Its rainign men...me and my friends sang that Junior year homecoming dance..freakin hillarious, the girls loved it

BAHHH!!!!

Hey sockman, put a sock in it. ( XD)

actually i'm hearing a lot of things that people are already complaining about in Halo 2.. personally i think the people doing the whining are the type of people who come up with excuses for why they suck. anyways stuff i'm hearing people don't like is the warthog blow up feature, they think it will make it obsolete for multiplayer CTF, beings you can just blow up the jeep instead of shooting the people. i think it would be best if they made everything in the game optional. like so you can disable tracking for the rocket launcher and disable dual wielding etc. etc.... that way all the suckers out there can't come up with excuses for dyeing. Another thing i noticed is that bungie still hasn't said wether or not there will be AI for multiplayer (bots). I think they should stick them in because people like me who play Halo even after they've beaten it and play it all by themselves can still have fun with the awesome multiplayer stuff. Quick Vote: who thinks Halo 2 should have returning multiplayer levels such as Blood Gulch and Hang em High?? I Vote Yes

I vote they should bring them back restored and everything. With the new elements of Halo 2, it will change the strategies abit On the topic of the Tracking System on the RL- I think its a good idea.* As said before in some earlier post - it looked like u can only lockon >when in range<. On the matter of Bots i think that would be a good a idea for someone like me who doesnt have a Lan or network connection, but they already said it was not going to happen so let that go to rest already. And those of you who ask for a Demo of Zanzibar its a rediculous request. Come on! think about it. one, it COST MONEY to make those demos, it takes time, and work. Even if they did make a demo and made people pay, it would dampen the affect of the real game. Think: you havent tried out dual wielding, but once you try it on the demo and played it WAYY too many times, you get used to it. November 19th is a long way and thats enough time to get used to it. There would be no need to release a demo, 2 or even 3 months before the release date of Halo2 it would be pointless. A month alone is still enough time to get people used to it. I think that would be cool from a GAMER perspective, but from a marketer, a person who wants to make money, the Demo would not be necessary. Not only that but they said it >wasnt known< if they were putting Zanzibar in the real game. For me, i think i can wait for Halo 2, it only means more time for Bungie to make the game better. I like the Covenant Bus from the E3 trailer, i think that was cool. I looked at sketches of it from this site and saw on one of the drawings a seat for the gun on top. It was probably an early drawing but that would still be cool. I wonder if there will be any new GRENADES for us to toy around with. I thought that the two grenades in Halo1 were a nice balance. Impact Grenades? The phantom, we only got to see a little bit of it in the E3 trailer, but can you imagine shooting one of those down with Dual Lock on Rocket Launchers (techniqually< dont know if i spelled that right, its considered a missile if it locks on.) On the topic of the warthog, i looked at the 4 different types of warthogs they rendered in the gallery, and i noticed they took on a hummer kind of style. The warthogs are FAR from Hummers granted. (im talking about military hummers) but the types of warthogs have the same purpose as the t ypes of hummers. For instance, in real life there is a hummer that shoots missiles (a TOW Missile Launcher System) Those were the hummers used to kill Suddam's two sons in the shoot out. (the U.S. forces got tired of shooting so they just pulled out a few of those Hummers and Blasted them to pieces.) Anyways, the rocket launcher warhog resembles that hummer. The HOV (high occupancy vehicle) warthog resembles the hummer that allows a greater number of personalle aboard. BTW these hummers are real. The triple barrel warthog resembles the hummer with the .50 cal machine gun. etc etc, just a note. *everything should be optional. although i wouldnt turn off any of the options in halo2

In the way of new grenades, durign the E3'03 demo, one of the marines yelled, "Frag and clear!" He threw a grenade at a groupd of covenant, and after it exploded, the Master CHief went in to finish them off. However, it looked liek the convenat were stunned, blinded. He said 'Frag' but it looked like a concussion grenade. CHeck that out and correct me if im wrong. Yeah, I was the one who posted about the Rocket aluncher locking on only when zoomed in and in range, so I dont THINK that it could track halfway across BLood Gulch, im not worried abotu that, But i hope that the rockets, or missiles, wahtever you want to call them, are destroyable. Of course if they're not, no big deal, but if they were it could be cool.

