@Afterburner215 wow I've never heard of arcology before and now I'm interested. Thank you for the new research topic. Do you think it's a plausible idea for the future or just fantasy?
@@tomahawkm4687 personally find them at odds with actual human culture, every attempt at building them in real life that ive seen leads to unforseen ethical and practical problems.
the city feels much more alive in this version, and not just because of all the NPCs doing background stuff, but even something so simple as windows on buildings, walls are not as empty as in final version, Metropolis doesn't feel like the "not a natural formation" tunnel from first Halo, it's a real virtual city
I think this city is missing nature (trees, palm trees etc) and water and natural materials like pebbles, ground and other stuff. The final Halo 2 release fixed it, but it looks so bland a weird considering a lot of buildings don't even have windows on them or the windows look weird. The only thing that looks like a town is Outskirts. But yes, if they added some natural elements into the e3 demo, maybe some parks, then it would have been perfect. Also idk what happened to the final Halo 2's lighting, this recovered e3 demo is ported into the final Halo 2 engine but still has way better shadows and lights so the engine itself is capable of more than what they did with the bland and gray city in the final release.
@canyongoat2096 of course Outskirt would still have to be kept, but this map feels like a better alternative to the final part of Metropolis. retail Metropolis has a nice park area after the tunnel, which I could see replacing some of the more boring streets here, or maybe appearing after this demo ends
@@blueshit199 Yes definitely, Metropolis seems rushed, almost no building has windows on them, and it has hardly any details. And it just looks weirdly gray, I'm not a fan of it but at least they added the trees. Also the Metropolis city area is ridiculously small, while there are way too many boring tunnels in the final Halo 2 city levels. Also they should have kept this skybox/lighting with the nice sunset and the lights that are turned on in the streets properly. Also this e3 city reminds me a lot of the Halo 3 ODST city in style, and it even has these locked sectors/walls like in Halo 3 ODST it's pretty cool. And idk why they featured the Shadows so few times, the e3 demo had a lot of Shadows.
@@ModuliOfRiemannSurfaces I wish they kept the br the same and not a 3 shot semi auto. This is like a real semi-auto assault rifle. Sorta like the dmr.
@@MatthewLee-fo3me Yeah it is slow. I wasn't even paying attention to that. It's not terrible though. I do like the single shot a lot and it sounds beefy.
Very cool. Thank you for posting this. Seeing it really makes one again wonder what Halo 2 could have been like with the other third they had to cut. And it’s always fascinating to see how they incorporated elements from the demo into Outskirts and Metropolis. Hope to see this become available to play on Xbox soon as well!
One of two uses of “sh*t” I’ve found in all of Halo, the other being of Dare calling a trade bullsh*t when she gets a worse weapon Edit: oh look, a third at 2:12
I played it today (mostly exactly like in the trailer) and i wish we could have this as Mombasa level, just improved and expanded. So cool. Maybe someone could create a real level with it.
when halo was still true to this militaristic Sci fi values lol. proper terminology for the most part, rank structure, gritty/grim atmosphere. Lost that since Reach or even a little bit into Halo 4, there were still hints of it but you could tell it was not something they cared too much abt.
ik it won’t work but wouldn’t it be possible if the e3 would work in halo 2 anniversary graphics? Ik probably most of the models won’t load in but im mostly curious
Hi mister, can I use your footage for a comparison to the original I remastered to 4K since it look so different, it's kind of crazy and I want to a comparison video to show the differences. If you don't want to I guess I'll have to record it myself. Thank you either way and have a good one! This looks so crispy!
Maybe we can get at least this jewel of gaming history in MCC...Fed up with PC's having every mods available and nothing for console players...except having to deal with this motherfking forced crossplay..
It was bitter sweet. It sucks there is no more real content for Halo ce-3. His videos used to be awesome. Now it is just pretty much mod stuff which is fine if you play on a computer. Xbox people pretty much get left out. Still cool to see some stuff though. This does feel like closure for h2 at least. I am sure there is more.
@@gothicseawitch8772 Yeah there is. Halo is my absolute favorite series. CE, 2 and 3. I replay the campaigns constantly. They just put me in a good headspace for some reason. Especially Halo ce. Everytime I play that game all my troubles fade. I always try to beat my par scores and find tricks and stuff.
@@rm25088 come on. Halo is one of the most successful franchises out there. There's new stuff people are creating and forge and art keeps it alive like tf2! Halo will never die despite what people think. There's always something to look forward to in halo!
This is the e3 demo build. It wasn't actually meant to be played like a normal retail product. But yeah it's fair criticism. But I don't think digsite was concerned about making enhancement but rather leave it as is .
