HALO 2 OMFG

[HickMan]

ONLY 5 1/2 DAYS LEFT UNTIL I LEAVE I-MOCKERY FOREVER AND JOIN IN A GAME OF BRUTE BASHING BADASSNESS :goombahurtinggoodness

[HickMan]

AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY POSTS ON HOW IT'S GOING TO SUCK BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO SUCK GO TO HELL METALMILITIA FAG

[adeptninja]

Does it come out on PC at the same time?

[HickMan]

DEFINETLY NOT

[jin]

I played it a little while ago on an 8-player Xbox LAN, and it really is pretty awesome. ;D

Hi-jacking vehicles is great fun, especially taking down tanks. ;>

And duel wielding is awesome. :D

The plasma sword thing makes matches a little uneven though, especially if its used as a spawn weapon. ;o

[HickMan]

I bet. I'm too cool and sexy to get killed by a weinie lightsabre ;(

[Schimid]

halo is overrated :o

[HickMan]

No doubt :o. But it's still the best damn first person shooter since...well..a while ;(. I think I like Halo more then most people (excluding microsoft fayguts) because I'm big into SHOOTING STUFF AND LOOKING TOUGH.

[Schimid]

I thought it was good, outstanding even, but it was just because I feel it was the first game to get squad-based shooting down pat. Rainbow Six did it too, but it was too complicated.

Halo 2 looks like it'll make better on it. My big thing is, I always want extras and unlockables in games. Halo had none of that and I was a little disappointed.

Still, it's a good thing that the reason people kept going back to play it is because the levels themselves are damn fun, not because they wanna unlock another Art Gallery.

[BlueOatmeal]

My friedn already paid off his copy and he is getting it the day it comes out. Fuck Halo 2! November is the month of ESPN College Hoops 2K5 Baaayyy-Beeee!

[jin]

Actually, im not much of a Halo fan- i found the first really dull and kind of ugly and slow. ;o

The second one seems similar at first, but then you notice all the little details and once everyone gets accustomed to it, it becomes a lot of fun. ;D

Here is where i describe the gameplay a little, so tune out if you consider it spoilers. :>

The gameplay is much faster, and you dont have all those little health points anymore - its just one shield/bar. ;>

You can punch a hole in the tank things armor and throw a grenade inside! It is the most satisfying video game experience ever :O

What I found strange was the vehicle damage. My ghost would get all its armor plates shot off, but as long as I retreated to until my shield regenerated, it didn't seem to mean anything. ;?

Destroyable vehicles are awesome though, and so is the turbo function. ;D

Predator mode / Plasma Sword & Grenade matches are double plusawesome. ;D

Turrets are cool, but alien technology turrets pretty much suck, as do most of the alien technology weapons. :o

Overall, it was a great gaming experience, and i really recommend it if you can get some big network games happening- playing as the alien elites and getting to customise your color scheme/ badge is totally cool. ;D

[jin]

Oh yeah, what makes the plasma sword terribly irritating is the "lunge" function- you walk 6 feet or so behind a guy and your recepticle changes color and its a one hit kill; although we did manage to dodge a few times. ;D

[Alxcipher]

Apparently they've reduced the power of the pistol, and also removed its scope. This will totally change the dynamics of multiplayer. The last one was just a pistol-fest. While this was good against shit players, it was hell playing against good players who'd nail you all the time, from anywhere.

[Helm]

Hi Alxcipher, will you be staying?

[James]

Erm, shit. Spoilers, I guess? Sorry. :/

[the_dudefather]

:lol i wonder who will be annoyed by this turn of events.

[MetalMilitia]

Halo 2 sounds pretty awesome. Apparently, Master Chief is killed, and revived by the Covenant to serve under them, which sounds like a pretty fucking awesome plot twist.

Wasn't he a robot though? so how would be be killed. Mabey reprogrammed by the convent or something. Or mabey i am wrong and he wasn't a robot.

oh and btw hickman it is probably going to suck almost as hard as the first one.

[the_dudefather]

hes somewhat-cyborg, as he removes his helmet at the end of halo1 (unless he is a robot who requires a helmet)

[HickMan]

The first one didn't suck, you jerk ;_;

He's a cyborg. So he's human, but a hardcore human.

[HickMan]

I BET METALMILITIA DIDN'T GET THAT FAR, DUDEFATHER.

[MetalMilitia]

Actually i completed it but it was a long time ago. Dont really rember much apart from going through hundreds of identical rooms and getting lost : /
oh and when the flood break through the doors, that was pretty cool.

[James]

Hickman PM'd me all mad. :/

I'm sorry. I said spoilers, man.

