Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Revenues for Bill
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Does any one have any idea of the projected sales of H2 on the 9th? Could this be the best firstperson shooter ever? I tried to get on a list at a local game store, they aren't taking any more names. I guess this is an indicator that the game is going to be hot.

  • 11.04.2004 7:59 PM PDT
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The sales will have nothing to do with wether or not this is the best FPS ever. It reflects only on how well people liked Halo1, and how good their marketing was. Half-Life had almost no marketting and for nearly 6 years it was the best FPS ever.

Halo 2 is going to have a lot to live up to. The graphics aren't the best in the world, the multiplayer isn't the most versatile in the world, the story of course remains to be seen. HL2 has already scored 96 and 98 % in many credable games magazines.

  • 11.04.2004 8:09 PM PDT
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how about ur -blam!- skippy

  • 11.12.2004 12:12 AM PDT
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Eh pcgameranalyst, skippy was making a valid point. Just beacuse something sells big, doesnt mean its great, especially if its preorders. I am not saying im slagging it either. Havent played yet, and am waiting till i do to make up my minds (yes that is the plural). I hope its great and i have looked forward to it for along time, but aslong as someone posts valid argued critism (not just "its -blam!-e dont play"), leave them alone. If they didnt enjoy it thats up to them, they are entitled to their views. I just hope that i wont come to share them, as i have been looking forward to halo 2 for a long time.


BTW i think first day sales were about 50-80 million dollars, but im not sure at all.

[Edited on 11/12/2004 12:36:23 AM]

  • 11.12.2004 12:35 AM PDT
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yea yea wateva, he can have his own opinions, but he can post them over at a HAlF-LIfe 2 forum or somethin, us HALO fans don't want to hear his bull -blam!-

  • 11.12.2004 12:41 AM PDT
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I am a halo fan, and as long as he doesnt provide the more irrational useless kind of criticism, then he should be allowed to air his views here. Just because you love it, doesnt mean everybody whoes view doesnt match with you is stupid, or should go -blam!- off. He presented what he thought, and wasnt as abusive as others have been. It was well reasoned and therefore deserves somekind of consideration. You just need to go and learn that you should have your own views but not abuse people if their views dont match.

Its called tolerance and makes everybody's life so much easier.

[Edited on 11/12/2004 12:57:10 AM]

  • 11.12.2004 12:56 AM PDT
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why don't u stfu, and yea just stfu

  • 11.12.2004 1:54 AM PDT
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Ah, the maturity of some people on this forum is so refreshing.

  • 11.12.2004 2:43 AM PDT
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First of i must say i hate socialism,it made my country -blam!-,second PCgameranalist how old are you? third...Socialist,why do you bother? yes Skippy made a good valid point and PCLAMER don`t understand and is trying to be cool by saying that HL is crap and stuff and that he`s a true halo fan and halo fans like nothing else but halo...bla bla bla...why bother?
To be honest i didn`t like HL that much and CS is beyond crap...as for calling Skippy -blam!-...ah analist...i`m just curios why is everyone trying to be dumb and homofobic?(i just know F-ing americans started calling ppl -blam!- whyn they mean dumb or retarded...damn inbred hillbillys...no offence to you americans who have the brain power not to say crud like that)

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  • 11.12.2004 8:02 AM PDT
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oh and another thing...i`m not saying that being -blam!- is a good thing either...i consider that a sickness and it should be cured...not promoted

  • 11.12.2004 8:12 AM PDT
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-blam!-ness is not a sickness. Its natural (and i am not -blam!-). Some poeple are attracted to the sam,e sex, some to both, but most to the opposite one. Where are you from? What country has been ruined by socialism? There havent been any proper sociualist countries. Only dictatorships pretending to be communist (there are other types of socialism). I Cant actually think of one what i think of proper socialist country.

This may just be pushing the rules. Hmm... I may get banned for olpitics again.

