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Title: Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: Edgedamage on November 08, 2004, 08:55:45 am
Don't lie we know who you are!!

Title: Re:Ok who called in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: mcdo15 on November 08, 2004, 12:44:12 pm
unless your speical or konw somone, halo 2 is being released tonight at midnight...

proper statment would of been, who is calling out sick tomorrow
Title: Re:Ok who called in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: wrxh8r on November 08, 2004, 01:20:55 pm
I should have my copy in about an hour.And its my weekend as i work in a restraunt.Perfect timing.No one was doing a midnight release where i live or else i wouldve just picked up a copy after work last night.
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: Edgedamage on November 08, 2004, 02:15:21 pm
It's out there.
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: Mr. Dude on November 08, 2004, 03:16:01 pm
Yeah, my brother-in-law preordered a copy and he's getting his sometime today.  I'm going to his place after work!!! ;D
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: clanggedin on November 08, 2004, 05:49:25 pm
I get my copy tomorrow, but I have a charity auction I have to attend, so I have to wait ANOTHER DAY to play. I'll probably take wednesday off to play it.
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: delta88 on November 09, 2004, 02:04:31 am
Why would I call in sick? I already beat that ol' thing 2 weeks ago ;)oops.. did I type that out load?  Now i'm gonna get it.. I can hear them coming for me now...
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: DYNAGOD on November 09, 2004, 10:08:37 am
from what im reading in the reviews ,its just more of the same.. a few additions, but basically a shorter single player game and a weak storyline with basically the exact gameplay elements.they are banking on the xbox live end of it to carry the game..
this was the same problems with GTA:San Andreas for me..
no real innovation.
 basically its just another expansion pack for a great game at full price..
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: Nannuu on November 09, 2004, 10:59:04 am
Well it's really not shorter.  It's actually quite a bit longer than the first (I played on Heroic as I did the first and it took me longer, 20 something hours).  But I am the kind of person that likes to kill everything.  It is also more fun than the first because of the additions of weapons, vehicles and much more varied environmets.  The new multiplayer maps are very well done.  And it is fun to play Beaver Creek and Coagulation.

Edit: Who plays a game on easy or normal anyway?  That takes all the fun out of it!
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: clanggedin on November 09, 2004, 11:27:31 am
The single player is nearly twice as long as the one in Halo. Halo's single player campaign was 8-10 hours. Halo 2's is 10-15 hours of gameplay.

Who cares about innovation in game game. Why try and fix something that isn't broken? The only things Halo needed to make it a perfect FPS were vehicles that can be destroyed, duel wielding and Xbox Live. Halo 2 has them all.

If you want to play an innovative game, go play Eternal Darkness on GameCube or Katamari Damancy on the PS2.

The only thing I wish thay had added was a jumpjet pack to Master Chief. I really like using that in Star Wars: Battlefront.

 
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: Dave_K. on November 09, 2004, 12:11:37 pm
Why would I call in sick? I already beat that ol' thing 2 weeks ago ;)oops.. did I type that out load?  Now i'm gonna get it.. I can hear them coming for me now...
And I'm sure listening to the entire dialog (not to mention classic one liners) in French didn't take away from the single player experience one bit.   ::)
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: Nannuu on November 09, 2004, 12:41:36 pm
Why would I call in sick? I already beat that ol' thing 2 weeks ago ;)oops.. did I type that out load?  Now i'm gonna get it.. I can hear them coming for me now...
And I'm sure listening to the entire dialog (not to mention classic one liners) in French didn't take away from the single player experience one bit.   ::)
It was out in English a week later  :P
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: johnnysmitch on November 09, 2004, 04:22:58 pm
It's killing me - I know that Halo2 is sitting in my mailbox at home right now, and I've still got a couple hours of work left... oh well, guess I'll just read more reviews to pass the time...  ::)
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: Luxury on November 10, 2004, 06:48:12 pm
Just thought I would throw this link out there for everyone:

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=15;action=display;threadid=14203

How about a BYOAC clan?  ;D
Title: Re:Ok who's going to call in sick to play halo 2?
Post by: DYNAGOD on November 11, 2004, 03:27:27 pm
now thats an interesting prospect