Shit, everyone's gonna be pissed at me now.

[the_dudefather]

if you diddnt want spoilers dont go on t'internet AM I RIGHT?

(answer: no)

[DeadKennedys]

JAMES YOU PIECE OF SHIT

If I keep telling myself you're lying, maybe I'll forget before the game comes out. :(

[HickMan]

One would hope >:

[HickMan]

But let's not act like fags. THIS GAME'S GOING TO BE AWESOME :X

[the_dudefather]

OR WILL IT.....

i just it doesnt have any more copy and paste levels like the library

robot orb thing: hurry now, this is the first door of ten
me: WHAT!?! YOUVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME! IM SICK OF THIS LEVEL ALREADY!!

[MetalMilitia]

It might be ok...ish....mabey. But there isnt a chance in hell i would actually pay for it.

[HickMan]

That's because you're a (omfg) pirate

[ArrowX]

THE ghosts 2ndary explosion opens up lots of tactical scenarios :O

I also heard you can customize your spartans armor from placement patterns to thickness in multiplayer. And different types of elites.

[Snatchtastic]

My friend got the French version for his XBOX.

It is pretty fucking sick, the flood is back, and theres a new alien called the Brutte :eek

You can be the Elite and cloak yourself to lay whoopass on stupid marines.

And the new vehicles are pretty sweet, theres a speeder bike type of skiff that hauls nuts all over the place. They remodeled the shotgun and the asault rifle, the rifle now shoots a 3 round burst shot and has a scope.

it's alot of fun.

[HickMan]

i never knew any of that :o

Only 98 Hours left ;O

[GADZOOKS]

can you imagine how many short jokes will could make about carlton in 98 hours?

[the_dudefather]

HES NEVER BEEN ON A ROLLERCOASTER FOR GODS SAKE!

[HickMan]

CARILTON'S LOG:.....I'M COLD

[Sicktodeathmx]

I work at Game Stop and there have been over 800 reservations of the game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama alone. Some of my friends have played the French Ver, and they thought it was awesome. I myself do not have an X-Box sadly. But everyone else I work with has reserved it, so I will just hang out with them and be an addict as well.

[the_dudefather]

ive said it once and ill say it again, the covenant sound better in french (compared to what i assume the english versions will be)

[ArrowX]

OMFG Maskless grunts are scary!

I'm surprised at how little I'm excited. Being grounded and my parents hid away my Xbox coupled with the fact I have no money.

I'm just waiting for Conker: Live & Reloaded.

[HickMan]

That game will be as important as grass in the winter time when Halo 2 comes out, ho >:

[ArrowX]

I know.

Now is the season to own an Xbox. For Halo2 Conker:L&R, Mechassault 2, Killzone, Snowblind, Pariah, HslfLife2, Doom3, SW:Republic Commando.....

The list goes on.

[HickMan]

HL2 will be a release for the next xbox :rollyeyes. I don't think I'll buy any of those because halo 2 will just rock that hardcore >;

[MetalMilitia]

pffffffffffff(fffffffffff), HL2 is going to be a shit load better than halo 2, lets look at the facts...

Hl2 - Havoc 2 physics.
Halo 2 - umm, some crappy phys engine created by bungie (er.. probably)

HL2 - first game was good as fuck.
Halso 2 - First game was medocre at best.

HL2 - Source engine with DX9 shaders and other fancy crap
Halo 2 - made for the xbox :/ DX7 shaders if you are lucky,

HL2 - kick ass story.
Halo 2 - halo has a story now?

Hl2 - kicks ass.
Halso 2 - sucks ass.

[Guitar Woman]

I bet it's gonna kick ass, but I am also slightly pissed off by it. It broke OOT's record for most preordered copies >:

[HickMan]

I don't care as much about HL2 YOU FAG SO SHUT UP. But, it probobally will be better in other people's eyes. I'm just a Halo junkie ;(

[MetalMilitia]

I don't care as much about HL2

hush your blaspheming mouth, you are not allowed an opinion. HL2 is going to be better 'nuffff said'.

:(

[HickMan]

OMFG DONT START WITH ME MAN I'LL GET IT FINISHED YOU HO

[MetalMilitia]

I dont like your tone of voice (typeing :/) young man.
Just admit HL2 is (going to be) a hell of alot better in all respects and i will shut the fuck up about it.

[BlueOatmeal]

ESPN College Hoops 2Kmotherfucking5. This game will blow away anyfucking game that comes out in November. headcheese.

