halo 2

[spider_slayer]

well, i think i minght fail school. the reason being because of these damn addictive video games. since i bought halo 2 i have gotten home from class and player it till class the next morning. this has been detrimental to my sleeping habits and with need for speed underground 2 coming out soon i don't see any end, there should definitally be a support group for this.

[base9se]

sorry to hear, you're on CRACK!

[Bronze MFP]

Panzer Dragoon Saga did that to me back in the day. So now here I am 2 years later, back in school, trying so hard to stay away from the video games. Damn GTA: San andreas and Gran Tourismo 4 for coming out right now. my gpa is falling fast

[base9se]

i've stayed away for about 2 years now..used to play alot of RPG games which I played 24/7. But now I don't even have time for it.

[Chingon]

halo 2 is by far the best game in history...and that's no overstatement.

[MinisterofDOOM]

halo 2 is by far the best game in history...and that's no overstatement.

My god...you have obviously never played a decent game.

I just took Halo 2 back it was so terrible. Traded it in for credit toward a decent FPS: Half Life 2. I finished it on normal in less than ten hours. TEN HOURS. That is terrible for an FPS. DOOM 3 was longer than that! There is no reason to re-play it on other difficulties...it'll just be the same thing, but less simple. It sucked. A lot. There was just nothing original or fun in it that can't be found in dozens of other FPSs out there. It didn't look good. It had MAJOR bugs. The story was disconnected and random and just stupid. The interface sucks. The controls suck. The vehicle controls suck even more. There is NOTHING new to Halo 2 that wasn't in Halo save for dual wielding (already been done--don't see why Bungie is being so highly praised for putting it in there...its almost requisite for an FPS anymore), no health bar (BIG plus...WTF?!), and a new story. It's just the same thing.

Halo 2 was a sequel designed for one purpose: to make money. It was rushed (2 years in development!!! Half Life 2 took over 5!!!) to meet a deadline because it had to make money. In being rushed, it was not allowed to become what it could have been. Much was left out or cut out at the last minute (watch the collector's DVD) and the game is buggy as hell. If you seriously consider Halo 2 to be the best game in history, you need to come out from whatever hole you have been in and play some games! I play a LOT of games. And I also try to enjoy them all. I tried to enjoy Halo 2, I really did. But I couldn't. There was always something stopping me, from bugs to repettitiveness to poor level design to bad dialogue. It was just a bad game.

So now I have $50 dollars toward a REAL great game. One that, should it be what it is supposed to be (I can assure you, it will--this one was made for FUN, not for profit...Gabe Newell could not care less about profit--he could have funded nearly all of the development out of pocket!) will actually be the greatest game in the history of the world. But even if it is not, it is guaranteed to be better than Halo 2. Dethroned after 2 weeks...that's sad.

I can name only two games I have played that were worse than Halo 2: Halo and E.T. for the Atari 2600. And E.T. is commonly known as the worst game of all time.

Halo 2 is without a doubt one of the worst games I have ever played. And that is no overstatement.

[[Zero-S]]

Before you *****, play it on legendary. Please.

Oh, and play the whole way through.

BTW, I host every now and then over xbconnect on the name ZeroSX. Join.

[90Q45blue]

You who rip on Halo so harshly do so for 2 reasons:

1) You play FPS's on PC almost exclusively. I understand because I used to be the same way. It is so much easier to play on the PC, but Halo is different...I'll explain.

2) You are not an Xbox fan. That's why you say you hate the controls. I lover them and find them very well-done, done much like a keyboard/mouse combo would work on a PC.

Halo is different in that it has Xbox live which makes it a fun multiplayer game. It also has pretty amazing graphics for a console FPS. It is the best console FPS out there, by far.

Nick

[spider_slayer]

i don't agree at all. the ONLY reason half-life 2 is taking so long is because of the hacking of the source code. second, if valve wasn't trying to make money why are they advertising a game that won't be out for another year? halo 2 was designed to make money.....like all other games. the graphics are amazing for a console game and if you think its the worst ever you must not play many games at all

[StrangeLove]

He never said half life 2 wasn't trying to make money. He said that HL 2 wasn't trying to make a profit, big difference. HL2 is coming out tomorrow, not a year.

I played halo 2 abit, and I didn't like it. It felt like more of the same, except cluttered. I liked the first halo alot, it was a good, game... for a console.

[The Mic]

halo2 on xbox live is neat

[Chingon]

co-op in legendary...enough said.

[Sopdadope]

PDS still does that to me. Greatest game...ever.

Panzer Dragoon Saga did that to me back in the day. So now here I am 2 years later, back in school, trying so hard to stay away from the video games. Damn GTA: San andreas and Gran Tourismo 4 for coming out right now. my gpa is falling fast

[CybeRise]

My god...you have obviously never played a decent game.

I just took Halo 2 back it was so terrible. Traded it in for credit toward a decent FPS: Half Life 2. I finished it on normal in less than ten hours. TEN HOURS. That is terrible for an FPS. DOOM 3 was longer than that! There is no reason to re-play it on other difficulties...it'll just be the same thing, but less simple. It sucked. A lot. There was just nothing original or fun in it that can't be found in dozens of other FPSs out there. It didn't look good. It had MAJOR bugs. The story was disconnected and random and just stupid. The interface sucks. The controls suck. The vehicle controls suck even more. There is NOTHING new to Halo 2 that wasn't in Halo save for dual wielding (already been done--don't see why Bungie is being so highly praised for putting it in there...its almost requisite for an FPS anymore), no health bar (BIG plus...WTF?!), and a new story. It's just the same thing.

