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Halo 2 Released
mjxg writes "Halo 2 has finally hit the shelves for hardcore fans. VNUnet speaks about the long lines and the 12:01am release that many stores participated in. Many people obtained the Limited Collector's Edition. Eventually we'll get word of the final first day sales to see if Halo 2 can top the sales charts for the year, or possibly become the most popular console game in history. It is already estimated to top the all-time opening day entertainment sales charts."
playing Halo 2.
They're making a sequel to Halo? I hadn't noticed
It ain't the real deal without a mouse & keyboard. That's like having sex with a blow-up doll ... (or so I've heard)
WOW! I am going to order through your link right now!!! I really want support you!!! I would have mod'd you up if I had mod points!
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"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008J
justinshoreco-20 That is bullshit, man.
KARMA TAG! You're it.
If they would have made this game it would have saved me a few bucks...
In other news, hits to geek website http://slashdot.org is down 80% on the day...
Doh!
In the French version, you surrender to the enemies instead of shooting them.
Finally, living in a different timezone has an advantage, I bought my copy of Halo 2 roughly 28 hours ago!
You misspelled 'incredibly dorky'.
Most people don't feel bad until after they complete the thing. You've gotten the feeling of being screwed without even playing. Some might say you've already won the game.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
This is Microsoft History 2004. Other consoles don't exist. This is the best-selling XBOX game in history, and therefore the best-selling console game in history.
If you say it enough times, it's true, right?
Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage
"I'm still playing Unreal Tournament (99)."
Same in my house. UT (classic) is the LAN FPS of choice to this day. It runs great on the older hardware, and the Bots are interesting as opposed to fodder. It's simply fun.
Not to say we don't want to try UT 2004 and others, but for general FPS play UT Classic is, well, classic. Maybe when Xboxen are dirt cheap on closeout in 2 years, pick up used Halo 2 copies, and we can network a few together with dedicated screens....
Penny Arcade put it well:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3/
Halo has exposed a new set of people to FPS gaming: those that are not technically inclined enough to get a computer and play HL, Quake, Doom, etc. IE: your typical morons that run around pursuing degrees in communications, interpretive dance, and underwater basket weaving. It is only big because these people have not seen an FPS before. As far as FPSs are concerned, Halo is average - not that it's a bad game, but it's just a typical run-of-the-mill production. Sure, you can load it up and have a bit of fun, but it is not what Quake used to be, nor is it what Half Life has been for the past several years.
Sure, if you open it up to all those categories, but if you look at just its market segment, I think you'll find the results suprising: For games released by Microsoft for the Xbox platform that are FPSs and feature the Master Chief, it blows away all previous records!
Knights of the Grand Solid Halo-Life 2
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right?
-- the cake is a lie
The mousepad slides or the mouse moves off the edge>
Why the hell are you using a mouse pad if it's getting in your way? You just like the quaint late 20th century look it gives to your computer desk?
Although I won't argue that the original HALO and HALO 2 are superb games, are they really as good as people say they are? I've always felt that HALO was so popular simply because there was little else to play on XBOX. If HALO had come out on Playstation 2, it probably would not have done nearly as well simply because there are so many other games for that system. People who only owned an XBOX didn't really have any other games in the same league to compare it to, and so it immediately became the product to judge all others by. The lack of titles, both qualitatively and quantitatively, on XBOX unquestionably spurred it's sales. But might it not also have affected the games perception as a whole? Don't get me wrong, I love these games, but in my mind they're not the phenomenom that the rest of the world says they are.
Dear diary: Today I stuffed some dolls full of dead rats I put in the blender.
But on the lighter side, should there be a PC version that can network with these console llamas, well...
:-).
Let the drive-by fragfest of FPS n00bs begin
- Sig
... because the first Halo sucked sooo much ass on the console.
Yeah, but one thing cartoons have taught me is that mice and pussies just don't get along.
An aimbot will make you a much better player than a mouse/keyboard ever will. Do you mind if I use one in our upcoming tournament?
It took long enough but I've got it NOW so watch OUT!
-- "Life's not fair, but the root password helps."