The title of Rebalanced doesn't do this mod justice. This is seriously an incredible feat of modding and feels like it will be the definitive way to play Halo 2. So excited to play it!
This mod is at the level of an official remake/remastered and I mean that. New vehicles, enemy models, cut dialogue, polished cinematics, new animations, new weapons, new enemies, new scenarios and MUCH MORE. The best of all is that it remains FAITHFUL to the original Halo 2 and its essence. Applause to you and your team ruby.
@@TheHutDaveoh yeah. Except for the part where it runs on the original xbox. Cause if this was modded to the original halo 2, ain't no way it would run
2:30 the ability for the Flood to infect dead bodies in-game is sick. I wonder if the same will be done for live NPCs like in Halo 3? That is one thing the SPV3 mod did that I liked
I would have loved to see infection in real time like Halo 3, but i think that there are engine limitations. Still hope for brute flood combat form 🛐 🙏
Unfortunately, @@TheHutDave is correct. Only pre-placed bodies can be infected, but it's cool that Ruby was able to figure out how to make it work on non-Flood corpses!
We may be off by months, but I can't think of a better way to celebrate 20 years of Halo 2. I can't believe it's been that long. Halo 2 is the first game I ever looked up trailers for on the internet before RUclips was even a thing. THAT'S how old we've gotten. Thank you Ruby for adding extra polish to one of my favorite game series ever made. Feels like I'm playing Halo for the first time all over again.
Watching the couple dozen Halo 2 montages on videos.google set to Breaking Benjamin + Linkin Park, wondering "how tf am I ever gonna convince my parents to buy me a capture card??"
David Scully as Johnson can FINALLY say "NOW for sure this isn't smoke and mirrors and I don't gotta eat my own words 2 times when it should've counted!" (Those 2 times being 1, the old demo trailer of Halo 2, and 2, when he told Chief to never let Cortana go at the end of Halo 3)
I am so very honored to be (even a small) part of this trailer, let alone the project! I'm more hyped than ever for this rebalance, and I will be sure to play it with every friend I can reasonably bother into doing so!!
It's not hard to believe that H2R will be THE way to experience Halo 2 going forward. Fantastic trailer from Rebalanced team, and fantastic overall work on this monumental project.
This + H2 uncut: pure gold. I'm out of words for your dedication Ruby, very impressive and can't wait to play this. I hope that digsite will release the forgotten levels of Halo 2 like the one in Earth or the one on the moon of Alpha Halo, so you can add these to the full game. This will be the greatest mod of all time for H2, for sure. Go on and love from italy 🇮🇹 GRAZIE
THIS IS INCREDIBLE! I literally cannot wait to play this, Halo 2 fans have been eating so good between this and Vengeful ‘Vadam’s release of Halo 2 uncut
Man I teared up. That last bit on Two Betrayals with the Marines dug in and holding the Control Room terrace. The chief flies past them in the banshee and it gives the Marines as a character a final curtain call as they salute Chief one last time. Played it campaign Co Op with my brother I grew up playing CE with and it felt like being a kid in 2001 again.
Ruby has finally done what I've been waiting for. Something that has bugged me ever since i laid eyes on the Warthog on the box art of Halo CE. A detail that is so small that it has been looked over since 2001. Adding the missing Amber Marker Lights on the Warthog!!!
or, for the better a team of extremely passionate people, that are making a product by fans for the fans > a multibilion dollar company filled with greed, no passion and no idea of what halo is/it was.
This is beautiful. CE rebalanced is easily my favorite halo mod, i'm definitely going to be playing through it again before this comes out. Honestly i'm so looking forward to it. The return of the CE esque needler melee animation makes me so happy.
The idea of using the Brute/Elite honour guard spears is so damn cool. Also these cut voice lines are awesome! No idea why they cut Cortana saying 'there's no human life signs on board!'. It makes In Amber Clad so much more menacing knowing the thousands of human crew members are all infected.
Ruby, you always impress. I love to come back to your videos to see your passion for the games and the thought behind your designs . We are lucky to have you keeping halo alive and the spiriting of gaming strong.
This will be the definitive way to play Halo 2. I don't think this will be coming out anytime soon so in the meantime, Halo 2 with Sprinkles remains King.
