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Halo 2 Feb 9th Speculation
bongo69 writes "It would seem Bungie is at it again. If you complete HALO 2 on legendary the credits display the message "Coming February 9th". What could this mean? Could this be a new HALO game announcement, perhaps for Xbox 2, or just some downloadable content?"
Halo 3 In 2005?!
Yes, with the release of Halo 2 comes the Halo 3 release date and how fast it's coming will suprise even you. *WARNING - SPOILERS INSIDE*
*PLEASE NOTE THAT SPOILERS ARE CONTAINED INSIDE THIS ARTICLE FROM HALO 2 (most notably the legendary ending)*
After beating Halo 2 on legendary, at first you may seem disappointed. There's no different ending, no extras to be seen, and no true unlockables (the level you unlock can also be unlocked on Heroic). Yet, if you pay close enough attention to the credits, you may find what will be an important easter egg that'll blow you're mind... On the bottom of the credits, at the very end, you'll find an interesting tid-bit of information... "Coming February 9th". Now, what could this mean?
This may mean a 2005 release date, but with just 3 months left this seems doubtful (but definitely in the realms of possibility). This is more likely a release date for 2006.
Other possibilities include that February 9th could be the official announcement of Bungie's next project or the first wave of downloadable content for Halo 2. Bungie has expressed that Halo 3 will not be its next project yet this released date does leave some speculation...
Also, more hints of a sequel come from the Halo 2 soundtrack, titled "Vol. 1". You would expect another volume to come out but with all the music from Halo 2 already on the disc this hints at the Halo 3 soundtrack.
Will Halo 3 come out in a mere 3 months, or possibly another year? What does the date mean, is Halo 3 finally here? One thing is for sure, the only way you'll know is on February 9th, when something special from Bungie is sure to come.
It's quite clearly the date of the planned Bungie staff outing to Amsterdam's red light district...
*waves goodbye to dignity and karma*
God!! Let's face it. Halo 2 was the most hyped game the world has ever seen.
Never before has so much bulls*it, been spread around so such, for such a long time, by so many, for so little.
Not that Halo 2 wasn't an alright game. I thought it was quite good, except for the getting lost bits. Nonetheless, the sheer amount of Hype surrounding it could never have been matched by ANY game. I wrote a journal entry about this. Time to plug it. To sum it up, console patriotism, is bad m'kay.
First ILOVEBEES, now this. It would be better if Halo 2/3 just appeared in a puff of smoke and people enjoyed it for what it is, A Good game, rather than be dissappointed when the game fails to live up to the unmatchable hype.
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Considering they had to delay Halo 2, it's a bit unlikely Halo 3 will come out Feb 9th 2005. Also, I think they set up a cliffhanger on purpose; to help XBox 2 sales. If it launches with Xbox 2, it's unlikely to come at any Feb 9th because consoles typically launch during Christmas. I'd say this is either an announcement for the next game, or maybe just a very large XBox Live Halo 2 tournament set up by Bungie.
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Bungie dosen't do release dates, they put software out 'when it's done'. Feb. 9th has got to be something else, if it's anything
Maybe there is content in Halo2 that will be unlocked then? Anyone try setting theri xbox system date to feb 10 2005 and beating it again? or possibly its something ilovebees.com related?
You could always try finishing it on Legendary.
or are you poor man's game player ?
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An end screen says February 9... so they speculate it means Halo 3 February 9 2006. Except no game company ever gives such an exact date years in advance. They know that deadlines slip and change.
Another bit of "evidence" is the Halo 2 soundtrack being labelled vol. 1. Which means that Halo 3 is coming out because there has to be a vol. 2 which has to have Halo 3 music. I could poke holes in that but I think you'll do fine by yourselves.
Oh yeah, Tupac is coming back in 2003, exactly 7 years after his death.
February 9 could mean additional content for Halo 2 in 2005 or could mean a wonderful new game coming out then...
Feb 9 2005 = Wednesday
Feb 9 2006 = Thursday
Feb 9 2007 = Friday
Most likely a Friday... Nothing gets released MIDWEEK!!!! LOL
Wow... Can't wait!!!! Roll on 2007!!!!
