10-11-2004 04:00									#31
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I picked it up at my local EB, and surprisingly, there were only four people in line. I have a year warranty on it, and I got the official strategy guide, which is huge, for free, because I showed up so early.

Rating: (Despite ruining Blood Gulch)

	10-11-2004 07:39									#32
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I'm totally digging this.

I'm farther in the campaign now. As I was playing, this message notification slide up saying "(gametag here) has sent you a voice message"

So I pause the game, hit Y to view my friends list. There's a message icon from him, so I listen to his message. Turns out they were having a LAN party and he was asking if I wanted in on some multiplayer. So he invited me to his Party and we started.

At the same time, my MSN said "(gamertag) has invited you to a game of Halo 2."

Mwaha.

	10-11-2004 09:43									#33
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Not even sure I'll get it anymore, given that

quote: (...) the campaign, at the default difficulty, is going to take an average player less than 10 hours from start to finish.

That's according to the Gamespot reviewer. So there's no point in buying it, since I'm not on Live. I'll definitely rent it, however.

	10-11-2004 09:48									#34
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I totally agree. On easy level, it took me maybe four hours to beat. A bit disappointing.

	10-11-2004 10:09									#35
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Can't comment on the multiplayer, but the single player definitely comes across as pretty average. I'm not saying it's bad, just that it isn't the most amazingstupendousawesome game ever that most of the reviews are making it out to be. A lot of hype, a medium amount of substance.

	10-11-2004 10:11									#36
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quote: Originally posted by ZargonX Can't comment on the multiplayer, but the single player definitely comes across as pretty average. I'm not saying it's bad, just that it isn't the most amazingstupendousawesome game ever that most of the reviews are making it out to be. A lot of hype, a medium amount of substance.

As I play it more, I have to agree with you. I rate it a 9.0

	10-11-2004 10:43									#37
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quote: I totally agree. On easy level, it took me maybe four hours to beat. A bit disappointing.

Ouch!

	10-11-2004 11:21									#38
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JEEZ that's short! And people were complaining about Fable .

	10-11-2004 12:09									#39
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quote: Originally posted by Lord Nuclear I totally agree. On easy level, it took me maybe four hours to beat. A bit disappointing.

There are those who can finish Halo on Legendary in 3 hours flat.

On easy level you can run through without fighting anything. Of course it won't take much time.

	10-11-2004 12:23									#40
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The local store had a line going around the block. Not bad for a game I could care less about (not a console player). Probably won't get it on PC either. I guess ignorance is bliss in this case.

	10-11-2004 18:10									#41
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quote: Originally posted by Jaguar There are those who can finish Halo on Legendary in 3 hours flat. On easy level you can run through without fighting anything. Of course it won't take much time.

Aren't there certain points where you have to kill people? (for example, in the second level, unless you let the Marines do it for you)

	10-11-2004 19:41									#42
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quote: Originally posted by Lord Nuclear I totally agree. On easy level, it took me maybe four hours to beat. A bit disappointing.

There are four difficulty levels, "easy" being the ... easiest. It's much easier than Easy was in the original Halo.

I still find four hours to be a bit short...did you just run through everything?

I'm eight hours in, but I'm on Normal for now.

	10-11-2004 20:23									#43
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More multiplayer fun on Live:

The warthog is a total blast still. It's one of those things where the voice communicator is essential. While manning the gun in the back, or in the passenger seat with a gun, you can yell at the driver "go back, go back!" and coordinate. It's pretty damn lethal once you've got a fully loaded warthog. Pull the e-brake, slide around and let 'er rip.

I also like the distance-based voice aspect. You can only hear voices from people around you -- or over your team radio. The farther someone is from you, the quieter they are (excluding the radio). Further, when you talk into your radio to the team (hit the White button to start talking on the radio, it stops automatically when you finish), anyone within earshot of you can hear as well.

	10-11-2004 20:28									#44
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Also: "Parties"

You can create a "Party" and invite your friends, and then look for games to join together. This is awesome for when you've got, say, a group of 8 friends and you want to join a 16-player game. Makes it pretty painless to do.

	10-11-2004 21:30									#45
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quote: I also like the distance-based voice aspect. You can only hear voices from people around you -- or over your team radio. The farther someone is from you, the quieter they are (excluding the radio). Further, when you talk into your radio to the team (hit the White button to start talking on the radio, it stops automatically when you finish), anyone within earshot of you can hear as well.

So no flashlight in MP (not that it was ever useful anyway)?

	10-11-2004 21:32									#46
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Wow, the MP sounds great

	10-11-2004 21:39									#47
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker So no flashlight in MP (not that it was ever useful anyway)?

Right, no flashlight in MP. The white button is remapped to the radio.

Also, as you might have guessed, you can't throw grenades when dual-wielding (the left trigger gets mapped to your left gun). That makes sense, anyway.

	10-11-2004 21:42									#48
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Oh, and the AI can finally drive the 'hog now.

So in single-player, you can man the gun and have the AI drive the 'hog around. They're surprisingly really good, they keep the vehicle moving in circles around targets, so as to make ourselves hard to hit.

I also really love the vehicle-jacking. It makes the tank far more balanced in multiplayer...it's still hilarious when you manage to jump onto the tank and jack it -- you can use the B button to just pound your fist into the driver while the tank drives around. Looks awesome.

	10-11-2004 22:00									#49
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Does the driver die or get knocked off?

And what exactly happens when you throw a grenade down the hatch of a Wraith?

	10-11-2004 22:08									#50
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The driver can die in the tank if you beat him down with the melee attack.

In other vehicles, you just throw them out (they roll on the ground a bit, then get up).

And I haven't thrown a grendade down a Wraith hatch yet.

	10-11-2004 22:11									#51
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I read that that was the boarding thing for the Wraith in EGM.

	10-11-2004 22:17									#52
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Damn... it seems Single Player is kind of short and a lot of stuff they put on multiplayer (which I don't do). I haven't heard much about the SP campaign... maybe some of the later reviews will go into that.

	10-11-2004 22:58									#53
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker I read that that was the boarding thing for the Wraith in EGM.

EGM gave Halo2 a perfect 10, right?

I haven't had a chance to board a Wraith yet, because I've only encountered them in Single Player while I was driving the Vulcan Tank.

As you might imagine, they never got close enough to me for me to test the theory.

	11-11-2004 00:21									#54
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I hear this game took an outrageous amount of money on release day.

	11-11-2004 00:23									#55
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Over $100M.

More than any movie has ever made in a day.

	11-11-2004 02:56									#56
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Vulcan Tank?

Is that just a new Scorpion?

	11-11-2004 02:57									#57
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I GOT HALO 2!

I won't be online much today

	11-11-2004 03:09									#58
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker Vulcan Tank? Is that just a new Scorpion?

Sorry, meant Scorpion.

	11-11-2004 07:00									#59
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Hmh. A friend of mine got Halo 2... Two XBoxes, two TVs, me and three other guys in MP for the past 6 hours non-stop. My god. I am going to fail all my classes.

	11-11-2004 07:04									#60
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what's so great about this game?