Halo 2 Postponed AGAIN

Now it won't be out until October No way in hell it can be as good as first one. Oh well I just got Crimson Skies and it kicks ass

 

If they just redid halo 1 with live support it would be worth it to me. I can't wait. I'd rather them take the time to do it right. I think it'll surprise you based on the movies and shots I've seen.

 

given that the xbox is a stable environment, it's not like the engine isn't still pretty much the best you could hope for. i'm sure they'll tweak it to get more out of it, but i doubt there's much more to get.

that being said, if halo 2 ends up just being more new scenarios and live support (not that i'm into the live scene) that's good enough for me. halo is far and away the best fps i've played.

the longer they take their time adding more stuff, the better it'll be.

 

they've improved the lighting engine, bumpmapping, and several other things, but I'm not really looking for much in the way of graphical improvements. I have a feeling it'll be much better than halo 1, since they haven't had to use much time on the engine itself. In fact, they hired some lighting guru who's going through each level and tweaking all the lighting effects.

 

why are you suprised? This probably won't actually come out until the holiday shopping for christmas.

 

That's what I don't understand. If the game is completed, why wouldn't they sell it? With a title like HALO I don't think they'll really sell any more copies if they wait until the holidays. They'll sell just as many if they they released it now.

 

it'll come out when it's done, and passes Microsoft's QA. Xmas has no relevance. I'm sure they'd LOVE to get it out around thanksgiving at the latest, but they're not going to sit on a game and wait for a certain time to release it. I've even seen huge games come out the week after christmas, diablo 2 for one. Good games will sell, no matter when they release. In other words, it's not completed, and I'm not sure where you got the idea that it was. Bungie.net has an ongoing development log that updates the progress weekly, and it's obvious that it's not done.

No big deal really, it's not like it's Duke Nukem Forever.

 

What is the big deal about Halo? I bought it for the Xbox, played with some friends who gushed about it, fell asleep from boredom, then retired it to collect dust. Then I fell for the "you gotta play it online" argument. So I traded a friend for the PC version - same old snoozer. The guns suck, the maps are boring with no good cover and look like they were designed in 15 minutes by a bored Bungie intern.

On XBox - Return To Castle Wolfenstein was 10 times as much fun. On PC, everything from Battlefield 1942/Vietnam to Planetside absolutely blows it away.

I just cant get into the goober in the motorcross suit fighting a bunch of hunchbacked teletubbies. Think I'll go play the Soldner demo instead. Destructable terrain and more realistic weapon damage (one shot kills) make for much better strategy.

 

Well, I don't know what version of Halo you played, but in the one I did, you can kill with one shot, if it is a Sniper Rifle, Rocket Launcher, or Shotgun (close range).

The rest of the guns wouldn't kill a regular human unless they landed in your face. Plus, your whole body is covered by armor. That kind of changes things.

I don't think Halo is great, but it's fun. I hate FPS, but Halo with a group of 7 other guys is a riot. Or, if you want hell in a cell, prisoner, with rocket lauchers and 16 guys in pure insanity.

I am getting an XBox, but only for Fable.

 

I agree, Halo is the most overrated game Ive ever played. unreal, bf1942, desert combat blow Halo away.