Did I F*ck Up Somewhere?
I inhaled the hype machine that was Halo 2 for months before it came out. When I bought the x-box, I knew that I couldn’t justify buying EVERY single game that came out. Each candidate had to go through a screening process…
It must…
1. be a (locally) multiplayer game
2. be x-box LIVE enabled
3. not cost a shitload of money (limit ~$60)
4. not need special equipment to play
5. not suck
6. be able to speak to your teammates in a simplistic manner
7. not be titled “Britney’s Dance Beat” or “Digimon/Yu Gi Oh”
8. be desirable enough so that most, if not all of my friends would buy the game
Being able to play online is the #1 priority for me. Halo 2 satisfied all of these conditions… so why am I disappointed?!!?! EVERYONE played Halo 2 for 1.5 weeks, then Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Two came out. Everyone and their momma is playing it. I’m thinking about selling Halo 2 to someone and buying this instead. Halo is a blind shooting, crazy ass jumping, lets drive off the cliff so that I can take my teammates down with me first person shooter. I don’t mind it, but its a lil’ too ‘EXXXTTTREEEEMMMEEE’ for me. I miss the tension of Rainbow Six 3’s “camp and wait” or “remote mine a door and hold back the giggles”. I kinda promised myself that I would only buy ‘”sure thing” releases for the x-box, but now… I’m not so sure.
I’ll prolly keep the game for special occasions where thinking doesn’t matter (read: THANKSGIVING/XMAS). We’ll see, don’t get me wrong, Halo 2 is a awesomely funner fantazmial game, but its not really built for chillin’ out and playing a few rounds. I guess I just miss talking to my teammates. Anyway, I only got the ‘box cause I wanted to play and chill with some friends, cause dammit “It really IS good to play together.”
~Spec