[Guitar Woman]

NO IT WONT CUZ BASKETBALL GAMES STINK ON ICE >:

[MetalMilitia]

NO IT WONT CUZ BASKETBALL GAMES STINK ON ICE >:

This guy knows his stuff :)

[BlueOatmeal]

There is no ice in basketball. You are a dummy.

[Guitar Woman]

I believe you are the dummy for not knowing that I used a phrase that describes something that TOTALLY FUCKING SUCKS.
Btw when there is a basketball game and a hockey game on the same night and in the same stadium there is ice under the wooden floor, so :p

[HickMan]

I like Basketball >:. OMFG HALO 2

[MetalMilitia]

I like Basketball >:. OMFG HALO 2

Christ, you like halo and basketball. Why is your name not in the worst person ever thread?

[Guitar Woman]

Because he is not the worst person ever, you dick.

[HickMan]

DON'T STAND UP FOR ME IT'S MY FIGHT YEAH I'M A PRETTY LAME PERSON ;(

[Guitar Woman]

HEY DID U HEAR THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING ON HALO 3 :eek

[HickMan]

I KNOW OFMG BUT DON'T GET ME HYPED UP ABOUT IT I WANT TO TAKE ONE GAME AT A TIME IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN I THING YOU DO SO JUST SHUT UP THANKS. HEY GUYS WHO HAS XBOX LIVE AND GOING TO BUY THIS GAME I SHOULD GET YOUR GUYS NAMES SO I COULD FRAG YOU OMFG NO JK I KINDA SUCK ITS OK

[ArrowX]

A basketball Multiplayer mode in halo 2 would be awesome OMGF

[Guitar Woman]

STOP POSTING FAGGOT

[BlueOatmeal]

Are you so godamn dumb that when I post something I need to type /sarcasam or /funnyjokenottobetakingseriouslybystupidasshatfathe rspaz?

[ArrowX]

CHEW YOUR CUD!

[Guitar Woman]

OMFG SHUT UP LESS THAN 72 HOURS UNTIL HALO 2 COMES OUT OMFG

[ArrowX]

OMFG indeed

[GADZOOKS]

This guy knows his stuff :)[/quote]

You're Incorrect

[HickMan]

This thread now sucks..Thanks a lot MetalMilitia, ArrowX, and Father Spaz :(. All I wanted was a hip Halo 2 thread and you had to crush my dreams. Thanks a lot guys ;(

[ArrowX]

But I wanna play Halo2 >:

These other biggots just want to talk about basketball and BMXXX I want my HALO2 DMANIT!

[MetalMilitia]

This thread now sucks..Thanks a lot MetalMilitia, ArrowX, and Father Spaz frown.gif. All I wanted was a hip Halo 2 thread and you had to crush my dreams. Thanks a lot guys ;(

This thread sucked from the moment you put the word Halo in the subject.

[Anonymous]

I deleted jamesman's homoness

[Anonymous]

God, Metal, stop gaying up the thread.

Halo is over-rated, but Bungie deserves it, especially for (almost) bringing the Marathon series to life again with this new Halo series, which are prequels to the marathon games.

I wish Bungie would make a new game in the Marathon series itself, though :<

Oh, and Half-Life 2 is going to be just as gay as the first one. Half-Life 1 is the only FPS that I enjoyed as least as Doom 3 and Doom 1. Chex Quest is better. But then again, Chex Quest is better than a lot of things.

[Anonymous]

I'd like to triple-post to tell you what a colossal faggot you are.

Metalmilitia
Likes: Linux, Firefox, glowing computer cases, LAN parties, faggotry, Bill Gates jokes stolen from AOL.com, Half-Life 2
Dislikes: Micro$$$soft!!!, all that is right and good in the world, girls, Halo 2 (by proxy to Microsoft)

Just thought I'd clear that up for you all.

[ArrowX]

OMG i like chojin now :lol :( :(

[MetalMilitia]

I'd like to triple-post to tell you what a colossal faggot you are.

Metalmilitia
Likes: Linux, Firefox, glowing computer cases, LAN parties, faggotry, Bill Gates jokes stolen from AOL.com, Half-Life 2
Dislikes: Micro$$$soft!!!, all that is right and good in the world, girls, Halo 2 (by proxy to Microsoft)

Just thought I'd clear that up for you all.

You left out my dislike for SCO... fag.
Also i like girls....they just dont like me :(

[Guitar Woman]

OMFG LESS THAN 48 HOURS TILL IT ARRIVES ON THE DOORSTEP OF GEEKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY OMFG :eek

[HickMan]

I don't care if somebody dosn't like Halo for a good reason. Like Chojin ;D. But it's when a fudgepacker like MetalMilitia comes into a thread with a completly one sided opinion stating that it will suck wenis. MetalMilitia is one of the worst people on this board now. So...just shut up and get the heck out of my hecking thread you motherhecker. fag.

