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Trar
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HALO
Halo, Halo, Halo. Where to start?
Well, lots pf people at my school (hell, any school really) play it, or at least have played Halo 3. I myself, differ from the majority because I have played Halo ever since it came out, give or take 6 months. My three best friends have heard of Halo, two of them have only played Halo 3 and think Halo Wars and Halo 1 are stupid. Those games are still fun, and there's a whole lotta backstory in them! Not to mention the custom maps and modding on Halo PC/CE, which I am involved in. The other friend is a trekkie who hasn't heard of Halo until we started talking about it, which happened a long time ago in the 5th grade (i'm in 7th now). Also, for my 4th quarter English portfolio, I put Master Chief on the cover. AND, I signed my trekkie friend's yearbook with "MASTUR CH33F SAYS HI".
I have to get out of that habit of talking and talking about shit.
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I play Halo CE all the time. That is where I have met most of the people I play games with.
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Why is Halo and all of it's sequels considered like the greatest FPS's of all time? While they aren't bad games, I see nothing great about them. There are many better FPSs that deserve more praise than Halo. In other words, Halo is overrated.
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Re: HALO
I downloaded and burned and tried halo 3 and while it is a pretty ok its not the best shooter alive..
Never played the other ones..
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Trar
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Right. Halo is pretty good, but it's not the BEST FPS EVAR. That goes to Half-Life.
And L, what's your name in Halo CE?
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I play Halo 3 on Xbox live. It's pretty fun, but these kids who haven't hit puberty yet really get annoying when they won't stop cursing all the time. The mute feature becomes my best friend when they get on.
I do agree that it's overated. It's not the best FPS out there. I prefer FEAR. Never played half-life. I really want to though.
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i share your pain. I can't tear my friends away from playing Halo Wars 20 hours a day. The other 4, they're playing Garry's Mod. They do not sleep.
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Trar Wrote:Right. Halo is pretty good, but it's not the BEST FPS EVAR. That goes to Half-Life.
And L, what's your name in Halo CE?
{CAS} L. Do you use xfire or AIM? We could play sometime.
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Trar
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L Wrote:Trar Wrote:Right. Halo is pretty good, but it's not the BEST FPS EVAR. That goes to Half-Life.
And L, what's your name in Halo CE?
{CAS} L. Do you use xfire or AIM? We could play sometime.
I tried Xfire once, and I didn't like it. I prefer randomly finding friends in the game. And I screwed up the registration process on AIM somehow. :(
I could try Xfire again, though. And my name on there (on both Halo CE and soon-to-be-again Xfire) is Trar. Download the map RPG Beta 5, and look for me on a game. I'll probably be hosting one. Other maps I play on are needleriflegulch, chaosgulch, and...is it OK if I gave you all the custom maps I have and you can give me yours? Then we can pleh together like proz.
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Yeah ok ^^ You should really get Xfire, it is a great program, but if you don't like it then it's ok.
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Trar
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L Wrote:Yeah ok ^^ You should really get Xfire, it is a great program, but if you don't like it then it's ok.
I just got Xfire. Let's pleh!11
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Trar Wrote:Right. Halo is pretty good, but it's not the BEST FPS EVAR. That goes to Half-Life.
Good choice of words my friend...
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Trar
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Freeman Wrote:Trar Wrote:Right. Halo is pretty good, but it's not the BEST FPS EVAR. That goes to Half-Life.
Good choice of words my friend...
I dunno of Freeman could kill Master Chief like that with a crowbar...try an RPG, though, and Master Chief is fried SPAM in the tin!
Also, ever heard of Black Mesa Source? That's the only reason i'm getting a Source game for my computer, just so I can run that. I'm looking at Day of Defeat: Source.
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I have halo CE, it starts fine normally and then lags, smae crap with ALL my games. I wanna dump this laptop... my dad had to buy a fucking HP. If I had money I'd build my own. I play it without using pixel shader so it runs smooth...
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Trar Wrote:Freeman Wrote:Trar Wrote:Right. Halo is pretty good, but it's not the BEST FPS EVAR. That goes to Half-Life.
Good choice of words my friend...
