I have the map, thank you so much !!
:))))) 

A Google search for "Castle Of Morpheus" or mospq1.zip will produce a working link for the map.

I love have power over Google mhuhuhuhu >:) 

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1331692&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 

Friction: I'm on it. :)

Starbuck: Actually, yeah, that's what we played, swords and grenades. How asinine is that? You spawn in a big empty map, wander around until you see someone, and then just run towards each other and see who clicks the trigger first. It even manages to beat Counterstrike for pure unreliance on any actual skill or talent. You might as well be rolling dice. 

It even manages to beat Counterstrike for pure unreliance on any actual skill or talent.

that is a hard standard to live down to. 

The single player is just as good as you remember

As in "not very"?

For the benefit of someone who found Halo 1 pretty boring, how does Halo 2 really compare? 

ok, gather here around ol' papa wrath, let me fill you in on a little secret.

milk is what you have with your breakfast cereal. not with anything else. are we clear? 

I haven't played through a lot yet (just the earth bit) but so far they've avoided repeating the same damn room eight times.


Check out this cool building:
http://themaxx.com/offensive/pages/picpile/10042.php 

http://www.cocktailguiden.com/cocktailbilder/vanillarussian.jpg

Milk goes with Cereal
Milk goes with Cookies
Milk goes with Kraft Dinner
Milk goes with Chocolate Syrup
Milk goes with Ovaltine
Milk goes with MY GODDAMN WHITE RUSSIAN


but if you really want you can substitute coffee whitener 

I am about 3-4 hours in, maybe about 3-4 levels... I am bored senseless.

Pros so far
-Everything visually is sharper and more detailed.
-The special effects are very much improved.
-The environments (once past the first segment) are a little more interesting.
-Akimbo weapons is a nice addition.
-One of the new Covenant weapons, The Beam gun is very fun to use.

Cons so far
-Almost nothing has changed...
-Almost nothing has changed...
-Almost nothing has changed...
-No really, it is just the same formula as the first game but mixed and re-matched a little due to the new environments.
-They have added at least one new "baddie" (so far in my progression) but it is not a positive addition. It is very ineffective as an enemy but VERY frustrating to deal with. Think, the flies/frogs in Daikatana.
-The weapons feel horribly underpowered, the ammo for the human weapons is sparse at best.


In the end I'd rather have rented it. I am enjoying Crimson Skies (which I picked up for $14 US) quite a lot better. 

without the milk you would just have icecream. 

you wouldn't even have ice cream. 

Is your PQ email account working? I noticed that your hotmail was gone. 

my PQ mail is fucked and they are unable/unwilling to help me fix it. I use the account jonmilesuk at h0tmale for my email now as i keep forgetting to check the starbuck one and it gets closed down :) 

http://www2.gol.com/users/yadoran/gamer/q3/e_index.htm

Check out the bottom pictures. (>_<):; 

even a page about the quake series should have a naked schoolgirl on it.

(i wonder how many people will click the link after i said that) 

so how bout that hl2/no hl2 playing? eh? eeeh? 

Gamespot have posted a very interesting "Final Hours Of" article about Half-Life 2. It covers all the trial and tribulations that Gabe and the crew at Valve went through, and it looks like there were a lot, notably the theft of the source code of course. Personally, i'm hyped about the game again after reading this, and I hope it'll be a big success; the team seems to deserve it.

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6112889/?q=1&tag=gs_hp_topslot_click 

Play Halo 2 on XBL.. thats is where its at!! Oh my god soooo much fun!!

Yes the SP is very simular to Halo, but seriously what where you expecting. I will agree with you on the ammo part though, never enough ammo for the human weapons. But seriously this makes sense being your on an alien world. Would seem kinda odd if ammo for the earth weapons was laying around everywhere. 

I'll point out that I really liked the first Halo, and so read this with a grain of salt.

Played coop with a friend, still have a few levels left to play until the game is finished. Absolutely loved the game, perhaps apart from the very first level. The cinematics just blew me away, and the city streets were a lovely place to fight in. The environments are finally more varied, the fights are cool (even if they do repeat themselves a bit/a lot), the graphics are amazing and the music still kicks ass.

Also played multiplayer with 3 other players, and it was very enjoyable. Then again, we weren't all that sober at the time. (I have to point out that we were sober enough to find out that Flatout really is quite boring.) Played with those energy swords, liked it, played Oddball, didn't like it, played Ninja Renegade, loved it.

All in all, yes, it is similar to Halo, but the improvements are good enough that it's a real sequel instead of feeling like an add-on. 

I played it in cooperative (even if I'm not used with it... I prefer to play alone against horde of monsters...) with a friend of mine this week-end, and like Maric said in post 6117, there are no new features in this second game... Lightning effects, enviroments, visual graphics, weapon uses, etc... are really improved for sure, but globally there are no major changes in the game.. The most complaining thing I noticed is this "new" assault rifle, which works only with short burst... what a fucking feature.... Nervertheless, Halo2 is for sure worth playing, and give a lot of fun while you have a "deja-vu" feeling.... so enjoy !! 

"Certainly after he caught fire, it was pretty much panic time I think." 

is a great weapon, and if you complain about it you're obviously missing out. You'd be lucky to hit something at ten yards with an SMG. Or even two of them. 

then ok, I can't comment as i haven't played very much, but if you mean multiplayer, what the hell?

Maybe its useful if your friends aren't any good at Halo and just stand there without dealing any damage back, but against real world opponents, if you have a battle rifle and take on someone carrying almost anything else, my experience says you're absolutely screwed, in the ass, by a donkey. And not in a good way. 

Ummm... I didn't have any specific expectations going in, aside from the obvious... That being, a sequel to Halo would therefore have a lot of similarities to the original.

I am simply expressing disapointment that it is SO similar as to feel almost no different at all.
It is still quite fun (though a bit boring and very repetitive) and I will play it all the way through at least once.

The Battle Rifle is definately accurate but I still contend that it is very underpowered.

I am horrible at Xbox live due to the same reasons I am horrible at any FPS on a console... I am a fish out of water without the mouse and keyboard. After playing through numerous FPS console games, the original Halo several times... I am still uncomfortable with the controller (and am not competitive at all). In fact I am so bad at it that I have no fun at all with Halo online... Now Crimson Skies is another thing =)