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Documentary, and you will see that they had a complete story arc. (and for those who haven't beaten the game, don't keep reading this). Originally they were going to fight on earth, go back to a halo, and then go back to earth to resolve the game. Thats it, bing, nothing, no Halo 3.
Instead, they ran out of time, they were pushing in so many different directions, that they just had to simplify things. So I would not be surprised if they cut the last two levels from the game, since they were not finished, only to plan on releasing them 4 months later, which would be plenty of time to finish the levels themselves, now that the engine was complete.
It could also just be the planned release of new multiplayer maps.
All halo 2 needs is about two more maps to wrap things up, maybe three so it doesn't feel rushed. But I am glad it ended how it did, because each level felt finished and polished, and I would have rather that had, instead of the Halo 1 "10 minute race to the end" that felt like it was made up just to fill space.
OMF, you're wrong about Halo being hyped merely because it was on the Xbox. I helped manage an EB when the Xbox and Halo were released. At first, sure, there was this sense of Xbox zeitgeist. But Halo - and the Xbox - did so well because it was the first time many people had a PC LAN experience without having a PC or a LAN party. If the "hype" had nothing to do with the game, than Oddworld would have done much better. Microsoft was pushing it as much as they were Halo, if not more. The mascot for the XBox has become Master Chief, but if you look at the original marketing, it was the Oddworld guy. In fact, the only hype Halo had was bad hype. Nearly all the magazines trashed what they'd seen of Halo the E3 before its release and complained of poor framerates and unresponsive controls. The press fully expected Halo to bomb, and Microsoft adjusted their campaign accordingly. That it did so well surprised everyone but Bungie.
And might I add that this is not one-sided. I love all games, from all systems. I am no Xbox Patriot. Yet, you have no f***ing idea how many times I heard from the Sony rep and PS2 patriots how great Killzone was going to be, how it was going to be the "Halo-Killer." Well, if you want an example of not living up to the hype, there it is. If you wanted to rant against video game hype, why not examine one where the game wasn't good? Like Enter the Matrix, or Driver 3? Halo 1 and 2 aren't such great case studies because they're actually great games.
Halo 2 might have hype, but the original Halo hype was entirely generated from the ground up, by college guys who just spend an entire weekend without sleep playing blood gulch and capture the flag. It was hyped by people, not a marketing machine.
That certainly can't be said of Halo 2, I'll admit. But I find that the people who don't appreciate the original Halo here on slashdot tend to be PC people who've had some experience with LAN parties. Remember your first time, in Unreal with the head shot, or Doom with the shotgun blast, or if you're oldskool enough, ROTT with the boost jump? Well, that was Halo for most people. Halo didn't do it first, but it certainly brought to more people than most PC games have ever done and it deserves something for that.
So step down from the high horse. Advertising for good games like Halo only helps us OMF. Every new person that enjoys a good, solid video game like Halo 2 is one more wallet for the industry to pull money from, and a better chance of all of us getting a great game in the future. Advertising and hyping bad games is what you should really be ranting about, and there's plenty to choose from there.
On seeing the title, my initial reaction was "Oh god, it's been delayed...". Then I remembered I physically have the game, and was playing it 5 minutes beforehand.
February 9th in History
1923: Soviet Aeroflot airlines established
1950: Senator Joseph McCarthy says the US State Department is infested with communists
1970: World's first nerve transplant, in Germany
1971: First British soldier killed in Northern Ireland
1989: Neo-Nazi groups outlawed in West Germany
1992: Fighting between government and guerrilla forces in Rwanda
1994: Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Yasser Arafat.
February 9th birthdays
1700: Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician
1909: Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress.
1943: Joe Pesci, American actor.
1945: Mia Farrow, American film actress
It's pretty clear what's going on here - On February 9th, Joe Pesci will be outted as a Communist.
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If you check ilovebees.com, you'll notice that the new countdown matches up with Feb 9th, 2553. So, there ya go.
I beat the game on Legendary a couple of days ago and I saw absolutely nothing about "February 9th." And believe me, I was paying attention (after the "I Love Bees" thing I assumed Bungie would sneak a hidden message in there somewhere). Everyone else I've talked to who's actually beat the game on Legendary says the same thing. Until some independent verification appears (along with some details on how to actually get this alleged alternate credits sequence, since simply beating the game on Legendary doesn't do it), I'm calling this a hoax.