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Why was Halo 2 so far behind schedule?
By:Kal
Date: 6/24/14 2:38 pm

Something I've always wondered...do we know why Halo 2's development was so poorly managed? I know Bungie was breaking new ground with online multiplayer, but why wasn't a three-year dev cycle long enough for them? It's not like they needed to devote part of their team to Halo 1's multiplayer maintenance.

They got Halo 3 out the door with no problem, despite it being on brand new hardware. And 343 seems to be so far ahead in Halo 5's development that they can do a public beta test a whole year before the game is released.

So what's the story with Halo 2? I remember from the documentary that they ran out of the time and had to scrap a bunch of campaign levels (like the ending), but why were they in that position in the first place? Did they have some false starts? Were they just overly ambitious?


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Mendicant Bias and Halo 2DHalo6/16/14 6:34 pm
     It's been a while, so...ZackDark6/16/14 7:24 pm
           Re: It's been a while, so...Cody Miller6/16/14 7:34 pm
                 Re: It's been a while, so...DHalo6/16/14 7:39 pm
     Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2General Vagueness6/20/14 6:18 pm
           Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**Schedonnardus6/23/14 4:02 pm
                 Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**zofinda6/23/14 4:05 pm
                       Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**yakaman6/24/14 10:18 am
                             Mind blown.Quirel6/24/14 11:01 am
                                   Re: Mind blown.yakaman6/24/14 1:29 pm
                             Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**serpx6/24/14 12:09 pm
                                   Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**Kal6/24/14 12:31 pm
                                         Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**Quirel6/24/14 12:41 pm
                                               Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**Kal6/24/14 12:56 pm
                                                     Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**yakaman6/24/14 1:44 pm
                                                           Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**zofinda6/24/14 1:54 pm
                                                                 Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**Kal6/24/14 2:10 pm
                                                                       Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**zofinda6/24/14 2:25 pm
                                                                 Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**Grizzlei6/24/14 3:35 pm
                                                                       Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**asa6/25/14 2:38 pm
                                                                             Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**asa6/25/14 3:11 pm
                                                                             Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**zofinda6/25/14 5:14 pm
                                                                 Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**Quirel6/25/14 12:12 am
                                                           Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**Kal6/24/14 2:16 pm
                                                           Why was Halo 2 so far behind schedule?Kal6/24/14 2:38 pm
                                                                 Re: Why was Halo 2 so far behind schedule?zofinda6/24/14 2:48 pm
                                                                       Thanks *NM*Kal6/24/14 3:06 pm
                                         Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**zofinda6/24/14 1:37 pm
                                   Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2 **Primordium SP**zofinda6/24/14 1:41 pm
           Re: Mendicant Bias and Halo 2gamerguy20026/23/14 7:23 pm

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