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[TridenT]

For your own sanity, please avoid GameFAQs' message boards.

[water10]

There's quite a lot of complaints on the bungie.net forum as well. HBO seems to be down, so don't know about them.

I read some spoilers without warning on gamefaqs and bungiet.net so, I'll try to avoid them from now on.

[Eclipse]

Thank you for the warning. I would go there just for entertainment purposes to get a good laugh. I got the game, played about 2 hours of it, and ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! It's a phenemonal production by people who poured their hearts and soul into it. I'm saying this and I've only played a quick Slayer match and did the first level in Single Player Campaign.

I think part of the problem is that people read all of this stuff about Halo2, formulated this "Ultimate Fantasy" in their heads about what it was going to be. When it didn't deliver exactley what they wanted, they hate it. Kinda like buying an environmentally friendly solar clothes dryer from Ebay for $50 and recieving nothing more than a piece of rope in a bag with a slip of paper saying, "Directions: Tie between two trees, Hang clothes wait 1-2 hours for complete drying. Warning: Dry time may vary due to weather conditions." Not what a person is expecting, so they get pissed.

I personally kept my intake of Halo2 info to an absolute minimum. I wanted to make the game my game. I think that is why Halo was so big. People didn't know much, if anything about it. I know I had no idea what it was until I was cruising in a warthog laughing so hard as I struggled to keep it in a straight path. People took it and made it their own. Everyone has a different play style for Halo1, different things they like to do as they play it for the 500th time, and heck, I even name the flood guys...Bazooka Bob, Shotgun Sal, Plasma Pete...

So, here is to the next few years of endless fun..The horizons are expanded and we now have the luxury and pleasure to link up online for even more fun.

So, Here's looking at you kid

~JP

[water10]

[sanctusmortis]

Around the release of ANY game, avoid Gamefaqs and Amazon reviews.

For some unknown reason, both sites get what i call "the anti-fan"- people who only post to put a game down, but have never played it/don't own it/don't own the right console/love a game it's competing with. See all the GTA:SA fans invading the Halo 2 board, and vice versa.

HBO closed its boards to avoid spoiling the game. THAT is sense.

[farva]

[TridenT]

You know, that's a good point. I changed the title to reflect that... and the fact that on its own, GameFAQs is a godsend. The message boards, however.... !puke

[Slothboy]

[Crisko]

[TridenT]

[Phy]

One other thing... people who bought Halo 2 and were disappointed by it probably got off fairly quickly so they could go slag the game online. People who are enthralled by it are hopefully still too busy playing to offer counteropinions.

[TridenT]

[vortech]

I've wittled down all of my video game sites to one. I'm not saying the user reviews are better (though I think I could). I realized I really like reading the work of professionals more than BobbyFromMarion. I have the same problem with rottontomatos.

[NMZ]

[daboking]

Now that I have played it, I can officially call myself a Halo fan as well as an ILB fan