[MetalMilitia]

Fine, see if i care >: . But im warning you now if i dont post in here anymore you might not know my opinions on HALO. Also for the record here are 100 reasons halo sucks:

1. The storyline
2. The graphics
3. The gameplay
4. The sounds
5. The missions
6. The box art
7. The CDs
8. The fact it was made by omg M$$$
9. You like it
10. I enjoy making a fuss on intenet forums
11. My halo cd has disapeared (think i lent it to someone)
12. It cannot fly
13. It does not solve crimes
14. It raped my mother
15. And killed my father
16. The way the halo guy has a green metal suit thing
17. the ..stuff in the game with.. umm
18. ...............
19. . . . ............... ......... .......

Better make that '17 reasons halo sucks' . But i think you get the idea anyway.

[HickMan]

I'm not fighting a fag. It's just plain unfair

[Anonymous]

I do like Halo. A lot. I don't think it's the best FPS I've ever played, but if any company's earned the RESPEK, it's Bungie.

And now to debunk RainbowMilitia's list.

-1. The storyline
-Is WAY, WAY better than Half-Life's, plus draws on the huge history and plot of the Marathon series (story.marathon.org)

2. The graphics
-Are perfect for what they're trying to do, and will run reasonably on a mediocre system

3. The gameplay
-Is so much better than Half-Life's that it's almost hilarious, but seriously, every game since has adapted to use Halo's controls, so, yeah.

4. The sounds
-Are hilarious, fantastic, and clever (hey, it's a mark 5!)

5. The missions
-Are trite, but at least it has missions, unlike half-life.

6. The box art
-Was good

7. The CDs
-Were shiny

8. The fact it was made by omg M$$$
-It wasn't

9. You like it
-Correct point #1

10. I enjoy making a fuss on intenet forums
-Cop-out #1

11. My halo cd has disapeared (think i lent it to someone)
-Lie #1

12. It cannot fly
-Lie #2

13. It does not solve crimes
-Lie #3

14. It raped my mother
-Correct point #2

15. And killed my father
-Hopeful point #1

16. The way the halo guy has a green metal suit thing
-Gordon's orange jogging suit is far superior, I agree.

17. the ..stuff in the game with.. umm
-Correct point #3

18. ...............
-Lie #4

19. . . . ............... ......... .......
-Linux is gay #12

[the_dudefather]

why you attacking half-life chojin?

im not going to start going all fanboy on half-life but its hardly the closest thing to halo in terms of gameplay.

[MetalMilitia]

Chojin: As i'm not posting in this thread anymore i will not tell you how wrong you are.

[GADZOOKS]

Gordon's a nerd just like all you half life fags.

[EisigerBiskuit]

He studies plant cells and stuff in his little lab, and what does the cheif do? He gets frozen for a few years and beats up on redneck aliens on a hopeless planet.

Cause I mean, how many scientists have you seen take on zombies, fish monsters, and a giant duck?

[HickMan]

I'm going at midnight to get Halo 2. It's not like I want to stand out in the cold just for a game I can't even play until I come home from school the next day, but if I don't go, they're going to run out of copies :(

[Goldensoldier]

LOL a giant duck...wow and he is making fun of Halo... i think we have a better chance of fighting aliens then fighting a giant duck.

[HickMan]

I can't remember anything like a duck In HL ;_;

[BlueOatmeal]

Rec Faction for PC was cool. Red Fation 2 sucked. :(

[EisigerBiskuit]

Enter: Duckman
http://ybuko.wz.cz/bestof/halflife/pictures/h48.gif

[DeadKennedys]

It's Nihilanth, you cunt.

It seems that most of you can't like but one or the other, Halo or Half-Life. Well, news flash, they're both amazing and gaming milestones, and the majority of people that feel like they have to insult one or the other either have too much time or are just trying to go against the grain.

[the_dudefather]

in short, they are both good games

thnaks for bringing somw positive statements into the thread kennedys :)

[EisigerBiskuit]

Halo was a milestone for XBox I guess. Yeah, when it came out for pc is was like, "Oh my god, faptastic!" Now it's just... meh. Reinstalled it, multiplay still sucks. No co-op mode. >:

[the_dudefather]

its pretty cool having a large quantity of players online, so thers no problem loading up 3 people onto a warthog and going nuts

[thebiggameover]

crap. i'm going to a halo 2 party tonight, just to see whats up. i dont like halo, but i dont like FPS at all. the only reason i like HL is because my roommate had thoes 3d glasses things that make the game 3d...
:/

[the_dudefather]

are they any good? i was think of getting them a while back

[Guitar Woman]

OMFG 19.5 HOURS TIL IT COMES OUT OMFG

[EisigerBiskuit]

thoes 3d glasses things that make the game 3d...
:/
That thing broke my Quake III and then I cried all night

[thebiggameover]

are they any good? i was think of getting them a while back

fuck yes. but i dont know if they work with the way grafx are now...

