Halo 2: Act 3 Cut Off, Devs Call Campaign a Flaming Turd of Failure.

this just shows what most of the developers truly thought of what they did and how they hated it, and they never spoke up about it, they could of put the release date back to make the campaign even better, lucky the MP pulled them through.

 

shame we only hear about this after the halo saga for bungie has come to an end.

Yea, it would have been nice to have the full campaign but Microsoft decides release date, not Bungie.

Yea, it would have been nice to have the full campaign but Microsoft decides release date, not Bungie.

 

they could of asked microsoft for a delay so they can polish off the campaign.

 

you only get 1 shot at campaign, multiplayer you can edit, so i'd rather have a good campaign.

 

Maybe they should release the taken out stuff of the campaign in halo 2, as DLC.

I think its great of them to be this honest and say what really went down, how they failed themselves and how Microsoft pressured them. As for a DLC, i don't think its possible, considering the stuff that was left out must be early work, unfinished. Wouldn't make much sense releasing it now, even if they could.

I think its great of them to be this honest and say what really went down, how they failed themselves and how Microsoft pressured them. As for a DLC, i don't think its possible, considering the stuff that was left out must be early work, unfinished. Wouldn't make much sense releasing it now, even if they could.

 

It would if they decide to remake Halo 2 for 15th anniversary.

they could of asked microsoft for a delay so they can polish off the campaign.

 

you only get 1 shot at campaign, multiplayer you can edit, so i'd rather have a good campaign.

 

Maybe they should release the taken out stuff of the campaign in halo 2, as DLC.

There was no DLC back then for story only for the maps.

There was no DLC back then for story only for the maps.

 

i meant release it on the 360 as extras.

Major Kudos still go to Bungie for basically creating Xbox Live.

i rly wanna play that forunner tank lvl

me too...

lolol i remember when i heard that! haha

It's not Microsoft's fault Bungie did not ship what was showed at E3 or that they had to cut out campaign stuff. If you watch the whole VidOC and pay attention properly, they state they were a little too ambitious by creating and planning content that didnt work with or fit the engine they had already written for Halo 2. That mistake alone cost several months of production time to go down the tubes, and what content they did save or carry though with obviously had to be dumbed down to fit and work with the engine.

 

Couple that fact with Jason and Alex and leaving development, with noone really capable of leading the development team forward, and you have your flaming turd of failure. Well, failure isn't exactly the correct term but none the less it was not what was expected or delivered.

 

Bungie screwed themselves by not keeping focused. Had Jason and Alex stayed to finish what they started, and not allowed the development team to plan or create assets that didn't work with the engine, things would have turned out much different. But then again, had these events not played out, we would not have Halo 3, ODST or Reach in the same state they are in now. So actually looking back, completely turding H2 was a good thing.

Yea, it would have been nice to have the full campaign but Microsoft decides release date, not Bungie.

That sucks I wish we could see how the game would have ended.

I am glad they did not delay the release. I was a freshman in College and everyone in the dorms was anxious to get H2 while we still had the ability to play on the campus network. Everyone came back from Christmas break and we played for several days straight before classes resumed. It was crazy awesome.

who does that like really ^