Seeing something as small as mountains behind In Amber Clad on the opening of Outskirts told me this mod is all about the details. Can't wait to see Outskirts and Metropolis fleshed out
After playing Vadams Halo 2 Uncut, the way Bungie intended Halo 2 to be originally, Rubys Rebalanced is gonna be an awesome (cant find the word) of Halo 2!
Absolutely remarkable. What a beautiful tribute to a beloved classic. You've made Halo 2 feel new, and that is exciting. Excellent work by everyone involved, what a beautiful trailer this is.
@@corvax8644eeer yeah, think of the poor H4 😂 quality needs time 😢❤ i hope that more people will join the team of Ruby so the things can proceed faster?
awww yeah! I've been patiently waiting, I knew you were hard at work but I didn't realise you were taking it this far! Restoring cut content and essentially polishing the game, beautiful.
You and all the people that contributed, did such an honor for all the die hard halo fans, there was always a “what if” argument for halo 2 completion , I can personally say that this concludes this chapter for me, it was even more than I wanted, THANK YOU RUBY!!🔥🔥🔥
welp time to play this on (Scuffed) LASO cus i'm insane to encounter EVERYTHING, ultras, zealot encounters spec-op ranks and new toys for me to play with and strategies and most of all having FUN!! i cant wait to play this ruby, you are very talented and to others who helped/assisted on this mod, you are too talented
I just wish we could still play this with anniversary sounds and music. But you've already made vanilla sound better as it is... The only reason I wish for anniversary sounds is because 343 broke 7.1 surround on MCC and hasn't fixed it.
I'm as excited for Halo 2 as I was 20 years ago. Been with you since the days the Rebalanced series were just weapon adjustments and tweaks. Look how far you've come. We are all so proud of you, Ruby. Thank you for this gift.
Hi Ruby, just saying thank you for Halo Rebalanced CE: it will recreated the magic of playing the first time. It was/is so well done, I couldn't tell which content was "new" vs my memory of original playthrough since it flowed so seamlessly. I subscribed to your patreon to show my appreciation in $$ also as I felt I bought a full game! Looking forward to Halo 2 Rebalanced! I've been inspired to replay the campaigns! Thanks again!
This looks incredible! Almost makes me wish the coop campaign of H2 Im in the middle of with a friend who hasnt played it before came a little later I also before that played through your whole CE Rebalanced mod with them, and they seemed to really like it!
I never got to be apart of the Halo 2 hype as it happened. Only after when 3 came out was I online. Seeing this made me feel that hype man. Great work!
This honestly looks like a damn solid way to revisit Halo 2. The return of CE's health system replacing the regenerating health in base already looks set to change the way the game is played.
Chief: I need a rebalanced weapon
Ruby: right this way
The title of Rebalanced doesn't do this mod justice. This is seriously an incredible feat of modding and feels like it will be the definitive way to play Halo 2. So excited to play it!
Now getting praise from rejected has got to feel good. Love you both for what you guys do for the Halo community
You, Ruby, and the rest of the Halo Modding Community have done a banger job providing quality content.
How does it not make it justice if you haven’t even player it
This mod is at the level of an official remake/remastered and I mean that.
New vehicles, enemy models, cut dialogue, polished cinematics, new animations, new weapons, new enemies, new scenarios and MUCH MORE.
The best of all is that it remains FAITHFUL to the original Halo 2 and its essence.
Applause to you and your team ruby.
It's like an official release of Halo 2: Director's Cut
@@TheHutDaveoh yeah. Except for the part where it runs on the original xbox. Cause if this was modded to the original halo 2, ain't no way it would run
Yes the spec ops grunts have halo 2 style armor instead of reach imposters
@@teneesh3376 no way man. This would have destroyed the Old Xbox lol (i suppose this mod will be like 11 or 12 GB)
@@TheHutDave
But isn't that what Vadams Halo 2 Uncut is??
Honestly one of the best trailers I’ve seen from the modding community. Absolutely incredible stuff!
Hells yeah! Thanks, the content you showed off in the last H2 Uncut video was INSANE too.
I'm a mere mortal among gods
You two guys are like the Avengers of Halo modding scene 😂❤
I've playing through Halo 2 Uncut right now. You've outdone yourself Vadam. Both you and Ruby have!
The king has returned
no way...a halo youtuber commenting on a halo video...???
