Great video! But also gotta keep in mind that there many reasons things were cut: 1. Bungie ran out of time to properly finish, balance, and polish content (ex. Flood Juggernaut, Spike Grenades) 2. Bungie was forced to cut content because the OG XBOX couldn’t handle it (ex. The ending part of Regret, extra encounters, extra allies) 3. Bungie realized the content itself made no sense or was dumb to begin with (ex. Banshee in Cairo Station, Shadows, Wraith charging shot)
Wild to know that the game was widely acclaimed in the state that it was released when it could’ve easily been twice as long and as interesting with all the cut content, that final act would’ve been amazing.
Yea, they made an excellent game for the restrictions they were given. Just like animation, how good a game is depends on how long the creators are given to make their art. Art takes time :)
Has Chief’s armour been restored to the beta Halo 2 Armour? More specifically how Chief’s Armour looks from promotional screenshots, the Manuel and cover art? Just curious if its in this Uncut version as I think it’s the best looking imo. If not that’s cool but would love to see it added and maybe the character models slightly polished to still resemble there classic models.
I’m actually glad Bungie had to make tough choices and cut content in Halo 2. Also, listening to interviews with the Bungie team, Halo 2 was supposed to finish the whole story. So I’m glad a lot of story content got cut because Halo 3 is my favorite game of all time.
Iirc it wasn't the end of the series, Halo 2 was the end of the human covenant war and then the next game would be a galactic war against the flood with the covenant.
Damn! What a mod, this amount of work retrieving lost content and making it work, it's so good! At this point I'm wondering how much of the supposed second mission on the covenant ship we could dig back Thanks for this supercut, it's a blast having your energy on this playthrough
Took me like 4 days but a full watch. The game feels so much more complete. You can feel and see the convent breaking apart and factions forming. The game feels more chaotic and less silent inbetween battles. The dialog explains a lot and those empty spaces or pans in the cut scenes have the itesms that make so much sense now. Bungee not only ran out of time but the game was too large to put on one disc so they didn’t have time or resources to make a two disc game. Originally halo 2-3 were supposed to be one game but we were blessed with H3.
This why Halo 2 is the best. I played this more times than I can count and still enjoy watching someone else play. There's just something special about this game.
@@CameronJGilliam We are all Halo 2 lovers relax im just shocked young people like you liked the game at this point I’m French this is not agressive talking sry man
@@ouzbelizovichaoj4805 My bad bro. That’s definitely how it came across. Americans talk like that to piss one another off all the time. And yeah, I started “playing” Halo 2 when I was just 2 years old. Obviously wasn’t doing much, but I’ve loved this game for as long as I can remember being alive. Crazy, I know lol.
1:16:52 😂 As a Halo fan Im never more intrigued and entertained by the game than when Im either experiencing for myself or watching someone else experience good Halo content on a good Halo game. By that I mean I care little for all the new BS on new Halos but more so for the older content that was forgotten or cared little for. And seeing guys like jervalin enjoy it genuinely makes me want to go play and enjoy the game like he is Which is made even stronger when I realize that 343 is trying so hard to do the opposite of that Trying to 'broaden' their audience with new content and stories and a system/game that is their version of a replacement or an 'improvement' yet its actually just hurting the series and the growth of both itself and the fanbase. Halo doesnt need to impress all these new ppl it just needs to impress the core fans- if new ppl see that those type of players are impressed it would spread like the clap- in a good way
Thank you for this great place to chill. The marines and bugs using the cars was especially hilarious. They should make a death race firefight mode if they haven't already.
idk if it really needed that much more time, Bungie was already overtly ambitious, that had so much story, dialogue, missions planned. Much of what we see here could've been cut to make space, they were trying to fit the game on a cd for the OG xbox.
dude ur expressions with extended brute shot ammo, spike grenades, and alot of other things...i was jus done but honestly best part that bungie shouldve never let go of was the warthog run....jus to keep in line with CE and 3
8:45:37 Bro looked away for a single second and it was gone. Somewhere between when he scoped in and out of the beam rifle a new Flood enemy called The Houdini came around and made it vanish.
It's not truly finished until they add the cut original ending. Which was about an extra 3 missions. They could use AI for the voicing. I've managed to turn H3 Truth voice to his original H2 voice.
