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Posted by Vash on Sat Jan 8th at 4:19pm 2005

It was so shocking...

Halo 2 won Best Multiplayer - and that I agree with, its multiplayer is superior to any other XBL game and most PC games. But it also won Best game of the Year. Now, I think people need to start hiring legit reviewers. Not these hype-ridden idiots who see a game plastered all over television, magazines, and hear about it in conversation then instantly have an idea for next-weeks column.
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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Jan 8th at 4:25pm 2005

i look at that page you linked to and think "no wonder with it running against this crap"

lets assume i am uneducated on the games a moment, it still begs to ask, why does the list not contain some games i do know about?

anywho's... i am glad you are happy vash.

bottomline, i do not trust polls, statistics or reviews if the things they are compared to are incomplete.

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Posted by Vash on Sat Jan 8th at 4:27pm 2005

It doesn't bother me as much as it may look. The reason this particular poll bothers me is because I have seen Halo 2 win every game of the year award, and Half-Life 2 has been stabbed in the ribs.

But, polls are polls. Just like donkeys are jackasses!
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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Sat Jan 8th at 4:29pm 2005

That's reader voting, though. You should be surprised if any deserving title got a mention in its respective category [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Jan 8th at 4:46pm 2005

LOL, i was being genuinely sarcastic, and come to find out it was wasted effort.

never occurred to me that you posted it because it was skewed vash

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Posted by Myrk- on Sat Jan 8th at 5:42pm 2005

I reckon Halo 2 was an amazing game, kept true to its story and all and had some really cool aditions to the original. Everything people wanted happened. Don't go on at me cus I flame it, but HL2 had nothing everyone wanted better than the original, it had new stuff, but I wanted to see the old stuff and more stuff, not just new. [addsig]



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Posted by G.Ballblue on Sat Jan 8th at 6:03pm 2005

? quoting Myrk-
I reckon Halo 2 was an amazing game, kept true to its story and all and had some really cool aditions to the original. Everything people wanted happened. Don't go on at me cus I flame it, but HL2 had nothing everyone wanted better than the original, it had new stuff, but I wanted to see the old stuff and more stuff, not just new.

"new stuff" makes me wonder if the shotgun - pump animation was a mistake, or done that way on purpose

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Posted by Spartan on Sat Jan 8th at 8:30pm 2005

? quoting Myrk-
I reckon Halo 2 was an amazing game, kept true to its story and all and had some really cool aditions to the original. Everything people wanted happened. Don't go on at me cus I flame it, but HL2 had nothing everyone wanted better than the original, it had new stuff, but I wanted to see the old stuff and more stuff, not just new.

No actually that is false. A lot of the old fun stuff from the first Halo was taken out. I didn't enjoy it as much as the first Halo. While it was a good game it does not deserve "game of the year" I played Fable and it sucked. Morrowind was a much better RPG on Xbox. The best game I ever played this year and one of the best I have ever played in my life is World of Warcraft. It is amazing and is right up there with games such as Half Life. I play it everyday. Everything about WoW is perfectly crafted and can be enjoyed by everyone. Just look at the awards it's won.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/misc/awards.shtml

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Posted by Joe-Bob on Sat Jan 8th at 8:59pm 2005

1up isn't exactly the most reliable place if you're looking for PC stuff.

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The biggest and only serious bummer of Half-Life 2 is the installation -- and it's so bad that we're knocking the game's final score (see sidebar.) Once the game actually begins, however, it takes all of about 20 seconds to get over any installation woes and realize that you are once again back in the hands of game designers who, like great film directors, are master manipulators and draw you into their world with anticipation and suspense.


I honestly doubt that this guy has ever installed a PC game before. It was significantly faster for me than any game I've installed recently, and Steam is not only brilliant but the inevitable future.

Now, I'm not saying that HL2 should have won the game of the year, but Halo 2 is just a laughable choice. WoW, Ninja Gaiden, or even Burnout 3 deserved that in front of H2.




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Posted by Vash on Sat Jan 8th at 10:07pm 2005

I agree Joe. Half-Life 2 doesn't deserve to win Game of the Year everywhere, but at least in some categories. But when Halo 2 starts beating out HL2 and other, better games, then it becomes clear that most people are jackasses.
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Posted by Guessmyname on Sat Jan 8th at 10:15pm 2005

Halo 2: Only gets awards because of good advertising and ultimately by the large hordes of f**ked up twats who would buy Bungie's poo if they said it tasted nice.

