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A Negative Review of Halo 2

Posted by Zonk on from the out-of-context-out-of-mind dept.

KaiEl writes "An avalanche of glowing reviews has already made Halo 2 the second-highest ranked game of all time on GameRankings.com. Looking for an alternative viewpoint? The Video Game Ombudsman has gathered the bad points from nine separate Halo 2 reviews into the only negative review of Halo 2 you're ever likely to read. Useful as a cautionary tale about out-of-context quoting and as a reference manual for rampant Microsoft haters who might want to make the Halo 2 argument a little less one-sided."

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  1. As I posted a few articles back... by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Slashdot prime directive is:

    If it's mainstream, we hate it.

    HALO is popular? I hate it. I think it's boring. Millions of people watch network TV? All the shows are crap. Thousands go to a Britney Spears concert? She sounds like a banshee. 90% of the people use Windows? God I hate Windows, it crashes all the time.

    See how it works? Now that you know the prime directive you can mentally discard all the messages that fit this mold and find the *real* conversation in the thread hidden underneath... good luck!

    Now let's try to fill this discussion up with better comments than "HALO 2 *does* suck," ok? We can make the world a better place.

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    Comment of the year
    1. Re:As I posted a few articles back... by empaler · · Score: 5, Insightful

      /. is main stream.

      If you would at least read the summary, by the way, you'd notice these words:
      Useful as a cautionary tale about out-of-context quoting (..)

      You could even go as far as to RTFA which has the title:
      "Eliminate the Positive (or "The Only Negative Review of Halo 2 You're Ever Likely To Read")

      Add the ability to abstract thought into the reading of these things and you might detect some attempts at making people laugh and/or smile.