I don't understand this hate with Halo 2 that some people have? Do you hate it because you're not into online multiplayer?

I think "most anticipated game release of all time" is a bit of an overstatement. Wouldn't more people be looking forward to GTA4 or something? Or does the borderline insane fervour of the average rabid halo fan count more than number of people? I'd put halo 3 anticipation around the same level as twilight princess, albeit back before it's release date got pushed back a few dozen times.

It'd be really hard pressed not to have so much hype for this. People are insane for Halo. I haven't met many people who don't play it.

@Summa
I wouldn't say hate so much as "not living up to the hype" I never had a chance to play it online due to lack of internets in my place when the game came out. According to a lot of people the online portion of H2 is pretty fun.

Now that I have XBL and hooked up to the internets I may have to play a game or 2 and practice for the H3 MP beta.

Summa, if your fans think you're worthless, your enemies must be real assholes.

That "PR thing" is a riot. Might as well delete what that card said and put "God Developed Halo 3".

Hm...if you preorder the Legendary Edition online at Gamestop, you don't get charged until it ships, right? I might need to put in my order now and get the money in there by this fall.

Record lotsa videos, and enjoy dude.

you lucky duck. All I get to do tonight is take this chick out and possibly give her some of the ol' "in out in out". I would trade.

Is this the single-player or multi-player?

Have fun, and looking forward to lots of pictures and spoilers, ya lucky bastich.

Summa, let us know if they finally fixed the way you join online games. you know, if they actually let the player select from a list of multiplayer rooms like games have been doing for a fuckin decade? if it is still the same bull shit like in halo2, then fuck it, i am not buying it.

Summa, also bring back the pure gold Fabergé eggs and solid diamond hookers. You know, the stuff Bungie spent all their money on when they should have been making Halo 3 look... whats the word? Oh yeah, "next-gen".

*goes back to waiting for Bioshock, Unreal and GTA*

@ MusashiX2

I was of the impression that Halo 2 had the best onlien gaming system.

Party mode, Moving from game to game, Certainly a lot less hassle than mashing games on a list in trial and error.

Certainly took some of the sting out of XBL for me.

What really blows my mind is that people choose to hate Halo 2 because of the single-player campaign. Sure, multiplayer may have been the pinnacle of the experience, but I don't remember the story sucking all that much.

OMG SPOILAR WARNING !!!

Granted, I liked the storylines of Half-Life 2 and The Chronicles of Riddick (don't knock it unless you played it) more, but that's only because of their insistence on character immersion. Halo 2 had a pretty interesting premise, and I for one am always down for stories about maniac religions unwittingly destroying themselves, as well as the idea of playing as a character who wants revenge on a character that you also control. Even the Gravemind seems astoundingly cool if you can avoid the Little Shop of Horrors references. A sentient collective parasite that has lost its patience for the petty squabbling of its cowering prey? Hey, it's not Shakespeare, but I'll bite.

What did you guys want out of a sci-fi epic? Shadow of the Colossus with guns? An interactive Les Miserables?

Christ...

hey i got to play the beta tonight, fukken sweet., so much fun, thought it was top quality and cant wait to play it again on wednesday. have fun summa, youve got no other choice.

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Hey, hope you have a lot of fun. Maybe you'll get more then the multiplayer build of the game to play. take some shaky cam footage for kicks.....and leak it to the internet...and obviously you have to have bad filming skills or they might figure out who you are.