things that don't make sense in gaming

[Bkeela]

I've been searching everywhere for Halo 2 lately. It made it to the classic status, and should be as ubiquitous as all of the other popular xbox games which are still available in stores.

Just yesterday I went to one computer store after another and couldn't find Halo 2 anywhere.

It didn't make any sense...

Until I remembered that Halo 2 will soon be available on PC but exclusively for Vista.

So it looks like in my city at least, Halo 2 has been discontinued and probably pulled from shelves to entice people like me wanting to play Halo 2 to buy Vista.

[FrostyBoy]

Thats another thing that doesn't make sense in gaming: Halo.

It's just another FPS, I don't see what's so fascinating about it that people go crazy over it.

[Nostromo]

Its one of the better FPS out there, IMO. Doom 3 was just another FPS, but Halo is a little more special, IMO.

But that, in itself, doesn't explain why it became so popular. Marketing probably helped a lot.

[Kuciwalker]

Halo is pretty different from the bajillion PC stock FPS's.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Bkeela
I've been searching everywhere for Halo 2 lately. It made it to the classic status, and should be as ubiquitous as all of the other popular xbox games which are still available in stores.

Just yesterday I went to one computer store after another and couldn't find Halo 2 anywhere.

It didn't make any sense...

Until I remembered that Halo 2 will soon be available on PC but exclusively for Vista.

So it looks like in my city at least, Halo 2 has been discontinued and probably pulled from shelves to entice people like me wanting to play Halo 2 to buy Vista.

That doesn't make sense, IMO. Sales are probably still strong enough to make that a bad business decision. You're probably just unlucky.

[Jon Miller]

I am interested in the Shadowrun FPS, but sort of feel like I shouldn't be playing games much period.

Jon Miller

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
There's less balance between civs (obviously) but more balance between strategies.

But couldnt they have achieved the greater balance between strategies WITHOUT introducing unique civs?

[Adagio]

But Civ IV wouldn't be that great as it is, if the civs weren't unique

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Sn00py
Thats another thing that doesn't make sense in gaming: Halo.

It's just another FPS, I don't see what's so fascinating about it that people go crazy over it.

Its rep is deserved. It is great fun throughout, with varied levels and good AI, especially on higher difficulties.

[Bkeela]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker


That doesn't make sense, IMO. Sales are probably still strong enough to make that a bad business decision. You're probably just unlucky.

I just visited an EB Store, and they confirmed that there are no new copies of Halo 2 anywhere in my city.

There are none available in any online Australian stores.

Meanwhile there are hundreds of copies of Hitman 2, Doom 3, and any other popular Xbox game you care to name.

Doesn't make sense unless Microsoft produced less copies of Halo 2 than other popular titles, or unless they have asked stores to pull Halo 2 from shelves to make way for the Vista version of Halo 2.

The latter seems more likely to me.

[Bkeela]

I guess I'll just have to download it now

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
But couldnt they have achieved the greater balance between strategies WITHOUT introducing unique civs?

Sure, but interesting gameplay > balance.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Bkeela
I guess I'll just have to download it now

If you were going to buy it, why pirate it on the PC?

[Bkeela]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker


If you were going to buy it, why pirate it on the PC?

I'm assuming it will be hacked to play on XP, otherwise I will not be upgrading to Vista for a very long time if ever.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Bkeela


I just visited an EB Store, and they confirmed that there are no new copies of Halo 2 anywhere in my city.

There are none available in any online Australian stores.

Meanwhile there are hundreds of copies of Hitman 2, Doom 3, and any other popular Xbox game you care to name.

Doesn't make sense unless Microsoft produced less copies of Halo 2 than other popular titles, or unless they have asked stores to pull Halo 2 from shelves to make way for the Vista version of Halo 2.

The latter seems more likely to me.

I bought a copy 2 weeks ago.