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samtesla 02-26-2005 04:01 PM

OSW - good practice for Halo 2?
 
Like most other good Oddworld fan, I got the game the day it came out. A month later I'm playing the last screen. My 12 year old is about halfway thru the game but she has not put as much time as she would like :-) (how she got past the Palooka guy in 20 minutes still escapes me, took me 2 days). Both of us finished Munch's Oddyssey in a few months (at a slower pace tho)

So... What would be a good game in the same line of thought to keep us busy till summer? We often joke that after one gets past Palooka, or McGruff, or a few battle scenes down the river, Halo 2 should be like summer camp by comparison :-)

Would someone who enjoyed OSW be interested in Halo 2, or should I get Blinx 2 and resign myself to teach my 8 year old the intricacies of gaming?

Flying Scrab 02-26-2005 04:45 PM

Honestly I think that Halo 2 is such a good game that its worth it to enjoy with your 12 year old. The single player alone is enough to buy the game, (which you can play together in co-op mode) and it sounds like you and he (or she) are quite competitive, so the multiplayer is a great way to compete. Blinx 2 has both single- and multi-player, but I personally think that Halo is a much better deal.

MojoMan220 02-26-2005 04:47 PM

Get Halo 2, that's all I will say.

The Marching Mudokon 02-26-2005 07:43 PM

I agree. Buy Halo 2, you won't regret it.

Abe16 02-26-2005 07:52 PM

Really, halo 2 is a good game. Buy it.

Alcar 02-26-2005 10:28 PM

I found Stranger's Wrath more difficult than Halo 2. While I haven't finished Halo 2, I am more than 3 / 4 of the way through the game - I simply put it down because it got repetitive. As with you, samtesla, I'm having trouble with PackRat Palooka as we speak :p

Alcar...

Leto 02-26-2005 11:24 PM

Oh Alcar, along with every other Stranger owner, I wish you for death :D

Halo 2 for the eight year ol' , eh? Might wish to reconsider. Blinx 2 is quite the appauling game, though. I was a fan of Blinx, until Blinx 2 came out. Give the 8 year old a talk about gore, though. "When de gun go bangy the man goes sleepy time!". Something along those lines. Unless of course he understands english, or any other language, where as I suggest you use that :p

Try hiring Halo 2 before purchasing, Halo 2 isn't as great as it seems...

Gretin 02-26-2005 11:51 PM

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I am more than 3 / 4 of the way through the game - I simply put it down because it got repetitive.

I take it Halo 2 is similar to Halo 1 in that respect, then? I haven't even completed Halo1 for the same reason.
Anyway, I haven't got any of those three games: Halo 2, Blinx 2, or Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, so I really can't comment. :(
However, as Super Munch said, or seemed to say, Halo 2 for an eight year old might not be a good idea...

samtesla 02-27-2005 12:37 PM

Has anyone confirmed that Halo 2 can do cooperative mode on one Xbox and 2 controllers? Also, the same question for Blinx 2? I know games like the Sega GT will work like that.

And, is it me, or Stranger looks a lot like Chuck Norris?

Oddish 02-27-2005 12:46 PM

He looks more like Clint Eastwood, and it was inspired by him.

CarboN 02-27-2005 01:00 PM

Halo 2 is a good game, but I don't understand why it was praised so much. It's really fun in cooperative and live, but boring alone, in my opinion. Just the same ol' shootin' all the time.

Esus 02-27-2005 01:01 PM

yeah, I have to agree there CarboN. It's just an FPS, no way 10/10.

yeah, you can play co-operatively with two controllers.

Wil 02-28-2005 10:43 AM

Careful guys; there's a Halo 2 thread in Off-Topic if you want to talk about it.

samtesla 02-28-2005 05:13 PM

No problem! Now, if only we could play coop-mode in Stranger, or viaXbox Live, wow, think of the possibilities!

Software Bug 02-28-2005 08:41 PM

and the best way to test halo 2's needler is to have a bee on youre crossbow:)
but it must be 2 needlers thats cool...

CarboN 03-01-2005 06:08 AM

It would be so cool if an Oddworld game would be live enabled.. :fuzzle: