BBRoundtable

Gamers looking to spend the holidays with the Master Chief won't be getting their hands on Halo 3, but maybe they can settle for three Halos. <
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>Microsoft Game Studios today officially announced the Halo Triple Pack GameSpot reported on earlier this week. The Triple Pack compiles Halo, Halo 2, and the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack for the price of $59.99, which is roughly $20 cheaper than the current combined retail price of those games. <
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>To call the Halo series popular is an understatement. The original game has sold more than 13.8 million copies, while Halo 2 raked in more than $125 million in first-day sales alone. According to Microsoft's figures, there are 2 million subscribers to the Xbox Live service who have combined for 387 million hours of Halo 2 over the network since its release last November. That works out to a staggering average of almost 194 hours spent online playing Halo 2 for each Xbox Live subscriber, whether he or she owns Halo 2 or not. <
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>Microsoft didn't mention a specific release date for the Triple Pack, but EBgames.com is listing October 4 as its shipping date. Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack are all rated M for Mature. <
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>-GS- <i></i>

Interesting... I'm not a big fan of the Halo games, though. I mean, I'm sure they're interesting to play online, but the single player experience is a bit lacking compared to other FPS's. That's especially true of the first Halo, IMO. <
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><b>Currently playing:</b>Darkwatch (Xbox) <b>Last game completed:</b> Sid Meier's Pirates! (Xbox)</b><i>Edited by: CLOUDBOND007 at: 8/28/05 2:06 am<
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If there was a single disc containing<
>all of these games, I would prob-<
>ably reinvest in it... howeve-<
>r, if they are all separate<
>but in a single packag-<
>e, I would not since<
>I already own th-<
>e later two a-<
>nd Halo 1 i-<
>s not har-<
>d to fi-<
>nd. <i></i>

From my understanding, the second<
>Halo was lacking in the single pla-<
>y mode, but I believe it was o-<
>nly the difficulty when com-<
>pared to how challenging<
>the first Halo was. The-<
>n again, sequels tend<
>to be easier depend-<
>ing on the game s-<
>ince the fans fro-<
>m a previous t-<
>itle would be <
>familiar wi-<
>th the ga-<
>meplay.<
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>(not true in all cases though...) <i></i>