GOAT for a reason
Let’s all hold hands and sing.
we will be in the bathroom doing gregorian chants
Hoaaaaa Ohha Ohhhaa Haoo Ahhhhhhh Ohhh - Haugh Ohhh auh OhhhhHhhhhhhhhhhhho
@@Climacticc_Chaos🎵🎵🎵Bababa buuuum bababa buuuum bababa buuuum bababa buuuum do doo do doo do🎵🎵🎵
Daaa da da da!
2:30 the ability for the Flood to infect dead bodies in-game is sick. I wonder if the same will be done for live NPCs like in Halo 3? That is one thing the SPV3 mod did that I liked
I would have loved to see infection in real time like Halo 3, but i think that there are engine limitations. Still hope for brute flood combat form 🛐 🙏
Unfortunately, @@TheHutDave is correct. Only pre-placed bodies can be infected, but it's cool that Ruby was able to figure out how to make it work on non-Flood corpses!
@@LOLDUDE641I wonder how Masterz got real time transformations into CE
That was only possible via OpenSauce,@@vancodling4223, which only works for Custom Edition and not MCC.
@@vancodling4223 Open sauce.
SPV3 is not running solely on the vanilla engine.
We may be off by months, but I can't think of a better way to celebrate 20 years of Halo 2. I can't believe it's been that long. Halo 2 is the first game I ever looked up trailers for on the internet before RUclips was even a thing. THAT'S how old we've gotten. Thank you Ruby for adding extra polish to one of my favorite game series ever made. Feels like I'm playing Halo for the first time all over again.
Would be so cool to release this mod around november, it's not that impossible!
Broooo I remember looking up the old Halo 2 website and trailers pre launch. I was barely 10.
Watching the couple dozen Halo 2 montages on videos.google set to Breaking Benjamin + Linkin Park, wondering "how tf am I ever gonna convince my parents to buy me a capture card??"
Now this! Is what halo community is capable! Thx rebalanced team for this trailer
Halo community is the real light in this dark Halo age!
David Scully as Johnson can FINALLY say "NOW for sure this isn't smoke and mirrors and I don't gotta eat my own words 2 times when it should've counted!"
(Those 2 times being 1, the old demo trailer of Halo 2, and 2, when he told Chief to never let Cortana go at the end of Halo 3)
0:24 the frame drop during the wraith explosion has extreme ViDoc energy omg.
LMAO
I am so very honored to be (even a small) part of this trailer, let alone the project! I'm more hyped than ever for this rebalance, and I will be sure to play it with every friend I can reasonably bother into doing so!!
For this? You could even be a little unreasonable...
"There are those who said this day would never come. What are they to say now?"
The modding community response to AAA devs : "No enemy has ever withstood our might"
This being made like an actual proper game trailer is genius.
It's not hard to believe that H2R will be THE way to experience Halo 2 going forward.
Fantastic trailer from Rebalanced team, and fantastic overall work on this monumental project.
Yeah, while H2 uncut was awesome and i love the work of vadam, i guess that H2R will be even more epic
This + H2 uncut: pure gold. I'm out of words for your dedication Ruby, very impressive and can't wait to play this. I hope that digsite will release the forgotten levels of Halo 2 like the one in Earth or the one on the moon of Alpha Halo, so you can add these to the full game. This will be the greatest mod of all time for H2, for sure. Go on and love from italy 🇮🇹 GRAZIE
THIS IS INCREDIBLE! I literally cannot wait to play this, Halo 2 fans have been eating so good between this and Vengeful ‘Vadam’s release of Halo 2 uncut
I LOVE the blur cutzcenes, but as far as im concerned, THIS is the true H2 anniversary
so pumped. Your CE was my favorite solo campaign experience!
Man I teared up. That last bit on Two Betrayals with the Marines dug in and holding the Control Room terrace. The chief flies past them in the banshee and it gives the Marines as a character a final curtain call as they salute Chief one last time. Played it campaign Co Op with my brother I grew up playing CE with and it felt like being a kid in 2001 again.
By the rings... it is beautiful...
Health packs, new cutscenes, voice lines, new enemies. You've outdone yourself and breathed new life into a game 2 decades old at this point.
Ruby has finally done what I've been waiting for. Something that has bugged me ever since i laid eyes on the Warthog on the box art of Halo CE. A detail that is so small that it has been looked over since 2001.
Adding the missing Amber Marker Lights on the Warthog!!!
Ruby hard carriyng the entirety of Halo rn
Ruby team > 343i
or, for the better
a team of extremely passionate people, that are making a product by fans for the fans > a multibilion dollar company filled with greed, no passion and no idea of what halo is/it was.
