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Subject: Release on 10/25/04
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Poll: Should Bungie release the Strategy Guide this far in advance? (10/2...  [closed]
Yes, I want to know the story:  6%
(7 Votes)
Yes, but for other reasons:  10%
(11 Votes)
No, I don't want any spoilers:  70%
(79 Votes)
No, but for other reasons:  5%
(6 Votes)
Undecided:  9%
(10 Votes)
Total Votes: 113

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  • 07.29.2004 10:31 PM PDT
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heck no they should'nt

  • 07.29.2004 10:33 PM PDT
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Im split, its like the urge to run down stairs on Christmas day..... but I want everything to be perfect.... I just dont know.

  • 07.29.2004 10:33 PM PDT
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There should not be a strategy Guide Period.All strat. guides do is tell you whether to go left or right or do somethin you can figure out on your own..... if your smart enough

  • 07.29.2004 10:34 PM PDT
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HELLO!!!

GO ON AMAZON! THEY HAVE IT FOR 14:00 AND IF U PRE-ORDER IT U'LL GET IT NOVEMBER 2ND!!

  • 07.29.2004 10:35 PM PDT
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anyone that wants to know the story before they play the game should die

  • 07.29.2004 10:35 PM PDT
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Or, you could just... I dunno, not buy it maybe?

  • 07.29.2004 10:36 PM PDT
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i dont think there should be one at all strategy guides are usually full of bs anyway the only thing you can get out of them is the plot

  • 07.29.2004 10:37 PM PDT
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they shouldnt release one at all.. guides are for noobs

  • 07.29.2004 10:41 PM PDT
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I dont think they should because it will ruin the game. I wouldnt want to read it but if I was at a store and saw a halo2 strat guide on nov 1st I dont know if i could resist. They are prob suin this for money, who needs a strat guide to play halo2 unless u are a big noob, they figure that there sales will go up 900% if they release it early because then people will want to know the story.

  • 07.29.2004 10:44 PM PDT
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Even if I don't buy the guide, I know some sploser (part spaz, part loser) will tell me what happens. Why can't they just release it on Nov. 9?

  • 07.29.2004 11:03 PM PDT
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Should we start a petition?

  • 07.29.2004 11:44 PM PDT
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This means one of two things.

One: The game will be released early.

Two: The date is wrong.

If, for some reason, there is a third option where this guide is buyable and receivable that early, and the game comes out on time, then heads should roll.

  • 07.29.2004 11:48 PM PDT
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Exactly how I feel.

  • 07.30.2004 1:11 PM PDT
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Wait a second, why would anyone need a strategy guide for halo 2. Its not going to be that hard...I think

[Edited on 7/30/2004 1:13:51 PM]

  • 07.30.2004 1:13 PM PDT
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The strategy guide comes out early for marketing reasons. Although many might not make sense to you, it looks quite good from a business point-of-view.

  • 07.30.2004 1:14 PM PDT
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they should wait like 3 months before bringing it out

  • 07.30.2004 1:14 PM PDT
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They shouldnt release it before the game comes out, that'd be kina pointless, and someone would reveal the plot for us that want to figure it out on our own.

  • 07.30.2004 1:14 PM PDT
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Just thought of this...How could they make a strategy guide if the game is not finished? It has features of how to beat the toughest areas...that would mean the game is finished or really really close!

  • 07.30.2004 1:17 PM PDT
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it's coming ouut days earlier, not a long time...

  • 07.30.2004 1:22 PM PDT
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its not the fact that halo 2 will be hard its the fact to finally know about the game after waiting 2 years for it. i pre-ordered the guide just to see what kind of new weapons there would be im not going to read the story line. i try at least. halo 2 is going to be so sweet, even knowing the story wouldent spoil anything. its the gameplay that ruled halo not the story and it will be the same for halo 2. plus there have been thousands of games with great storylines but the game sucked. if the game play isnt there then the story doesnt matter

  • 07.30.2004 1:30 PM PDT
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But the learning the story while playing makes the game better.

  • 07.30.2004 5:10 PM PDT
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I'd buy it when I bought Halo 2 probably, or I would ask for it for christmas, not because I want to know how to beat stuff, but I like to read the descriptions of things, like they might put in background info on the covenant races and all the vehicles and stuff, I would read how to do it but I'd be it first before I read how to do it, It's kind of like in an RPG, you want to get all the quests so you read how to trigger them all. (Kind of like in Knights of the old republic) Every time I play through I find like 5 more quests I hadnt triggered my previous time around.
So I'd probably buy it just for the descriptions, I wanna read up on the battle rifle and covenant carbine and stuff.

  • 07.30.2004 5:22 PM PDT
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why the heck do u think they are realsing the strat a day after the ilove bees thing??

maybe another clue to the ilovebees mystery

or early release

[Edited on 7/30/2004 5:25:36 PM]

  • 07.30.2004 5:25 PM PDT
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only sometimes

  • 07.30.2004 5:25 PM PDT

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