Grumpy

You're right, it doesn't need to anymore than CE needed to be remade. It's a question of supply, demand and overall money that will get it done. MS will not pass up millions come Nov of 2014.

Marathon lead to Halo so every game owes to games before it, Halo didn't just pop out of the air. Nope, Halo 2 was the most dominant game around at the time, no question about it. They haven't announced when the new console will come out and it's not like the 360 will vanish overnight. MS can squeeze a lot of money off an H2 anniversary advertising coupled with the 360 tenure. Still looks like a whole lot of reasons to remake it.

MS put out CEA to make money, the celebration was the excuse and it was a good excuse. CE owed thanks to Marathon so it's not truly the first in anything H2 is the only Halo game not on Live. Once H2 is remade, there's no need to remake them all (see my third point). H2 will celebrate it's 10 year anniversary in Nov of 2014. H2 allowed MS to dominate online gaming. Live today owes thanks to H2. MS needs to fix the screen shadow problem with the emulator. The xbox 360 will have it's 10 years coming up just after H2's so the marketing will be phenomenal. MS will make a boatload of money. I'd say there are a lot of reasons to remake H2.

You're grasping now, MS can hire the best on this or any other planet. Also, all Frankie is is a mouthpiece, you think he designs or does any programming and besides, the offices will most likely be down the hall from each other and if Frankie is needed that badly, he can easily go from one to the other. If he oversee's everything, it would be a perfect match, since he's already familiar with H2 he would have a bead on what made Halo great. Sounds like it would work out fine without one game being more loaded than the other. Very easy to keep track of whatever you think loading up a game is.

I could promise you things to and it would mean nothing, same as your promise. You can't promise anything of the sort and back it up any more than I can. You simply do not know how a corporation works, you do not multitask, you simply have a team for one game and another team for the other. Corporations can multitask without overusing individuals. It's a matter of organization. As far as quality, it may even get better because in my opinion 343 needs to be aware of Halo 2's roots and what got Live to where it is today. That is one of the reasons Reach is not the blockbuster that MS wanted as far as I'm concerned. You should not make promises that you cannot keep.

Lol, that's like saying enjoy your bowl of crap. As for 343 not having resources, they are Microsoft and they have all the resources on the planet. Some have this idea that 343 is small and cannot concentrate on more than one game and that is nonsense. So...how do you know it will never happen?

That would be Quarantine Zone. I turn off the snow when I play it, it's one of my favorite levels to trick.

Yeah, I always ran right by that sucker.

I've never noticed any change in class, but then again I've never looked. I thought they made coop harder by inserting more AI and they give you less checkpoints. I don't think AI were harder to fight in single player vs coop, 1 on 1.

Yeah, you beat the game...on coop. I think it still gave you Foundation if you performed the Banshee tricks on The Great Journey (normal or above) so I say you beat the game. However, if I'm wrong about coop unlocking Foundation then maybe you didn't beat the game in Bungie's eyes.

It wasn't your opinion that caught my attention, it was your excuses for H2 not being remade, so I pointed them out.

Halo 2 was only 4 months old when the 360 launched, so it was a new game as far as I'm concerned. Halo 2 was thee hotest thing around so it only makes sense that they would sell H2 along with the 360. Besides, that is a moot point. The 360 and Halo 2 were a perfect match regardless and they each helped each other out. The 10 year anniversary of that union is at the end of 2014, beginning of 2015. To me, it would make sense to market and sell it like that. If Halo 2 is remade, it would logically be in 2014, not some far off date...that's 12 more years lol if you say a 20 year anniversary. MS will make a bundle of money, no way to pass that up imo.

I get snippy with a know it all, like you. I stated that I would wait until 343 announced as to whether H2 would be remade or not. I did not say they would remake it so you are full of hyperbole. If that is your important statement, the rest is ludicrous. I know what I bought and when, it was in CA and H2 came with my box. No way for me to prove something that happened 8 years ago. No matter, it makes no difference, Halo 2 made the 360 and LIVE take off like a rocket, Halo 2 had already taken off like a rocket months before. Lol, CEA MP came about because MS was afraid of 'splitting the community' so they incorporated the Reach MP, most people know that. It was not because they were not capable of multitasking. Get it through your head, I did not say the 10 year anniversary was going to happen, I said I'd wait to hear from 343. Since you stated that H2 will NOT be remade, I ask again for your inside information. You present your opinion as if it were fact and it is not.

