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Title: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Mario Maniac on October 19, 2004, 02:32:43 PM
I am amazed by how much Halo 2 is being hyped right now. There have already been over 1.5 MILLION pre-orders for Halo 2... This is a record-breaking event, even though I detest all things related to Halo and Xbox.

Congratulations goes out to Microsoft for hyping the Halo franchise so much... Of course, I'm being sarcastic.

What's the deal with this Halo/Xbox hype? Why can't people just enjoy the good Nintendo and PlayStation games...?
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Suffix on October 19, 2004, 04:35:43 PM
 Becuase they are confused of what a good game is. When they think of good games, their small minds drift towards graphics, when in reality, it's fun, style, and plot that make a good game.

 -Ian "Suffix"
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Post by: Vidgmchtr on October 19, 2004, 07:59:13 PM
Hey, I like Halo.

A friend of mine was able to get the leaked Halo 2 (It's in French for some reason, though).
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Post by: boomstix on October 19, 2004, 08:08:38 PM
I just get confused when I try to play Halo at my friends' houses. I'm not exactly what you would call a multi-tasker (which is pretty ironic for someone who plays drumset)

How does Michael Jackson pick his nose?

Out of a catalog
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 19, 2004, 08:17:20 PM
Halo was many people's first co-op experience, which makes then unreasonably sentinmental (this is probably why I like SMRPG so much, as it was my first console-style RPG) with the game until the end of time (and all sequels). This has something to do with it. Halo's single player was actually a dull, uninspired tromp through millions of identical areas, back and forth. Multiplayer's your standard PC game type big outdoor arena genre game. Except played on a console controller, which FPS are not meant for.


Halo is something special to XBox owners for some reason. The actual game isn't as great as it's sales became.



“I’m a stupid fatty and I love to play with my Easy Bake oven.”

Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Yoshisaurus Rex on October 19, 2004, 08:43:46 PM
I think Halo is both a blast and horrible.  Mainly because my friends all play it all the time with 4 vs. 4 capture the flag and I get clobbered every... single... time!  But it's still pretty fun.  Driving those warthogs around and running over people while you have the other team's flag and the person in back is blasting all over the dern place is a mega blast (but yes Nintendo is still much more fun and varied).


Oh yeah, and I was the one who bumped the Things that Drive me nuts thread.  I am very evil!


"Kids, don''t use formula one race cars to chase hedgehogs."

Edited by - Yoshisaurus Rex on 10/19/2004 7:49:58 PM
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 19, 2004, 09:03:04 PM
I CANNOT STAND ONE MORE POST WITH AN ELLIPSIS FOLLOWED BY A QUESTION MARK



The fast pace riding on a horse bets a slow boat anyday.

Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Yoshisaurus Rex on October 20, 2004, 07:44:37 AM
Why is that, Chup...?

"Kids, don''t use formula one race cars to chase hedgehogs."
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 20, 2004, 01:45:41 PM
Does anyone know...?

“I’m a stupid fatty and I love to play with my Easy Bake oven.”
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Deezer on October 20, 2004, 04:10:15 PM
Ahahah, looks like Chup has some material for the "Drive Me Nuts" thread.

Back on topic, I'd say LD is probably right. First of all, Halo's single player mode is decent at best, especially with co-op. I think the multiplayer is fun as heck, and most of the group I play Halo with are FPS nuts, but Halo is their choice for weekly LAN parties. I'll admit I'm hyped for Halo 2... we're going to try to have a 24-hour Halo 2 marathon starting the first Thursday night after its release, assuming the multiplayer isn't worse than the first.

P.S. ihatebees >:/
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Luigison on October 20, 2004, 07:50:12 PM
I hate bees too, but there was I time I liked them.  I have never like xBox though.

In elementary school I would catch honey bees in the clover on the football field during recess.  If you let one go when it stung you, all you had to show for it was a hurt hand, but if you held on to it you go show off that you caught a bee.

I don't have or plan to purchase an xBox.  Blinx was the only game on the system that slightly interested me.

I don't care for FPS games, and from what I have seen of Halo/Halo2, their not that good anyway.  I don't understand how some people enjoy shooting/killing everything in sight.  Drive Chup nuts...bets!?  
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Post by: Vidgmchtr on October 20, 2004, 07:54:37 PM
Bloodgulch is probably one of my favorite stages. It's great for Capture the Flag.
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Luigison on October 20, 2004, 08:08:01 PM
Yes, I liked Capture the Flag games in the third grade.

Using the light gun that actually has to be aimed to shoot something in Duck Hunt "beats" using an Xbox controller in Halo any day.
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Jman on October 21, 2004, 10:22:10 AM
I concur.  Killing ducks is a heck of a lot better (and safer) than killing humans.

