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Halo and other stuff
11/14/2004
Halo 2 came out on November 9th, 2004 if you've been living under a rock. Gamestop was going to ship my copy up to me, but I was worried I wouldn't get it on the 9th, and I really wanted to play it. I ended up getting a ride to Wal-Mart at midnight. We got there around 11:15 PM and there was a line of about 20 or so people already. Thankfully, I called before and they said they had 35-40 copies so I was pretty sure I'd get one. I got the Gamestop package a few days later, so I'm glad I went to Wal-Mart. Now I have to find someone to sell my other copy to or keep two - one home and one here.
So how is the game? It's probably the best Xbox game out right now. Graphically, it is amazing what they were able to pull off on the Xbox, seeing how it has fairly primitive hardware compared to newer computers. The game itself is very good. The story tells two different things at the same time, which is very cool. I won't give anything away but I would have never expected the story to take the turn it did.
People have been complaining about the ending. It just leaves you hanging, that's it. It's not that it is a bad ending, it just leaves the door wide open for numerous Halo titles. I admit, it does end just as the story starts to get more action, but it does at least rap up the story a little bit.
Xbox Live play is really, really cool. You can pick what type of game you want to play and then it matches your skill level and party size with others and then throws you in a random game from the pre-established playlist of game types. Oh, and parties are like mini-lan parties. It allows you and other people to go into games together all the time. Anyway, a TON of people have been complaining that they want to pick the game they play online. They can right now but only if they have a party, and it isn't ranked. It is sometimes hard to get a party going though. Bungie said they are messing around with ideas and will probably offer a new option which will allow you to pick your game more easily. I don't mind the random play because it diversifies everything. Keeps it fun.
Bungie.net now lists stats for each player. And by stats I mean a gigantic pile of them. You can check out all my stats by clicking here. You can look up each and every game and see how many kills everyone got as well as pretty much any other stat you can think of. You can even see who killed who on the map and WHERE they killed them.
So what else is new? Not all that much. I had two tests in both math classes this past Friday. I think I did pretty well on both so that is good.
We get to go home for Thanksgiving break pretty soon, on this upcoming Friday to be exact. It should be nice to see my family again for a while.
Other than that, I don't know what else to write in here.
So how is the game? It's probably the best Xbox game out right now. Graphically, it is amazing what they were able to pull off on the Xbox, seeing how it has fairly primitive hardware compared to newer computers. The game itself is very good. The story tells two different things at the same time, which is very cool. I won't give anything away but I would have never expected the story to take the turn it did.
People have been complaining about the ending. It just leaves you hanging, that's it. It's not that it is a bad ending, it just leaves the door wide open for numerous Halo titles. I admit, it does end just as the story starts to get more action, but it does at least rap up the story a little bit.
Xbox Live play is really, really cool. You can pick what type of game you want to play and then it matches your skill level and party size with others and then throws you in a random game from the pre-established playlist of game types. Oh, and parties are like mini-lan parties. It allows you and other people to go into games together all the time. Anyway, a TON of people have been complaining that they want to pick the game they play online. They can right now but only if they have a party, and it isn't ranked. It is sometimes hard to get a party going though. Bungie said they are messing around with ideas and will probably offer a new option which will allow you to pick your game more easily. I don't mind the random play because it diversifies everything. Keeps it fun.
Bungie.net now lists stats for each player. And by stats I mean a gigantic pile of them. You can check out all my stats by clicking here. You can look up each and every game and see how many kills everyone got as well as pretty much any other stat you can think of. You can even see who killed who on the map and WHERE they killed them.
So what else is new? Not all that much. I had two tests in both math classes this past Friday. I think I did pretty well on both so that is good.
We get to go home for Thanksgiving break pretty soon, on this upcoming Friday to be exact. It should be nice to see my family again for a while.
Other than that, I don't know what else to write in here.