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They made the radar light red?
0_o

Wetzel

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Radar light?

Do you mean the hud color? It's pink/purple like that when you play as a Covenant in multiplayer (Campaign ;)).

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Geez, you make it sound like red radar lights are rare in video games.

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No no. The made the radar 'light red'.
Dosn't anyone else watch Red vs Blue?

Wetzel

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Picked up Halo 2 at Best Buy this morning around 10am (they still had a few hundred copies of each).

I've played for about 4 hours and I give it two thumbs up. It really is as good as the reviews/previews.

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like i said i been playing since about 1230 am last night and i havent read the booklet, but for the other people that have played, did they actually just take away the health and leave the shields and thats it. When you are shot the shield go's down but of course regenerates but i dont see any health bars like in regular halo

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No health indicators??? Are you sure setting didn't get changed...? (It has been a longggg time you've been awake. :D)

And a question on Elite vs. Spartan choice: Does the type you play as aftect anything? (Important, that is. Not just the color/appear. For instance, can you jump as high?)

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Ya its been a long day and night still havent slept i basically played about 12 hours then had to go home to study. I am pretty sure there is not health indicators becasue me and my friend looked for like 20 min. Idk about the differences between elite vs spartan. My personal opinion comparing spartans from halo to halo 2 is that when you walk you are slower, i think you jump higher, and the grenades do not take like redicilous bounces, they are more life like, you cant throw them across the level like you could before. When the plasma grenade blows up it has a pretty cool explosion. Still figuring everything out and working on lack of sleep have a midterm at 7 pm and then we are playin again all night....college is amazing

I love the sword to its amazing on one of the levels in the story you become one of the aliens and get to go invisible and use the sword is amazing

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You guys are correct, there is not health meter... just a shield meter. I thought I read some where or saw a video saying that the color of your HUD would change w/ your health but that doesnt seem to be true. Oh well, we dont need no stinkin health meter to enjoy a game this good.

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I just played Halo 2 for about 3 hours, and I gotta say - this game rocks.

With the whole no health thing - if you think about it, it's more realisitic.. because once your shields go down, there's nothing between you and getting shot.

I really like how there are a ton of new weapons, especially convenant ones.

I just can't wait till my copy comes in the mail... :]

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I never even had the original Halo. I kinda yearn for an xBox..

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Well I know one person who has beaten it. He spent all of yesterday playing it to beat it in one day. He finished at about 9 pm. That is crazy.

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My friend Darcy got it and started playing around 1am. He decided to just play through on Heroic. He had two food breaks and finnished at 8:45pm. He then went to sleep.

Having to hold x to get into things keeps tripping me up, but at least Romeo has a 36" TV in his dorm room. 4 player on a 19" would just suck.

Wetzel

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I haven't played the single player campaign much because I don't typically care for that sort of game, however I've begun to wonder if playing through that might make additional graphics available for Live! character customization.

Live! play is excellent, though quite a bit different than I expected and it has a bit of a learning curve. Primarily, this is because there's really no way to jump into a random game and play with strangers. You have to form a party from your friends list or play ranked games, for the most part, and it's not possible to, say, search for a non-ranked Team Slayer game for fun.

I dislike that I am not very good as well.

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Anyone on XBox Live yet?

Gamertag: "Evilstanley" :] Add me.