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Halo 2 Released

Posted by michael on from the dark-dark-dark-dark dept.

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."

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  1. Oh really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're making a sequel to Halo? I hadn't noticed

  2. pffft ... FPS on a console by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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)

    1. Re:pffft ... FPS on a console by hine_uk · · Score: 4, Funny

      except with a blow up doll you do the screwing - at the end of halo 2 you just feel screwed

  3. Re:Amazon by jmays · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

    "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008J7 NZ /justinshoreco-20/ref=nosim/"

    justinshoreco-20 That is bullshit, man.

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  4. Grand Solid Halo-Life 2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they would have made this game it would have saved me a few bucks...

  5. Re:Gamers taking day off from work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Three percent of my employer's staff (well, three out of about one hundred) took vacation today in order to play Halo 2 all night.

    Now that's intense.


    You misspelled 'incredibly dorky'.

  6. Re:mine dont work. by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  7. Re:History? Not so much. by oGMo · · Score: 4, Funny
    But I simply cannot understand the constant speculation that it might become the "most popular" or "bestselling" game in history.

    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?

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    Don't think of it as a flame---it's more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage

  8. Re:Hopefully not as terrible as the first by bleckywelcky · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  9. I think you meant... by MarcoAtWork · · Score: 5, Funny

    Knights of the Grand Solid Halo-Life 2

    right? :)

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