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The Spartan 2 program was started in 2517. The Spartan 3 program was started in I think 2532. The Spartan 3s differed from the 2s in that their class sizes were larger, their training was primarily focused on dealing with the Covenant, and their augmentations were improved (allowing for a 100%...

Bungie is "independant" in terms of their no longer being owned by a parent company. They signed a contract with Activision, but it's not a company buyout. Microsoft was kind enough to let them go free after Halo 3. As for Kotick's comment? I think we can all agree that this man was a success...

STALKER is unparalleled in terms of atmosphere. The only game I can think of that comes close is Metro 2033, which was took some cues from the STALKER series (fantastic book too, read it if you get a chance). Honestly the only way they could make STALKER more engaging would be to introduce...

My character is a decent chap. At first he looked out primarily for himself. Back when the world was harsh and he could not survive alone, he would only accept allies and let them do the heavy lifting. Once he mastered the wastes, he helps to make the wastes a safer place by exterminating every...

Lots of points to follow: Add the airlock to the Normandy again. Make it so that you HAVE to go through the docks to get back on your ship. No magic taxi. More Joker. Larger/more hub worlds. Bring back the feel from the original score. The music in the second game was good, but it...

On girls? Yes. On Men? No thanks.

So essentially it would be similar in spirit to The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones? Hell, if we're going that route, Red Dead Raiders of the Lost Ark. I betcha Rockstar would make a pretty damn good Indy game. LucasArts could use the help. Although I would like to see a story for...

Frankly, Halo only seems generic because it sticks to the formula that made it as successful as it is. If you really look at things, Reach is a huge deviation from the current norm. "armor abilities" single-wielding, non-regenerating health, slower runs speed, different abilities for the...

I think it's going to be light and fun in regards to the sort of amazing space opera adventure of awesome that the first game was. The feeling of exploration, of getting out there and actually finding something that wasn't just a shooter level, exploring places like the Presidium or Virmire...

Such hate and fear! My god, I thought this was a forum populated by semi-mature and reasonable people! Multiplayer isn't the end of the world. Just because something doesn't fit into your exact definition of "perfect" doesn't mean that it's going to be the worst thing to happen to mankind...

I love how everyone automatically assumes that simply because BioWare is adding a multiplayer component to a Mass Effect game, it's going to be bad. In all honesty, they might add a cooperative mode similar to the one found in Splinter Cell Conviction. A seperate campaign that relates to the...

It's always easy to look back at what happened and condemn those who made the choices and vouch that you would have done things differently. In reality though, if you were in their position after having been through the four or five years of war that they had been in, having seen and experienced...

Magog from Kingdom Come.

So um... only one other person has said Reapers? Come on! You could control whatever you wanted! Your whims and desires would be beyond the comprehension of mortals! Best of all? You're a giant friggin' spaceship!

Japanese gold. I'm calling it RIGHT NOW. As soon as I read that all I can think of is a little story by Niel Stephenson called Cryptonomicon. One in which a group of modern day adventurers go after a horde of Japanese War Gold, which is stashed by characters during the second world war...