WTF! How come the sabers don't glow in Halo 2 MP?

mattp001 · Post by **mattp001** » Wed May 12, 2004 2:17 am

It makes em look like the crappy saber mods that people did a while back. they need to make em' glow damnit. they look gay. dont give me any excuses like: "well it's like that to speed up the game." that is a crock of shit. It would barely use any resources to add the be-love-ed glow. Other than that:(in a ghetto style accent and voice) "OHHHHHH SNAPPP, cu', that shits' flaggin' for real!" it looks awesome as hell in normal terms.

[users]axem · Post by **[users]axem** » Wed May 12, 2004 4:40 am

bungie will do what they want to do with the energy sword. that means they game is not finnished. so stfu then complain after the 10th of november so by then you cheked it out!!!!!!

maca_§ · Post by **maca_§** » Wed May 12, 2004 5:55 am

1. dont start this into a flame thread axem.
2. i TOTALLY agree with you matt, when i was watching them i was like ohh crap! but at the very least they have little electrical beams zapping betwean each beam.

Beastman · Post by **Beastman** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:39 am

im sure they did it as a quality of game play thing, that glow is done by particle effects and just imagine it like this, its like a grenade being thrown in the dirt none stop, it would lag up. Its just best for game play/

HunterXI · Post by **HunterXI** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:04 pm

why the fuck do you care??? its still Halo 2!!! (and i was afraid that it wouldnt pwn, but now that i look at this

)

MC117 · Post by **MC117** » Wed May 12, 2004 4:23 pm

i wouldn't care less, it looks awesomely good!!, and u don't know, the vids out are crappy quality so maybe its there

M.A.C. · Post by **M.A.C.** » Wed May 12, 2004 5:34 pm

did the glowing energy sword in the original halo with hunters shooting energy bolts, grunts screaming their ass's off, and elites throwing grenades while on a high rise bridge with a pelican blowing up next to you while snowing slow down the game? no.
The game isnt finished yet, I am guessing they will add that effect later.

HAL9000 · Post by **HAL9000** » Wed May 12, 2004 5:39 pm

even if they dont be happy that we can actually have the sword in mp
just my tiny little 2 cents

MasterNeoChief · Post by **MasterNeoChief** » Thu May 13, 2004 4:36 am

The glow was nice, but it was only blue....
They got nice colors now, and you have some spakrs now and then that jump off the sword, I like it the way it is.

DM01 · Post by **DM01** » Fri May 14, 2004 2:56 pm

I think its because there are two different plasma swords:

(remember back to the SP Halo 2 video(s))

the sword did glow but it was also portable (compact that expanded)

(in new videos)

they did not expand, and they came solid.

-my little idea:

the ones the elites in the old video were temporary and the ones in multi are not.

but, if thats all wrong, i dont care, the game is still going to be good.

Excal · Post by **Excal** » Fri May 14, 2004 6:27 pm

its just to change the game a bit. who would want the same old pistol and same old sniper in halo 2? they added the H2 essence to it. The rocket launcher has a new feature and looks slightly different + reloads faster. The sniper rifle (seen in pics) is slightly different too. why jus copy and paste? that would destroy the whole purpose of a sequel. they took out the glow and added the electric effects between the bars of the sword. It really doesnt matter in any case.

maca_§ · Post by **maca_§** » Fri May 14, 2004 6:35 pm

yeah, thats good thinking excalibur.
also, while we on the topic of noticing differences of halo2
the way the MC holds the RL, you can see both barrels.
does this anoy anyone else but me?

Excal · Post by **Excal** » Fri May 14, 2004 6:37 pm

a little bit since it takes up more of the view space and completely blocks the WHOLE right side of the screen now

Skeens · Post by **Skeens** » Fri May 14, 2004 7:25 pm

Excalibur wrote:a little bit since it takes up more of the view space and completely blocks the WHOLE right side of the screen now

yeah, but with the new lock on feature, i guess the fact that it takes more screen kind of balances it out a bit.

sharkface217 · Post by **sharkface217** » Sat May 15, 2004 6:25 am

Skeens wrote:
Excalibur wrote:a little bit since it takes up more of the view space and completely blocks the WHOLE right side of the screen now
yeah, but with the new lock on feature, i guess the fact that it takes more screen kind of balances it out a bit.

Yep, bungie arnt idiots.............

[users]axem · Post by **[users]axem** » Sat May 15, 2004 3:41 pm

or most of the leval. and who siad i wa ganna start flaming? its just that the game hasnt been realeased yet and he is saying the game is going to be bad cause its Bungie finnished with the mp plasma sword at E3

Excal · Post by **Excal** » Sun May 16, 2004 5:05 pm

lol yuppers

Wraith · Post by **Wraith** » Mon May 17, 2004 9:51 am

Here's a post by a bentllama (Bungie employee) on HBO:

http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/hal ... ead=426185

I think that pretty much says it all.

sharkface217 · Post by **sharkface217** » Mon May 17, 2004 12:59 pm

Wraith wrote:Here's a post by a bentllama (Bungie employee) on HBO:

http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/hal ... ead=426185

I think that pretty much says it all.

Lol, total ownage. Ya, the sword looks a lot cooler than the other sword. Stop whining.

TheExecuter · Post by **TheExecuter** » Tue May 18, 2004 4:10 pm

mattp001 wrote:It makes em look like the crappy saber mods that people did a while back. they need to make em' glow damnit. they look gay. dont give me any excuses like: "well it's like that to speed up the game." that is a crock of shit. It would barely use any resources to add the be-love-ed glow. Other than that:(in a ghetto style accent and voice) "OHHHHHH SNAPPP, cu', that shits' flaggin' for real!" it looks awesome as hell in normal terms.

Really I mean WTF! The whole point is the mysterious glow. To see an elite charging you without glow just makes it

crap my life is gone o well

instead of

HOLY SHIT BLAST THE CRAP OUT OF HIM NADE NADE O CRAP DIE DIE

lol spazzz

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