halo 2, stuff Options

[indykid845]

iz there ne one else who CANNOT wait 4 halo 2 to come out?!
(lemme kno if this topic has already been discussed)

[*kryogenix*]

I see that you people who aren't so fond of Halo are questioning it. Fine, don't heed my word, but atleast take notice to the professional gaming companies that rave on it. I don't understand how it is too hyped. It's hyped because it's a good game. I would think a game that gets elite scores from every gaming review company would be hyped.

Maybe it's because I'm just a casual gamer, I don't look to critisize every game I encounter. You won't see me refuting that Goldeneye or Half-life wasn't one of the best or maybe the best. I just express how I feel. I've never researched these gaming statistics, like MS is losing billions from xbox and such, but I would think w/o Halo, MS would have scrapped the entire Xbox project.

It's that halo gets too much credit. Way too much. Yes, Halo is what saved the xbox, so what? It's another FPS with a futuristic theme. People should get over it. The new Unreal Tournament is pretty much the same to me, but it doesn't get as much hype as Halo 2.

To me, Halo was balanced in gameplay, and add on what every gaming company says, it's a good, fine, kick ass game. And I'm more inclined to believe professional critics than the likes of people like you guys or me - just amateurs.

Sources? Amateur just means you don't get paid or refuses to be paid. Amateur does not tell you how skilled someone is. An amateur golfer beat Tiger Woods. Have you ever heard the phrase, the customer is always right? To the producing company, customer feedback is gold. Unlike magazines, the average gamers aren't paid millions in ad sales by different companies, therefore, they're less likely to be biased. There's a videogame store nearby which I believe is paid by microsoft, because all of their uniforms and hats say xbox, and they refer to the store as Xbox headquarters. Whenever I try to buy something, they always tell me the xbox is better, or the xbox version of the game is better. I listen to gamers like me, for their opinions, not some company that's being paid millions to advertise a product.

You compared 4player Goldeneye to 16 player Halo....um....

That was pretty good for it's time. Remember, this is the n64. What was that, like 90 mhz? You can only do 4 player on a single xbox, albeit it has better graphics, but still, you can't get 16 player without Live. To me, Half Life was ahead of its time. Graphics were good, compared to the rest of the stuff that came out, gameplay was fun and multiplayer was really fun. Why do you think people still play counterstrike today?

If MS is losing billions, why are they bothering making Xbox2? Actually, why don't you cite your source so I can believe it, please.

The same reason why they made the Y controller or whatever that smaller controller is called. They realized they messed up, so they have to make a better product to stay competitive. Yes they are losing billions, but still making a profit. That's because people are using modchips to pirate the games, which hurts the developers the most, but has it's toll on micro$oft's revenue.

I used google to find this. Took me: Results 1 - 10 of about 774 for microsoft losing billions on xbox sales. (0.30 seconds).

http://www.techspot.com/story4163.html

Oh yeah, check this out. No Xbox 2 in 2k5.

http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Aug/...40802026277.htm