Halo 2 - E3 2003 Gameplay Demo Trailer [HD]

Hier seht ihr die allererste Gameplay-Präsentation der Halo 2 Kampagne überhaupt - live vor Publikum auf der E3 2003. Damals ein legendäres Video - und auch heute noch schön anzusehen, wie viel Hype um Halo 2 entstanden war. Dieses Video zeigt die Kampagne ohne Zuschauerreaktionen im Hintergrund in feinster HD-Qualität. Wem das auch gefällt, bitte liken! :)
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[@_1neluv_]

Is it just me, or does that single shot BR sound satisfying as hell

[@jackedattack8781]

I noticed that too

[@MattSipka]

I wish you could select fire the BR from burst to a semi auto.

[@WilliamSwartzendruber]

Yes. I was pissed when I actually played the game and realized that had been removed.

[@andrewb639]

@@MattSipka interestingly that was a feature in the halo 2 beta!

[@Dekoi.]

That’s exactly what I came here for, to compare halo infinite br’s to hahaha

[@gigamesh780]

A pelican making a perfect landing in the Halo trilogy? Impossible

[@quaker7876]

What about halo 3?

[@WoofWoofWhisper]

@@BUC1001 it was too much for the OG Xbox and it was not able to run it in general so the level got cut from the game sadly

[@ashraychawla4009]

343 likes

[@Novasigmia]

Why can’t this be a mission 😪

[@melodolic9908]

@@WoofWoofWhisper it didn't get cut, it got changed

[@somelolplayer6199]

Me is 2003: Wow this is so hype! 🔥 🔥 🔥 Me in 2020: Wow this guy can't aim for sh*t

[@no_social_skill1369]

yeah I just noticed that too

[@RedBonkleMan8534]

They never can 😑

[@rugerjensen22]

The whole thing was smoke and mirrors and it had be played exactly right for it to work or else it would break

[@somelolplayer6199]

@@rugerjensen22 "OK Billy, when you're running the demo today remember you need to play like you're so drunk you can't stand up and you're blind in 1 eye. If you don't the demo will explode and we'll fire your ass. Now get out there and make us some money Bobby"

[@greenbean2222]

@@somelolplayer6199 That was false. The demo works fine.

[@MythicTyrant]

Awesome! When is this game coming out?

[@TiredOfYoutube]

Nickolas Lauritsen I feel like it could be 2004 for like bug fixes and betas. Hopefully it comes out in 2003.

[@ARMYPOLICE88]

MythicTyrant demo just a demo

[@MatthewLee-fo3me]

I'm still waiting for it.

[@arnitalittlejohn6863]

I love your full campaign channel

[@neildrunkmaam7040]

Never. This is not included in the game.

[@Spartikush]

Cutting that ending short did me dirty

[@ODST_Parker]

I love the little details and dialogue in this demo. Wounded Marine sees a Pelican offloading a team of ODSTs, followed by a near-mythical supersoldier: "Guess the brass do give a shit."

[@jimboramba]

That's actually the only time the word shit is ever said in a halo game.

[@cjhards]

Havok 2 engine was heavily promoted at the time for good reason. Still outperforms newer efforts imo. 🤜🤛

[@Darkhalo314]

Insane to think that this Halo 2 demo's engine was completely thrown away after e3

[@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr]

Technological graphics limitation sucks held them back a lot.... if they had the spirit and creativeness and full control without a deadline.. this game would of been a masterpiece. Sadly they all moved onto other projects or just retired at this point since bungee split up a decade ago

[@provablegrub4581]

Darkhalo314 Probably didn’t help that the Xbox couldn’t run it.

[@valentiyne]

Drann Nervial it still confuses me on why they couldnt have just saved the engine until the xbox 360

[@EarFarce4]

@@valentiyne they did. You have halo 3.

[@os2386]

If you guys watch Marty O’donells vidDocs, he explains somewhere that the engine would constantly crash. There’s a vid somewhere that shows the gameplay and how laggy it was

[@slurricrasher9923]

I remember when everyone lost their shit the moment he dual wielded those smgs. lol. So many good memories back then with this one.

