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> Played H2 last night with no internet connection - so I have no
> comment on the xbox live features. Just played the campaign on heroic
> and wandered around the MP maps...
>
> Things I liked:
> - New weapons
> - Better graphics
> - New enemy characters
> - New maps
> - More vehicles
> - No teleporters? (have not seen any)
> - Motion in the maps (moving ground, spinning gears etc...)
> - Master Cheif looks more real when he dies
> - The blood looks better - more real
> - The fire looks awesome
> - pistol fires faster
>
> Things I don't like:
> - You can jump WAY further than normal - trying to get used to this

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> - Some weapons auto-reload when you hit the end of the clip - some
> dont...
> - Zoom on pistol zoomes out when you fire it

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> - No fall damage (maybe I do like this? not sure)

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> - Banshee does not fly as high as I want it to - seems limited by the
> map and what the heck is that "boost" feature for extra power on the
> banshee, its like totally strange to me

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> - I CAN'T SEEM TO USE THE "MOVE THROUGH MENU'S" (flat left side of
> controller) joy stick thing to MOVE around ! I know I can use the
> other one that sticks up on the left but in H1 I used the flat one to
> move and now I am all screwed up. I see no reason for this - it does
> not do anything during the game so why cant i use it to walk? I have
> not found a way to confugure this - if you know - let me know - I hope
> I am wrong on this one

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> - Sound seems to go muffled sometimes....but if I die and spawn back
> in that same spot, the sound in back to normal?

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> - Graphics freeze during campaign fighting....I have seen this more
> that once last night...it will freeze for a second, then start up
> again.
>
> Let me know if you agree/disagree or if you can help with my
> controller issue.

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> On 11/10/04 1:32 PM, in article
> c9d876e9.0411101132.311af495@posting.google.com, "Texas Hold Em"
> <wsop.holdem@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yeah. The Magnum's zoom is for scouting only. You can't really snipe with
> it, except for single shots.

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> "Devala Rees" <darkeagle@lisco.com> wrote in message
> news:BDB7D4D8.161B%darkeagle@lisco.com...
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> I don't think that's right. I got the impression that the zoom
> you're seeing is an "always on" zoom that the MC now has. Firing any
> weapon without zoom seems to pop you out of it.
>
> -Jeff

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>
> "Devala Rees" <darkeagle@lisco.com> wrote in message
> news:BDB7D4D8.161B%darkeagle@lisco.com...
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> I don't think that's right. I got the impression that the zoom you're
> seeing is an "always on" zoom that the MC now has. Firing any weapon
> without zoom seems to pop you out of it.
>
> -Jeff
>
>

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> "Jeff Fink" <jfinkjfink@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:evcbAY4xEHA.3168@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl:
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>
> Yep. You always have 2x magnification if you want it, which is one of
> the nice, if minor, things I've found.
>
> As for the pistol, I haven't even found it yet, much less used it, and
> I'm almost through the game. I think Halo 2 has many areas of technical
> virtuosity, but all that said...it's not as good as Halo. It's like
> Goldeneye/Perfect Dark all over again.

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> I think it's better than Halo in most ways except originality (and
> that flaw is the nature of a sequel). It has a richer plot, better
> characters, and more complexity, in addition to better graphics and
> gameplay modifications.
>
> That said, the great original will probably hold more sentimental
> value, simply because it came first. It also has a more black and
> white mindset in the campaign that many may prefer.