Halo 2 played!

mr_admin_returns · Post by **mr_admin_returns** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:32 pm

Wow i played Halo 2 today: Zanzibar, 10 player slayer, wow! in one word.

I played it at the Excel centre, London.

Who else has played it?

{XS} Shaggy · Post by **{XS} Shaggy** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:22 pm

UCC wrote:WOW Who cares.... Don't post topics about bragging ****. I know I don't care...

If you don't care, then don't post.

Anyway, did you get to driev any of the new hogs? How was Halo 2? How big are the graphics improvements?

mr_admin_returns · Post by **mr_admin_returns** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:47 am

Well being on the XBOX it looked awesome, and it was cool how the MC's had vibrant coloured suits

If you can go play it at the London Excel Centre.

UCC · Post by **UCC** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:53 am

pireted copy.....

maca_§ · Post by **maca_§** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 6:02 am

{XS} Shaggy wrote:Anyway, did you get to driev any of the new hogs? How was Halo 2? How big are the graphics improvements?

Why don't you just watch the high-res movies of halo2 and see for yourself

{XS} Shaggy · Post by **{XS} Shaggy** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 8:14 am

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FiReToY · Post by **FiReToY** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 3:23 pm

Ok heres the thing, if you don't mention how gameplay, graphics, sound, control and everything (an basic review) then you are bragging and that is kinda rude....So UCC was right so don't knock him....

"I just saw the new tarence and philip movie who wants to touch me?....I SAID WHO WANTS TO F***ING TOUCH ME!!!!" -Eric Cartman

I noticed your not good on words, but try and put an big review of the game explaining in much detail as possible how the game was (much like an highschool report shortened to about 10 or 12 lines). That would be better then jsut showing off

mr_admin_returns · Post by **mr_admin_returns** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 10:58 am

ok, but i did que for 2hours and played for 10 minutes.

I can say, you know the bloke in the video with max? well the one that explains the new things from E3, well he should die.

2 hours of listening to his voice is worse than torture i tell you

he should have his tongue removed, i listened to the repeat video (it was 10 mins long and repeated) and it was so irrritating!

Well i liked the game, part from at the beginning the person said, you ae blue team and the other 5 are the red team, well it was normal slayer, so the idiot confused us!

Apart from that, the game is Halo, but better, you just have to think about Halo and then add a bit of quality and you have it, well it is the same game with the annoying things fixed, but i did notice that the bloody thing still spawns you in the middle of a fire fight, well you die because of the person next to you has a rocket laucher and you only start with 1 grenade. But the fixed gun i used was fun

I suppose thats all, a great game, get it!!!

FiReToY · Post by **FiReToY** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 11:36 am

did you drive any vehicles, are the new sounds better or worse, is there new controls (tighter movements), Are the colors still similar to halo style (metallic and grungie) what was the highlight of the game...how did the new weapons feel?

One thing i saw in the video which i wanted to ask is zanzibar seemed small and crowded was it? on the beach could you go in the water? Are there new water effects? Are the plasma grenades different (more powerful, weaker, larger). How is the new hud. How do the new sheild system work? Are the graphics noticably improved...is there any slow down (framrate, lag, or general xbox slowdown)? Are any weapons noticably stronger/weaker? Whats your favorite weapon? How was the new sniper rifle recoil, or all recoil for that matter does it really mess you up when shooting?

How many weapons do you start off with? Any noticable easter eggs (hippo still on shotgun shell).

And how old are you Mr_Admin_Returns

Abbabibble · Post by **Abbabibble** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:38 pm

i'm wondering what new weapons there are and what they're called, i mean, is there any other covenant weapons besides plasma pistols, rifles, and stationary guns?

armed&triggerhappy · Post by **armed&triggerhappy** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:40 pm

all i know is that there will be a covie sniper rifle (yes!!!) and in the vid, the brutes were shooting some blue plasma stuff, might be just the regular plasma rifle with beefed up graphics, but too bad its only for xbox...

armed&triggerhappy · Post by **armed&triggerhappy** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:41 pm

oh and i cant wait to see the human turrets, i hate the covie ones, their too slow

FiReToY · Post by **FiReToY** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 5:20 am

the human turrents seem to be blown up to easy but that was just from the vid (go download the 128mb quicktime vid of zanzibar if you can). They have a covie carbine and a covie sniper rifle, and a brute gun of course the energy sword. They said they got more but they are keeping them secret for the release...sad thing is that we wont get a demo of halo 2 until after the game is released on Nov. 9th sucks dont it. I wanna know hwo the new warthog reacts, how the new braking system feels, and does the tighter pyshics take away from the "fun ride" of the original warthog's loose slides.

mr_admin_returns · Post by **mr_admin_returns** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 12:12 pm

Hi all, i am back, well back from sleeping and i will answer your questions.

firetoy wrote:did you drive any vehicles, are the new sounds better or worse, is there new controls (tighter movements), Are the colors still similar to halo style (metallic and grungie) what was the highlight of the game...how did the new weapons feel?