Half-Life 2: Excellent game, gets no awards due to virtually non-existent advertising (least ways from what I've seen) and Bungie saying its utter cack so that their fans won't buy it and realise just how much better it is than Halo 2
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Posted by Myrk- on Sat Jan 8th at 10:18pm 2005

What did they remove from Halo 2 that was in Halo 1? I didn't notice anything gone apart from a the old SMG, but now you get dual smgs! And seriously, anyone here actually played Halo 2 when you jump on the back of a giant 4 legged robot thats going through the city and go inside it and blow it up from inside, but having battles inside it?! It's amazing! Sure HL2 has physics, but not much of it blows me away (apart from the citadel, that was sweet). [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Sun Jan 9th at 3:09am 2005

Argh I hate fanboyism Really, what game you think should have won game of the year has no bearing on what IS the game of the year. Both Half-Life 2 and Halo 2 are good games, and which you think is the better of the two really is not important in the grand scheme of things. This was a popularity contest, and Halo 2 won. To be honest, who cares?
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Posted by omegaslayer on Sun Jan 9th at 6:40am 2005

Not surprised, there are more console gamers than PC gamers, so obviously Halo 2 won (but what about HL2 x-box vs Halo 3?)
Just in comarison I thought HL2 was better than Halo 2, in terms of graphics and gameplay, multiplayer I can understand. I just thought that Halo's HUD was too cluttered, and that prevented me to get into the "Flow" that the first Halo had.

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Posted by Myrk- on Sun Jan 9th at 11:09am 2005

Ahhhh yes, Halo 2 didn't have a health bar, thats what annoyed me. [addsig]



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Posted by Dred_furst on Sun Jan 9th at 11:56am 2005

Hmm, HALO 2 has year 2002 graphics like unreal 2, HL2 takes it a huge step forward, and i mean a huge step forward, like the first man on the moon or similar, Plot is excellent, Graphics are awesome, Gameplay is a joy to behold its that nice. Halo has fast paced shoot em up and flatten em gameplay like UT and Doom had. In singleplayer also. Epic battles yes, but whats the fun in them when you have some pretty poorly made stuff. Half life 2 had Awesome level design. Look at it. Its believable. Its water is realistic and the physics are near perfect. Halo 2 has a jeep with a gun on... and some nice renders and thats it. Ooh, do i se cutscenes in halo 2 that are avi files that make the game a little better, do I see suspense, enthrallment, and involvement? the answer is no. You can play it in one sitting, or pick it up whenever. Half life 2 has huge amounts of suspense, bucketloads splashed in your face that is different and refreshing each time washed down with packets adrenaline to fit. Half life 2 is like a very good book. Once you start, you cant put it down. I saw 5 minutes of Halo 1/2 and said "i'm bored, i'm going home". Halo 2 you have to pay money to play online. Does Halo have people getting involved in action? not really. the best bit I've seen is a big squad dropship flying in and dropping off troops, But HL2 has that and did a much better job of it!

Anyway, thats my View of the situation and the 2 games...

Also, PCG UK have given HL2 its deserving title and rank in thier charts... Best first person shooter and a game of the year sticker.

That site there Vash makes me think of GameFAQ's... Full of stupid console players who think that consoles beat all and PC's are only good at chatting and viewing websites. I feel like rounding up all the console players and saying "This is my 3 year old PC. it can run Halo far better than your big oversized paperweight of a console. It can run F'ing games in detail you guys only dream about... And its 3 F'ing years old!"

Also a not for consoles. they dont get visual lag (except Gta:sa) because they're running Low resolution (3 times less to 1024x768) and they reckon it looks good. 640x480 looks horrible. and halo 2, "the best game ever!" runs in crappy detail. Unreal 2 looks better!!! and thats 3 years older!

anyway, thats my rant over with.
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Posted by Andrei on Sun Jan 9th at 12:19pm 2005

I've played Halo2 on a pretty powerful machine. It was OK, but definetly not worthy of such a grand title. If you hire a team of professional judges to evaluate Halo2 and Half-life2, they will surely come to the conclusion that HL2 is much better. The problem is that that poll was adressed to the common gamer. I suspect that they voted for the game that they knew, and not for the best."Ohh, Halo2! Looks cool, seen it at X! HL2? Whats that? Never heard of it! *votes for Halo*" I'll bet that 70% of those who voted for Halo2 have never even played HL2! HOW can you compare these two, when you only know how one of them looks? [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Sun Jan 9th at 4:56pm 2005

I enjoyed both games equally, and liked them both for different reasons. Halo 2 has coop, it has an engaging plot, it has some very neat gameplay sequences, and it offers a challenge even on the second highest difficulty mode. Its also, at times, quite repetitive, and might not quite have the visuals of HL2.

HL2 was atmospheric, impressive to behold, and fun and varied to play. However, the plot is not very well developed (note that I'm not saying it doesnt exist, it just isn't handed out to players) and its really pretty easy even on the hardest difficulty.

Dred, just because your PC can run Halo better than the Xbox doesn't make the Xbox s**t. It cost a fraction of your PC, and you may also notice that Halo on the PC hates (or at least did when I last checked) running with AA on, meaning it looks somewhat worse than the console version. 640x480 games do look quite s**t on the PC, but using that resolution on a TV screen is perfectly acceptable and does not look s**t.

Andrei, how did you play Halo 2 on a pretty powerful machine, when it is only out on the Xbox?
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Posted by Andrei on Sun Jan 9th at 5:02pm 2005

[accidental double post]

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Posted by Andrei on Sun Jan 9th at 5:03pm 2005

Hehe, special emulator. But believe me, it's a damn nightmare! [addsig]




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