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Halo 2 Expansion?

Posted by Zonk on from the maybe-they'll-patch-in-an-ending dept.

Gamespot has coverage of the appearance on an official Korean Xbox site of a "Halo 2 X-Pack". The possible expansion is another possible way for Bungie and Microsoft to get the heavily foreshadowed ending to fans of the series. From the article: "Such a Halo 2 expansion could be a twofold boon for Microsoft, adding another incentive for gamers to join its online service and squeezing further dollars from the nearly 7 million gamers who already have Halo 2."

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  1. Halo 2: The Search for more Money by Phoenixhunter · · Score: 4, Interesting
    After watching the making of Halo 2 (yep, shelled out extra for the CE) I've come to the realization that Bungie wasn't exactly thrilled about making a sequel. They wanted to do something different (Phoenix) and MS turned around and told them to work on something that would make money (Halo 2). They made it in less than 18 months and it really shows. Despite a larger budget, there just wasn't sufficient internal inspiriation to do much more than make a money maker.

    Leaving off an end the way they did only enforces this belief. Would Da Vinci forget about finishing off the Mona Lisa? No, he'd get it done. Now we have an expansion on the way....pump pump pump.

  2. Re:yeah right` by TotalFusionOne · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Showing off our brain powers I see. MS is not some evil corperation that is trying to take over the world by invading our homes with expansion packs. They're a company, like any other, out to make money. Where will it stop? When they start making games that aren't fun.

  3. Re:Halo 2 expansion by pbranes · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have to disagree with you on your assesment of halo 1 levels. Remember the last few levels, especially the library? The library has to be the worst level design in history. Then the one right after it was just running through an earlier level in reverse. Its obvious that the game was rushed out the door and level design took a back seat to other matters.

  4. fixing the graphics? by Harlockjds · · Score: 2, Interesting

    are they going to fix the nasty texture and graphics pop in? i hadn't seen scenes get drawn during gameplay like that since the c64.