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[ubersaurus]

[DreamOfTheRood]

I really enjoy playing on Live with the Beekeepers. Keep that in mind, because I'm about to rant.

I'm a sucker for a good story. I love them. It's why I'm still here in these ARGS, because they have good stories. It's why I play videogames and read China Mieville novels. I love it when the imagination produces it's work in a publicly accessible forum. So, when I say I'm disappointed with this announcement, it's because I was hoping for, even expecting, a suitable finish to the single-player campaign. Everything that I've heard about the single-player, about the MC and the Arbiter, has been all sound and fury, sans substance. There is no concrete information regarding that story I paid 40 bucks for. That's what I want, what I crave.

It seems ludicrous that Bungie and Microsoft would not finish their story at some point, and I'm sure it will occur on the NextBox. However, that is at best unsatisfactory. If they're going to rehash Halo 2 on the NextBox, I don't see any reason to buy the machine. That's the type of marketing that disgusts me. Now, if they're going to continue the story, that will be worth considering. However, right now, it seems like Bungie is tossing their goodwill away.

Cynical.

[Grifter_7]

[ubersaurus]

You have to look at it like this.

Coag and Beaver Creek didn't really have that much changed. Some sniper cover on Coag, and the removal of the ladders in Beaver. They didn't need much changed-both maps still work pretty much the same.

HEH is different. That map was pretty much just pistol warfare. As a result, with the pistol being weakened it doesn't really seem like it'd be as fun. And since you no longer have a health bar, it probably created some problems with that aspect too.

[fugitivesoldier]

Remember in Halo 1, the penalty for going for the Sniper on Hang em High was you had to take fall damage to get down.

Same for the Overshield up there, really (although you could walk the whole way back from this ledge).

The Longest was fun, even if it was small. Although much of that was due to infinite nades...

[Anton P. Nym]

[vector]

I would prefer new and inovative maps that were talored made for Halo 2 rather than a rehashing of old maps. I have already heard too much bitching about how Halo 2 is not like Halo 1 in so many ways im tired of it. I accualy played Halo 2 before I played Halo 1 and Guess what, Halo 2 is just better, give it up.

[Grifter_7]

[Anton P. Nym]

[Atrophied]

I always played HEH Slayer with just Shotgun and Grenades, I think that's the best way to play most maps in Halo1 (Except Blood Gulch, which was always human weaps, hog only), it's the feeling of never knowing when you're gonna get stuck or face-holed with the shottie that makes the game fun.

[VMVash]

they could do other things like put a bunch of fusion cores where you would fall so if someone saw you fall the would think shoot where he lands.....BOOM!!! HEH could have been a cool map and i would like to prove this mathamaticly... (halo1 ver)halo 1+pistle+HEHXfall damage=fun .....(halo2ver)halo2+battle rifle+HEH+no fall damage+fusion coreX(times)explotions=fun there you have it HEH gameplay in a nutshell

[INCyr]

*sigh*

I was hoping to see my beloved sidewinder.

Oh well. I'll be interested to see what the maps look like. Not sure when I'll get them, and hopefully I'll be done with Doom3 by then.

[ubersaurus]

[water10]

[VMVash]

They have a front pic for the case(its a german site). I cant wait for the end of April. On a side note I found that Bungie.net is down as of 12:00 est. I wonder why.