@@TheHutDave Real shit🍻
@@TheHutDavefacts💯
Halo was nothing without its community and 343 never learned that lesson, back in the day when Halo belonged to Bungie it also belonged to the fans.
Holy shit the Halo 3 ODST reference in New Mombasa! I’m so hyped for this.
3:05
god damn. It's not a Halo 2 Rebalanced, i'ts a Halo 2 remake
I havent been this excited for something halo related in a while, im speechless. Amazing work from ruby and the rest of the team
This is beautiful.
CE rebalanced is easily my favorite halo mod, i'm definitely going to be playing through it again before this comes out.
Honestly i'm so looking forward to it. The return of the CE esque needler melee animation makes me so happy.
Looking good, very curious to see how the rest of the levels turn out. I think you guys have earned any monetary support you can get.👍
Would you believe it's just one guy?
He's got multiple people helping with custom assets.@@MinorityRespecter88
@@MinorityRespecter88it’s a team lol Ruby is the lead on the project but there’s modelers, voice actors, and one guy has overhauled the lighting
@@mistaloznait's better for Ruby, too much work for one single person 😁
You didn't believe me@@mistalozna
After seeing your work on the streams and talking to SEV in the Halo Mods Discord VC, MAN I am so excited to see this in it's full glory!
Potentially the best halo mod trailers right now. Insanely good work!
oh the halo 1 grunts oh man thank you i hope my patrion contribution has helped
The idea of using the Brute/Elite honour guard spears is so damn cool. Also these cut voice lines are awesome! No idea why they cut Cortana saying 'there's no human life signs on board!'. It makes In Amber Clad so much more menacing knowing the thousands of human crew members are all infected.
Ruby, you always impress. I love to come back to your videos to see your passion for the games and the thought behind your designs . We are lucky to have you keeping halo alive and the spiriting of gaming strong.
This will be the definitive way to play Halo 2. I don't think this will be coming out anytime soon so in the meantime, Halo 2 with Sprinkles remains King.
This is not a rebalance, this is a reimagination
imagine this trailer being dropped on e3 2003!!
Seeing something as small as mountains behind In Amber Clad on the opening of Outskirts told me this mod is all about the details. Can't wait to see Outskirts and Metropolis fleshed out
Looks bad ass. Can't wait to play it.
After playing Vadams Halo 2 Uncut, the way Bungie intended Halo 2 to be originally, Rubys Rebalanced is gonna be an awesome (cant find the word) of Halo 2!
This trailer gives major "trailer found on demo disc" vibes and i love it
Longswords actually being used for bombing runs? That is amazing!!!
Absolutely remarkable. What a beautiful tribute to a beloved classic. You've made Halo 2 feel new, and that is exciting. Excellent work by everyone involved, what a beautiful trailer this is.
This is the coolest halo trailer I’ve ever seen. Such an amazing Way to highlight the game without spoiling story points. Just tease after tease
Hats off to the editing and camera work. This trailer is great
I am so incredibly excited. SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED.
I appreciate the ODST squad from the Multiplayer Map Pack cutscene being there.
0:32 I love that you brought back the other elite design from CE!
I think I speak for everyone when I say the anticipation is *immense*
Very excited, very dapper!
Real hype, like a trailer for an official release!! 🎉
Honestly the way this is edited even feels period accurate to the original game. Great job.
Halo 2: The Complete Saga
This
looks
*INCREDIBLE!* 🔥
Beautiful and very nostalgic of old game trailers, good work!
When you first saw Ruby's Rebalanced, were you blinded by it's majesty?
Blinded?
@@Toast_94 paralysed? Dumbstruck?
@@declanthomas7159 No
@@Toast_94 yet Ruby was able to access the sacred game, mod it, and breathe new life into it with his insane skills!
Loving the call-forward to ODST's health packs at 3:05
I want to jump in 2027 only to see ODST rebalanced, i already know that will be a beast of mod
@@TheHutDavebro it’s gonna be 2030 by the time reach gets rebalanced😭
@@corvax8644eeer yeah, think of the poor H4 😂 quality needs time 😢❤ i hope that more people will join the team of Ruby so the things can proceed faster?
@@TheHutDaveHalo 4 would need a complete overhaul of its story, AI, enemies, maps, characters, and weapons before it actually resembled a Halo game.
