So it's Halo Twosday...

imported_Andrew · 11-09-2004, 09:10 PM

...and the 2nd blockbuster game this season (GTA:SA being the first) to be released.

So with Halo 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metroid Prime 2 and many more, is this one of the, if not the biggest blockbuster holiday seasons for videogames, despite them all being sequels or an installment in a series?

And if any of you say any of the above are busts, the most reliable reviewing outlet im my opinion, EGM gave Halo2 and GTA:SA straight 10's, and MP2 and MGS3 a 10, 9 and 9.5. So nyeh.

And which do you plan on getting? Even though I'm scared of buying it because once I do I know I won't get anything done, I'm going to be GTA and then just ask for MGS3 for Christmas.

Too many games...

Link2000 · 11-09-2004, 09:27 PM

Yeah, these four are pretty muc guarranteed to be top-class titles. They have almost universal support. I've got Halo 2, and I will probably pick up the other 3 over the next 6 months or so.

Sim Kid · 11-09-2004, 09:30 PM

As well as record truency rate in high-schools-and-colleges-day. I heard the local colleges were missing as much as 50% (NOTE: Rounded) of their classes to Halo 2.

I'm going to wait for the PC port of Halo 2 before I play it. That way I know I will be playing Halo as it was meant to be played.

Link2000 · 11-09-2004, 09:49 PM

Leave it to Douglas to find somehting wrong about a game which sells incredibly.

Halo 2 was meant to be played on the Xbox, that's what bungie developed it for. It shouldn't be too bad though, as you can use DirectX on the computer too. No live though, that sucks, and you'll be waiting a least a year.

**BEARD BURGER MASTER** · 11-09-2004, 10:07 PM

Halo 2 does sound good, but the X-Box is still highly over-rated (as in does NOT suck), making Nintendo/Sega/Sony/whatever under-rated. Luckily, I found some people who agree Dreamcast was great.

Unfortunatly, I may be the only Nintendy fan in our school o_o **Wind blows**

[ November 09, 2004, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: Vote for Fred for NC President '04 ]

Jonathan Resop · 11-09-2004, 10:12 PM

Xbox is for losers.-jay

Nick · 11-09-2004, 10:29 PM

I'm waiting on Halo 2 to come in. May be a while though.

I'm likely only going to grab Halo and MechAssault 2 (overshadowed by everything else) this holiday season since I'm pretty broke. I'll likely get MGS3 when the price goes down ala ebay.

The other big game that you neglected is Half-Life 2, which I'll likely have in december as well.

Dark Magus · 11-09-2004, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ShyGuy727: Cake Eater:
So it's Halo Twosday...

Jeez man, how many months have you been waiting to crack that one?

[sage] · 11-09-2004, 10:44 PM

Its all i heard about at school today. One of my friends was counting down the hours, I heard about 6 different halo parties, and i even got invited to one.

*shrug*

Swordmaster Link · 11-10-2004, 12:17 AM

My brother already got Halo 2. I was too busy with homework to play it so far, but yeah I have it.

imported_Andrew · 11-10-2004, 07:12 AM

Heh, heh. I love saying/typing that. I didn't come up with it though, it was EGM I think.

Brandon2390 · 11-10-2004, 09:03 PM

The game is overrated damn, there's better shooters out there.

Nick · 11-10-2004, 10:02 PM

Like what?

Swordmaster Link · 11-10-2004, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Brandon2390 aka Switch C:
The game is overrated damn, there's better shooters out there.

I'd have to disagree.

Phenom · 11-11-2004, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Perrin Aybara:
Xbox is for losers.-jay

So where is yours? *rimshot*

[sage] · 11-11-2004, 06:14 PM

Bomby · 11-11-2004, 07:19 PM

Oh how fun it is to make fun of Halo 2 obsessed kiddies.

[Dragoon] · 11-11-2004, 07:44 PM

Did any of you notice that the usual release date for anything is a tuesday? That way they can make that horrible twoday pun that makes me want to kill someone.

However, just last week, Shrek 2 came out on Friday. I think it was because they wanted to get their movie out before Halo 2 came out so the people would have more time to waste their money on the movie instread of the game. I think for some odd reason the sellers of Shrek feared Halo 2's realease for monatary reasons...

***CaptHayfever*** · 11-11-2004, 07:48 PM

Because Shrek transcends age, and so many of the film's fans could also just as easily be Halo fans.

....also because they wanted to do that "Far Far Away Idol" thing over the weekend.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Parrakarry · 11-11-2004, 07:59 PM

Yeah, the past three days I've gone down to my friend's house for multiple hours after school and played. Our other Xbox and our Sys Link cable left though, so we've been doing campaign, but today a few more guys came down with a box and cable and we had a grand old time, 4 on 4.

11-11-2004, 06:14 PM	#16
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11-09-2004, 09:10 PM	#1
imported_Andrew Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 9,746.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 10,246.00 Donate	...and the 2nd blockbuster game this season (GTA:SA being the first) to be released. So with Halo 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metroid Prime 2 and many more, is this one of the, if not the biggest blockbuster holiday seasons for videogames, despite them all being sequels or an installment in a series? And if any of you say any of the above are busts, the most reliable reviewing outlet im my opinion, EGM gave Halo2 and GTA:SA straight 10's, and MP2 and MGS3 a 10, 9 and 9.5. So nyeh. And which do you plan on getting? Even though I'm scared of buying it because once I do I know I won't get anything done, I'm going to be GTA and then just ask for MGS3 for Christmas. Too many games...