Yea thats another thing, i saw that, e3 03, i guess it was a flash bang, but it didnt really look like it had a lot of flash, or bang to it. i like the flash bang they have on kill switch( i like the flash bang not the game, the game was really repetitive.) That would be awesome if you could destroy missiles coming at you. you could gather some of ur friends and have them shoot rockets at you and train you to take the rockets out. That would be cool. I wonder if there will be any water crafts in halo 2, i liked that boat they showed in the gallery. Not only that i liked that other covenant land vehicle they showed.

WOW man i did not know there were boats in the screenshots. that would be a totaly awesome addition to halos gameplay. (can you tell me where you saw these new screenshots???)

Sorry i went scouring for it and didnt find it, i remember it was a concept art. It was like a speed boat with about 4 seats and one machine gun placement at the nose. Hey Frankie can you see if its around??

Slap anyone who complains about Halo 2. It will be the best game to come out in 04. I dont like it when PS2 people diss Halo, that's like me dissin the Gran Turismo. Think of it that way any PS2 lover. Anyways, Frankie is awesome for putting out the weekly update. I'm not that good at typing alot, but he is really good at catching someones attention. Ur awesome Frankie

Man, last Friday I was talkign to someone about Halo in my math class, he said "Dude, Halo 2 is gonna rock so much," and then all of a sudden some MEtal-head says "Seesh, Halo isnt that good, its first a first-person shooter. Me and the other guy froze for a few seconds. Then I turned around and said "I'm not even gonna start with you." Then went back to talking about Halo. Im getting tired of biast gamers dissing Halo, i'm tired of it guys, and when one of our own flesh and blood complains about Halo...its like a stab in the back. SO no complaining until after it comes out, then you'll see that theres nothing to complain about, and we'll laugh at you! (I wont remember, so i'll laugh at you now) Ahahahahaha!!!

You should walk up to him and slap him so hard he cries. Then get a picture so i can look at him. :P

Yeah, hes one of those guys who pre-orders GTA and what not, then lies to himself about it being the best game out there. I wanted to just yell at him "YOU NEVER EVEN PLAYED IT YOU SONOFAB!TCH!" Man I own a PS2, and I have no respect for PS2 gamers, they're just so freakin arrogant, if i had to rid the world of Neo -blam!-s or PS2 -blam!-s, i'd have to ponder, hard.

What the? -blam!-? they blamed out -blam!-? Hmmm, they dont blam out republican or demoract or communist, but they blam -blam!-s...interesting.

just becuz i dont like the target tracking doesnt mean i suck at halo. also just becuz i dont like the target tracking doesnt mean im dissing halo2 or bungie in any way.. im overly obsessed with halo and i still play campaign, but not nearly as much as multi. but thats why i think bots would be cool. someone mentioned bots being ruled out for good? where did you read that becuz if you check out the FAQ which was just updated they say they're undecided. back to target tracking... ok the concept is cool and im sure it would end up being very well balanced... becuz its bungie and theyre incredible geniuses... but if you've seen the video, you know the rocket followed the hog for quite a while, and at a good and sharp curve. the shot was taken from relatively perpendicular to the hogs course, and it looked to be about 100 feet away. that eliminates my skill to hit a hog with a straight rocket using timing only, and it allows everyone who sucks with rockets to get me out of my hog. so i've said my bit and u can argue with me about how im dissing bungie, but its merely my opinion. in the end i will love every bit of halo2. i dont think any of us can express how excited for it we are, but i know i can wait. i think it should be done right, which i know it will be. shado you need to stop assuming people suck and are coming up with excuses for it. maybe people in your town suck at halo. but i do agree bg and hang em should be included in halo2... theyre classics whether they've gotten old or not, i still enjoy both. and hell, why not? halo was what, 2.5 gigs? they could fit 3 or 4 times that on a dvd. plus it would just be kool to play elites vs spartans in hang em ctf... fun fun. about the impact grenades... your rocket is your impact nade =) plus it gets annoying to be scrolling thru more than 2 types of grenades. just like the beauty of carrying only 2 guns - its pure genius. and what's this about zanzibar not being included in the final game? how could they show us a map so awesome as that and then not include it? i highly doubt its gettin cut. and finally, frankie ur friggin awesome. thanks for all the teasing info