[@BungieStudios]

Me too. This stuff inspired Killing Floor 1 and mod.

[@obiwaankenobi4460]

This is before the Marines got their Drivers License revoked, right?

[@sackstoracks]

Can never let the marines drive

[@StarMarshal]

OJ or Kat

[@troopergio]

Moral of the story is never let any A.I. drive

[@EnclaveSOC-102]

@@StarMarshal I agree, but I think they can drive if it's a scripted event like what is shown in this demo.

[@cryptoclyps5049]

Grandma jokes

[@1998232v6]

I still remember getting this game. I remember driving so carefully after I got out of my junior year classes in high school. I remember bringing it home and where I sat to play it. It’s strange that it’s a core memory, but then again, I did wait impatiently for months for it to come out. It was the first game I ever pre-ordered because I was afraid I would not get a copy on launch day. Life was so simple back then. God I miss it.

[@FluidityTheVaper]

Same sometimes i wish i woulda cherished those times more

[@cirocjones9886]

@@FluidityTheVaper AYe I agree but that shit is sad

[@FluidityTheVaper]

@@cirocjones9886 yuuup wish we had a time machine

[@realcritical-kr2dd]

@@FluidityTheVaper meanwhile: Iraq 2003....

[@Youngleezy1989]

I was in 9th grade. My brother got down work around 11 and picked both our copies up. I played it for an hour but couldn’t sleep. Next day I was tired as hell. Soon as I got home tiredness went away and played all night.

[@pfclumi]

I think these were by far THE best times in gaming history hands down. This is the Golden Age of gaming very unique time.

[@CryoIsLazy]

*hands up*

[@hiphop90s98]

the good old days before the new world order came up like these days , before the internet

[@CryoIsLazy]

@@hiphop90s98 ah

[@hiphop90s98]

@@CryoIsLazy those were the days man now we are just beeing brainwashed to buy into all their stuff they giving us nothing badass and memorable anymore like those games pure CLASSICS

[@kevinharris7902]

You...you know like none of this made it in to the final game right

[@amdcolon1]

What happened to "I bet you cant stick it"😑

[@J2digital]

You're on!

[@tobsmonster2]

Reserved for the German press corps apparently

[@seld2040]

Who's here because we will be finally able to play this demo soon? Thanks 343!

[@Suckit626]

343 do something right? "Were it so easy"

[@andrewaraque1337]

Me

[@peanutwars]

Wait can we play this soon?

[@Dantaroen]

@Mr. Blue when, how, where?

[@KingBigbirdGaming]

Huh when times were simple

[@HoneyBadger363]

Kids these days will never know the hype this was way back in 2003 when this E3 demo made all others irrelevant.

[@adamgordon3163]

I think the doom 2016 created the most hype I've ever seen in my time. And eternal.

[@willthorson4543]

It came on a Xbox magazine disc and my buddies and I watched it 20+ times. Lol

[@elliotjohnson9415]

@@adamgordon3163 Na

[@kaiserium8551]

@Arithmetic how is Doom 2016 trash?

[@AetherSphere]

Well duh unfortunately I was born that year! How could I exactly experience the hype? ;_;

[@madcat789]

I kind of wish we got this Halo 2.

[@excaliburr7789]

Yep, a Halo 2 that's about defending Earth from the Covenant, an Earth that actually looks futuristic. Not mud huts with wires on them.

[@AdiMercury]

@@excaliburr7789 we got ODST at least

[@tropicmix8765]

It's the fans' faults that you didnt lmao, "wE cAnT wAiT aNoThEr yEaR" they had so much more they wanted to put into the game but noooo, entitled fans had to have it out THEN

[@philhalo66]

@@tropicmix8765 no its not, a lot of stuff the console just couldnt run at a reasonable framerate so it was scrapped.

[@OfficialFedHater]

@@tropicmix8765 No, it's Microsoft who didn't give Bungie enough time.

[@Texscripter]

Wow, what a blast from the past. I was there at E3 in 2003 as part of the gaming press and remember having to wait in line for about two hours to see this trailer in the small theater they set up in the exhibition hall. I wasn't really into FPS games but the original HALO made me a believer. I still remember the "oohs" and "aahs" from the audience, especially when Master Chief started duel-wielding - the fans went nuts for that.