[ArrowX]

OMFG I HAVE THE INSTRUCTION MANuAL! :O

Email me if you want it

chupas_in_your_garden@hotmail.com

[Guitar Woman]

OMFG NO CUZ I WILL GET IT WITH MY 3RD NOTICE BILLS TOMORROW OMFG

[GADZOOKS]

He studies plant cells and stuff in his little lab, and what does the cheif do? He gets frozen for a few years and beats up on redneck aliens on a hopeless planet.

Cause I mean, how many scientists have you seen take on zombies, fish monsters, and a giant duck?

I wasn't defend cheif, I was just saying how much a dweeb gordon was. I'm defedning the super mario brothers. >:

[Perndog]

Half-life is years older than Halo, and it's unfair to compare the two.

Compare Halo 2 and Half-life 2 when the latter comes out.

[Ihach]

midnight madness tonight! i have school tomorrow at 11, so this is clearly all nighter time! anyone else standing in the cold tonight for a shot at this game?

[Ant10708]

No. Mine's being mailed to me. I hope I get it tomorrow.

[HickMan]

I've been playing it nonstop since One this morning. I had to stop for a while because I wasn't blinking enough :(. Great storyline so far. Definetly worth the hype. Holy crap...holy mother of God I love this game.

[timrpgland]

Going to be getting this today after work. Got access to a XBOX now. Finished the first just a few months ago along with KOTOR for the first times.

[WhiteRat]

My roommate just picked up a copy at Wal-Mart. He said they had more than plenty in stock, which is funny because a month ago the sap at Gamestop insisted that my buddy preorder because as he said, "you won't be able to find one untill christmas".

We're playing co-op and we're on the second level. So far this game has proven to be excellent in every way. Looks like tonight will be several hours of wonderful gaming.

[thebiggameover]

there was a dude in line last night who brought his whole family to wait in line. he was rage-ing because they were letting people who didnt pre-order in the store, and the rent-a-cop had to calm him down :lol


i played halo2 till 6am. made me late to work. a lot better then i thought it would be...

[ABSeNCe]

Xbox Live play is so so. :/

[ArrowX]

I've noticed that the Weapons seem to be stacked for the covenant this time wich is very satifying. Vehicle combat is still the shit and CUSTOM LOGOS :O

[Perndog]

Damn, I'm tired...roommate got home with the game at 12:20, we got to sleep at about 5:00 and class at 9:30. :sleep

Living on campus is so cool. The way the network is set up, anyone in the dorms can play together just by hooking the Xbox up to an extra hub port. Dozens of people here got the game last night and by next week there'll probably be at least someone playing online all the time.

[the_dudefather]

cool setup, we diddtn even have a phone in our halls of residence (just a payphone outside :()

[EisigerBiskuit]

Now when you say logos, do you mean full-out custimized, or just different colored logos splashed together? Because I heard people started drawing penises inside the Halo 2 play test.

[ArrowX]

I havent gotten to try the logo thing since the flabby guy who smelled like a liquor store starded wheesing in dispair but from what I hear its like the "Create a spray" from Jet set radio Future.

Do you get your custom colors in Co-Op? That would be godly.

[eggyolk]

was his name static with an 8, jish or stanky am i right guys :lol

[DeadKennedys]

What happened after you killed the Prophet Regret?

Can someone explain what happened in the custcene following it? I missed the first part, I saw some tentacles grabbing MC, then I missed the rest.

[Alxcipher]

Hi Alxcipher, will you be staying?

Most likely not.

[Kerb Crawler]

Im thunkin I can wait until christmas for Halo 2, or maybe longer. Sorry if I offended any of those hardcore Halo fans that camped outside your 'Wal-Mart', as you call it in america. But I'd much prefer it on computer. For one; it usually gets all those updates and what-not that it deserves by the time it comes out, and two; I HATE XBOX CONTROLLERS.

[Drunkenbrigade]

I just picked up a copy tonight. Its a pretty bad ass game. I miss the old machine gun from the first Halo :(

[Ant10708]

Im thunkin I can wait until christmas for Halo 2, or maybe longer. Sorry if I offended any of those hardcore Halo fans that camped outside your 'Wal-Mart', as you call it in america. But I'd much prefer it on computer. For one; it usually gets all those updates and what-not that it deserves by the time it comes out, and two; I HATE XBOX CONTROLLERS. The S controller isn't bad. I just got the game today and so far its great. Havn't tried it out on Live yet thou.

