Posted by Scott Laird
Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:01:08 GMT
I ended up driving to Costco yesterday and picking up a copy of Halo 2, since my Amazon order is so screwed up. I haven’t had a ton of time to play with it, but I like what I’ve seen so far. The graphics are much more detailed, the vehicles feel better, and the multiplayer settings are way more advanced. I’ve made it through a couple levels in the single-player campaign, and played a couple multiplayer rounds with family members, and the whole game just feels more polished then the original Halo. Nice work, guys.
I’m planning on spending most of Saturday playing; hopefully I’ll still have the same opinion then.
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Posted by Scott Laird
Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:38:08 GMT
As widely covered in the news, Halo 2 was released today. I pre-ordered a copy through Amazon over a month ago, so I should be expecting my copy today, right?
So, I went to all of the trouble to order it a month in advance, and they can’t even be bothered to ship it until after the release date? I noticed that the shipping date was listed as the 15th yesterday, but Amazon’s site was so freakishly slow yesterday that I wasn’t able to log in and deal with it. Now, today, they’re gearing up to ship it, but it’s still not expected to arrive until the middle of next week.
This is really irritating–I need to have a copy in my hands before this weekend, because some friends have been planning a “Halo 2” party for almost 6 months.
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Posted by Scott Laird
Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:24:17 GMT
I’m suffering from Halo 2 lust. It’s due out in just over a month; I pre-ordered my copy from Amazon this morning. Wired had an article today about the development process. The problem that Bungie faced was that they’re targeting the same hardware platform for Halo 2 that they used for Halo. They don’t have a lot of spare CPU power to use on fancier graphics. So they spent their three years building a better story, more levels, and better gameplay. Hopefully it all works out; games and movies have been trending towards better special effects at the expense of gameplay and plot for years; hopefully this is one of the exceptions to the rule.
I just don’t know if I can wait to find out.
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