[@realcritical-kr2dd]

And then the invasion of Iraq 2003 happened when this trailer was released....

[@DamonCzanik]

Bungie's admitted to Eurogamer that the Halo 2 E3 2003 presentation was a fanciful snapshot of a game that could never be recreated on Xbox hardware. "The graphics engine that we showed at E3 2003, driving around the Earth city... That entire graphics engine had to be thrown away, because you could never ship a game on the Xbox with it," said Chris Butcher, engineering lead on Halo 2. "Through putting ourselves through hell, we were able to do a five-minute demo of it, but after we came back from E3 we had to admit that this graphics engine was never going to work - it was never going to support the kind of environments that are really important for a Halo game." "So we literally scrapped the entire graphics engine and started from scratch."

[@spartandude0117]

Imagine if they somehow tied this content in with the anniversary edition. Obviously to somehow make it fit and all but would have been awesome :)

[@fastestbasket4327]

Justin Marks they were gonna add the E3 demo, but it was so broken and they decided not to...

[@-Gal4xy-]

@@fastestbasket4327 where did you hear that lmfao.

[@ethanmckernan2773]

@@-Gal4xy- a 343i stream years ago. They tried to put the e3 demo of halo 2 into the MCC, but every time the player took one step off the predecided path, the game would crash. So they eventually decided not to add it in

[@-Gal4xy-]

@@ethanmckernan2773 Is there an archive of this stream?

[@ethanmckernan2773]

@@-Gal4xy- idk. Probably somewhere

[@Geassguy360]

Fuuuck I remember downloading this trailer and watching it over and over on quicktime, before youtube was even a thing. This demo really is something special, and I really hope someday they could include it in the MCC somehow. That ending cutscene is too damn classic to be left in the past.

[@dimitarbatchvarov319]

343 are going to include the level "Earthcity" in MCC nearly 20 years after.

[@AceOfBlackjack]

@@dimitarbatchvarov319What? Link something about this?

[@blaketindle4703]

As great as Halo 2 is, it’s such a downgrade from this trailer. I really wish we could play this!

[@Roguecjb]

Where the hell was this mission, that would have been fun. Also, if you're ever nostalgic for that classic halo 2 look, you can just smear vaseline all over your monitor.

[@masterofdisguise1112]

Vaseline?

[@Intrepid_Crusader1096]

@@masterofdisguise1112 I think he is referring to how classic Halo 2 graphics look slightly blurry and distorted.

[@WilliamSwartzendruber]

This mission is most similar to the end of Metropolis.

[@regumkoyu6620]

Who is here after Halo Infinite trailer??

[@gamagonzalez368]

This looks better than Halo Infinity

[@anothergenericname9438]

@@gamagonzalez368 true

[@tojoisathomeinthisfunben9364]

@@gamagonzalez368 Craig: "I know what the gamers like"

[@flightsimfantasy9798]

@@gamagonzalez368 that's a fact i came here to compare the 2 games and i have to says story-wise infinite is kinda ass but the gameplay is not too bad in comparison but halo 2 was a phenomenal game and my personal favorite !!!

[@flightsimfantasy9798]

pandaoman I agree yes I technically don’t know but based off of the gameplay trailer with that bit of story in comparison to the other halo game trailers and games makes it seem very lack luster not to mention the crazy amount of plot holes from halo 4 to 5 and 5 to 6 and I’m a gamer I’m not reading those damn books to know every little thing in between even Marty o donnell criticized 343 for that too sorry for all the text hope this helps

[@t10god]

Only today did I learn that this mission was a fake trailer production... I've always wondered why it wasn't in the game. This mission? This is what convinced me to play Halo 2, I think. The chattering of the SMGs was attractive, the setting of the mission in its entirety, this entire thing captivated me. I can't even explain it!

[@lrb3286]

they had to start over again in the mid of production and because they didnt have enough time alot was cut

[@t10god]

Thank you, Hugh. But... Hugh Mungus what?