Well lets not gat any argurments in here, we're all Halo players that come together on a daily basis to disscuss issues and excitement, so I think it's safe to say that 99% of everyone who postes on these forums, are at the top of the hard-core Halo lovers list, and probably some of the best Halo players out there. I agree with you that we're all so excited about Halo2 that words cannot describe it. I definetly am, and I hope I retain this excitement for the next five or so months. I personally am countign on Halo 2 to be the most sold ever, it ahs to beat Super Mario Bros. (NES) with 40 Million units sold, but I think we can pull it off. As for this Killzone game, what the hell is it? I went to the website and all they had was this lame trailer teaser. If this is SOny's answer to Halo 2, I think they're screwed. XD

Oh, yeah and Frankie, you rule man.

Yeaa i got to admit that rocket did make a really sharp turn, maybe they can change the turning radius on that thing. Frankie Rules Man i want to learn how to program, not necessarily to make games but pretty much everything.

Its not that hard to start out, ive been programming for about three years now. The farther along you go, the more difficult I think it is to overcome greater challeneges. But whats really hard is transitioning from one language to another. I recentlyy did from C++ to Java(for my programming class) and its a freakin nightmare. BUt its definetly fun to programm things, and seeign the outcome of your project is very satisfying, unles, of course theres errors in it, but thats half the fun is fixing the errors, its like working on a car.

Yea i remember when i gave programming a shot, a few months ago, i realized i didnt have the patience for it, yet i still want to learn. i remember now, i was learning on my own, my friend was teaching me, but then he abandoned me b/c hes a lonely little nerd. Anyways, i still want to learn thats why i signed up for a computer science class next year. Btw they changed the programming language at my school to Java. I was pissed i wanted C++, o well, better start somehwere than no where. Seeing as ur a programmer, i guess you learn to appreciate the good games more, and see the little details of the bad games. Like how a musician knows when someone is playing a song right while non musicians just listen without doubt

I couldn't StAND being a programmer. Blowing code all day is not something I'd like to do.

Thanks Frankie for all your little comments on the development... Its the only thing keeping me sane. HALO 2 ROCKS!

Hey we've heard nothing of the hunter they gotta keep them in even though they are easy to kill NOT for marines hehehehehe cough uh oh......sorry.......*ahem*......maby its the secret charater

Yeah i hope they're still in too. I'm sure they will be. The Hunters were sweet.

Yea hopefully they don't make it where you can kill a Hunter in one shot, that just took the fun out of killing them! They should be creatures that take countless bullets, many frags, and a few rockets to kill. And if anything the Bungie peeps shouldn't reveal a one shot kill on the Hunter in the start menu movie like they did in Halo 1. A one shot kill on a Hunter should be only possible when they are unaware of your presence. So hopefully they make the Hunter alot tougher, just like they are in the novels. I also hope they make this Niinja like Hunter...a Hunter so fast that once you see him....it's tooo late!!! haaha that'll be sweet! Laterz, PEACE!

Well, see I didnt notice the orange parts of a Hunter until I started playing it on Heroic. I like that, because whenever I play with someone who doesn't know, its hillarious. Hes firing hundreds of rounds with the AR at a charging Hunter, I jump out of the way of the second one, blam, and hes dead. Mean hwile my friend is almost dead, trying to meelee it head one. Good fun. I think they should have the same weakness, but its concealed better.