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Huh?

The Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2003 are out this afternoon, and while I agree with most of their choices, their write up on Halo 2 strikes me as being a bit weird:

The sequel to everyone's favorite Xbox game emerges at last and proves to live up to every hope fans had for it. Journalists were seen with their mouths open, agog at the gorgeous visuals and consequently apoplectic in their praise as they felt the need to communicate how incredible it looked to anyone that would listen.

Huh? What demo did they see? I mean, the game looked good, but I didn't talk to anyone who was struck "agog at the gorgeous visuals" of the game. Particularly since it didn't look all that different from the first game. Not only that, but I certainly didn't run into anyone who, "felt the need to communicate how incredible it looked" to well...anyone.

Don't get me wrong, I think Halo 2 is going to be a good game, and it looked decent, but I was totally unimpressed by the demo I saw. That's why I named Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic as Shacknews' best Xbox game at E3. I don't doubt that the critics on the jury were impressed by the game, but what surprises me is the extremeness of the write up they gave it. While their write up for Half-Life 2 is similarly gushing, that game really did leave everyone with their jaws on the floor. Halo 2 just blew away the fanboys, who would have been agog at a mission pack, let alone an actual sequel.

Posted by jason at June 10, 2003 05:17 PM | TrackBack | Read more: Games