[@lrb3286]

Chancellor Banemarck they had to do a hugh mungus cut

[@ToDamnRight]

Chancellor Banemarck did you happen to get this and watch it over and over again on the original xbox demo disk!? xD ahahahahaa

[@iEtzo]

Chancellor Banemarck this is what made me get halo 2 and then i played it i was like wait what....still a good game however

[@matthewmagnani2915]

Who’s here after 343i published the Cutting Room Floor article on HaloWaypoint? We finally might be able to play this for ourselves! Unreal!

[@_X1M_]

343 is doing many good things with the master chief collection, which is good.

[@KillerRedVine]

Phantom shoots sign, the sign falls and the phantom kills itself. Nice.

[@therantwithgrant4271]

Lol was thinking the same thing 😂😂😂

[@CDeeez94]

Holy hell the nostalgia is real. I remember we used to think these graphics were amazing. Also, I wished that the Battle Rifle had been single shot rather than burst fire like it turned out to be. Also if they had left in the Assault Rifle, that also would have been awesome.

[@ThunderStruck115]

Technically, the SMG has the same stats as the CE assault rifle

[@exoticbutters4212]

The BR was originally a burst when hip firing and single shot while ADS. I think it would have been interesting to have that version of the BR

[@Bazzable]

@@exoticbutters4212 then we wouldn't of had a dmr

[@exoticbutters4212]

@@Bazzable true. But the old battle rifle is an interesting concept nonetheless

[@Bazzable]

@@exoticbutters4212 I agree

[@drummerAVA]

THIS is Halo... the direction it should have gone... now we're fighting space robots with our "Power Ranger" Spartans. LAME...

[@vright556]

drummerAVA bitch your lame

[@drummerAVA]

Poo Or Good one bud.

[@BMD19840]

travis it turned into Infinite Warfare's bitch

[@Geassguy360]

...it DID go this direction though. Halo 2 DOES have like at least 75% of the content and ideas present here. Yes Outskirts is kinda bland compared to this, but this really isn't anything radically different. For better or worse, Halo went here and is now beyond this. Would be dope if they could rework this and release it as a playable mission though....

[@FlyingBalcony]

@@vright556 butthurt?

[@sayianbardock9949]

I like how the marines were kicking ass in this demo

[@lilbickleymane]

I’m honestly surprised no one has modded this level. Greatest demo trailer of all time

[@Conner06]

its coming in MCC soon!

[@lilbickleymane]

@@Conner06 no way

[@Conner06]

ya man check out the halo waypoint blogpost think its called "digsite" or something. Gonna be awesome @@lilbickleymane

[@moxxiiscarlett7141]

​@@lilbickleymanethere actually was a huge mod recently released that was basically the entirety of the cut content restored, with the exception of the Forerunner Tank mission. Single fire battle rifle with custom melee, destructible Phantoms, the Flood Juggernaut, cut dialogue, cut weapons, more allies, etc. HiddenXperia shows it off.

[@MajorExploitz]

Yeah it’s made by vadam the mod is quite terrible now since vadam got rid of the E3 battle rifle due to the animations for the elite being messed up, which is really shitty since it’s the main reason I first downloaded vadam’s halo 2 uncut mod in the first place.

[@awesome117unsc]

Plasma shots and blood textures looked a lot like: Halo: C.E's in this demo. Pretty cool that it changed in the final build.

[@kay_keik7842]

correct, even the grunts were halo ce models and the elites as well.

[@lucamckenn5932]

It is halo ce. Just a very pretty one with doom 3 tech under the hood. Bless the eternal omnissiah to be John Carmack for that one. Guys like the Chief but an engineer rather than a soldier.

[@PackHunter117]

Hey everyone. 343 confirmed that they’re gonna add this full mission back to MCC for Halo CE and Halo 2 modding!!!!!!! This mission will be playable soon!!!!!!!!!

