hey i heard the ps3 is gonna kick xbox 360's ass so im just gonna wait and compare plus by the time the ps3 comes out the xbox360 will be like $300 so yeah but halo kicks all video games ass

halo obsessionists. its just like any other 1st person shooter. microsoft just knows how to market it.

Halo is an ok game but shouldn't this be in the microsoft section of general gaming.

the xbox 360 is filled with bugs. I would seriously wait,until the time halo 3 comes out to decide. maybe by then they will figure out the Power supply problem.

but halo kicks all video games ass
No, Metal arms is better.
And it's origanal, I think.

Well I prefer PC games, such as Half-Life2, F.E.A.R. and Battlefield2. Much better than Halo, Halo2, or Halo3.

I like most pc games.

PC games are easier to steal.

PC games are easier to steal.
I actually pay for all of my games.

you have a job, i dont.

Lol:P

there arnt alot of problems with the 360, and the pwer suply problem isnt relly a problem, see i had the 3 red light thing go off on mine then i plugged the video cables in all the way, then my friend was like god y do i keep getting 4 red lights, then i plugged the power cable in the power supply all the way and havent had 1 problem since

Who buys a $400+ system to only play one game?

Who buys a $400+ system to only play one game?
Halo fans.

Halo is an ok game but shouldn't this be in the microsoft section of general gaming.
halo obsessionists. its just like any other 1st person shooter. microsoft just knows how to market it.

Halo is not just an ORDINARY game...It kills you precious "Kill Zone" and the only "Halo killer" is in-fact "Halo 2"!

Yes Microsoft knows how to market it and it is just another 1st person shooter. Yet it is the greatest 1st person console shooter! (rivaled only by Halo 2 and Resident Evil 4!)!

Possibly the only OBSESSIONIST here is me (I do not know y'all so this is a asumption) I BEAT THE GAMES AND HAVE READ THE BOOKS!!!!!!

I STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN MY 360 (I am a member on runescape that keeps me busy until i get one (my RS S/N is chaos44994)!!
i want call of duty 2, halo 3, quake 4, and much more~!!!!!

Dont get me wrong i have pre-ordered Command and Conquer: The first decade (it is the original westwood c and c games)!!!!
I have half-life 2 for pc and half-life: counterstrike, counterstrike: condition zero, and counterstrike: source!!!

Halo is not just an ORDINARY game...It kills you precious "Kill Zone" and the only "Halo killer" is in-fact "Halo 2"!
Yes Microsoft knows how to market it and it is just another 1st person shooter. Yet it is the greatest 1st person console shooter! (rivaled only by Halo 2 and Resident Evil 4!)!
Possibly the only OBSESSIONIST here is me (I do not know y'all so this is a asumption) I BEAT THE GAMES AND HAVE READ THE BOOKS!!!!!!
I STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN MY 360 (I am a member on runescape that keeps me busy until i get one (my RS S/N is chaos44994)!!
i want call of duty 2, halo 3, quake 4, and much more~!!!!!

Dont get me wrong i have pre-ordered Command and Conquer: The first decade (it is the original westwood c and c games)!!!!
I have half-life 2 for pc and half-life: counterstrike, counterstrike: condition zero, and counterstrike: source!!!
Halo is just an ORDINARY game with an unoriginal concept. Compare it to other games such as UT2004, Counterstrike, Battlefield2, of F.E.A.R., and you'll end up seeing my point. Although I guess for a game console it's not horrible, considering the user friendly price tag.

Halo is just an ORDINARY game with an unoriginal concept. Compare it to other games such as UT2004, Counterstrike, Battlefield2, of F.E.A.R., and you'll end up seeing my point. Although I guess for a game console it's not horrible, considering the user friendly price tag.
here here

Will Halo 3 be any different than the others?

Halo is not just an ORDINARY game...It kills you precious "Kill Zone" and the only "Halo killer" is in-fact "Halo 2"!

Yes Microsoft knows how to market it and it is just another 1st person shooter. Yet it is the greatest 1st person console shooter! (rivaled only by Halo 2 and Resident Evil 4!)!

Possibly the only OBSESSIONIST here is me (I do not know y'all so this is a asumption) I BEAT THE GAMES AND HAVE READ THE BOOKS!!!!!!

I STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN MY 360 (I am a member on runescape that keeps me busy until i get one (my RS S/N is chaos44994)!!
i want call of duty 2, halo 3, quake 4, and much more~!!!!!

