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9/17/2004 10:15:23 PM
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Weekly Update Q&A Spectacular!
The latest Weekly Update consists of questions submitted by our readers and answers from Frankie and myself. For the next hour, we'll be going through the questions that were gathered in the news forum and answering what we can in this thread. Let the fun begin!
[i]This thread is now open to discussion. Post away![/i]
And, just because this isn't a normal weekly update doesn't mean there isn't a Mister Chief drawing. Here he is, straight from Frankie's laptop. (drawn with his touchpad)
[img]/images/games/halo2/weeklyupdate/trackpadchief.jpg[/img]
[Edited on 9/17/2004 4:04:39 PM]
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Hi Frankie and sketch, I just wanted to ask: Is there going to be a halo 2 original sound track cause i have the first one and it rules. And secondly i read something on the FAQ about covanant scumbags scrambling up walls to get away from dangerous areas and i wondered if they could do it in co-op and if spartans would be able to climb after them? Thanks for your time yours roguefully ROGUE SPARTAN
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] concordANARCHY It looks like I'm too late but I still want to know about Plasma Shields. It would be the shizzie if you could run around with one of those. The balance is already there, you obviously wouldn't be able to use a shottie with it or a rocket or anything that requires 2 hands... Think about it... It would rock if someone threw a nade around a corner at you so you whip out your secondary "weapon" (the shield) and it takes the brunt of the explosion...[/quote] Yeah but plasma shield?-like as in jackals? They cant take grenade explosions otherwise jackals become a lot harder. But other than that yeah...it would be the...uh...."shizzie".....
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Spartan_117 They answered that, and its a no.[/quote] when did they ever answer that there would be no online coop, in the recent oxm article was the only place i would count it, but the wording is so that you cant really be sure or not. so i want that simple yes or no too, so im not uber disappointed once i open the box, hook me up with a source, bro.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Spike117 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] warwolf117 if vicarious visions could do it with doom 3 then bungie could do it with halo 2. nuff sed. you want more read some earlier posts of mine like on page 8 or somethin...[/quote] You have to try to understand the main differences between Halo and Doom3. One of the greatest things about Doom is the fact that the game can and does downgrades very nicely. This could explain how Doom3 Would have Link-Co-Op, with two people in the game, Doom's engine would start cutting corners. Now in the case of H2, it was designed for the Xbox, not an Alienware. In designing a game like Halo 2 (and I am only basing this on my work with designing Hardware/Software for Laptops and Tablet PC's) designers push the system to make it the best it can be without causing noticeable failure. So why won't Halo 2 support Link-Co-Op? Because the Xbox is being pushed to the breaking point as it is and to quote the well spoken Mr. Kablam Diznoofu5: [quote] In MP it's more than a matter of ducking behind a rock and letting your shield respawn. The AI would have to know how to sneak, how to decide which weapons to pick up, how to decide whether he should stay and wait for you or to go hunt for you, not to mention all of the little perks in the levels and how to manipulate them for maximum kills (Like staying on top the blue base in HeH and pistoling people). This is immeasurably different than the workings of any SP level.[/quote] All this leads up to is one thing, 4,000,000 things you want the Xbox to do, while it can only do 3,500,000 things and any one time. [/quote] doom 3 isnt a port. they built the xbox VERSION for XBOX SPECIFICALLY. ground up. completely. i remember reading in a gamepro, i believe it was, that they even had to find some backdoor "hacks" for the xbox's nvidia chip that would allow them better performance. so the fact is that doom 3 xbox was built FOR xbox, and it has online coop, and its graphical performance is better, meaning that halo 2 could definitely have online coop if bungie wanted it to.
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dl'ed content is confirmed to be free
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Chet man, They didn't say if D-Content was free or not, Does OXM or any magazine give free content if it was intended to cost $?
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I can't believe some idiots wasted sketches time and asked questions about 'how much the bungie team make'. Retards! We wanted to know about Halo 2!
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Hey, Frankie, do you shine your head with Turtle Wax or Armor-All?
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I saw that somebody said somthing about 4 plyr split screen online, but does that mean 4 accounts/guest or just 4 guest
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Claw [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] countblah40 did you see how they said theres more guns! [/quote] They better have WAY more guns and vehicles that they haven't told us about, or Halo 2 might feel like some kind of expansion pack over the first game, eesh. Nah, never gonna happen.[/quote] God i hope there arent anymore guns....THERE ARE ENOUGH, i dont want this to turn into doom or unreal tournament where they just throw in a few weapons that make no sense whatsoever, the guns now are fine......even though i hate the brute shot (so much like unreal tourney)
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If you two (frankie and sketch) had a child somehow, it would be the coolest thing ever. It would be called fetch or Skankie... ok maybe that was a bad idea... Thanks sketch and frankie, you really made us creepy halo-adicts happy.
