Far Cry Instincts (Pal XB)

[Soi]

In Halo I typically form a party with a friend or three and then play Matchmaking. Some people you are matched with are young, others aren't.

In Far Cry or GR2, I tend to pick a server and then play with those people for a while. Typically I'd hunt around until I found a decent bunch of like minded players.

The Halo way of doing things means that in and average session you will play against far more people (and therefore more youngsters and idiots) than you would in Far Cry. I'm not sure the proportion of youngsters or idiots is any different though.

[EvilBoris]

I think halo is just a very competative game and brings out the worst in people.

[JamFDUK]

It is weird, there is like a total divide in players playing halo and anything else, there are a massive bunch of aggressive ****ers playing halo, at first I thought it was just americans, but most english people I've played against (in matchmaking) are just as bad.

I hate it when they bring nationality into it, y'know? Or worse - World War II.

Who out of any of us were even ALIVE during world war two!?

It's amazing how many subjects you could swear should be dead and buried are still thriving in the land of Live.

[EvilBoris]

I had the best one, someone shouted

"WE WON THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR!"


that was in 1776 for goodness sake!

[MJ]

there are a massive bunch of aggressive ****ers playing halo, at first I thought it was just americans, but most english people I've played against (in matchmaking) are just as bad.

The last time I played it I noticed an increase in trash talking, swearing Brits.

[Lurch]

I wasn't too keen on the first couple of hours of this on single player, but after a bit of a break (a good few days) I've found this to be one of the most enjoyable SP experiences for a long time on the Xbox (better than Halo 2, I reckon). I think I'm probably fairly close to the end, which could be a bit of a let down, but I've enjoyed every minute of it so far, including the underground portions. It looks fantastic, the atmosphere is AMAZING, and I can forgive the rather forgiving auto aim, occaisonal dodgy AI and rare ragdoll freakouts simply beacause it is sooooo much fun.

I was gonna play this and sell it on straight away, but I'm having second thoughts now. Think I might keep it in case I ever get Live sorted out. Although I could do with funding some Colussi. Hmmmm.

[Ish]

"WE WON THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR!"

Someone once screamed that at me too. He meant it in all seriousness. I ended up laughing hysterically and had to turn the mic off.

[Concept]

NTSC-uk - Best sellers of Xbox Live.

[MJ]

It looks pretty impressive and I'm having fun playing it.

It's a shame you can't adjust the sound levels, I think I would turn the music down a bit and voices up.

In multiplayer your character's lips move when you talk, which I thought was a neat small detail.

[fahrenheit]

I was chatting in the pregame lobby playing Halo with another kiwi friend of mine when one American called us British "Mother F***kers!" I corrected him by say "No, we are about as far away from Britain as you can possibly get", to which he replied "Oh my God, they're French!"

This game is different because no one says a word.

[MonkeyWrench]

As much as I'm enjoying the game I'm getting really ****ed off with the save problems I'm encountering. Once again it has sent me right back to the beginning of the level, a good hour and a half of progress lost. Also does it play that intro movie every time you play for anyone else? Ok fair enough first time it's caching data, but every time?!

[iloveannie]

Corrupted save file last night. Live froze and needed restart. Will I play through it again? Not sure. Says loads that.

[disckobox]

Also does it play that intro movie every time you play for anyone else? Ok fair enough first time it's caching data, but every time?!

I get this too - puts it on par with loading up an amiga game

annoying

[EvilBoris]

if your clock isn't set correctly it will do this

[Yoshimax]

Mine has gone back. Pro Evo5 replaced it. I started enjoying Halo2 more on Live and I don't see myself playing through the SP.