Dont get me wrong i have pre-ordered Command and Conquer: The first decade (it is the original westwood c and c games)!!!!
I have half-life 2 for pc and half-life: counterstrike, counterstrike: condition zero, and counterstrike: source!!!
no. go away, you dont belong in this discussion fanboy.

Possibly the only OBSESSIONIST here is me (I do not know y'all so this is a asumption) I BEAT THE GAMES AND HAVE READ THE BOOKS!!!!!!


Good work asshat. You've given halo fans a bad name. I'm a huge halo fan and I still don't plan on getting 360, even if halo 3 comes out. (Note the "if")
There is just no way I'm paying that much for a console, even if it means not playing the sequel to my favorite game. What a super-duper-homo-queer.

Halo is not just an ORDINARY game...It kills you precious "Kill Zone" and the only "Halo killer" is in-fact "Halo 2"!

Yes Microsoft knows how to market it and it is just another 1st person shooter. Yet it is the greatest 1st person console shooter! (rivaled only by Halo 2 and Resident Evil 4!)!

Possibly the only OBSESSIONIST here is me (I do not know y'all so this is a asumption) I BEAT THE GAMES AND HAVE READ THE BOOKS!!!!!!

I STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN MY 360 (I am a member on runescape that keeps me busy until i get one (my RS S/N is chaos44994)!!
i want call of duty 2, halo 3, quake 4, and much more~!!!!!

Dont get me wrong i have pre-ordered Command and Conquer: The first decade (it is the original westwood c and c games)!!!!
I have half-life 2 for pc and half-life: counterstrike, counterstrike: condition zero, and counterstrike: source!!!
No, Burnout 3:Revenge, is a better game.

I've got Halo and Halo 2, and while it's true that they're good games, they're by no means superior FPS games at all. There's little to no challenge, introduces no new concepts, and has a mediocre-at-best story line. I really don't see how it became so popular.

It was on a vary good console?
On another notice, at a Wal-mart I went too yesterday, I saw a call of duty game on the Xbox-360, It looked vary smooth, too smooth...

I tried the demo of that game. It's not any good. >_>
And no, Xbox wasn't a good console. All it had going for it was graphics.

All it had going for it was graphics.
Thats what I mean.

No, Burnout 3:Revenge, is a better game.

i hope you mean 4. burnout 3 was takedown.

Maybe it was a game he made :)

i hope you mean 4. burnout 3 was takedown.



Oh, then 4 it it is!

I tried the demo of that game. It's not any good. >_>
And no, Xbox wasn't a good console. All it had going for it was graphics.
what else do you want out of a console?

what else do you want out of a console?

variety of games
quality of games
quantity of games
controller design(im my opinion the PS3 controller looks wacked out)
interface(xbox 360 seems too cluttered for me)
ease of use
reliability(xbox 360 is failing in that category now)

yeah, thats just to name a few.

I prefer the first Halo over all the other Halos.

it was out for PC, i stole it and beat it. i cant steal games for XBOX. =/

it was out for PC, i stole it and beat it. i cant steal games for XBOX. =/
When you say "stole", do you mean, like, you physically stole it from the store? Or did you just pirate it?

Pirating online game software is pointless nowadays since the master server checks your CD key...

When you say "stole", do you mean, like, you physically stole it from the store? Or did you just pirate it?

Pirating online game software is pointless nowadays since the master server checks your CD key...
That's a horrible statement, for not all games use the same system.

When you say "stole", do you mean, like, you physically stole it from the store? Or did you just pirate it?


Pirating online game software is pointless nowadays since the master server checks your CD key...

you're wrong.

variety of games
quality of games
quantity of games
controller design(im my opinion the PS3 controller looks wacked out)
interface(xbox 360 seems too cluttered for me)
ease of use
reliability(xbox 360 is failing in that category now)

yeah, thats just to name a few.

dont forget the wacked out nintendo remote design

dont forget the wacked out nintendo remote design
yeah. i have no friggen clue how they are going to get people to play 1st person shooters on the revolution. i still like the dual hangle joystick better.

yeah. i have no friggen clue how they are going to get people to play 1st person shooters on the revolution. i still like the dual hangle joystick better.
I like my mouse and keyboard.

I like my mouse and keyboard.

i do too. im just saying. i would prefer a joystick over a remote.

You have a point.

That's a horrible statement, for not all games use the same system.
Bull.

Battlefield 1942 does.
Battlefield 2 does.
Unreal Tournament 2004 does.
All Counterstrikes do.
Call of Duty does.
Quake 4 does.
Doom 3 does.

