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Am I the only person that installs every game I play?

And I actually rent a lot of games, but all I do is delete the install once I send it back. I literally install every game.

So although I am not a hardcore Halo fan, I always have enjoyed the series, so I did break down and preorder it on Amazon, as they had the deal they usually do with big releases were you get $20 in credit for the video games department which I will just put towards Black Ops so I get that for $40, and then BO actually comes with the $20 video game credit as well, so a pretty good deal as I will get $40 in credit for 2 games. I also have Amazon Prime so I will get release day delivery for free.

Only thing is I probably will not realistically get to even touch it until early next month, I leave for Span for work this upcoming Thursday, will be gone for 8 days, then also just have to work a whole lot of OT at work, so really will not have much time to touch the game until early next month. So the one aspect I was looking forward to, the 4 player CoOp, unfortunately I may not get to experience because by the time I get to play it, I am sure everyone will be bored of it already on just playing MP.

I'll always be up for the 4 player Co-Op bro.. and no you are not the only one who installs every game you play.. I do that too.. :laugh: and I think you meant 'Spain' and not 'Span' :cool:

I'm on the same boat as you except I don't go to "span". But I try to make up hoever I can, also the reason I don't play mp cause I can't pause it for like half hour to finish work and get back into the game. Sooo SP is best choice for guys like us. :(

See below.*

I'll always be up for the 4 player Co-Op bro.. and no you are not the only one who installs every game you play.. I do that too.. :laugh: and I think you meant 'Spain' and not 'Span' :cool:

Cool, that definitely sounds good and I without a doubt am going to take you up on that offer of the CoOp. (Y)

* And maybe if he is around and would like to, Neo003 can join us since he is in the same boat as me. :yes:

And okay cool, I figured I could not be the only one that installs every game, even when I had my my smaller 60GB drive, I just install everything while I play it then more than likely delete it unless it was a game I thought I would come back to. It just makes the most sense to me all around. Less use on the drive and shorter load times = always install the game no doubt.

And indeed, * I did mean Spain. :laugh: I actually had a lot of typo's in my post, that is what I get for posting from my phone. :pinch:

I won't be able to play for around a month either (Uni stuff), but if you guys are around I wouldn't mind joining up for the co-op.

Sounds good to me. (Y) So cool, looks like I will not miss out on the CoOp like I thought. Sweet. (Y)

Alright I'm game, I'm avail anytime after 10:00 PM to 3:00 AM. Send me PM whenever you guys are upfor it. (Y)

Okay cool, will be sometime in early October give or take. :laugh:

PM me your Gamertag, as I am not sure if you are on my friends list or not.

See below.*

Cool, that definitely sounds good and I without a doubt am going to take you up on that offer of the CoOp. (Y)

* And maybe if he is around and would like to, Neo003 can join us since he is in the same boat as me. :yes:

And okay cool, I figured I could not be the only one that installs every game, even when I had my my smaller 60GB drive, I just install everything while I play it then more than likely delete it unless it was a game I thought I would come back to. It just makes the most sense to me all around. Less use on the drive and shorter load times = always install the game no doubt.

And indeed, * I did mean Spain. :laugh: I actually had a lot of typo's in my post, that is what I get for posting from my phone. :pinch:

Dont worry i feel your pain. On neowin mostly on my phone now because im barely home and im just too fast for autocorrect.

PST

so I believe your an hour behind me, evne then im game if you are.

Larry you too. Munky how about you? Sethos!? You even getting this game?

The score from IGN is in....

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/objects/142/14276699.html

10/10

:woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot:

OMGWTFIDIE.

:)

Gamertag is Dr Dog Egg, I'll be online all launch day (I took it off from work in preparation ;)).

In case anyone's undecided whether to install the game or not; ( After the whole Halo 3 thing )

Installed: Initial Load Screen to the appearance of Microsoft Game Studios Logo: 10.3 seconds.

Not Installed: Initial Load Screen to the appearance of Microsoft Game Studios Logo: 12.0 seconds.

Installed: Opening Mission: 8.1 seconds.

Not Installed: Opening Mission: 21.4 seconds.

Installed: Firefight: 21.6 seconds.

Not Installed: Firefight: 45.1 seconds.

Installed: Custom Game Load: 9.7 seconds.

Not Installed: Custom Game Load: 28.7 seconds.

From: http://www.examiner.com/video-game-in-national/halo-reach-load-comparison-installed-vs-not-installed

That's actually pretty darn good. I can't say that I install every game I play, but that's mainly because I've only had my 250 GB hard drive for a couple of months now, and I'm not accustomed to having all of this excess space. My policy has been to install games that I know I'm going to play a lot. So Forza 3 got an install, as will this (considering these numbers, there's no way I could pass up doing the install).

Hey guys Best Buy is having a midnight release, but it says it only has "Guaranteed 20 Limited and 20 Legendary Editions at all other Best Buy Stores" so pretty much all the other non-midnight release stores.. does that mean that there is 20 extra copies ontop of the pre-ordered ones?

Hey guys Best Buy is having a midnight release, but it says it only has "Guaranteed 20 Limited and 20 Legendary Editions at all other Best Buy Stores" so pretty much all the other non-midnight release stores.. does that mean that there is 20 extra copies ontop of the pre-ordered ones?

The way I'm reading there guaranteed to have a minimum of 20 of each at each store. So it could be they do have extra editions or they only have 20 of each in the first wave of games to give out.

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