The Bobs in Marathon 2 have undergone a major change in appearence and behavior compared to Marathon.
To start, the Bobs in Marathon 2, are packing heat now. Yes, the Bobs now run around with Pistols, helping you fight off all the aliens. Bobs also now teleport into a situation, fight off aliens, and once everything is clear, they teleport out.
The change in graphics is really, really incredible. The Bobs are now no longer all blocky and get all messed into pixels up close, they are now more rounded and smoother, so they do not turn into a bunch of pixels up close. They wear headsets now too, supposeedly to communicate to teleport in and out of situations.
Bobs, they shoot to kill, even if it means you. Yes, you can actually tick the Bobs off! If you say, blow away a couple of there friends, one might scream out "He's A Traitor!", and the rest will start to open fire on you. They are very accurate, even at very long distances, you if you even get caught in this situation, keep moving. Also, the Bobs will remain against you for the rest of the level. So if you tick the Bobs off right at the start, and if you kill that bunch, the next bunch will be after you too, till' you complete the level.
The speech of a Bob . . .now fantastic! The Bob speech is now almost CD quality and you can instantly understand what their saying. Plus, not every Bob speech sounds the same, they use different voices, so it gives that feel of individualism. I've picked up almost ever Bob speech, but I know they're are still some more, here are some for when they first teleport into a situation:
  1. "Move It Out!"
  2. "Come On!"
  3. "Let's Go!"
  4. "Follow Me!"

Here are some of they're speeches when in and fighting off aliens:

  1. "All Right!"
  2. "Good Shot!"
  3. "Over There!"
  4. "I Got Him!"
  5. "Yeah"
  6. "Score!"
  7. "Watch Your Back!"
  8. "Careful Now"
  9. "Theres One Over Here!"
  10. "I'm Gettin A Signal Over Here!"
  11. "I Think I Saw One!"
  12. "Lets Get Em!"
  13. "In The Corner!"
  14. "Sorry"
  15. "Look Out!"
  16. "My Fault"
  17. "Whoops!"
  18. "Move!"
  19. "Behind You!"
  20. "Get Outta The Way!"
  21. "Why Don't We Wait For Backup?"
  22. "I've Got A Bad Feeling About This"
  23. "I . .I Don't Think I Have Enough Ammo"

Here are some of the Bob speeches when teleporting out of a finished battle:

  1. "Perimeter Secured!"
  2. "See You At Starside."
  3. "We're Clear!"
  4. "Take Us Up!"
  5. "Get Me Out Of Here!"

I did not include the 'When you Shoot Bob', 'When Bob Gets Killed', and 'When Bob Gets Fried' sounds.

Durandal: Building A Better Bob (Terminal Document)
So as you can see, Bungie has greatly changed the Bob for the better. Due to the Bob being such a popular character in Marathon, Bungie must have decided to do a make-over of the Bob for Marathon 2, and hey . . .what can I say . . .excellent!
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