Finally after all this time I got to play this demo. It only took 20 years, and while awesome, it doesn't un-divorce my parents.
😢
😭 hang tough soldier
Good old times.. I always loved that E3 Demo. I am glad seeing it once more.
This is what the original video's 640x480 resolution looked to me back then
0:46
I was always wondering what the logic was behind building New Mombasa as this tower city structure
I always thought it was just a wonky skybox and its actually just a normal city just stretched upwards to make it look bigger
New Mombasa used to be an arcology structure resembling a Baobab tree, at least that was the the intent at the time
@Afterburner215 wow I've never heard of arcology before and now I'm interested. Thank you for the new research topic. Do you think it's a plausible idea for the future or just fantasy?
@@tomahawkm4687 personally find them at odds with actual human culture, every attempt at building them in real life that ive seen leads to unforseen ethical and practical problems.
The forerunners have the same types of buildings in halo origins
We need a Custom Game Browser for MODDED MAPS on MCC.
Now that they’re hiring again I’m hoping they have a small team back on MCC. Fingers crossed.
@@ButteredToast81 We dont work on MCC. Play INFINITE please.
@@HALO-STUDlOS you left infinite bro stop yapping
Still waiting on Docker containers so I can host several custom servers.
@@Channel10334 We don't know what docker ist.. so.. NO
I still get chills at the end. This is so peak.
"No smoke and mirrors pre-rendered bullshit!"
Oh man, we're so lucky it all worked perfectly.
the city feels much more alive in this version, and not just because of all the NPCs doing background stuff, but even something so simple as windows on buildings, walls are not as empty as in final version, Metropolis doesn't feel like the "not a natural formation" tunnel from first Halo, it's a real virtual city
I think this city is missing nature (trees, palm trees etc) and water and natural materials like pebbles, ground and other stuff. The final Halo 2 release fixed it, but it looks so bland a weird considering a lot of buildings don't even have windows on them or the windows look weird. The only thing that looks like a town is Outskirts. But yes, if they added some natural elements into the e3 demo, maybe some parks, then it would have been perfect. Also idk what happened to the final Halo 2's lighting, this recovered e3 demo is ported into the final Halo 2 engine but still has way better shadows and lights so the engine itself is capable of more than what they did with the bland and gray city in the final release.
@canyongoat2096 of course Outskirt would still have to be kept, but this map feels like a better alternative to the final part of Metropolis. retail Metropolis has a nice park area after the tunnel, which I could see replacing some of the more boring streets here, or maybe appearing after this demo ends
@@blueshit199 Yes definitely, Metropolis seems rushed, almost no building has windows on them, and it has hardly any details. And it just looks weirdly gray, I'm not a fan of it but at least they added the trees. Also the Metropolis city area is ridiculously small, while there are way too many boring tunnels in the final Halo 2 city levels. Also they should have kept this skybox/lighting with the nice sunset and the lights that are turned on in the streets properly. Also this e3 city reminds me a lot of the Halo 3 ODST city in style, and it even has these locked sectors/walls like in Halo 3 ODST it's pretty cool. And idk why they featured the Shadows so few times, the e3 demo had a lot of Shadows.
Interesting how much better the BR reload animation is.
@@ModuliOfRiemannSurfaces I wish they kept the br the same and not a 3 shot semi auto. This is like a real semi-auto assault rifle. Sorta like the dmr.
It’s just like the AR reload from CE
Disagree. While I prefer single shot BR to Burst, the reload animation is painfully slow and only drags the pacing of gameplay to a crawl.
@@MatthewLee-fo3me Yeah it is slow. I wasn't even paying attention to that. It's not terrible though. I do like the single shot a lot and it sounds beefy.
@@rm25088 The reload is cool, it just needed to be sped up a bit and maybe make the ammo 18 or 24 instead of 12.
The creators suggest playing in 480p as the bloom shaders don't scale to HD
Always loved how Cortana implies the Chief can't stick the Elites, knowing his default response is to simply NOT miss.
He won't. He knows he won't.
Very cool. Thank you for posting this. Seeing it really makes one again wonder what Halo 2 could have been like with the other third they had to cut. And it’s always fascinating to see how they incorporated elements from the demo into Outskirts and Metropolis. Hope to see this become available to play on Xbox soon as well!
Also makes you wonder what Halo 3 would’ve looked like if they didn’t have to scrap pretty much ALL of Halo 2 and start from scratch
So cool finally seeing this In HD
i watching this on 480p
Why
@@JDotLoc cuz halo 2 on og xbox was on 480p
@@LegoMaster_7778it went up to 720p actually
edit: It was an unofficial patch.
