Halo 2 multiplayer pack review in OXM

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I just read the review for the new Halo 2 multiplayer pack disc that's
being released in June. What peaked my interest, in addition to the 9
new levels, is a couple of tweaks to Grenades and Melee to make them
more powerful. The article didn't really go into details about whether
this grenade/melee "upgrade" is gamewide or just for the new
multiplayer map pack? Since they're releasing these nine new levels
and the grenades/melee improvement any chance they might go ahead and
put out a supplemental disc to get rid of the single campaign
cliffhanger and finish the story?

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Yeah, kick PS3's butt!!


"James Duncan" <j.duncan@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>I just read the review for the new Halo 2 multiplayer pack disc that's
>> being released in June. What peaked my interest, in addition to the 9
>> new levels, is a couple of tweaks to Grenades and Melee to make them
>> more powerful. The article didn't really go into details about whether
>> this grenade/melee "upgrade" is gamewide or just for the new
>> multiplayer map pack? Since they're releasing these nine new levels
>
> The grenade/melee improvement is for multi-player only. It will let you
> update these for system link games. Xbox Live (XBL) already has the
> grenade/melee upgrades in place. If anyone runs *right* up to you guns
> blazing, you can beat them down. But you really need to be quick about it
> and they can't have started shooting from a distance and then close the
> gap since in that case you may have already taken too much damage, of
> course things might even out if you were firing at the same time.
>
>> and the grenades/melee improvement any chance they might go ahead and
>> put out a supplemental disc to get rid of the single campaign
>> cliffhanger and finish the story?
>>
>
> No chance whatsoever. Expect that to be the big selling point for Halo 3
> on the Xbox 360. They will look to get it out prior to Sony's PS3
> release.
>