Well, I just got Halo yesterday, and I now understand why Xbox fans are pissed that it's being delayed. Hell, I'm mad at myself for not buying the game a LONG time ago.

I think it is because the first Halo seemed to be rushed at the end or something. And people feared that the same thing would happen to Halo 2, but now that it has been delayed, it kind of ensures that it might not be rushed.

The thing with Nintendo is that they do it ALL THE TIME. So people get angry.

Not only that, in Nintendo's case the game that is delayed allways seems to find itself in Japan much earlier or with better timing.

This game will own.

It will be the best new game for the Xbox of year 2004.

If you don't get a copy, then there is something wrong with you....

And if you don't own an Xbox by 2004, then there is sopmething wrong with you. Lol.

I think the delay should be expected... Bungie is not unlike Rare in forever delaying stuff. I think Halo would still be delayed endlessly had Microsoft not stepped after buying them out (the MS buyout at the sametime forced them to entirely overhaul the game while making a more focused FPS rather than a wide-open almost squad level type of FPS/strategy mix...).

2003 should still at least pretty good even without Halo 2, Perfect Dark, and Fable. And, no offense, I don't see Fable actually being any better than a pretty good RPG. Molyenaux is pretty notorious for making big promises and never delievering on them, or he does but everything else is compromised. I don't see Fable doing much of anything he promises. Other than being great looking.

either way it cant compare to metroid prime!!

HAIL NINTENDO!!

heh just chill im only joking. Its just an example of the kinda fanboyish remarks you would encounter at my old forums.

but anyway i really hope halo 2 is more balanced and polished than the first one, i say good luck.

When they were developing Halo, didn't they say that you would be able to destroy anything?? Like if you see a house and there's no easy way in, you could just blow up a wall??
Or shoot down trees (like in Turok :D)??

Why wasn't that in the final game? :(

What I don't get is that folks always blame Nintendo for the delay thing, when Microsoft themselves delayed the Xbox console as many times as Nintendo did, delayed XboxLive for a year (it was originally planned to be PART of the console), and half of it's "launch" lineup never appeared or were delayed (Fable, Malice, New Legends, Project K-X, etc). Even the ones that were delayed were nothing special (RAW, Bruce Lee, Project K-X/Kakuto Chojin, etc) when they finally released- so what the hell was the delay for??

All of Nintendo's launch lineup was there, sans Smash DX, which appeared a few weeks later.

It's just interesting when folks view it that way, when no one is perfect (just what the hell did the PS2 launch with other than Madden and Tekken??)- and ALL hardware manufacturers/publishers make several delays a year.

Perhaps it's that Nintendo's delays are more high-profile, and rock the gaming world when they DO finally release.

But eh, Halo 2 would've rocked no matter how incomplete it is- Halo 1 is the truth, and pure hype carries its sequel now. Hell, there are even people in these very boards claiming that Halo 2's less detailed, low-end polygonal character models with bumpmaps slapped over them are a HUGE leap over what was in Halo, when't it's really a step back- though for a good (XboxLive) cause.

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