Halo 2 E3 Demo 2003 Gameplay

For the Halo 2 20th Anniversary the team at Digsite modding crew recreated the iconic and infamous E3 2003 demo for Halo 2 that was shown behind closed doors.

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[Bjornus]

In the past we longed for the future, in the future we long for the past.

[andreyverhgradsky]

Can’t wait for it to release! 2003 is going to be an exciting year for gaming.

[NexusApollo]

The fact the files were found for this demo, then worked on to be actually playable is nothing short of magical.

[ashtoncrosby]

“Betcha can’t stick it”
“You’re on”
Unreal goosebumps everytime

[MadGamer]

Seeing this gameplay in Full HD or 4K even feels off. It's like a fever dream.

[epicmealtime]

I shed a tear when he pulled out the plasma grenade at the end. Didn’t expect that emotional reaction but I’m not surprised. I watched a cam of this demo probably 10, 000x before the game came out. Seeing that ending just slammed me back in time so hard.

[Mr.Coffee]

This game was the talk of the town once upon a time.

[AndreTheBarbadian]

Amazed at how people clearly did not read the description. Kudos to the modding team that recreated this demo.

[artmus]

This is a great recreation. I’ll never forget waiting about 1 hour and a half to see this in person at E3. I remember feeling so hyped inside that room for the demo, the first dual wielding was cool but nothing tops seeing Master Chief holding X to highjack that Ghost. We all lost it and clapped so hard.

[chipsdubbo.]

Just got done playing it and wow, breath taking is the only word to describe it. I'm so happy to be a halo fan on PC because we have the 1999 Mac World demo not long ago in MCC, and Halo 2 uncut (which restores lots of cut content in the game files), and now the E3 demo. Its a crime that the console players cant experience all this legendary Halo media!!!

[ICARUS_I]

Happy 20th Halo 2. I’ll never forget the lead up to the release of the game in 2004. It was an event.

[everything_purp]

I’ll never forget the moment when he first dual wielded that SMG… pretty sure that was the first time my jaw actually dropped in gaming 😭

[illestReason]

The music was so epic! And just by watching this again you can feel that warmth from that era. This was truly a different time we took for granted.

[xScruffyDaSasquatchx]

Never thought I'd see my gamertag in an IGN video. From the bottom of my heart, thank you guys so much for everything

[zionen]

There were few E3 showings that left as big of an impact, this was one of them.

[supirkev]

I always felt bad for Bungie when they made this, all that aspiration made into reality soiled by the hardware/game engine, and the fact that they were able to save themselves till the release is very impressive.

[CJAIME]

2004 FPS: Far Cry, Killzone, Counter-Strike Source, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Unreal Tournament 2004 & Doom 3

2004 Others: Burnout 3 - Takedown, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater, Need for Speed Underground 2, World of Warcraft

2004 with great games

[Сиггина]

I am glad to have witnessed this back in the day

[Jonwoo]

This brings back memories and makes me want to go back and play Halo 2!

[xenojax]

I didn't know Halo at the time, but watching this on TV as a kid I really wanted to play it. Feels like a lifetime ago.