[Corsair]

hrmm.... was I the only one who saw that trailer and thought this?




mmmmmm... the reincarnation of SHODAN.... poor Setekh

[Setekh]

Btw, I think I worked out why some of the earlier things Cortana whispers are so garbled. I think I can hear Gravemind behind her voice, saying the same things. Listen carefully to some of her first sentences.

[achtung]

I think Cortana is saying
"I am your Shield, I am your Sword"

[Corsair]

Steak's right... there's a really low-pitched voice underneath Cortana at the beginning.

[brozozo]

GOOD ZARK!  Whether or not one liked Halo 2 or not, that was a frelling awesome trailer.  And I had thought Marty's music couldn't get any better...

Seems I'm going to have to play Halo 2 now... I've been putting it off to the Vista release that's supposed to happen at the end of the year. So, should I buy a 360 and spend hours trying to work out how to get it emulated, or steal my sister's xbox?

Halo 2 works on Xbox 360 right out of the box, and with HD TV support too.  No fiddling required.  With split-screen multiplayer you can actually SEE things now

Ghosts of Coral might come out end of October or so this year, according to Amazon.  Dunno, but I'm looking forward to it.  Bees!  !reveal: truth

hee, rampant... why do I keep expecting Cortana to say "iiiiii-insect"   "Cit-Cit-Citadel Staaaaaaaaaaation"

I don't understand how I completely missed the whole ilovebees thing. What a strange, strange thing.

[Deepblue]

I expect another viral marketing campaign. And I totally won't mind if it is as awesome as ilovebees.

d3r3k. You can go through the ilovebees puzzles and story, though you won't find any theaters with Halo 2 hooked up anymore. I can't remember the specific site, but try googling for it.

And yeah, the Gravemind voice under Cortana's is just creepy as 'ell.

According to Lehto, Bungie is going for a darker theme. Something tells me the spartans will be no more.

[brozozo]

I've looked around on the ilovebees website. Confusion was the only result.

[aldo_14]

I've looked around on the ilovebees website. Confusion was the only result.

It was all rather a letdown, really, from what i remember.  Effective, but ultimately with any good ARG type scenario the ending always dissapoints compared to your imgination, and IIRC this was basically a set of phone messages.

NB: watching that video; am i the only one who saw the end and thought 'engine'?

[Shadow0000]

Here the article from "your unreliable source of info" (Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_3

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Microsoft and Bill Gates announces their evil schemes:

Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman, stated in a May 2005 Time Magazine interview that Halo 3 would be released as close to the PlayStation 3's launch as possible, to divert sales. "It's perfect," Gates said. "The day Sony launches [the new PlayStation], they walk right into Halo 3."

Microsoft prefer to compete against Sony, maybe they have other evil plans in mind for Nintendo...

[Gloriano]

Quite nice trailer hopefully this game will be what everyone expects *Epic journey* atleast music is good

[Mefustae]

Well, damn. Normally, I try to keep myself above ogling good-looking graphics, but that actually looks pretty darned good, and that music was nigh-on orgasmicly good. Honestly, I always get all exited over cool scif-fi titles like this that don't try too hard [read: GoW], and this one actually has me all exited. In fact, it looks so good,  that i'm going to completely compromise my principles and buy an Xbox360...

...But only once the price has gone down, maybe in one of those packs that have a game [hopefully Halo 3] and the console together for some funky-good value. And only if some more good games come out. And only if my PC can run the upcoming must-get behemoths [Supreme Commander, etc.] without an upgrade. And only after I get a Wii.

Microsoft and Bill Gates announces their evil schemes:

Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman, stated in a May 2005 Time Magazine interview that Halo 3 would be released as close to the PlayStation 3's launch as possible, to divert sales. "It's perfect," Gates said. "The day Sony launches [the new PlayStation], they walk right into Halo 3."

Microsoft prefer to compete against Sony, maybe they have other evil plans in mind for Nintendo...

Except that Sony plans to release in November [y'never know, they might actually release it in Novermber], and there was a big 2007!! at the end of the trailer, so it looks like that feel through.

And IMO, I doubt they'll have any evil plans for the Wii, as it's really in another ball-game, like the DS and PSP.

[Backslash]

I've looked around on the ilovebees website. Confusion was the only result.

reveal: !transmit truth
It is very confusing without seeing the changes-over-time and participating in the whole community aspect.  However, you can get a good summary at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_Apiary.  www.thebruce.ca also has some great pages, including a very well done fiction that is a good read and a great way to understand what all happened, both game-wise and plot-wise (but still in progress, unfortunatly).
behold:

It was all rather a letdown, really, from what i remember.  Effective, but ultimately with any good ARG type scenario the ending always dissapoints compared to your imgination, and IIRC this was basically a set of phone messages.

Eh, sort of.  (Though sometimes the phone interactions were live, with "The Operator" [the computer] herself.)  But the messages all meshed together to form a most intriguing story, quite well acted too, almost like those 'radio plays' of yore.  I highly recommend checking it out.  seek the truth behold the truth reveal the truth

[aldo_14]

I did check it out at the time.  It was very impressive, but if you do the setup well - and they did - any ending will inevitably be underwhelming.  I'm not sure, though if it shifted a single extra copy of Halo 2, although it almost certainly would have raised awareness.

[achtung]

The music sounds good.  But it's funny, the trumpet parts make me think of CNN for some strange reason.

[Setekh]

I'm not sure, though if it shifted a single extra copy of Halo 2, although it almost certainly would have raised awareness.

I suspect it just excites the people who are already salivating over the game. Not that that's a bad thing.

As for another viral marketing campaign:

www.ilovebees2.com

[Herra Tohtori]

Holy Minced Cow Meat!

I'm actually hyperventilating after hearing that music. Oh, was there some cool graphics too? *looks the trailer again*

Well, I guess that's ok for a game. But the music in the trailer is every bit as good as in former ones, and more. Perhaps I'll have to check my budget when this one comes out...

[Col. Fishguts]

Wort wort wort!

This makes me want to buy a cheap X-Box off ebay to play Halo2.
Can someone who played it, tell me if I might regret that ? For the record: I liked Halo for its enthralling storyline, music and overall atmosphere, and not because of gameplay or pretty graphics.

[Taristin]

H2 was different than H1. The atmosphere is different.
Thats not saying its better or worse, just different.

[Herra Tohtori]

We had an X-Box on our company in army (2.Jaeger Company, Jaeger Brigand, Sodankylä) with Halo 2 on it. So I had the chance to play it quite a bit.

I enjoyed it immensely. Campaign Co-op mode was perhaps the most enjoyable IMO... Not to say it wouldn't be nice to play alone either, we just happened to mostly play it in co-op 'cause there was quite often many wanting to play. 

I actually like Halo 2 more than Halo: Combat Evolved. Mainly because there's less of Flood around for most of the time, if my memory is correct. I like kicking Covenant's arse, but blasting Floodites is not nearly as satisfying, the buggers get quite annoying after some time (mainly when you run out of shotgun shells ). And I'd say that the maps on H2 are slightly less repetitive than on H1.

Both are immensely good games, though. Small differences in betterity, I'd say. (yes, I know I made up that word - what can you do...)

[Goober5000]

OMG...

The Ark...  The Flood...

It's Genesis 6-9!