[@armonicxbox3867]

It's the reason why I came and watched it

[@tuomas9024]

I wonder if they add anniversary graphics for the level

[@PackHunter117]

@@tuomas9024 That would really interesting

[@Connor8609]

​@@tuomas9024 I'd be absolutely amazed if that happened

[@lucamckenn5932]

​@@tuomas9024were it so easy. From what i gather this demo isnt halo 2. Its halo ce. Not sure if the conversion from ce to 2a is necessarily possible. Ce to ce anniversary maybe as they are likely the closest match for compatibility. Real question is if they gave the master files over or not. That way its less a reimagining and more of a recreation of the halo 1.5 build that is this demo.

[@theia1653]

The city in the real game was such a disappointment compared to this. The semi-auto Battle Rifle is better too, has a beefier sound effect, and is a DMR.

[@internetmeta]

One of the reasons why I love ODST, has that kind of art style

[@MattSipka]

I kinda wish we got that version too. I’ve seen one mod where someone got it to fire semi auto like the DMR. I think they also nodded the DMR in Reach to burst fire and I kinda like the burst for that better.

[@YaBoyA1pha]

The reason for halo 2’s final product was because they basically scrapped this version of the game and started anew and they were rushed to put the game out, thus the reasoning for the levels making it feel like its not as open and non linear like halo combat evolved because they had time and had the resources to make it feel open world-ish whereas halo 2 they didn’t have luxury of time and they had to cut a shit load of things in order to get us this game.

[@drb8777]

@@YaBoyA1pha as well as almost basically all of halo 3 was planned for halo 2

[@ExternalDialogue]

This itteratin of New Mombasa looks a lot more like what we got in halo 3 ODST. In that way ODST is the halo 2 we never got.

[@internetmeta]

In a lot of ways, ODST plays like Halo 1 and 2. Very underrated Halo game tbh.

[@drg8034]

@@internetmeta Yeap. Still my favorite right after Halo 2 and Reach

[@ottovonbismarck1375]

That's because in Halo 2 you crash in Old Mombasa and enter New Mombasa once you cross the bridge which looks more like ODST.

[@schwig44]

@@ottovonbismarck1375 that moment when a historical figure comes to teach you history about the future

[@Franzinho_0802]

@@schwig44 this is a fucking time paradox We all going to die

[@aaroncameron406]

I want this mission remastered and PLAYABLE DAMMIT!

[@jabalzy6982]

Same bro... same.

[@tedlitschauer9061]

🙏🏻👊🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@christophergarcia4900]

wish granted, im here bc it's supposedly being remade

[@goyo9198]

And after so many years, this mission will be finally playable soon on mcc. Let us enjoy this and revisit 2003 one final time.

[@diegomadrid7468]

Is no one gunna talk about the 3 hit melee combo chief did to that brute?? Damn that was a dope animation

[@vonjt4077]

I like how the original concept for New Mombasa was just a heap of buildings and city blocks stacked on top of each other

[@kahoaliiaiu7130]

I love this game and this is my favorite

[@Hunter-jo8ud]

It looks illogical xD

[@sanctumscream372]

Hive city New Mombasa

[@HydraHR]

who’s here after the infinite trailer

[@greatbryan2484]

Me lol

[@dakudragon2196]

Same here, and people talking shit about infinite, look at this gameplay of H2 and the H2 now (excluding anniversary) all I'm saying is that Infinite is going to be alright and let's hope for the best.

[@Loganhundred]

@@dakudragon2196 i hope you're right. Im just.. concerned.

[@dakudragon2196]

@@Loganhundred they are. Also interesting fact: those blocky structures are the inner workings of The Halo Ring. Go and look in the last cutscene in HW2 and you'll know.

[@dylantrevorlinville1340]

Top video on my feed 😂

[@Ascent_CH]

Wish we actually had this version of the mission... this would have been dope

[@prlito9mm]

They're making it.

[@davemac9563]

Looks like you’re getting your wish

[@iPlayiOS]

The AI driving in the H2 demo looks better than what we got in H3 & H4 combined lmfao!

[@EnterpriseKnight]

it was probably scripted for the presentation.

[@writershard5065]

It's definitely scripted, but sometimes developers have to scrap content that worked better in previous iterations due to technicalities. For example, Red Faction Guerilla's destruction did not carry over to future games because the system was incredibly complex to make and was not compatible with newer engines that future games used.