What games are left?

If there are any that don't, I apologize. But it is REALLY stupid, in my opinion, for a company to make a game that doen't check keys. I had just assumed that they all did because if they dont, anybody can easily pirate the game.

Bull.

Battlefield 1942 does.
Battlefield 2 does.
Unreal Tournament 2004 does.
All Counterstrikes do.
Call of Duty does.
Quake 4 does.
Doom 3 does.

What games are left?

If there are any that don't, I apologize. But it is REALLY stupid, in my opinion, for a company to make a game that doen't check keys. I had just assumed that they all did because if they dont, anybody can easily pirate the game.It's okay that you don't quite understand how it works, only a few people really do. The CD key will only prevent two players from using the same CD key online at the same time. Other than that the CD key system is useless for there are so many different cracks to get around this. Also look at all of those games; they're mostly old and outdated. The newest one is Quake4 and no one plays it anyways. ;)
Another thing, there were more illegal downloads of Doom3 the day it came out, than purchases.

It's okay that you don't quite understand how it works, only a few people really do. The CD key will only prevent two players from using the same CD key online at the same time. Other than that the CD key system is useless for there are so many different cracks to get around this. Also look at all of those games; they're mostly old and outdated. The newest one is Quake4 and no one plays it anyways. ;)
Another thing, there were more illegal downloads of Doom3 the day it came out, than purchases.sadly enough, i contributed to that...

It's okay that you don't quite understand how it works, only a few people really do. The CD key will only prevent two players from using the same CD key online at the same time. Other than that the CD key system is useless for there are so many different cracks to get around this.

Incorrect.

While it DOES check for occurences of the same CD key, it also compares it to a list of the keys it has distributed in all of it's game shipments. This makes it practically impossible to crack a REAL CD key, since the number of unused keys FAR outweigh the number of shipped keys (there are over 10,000 unused keys for every real one).

At least, this is the way UT2004 does it. It's the only online multiplayer game I've tried to crack. The other game info I got from a friend.

Note that you can crack the key and play the game OFFLINE and on a LAN, but the master server will see your false key when you try to connect to the internet.

Another thing, there were more illegal downloads of Doom3 the day it came out, than purchases.
^Impossible. The keygen would've had to have been made ahead of time for that to work.

So you're telling me that somebody created the ISO and made the keygen, both on the same day, and released it early enough for people to play it that very day? Just as an FYI, it takes quite a large amount of time to create a keygen.

And did they crack online play or offline only?

And just as an FYI, there are more than just "a few people" that understand how it works...It's actually very easy to find out.

Incorrect.

While it DOES check for occurences of the same CD key, it also compares it to a list of the keys it has distributed in all of it's game shipments. This makes it practically impossible to crack a REAL CD key, since the number of unused keys FAR outweigh the number of shipped keys (there are over 10,000 unused keys for every real one).

At least, this is the way UT2004 does it. It's the only online multiplayer game I've tried to crack. The other game info I got from a friend.

Note that you can crack the key and play the game OFFLINE and on a LAN, but the master server will see your false key when you try to connect to the internet.


^Impossible. The keygen would've had to have been made ahead of time for that to work.

So you're telling me that somebody created the ISO and made the keygen, both on the same day, and released it early enough for people to play it that very day? Just as an FYI, it takes quite a large amount of time to create a keygen.

And did they crack online play or offline only?

And just as an FYI, there are more than just "a few people" that understand how it works...It's actually very easy to find out.dude, no, your wrong, i stole doom 3. its perfectly feasable to steal a game and play it online. i did it with call of duty 2 at my friends house. you seriously know nothing. keygens dont take time to make. they use the installer file to make CD keygens. its quite easy. FYI. its called "leaked" software. just like "leaked" movies. star wars episode 3 came out on DVD 8 days before it came out in theatres.

Incorrect.

While it DOES check for occurences of the same CD key, it also compares it to a list of the keys it has distributed in all of it's game shipments. This makes it practically impossible to crack a REAL CD key, since the number of unused keys FAR outweigh the number of shipped keys (there are over 10,000 unused keys for every real one).

At least, this is the way UT2004 does it. It's the only online multiplayer game I've tried to crack. The other game info I got from a friend.

Note that you can crack the key and play the game OFFLINE and on a LAN, but the master server will see your false key when you try to connect to the internet.


^Impossible. The keygen would've had to have been made ahead of time for that to work.