Yeah, H2 did sell with the 360, I bought my first 360 when it launched in March 2005 and H2 came with it. yup, H2 came out before the 360 but when the 360 was launched, H2 was with it. I still have that copy of H2. H2 was on top for 2 straight years after launching at the end of 2004, so it was not a brainstorm to sell H2 with the 360 in March of 2005 when it was released. You had to be there. So who told you it was not going to happen? Do you have info we don't? CEA came about because of the money to be made, the celebration of the 10 year anniversary was a tool to sell more. Microsoft is in the business of making money and that's exactly what they did. It will be the same with H2A and there are several reasons to do it as a promotion...10 year anniversary of H2 and the 10 year anniversary of LIVE. They would be stupid to follow any other path. Microsoft can multitask, that's what corporations do. All they need to do is hire enough people, the offices would be separate and each would work on their own project. It's silly to think that MS cannot work on 2 projects...really lame. Bottom line, you don't know any more about a remake than anyone else does. 343 will announce if H2 will be remade or not...not you.

Who said anything about remaking everything? Halo 2 is the only Halo not on Live (PC or XBC is not good enough)? Halo 2 was the first Live Halo MP and it sold with the new 360. H2 made Live what it is today but you would have no idea what that was about since you never played H2 Live. They are coming out with a new game in 6 months...H2A would come out in 2014. Not sure then what your point was except you don't want H2 remade. Even if I didn't care about H2 Live, I would want it back for others who do want it back. Why be selfish about something you don't care about one way or another?

I agree, a remake is in order. Not that CEA crap where multiplayer was ruined, we need the real deal meal on H2 MP. 343 claims they don't want to split the community but that's exactly what they did with CEA. If they pull the same thing for H2 then they will have split off a sizable community when you add CEA and H2A together. I think if 343 gives us the original MP, same feel, speed and music, coop online, give us a menu for the SAME skulls they will be making a smart move. It's up to them to do a great job on H4 and H5 so that an old game like H2 should not scare them.

In other words, all games have problems so that's a far cry from your diatribe about H2, CE has problems just as H2 has. I don't know what you mean by we, if you mean you then it's just another opinion. If you mean all of us, you have no business talking for us. Servers being shut down? Did I say anything about servers? Also, don't say what we need, say only what you need or want, after all, it's only your opinion.

Lol, another whiner about the RL but let's not forget about the CE pistol. Wail and moan all you want, the longevity and the amount of people who love H2 speaks for itself. H2 MP was fun for millions while several thousand hated it. CE, bounce bounce then pistol head shot, oh what fun that was, no strategy whatsoever, no team play.

Yup, the sword FTW! That was cool.

It's like $10 on ebay, we have a long wait to Nov 2014 so you may as well grab another copy.

Wut? Even the OP had CMP. I don't see why we can't say both for the fun of it.

Love that gun:Outskirts Gun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fisWowh0yEA Metropolis Gun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59hjWal0ykM Of course, getting the gun while inside the Outskirts tunnel was the hardest trick I've ever done.

What is this anyway?

You can run Windows on a Mac so I would think so. As far as running it straight on a Mac OS, idk for sure but I think not.

Great thread, I hope we can add to this. There's a couple that weren't mentioned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOxKPtsF-7g Were the skulls Eggs? The REX on top of the tower on Great Journey. There are 2 other BSOD switches, one on Delta Halo and one on High Charity. The Scarab gun on Outskirts. The final battle on Great Journey has 2 ways to get a vehicle in there. One is the door where you can fly a Banshee, drive a Spectre in and drive a Ghost in. The other way is via a portal where you can get any drive-able vehicle on the level inside to fight Tartarus. On Metropolis you can also get into one of the Pelicans that fly at the end of the level but it's not easy. IOHBOY is a good one. I always thought it was Frankie but someone said it wasn't, idk. Golden Hog signs on Metropolis and, crap, can't remember. Some will say a few of these are not eggs but I think all things similar to eggs should be included. I can provide pics or vids for most of the eggs mentioned.