[@Arch3an]

Yeah, It's scripted. Because it's a demo they just follow a way point scripted path since it's only a demo. AI driving still has a way to go even in today's games, but it's definitely improving. I remember playing Halo 2 and they'd crash non stop, lol.

[@goatman9499]

Man this is soo cool to see even if it was all smoke and mirrors, Theres alot of stuff in this demo that you see in later games That AA cannon has the same sound effect of the AAgun in 3 The highway part kinda reminds me of the last driving section in odst more than the tunnels in 2 I consider the single shot BR the predecessor to the DMR, Wish we coulda fought a few brutes early in halo 2. Metropolis and Outskirts reuse as much as possible aside the brutes but this version of new mombasa is truly a futuristic megacity.

[@flavamusicaccount1011]

The skyscrapers also have greater resemblance to their ODST counterparts

[@johngore3364]

It’s funny, eh. This trailer looks amazing. But what we got in the actual game doesn’t look as epic. Halo 2 is a good game but it’s also disappointing we didn’t get this.

[@TheBlackKakashi]

I’m here because they said it’s going to be playable soon

[@AzureFlameGod1986]

Ok, why in all living hell can’t I hear Cortana say: “Bet you can’t stick it.”?? This needs a re-upload.

[@Joangelo12345]

It’s 2020 and I still get hyped watching this, so nostalgic

[@Railhog2102]

Compared to the final version this felt more like a warzone with UNSC Marines carrying their wounded and dead back from combat which is something that happens in real life because I've seen footage of urban fighting which men were being carried back on stretchers injured or killed.

[@cheeseisgood17]

Can't wait to see this playable in the MCC

[@typickoopakid]

It's crazy to think this will soon be playable in mcc. Modders will probably be able to fit into the campaign directly too.

[@TamptheChamp2]

This trailer should have been remastered for Halo 2 Anniversary.

[@johnbarron2698]

Can’t believe they got rid of that 3 hit melee combo!

[@drewholstadt486]

I was 13 in the year 2003 when the Halo 2 demo was played at E3 that year. Graphics and presentation were absolutely mind blowing. played the shit out of Combat Evolved on original Xbox literally countless hours well over 300 hours.... Saw the presentation for this on quicktime on the school computers (This is pre-2005 so no youtube back then) and all us kids were perplexed at what we were seeing. That level of detail was just impossible to achieve but somehow Bungie managed to do it. November 2004 finally roles around and Halo 2 hits the shelves. I get my copy and literally felt like all my christmases had come at once. god the memories!

[@kahoaliiaiu7130]

This game is awesome

[@thereaper3517]

Finally in the year of 2022 nearly 20 years after this was shown, we shall finally get to experience the original new Mombasa that Bungie intended us to play in.

[@PrinceMuma]

hopefully it doesn't get canceled/take too long

[@EmperorsChild]

@@PrinceMuma Probably will take awhile seeing how the demo was held together with sticks and some glue. For real, the thing was on the verge of crashing thats why the demo had to be played the way it did.

[@emchambs]

Who else is here after the 343 announcement?

[@matthewmagnani2915]

Guilty as charged.

[@masterofdisguise1112]

Why did you skip the part where she says I bet you can't stick it

[@S115PL]

Battle Rifle its a DMR ?!?!?!?

[@mrnohax5436]

going by the lore this was br55x = experiment rifle but br55 is the official

[@michaelirizzz121]

Crazy that we may be getting to play this on MCC soon :,)

[@Chillabytes]

The BR-55 sounded so much better in this demo with single fire bursts.

[@METALWULF]

Single shot BR sounds WAAAAY better than burst or the DMR

[@GamingSpider115]

This is what Halo 2 should been after Cairo Station

[@bxyw]

GamingSpider 115 no there was going to be a completely new mission after Cairo but it was cut. It was going to be boarding a carrier and destroying it, this was replaced by the cut scene with the bomb

[@HaloGTMaster94]

This is what I remember

[@rVesperialGaming]

It's the E3 2003 demo but it actually showing on public on another video.