So you're telling me that somebody created the ISO and made the keygen, both on the same day, and released it early enough for people to play it that very day? Just as an FYI, it takes quite a large amount of time to create a keygen.

And did they crack online play or offline only?

And just as an FYI, there are more than just "a few people" that understand how it works...It's actually very easy to find out.
You really don't know anything.

You really don't know anything.just what i said.

dude, no, your wrong, i stole doom 3. its perfectly feasable to steal a game and play it online. i did it with call of duty 2 at my friends house. you seriously know nothing. keygens dont take time to make. they use the installer file to make CD keygens. its quite easy.
Ok, I was using 1 circumstance as a reference. You've obviously never tried to crack UT2004...

I didn't say you couldn't do it with COD2 or Doom3, I had just assumed you couldn't. I've never tried to crack either, so I really wouldn't know.

And I "seriously know nothing" because I used a single reference that is correct, but you just seem to be ignoring...

FYI. its called "leaked" software. just like "leaked" movies. star wars episode 3 came out on DVD 8 days before it came out in theatres.
"leaked" software generally leaks before the day of release...You mentioned people downloading day-of, so I'd assumed you meant that it was a crack of purchased media, not "leaked" software.

Ok, I was using 1 circumstance as a reference. You've obviously never tried to crack UT2004...

I didn't say you couldn't do it with COD2 or Doom3, I had just assumed you couldn't. I've never tried to crack either, so I really wouldn't know.

And I "seriously know nothing" because I used a single reference that is correct, but you just seem to be ignoring...


"leaked" software generally leaks before the day of release...You mentioned people downloading day-of, so I'd assumed you meant that it was a crack of purchased media, not "leaked" software.ah, but thats where you're wrong. the keygen for DOOM3 and call of duty were leaked several days before the release.

Most PC games are very easy to pirate; even though I purchase all of mine.

Most PC games are very easy to pirate; even though I purchase all of mine.i think uber_jedi is the exact opposite.

Another thing, there were more illegal downloads of Doom3 the day it came out, than purchases.
Don't know why so many people would download the day of release when they could have done it sooner. Seemed a little suggestive to me.

You could download it before it was released, it simply means that same day more copies were downloaded.

You could download it before it was released, it simply means that same day more copies were downloaded.
Figured that out.

The wording threw me off.

Dude I think if your gonna buy a first person shooter buy it for a game system you already have then buying a whole new game system and buying the game just to find out it sucks or its the same as the old one and how do we know halo 3 wont come out on the original xbox

yeah. i have no friggen clue how they are going to get people to play 1st person shooters on the revolution.

There isn't that many for the Gamecube besides James Bond.

I think if your gonna buy a game buy it for a system you already have and how do we know halo 3 is not goindg to coem out on xbox?Well you could always steal a xbox 360 and halo 3 but who knows you could get caught and its very likely

There isn't that many for the Gamecube besides James Bond.there are a lot of first/3rd person shooters for the gamecube. we have:
Resident evil 4
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2
James bond
Ratchet and Clank
Batallion Wars

im sure theres more.

Dude I think if your gonna buy a first person shooter buy it for a game system you already have then buying a whole new game system and buying the game just to find out it sucks or its the same as the old one and how do we know halo 3 wont come out on the original xbox
Considering microsoft is no longer supporting the console?

the only company that is continually supporting its old console is sony (they may have stopped by now)

Considering microsoft is no longer supporting the console?
where did that come from? Microsoft is still supporting the Xbox 100%. there are games set to come out for the original Xbox for months to come still.

as for the argument on serials and keygens and cracks:
i'm pretty sure a certain key just needs to pass through an algorithm to be declared valid or invalid on a game install. many games check that serial for "uniqueness" when connected to the internet. so, if you do not connect to the internet, an infinite number of copies of a game can be installed on as many PCs with the exact same serial

where did that come from? Microsoft is still supporting the Xbox 100%. there are games set to come out for the original Xbox for months to come still.no, they are not. sony is the only company stll supporting its old console. supporting just means your own game studios making games for it. i bellieve you have mis-interpreted it.

there are a lot of first/3rd person shooters for the gamecube. we have:
Resident evil 4
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2
James bond
Ratchet and Clank
Batallion Wars

im sure theres more.

Ratchet and Clank is for Ps2.


But thats besides the point, I guess I'm trying to say that the Gamecube doesn't have as many good shooters as Ps2 or especially Xbox.

as for the argument on serials and keygens and cracks:
i'm pretty sure a certain key just needs to pass through an algorithm to be declared valid or invalid on a game install. many games check that serial for "uniqueness" when connected to the internet. so, if you do not connect to the internet, an infinite number of copies of a game can be installed on as many PCs with the exact same serial
We're concerned with online play only.

