Thread: Halo 2: A Week Away
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Old 11-08-2004, 07:23 PM   #37
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If your buddy flipped on you for it, he's going abit far. Let me explain in calmer terms.

Halo, an XBox launch title, was a surprise hit among ports and so-so games. It's emphasis on console multiplayer gaming was a leap forward and the sole reason people wanted to hook up XBox's. While it's single player mode was great, especially with the industry rare co-op option attached, few games gave you the options and means to have 16 guys sitting in one room fragging each other. This is most evident in the fact that 90% (and this is me shooting in the dark, here) of XBox owners that got the system after it's launch probably did so because of Halo. Another way to look at it is many XBox owners, including me and friends, played Halo like it came out the week before, though it was released in Nov. '01. Halo is easily the most successful and lucradive launch title this generation, and sports the greatest replay value of a launch title PERIOD.

Enter; Halo 2. A game that promises to expand on what millions already love about it. Though it's been delayed, for years on end, fans still looked to Bungie lovingly for the newest update and screenshot like crackhead hounds. A portion of XBox sells can be attributed to the fact that gamers got the system because of the coming Halo 2, and all other games, no matter how good, were time wasters before Halo 2 arrived.

Enter XBox Live. The best console online gaming network as added replay value to some of the worst games put together; imagine what it will do to the sequel of a game that survived 3 years of constant play without online capabilities?

I won't bore you with Duel Weilding or Boarding; these terms probably mean nothing to you, and I'm sure some fanboy threw 'em in your face. But I hope I gave you insight on this "Midnight Madness" craze. But I do highly recommend you play the damn thing with just four friends. Four. Take what you feel about that and multiply it by four again; whatever you feel is your God-honest opinions on it and I can't change it.
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