More popular to PC gamers but not overall...I highly doubt that. As you where trying to convey with your post above Halo is a "Noobfest" lacking realtime penalties(Bullet lag, recoil) as the likes of PC FPS' which is why CS was never accepted by the more casual gamers like Halo is.. You think I'm bashing it by saying its "Less popular" but I'm not, that would be opinion.
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Counter-Strike will always be the more widely known and respected shooter, it may be losing ground being as it's 8 years old. but i'd say it's doing pretty well for itself. afterall, how many leages is Halo a part of?
Plus if you go here it says THE WORLD'S # 1 ONLINE ACTION GAME straight from the horses mouth.
Half life 2 orange box for pc (even though I already own hl2 and ep1).
Halo 3 for 360
orange box because it will fulfill my single player and mp experiences for pc and halo 3 because I want to finish halo 2 :P (because of the way halo 2 ended)
In Aus, you can get a whole new pc that will run games for $1000 or less (not including peripherals or monitor because I would assume you already have those since you said you already have a computer). All these prices come from MSY
Under $800 A decent gaming rig for cheap!
AMD Based: Motherboard:Asus M2N8-VMX $65 Cheapest board. It's 940pin too, so if you need to drop in an AM2 DualCore 6000+ as an upgrade later on, you can. Processor:AM2 DualCore 4800+ $145 Mid-level AMD dual core Graphics:256MB 8600GTS Generic $226 Mid-level DirectX 10 compatible video card. Sound Card: Integrated Onboard sound will suit the majority of people as most provide support for 7.1 speakers. RAM:2G Kit-667(2X1G) OCZ System Elite $109 Any serious gamer wanting to play recent games should have at least this much RAM Hard Drive 1: Seagate SATA 160G $65 Decent amount of storage for a system at this price. Optical Drive 1: Pioneer IDE 18x 112D $38 Widely regarded as one of the best around. Case:Cooler Master Elite RC-330/331 $79 Tool-free design. Air filter. 120mm fans. Nice case at a good price. Power Supply:Coolermaster Extreme 500W $69 500w of good solid power. TOTAL - $796
Intel Based: Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-S3 $159 Supports Quad Core and RAID. Processor: E2160 $112 Overclock to get the most out of this core Graphics: 256MB 8600GT Generic $144 Mid-range card, mid-range price. Sound Card: Integrated Onboard sound will suit the majority of people as most provide support for 7.1 speakers. RAM: 2Gig OCZ System Elite DDR2 667 $109 Minimum amount for any serious gamer wanting to play the latest games. Hard Drive: Seagate SATA 160G $65 Decent amount of storage for a system at this price. Optical Drive 1: Pioneer IDE 18x 112D $38 Widely regarded as one of the best around. Case:Cooler Master Elite RC-330/331 $79 Tool-free design. Air filter. 120mm fans. Nice case at a good price. Power Supply:Coolermaster Extreme 500W $69 500w of good solid power. TOTAL - $775
Under $1000 Gaming with a bit more to spend.
AMD Based: Motherboard: Asus M2N8-VMX $65 Same motherboard as the above systems. Upgradeable! Processor: AM2 DualCore 4800+ $145 Mid-level AMD dual core Graphics: 320MB 8800GTS Generic $383 Your games at fast speeds, with good quality image. Sound Card: Integrated Onboard sound will suit the majority of people as most provide support for 7.1 speakers. RAM: 2G DDR2-800 Generic $116 Any serious gamer wanting to play recent games should have at least this much RAM Hard Drive: Seagate SATA 250G $82 Good storage for a system at this price. Optical Drive 1: Pioneer IDE 18x 112D $38 Widely regarded as one of the best around. Case:Cooler Master Elite RC-330/331 $79 Tool-free design. Air filter. 120mm fans. Nice case at a good price. Power Supply:Coolermaster Extreme 500W $69 500w of good solid power. TOTAL - $977
Intel Based: Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-S3 $159 Supports Quad Core and RAID. Processor: E2160 $112 Overclock to get the most out of this core Graphics:320MB 8800GTS Generic $383 Your games at fast speeds, with good quality image. Sound Card: Integrated Onboard sound will suit the majority of people as most provide support for 7.1 speakers. RAM: 2Gig Generic DDR2 667 $96 Minimum amount for any serious gamer wanting to play the latest games. Hard Drive 1: Seagate SATA 160G $65 Decent amount of storage for a system at this price. Optical Drive: Pioneer IDE 18x 112D $38 Widely regarded as one of the best around. Case: Cooler Master Elite RC-330/331 $79 Tool-free design. Air filter. 120mm fans. Nice case at a good price. Power Supply: Coolermaster Extreme 500W $69 500w of good solid power. TOTAL - $1001
All these pc's will get you set, or you could purchase the parts seperately.
Well I agree on most part of your post, just a couple of things I would like to add.
You keep on mentioning how Gordon was able (a un-trained individual) was able to defeat the combines hold on Earth. What you forget to mention is that he was with the Gman for an amount of time and could of had training with him. It was stated in the game that the rebels bought Gordon to fight for him (well not stated but if you read between the lines....), you would expect that if the Gman was going to have people bid on one of his products that he would do his job right. Plus along the way you can see the Gman guiding him and making sure he does this job (he even handed the rocket launcher to the guy to hand to you). But I do agree that the one man army thing is kind of old by now (they even makes fun of it in the game).
One last thing I would like to mention, that although the story may not be the most original it certainly does a good job at telling it and the way it portrays all the main characters is by far the best I have seen. I can't wait for episode 2 to find out who dies :D
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