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<\/a><\/p>\nNext some of the Universal Interface is explained. (Excuse the white bar, that was my fault. I used an automated cropping tool and it jumped to the wrong spot.) It was revealed that there will be 30 skulls, in Halo 2 Anniversary. Some may have to do with Easter Eggs!!! Next up, Max Hoberman talks a bit about his experience with Halo 2’s multiplayer.<\/p>\n He mentions how Halo CE was going to have 32 person multiplayer, but that got scrapped. That then moves to Halo 2, In the meantime, Max kept petitioning for online multiplayer. At the time the heads of Bungie said no, as they had already done that and wanted something new. Still he persisted. He got the go ahead to develop multiplayer maps for Halo 2. In the meantime, Bungie still wanted to have 32 person multiplayer maps. As well all know, that didn’t work out. However, Max and his team’s efforts DID! Below are some of the paper sketches of Halo 2 maps.<\/p>\n Midship is possibly the most liked and certainly the most used in tournament play from Halo 2. The map varied slightly from concept to completion. Max designed it to be a 2v2 CTF map where one person could go on offense while the other play defense, yet still be ale to see much of the map to help his teammate. It’s safe to say, it was very successful at that. We move on to Zanzibar. As stated earlier, Ascension plays a big part in the panel conversation. For the first time on Ascension, we will now have an interactive element. At three spots on the map, you can activate a switch that… From here, Bravo switches the conversation to game types on the Halo 2 maps. Now this next piece is AWESOME!<\/p>\n We are getting a NEW vehicle. The GUNGOOSE<\/strong><\/span>! That’s my favorite part of the conversation.<\/p>\n Now we see some concepts for another of the 6 remastered maps. Know where it is? Now…for those who left the room early and for those who stopped watching the stream at this point, you missed out.<\/p>\n There was a final cinematic that showed the Arbiter. Whether this is part of the terminals for Halo 2 Anniversary or not, wasn’t stated. Still, they looked amazing! -Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You’re in for a real treat if you didn’t already see the stream. Lots of cool pics to discuss. Some revelations, one of which could be a FUN game-changer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conventions","category-halo-2-anniversary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15648"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15653,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15648\/revisions\/15653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/a>The panel host and guest getting set-up for the conversation. They looked relaxed.
\n<\/a>Bravo starts off by introducing the panelists. Apologies that I didn’t catch each one’s names. Though Max Hoberman (Halo 2 multiplayer GOD and current president of Certain Affinity) is next to last from left to right.
\n<\/a>First things first, reiterating what all will be included in the game. All four Halo titles that featured Master Chief in it’s campaign, including each of the multiplayer aspects of them. The live-action feature ‘Halo: Nightfall’ and access to the Halo 5 Guardians BETA.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>As you switch from campaign to campaign, the background changes to reflect which game you’ve chosen… AND… the MUSIC changes to that respective game as well! AWESOME! Bringing back the classic Monk Chant!<\/p>\n
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\n<\/a>Various playlists. Some will be game specific, some will have multiple halos within.
\n<\/a>YOU will now have the ability to decide what your control scheme is! There will be pre-built ones of course. But this added customization really gives you control over your controller!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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\n<\/a>Next up the classic Ascension map. As you can see from above, the map did go through some major changes. Originally the leap of faith was to have fog between your jump point and your landing point. There’s much more about Ascension later in this article.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Max stated that Zanzibar was made to have something “sexy” to show of at that year’s E3. Beofre that Bungie didn’t have anything they thought was sexy enough.
\n<\/a>The conversation moves on to talk about some of Halo 2 Anniversary’s goals.
\n<\/a>Now for those that are Halo 2 purists, do not fret. The maps acre still the same. It’s the 6 additional remastered maps that have upgrades to them.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>BAM, turns on a shield in the middle of the dish! \u00a0You can not throw ‘hades through it nor shoot through it. I have a feeling this is going to be VERY fun. Yes, casual gameplay and not competitive.
\n<\/a>We get a look at the TO-SCALE Halo ring that was built as the backdrop to the map. It rotates around as the game plays on! It’s freakin’ fantastic. Just check out the GIF below!!<\/a>
\n<\/a>Several small changes were made to the remastered version of Ascension.
\n<\/a>Changes include the ramp to Banshee. near it’s Banshee end, the ramp was widened a little to give more cover.
\n<\/a>The jump point form dish to the long walkway now has a connected ramp to it so you can get back up to the dish faster. (I think that’s a GREAT addition.) Yes, I can hear competitive folks screaming at this one. Calm down folks, you still have the original on the disc…LOL<\/a>
\n<\/a>One more look at Ascension before the topic moves on.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n<\/a>Note that Assault is BACK! AND Ricochet has been added in. Hmm, I’m curious how that’s going to play out.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Yes, that’s right a mongoose with GUNS! Oh HELL’S yeah! This looks to be loads of fun. No longer will people stray form using it. Now they’ve got some firepower behind the wheel. You can still have a passenger, so there’s another gun shooting for you as well!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n<\/a>If you can’t tell by the picture above, well….oh never mind.It’s Coagulation, the spiritual successor to Blood Gulch from Halo CE.
\n<\/a>And WOW, does it look beautiful!
\n<\/a>Here’s a shot of the crowd listening to the panel.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>And with that the panel was officially over with much of the throng moving over to the 343 booth to get autographs.<\/p>\n