Never seen a man happier to see a bridge is still structurally sound. Also RUclips is out of control with these short adds. I’m getting them ever 3 minutes. I fookin opted out of my red account and was going to get it again until I realized I was grandfathered in to a cheaper rate. Way overpriced. The best H2 content as always. What did you spend your laso money on?
At 21:00, that sound is tied to the passing covenant assault carrier in the background, allthough its not meant to keep repeating the start of the audio, might be bugged.
I need to finish my own run of this, I'm about halfway through. I love the uncut BR, but the carbine feels so janky that I understand why they changed it.
You seem like an awesome guy, funny, cool commentary, and great skill, I just really fkn hate that you chat alerts are so fkn loud that it just ruins the mood and the cutscene
Yeah apologies on that, I have a constant battle with sound volume, it’s actually stupid that the game volume changes based on if you play on pc of Xbox or if you play solo of co-op. I try to keep things as balanced as possible.
I wanted to like this mod but it doesnt change much in terms of adding content back in. For example, there was supposed to be a whole mission where you planted the bomb on the covenant ship after Cairo. I know itd be a lot to add a whole level and keep it faithful to something that doesn't exist, but it still would've been cool if they tried that idea out for this mod.
It would be hard to do so, and plus new cutscenes I would imagine would be impossible for mod creators to do with the exact same concept Bungie wanted. It’s unfortunate cus I agree with you. I’d love new custom missions for halo mods but it’s understandable. They just have assets
As much as I would love that level to be made, it’s never seeing the light of day. It’s far beyond the reaches of what modders can do. The Ship Level was never made. It was just an idea that was scrapped early. No script was made, no dialogue recorded, no coding was made on it, etc. We only know of it because Bungie themselves said that they had the idea of that level, but had to scrap it due to time constraints.
Also jerv, i heard 343 talked about restoring entire cut missions and releasing some models but who knows whenever or if that will happen. iirc there was 4 or 5 missions they had to cut
I'm a little confused. He said that the guy who made this didn't add anything and only made the game that bungie wanted to make, but that can't be true. Otherwise there would've been a level on the Covenant capital ship at the beginning instead of the bomb cutscene, there would've been the forerunner ship scene escaping from the grave minds tentacles, etc. Obviously I know that making entire levels would be a lot harder, but he didn't make the campaign exactly the way bungie wanted it to be played.
I had to go through and change it in post, I still have the original but RUclips is stupid with that one. I don’t understand because anything in games is fair use, it’s just a gray area it seems.
Go to the run start u can see from the menu that’s it’s on legendary lol, this is halo 2 uncut not standard h2, this mod of the game has a bunch more enemies then the original and thus damage has been scaled accordingly
Can somebody explain this channel lore for me? Why is he so excited to play this? Why is he acting like he’s never played Halo 2? Anyways great gameplay. I’ve become a better player watching this.
@@ThePilleroflightninghe’s waited until it was complete to play it. This guy is the one who beat the game all skulls on/ legendary/ deathless and he is the first and only person to do so. He also has speed runs of H2. He’s plays the game so much and he is excited to see all new enemies/ Map differences/ new dialogue.
Probably cus they weren’t really made, and just storyboard concepts and ideas Bungie wanted. But they had to scrap it so we only have their “word” that these were missions were thought about. And then having no cutscenes would be jarring.
Because they were just concepts, they were never built into the game. This mod restores the known cut content that actually existed in the game at some point.
If this is supposed to be the "uncut" version of halo 2 then where's the mission that's supposed to take place on the covenant ship to deliver the bomb after Cairo?
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Great video! But also gotta keep in mind that there many reasons things were cut:
1. Bungie ran out of time to properly finish, balance, and polish content (ex. Flood Juggernaut, Spike Grenades)
2. Bungie was forced to cut content because the OG XBOX couldn’t handle it (ex. The ending part of Regret, extra encounters, extra allies)
3. Bungie realized the content itself made no sense or was dumb to begin with (ex. Banshee in Cairo Station, Shadows, Wraith charging shot)
Wild to know that the game was widely acclaimed in the state that it was released when it could’ve easily been twice as long and as interesting with all the cut content, that final act would’ve been amazing.
Maybe in another universe
Worst part is that there is still a lot missing that was never in a finished state. :(
Yea, they made an excellent game for the restrictions they were given. Just like animation, how good a game is depends on how long the creators are given to make their art. Art takes time :)
I've never seen you so excited, jerv.
i know him being so excited really stood out
Lol
Still unreal that this was possible to pull back from the grave bungie unfortunately put it in, kudos to Vengeful Vadam!
