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I wish we would have had the halo beta at the last mwgl.

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I got it recently, and it is a blast. :tup:

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I had a horrible time with it this last weekend at the LAN I went to. We maxed out a couple of games at 14 people I think (I know we had the max and it wasn't very much). A lot of still buggy network code - laggy throughout - and a lot of waiting to spawn issues.

It was very pretty though. I didn't find it very much different than what is already out on the market as far as gameplay goes, but the vehicles were a blast. I think it can be a solid FPS, if they get the code tweaked for release, but I don't think it will have much in the way of staying power. Unless the final release offers a lot more in the way of stable gameplay, and unique game modes, I think HALO for PC will be gathering dust on a lot of shelves within 6 months of release.

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I have a program that lets me play online games, I play with my UT clan, and we never have any lag, strangly enough plays like a dream.

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I will say, I don't know what beta release we were playing with, so it is possible that I was using an older release. Overall, it was an enjoyable game during the times when it was running stable.

I still don't feel the originality that would have been there if it would have been released with the XBOX. With all the advances in team based FPS since then, the gameplay still seems a little stale. But, who knows. Microsoft is the king at mafrketing, releases, and finding a way to make big money off of almost everything they do. So, it may end up being a big hit regardless.

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