I’m playing this as soon as possible! ❤
not since halo reach has the halo community been so excited. a testament to your skill and dedication.
awww yeah! I've been patiently waiting, I knew you were hard at work but I didn't realise you were taking it this far! Restoring cut content and essentially polishing the game, beautiful.
Amazing trailer! Halo 2 has so many high points, and seeing all your unique enhancements makes it even more exciting :D
Christ bless you, I need to get a PC NOW!!!!!
You and all the people that contributed, did such an honor for all the die hard halo fans, there was always a “what if” argument for halo 2 completion , I can personally say that this concludes this chapter for me, it was even more than I wanted, THANK YOU RUBY!!🔥🔥🔥
“Oh, its beautiful.”
welp time to play this on (Scuffed) LASO cus i'm insane to encounter EVERYTHING, ultras, zealot encounters spec-op ranks and new toys for me to play with and strategies and most of all having FUN!! i cant wait to play this ruby, you are very talented and to others who helped/assisted on this mod, you are too talented
This, and Halo 2 uncut are the best Halo 2 mods tbh
iv been waiting since your trailer im so fucking ready for this.
thank you Ruby
Halo 2 Rebalanced being released roughly 20 years after the original game. Poetic!
I just wish we could still play this with anniversary sounds and music.
But you've already made vanilla sound better as it is... The only reason I wish for anniversary sounds is because 343 broke 7.1 surround on MCC and hasn't fixed it.
I love how much this feels like a real old school Halo 2 trailer
I'm as excited for Halo 2 as I was 20 years ago. Been with you since the days the Rebalanced series were just weapon adjustments and tweaks. Look how far you've come. We are all so proud of you, Ruby. Thank you for this gift.
Hi Ruby, just saying thank you for Halo Rebalanced CE: it will recreated the magic of playing the first time. It was/is so well done, I couldn't tell which content was "new" vs my memory of original playthrough since it flowed so seamlessly. I subscribed to your patreon to show my appreciation in $$ also as I felt I bought a full game!
Looking forward to Halo 2 Rebalanced! I've been inspired to replay the campaigns! Thanks again!
I really wish 343 hired you as project director or something
This looks incredible! Almost makes me wish the coop campaign of H2 Im in the middle of with a friend who hasnt played it before came a little later
I also before that played through your whole CE Rebalanced mod with them, and they seemed to really like it!
Wow I’ve got to play this. I can’t miss out
Ooh I can’t wait to play this looking awesome
Dying to play this
this has got me more hyped then the original halo 2 trailers.. and loved those trailers.
absolutely hyped and excited, thanks for giving so much love to the Halo community
Youre doing gods work, boys 🫡
I never got to be apart of the Halo 2 hype as it happened. Only after when 3 came out was I online.
Seeing this made me feel that hype man. Great work!
From start to finish, this trailer alone brought back my love for Halo
I feel as hyped as I did 20 years ago.
Imagine this with the Halo CE HUD, idk if that’s even possible but imagine omg, this looks AMAZING
It is possible. He just wants the hud to retain the H2 aesthetic
This is so professionally done. You are very good at this.
Phenomenal. You did absolutely amazing on this project and I can't wait to play!!!
Mother of Halo!
This is what Halo always was meant to be. All fun and explosions! No excuses.
You have no idea how happy this trailer made me
Should’ve put the portal radio music after the marine presses the radio button at the end of the video
I dont dig the life bar squares but thsts an amazing work you did
The name doesn't do its justice the mod went far and beyond
thus will be life changing
Oh heck yeah. Love the CE mod. It's my favorite way to play Halo 1. This is looking to repeat that, and I'm all for it!
This honestly looks like a damn solid way to revisit Halo 2. The return of CE's health system replacing the regenerating health in base already looks set to change the way the game is played.
OOh i cant wait how long havwe we got? ooh the hype is real
Been following every stream of this since it started and am elated looking forward to the release!
Really wish your mods can be played on a unmodded Xbox. That aside, looks like really sick content and a really good video!
This looks awesome halo trailer
This brings me wayyyy back to 2004. Amazing stuff.
Such impressive efforts to make Halo 2 the game Bungie wanted it to be, I'm excited to give it a try !
Looks amazing. When, WHEN, WHEN!!!???
Had to check I was still in 2024 for a moment...
You sir have more passion for halo then modern game studios have for their own games.