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Subject: Halo 2's Mark V Armor revealed. (Picture Included)
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Two years ago that is. In the November 2002 Halo 2 Special Edition of EGM to be exact. On Page 218, in the small section at the upper right hand corner, entitled "Has Been", Egm goes on to describe the differences between Mark V and VI armor, and to the untrained eye, there is a picture of the Halo 1 Master Chief model. Not so. It actually seems to be the Halo 2 model for the Mark V armor. It looks pretty much the same, but totally bump-mappalicious, and MC is sporting a sweet new battle rifle. Most of you probably noticed this, but it just sprang out at me as I was reading the article again, and this is for any others who saw and dismissed our old friend.

Here you go...
http://members.lycos.co.uk/covenantgrounds/mch2.jpg

[Edited on 5/20/2004 12:51:56 AM]

  • 05.19.2004 11:13 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 2's Mark V Armor revealed. Mark 5!
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Nice Observation! I didnt notice that!!!

  • 05.19.2004 11:19 PM PDT
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can you guys post pics

  • 05.19.2004 11:54 PM PDT
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http://members.lycos.co.uk/covenantgrounds/mch2.jpg

heres the link to a scan of that small article and MC's pic.

[Edited on 5/20/2004 12:46:52 AM]

  • 05.20.2004 12:45 AM PDT
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i would like to see the old mark V back in halo 2. in multiplayer with the old armer...i'd like it

  • 05.20.2004 12:51 AM PDT
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Definitely. Im thinking we'll get to play through at least a mission or two of Single Player in the trusty Mark V armor, just to give new boots a feel of the old MC, and then get to change in the faster and higher jumping armor that looks so much cooler. Hopefully you can choose what kind of armor you want in multiplayer, so that those that want to go hardcore and old school every now and then can.

  • 05.20.2004 1:03 AM PDT
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I dont suppose ya could post the differences here too, what they said and everything...

Like, ya know i wouldnt mind reading em, and i'd just stick with Mark VI

  • 05.20.2004 5:42 AM PDT
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you can see a better pic of that armor [color=white]here[/color]
i think that is the same armor. you can also see that he is dual-wielding 2 pistols *sigh*

[Edited on 5/20/2004 6:28:41 AM]

  • 05.20.2004 6:26 AM PDT
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I think that you'll start out with the Mark VI (I believe that's the new version) because in First Strike (I think) he gets it from Dr. Halsey. I keep on wanting to think that he gets it at the military installation at Reach, but I just remembered that was pre-Halo.

Anyways, I don't think they'll let you choose your armor for multiplayer, it would be too much trouble to have variable starting health stats for all 16 players.

  • 05.20.2004 6:33 AM PDT

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you can see a better pic of that armor here
i think that is the same armor. you can also see that he is dual-wielding 2 pistols *sigh*


That's a fan made desktop, and not an original Bungie image.

As for the first pic in the thread, I think you're misunderstanding what you're looking at. That's the MkV armor, but it doesn't have any particular bumpmapping. More likely than not, they were using the MkV to test the engine before the MkVI was modeled and textured.

  • 05.20.2004 6:50 AM PDT