One thing i saw in the video which i wanted to ask is zanzibar seemed small and crowded was it? on the beach could you go in the water? Are there new water effects? Are the plasma grenades different (more powerful, weaker, larger). How is the new hud. How do the new sheild system work? Are the graphics noticably improved...is there any slow down (framrate, lag, or general xbox slowdown)? Are any weapons noticably stronger/weaker? Whats your favorite weapon? How was the new sniper rifle recoil, or all recoil for that matter does it really mess you up when shooting?

How many weapons do you start off with? Any noticable easter eggs (hippo still on shotgun shell).

And how old are you Mr_Admin_Returns

I didnt drive any vecs but they sounded cool, because i had a few drive at me if you must know, the master chief colours are awesome and vibrant, no more dull textures, i didn't get to use many weapons just 3, the new smg and assault rifle and the old rocket launcher. The weapons felt like the old ones but seemed more polished, as the animations looked awesome and seemed more smooth.
Zanzibar is a large level but it has big open areas that everyone seems to like fighting in, like the beach. Like in Halo you can go into the water, but i didn't see how far you can go or if you can swim. The water effects look like Wave Race: Blue Storm (on the Nintendo Gamcube), which has awesome water effects. I didn't use any plasmas. The new hud is exactly the same, but it has been shifted around, weapon and ammo top left and health top right (actually that could be the same, i am too tired to think.) but the health has been changed, there seems to be no shield, just 1 long blue bar that is full and empties left to right, when it runs out you are dead, that could mean you whole health can recover, or i missed the shield, or your health doesn't recover. The level seemed complete as it was running fast and didn't have frame rate problems, like a normal demo. I didn't use all weapons, and i didn't get to find a covie sniper rifle.
Why do you want to know how old i am? Well i am 15, soon to be 16.

Abbabibble wrote:i'm wondering what new weapons there are and what they're called, i mean, is there any other covenant weapons besides plasma pistols, rifles, and stationary guns?

The new weapons are atleast a new covie sniper rifle, plus a smg (sub machine gun), and a changed assault rifle with a zoom.
I got to use the new human stationary gun, which was a warthog machine gun, with some armour in front.

armed&triggerhappy wrote:all i know is that there will be a covie sniper rifle (yes!!!) and in the vid, the brutes were shooting some blue plasma stuff, might be just the regular plasma rifle with beefed up graphics, but too bad its only for xbox...

Well microsoft was clever, they let PC gamers have Halo, because all who were definatley going to get Halo had bought it already and so the PC gamers would get addicted so much that Halo 2 would mean you bought a XBOX just to play it, and live for online fun, which i have done. Aren't they clever

armed&triggerhappy wrote:oh and i cant wait to see the human turrets, i hate the covie ones, their too slow

Well like mentioned above the new human turret is a hog gunner one, and i don't think the shades were slow at firing, for starters they didn't run out of ammo.

firetoy wrote:the human turrents seem to be blown up to easy but that was just from the vid (go download the 128mb quicktime vid of zanzibar if you can). They have a covie carbine and a covie sniper rifle, and a brute gun of course the energy sword. They said they got more but they are keeping them secret for the release...sad thing is that we wont get a demo of halo 2 until after the game is released on Nov. 9th sucks dont it. I wanna know hwo the new warthog reacts, how the new braking system feels, and does the tighter pyshics take away from the "fun ride" of the original warthog's loose slides.

No one fired at me when i was using the stationary gun, so i can't say,
and sadly no one went and got the energy sword

But it was still really fun. But the hog ride i can't say about, apart from the hogs that went for me seemed to kick around like in Halo, which means you still need skill to drive.

Any more questions?

FiReToY · Post by **FiReToY** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:08 pm

Okay much better thanks for answering the questions....i have a question about the new battle rifle is it's burst powerful? I mean you can really do damage with it or is it similar like the assult rifle where its only good as a backup weapon if your main weapon *cough* pistol *cough* runs out. And is the zoom on the battle rifle (single shot burst) as good as the pistol then?

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 5:51 pm

That reminds me, what does the pistol look like?

Locke · Post by **Locke** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:55 pm

Do they still have the pistol?

EqUiNoX · Post by **EqUiNoX** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:49 pm

I heard that there will be a pistol but you can't shoot while zoomed/there will be no zoom. btu if there is a pistol I will pwn...lol

MasterNeoChief · Post by **MasterNeoChief** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 10:24 pm

There is a Pistol, look in the pictures file section for a topic called new halo 2 pics or something.

mr_admin_returns · Post by **mr_admin_returns** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 6:56 am

Well the new rifle is no good at close range, that is what the smg is for, but at a longer range it seemed quite good.