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Xian : Do you WANT this game?
Posted By: mad.max =PN= <madmax@paxnimbus.com>Date: 5/16/00 1:46 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Hyp(ocrit)es Hurt (Xian)

> Also, I hardly believe Halo's gameplay is on the shakey ground
> you portray it to be. The game's engine is all but complete.
> Multiplayer is nearly finished with work on single player around
> the corner. Multiplayer is where the fundametals of gameplay are
> worked out and decided (that's the whole reason behind that
> development process).

I believe most of the offical words are along the lines of "Multiplayer is in the brainstorming phase"! That's hardly nearly finished.

> The fact is that Bungie's withholding the information
> as is their right.

'as is their right'. That's the point. It is perfectly within their right to distribute the information as they wish. They could quite easily not have announced ANYTHING until this E3, when everyone would have been amazed at what they've done.

The reason they don't want to release lots of info is that they have no garunteed release date, and as Narc said, people will get pissed off if they release it late. Right now there is NO definite release date, what we have been seeing are just teasers, and if they hadn't showed us anything, they wouldn't be that worse off, they will still rouse a lot of support when they go gold master.

> The scripted sequences can be dramatic, the engine powerful, the
> graphics gorgeous, the models stylish, the story grand,
> and the idea/design sound... but IF IT PLAYS LIKE CRAP it's not
> an action game, much less a good one.

My original point stands. No one has any idea how it will play. I said NO IDEA. Therefore, there is no was that the game can be judged on gameplay.

When you first buy a book, you tend to be attracted to the cover, and maybe the crap on the back, but you have no idea how the book will play out. You have to read it first, try it out, see if it fits your style, and then judge. But you are in no way able to judge a book when you first buy it, even if you have read every review of it in existance.

What I'm saying is that, until the game comes out and people have played it, they are in no position to judge it, and the fact that no one has yet means that such reviews are impossible.

mad.max =PN=

Anyway, if you think Halo is going to be so shocking, why do you bother talking about it so much?


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Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Wirehead 5/16/00 6:01 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Forensic 5/16/00 6:17 a.m.
           Amen. n/tZaff 5/16/00 8:15 a.m.
                 Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Case 5/16/00 7:33 p.m.
           thats a logical score.*mxyzptlk 5/16/00 8:45 a.m.
                 after reading the rest of the article....*mxyzptlk 5/16/00 9:02 a.m.
           Oooo... sarky pants...Dfin' 5/16/00 8:49 a.m.
           What a weak retort... -ntJohnny Rotten 5/16/00 4:05 p.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Luke 5/16/00 7:00 a.m.
           Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Redox 5/16/00 10:06 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Psyrixx 5/16/00 8:52 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Cannibal Harry =PN= 5/16/00 9:08 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Myndreach [OSC] 5/16/00 9:17 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Demandred 5/16/00 9:56 a.m.
           Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Edgecrusher 5/16/00 1:52 p.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Cow Mutilator 5/16/00 10:00 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Hiro.. 5/16/00 10:13 a.m.
           Oni (nt)David Oosha 5/16/00 11:14 a.m.
     Hype HurtsXian 5/16/00 10:33 a.m.
           Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtNarcogen 5/16/00 11:06 a.m.
                 Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtXian 5/16/00 11:44 a.m.
                       Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtMark Levin 5/16/00 12:01 p.m.
                             Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtXian 5/16/00 12:40 p.m.
                                   Re: Hyp(ocrit)es Hurt{BZ}SINginius 5/16/00 1:13 p.m.
                                         Maybe.Xian 5/16/00 1:30 p.m.
                                               Wrong.Nemesis 5/16/00 2:37 p.m.
                                                     Period? Hardly.Xian 5/16/00 2:52 p.m.
                                                           Actually you may be wrong here.CyberBob =PN= 5/16/00 3:42 p.m.
                                                           Re: Period? Hardly.Nemesis 5/16/00 11:02 p.m.
                                                           Re: YOU filled out their wordsNemesis 5/16/00 11:23 p.m.
                                   Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtMark Levin 5/16/00 1:48 p.m.
                                         Realistic representationXian 5/16/00 2:13 p.m.
                                               Re: Realistic representationMark Levin 5/16/00 3:03 p.m.
                                         Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtDemandred 5/16/00 5:17 p.m.
                       Xian : Do you WANT this game?mad.max =PN= 5/16/00 1:46 p.m.
                             Re: Xian : Do you WANT this game?Xian 5/16/00 2:24 p.m.
                                   You snipped my book analogymad.max =PN= 5/16/00 3:59 p.m.
                                         Re: You snipped my book analogyLouis Wu 5/16/00 11:49 p.m.
                       Press and GameplayCyberBob =PN= 5/16/00 1:48 p.m.
                             Re: Press and GameplayXian 5/16/00 2:47 p.m.
                                   Solely gameplay.CyberBob =PN= 5/16/00 2:58 p.m.
                                   Re: Press and GameplayDan Rudolph 5/16/00 5:47 p.m.
                             Re: Press and GameplayShadowfax 5/16/00 5:22 p.m.
                       Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtNemesis 5/16/00 2:31 p.m.
                             Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtXian 5/16/00 3:00 p.m.
                                   Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtNemesis 5/16/00 11:18 p.m.
                       Things LOOK pretty fun ALREADYTroy Lawlor 5/16/00 6:59 p.m.
                 Tribes2 score should have been lowerRagnarok 5/16/00 1:24 p.m.
                       Re: Tribes2 score should have been lowerDemandred 5/16/00 1:26 p.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Dfin' 5/16/00 11:31 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Mark Levin 5/16/00 11:51 a.m.
           Lemme clear this up...Xian 5/16/00 12:29 p.m.
           Hey Matt... how about some answers?Dfin' 5/17/00 3:22 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Johnny Rotten 5/16/00 1:59 p.m.
           Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Moose-Factory 5/16/00 2:14 p.m.
                 Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Johnny Rotten 5/16/00 4:03 p.m.
                       Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Moose-Factory 5/16/00 4:20 p.m.
                             Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Dead Glory 5/16/00 4:40 p.m.
                             Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Demandred 5/16/00 5:26 p.m.
                             Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Johnny Rotten 5/16/00 6:50 p.m.
                                   we haven't seen much indoor yet though...eric 5/16/00 8:37 p.m.
                                   Indoor environments...Moose-Factory 5/16/00 10:23 p.m.
                       Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Troy Lawlor 5/16/00 6:48 p.m.
           Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4eric 5/16/00 3:15 p.m.



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