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Master Chief Revisited
vituperation writes "1UP has a feature up today marking the first anniversary of Halo 2. It's brief, but it manages to cover the hype around its launch, how well Bungie has handled its problems, and how gamers feel about the game after a year. From the article: 'Creatively, though, Halo 2 has been a less clear-cut victory. It's a technical marvel, one of the most visually-impressive games on the market thanks to its solid graphic design and gimmicky tricks like normal mapping. Yet it's also jarringly buggy in places, which has created no end of trouble for those who want a fair multiplayer match.'"
In its first 24 hours, the game raked in $125 million dollars courtesy of 2.4 million copies sold. By comparison, Spider-man holds the current box-office record for biggest opening weekend take, having earned a comparatively paltry $114 million over three days.
Not to say anything bad, but this comaprison can't really be made. The last time I checked, movie tickets didn't cost $50 each.
The last time I checked, movie tickets didn't cost $50 each.
Microsoft's Halo 2* is rated ESRB::M, which corresponds to MPAA::R. When you factor in the ticket price, gasoline, popcorn, and babysitting for your kids, seeing a first-run theatrical release approaches 50 USD faster than you would think. Besides, because of the order of magnitude difference in play times between a video game and a movie, it's slightly more honest to compare a game to a theatrical trilogy (e.g. The Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter 1-3, or Star Wars 4-6 or *gag* 1-3).
*Not to be confused with Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails.
nothing. it's just way less annoying that "first post." First blood is way funnier.
Panda Pants.
*Yawn*
Yeah, screenshots look nice. How much of a frame rate does it take when you bump the resolution and crank the FSAA?
Besides, if I wanted something to look pretty, I'd play it on a PC. UT2004 even looks better than that.
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I never understood why people look down on this game as opposed to he first one or even comparable PC games for that matter.
In my opinion this is one of the best games to come out in recent years. I have yet to see a game that's mor suited to having four friends gathered on the sofa killing each other long into the night. Console gaming kicks ass in this respect since you do't have to bother with LAN setup, moving your computer, etc. or the lag of playing online. I must admit I've never played on Xbox Live, but if it really does suck that much, why not just get some real friends together (you do have real friends, right?) and play with them.