[@tpd1864blake]

I wonder how different Halo 2 would have been if the developers weren’t on a time limit and had a more powerful console to work with

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

Microsoft could've released this as a launch title for the Xbox 360 since that console came out in 2005. We could've had this by then.

[@Blank55600]

What we got was a different way..

[@BMD19840]

Cody Gore and your point?

[@LynxenX]

Amazing exercise in 3D animation, too bad this was all made up for E3 and not actually Halo 2. Luckily Halo 2 turned out fine anyway.

[@EmilioMetralleta]

That's completely false, even sketch played the demo in a dev kit they had.

[@russellbrown6888]

This is a playable demo. The reason it looks so scripted is because it was extremely unstable, and even a slight deviation from the predetermined path would cause the whole thing to crash. The engine this demo is running on was scrapped because if its instability.

[@greenbean2222]

@@russellbrown6888 if by crash, they mean it won't load the next part of the demo if they deviated, then yes that's correct. But the Demo is fairly stable on the dev kit and didn't crash once. They deviated plenty and even had the ability to reload last checkpoint seamlessly. We're just being lied to so they won't include the Demo. I mean, even if they were honest we still aren't getting the Demo.

[@joeygwood]

Came here to appreciate the semi-auto BR. Glad I'm not alone on this one. IMO, all they needed to do was increase the recoil a bit (no bloom) so it wouldn't be too easy to use in multiplayer. Otherwise, this was the best version of this gun, and we never got to use it. Lame that the ending of the trailer is cut off.

[@thedroid4681]

I want to see someone recreate this in halo 3 or reach

[@jtucker1726]

I went the entire campaign waiting to play through this part 😂😂🥲

[@genitalgrinder5704]

I'm still mad that this wasn't in the actual game.

[@joeyc4492]

20 years later im still pissed. I hated what it ended up being .

[@user-yo8ab1ys9e]

I wish this was the release version of Halo 2. The city looks better.

[@mmmmkay7035]

Wow the nostalgia watching this again

[@GENERALBLAIS]

omg i remember when i have seen that trailer i had almost tears

[@bmanblue77w97]

I swear to god, get blur to animate this, and we have a masterpiece in the making

[@obi5398]

Can't wait to play this, when does it release

[@sivrahc]

How can a demo from 2003 that the engine was completely scraped be better looking and more interesting than all current gen games, demos and announcements?! The Mayans were right it really all ended in 2012 this life is fake news in 2020

[@maybetomorrownewmaker]

nothing today is really that bad - but everything's disappointing - and somehow honestly that feels worse

[@Dennis19901]

@@maybetomorrownewmaker Most AAA games look and feel like it's the exact same game over and over again. A lot of "high production" games today are bland as fuck.

[@maybetomorrownewmaker]

@@Dennis19901 right? where did the creativity go? it's like every dev only does the bare minimum any more and it's never about making a game they're actual passionate about - just about pumping out a product

[@Dennis19901]

@@maybetomorrownewmaker I blame gaming becoming more mainstream. Most developers/publishers seem to aim for the quick buck. this is indicated by games releasing like a buggy mess and having little to no free after-care. Once the title is out there, it's out there. Pre-order shite seems to ramp up every next generation of games as well. With some games offering pre-order bundles upwards of 200 bucks. Don't forget they all include in-game bonusses as well, rather than just some nifty collectors things. In fact, there are more and more games that offer pre-order bonusses that are exclusively digital. (Nice and cheap for them to sell air). And all the dude-bros that have 2 hours a week to play games just splash money on these shit titles anyway. They play some random AAA copy-paste for a good week before they are tired of it and move to the next pre-order. That's why many indie developers still produce good games. They aren't primarily in it for the buck, but still for the passion. Big game industries are run like a for-profit company and they do literally everything to squeeze out maximum profits.

