Day Three Of Halo 2 Roundups
As usual, more news than one can shake a boomstick at:
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There's A Party On His Couch
Tycho of Penny Arcade is beginning to post his first impressions of Halo 2, starting with the matchmaking system, which he seems to like fairly well:
It's odd when you first start, especially if you're used to PC-style server browsers or classic Live optimatches, both of which make up for their deficiencies somewhat by being highly explicit. Once you get the hang of this new way, it's startlingly humane and organic in comparison.
Video Vendors Complicate Xbox 2 Compatibility Push
Gaming rumor sheet SPoNG has another of its items about infighting between nVidia, ATI and Microsoft over the possibility of making the Xbox 2 backwards compatible with the first iteration. Please pass the salt.
The Hundred Million Dollar Question
How much money did Halo make on its first day? $100 million, according to Microsoft and EB Games, says GameSpot. Not bad.
Dual Plasma Blades By Iron Forge
[image:8734 left hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0] HaloMods is carrying news of one of the first mods made with a legitimately owned copy of Halo 2; Iron Forge has created a dual plasma swords mod. Don't know how effective it is, but it looks damn cool. Thanks to synide for the heads-up.
Bring Out Your Dead
Mat "Shunji" Noguchi responds in his blog to some of Halo and Halo 2's critics by pointing out how Halo 2's game experience is optimized for average, not "hardcore" players.
Lies, Damned Lies, And Halo 2 Statistics
GameSpy has a two-page feature up called The Numbers Never Lie about the Halo 2 statistics system.
Halo 2 Vs Killzone
Evil Avatar writes that Killzone for the PlayStation 2, widely billed as a Halo-killer but launched to scathing reviews, isn't as bad as it's hype, but that Halo 2 lives up to its:
I played Halo 2 for several hours straight. The game is just awesome, it will be hard for anything to beat it as Game of the Year.
Living Up To The Hype
The BBC wonders why Halo 1 has created so much enthusiasm for the sequel; and to find out, they asked HBO's Claude "Louis Wu" Errera:
Bungie got everything right. They were really careful to make sure everything worked the way it was supposed to.
Nothing distracts you when you were playing. There was nothing in Halo that had not been done before but everything in there was as good as it could be.
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