I think I will. I'm a Counter-strike player and Halo on the pc might be the change of pace that i'm looking for. I've tried other fps games but non are as fun online multiplayer as CS.
Also with the $30,000 tournament sponsored by the CPL, maybe some competetive players from the CS leagues will move over to HALO PC.
from your Super Mario 64 link:
"However, because these games were bundled with console hardware, their sales may not be fairly compared to other games"
The Matrix Reloaded was sold for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and the PC simultaneous as the movie came out in the theater. With all the platforms, marketing and the Matrix brand attached, it is no wonder that it sold 1 million in a brief time. I doubt that with all the reviews about the rushed buggy release, this game will sell much more once the Matrix hype cools down.
Halo's sales, on the other hand, has relied on word of mouth and firsthand experience. People liked the game or heard great stuff about it so they went out and brought it.
- The story is engaging.
- The graphics are superb.
- The gameplay is almost flawless.
- The physics engine is great, as proven by all the trick videos like the "warthog jump" video.
- Cooperative play option not seen in many other fps.
- System-Link play makes it easy to set up xbox lan parties. 2 tv's + 2 xbox + 8 controllers + 7 friends = 4v4 Fun
It is not a surprise that Halo has passed the 3 million mark. Most retailers still sell it for $50 even though it was a xbox launch game. This game has continued to push the xbox consoles sold numbers up for Microsoft.
It's a great single player game as are many other FPS games like Elite Forces, etc. However the replay value once you beat these games aren't that high.
The fight with the female ninja inside the trailer as the trailer is being swept around inside of a tornado is one of the most unique and fun experience that I've seen in a FPS.
It's pretty hilarous trying to explain this level to other gamers. "WTF... why are you even fighting ninjas in the middle of a trailer park anyways."
Just finished Pillars of Creation and it was a bore. All in all, Pillars had no more than 4 chapters with characters from the pass six books in the series. I found myself skpping many parts of this book.
Those familar with Robert Jordan's WoT series will notice alot of similarities in Sword of Truth. Both series start off great like in the first 4 or so books but the rest just drags. The Authors seem to be milking their cash cows with little progress towards the main plot.
My sentiments likewise. A few years back, my classmates were raving about a "new very addictive game" called snood. I checked it out and was very disappointed. Snood is just a weak copy of bust-a-move that I played as a teenager in the arcades! If anyone have played bust-a-move for a period of time before, I don't think they would find snood fun at all.
In the arcade versions of bust-a-move, you get to interact and play against the person standing right next to you and that can't be duplicated by a copycat like snood. Bust-a-move was also really popular with the girls as well, who preferred it over the Street Fighters II and the likes.
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I think I will. I'm a Counter-strike player and Halo on the pc might be the change of pace that i'm looking for. I've tried other fps games but non are as fun online multiplayer as CS.
Also with the $30,000 tournament sponsored by the CPL, maybe some competetive players from the CS leagues will move over to HALO PC.
Bundling halo or other games were vendor specific and promotional.
I believe that you couldn't get a NES or SNES system without a bundled game back then.
from your Super Mario 64 link: "However, because these games were bundled with console hardware, their sales may not be fairly compared to other games"
The Matrix Reloaded was sold for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and the PC simultaneous as the movie came out in the theater. With all the platforms, marketing and the Matrix brand attached, it is no wonder that it sold 1 million in a brief time. I doubt that with all the reviews about the rushed buggy release, this game will sell much more once the Matrix hype cools down.
Halo's sales, on the other hand, has relied on word of mouth and firsthand experience. People liked the game or heard great stuff about it so they went out and brought it.
- The story is engaging.
- The graphics are superb.
- The gameplay is almost flawless.
- The physics engine is great, as proven by all the trick videos like the "warthog jump" video.
- Cooperative play option not seen in many other fps.
- System-Link play makes it easy to set up xbox lan parties. 2 tv's + 2 xbox + 8 controllers + 7 friends = 4v4 Fun
It is not a surprise that Halo has passed the 3 million mark. Most retailers still sell it for $50 even though it was a xbox launch game. This game has continued to push the xbox consoles sold numbers up for Microsoft.
Since you didn't set the handSucks boolean to true (even after pulling the ace from sleeve method), this code will result in an endless loop.
Actually, it'll probably display 4 popup ads and pull up to four aces, then crash.
Error: "AI has performed an illegal operation...."
It's a great single player game as are many other FPS games like Elite Forces, etc. However the replay value once you beat these games aren't that high.
I wish the multiplayer was more interesting.
The fight with the female ninja inside the trailer as the trailer is being swept around inside of a tornado is one of the most unique and fun experience that I've seen in a FPS. It's pretty hilarous trying to explain this level to other gamers. "WTF... why are you even fighting ninjas in the middle of a trailer park anyways."
Just finished Pillars of Creation and it was a bore. All in all, Pillars had no more than 4 chapters with characters from the pass six books in the series. I found myself skpping many parts of this book.
Those familar with Robert Jordan's WoT series will notice alot of similarities in Sword of Truth. Both series start off great like in the first 4 or so books but the rest just drags. The Authors seem to be milking their cash cows with little progress towards the main plot.
My sentiments likewise. A few years back, my classmates were raving about a "new very addictive game" called snood. I checked it out and was very disappointed. Snood is just a weak copy of bust-a-move that I played as a teenager in the arcades! If anyone have played bust-a-move for a period of time before, I don't think they would find snood fun at all. In the arcade versions of bust-a-move, you get to interact and play against the person standing right next to you and that can't be duplicated by a copycat like snood. Bust-a-move was also really popular with the girls as well, who preferred it over the Street Fighters II and the likes.