I have been playing through Halo 2 and at least 3 times I have “Save and Quit” in the middle of a level only to be forced to start from the beginning when I resume campaign. A google search show me that this is not an isolated problem but widespread. Anyone else here having this issue?
yes. I assume 343 is aware of it, but honestly don’t know if they are doing anything about it. Very frustrating. Losing confidence in them by the day.
As to what to do to avoid this problem…
If you need to stop in the middle of a level in H2A, don’t “save and exit.” Rather, turn off your Xbox. When you turn it back on, you’ll be able to go right back into your game and pick up from where you left off. Of course, this will not work if your intension is to play a different game from the Xbox home screen (which will “end” program/Halo). But if you simply need to stop to go do something else, it works great.
BTW, this bug doesn’t happen EVERY time (not sure what triggers it). Sometimes the save checkpoint feature sorta works, but you are left with a black screen on reentry. Users are reporting that if this happens, simply switch graphics modes (to classic then back to enhanced) and it corrects itself.
Very buggy, but at least with this one, there’s a workaround.
Imo it’s a pretty big issue and I’m surprised it hasn’t been patched/fixed yet. People have also been reporting it happening in Halo:CE but I’ve only personally experienced it with Halo 2 thus far.