[Edited on 11/12/2004 8:25:52 AM]

  • 11.12.2004 8:19 AM PDT
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Heyyo,

HAHAHHA! OMG, that's soo hipocritical there mst, you just said let's not flame, and then you go off and flame someother stuff, like you said, "Why Bother?" lol.

Everyone has their own views, and don't flame socialist, he's cool and mature, unlike a few others, who will remain nameless, but obvious.

Socialisim was a pretty good govmernment stucture, not the best, but far from the worst.

As for HL? YES, great game, great mods, not very known for a while, but now it seems to be picking up, especially after CS first got released. Now? massive amounts of PC gamers are icthing for the chance to buy n' play HL2. Another game, another system. I for one will get it, cause it'll keep me n' me buds entertained whilst we wait for Halo2PC n' such, and I'm sure even with Halo2PC we'll still play a bunch of HL2 cause it's fun.

Yo Social, I don't think you'll get banned, I'm nore likely right now cause I'm like, "encouraging," everyone to get HL2, and giving a small spoiler on Halo2 (in someother thread, but it's not really a spoiler if you've watched "the evolution of Halo," and the "Halo1 e3 trailer."

As for games release in general? yes, hype isint everything, the gameplay has to back it up too. I'm sure if they kept the overall gameplay close to Halo1 but with improvements that it will indeed live up to the hype. :)

Let's remember a great old Bungie series: Marathon. GREAT SERIES, HANDS DOWN. Not a lot of hype, but the gameplay was incredible, even spinoff mods like UT1's Marathon|Rampancy. I LOVE that mod, I still even play it sometimes. =D

if you guys wanna ever go old skool, bungie style, get Marathon|Rampancy and hit me up, here's the site addr:
http://www.planetunreal.com/rampancy/

  • 11.12.2004 10:10 AM PDT
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Wo, this thread seriously need so to chill out. All I said was that marketting and sales don't mean a game is good. Did I say that the game is not good because of it's retail succes? No. So what the hell are you on about, PCGA? Did I say Half Life was better than Halo? let's see, No. Personally I think Halo is better than Half-Life, and I've just played Halo 2 which is most deffinately better. But my point is, Half-Life 2 is also likely to be very good, and it's not worthy of dismissal from single-minded retards who won't play any game other than Halo, as if that's makes them 'better Halo fans' or something. Sure I bought the limited edition Halo 2, and a load of the Halo 1 figures, hell even the soundtrack, but that doesn't make me a 'better' fan than someone who chooses not to do the same. I've already pre-ordered Half-Life 2, and I intend to give it a fair chance, and I'm sure that I'll really like it. Does that make me any less a Halo fan? No. So stop being immature.

  • 11.12.2004 10:22 AM PDT
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true that Skippy, and The-Mard...yes i am a bit of a hipocrate...a bit of a racist...and stuff like that...and ahm....i guess i`m inda sorry for insulting your ignorant ass thegamer...

  • 11.12.2004 2:40 PM PDT
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Heyyo,

Np mst, but this pcgamer guy, he really needs to chill, cause he's just flaming at random.

And I also play many a games, Halo being my favorite, but hey, there's more games out there. I love playing a few good rounds of Tribes: Vengeance, HL1, Serious Sam Series (INREDIBLE netcode, probably the BEST ever made for an online game. Period.), Quake3Arena (can't deny any old skool games), and the list goes on. A multitude of games is better than one, and us humans love our varieties. :)

  • 11.13.2004 6:51 PM PDT
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yah...let`s all just chill

As for other games,well my absolute fav is the Legacy of Kain series(played each one since 1997 and Defiance rocked) as for other games hm....well Halo`s my fav shooter and i must say the Xbox one is no were near the PC version...no shooter is better on a console ...then for racing games my fav is NFS 5 ,RTS Metal Fatigue,by far the most inovative RTS ever,the Diablo series and other clasic Blizzard games and my old school fav must be Quake 2(ah the memories of 5th and 6th grade)and the list continues

  • 11.14.2004 6:14 AM PDT