11-09-2004, 09:27 PM	#2
Link2000 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Ontario, Canada Gender: Posts: 8,052 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Points: 17,596.15 Bank: 804.22 Total Points: 18,400.37 Donate	Yeah, these four are pretty muc guarranteed to be top-class titles. They have almost universal support. I've got Halo 2, and I will probably pick up the other 3 over the next 6 months or so.

11-09-2004, 09:30 PM	#3
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,941 Thanks: 23 Thanked 72 Times in 37 Posts Points: 43,679.86 Bank: 634.12 Total Points: 44,313.98 Donate	As well as record truency rate in high-schools-and-colleges-day. I heard the local colleges were missing as much as 50% (NOTE: Rounded) of their classes to Halo 2. I'm going to wait for the PC port of Halo 2 before I play it. That way I know I will be playing Halo as it was meant to be played.

11-09-2004, 09:49 PM	#4
Link2000 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Ontario, Canada Gender: Posts: 8,052 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Points: 17,596.15 Bank: 804.22 Total Points: 18,400.37 Donate	Leave it to Douglas to find somehting wrong about a game which sells incredibly. Halo 2 was meant to be played on the Xbox, that's what bungie developed it for. It shouldn't be too bad though, as you can use DirectX on the computer too. No live though, that sucks, and you'll be waiting a least a year.

11-09-2004, 10:07 PM	#5
BEARD BURGER MASTER ZAT'S RIGHT! I'M IN ZEE HOUSE! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,655 Thanks: 107 Thanked 411 Times in 230 Posts Points: 3,893.18 Bank: 49,873.05 Total Points: 53,766.23 Donate	Halo 2 does sound good, but the X-Box is still highly over-rated (as in does NOT suck), making Nintendo/Sega/Sony/whatever under-rated. Luckily, I found some people who agree Dreamcast was great. Unfortunatly, I may be the only Nintendy fan in our school o_o Wind blows [ November 09, 2004, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: Vote for Fred for NC President '04 ]

11-09-2004, 10:12 PM	#6
Jonathan Resop Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 38,253.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 38,753.00 Donate	Xbox is for losers.-jay

11-09-2004, 10:29 PM	#7
Nick Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 11,449.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 11,949.00 Donate	I'm waiting on Halo 2 to come in. May be a while though. I'm likely only going to grab Halo and MechAssault 2 (overshadowed by everything else) this holiday season since I'm pretty broke. I'll likely get MGS3 when the price goes down ala ebay. The other big game that you neglected is Half-Life 2, which I'll likely have in december as well.

11-09-2004, 10:44 PM	#9
[sage] Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Florida Gender: Posts: 18,138 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts Points: 38,288.57 Bank: 923.79 Total Points: 39,212.36 Donate	Its all i heard about at school today. One of my friends was counting down the hours, I heard about 6 different halo parties, and i even got invited to one. shrug

11-10-2004, 12:17 AM	#10
Swordmaster Link Super Bodyguard & King of the Arcade Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Wherever you want me to be Gender: Posts: 31,202 Thanks: 232 Thanked 803 Times in 565 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 180.58 Bank: 3,146,152.78 Total Points: 3,146,333.36 Donate	My brother already got Halo 2. I was too busy with homework to play it so far, but yeah I have it.

11-10-2004, 07:12 AM	#11
imported_Andrew Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 9,746.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 10,246.00 Donate	Heh, heh. I love saying/typing that. I didn't come up with it though, it was EGM I think.

11-10-2004, 09:03 PM	#12
Brandon2390 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Connecticut Posts: 10,445 Thanks: 6 Thanked 22 Times in 17 Posts Points: 44,186.44 Bank: 2,039.77 Total Points: 46,226.21 Donate	The game is overrated damn, there's better shooters out there.

11-10-2004, 10:02 PM	#13
Nick Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 11,449.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 11,949.00 Donate	Like what?

11-11-2004, 07:19 PM	#17
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11-11-2004, 07:44 PM	#18
[Dragoon] Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 165 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 925.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,425.00 Donate	Did any of you notice that the usual release date for anything is a tuesday? That way they can make that horrible twoday pun that makes me want to kill someone. However, just last week, Shrek 2 came out on Friday. I think it was because they wanted to get their movie out before Halo 2 came out so the people would have more time to waste their money on the movie instread of the game. I think for some odd reason the sellers of Shrek feared Halo 2's realease for monatary reasons...

11-11-2004, 07:48 PM	#19
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11-11-2004, 07:59 PM	#20
Parrakarry Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 10,684 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 9,926.87 Bank: 634.12 Total Points: 10,560.99 Donate	Yeah, the past three days I've gone down to my friend's house for multiple hours after school and played. Our other Xbox and our Sys Link cable left though, so we've been doing campaign, but today a few more guys came down with a box and cable and we had a grand old time, 4 on 4.