Has Chief’s armour been restored to the beta Halo 2 Armour? More specifically how Chief’s Armour looks from promotional screenshots, the Manuel and cover art? Just curious if its in this Uncut version as I think it’s the best looking imo. If not that’s cool but would love to see it added and maybe the character models slightly polished to still resemble there classic models.
I’m actually glad Bungie had to make tough choices and cut content in Halo 2. Also, listening to interviews with the Bungie team, Halo 2 was supposed to finish the whole story. So I’m glad a lot of story content got cut because Halo 3 is my favorite game of all time.
Iirc it wasn't the end of the series, Halo 2 was the end of the human covenant war and then the next game would be a galactic war against the flood with the covenant.
1:14:00 "I CAN DRIVE IT?! BUT IT SUCKS :O" killed me
Single shot battle rifle and the sound and of the SMG’s from the E3 demo was the only thing I ever wanted..
Right? 😭
He Haloed all over the place
God I played this for hours once I found it, I don’t know if I ever want to play the regular halo 2 campaign again it was so fun
The online challenges seem to be the only reason.
Damn! What a mod, this amount of work retrieving lost content and making it work, it's so good!
At this point I'm wondering how much of the supposed second mission on the covenant ship we could dig back
Thanks for this supercut, it's a blast having your energy on this playthrough
The flood in this version of the game actually feels dangerous and like an infestation more than they did in the release
1:16:25. Your excitement here Jerv is infectious haha.
1:16:53 the happy dance
Took me like 4 days but a full watch. The game feels so much more complete. You can feel and see the convent breaking apart and factions forming. The game feels more chaotic and less silent inbetween battles. The dialog explains a lot and those empty spaces or pans in the cut scenes have the itesms that make so much sense now. Bungee not only ran out of time but the game was too large to put on one disc so they didn’t have time or resources to make a two disc game. Originally halo 2-3 were supposed to be one game but we were blessed with H3.
Favorite MCC workshop mod hands down
This why Halo 2 is the best. I played this more times than I can count and still enjoy watching someone else play. There's just something special about this game.
It’s so sick to me to see someone else love Halo 2 as much as me. Love to see it. 😂
You are 12 years old wtf
@@ouzbelizovichaoj4805 I’m 20, but go off being a weird internet troll in your free time.
@@CameronJGilliam We are all Halo 2 lovers relax im just shocked young people like you liked the game at this point I’m French this is not agressive talking sry man
@@ouzbelizovichaoj4805 My bad bro. That’s definitely how it came across. Americans talk like that to piss one another off all the time. And yeah, I started “playing” Halo 2 when I was just 2 years old. Obviously wasn’t doing much, but I’ve loved this game for as long as I can remember being alive. Crazy, I know lol.
@@CameronJGilliam hahah alright man
I’m really enjoying watching this. Wish I was able to play this so much right now.
I literally downloaded it last night. I can’t wait to play
I remember when you said youd play this when it was finished. Glad to see you play it at last
absolute perfect marine dialogue to gameplay ratio at 6:00:01 😂😂😂 “ okay this what we came for” then gets obliterated by a wraith 😭😭
1:16:52 😂
As a Halo fan Im never more intrigued and entertained by the game than when Im either experiencing for myself or watching someone else experience good Halo content on a good Halo game.
By that I mean I care little for all the new BS on new Halos but more so for the older content that was forgotten or cared little for. And seeing guys like jervalin enjoy it genuinely makes me want to go play and enjoy the game like he is
Which is made even stronger when I realize that 343 is trying so hard to do the opposite of that
Trying to 'broaden' their audience with new content and stories and a system/game that is their version of a replacement or an 'improvement' yet its actually just hurting the series and the growth of both itself and the fanbase.
Halo doesnt need to impress all these new ppl it just needs to impress the core fans- if new ppl see that those type of players are impressed it would spread like the clap- in a good way
I absolutely love the single shot BR. It sounds the business 👌
Jerv always seemed like a chill dude. Glad I finally got to watch one of his vids.
That nade throw at 1:04:00 was amazing
I have the same desktop background as you! Thats a very cool nerdy coincidence. Love the video mate
I have been waiting for this for a long time!