Killing isn''t funny, unless you''re killing idiotic cartoon characters like Tiff and Tuff or Yugioh.
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Post by: Yoshisaurus Rex on October 21, 2004, 11:26:30 AM
My friends always choose blood gulch for the 4-on-4 capture the flag.  It's the coolest because it has lots of hills and valleys and secret caves.  My friends are incredibly good with the snipers and that's why I get killed all the time.  Has anyone tried to jam a warthog inside their base?  If not you should because it's hilarious.

"Kids, don''t use formula one race cars to chase hedgehogs."

Edited by - Yoshisaurus Rex on 10/21/2004 10:27:25 AM
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Vidgmchtr on October 21, 2004, 12:18:30 PM
I have. I've even made a door with the Warthog that you have to tip over with X to get in.
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Deezer on October 21, 2004, 05:35:50 PM
Oh man, there was this one game in Blood Gulch where Drew was bringing the enemy's flag home in a Warthog, and he was heading for our front door because there were a couple enemies near the back of the base. Before he made it, someone got him from behind with a rocket launcher, and his Warthog went airborne, flipped, and went THROUGH the hole on top of the base, landing on our flag. Our team of four was on the same TV, so we were dying of laughter. Good times.

*Names were changed to protect the innocent.
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Suffix on October 21, 2004, 06:11:00 PM
 I don't have anything against Halo. I love Halo... I have very few weaknesses in a Ghost. During my previous comment, I was thinking of some people I know that think a game is great just because of graphics. Halo doesn't just have excellent graphics, it's really fun.

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"Chocolate milk as a world-wide delicacy! Who agrees? Anyone?"
- Ian "Suffix"
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 21, 2004, 06:13:12 PM
I've really only played PC Halo, but it's always 16 players. Warthogs drive into buildings all the time.

Killing Banshees with the super overpowered pistol is fun, because people in Banshees think that they're invincible.

“I’m a stupid fatty and I love to play with my Easy Bake oven.”
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Mario Maniac on October 22, 2004, 01:25:15 PM
I was hoping all of you people would agree with me and say "Halo/Xbox sucks", because Microsoft is hyping the series way too much. Why can't Microsoft make other games that are good quality like Halo?

The only other Microsoft game I like for Xbox is Blinx, which was very innovative (using the time control feature). Hopefully Blinx 2 will be much more innovative.
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 22, 2004, 06:44:36 PM
Just a note, Microsoft doesn't "make" Halo - Bungie does.

“I’m a stupid fatty and I love to play with my Easy Bake oven.”
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Fifth on October 24, 2004, 09:38:24 PM
I tried Halo 2 a bit last night.  A few good 7-player rounds.
It was fun, I guess.  I'm not really into first-person shooters, but I knew enough about Halo...
There were a few new things, but nothing really significant (dual-wield isn't all that useful.)  It doesn't look like it's going to be really revolutionary or anything, especially compared to its hype.
It's just a sequel, and it feels the part.

I can't vouch for the single player, though.

Now:  is that at all credible...

Go Moon!
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Mario Maniac on October 25, 2004, 04:05:41 PM
Just a note, Microsoft doesn't "make" Halo - Bungie does.
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Yes I know that. Bungie is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft should encourage their companies to make games that are actually innovative and fun. Instead they make crap like Brute Force and Voodoo Vince.

Where is all the innovation in the gaming industry? It's with Nintendo and Sony!
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Mario Maniac on October 25, 2004, 04:06:27 PM
Just a note, Microsoft doesn't "make" Halo - Bungie does.
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Yes I know that. Bungie is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft should encourage their companies to make games that are actually innovative and fun. Instead they make crap like Brute Force and Voodoo Vince.

Where is all the innovation in the gaming industry? It's with Nintendo and Sony!
Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: Super Mario on October 27, 2004, 08:21:49 PM
You can't say that all gaming innovation is with Nintendo and Sony--but it's likely that the X-Box could use more innovative games with more original ideas. Halo is just another FPS game--most of the X-Box games I've played just remind me of old PS games with better graphics and different storylines. But the style of play is just like games Sony designed or produced years ago.


With that, I might get an X-Box if one of their games could make me laugh, cry, cheer, mourn, and basically have a Mario high like Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door does.


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Title: Re: Halo 2 hype... insane!
Post by: llamapalooza87 on November 06, 2004, 03:15:57 AM
They may have overhyped it a bit, but it still is an excellent game, even by shooter standards (the first one was, anyway).
I disagree with Lizard Dude in that shooters should ALWAYS be played on a console. ;)

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Edited by - llamayoshi eleven11 on 11/6/2004 1:17:12 AM