[@cjthelonewolf7410]

were gonna get to play this soon and im hyped

[@AdeneTzr]

6:30 i've never heard of anyone talking about this melee combo thing

[@skrydon78]

Me either

[@TheTrollMastah]

@4:52 I wish they’d bring back the epic blood splatter like that

[@ivantovar7708]

Interesting fact most of the Demo is reused for the elaboration of halo 3 odst

[@AdonisProdigy]

After 10 years, we can now play this level

[@seriousgameofficial]

Ten years? Twenty years mate lol

[@jorgezorrilla835]

19 years

[@MattSipka]

3:37 that Longsword air-strike is still so great! They never did anything like that with long sword fighters in game. They show them in cutscenes and that’s it now.

[@Arnell_Mediocrity_Long]

Cortana: "Bet you can't stick it" Master Chief: "....You're on" End music hits. Goosebumps every time!!

[@MutatedPizzaBoi]

Why. Wasn’t. This. In-game?

[@AdiMercury]

Who's here after Halo Infinite gameplay reveal?

[@jakeconer]

To my understanding, This demo couldn’t not actually run on an actual Xbox. Bungie just hoped they could get it to run by launch. However, the graphics engine couldn’t run on an Xbox. They actually had objects delete once the player moved passed them to keep the Frame rate up. 343 considered remaking the level for MMC (I guess as a bonus level) but they realized that a lot of it was scripted. Like the level was open, but was designed to be taken by one path. On top of that, many scenes like the ghost hijack was completely scripted. Ultimately Bungie scrapped a lot of Halo 2 early build and ended up making the game we know it as in 1 year

[@Ryrynz2000]

Should upload this with the audience reactions in there

[@elite2sick225]

This game was way ahead of its time in terms of gunplay, AI, graphics, and physics.

[@Spy-Dtroid]

It really wasn’t. Not Halo 2 at least.

[@idakev]

This was scrapped after E3. It's not the real Halo 2

[@NolDragon]

2:07 Marine banter was so damn gold.

[@Ukfairgrounds]

The marine dialogue is so good and realistic how there all having there own Conversations and talking about what ever situation there in and in the main game they mostly just all say the same Random lines now and again

[@TheAns51]

Times when gameplay demo looked better than actual game and not the otherway around. Oh the backslash of Halo Infinite graphics are so funny :D As if people really think game will look like that on launch.

[@void8617]

Yeah, people forget that pretty graphics are usually done LAST in a games development.

[@motivation7492]

It's finally going to be playable on the mcc, i hope it comes on console too

[@XxXK1770rD13XxX]

I've never experienced the Halo series, but, as a gamer from this time period, I absolutely see why 343 will be remaking this.

[@ruufiss9922]

so does anyone know if canonically the back of phantoms actually can open?

[@dixonmayaz144]

I'm so happy that this, this right here after all these years will finally be in our hands here within the next month. We get to finally play this game, with all it's glory. Proud to be a fan and forever a Spartan.

[@darkphoenix3901]

0:09 wtf why did mombasa look like that?

[@sixbases6793]

I cant get the shape. Looks like a Tree

[@bobbyeustace6706]

These brutes are more expressive than infinite demo trailer , Craig

[@rambot_14o43]

Here after the campaign overview :)

[@underwaterlevelz1947]

Ah, this cuts off the ending when Master Chief whips out a plasma grenade and jokes with Cortana

[@xxbad_acidxx0079]

I wish this is what we got with halo 2 instead of what we did. The crosshairs are in the center of the screen where they belong. The smgs don’t have stupid recoil, how does a 7 foot super solder have recoil? You can shoot a 50 cal rifle off the hip with none but a 9mm does? The single shot BR with that sound is so much better.

[@polks1346]

This demo is totally different from the final product

[@Arthas972]

For those of u living under a rock, 343 has announced they’re making this level a thing

[@brettboi3730]

Should I come out from under my rock yet or is this thing still vaporware?

[@rowdeemunkee]

Almost 20 years ago. We got old.

[@tacticalpossum7090]

This stuff was pretty mindblowing back in the day. Wish they wouldve had more time.

[@PrinceMuma]

Watching this feels like watching An MW2/MW3 mission

[@superdoubleyou6940]

never have I seen a brute taken down with two melees in this whole series except for in this beta video lmao

[@julzyboy8960]

I remember them dying just as easily in halo reach, but I could be wrong since it's been a long time since I've played that campaign.