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Halo 2: Anniversary Known Issues

The following are active issues for Halo 2: Anniversary as of 8/31/2022 in build 1.2969.0.0.

Campaign

  • New - Mission dialogue subtitles are not available for non-English languages.
    • Cutscene subtitles are still available for all non-English languages.
  • In Remastered visuals on an Xbox One X, framerate drops occur throughout the Campaign.
  • Terminal videos default to English only.
  • Subtitles are out of sync with the audio in cutscenes.
  • Cinematic audio for Halo 2 and Halo 2: Anniversary is affected by different audio options.
  • Pre-rendered cinematics and Terminal videos can have visual issues in non-16:9 aspect ratios as they were rendered at 16:9.
  • When the Scarab Skull is enabled, gunfire sound effects are missing from multiple weapons.
  • A hard lock can occur upon firing the Plasma Rifle when the Scarab Skull is enabled.
  • After destroying a Sentinel, their lights are briefly visible before disappearing.

Halo 2: Anniversary Multiplayer

  • New - If the New Skins setting is set to Disabled, players who have new armor pieces equipped will appear to have low resolution default armor.
  • Any camera turning caused by a view angle restriction while in a vehicle passenger seat will stutter above 60 FPS.
  • Some pixilation is visible on shadows.
  • Performance lowers during games of 3 Plots.
  • Some maps have areas where texture resolution appears lower-than-expected.
  • When looking at the fan on Stonetown, the framerate sometimes drops to 45 frames per second.
  • Lighting is inconsistent between Elite and Spartan armor.
  • The Hoplite armor is missing a rear armor piece in gameplay.
  • When using “Any” or “Team” voice chat options and one player is speaking, voice chat icons appear over all friendly players instead of only the person speaking.

Halo 2: Classic Multiplayer

  • Hit registration is not in parity with the original game.
  • The respawn timer is hidden by the territory capture meter.
  • Super bouncing does not mirror legacy behavior.

Forge

  • The Trait Zone Properties options cannot be changed when clicked with a mouse, however, the arrow keys on a keyboard will work as expected.
  • Halo 2: Anniversary Multiplayer films are capped at 60 FPS even when the unlimited framerate option is enabled.

Extras

  • New - The "Another Day at the Beach" and "Friend or Foe" cinematics in the Extras menu do not have subtitles.
  • In the Extras menu, all dialogue in cutscenes for Halo 2 Anniversary is aligned to the left audio channel.

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