[timrpgland]

The game is cool. I'm pissed that you can't add bots to split screen/offline multiplayer though. I don't have Live right now but when I get a new connection I will.

[HickMan]

Xbox Live play is so so. :/

You need to play with the 'right people'. It's the best online game for Xbox I think.

[ArrowX]

OMG mortar tanks.

The rebel part was wtf

[darkvare]

The ending sux OMFG

[Ant10708]

:( Really?

[HickMan]

NO IT DOES NOT SUCK. It's just a cliffhanger.

[DamnthatDavid]

God Damn Flood...

Can someone explain what happened in the custcene following it? I missed the first part, I saw some tentacles grabbing MC, then I missed the rest.
(spoiler)
A giant plant creature, like Adrea from little shop of horrors, brings you and the Arbitar together, and says "Why can't we all just get along" and teleports you right into the middle of the Covenent Council Chambers, where you kick ass. (Adrea seems to be the mind behind the Flood)

Hey! Did anyone else notice in the credits that Larua Prepon (Yes, Hot Donna from that 70's show) is the voice for the female marines?

[Kerb Crawler]

The S controller isn't bad. I just got the game today and so far its great. Havn't tried it out on Live yet thou.

Well I've already got two of those basic bricks they laid out first. It was such a gimmic that they would stooge us with an advanced controller release. So now to get the full 'experience' out of any of my games I must buy another controller, and I'm the only person in the house. So I'm still going with the computer release, here's hoping it's friggin soon.

[Guitar Woman]

Right on.

[Anonymous]

X-Boxes have shipped with nothing but type-S controllers for the better part of 2 years now. Right now all the systems are looking pretty good, but gamecube's going to fall behind this holiday season because XBox and PS2 are loading up on awesome titles like Halo 2, GTA: SA, SD vs RAW, and all the other XBox titles coming out that you fags are creaming over. ;<

There are only like 20 games worth buying in the history of mankind, but GTA: SA is seriously at the top of that list for me. Then again, I haven't played Halo 2 yet.

Oh, and I don't hate on Half-Life for it having godawful graphics, I hate it because the gameplay sucks the high hard one and I hate its radical fanbase even worse and the counterstrike fags even more than that.

[EisigerBiskuit]

Halfquake Amen is the only thing Half-Life was meant for :|

[Ihach]

i am brutally disappointed with halo 2. the story mode, while it had an interesting story, was far, far to short, i beat it in roughly 7-8 hours. and the multiplayer just feels like same old, same old. which is a shame, because i hoped that this game would rekindle my interest in the all-nighter marathon gaming.

[HickMan]

:( Too bad for you :(

[MetalMilitia]

The internet totally hates HALO2 and i was, as usual, proved right.

[DeadKennedys]

Remember how when you'd beat different difficulty modes in Halo: Combat Evolved, it'd give you a badge to commemorate your victory on the mission?

Where are those in this game? I've beaten missions on normal just to see, and it never gave me a badge.. :(

[Anonymous]

Yeah, Metal, because fags from GameFAQs, Fark, and any other site you enjoy are the stock from which good taste was originally conceived.

[MetalMilitia]

First off i dont like Game FAQs or fark. Secondly Its not just sites i like its the whole internet and everyone knows the internet is always right about everything.

[Anonymous]

I'll pick up Halo 2 in the next few months, probably at christmas, and I'm confident that it'll be a good game. It won't have been worth holding your breath for 2-3 years over, but that's really all the internet fags' own fault for doing that.

The original Halo wasn't a spectacle of modern gaming, either, but it had the best controls of anything around. Still, I don't really get why it got so popular. It's just a good all-around game, it isn't revolutionary in any way.

Just like Half-Life, only minus the good part.

[MetalMilitia]

ah but half life was revolutionary. No FPS before it had such well scripted events or such a good plot line (minus the zen part which sucked).

[the_dudefather]

i liked zen, but hey, i like super mario too :lol

i think we should stop the whole 'my game is better than your game' debate soon, its getting old.

[Perndog]

I think the enemy AI was the revolutionary thing about Halo. Aside from the occasional big boss, enemies in FPS would always just charge you or stand around shooting at you. In Halo they started acting like people, and in Halo 2 they seem even smarter.

But give me Unreal Tournament anyday. Or a new Quake game, damn it. Now that Doom 3 is done, they've got no excuse not to get working on Quake 4.

