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Halo 2: Uncut

Using evidence found within Halo 2's tags, map scripts, and other external media, Halo 2: Uncut aims to accurately restore as much cut content into the game as possible.

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Welcome to Halo 2: Uncut, a Halo 2 mod that aims to restore as much cut content from this game as I feasibly can. For this mod, I wanted to take this multiple steps further compared to what was accomplished in the Juggernaut encounters mod. Not only am I going to re-enable other encounters and squads in general, but I'll also be re-introducing a whole assortment of other forms of cut content, as well as elements that appeared in the Director's Cut cinematics that were included with Halo 3's Legendary Edition.

This is NOT a rebalance mod. You're free to use these maps as a template to rebalance them yourself, but the main goal for the initial release of Halo 2 Uncut is to showcase what Halo 2 would have played like if it launched with all of this cut content.

YOU MUST PLAY WITH ENGLISH VOICES, AS WELL AS ENABLING ENGLISH SUBTITLES IF YOU USE SUBS. OTHERWISE, THE MOD WILL CRASH!

FEATURES:

Weapons:
E3 2003-style Single Shot Battle Rifle (assets by Sean T and Zteam)
Halo 2 Alpha-style SMG (slower projectiles, but is slightly stronger and more accurate with controlled bursts)
General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG, can be acquired by destroying human machinegun turrets)
Suppressed SMG (is a starting weapon on Outskirts and Metropolis, is modified to pick up SMG ammo packs, performs the same as the regular SMG but has the benefit of being a lot quieter against the AI)
Halo 2 Beta-style Needler (much faster projectiles)
Halo 2 Beta-style Plasma Pistol (much faster charged projectile w/ AoE)
Halo 2 Beta-style Shotgun (fires 5 extra pellets per shot with much more knockback)
Halo 2 Beta-style Rocket Launcher (faster projectiles but worse tracking)
Halo 2 Beta-style Fuel Rod Gun (faster projectiles that stick to enemies like Plasma Grenades before exploding
Halo 2 Beta-style Carbine (36 round magazine, fully automatic, 324 reserve ammo, and rounds have considerable knockback)
Halo 2 Beta-style Beam Rifle (uses less battery per shot, is more accurate when no-scoping, does less damage per shot)
Handheld Plasma Cannon (can be acquired by destroying the mounted variants that are often carried by Grunts).
Halo 2 Beta-style Shade turret (slight faster fire rate, uses a brand new projectile that's smaller and purple).

Vehicles:

Halo 2 Alpha-style Ghost (both guns fire simultaneously and eventually overheat)
Halo 2 Beta-style Banshee (both guns fire simultaneously and bomb has a lot of gravity)
Pre-release Wraith (was likely prototyped between the Alpha and Beta builds, Plasma Pistol-like dual-fire mode with standard and charged mortars)
Cut Falcon (appears on Outskirts as part of a restored set piece)
Shadow (is drivable and will appear in more missions, uses AltSierra117's visual tags)
Covenant Gun Tower (is now active and destructible on Outskirts and will appear in more missions)
Halo 2 Beta-style Scorpion (drives slightly slower, co-axial machine gun has no fire rate build up, main cannon shoots faster)
Destructible Phantoms

Campaign maps:

All of the available Campaign maps in Halo 2: Uncut feature previously-cut encounters, script lines, set pieces, and Director's Cut-style cinematics to showcase what could have been for this game.

VERSION HISTORY:

0.85:
-Initial Steam Workshop Release

CREDITS:
Dragonflare921 for adding Halo 2 Alpha and Beta plugins to Assembly
Sean T for the E3 Battle Rifle assets as well as the ODST helmet prop in the opening Outskirts cutscene
Crisp for guidance w/ scripting
General 101 for his unlimited patience w/ inquiries I had with the Halo 2 tools
Berthalamew and Shelly Herself for helping me set up the flooded Metropolis tunnel section
Killzone64 and Berthalamew for help with setting up the pre-release Outskirts Highway encounter.
AltSierra117 for his various assets that were used in Halo 2 Uncut!
OK for his medic marine tags!