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You guys OWN :P
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MC singh i guess there's only a few secrets that they haven't shown us, because what more could be in the game? it's already sounding like the greatest game ever made, what else could they possibly put into it?[/quote] A LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] countblah40 did you see how they said theres more guns! [/quote] They better have WAY more guns and vehicles that they haven't told us about, or Halo 2 might feel like some kind of expansion pack over the first game, eesh. Nah, never gonna happen.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] HaloMasterr I would like to point out the irony of the fact that I will be playing the game on the Xbox and watching the DVD on PS2. [/quote] Lol, nice.
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Thanks guys. Have we said how cool you are yet? Oh, we have? Oh, ok. We'll I'll say it again: you guys are way cool for taking the time to do this. Thanks again.
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what a great idea for a weekly update. it's this kind of stuff that sets bungie apart from other gaming companies. Thanks a bunch Frankie and Sketch. And to those who -blam!-ed about not getting questions answered.......y'all need some hatorade! OOO SNAP! PWNED!
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id just like to laugh at a couple of things mentioned first is the answer to the grunt question, lol none survived my encounter and second is all the ULTRA S T U P I D F-00-Ls that posted in this fourm after the mods were warning and all the messages that said to post questions in the other forum. and that guy that got banned LMAO what a ****, im surprised so few were banned, id have banned all you foooooools who posted while they were answereing questions. p.s i guess im gonna be banned for posting this
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I would like to point out the irony of the fact that I will be playing the game on the Xbox and watching the DVD on PS2.
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just picture this your walking down a hall way that has black burn spots all over from gun fire as u move foward through the rubble. u have duel whelded an smg and a needler there is a corner ahead but before u go around u stop and listen u here "Wort wort wort" u think to yourself well he is dead then u go around the corner guns blazing the first thing u see is an elite then u spot his platoon of grunts trying to fire back at u the smg rounds hit the elite first square in the chest then the needler rounds pile up and explode in a red and purple mist leaving nothing behind u then switch weapons to the battle rifle and nail the other 3 in the head with a 3 shot burst god that is going to be so much fun
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I'm not too worried about secrets, as it is the game looks great. The thing that really concerned me was the shield bar system. The lack of a health bar seems really badly thought out. It means that you will never fire at someone in an attempt to simply damage them slightly and so weaken them. For instance you might see somone out in the open from a distance and snipe them a few times to take some heath down. If they them find some cover your few sniper shots will have been a complete waste as they will get fully restored.... I get the idea that engadgements will be shorter and more "TO THE DEATH" than what we saw in Halo 1. In my opinion the health kit simply added a whole extra factor to the game and being rid of it is simply taking a setp back from Halo. Any way, thanks Frankie and Scetch. Some great info.
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i guess there's only a few secrets that they haven't shown us, because what more could be in the game? it's already sounding like the greatest game ever made, what else could they possibly put into it?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] countblah40 did you see how they said theres more guns! that was one of my questions, although they didnt quote me! still, i have high hopes for the weekend. im totally stoked about halo 2 now..weeeeeeeeeee[/quote] I don't know about that. If I remember correctly (it's very early here and I haven't read them since last night) you left them a loophole by asking "basically are there more secrets?" or something like that. They only said yes, not to the weapons specifically. They could have been talking about the vehicles and maps or just other secrets Let's hope anyways that they were talking about all. [Edited on 9/18/2004 4:59:13 AM]
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They answered that, and its a no.
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HAH, this was so cool, i cant wait for halo noiw, and best of all I even answered a guys question. Sombody asked about Nov 9th in Ireland and i said it was only the UK that had to wait for the eleventh. I feel like a Bnet employee. Sitting at my pc and stuff. Oh and on a completly unrealated topic. THE NEW WRAITH LOOKS SW33T
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It was nice that Sketch and Frankie did answer some questions, and I'd like to thank them for taking the time to do so, but they only answered about 1 question every 3 minutes between the 2 of them. A little slow, considering that they should know quite a lot of answers already. Still, thanks anyway guys, I just hope you can answer the questions faster next time.