[DamnthatDavid]

It's the fun of mulitplayer, or co-op campaign mode that will keep me coming back to the game. And those beam swords... Ahhhh shit, those are the bestest best things ever.

[Tonberry]

they are making a Quake 4.

its suppost to be like doom 3 only with team based combat :O

oh, and more lights

[HickMan]

The game itself is great all around. Great AI for both the humans and covenant. Solid controls. The best FPS console graphics as far as I know. THE BEST console online gaming around. Great music. All together a really solid game. Also, I don't care what net douches are saying about the ending, either. It's just those tight pants little internet fags wanted something they knew they wern't going to get.

[DeadKennedys]

Halo 2 is different, but that doesn't make it any worse.

[ArrowX]

OMG Ron Perlman, The candyman, michele rodrigues.

I liked how cinematic it made you act while playing. Like in the first second level in the tunnels if you fell off the warthogg and had to keep up you totally lost the feel. Hunters a fucking crazy now they are like 10 feet tall and make you feel like a puny ant, Banshee Jacking is great in multiplayer. The flood have been weakened in numbers but are worse because it takes liek a full clip of SMG ammo to down one then if you are too slow the bubbles bring them back to life >:

There was only one Major problem with this game, Why the hell does it take agonizing seconds for the game to RENDER in front of you? In the Cinematic where sarge knows what the ladies want the tank was an untextures mass of blocks for a good 3 seconds.

[HickMan]

I think your xbox is gay. That never happened for me. For the first split-second Keys's daughter was untextured. But it was faster then a blink of an eye. The cinematic with The Sarge wasn't messed up for me at all.

[davinxtk]

(WARNING: *VERY* MILD SPOILERS. I'M ONLY WARNING YOU BECAUSE YOU BITCHES WHINE LIKE BABIES.)

There's so much in this thread that I want to respond to.

Halo 1 was an amazingly popular game largely, yes, because of the AI (enemy, and ally). It had a great replayability to it and a storyline that faked epic very well by backing humanity into a corner. It was a story about working well under pressure, and the sequel follows that pattern.
That being said, anyone who thought Halo was "repetative" or "got lost" wasn't paying attention to what they were doing and were playing on easy settings. That, or they're just making shit up and/or parroting the same crap PS2 fanboys do, which I've found is most often the case.
That, as well, extends to Halo 2. If you think it's too short, you're not playing it on a worthwhile difficulty. Heroic or Legendary are the only ways a serious FPS-player should get their Master Chief on. I only play the first one on Legendary, and I can dance around the enemy like they're not even there. In the second one, Heroic is an incredible challenge at some parts and Legendary approaches impossible. They explore better ways of telling the story (more in-game storyline, longer cutscenes, covenant-based missions) and have a much more diverse set of environments, weapons, enemies and allies.
The game certainly does live up to the hype. I've been waiting for this game since I beat the fuck out of the first one towards the end of '01 and what I've played so far (I haven't finished it, but I'm sure I'm very close to the last level) keeps the epic, cinematic feel and really shows off the vision of Halo that the people at Bungie have.

As far as Half-Life is concerned, it was the single best video game I'd ever played until Halo. Halo 2 has successfully overtaken both of them, but that's not the point. The original Half-Life had a creepy-as-hell, "I don't want to play this in the dark" kind of feel to it. The scripted events were pretty amazing and the graphics revolutionary and efficient at the time. It provided some of the best hours of gameplay and the hardest and most frustrating end levels.
Half-Life 2 looks like it's going to be good from a gameplay and graphics standpoint, but you can tell from the premise (you strike a deal with the guy from the end of the first game and you end up in a city full of aliens?) that the storyline is going to lack in a lot of ways. It's going to be a great game that will suffer from two major ailments: lack of (desirable) replayability, and a shadowed release. As good as CS is (IN YOUR OPINION, WORLD, NOT MINE, FUCKING HELL I HATE IT) it's not going to shake a stick at Halo 2's online multiplayer, and nobody's going to be playing HL2 until well after its name is forgotten to newer releases. The best in can hope for is that a brilliantly conceived expansion pack (HL1 had two) drops during a lull in video game activity to boost sales of the original. It's disappointing, because it's going to be a great game that gets remarkably overpowered by Halo 2.








P.S.
I talk too much.

[EisigerBiskuit]

I agree with everything you said. Seriously.

I just can't see why people question Half-Life 2's story when it hasn't even come out to prove anything, or why anyone thinks Halo isn't even mentionably awsome (besides the fact of total fay-gots, that I thought never really existed, that have different consoles would soak it down).
Apples to oranges, but then again, apples and oranges arn't that far apart anyway.

