settling down) than in the press conference video... this could be from different wind speeds?
Are my eyes playing tricks on me, or do you guys see what I’m talking about?
Yet again, coming through with mad skillz
I believe all that completely, and have been thinking that customizable weather is gonna be in the sequel
It would - among all the other "replay value" features being put into the game, which are many - be yet another addition and detail that Bungie is well-known for
God this game is gonna be something...