There's really no point to installing a multiplayer-focused FPS if you can't play the multiplayer part...

But when you say "uniqueness", do you mean that it checks to see if anyone else is using the same key? Or do you mean that it checks to see if your key has been shipped? My experience with UT2004 has proven that it is very possible for games to do so. I'm led to believe that most games don't, however.

the only company that is continually supporting its old console is sony (they may have stopped by now)
That is completely wrong. Both Nintendo and Microsoft are still supporting their respective consoles...

But when you say "uniqueness", do you mean that it checks to see if anyone else is using the same key? Or do you mean that it checks to see if your key has been shipped? My experience with UT2004 has proven that it is very possible for games to do so. I'm led to believe that most games don't, however.

He means if the same CD key is used in two different places at the same time, online play will not work.

That is completely wrong. Both Nintendo and Microsoft are still supporting their respective consoles...no

"NVIDIA ceased production of the Xbox's GPU in August of that year, which almost certainly marks the end of Xbox production"

"Cross-platform games—such as sports franchises released by Electronic Arts—sold far below their PlayStation 2 and Xbox counterparts, prompting developers to scale back or completely cease support for the GameCube."

ok, guys i really understand a respect of meaning of legal software use, but it`s a bit different where i live. you see, in my country (bosnia) there are no software/game sell places to buy a new original game. not even online, and if there is onaly small percent of population have credit card and chance to buy game online, so i guess the only thing that left for me to do is to buy pirated disk on the street for 5 $, otherwise i wouldn`t have PC at all, everything on my pc is pirated, starting form windows, and not just in my pc.... all people i know use windows with same cd key, and all the rest of the software.
so i am bit disappointed that i can`t play COD2 online, i always get message bad cd key. i would really like to have chance to buy software legaly, but it`s difficult, couse average paycheck here is 200-300 dollars, so it`s not hard to realize that i have to give pretty big deal of my paycheck to buy a game...
that`s all
sorry about my english nad see ya

ok, guys i really understand a respect of meaning of legal software use, but it`s a bit different where i live. you see, in my country (bosnia) there are no software/game sell places to buy a new original game. not even online, and if there is onaly small percent of population have credit card and chance to buy game online, so i guess the only thing that left for me to do is to buy pirated disk on the street for 5 $, otherwise i wouldn`t have PC at all, everything on my pc is pirated, starting form windows, and not just in my pc.... all people i know use windows with same cd key, and all the rest of the software.
so i am bit disappointed that i can`t play COD2 online, i always get message bad cd key. i would really like to have chance to buy software legaly, but it`s difficult, couse average paycheck here is 200-300 dollars, so it`s not hard to realize that i have to give pretty big deal of my paycheck to buy a game...
that`s all
sorry about my english nad see ya
In your situation it makes sense, however a lot of people in the U.S. pirate software when it’s available for retail purchase.

I can't say that I really blame you when you're in Bosnia; a lot of other countries have that same problem. This is one reason Nintendo consoles aren’t popular in those various regions; it’s a lot harder to bootleg a Nintendo Gamecube game compared to a PS2 or Xbox game.

yeah, i remember nintendo, i had one console before war, but i bought it in switzerland, my father worked ther, and i remember that i had only 5 games :) they were too expensive... and yes their cartridges are main reason that they are`nt so popular here in "piracy" lands

P.S. can`t wait for someone to crack new HOMM V
:)

ok, guys i really understand a respect of meaning of legal software use, but it`s a bit different where i live. you see, in my country (bosnia) there are no software/game sell places to buy a new original game. not even online, and if there is onaly small percent of population have credit card and chance to buy game online, so i guess the only thing that left for me to do is to buy pirated disk on the street for 5 $, otherwise i wouldn`t have PC at all, everything on my pc is pirated, starting form windows, and not just in my pc.... all people i know use windows with same cd key, and all the rest of the software.
so i am bit disappointed that i can`t play COD2 online, i always get message bad cd key. i would really like to have chance to buy software legaly, but it`s difficult, couse average paycheck here is 200-300 dollars, so it`s not hard to realize that i have to give pretty big deal of my paycheck to buy a game...
that`s all
sorry about my english nad see ya
wow, I'm doing a report on that country. All the pictures i saw from theres look like its a normal place, but with all the civil war stuff going on there, what does it REALLY look like?(if your still there)