HALO2 Reaches Gold Status!
 

For those of you who are into that sort of thing:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/10...s_6110185.html

I'm just wondering how long it's going to take for this to leak... Gold status a month before it releases, you just know it's going to happen.

All I can say: About fucking time they got to it.

1 More Month Then Bliss Comes For Xbox And Doom Befalls Ps2

How exactly is DOOM coming to PS2? Sony's already got half the world playing, this late entry isn't gunna rocket XBox to first...unless its really just an elaborate program that turns the X-Box into a killing machine (ala Chef's TV from South Park).

Yeah, it's gonna be big for sure, but Sony has absolutely nothing to worry about. But enough about that, lest it spark a console flamewar.

I might get it, I'm not sure. I don't have any interest in the first Halo, but I need some more games for Xbox, and I'm trying to stick with XBL games if I'm going to drop $50.

I'll be playing it on my best friend's Xbox.

I'll be robbing a bank to get the money for the game, xbox live, and a few other purchases i've wanted to make.

Bank robbing eh? Need some cover fire, or a good bullet sponge? I could use some cash my self...

Gold status, schmold status.
 

What can I say? This exact thing happens with just about every single major sequel that has come out or will come out this year. It's never really a suprise, just an increasingly common ratification of the amount of anticipation that we already know is there. In no way will I base my opinion of a game on sales.

Part of me (well, actually most of me) wants this series to crumble from my severe disappointment with the original, but part of me wants the series to learn from the mistakes of the past and create a console shooter that can stand next to the mainstays of modern FPS with pride (no matter how impossible it may seem).

We will see...

Yeah, I'm really not holding my breath for this one. The original failed to excite me, and it really would bring me great pleasure to see this game turn out to be absolute junk. As I said, I'll probably still give it a shot, if nothing else, it's at least something I can play with people I know online.

And I'm sure it will spawn an endless string of sequels, in some form or another. Though as I understand it, all the real talent from Bungie is about to jump ship after this project is done, right?