Damn I wish this was coming to Xbox, the original thing it was released on.
Thank you for this great place to chill. The marines and bugs using the cars was especially hilarious. They should make a death race firefight mode if they haven't already.
idk if it really needed that much more time, Bungie was already overtly ambitious, that had so much story, dialogue, missions planned. Much of what we see here could've been cut to make space, they were trying to fit the game on a cd for the OG xbox.
This is a good point, still having this restored is one of the best games I’ve ever played if not the best.
52:54
"So Far not too much different here"
*Drones coming over rooftops* "Allow us to introduce ourselves"
It’s quite funny watching Jervalin get this excited about H2 Uncut.
oh damn I gotta play through this myself and then come back to watch 👀
I can only imagine your joy after playing this game tens of thousands of times lol
Hell yeah
wow! Bungie did need more time , Halo 2 would of been beyond legendary status with all this content they didnt input.
dude ur expressions with extended brute shot ammo, spike grenades, and alot of other things...i was jus done but honestly best part that bungie shouldve never let go of was the warthog run....jus to keep in line with CE and 3
getting the banshee chomped down by the door was nice
I was genuinely so shocked when he was able to drive that car lmaooo
I might be crazy but I recall being able to drive the shadow on original xbox
Been waiting for this for a long time
8:45:37 Bro looked away for a single second and it was gone. Somewhere between when he scoped in and out of the beam rifle a new Flood enemy called The Houdini came around and made it vanish.
Like a kid on Christmas Jerv was pumped.
It's not truly finished until they add the cut original ending. Which was about an extra 3 missions. They could use AI for the voicing. I've managed to turn H3 Truth voice to his original H2 voice.
That was amazing. i watched the whole thing
I like that other reload animation for the sniper rifle
1:20:00 I cannot seem to find an AUP video for that anti-air turret/gun on Monopoli's channel... got a link?
Bro is geeking on this play through
Never seen a man happier to see a bridge is still structurally sound. Also RUclips is out of control with these short adds. I’m getting them ever 3 minutes. I fookin opted out of my red account and was going to get it again until I realized I was grandfathered in to a cheaper rate. Way overpriced. The best H2 content as always. What did you spend your laso money on?
You really need to react to Halo 2 Rebalanced trailer by Ruby.
Now if we can get someone to redo cortana and floodgate we will be cooking. Id love to fight the grave mind and floor arbiters
This is a gem
Have you ever thought about playing Ruby's rebalanced Halo CE? I know he is currently in the works for a Halo 2 rebalanced version.
Wonderful run
At 21:00, that sound is tied to the passing covenant assault carrier in the background, allthough its not meant to keep repeating the start of the audio, might be bugged.
On quarantine zone that’s a thing in the base game where the elites AI breaks absolutely. it’s lame
Sentinel Grande Launcher?? WTF?? 😂
Love ya jerv 🙌🏻
Wouldn't a true uncut version basically be h2 and h3 combined with a forunner tank somewhere in there
You’re not wrong.
I need to finish my own run of this, I'm about halfway through. I love the uncut BR, but the carbine feels so janky that I understand why they changed it.
To me it's the exact other way around lmao. The carbine is pretty good but I'm not a big fan of the single burst br
This is epic.
8:06:55 skipping thru the video, I ended up here very confused
My thoughts are what was taken away from the final product or what we missed out on because they didn’t have enough time
You seem like an awesome guy, funny, cool commentary, and great skill, I just really fkn hate that you chat alerts are so fkn loud that it just ruins the mood and the cutscene
Yeah apologies on that, I have a constant battle with sound volume, it’s actually stupid that the game volume changes based on if you play on pc of Xbox or if you play solo of co-op. I try to keep things as balanced as possible.
JERVALIN the king of the kings
playable civilian car is absolutely insane
I wanted to like this mod but it doesnt change much in terms of adding content back in. For example, there was supposed to be a whole mission where you planted the bomb on the covenant ship after Cairo. I know itd be a lot to add a whole level and keep it faithful to something that doesn't exist, but it still would've been cool if they tried that idea out for this mod.
It would be hard to do so, and plus new cutscenes I would imagine would be impossible for mod creators to do with the exact same concept Bungie wanted.