@Channel10334 some games used that but halo 2 ran at 480p
What a legend smh a F/$&)ing legend
The Halo 2 we all wanted
Still makes my heart skip a beat. Unreal
this game was really something when it came out
On that, I am absolutely terrified about how easy it is to activate a sticky grenade
One of two uses of “sh*t” I’ve found in all of Halo, the other being of Dare calling a trade bullsh*t when she gets a worse weapon
Edit: oh look, a third at 2:12
In halo origins the forerunners have the same buildings/city 0:49
Im so hyped for this game 😃
Shame a horde of sword elites isnt in the game
Sad that being able to play a demo from 20 years ago does more for halo than a switch to UE5.
I played it today (mostly exactly like in the trailer) and i wish we could have this as Mombasa level, just improved and expanded. So cool. Maybe someone could create a real level with it.
This looks amazing
2 would have been just as bloody as CE before release, Halo really needs a custom maps browser, kinda like custom edition
Please tell me this is also a free update for consoles, you know, like the console called the xbox that made halo
when halo was still true to this militaristic Sci fi values lol. proper terminology for the most part, rank structure, gritty/grim atmosphere. Lost that since Reach or even a little bit into Halo 4, there were still hints of it but you could tell it was not something they cared too much abt.
Does the phantom get itself killed in the ending cutscene or is just me? It shoots the sign causing it to crash into itself
Did you know there’s grunts flying the phantom
ik it won’t work but wouldn’t it be possible if the e3 would work in halo 2 anniversary graphics? Ik probably most of the models won’t load in but im mostly curious
As my favorite Halo game, I want to stand up and start clapping.
the contrast needs to be adjusted, it's too bright.
Is this only for pc?
yes
Shame it doesn't have the stencil shadows of the original demo
Stencil was already cut when the 2003 demo was made
@@spyfoxguyhow do you know that?
Looks pretty stencil to me.
Stencil was already cut at this point demo used raw shadow maps same way this current release of it has
#bringhalomodstoxbox
Hi mister, can I use your footage for a comparison to the original I remastered to 4K since it look so different, it's kind of crazy and I want to a comparison video to show the differences. If you don't want to I guess I'll have to record it myself. Thank you either way and have a good one! This looks so crispy!
There are a Bungie press version a very recent video upscaled and the best quality of the original demo to make the fair comparison
This game should of have been better, it's would of have been the best game in the series, and the best fps.
There is stuff in Halo 3 that already should be in Halo 2 so yeah.
20 years later and I just now noticed how bad of a shot the person playing it was
Maybe we can get at least this jewel of gaming history in MCC...Fed up with PC's having every mods available and nothing for console players...except having to deal with this motherfking forced crossplay..
Get out of the map. Try glitches
The battlerifle should have always been semi auto. You cant change my mind
@@Mangoré1885 agree. Still my favorite weapon though along with the carbine.
The sound alone was forever in my mind :D I dont like the burst shot one.
Play HALO INFINITE
no
Halo Finite*
Why in the world would you want to do that?
Ew why
@@zealotdraws3017 Because only with INFINITE we make money
I feel like I finally have closure on the halo series with this release. I’m going to move on from halo from here. Thank you for everything general 🫡
Move on from halo?!? Why?!? It's a great series and still going strong! Now's more time than ever to be a fan!
It was bitter sweet. It sucks there is no more real content for Halo ce-3. His videos used to be awesome. Now it is just pretty much mod stuff which is fine if you play on a computer. Xbox people pretty much get left out. Still cool to see some stuff though. This does feel like closure for h2 at least. I am sure there is more.
@@rm25088 oh come on! Don't be like that! There's always more halo stuff to enjoy!
@@gothicseawitch8772 Yeah there is. Halo is my absolute favorite series. CE, 2 and 3. I replay the campaigns constantly. They just put me in a good headspace for some reason. Especially Halo ce. Everytime I play that game all my troubles fade. I always try to beat my par scores and find tricks and stuff.
@@rm25088 come on. Halo is one of the most successful franchises out there. There's new stuff people are creating and forge and art keeps it alive like tf2! Halo will never die despite what people think. There's always something to look forward to in halo!
I had no idea you had to run up the right highway in a ghost to finish it
They should add a waypoint there
This is the e3 demo build. It wasn't actually meant to be played like a normal retail product. But yeah it's fair criticism. But I don't think digsite was concerned about making enhancement but rather leave it as is .
The MCC Demo has waypoint pop ups if you use your flashlight key/button.
@NoahR_ I know, it's just the bit after the brute hijacks you off where there is none
I ended up falling off the map where it crashed lmao