Halo 2 was a sequel designed for one purpose: to make money. It was rushed (2 years in development!!! Half Life 2 took over 5!!!) to meet a deadline because it had to make money. In being rushed, it was not allowed to become what it could have been. Much was left out or cut out at the last minute (watch the collector's DVD) and the game is buggy as hell. If you seriously consider Halo 2 to be the best game in history, you need to come out from whatever hole you have been in and play some games! I play a LOT of games. And I also try to enjoy them all. I tried to enjoy Halo 2, I really did. But I couldn't. There was always something stopping me, from bugs to repettitiveness to poor level design to bad dialogue. It was just a bad game.

So now I have $50 dollars toward a REAL great game. One that, should it be what it is supposed to be (I can assure you, it will--this one was made for FUN, not for profit...Gabe Newell could not care less about profit--he could have funded nearly all of the development out of pocket!) will actually be the greatest game in the history of the world. But even if it is not, it is guaranteed to be better than Halo 2. Dethroned after 2 weeks...that's sad.

I can name only two games I have played that were worse than Halo 2: Halo and E.T. for the Atari 2600. And E.T. is commonly known as the worst game of all time.

Halo 2 is without a doubt one of the worst games I have ever played. And that is no overstatement.

Im with you! I have Halo 2 also and its just OK nothing more. Men of Valor is a much better game. Or CounterStrike on my PC with OGC wallhack owns ALL

[MinisterofDOOM]

Ahhh....where to start...

i don't agree at all. the ONLY reason half-life 2 is taking so long is because of the hacking of the source code. second, if valve wasn't trying to make money why are they advertising a game that won't be out for another year? halo 2 was designed to make money.....like all other games. the graphics are amazing for a console game and if you think its the worst ever you must not play many games at all

WRONG! WRONG WRONG WRONG!!Half Life 2 was not near done at the September 30 2003 release. It would have gone till mid-summer 2004 even if the hacker problems hadn't happened. The hacker problems only added about four months to the total time. It still would have been nearly 5 years in development. And before you start complaining about HL2 advertising, you should realize that the first adds for it appeared just a couple months ago. NOT a year ago. They had thought it would be ready, THAT's why they advertised a year ago. Look at Halo 2 advertising. The best example of over-marketing I can think of. You really should get your information straight before you make a rebuttal.

You who rip on Halo so harshly do so for 2 reasons:

1) You play FPS's on PC almost exclusively. I understand because I used to be the same way. It is so much easier to play on the PC, but Halo is different...I'll explain.

2) You are not an Xbox fan. That's why you say you hate the controls. I lover them and find them very well-done, done much like a keyboard/mouse combo would work on a PC.

Halo is different in that it has Xbox live which makes it a fun multiplayer game. It also has pretty amazing graphics for a console FPS. It is the best console FPS out there, by far.

Nick

No. I am an Xbox fan. I love Riddick, Fable, SB:LoC. Riddick is an EXCELLENT FPS because the controls work. Red Faction 2 for the PS2 works because the controls work. Why couldn't Halo 2 have controls like that. Besides, even on the PC, the vehicle controls suck. Bad. It's not the buttons, its the effects of the buttons. Red Faction is better than Halo 2, and its years old.

Also, how is Xbox live any different from playing a PC game online. I don't get how that comes into play with the rest of your argument.

]Before you *****, play it on legendary. Please.

Oh, and play the whole way through.

BTW, I host every now and then over xbconnect on the name ZeroSX. Join.

If you had read my whole post...or even the first half...you would see where I said "I finished it on normal in less than ten hours." I did play it all the way through. There is no reason to play it on legendary. If it was stupid on normal, it'll be stupid on legendary. The only difference is monster strength and such. That won't make it any more--or less, for that matter--fun. It's still the same bugs, same repetitive maps, same stupid story, same old same old.

Now I see you didn't read much of my post at all...don't respond unless you read it ALL. I traded Halo 2 in for credit toward HL2 Collectors' Edition. I CAN'T go on Xbox live. besides, the online play for Halo 2 is the most boring and un-entertaining of ANY FPS I have ever played.

Did I miss anything?
Modified by MinisterofDOOM at 12:10 AM 11/16/2004

[The Mic]

everyone post ur gamer tag so we can have a major blood fest massacre . Im s13guy, original i know

[JESTER]

Why are we fighting over video games??? That is so stupid. This is an opinion, and they are like butt holes, everybody has one.

Well, at least you aren't arguing over politics in this thread.

XBOX for life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[spider_slayer]

w3rd

i'm usally not a big vidoe game person, i simply don't have time between a job, 14 hours and my fraternity

it jsut happened that all these games came out at once and i thought halo 2 kicked ***

i did used to be a big fan of valve till the release of hl2 got pushed back 3 times so i lost intrest

[The Mic]

anyone get half life 2 yet?????

[StrangeLove]

I'll have it in 60 minutes

[JESTER]

My friend finished Halo 2, and he is Die Hard Halo. But he was disappointed. He agreed that it just stopped where there should be more.

But I have heard rumors that there will be down loadable levels on Xbox Live. Has anyone heard this??? Any truth to it???

[MinisterofDOOM]

I heard something about an epilogue--maybe a level, maybe a series of levels. But I have found no truth to any of this.

[hannibal]

I heard one of my friends finished Halo 2 already. I'm sure he's been playing non stop since he bought.Ive heard 'legendary' mode is freakin rediculous. They put tons of work into the AI in this game.

I played for the first time last night at HashiriyaGDB's house.

Halo 2 rocks!!