It’s unfortunate cus I agree with you. I’d love new custom missions for halo mods but it’s understandable. They just have assets
As much as I would love that level to be made, it’s never seeing the light of day. It’s far beyond the reaches of what modders can do. The Ship Level was never made. It was just an idea that was scrapped early. No script was made, no dialogue recorded, no coding was made on it, etc.
We only know of it because Bungie themselves said that they had the idea of that level, but had to scrap it due to time constraints.
2:43:20 Cannon Arbiter Clutch
Also jerv, i heard 343 talked about restoring entire cut missions and releasing some models but who knows whenever or if that will happen. iirc there was 4 or 5 missions they had to cut
I knew they cut some missions but were they finished? Or cut at the script stage?
@@iLoveChrisSmoove i cant remember how far they got, they talk about the missions in the halo 2 dev commentary
Jervalin kinda looks like Steve Downes
Old man was so excited lol
I know what I'm going to say is off topic but in halo 2 the plasma rifle is better to use against wraiths if you don't have rockets if you didn't know
lets goooo bald man
Is this available to everyone who has mcc?
Yes
When's the LASO the way Bungie intended coming?
soon stay tuned
Can't uncut that hair
The best
How do you switch seasons like that to older ones. I’m trying to play “Halo 3 Rebalanced” by Ruby
I'm just here to press the like button and type in the comments
I'm a little confused. He said that the guy who made this didn't add anything and only made the game that bungie wanted to make, but that can't be true. Otherwise there would've been a level on the Covenant capital ship at the beginning instead of the bomb cutscene, there would've been the forerunner ship scene escaping from the grave minds tentacles, etc. Obviously I know that making entire levels would be a lot harder, but he didn't make the campaign exactly the way bungie wanted it to be played.
2:09:33 RJ did you load up minecraft?
Are you able to play this on console??
This version is so much better
The copyrighted music (Blow Me Away), did you change it in post or is it actually changed in the mod?
I had to go through and change it in post, I still have the original but RUclips is stupid with that one. I don’t understand because anything in games is fair use, it’s just a gray area it seems.
Does anyone know how to GET THIS THING OF A MOD WORKING?? Guys I'm sorry I'm killed inside I can't get it to work Please! 😭 ❤
Couldn’t you always get in Shadow turrets?
How much do I have to give for this to be added to MCC? 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
How do I get the uncut version?
Steam workshop mate
Can you get this on Xbox S??? How might I get this for MCC xbox???!!!
They think it's on heroic cause you survived a jackal sniper, but vanilla gameplay you also die in 1 shot on heroic, I'm pretty sure.
Go to the run start u can see from the menu that’s it’s on legendary lol, this is halo 2 uncut not standard h2, this mod of the game has a bunch more enemies then the original and thus damage has been scaled accordingly
@@Jervalin I know, just saying their reasoning was flawed from the start.
Can somebody explain this channel lore for me? Why is he so excited to play this? Why is he acting like he’s never played Halo 2? Anyways great gameplay. I’ve become a better player watching this.
It's the uncut version that just came out. This is new
@@wellardo8833the uncut version has already been out, but about a month or so ago, the creator finished the last two missions.
@@ThePilleroflightninghe’s waited until it was complete to play it. This guy is the one who beat the game all skulls on/ legendary/ deathless and he is the first and only person to do so. He also has speed runs of H2. He’s plays the game so much and he is excited to see all new enemies/ Map differences/ new dialogue.
where can u play halo 2 uncut?
curious why do u have mcc locked to 45 fps ?
It makes swordflies easier to hit but let’s the game still run smooth
@@Jervalin makes sense thanks for the tip
Why couldn't they have added the uncut missions as well
Probably cus they weren’t really made, and just storyboard concepts and ideas Bungie wanted. But they had to scrap it so we only have their “word” that these were missions were thought about. And then having no cutscenes would be jarring.
Because they were just concepts, they were never built into the game. This mod restores the known cut content that actually existed in the game at some point.
Yo can I play this on Xbox?? Or is it a mod for pc ?
Is this only PC? Can I get this on console?
PC only
Is this just from using steam?
Yeah u can download there
If this is supposed to be the "uncut" version of halo 2 then where's the mission that's supposed to take place on the covenant ship to deliver the bomb after Cairo?
Can i play this uncut on pc Halo 2
yes u can download for free from the steam workshop
4:37:21
So you can download this version now?
its available in the steam workshop