I dunno of Freeman could kill Master Chief like that with a crowbar...try an RPG, though, and Master Chief is fried SPAM in the tin!
Also, ever heard of Black Mesa Source? That's the only reason i'm getting a Source game for my computer, just so I can run that. I'm looking at Day of Defeat: Source.
Get Team Fortress 2 too... OR ELSE
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Fuck Halo, FEAR, Half-Life, and what you have.
This is the best FPS ever.
"I heard a joke once. Man goes to doctor says "I'm terribly depressed". Doctor says "I know just what you should do. Poliacci the clown is in town, go see him, you'll be cheered right up." The man bursts into tears. "But Doctor, I am Poliacci." Funny joke. Roll on snare drum. Everyone laugh."
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bitch fuck yo DOOM
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thought criminal Wrote:bitch fuck yo DOOM
ZOMG
I'm installing this shit right now.
Zero gravity mayhem ftw
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unreal tournament is the best! I remember playing this when I was 8 with my uncle....
and winning.
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Swift Wrote:Fuck Halo, FEAR, Half-Life, and what you have.
This is the best FPS ever.
DOOM can suck Gordon Freeman's ultra long chemically engineered cock. DOOM isn't better, it's just old. The only reason you still like it is nostalgia.
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Freeman Wrote:Swift Wrote:Fuck Halo, FEAR, Half-Life, and what you have.
This is the best FPS ever.
DOOM can suck Gordon Freeman's ultra long chemically engineered cock. DOOM isn't better, it's just old. The only reason you still like it is nostalgia.
Another case of people judging a game by it's graphics and age. I'm fucking 13. You think I remember playing DOOM as a sperm cell? Nostalgia is better than sucking Bill Gates' Cock.
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Who says I haven't played doom?
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I didn't.
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I'm not saying it's a bad game, but that's just what it is. You can call it a classic but you can't call it better (than Half Life anyway, and I suck valves dick thank you very much).
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Why can't I call it better than Half-Life? Is there some kind of opinion I must embrace in order to play video games? It's my opinion that's it better than Half-Life, and fuck you Freeman, suck my dick.
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This is an argument, aren't they for changing opinions? Obviously you won this one, since I failed to change your opinion.
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Ok, let the jury be out on half-life.
Half-life; fucking brilliant. Played it over and over and over. Great storyline that makes sense, unexpected twists and good gameplay time. Personally I even payed that extra $10 to bump it up to source. My only complaint is the lack of diverse character models, it was lulz to see the same security guard over and over.
Blue Shift: Great fucking game although a little short. Pits that player in the same fight but from a diffrent perspective and ties it in excellently with short glimpses of Gordon from the first game. Ads a little more complexety to the game and develops the back story further. A really good addon.
Opposing Force; Great game. Again adds more complexity to the story line and develops the back story even further. Adds new weapons, you explore the Black Mesa Complex even further just adding to how big this thing actually was. The game also adds special NPCs in the form of marines with special abilitys. Again a really good addon.
Half-Life 2: It sucked compaired to the first one. In fact it sucked compaired to all of them. The game started and I got off the train. Game was great thus far. Wait am I in fucking europe? Yup thats what the architecture leads me to belive. Ended up in the good Dr.'s Lab, met Lamar and heard about the cat and got my orange suit back. Still epic and on par with the first despite the already apparent plot holes (how the hell did they get my suit and why is everyone american despite being in europe?) and lack of being filled in on the last decade of events. Ok, so the game progesses and We (meaning me because Alyx was as ussfull as a knife in a gun fight) go save her father/my old friend/boss from certain doom. So the Aliens I spent all last game killing are on our side now? Wait, What? Ok story is starting to go down hill already. Ok, so we end up at an american style prison in europe to play free the prissoners. Upon finding daddy we then nig-rig a teleporter to make the escape. So we jump on in and end up late for the party, a week late to be exact. So now we play liberators. Had I wanted to do this I would have played Red Faction. Story is now so-so. We storm the capirol building and blow up the tower. How original. Mid explosion we are saved by the G-man. Again, how fucking original.
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I think that's just all questions that are going to be answered in half life 3.
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