[Helm]

I liked multiplayer Halo. I liked Half-Life. I'll probably like Halo 2 when I pirate it for the PC. And I'll probably like Half-Life 2 when it's unlocked 3 days from now. None of these games is anything better than 'pretty good' on my book, though, and seriously debating their merits and demerits on the internet is way too nerdy for me. Most commercial modern games are based on graphics and atmosphere rather than gameplay, so if I want a really good time playing an action game, I'll play N or Sonic 2 or something.

[EisigerBiskuit]

If a mod for Half-Life 2 were about farming, THEN YOU KNOW THAT HALO HAS LOST BY THEN

farming rules

[MetalMilitia]

I liked multiplayer Halo.

Me too but all the cracked servers disapeared after the game was actually released :(

You know EisigerBiskuit thats actually not such a bad idea, a DM mod based on farming equipment would be damn fun. You could have mainly melee weapons like spades and pitchforks and stuff, also a shit load of cool vehicles like combine harvesters, tractors, horses and muck spreaders. Some AI cows and chickens running about would be fun too.
As well as DM you could have a gametype where one team are horse rustlers and the other team are farmers and you need to stop all the horses from bieng stolen within a certain time limit.
You would win lots of kudos for originality even if the game as pretty badly made.

[ArrowX]

OMG pushing boxes on stuf is the shit in halo 2.

on the second level I pushed one of those covenant boxes onto a hunter ans smashed him good!

[Anonymous]

Metal.

What a GOOD IDEA.

[MetalMilitia]

hmm whats that mocking tone in your voice, could it possibley be sarcasm?

Well shut up, combine harverster deathmatches would be huge ammounts of fun.

[GADZOOKS]

Hey they have combine harvesters in GTA SA, I THINK I'LL GO PLAY IT NOW!

[BlueOatmeal]

GTA SA rapes Halo 2 in the butt without lube!

[EisigerBiskuit]

Metal.... no
Havn't you played harvest moon? Boring chores + Neglecting Farm Animals + Dating your friends sister = Brilliant

[Ant10708]

He isn't talking about Harvest Moon.

[the_dudefather]

ton ton ton ton DING

[ArrowX]

Halo 3 should be all about story and geo-mod and not try and promise all this shit. If you look at it in a developement stand point they had all the gameplay mechanics liek Boarding and Dual weilding done for the E3 demo, the last year seems to have been wasted on trying to do stuf that just had to be cut out.

[Guitar Woman]

I could've bought Halo 2 for 30 bucks at Costco. >:

[darkvare]

ha! i got my copy free in a tournament

[GADZOOKS]

A juggalo tournament, correct?

[darkvare]

well it did had some destruction in it

[ArrowX]

Shut up before I cut your eyes out with broke Faygo cans.

[darkvare]

is broken, arrow.

[ArrowX]

Oh yeah well I'ma go fuck a hoe the cut off the bitches legs and shuve them up her ass crack

[DamnthatDavid]

is broken

It's broken.

Oh yeah well I'ma go fuck a hoe the cut off the bitches legs and shuve them up her ass crack

Oh yeah, well I'm going to go fuck a hoe. Then cut of the bitch's legs and shove them up her ass crack.

Now Arrow, as we all know you're a retard, but why don't you try harder?

[ArrowX]

I'm too lazy

If you beat Halo 2 On heroic You get a new Multiplayer map :O

[EisigerBiskuit]

Thats a lie, it can be any difficulty. You just need a new profile to go with you on the last level and do the loop-da-loop tricks with the spaceship.

[timrpgland]

We should get some I-Mock matches going online. Got live going now. Name: KefkaGrimnir, Profile: Grimnir. Usually on later at night.

[HickMan]

A couple of friends and me found out a great glitch in the game, dosnt help anything, but it's funny as hell. I'll show Tim sometime, anybody else that has Xbox Live ask MrSwirly for a friend request. CUZ DATZ ME

[EisigerBiskuit]

Omg the blind skull LOLz

[ArrowX]

Has anyone here been HoggLunging? You sit in the passenger seat of the warthog with the energy sword and when an enemie highlighted turns red to lunge at attack and nothing but the animations play then after the target is a distance away, jump out and you will fly towards the person you attacked.

[HickMan]

I CALL IT THE INSPECTOR GADGET GLITCH, FAG >:

[Drev]

I played Halo 2 for the first time yestertday, and boy howdy do I suck. :(

t was in a 2 on 2 tournament. Luckily, my partner was really good and we made it to the finals. THe only help I could give him is driving the vechicles. :(

ALso it was the first time I played an X Box game. :(