I have to share some tidbits from last night’s Halo 2 play.
- I see a warthog heading my way… enemy driving, no one in the back lacing me with depleted uranium slugs. Why not? I manage to hop in the back and start shooting the bad guys which are, of course, the teammates of the guy — who happens to be my buddy Graphix — driving me around. “Thanks for the lift, man!” I gently chided. I gleefully blew big chunks out of the bad guys for a while until Graphix got wise and hopped out and killed me for my insolence.
- Note to self: learn how to use the damned plasma sword.
- The “Single Bomb” gametype is fun. Especially when you win.
i, squub Says:November 11th, 2004 at 2:22 pm
I have never before in my life had this experience, of their being some game out there that I know NOTHING about, yet I am dying to get a damned XBox and the game.
This must be what that whole “HYPE” thing is about in the advertising world. I feel like a wank. I’m being hornswoggled.
ByTor Says:November 11th, 2004 at 2:49 pm
It’s not hype (and yes I got your comment as tounge-in-cheek). Although their self-induced assimilation into MS deeply saddened me, it doesn’t change the fact that Bungie is a 100% top-notch gaming company. In my opinion, Id has nothing on them. Nothing. Not even in the same class. Id is where the hype is. Period. End of discussion.
Mike Says:November 11th, 2004 at 2:50 pm
Classic!
I finally got my XBox live working by finally spending the time to replace my non-compatible router, so you may see a message from ScareMonkey (yea…not a ton of names left available) once I figure out all the live stuff. In the meantime I’m relearning how to actually aim while playing the campaign so I don’t look like a kid who just picked up an M16 hitting everything but what I’m aiming at. It’s one of the reasons I actually like the sword… you hardly have to aim at all, just run and swing.
ColdForged Says:November 11th, 2004 at 2:53 pm
Oh ByTor, how you are correct. If only I could convince you to acquire one of the hated units and get on Live with me. This is the promise Bungie made with Marathon multiplayer delivered in spades. Seriously, smacky-time has come a long way since our first time on that LAN in that little office you were contracting for.
i, I ain’t kidding… trade in that PS2 and come to where the joy is. Think about it: beating down “hos” or saving the world. I know where my money is
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graphix Says:November 11th, 2004 at 6:11 pm
I actually discovered this Halo “feature” the night before by accident. Somebody pulled over with a Warthog, and I figured “Why not?” The driver took off once I was in and, since he didn’t notice my opposing team color, drove me around for nearly 90 seconds before players on his own team shot us down. Everybody joked about it after the game.
For the first 10-15 seconds, you lulled me into the same sense of comradery. Here I was, hauling my bud around with some bas-ass weaponry and a license for vehicular manslaughter. Then you fragged my guys and I saw the opposing team colors. I hated to waste a good plasma grenade on that Warthog, but… that was just wrong, man
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agnOstos Says:November 12th, 2004 at 10:50 am
Man, I NEED to get NHL or HALO? Which fuggin one CF?
ColdForged Says:November 12th, 2004 at 10:58 am
Get Halo 2. Trust me on this one.