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"this guys on crack.. i enjoy EQ2 immensly" Good for you Save yaself 30 quid and buy something from the bargain bin for the same results

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Halo was a game I tracked for 2-3 years when it was being developed as a PC game (or so we thought) and at the time, the graphics, the fact there were actually vehicles in the game, the wide open environments (or so we thought) were all unique at the time. In a period when the best multiplayer FPS was TFC for Half Life these were truly groundbreaking features. Then the horror news... the ebil Microsoft bought them up and it was only going to be released on the xbox....... THATS NO. 1 reason I resent HALO. Anyway time passed, the screenshots kept me salivating, and I cracked... I bought an Xbox on their UK release and picked up Halo too. And for the 1st 4-5 levels I really enjoyed it. Yes the graphics had been surpassed mostly on the PC, but on a console I had never seen anything like it. But then the console's limitations started to show as the repetitive textures, levels and even fookin worse - actually doing the same levels backwards!! How fookin shit can you get? Getting lost because everywhere looked the same added insult to injury. If this was a PC game there would be no way this would happen! So after tiring of the game it became a coaster and a permanent reminder why console's suck. What should have been a legendary PC multiplayer game became another dumbed down dvd of dross thanks to Mr Gates and his quest to conquer our living rooms. Thats why I resent it - thats why I wont be buying Halo 2 (Added to the fact I gave my xbox to my 6 year old cousin who tired of it after 2 months due to its games being for "Stupid people")

Open beta starts next week I believe so dont panic - tried my stress test 1 key and it dont work .. you have cross fileplanet's palms with silver to test this week Anyhooo cant wait - Stress Test 1 was (without exaggeration) 20 times the game that EQ2 is (only days before release) in terms of stability and content. If anyone else has been playing EQ2 beta I challenge you here and now to argue against that brave declaration Seriously EQ2 = EQ1 database tacked onto a new gfx engine which 80% of the gaming population will have to play on low detail anyway.... oh yah but less stable that EQ1

After my brief flirtation with the stress test of WOW I was back in the mmorpg mood again. In a misguided browse at the evil place (yes I went into a PC World but only cos I was passing and was reaaaaalllly far from the nearest good shop) I was desperate for a mmorpg to play and picked up the FF shite. As I got home with the box, I was gagging for a crap so was reading the box and manual in a bit more detail and looking at the PS2-esque graphics on the back and that feeling of dread settled in ever deeper. The celophane wrapper was fixable so I pulled up a few reviews on 't'internet.' The "lack of depth", "the lack of anything resembling a storyline", the decidely shite characters and the thought of so many 1337 d00ds wining about manga rip-offs in the forums made up my mind to immediately melt the celophane back around the package and return it posthaste. Thankfully when I returned home for a second time (at which point I was considering reinstalling Eve Online to devour another 18 months of my life) I had a EQ2 beta acceptance email waiting for me. Absolute devine intervention that was god himself telling me that I had made the right decision. (Since when I am finding that EQ2 is very damn pretty - but if they really release it on 8/11 they are fooking mad cos its about 50% ready content wise!)

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Woah there brother - you got a cgi-bin directory!!!! Sites coming on well Sorry I'm just being an arse Pretty ambitious to get a site up so quick man (I've been there!) take your time and then pimp it when its done I clicked on ya link cos I am interested - if ya wanna see a recent sample of reviewing see a copy here http://www.jo.intelzone.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=92 I just need a steady home and a steady supply of review material to realise the ultimate dream one day 'Senior Sitting On My Arse Playing Games All Day Man' Thats twice I have used the word arse in one post - does that make me gay? Anyway my greatest reviewing achievement to date is getting told by gamespy.com that I was far too blunt for them as I would offend the publishers. Thats a gold-star to my name I reckon cos shit deserves to be outed before people pay money for aforementioned shit. (Hmmmm 2 shits in one post as well now....) and I also prefer to establish specific points criteria for games - i.e. do great graphics really matter for a strategy game? Do you even need sound for Championship Manager? The above review is a war game so I rated on graphic/sound immersion, teamwork required, scale (size of maps and number of players, and so on which is all justified as an intro to the review. Anyway take a look and pm me if ya wants me Anyway