If you haven't already laid down pre-order money elsewhere (or even if you have), this is a pretty decent deal.
If you haven't already laid down pre-order money elsewhere (or even if you have), this is a pretty decent deal.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 3:05PM Accessgranted said
Hmmm... sounds good! That $10 could be used on pizza and beer or something. LOL.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 3:17PM heimbachae said
i'm waiting just to make sure this game isn't halo 3 + a few extras
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 3:24PM heimbachae said
meeeeeeeeeeow the afternoon makes xbox joystiq commenters ANGRY rawr!!
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 3:23PM Zaraki Kenpachi said
That's a sounds like a great deal...is this the best ODST deal out there?
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 3:38PM sag969 said
I still believe this is a $30-40 game. All it is is a new campaign ($20 value going by gta4 standards) plus three new maps for halo 3 ($10 value) and a multiplayer mode - firefight ($10). $20+$10+$10 = $40. Maybe the campaign is bigger than a $20 value, but I'll wait for reviews and if they aren't mindblowing (and the game isn't at least 10 hours), I'll just rent the game.
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Posted: Aug 7th 2009 1:08PM (Unverified) said
Bungie has rated the campaign at 4 to 5 hours long. Halo 3 was rated at 10 to 12 hours long. So it's less than half the length of Halo 3's campaign.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 4:04PM Zaraki Kenpachi said
Random question: in looking at the special edition that comes with the controller, do you think the controller comes with a battery pack or the back where you have to insert 2 AA batteries..i'm thinking the latter, but if anyone knows for sure, i'm curious.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 4:54PM philipjfryrish said
It is the kind that takes double A batteries. Also, you can only buy Microsoft batteries with the Halo 3 logo on them.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 4:05PM Gamer X said
I haven't played Halo 3 in a few months. Don't get me wrong.. I love Halo but have been busy with other titles. Everytime I hear new info and see new screenshots of this game.. I'm really wanting to get back into the Halo universe. Man I love this franchise. This one looks good.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 4:14PM blue ocarina said
I'll stick with Amazon. I shop enough that a $10 video games credit is almost the same thing anyways. (plus I pre-ordered back when it was slightly discounted as well)
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 4:43PM latin trident said
I regret not preordering it at the lower price but i did use a $25 gift card bringing the game down to $35. Not too shabby.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 4:47PM (Unverified) said
This looks like a good deal! Does anyone know if Buy.com is reliable? And how long does their shipping take?
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 5:21PM (Unverified) said
i have never had bad luck with buy nothing but great luck actually only their shippings slow
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 5:11PM Cornelius said
Is "buy.com" reliable? I'd only buy from "buy.com" or Orbitz if I wanted my credit card stolen by a popup ad vendor. If you DO shop from "buy.com", only use PayPal ... strange but true:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10293633-93.html
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10293633-93.html
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 7:47PM (Unverified) said
I pre-ordered Halo Wars thru buy.com and received it the Saturday before its Tuesday release date. Could depend where you live and where they ship from. I'm in Chicago and was shocked to see it arrive before the release date.
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Posted: Aug 7th 2009 10:53AM Deezul AwT said
Are the pre-order codes working yet? I've tried mine from Best Buy, and I get an invalid code error. I could always pre-order from buy.com, then "return" my preorder to Best Buy. No need to give the code back...
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Posted: Aug 8th 2009 9:56AM JRock3x8 said
I don't quite see how that will work - I'm assuming the code will be bundled INSIDE the shrink wrap - i inherited a gears 2 box from someone and the pre-order code was inside the box.
anyways, point being once the shrink wrap is broken u own it and can't return it as new.
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anyways, point being once the shrink wrap is broken u own it and can't return it as new.
Posted: Aug 7th 2009 1:34PM JRock3x8 said
placed my order
it doesn't quite work as good as advertised - free shipping can take up to a week and a half which sorts of negates the point of pre-ordering in my book.
however they offer $2.99 2-day shipping. so net net, you're getting it for $53 instead of $60 and getting it on thursday instead of tuesday - not a big deal for me since i wouldn't be able to play it until the weekend anyways.
pretty good deal tho.
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it doesn't quite work as good as advertised - free shipping can take up to a week and a half which sorts of negates the point of pre-ordering in my book.
however they offer $2.99 2-day shipping. so net net, you're getting it for $53 instead of $60 and getting it on thursday instead of tuesday - not a big deal for me since i wouldn't be able to play it until the weekend anyways.
pretty good deal tho.
Posted: Aug 8th 2009 10:24AM Deezul AwT said
The pre-order from BB comes in a 360 shell, with the code on a card similar to the Gears codes. Ah well, I may "pre-order" a few more, then come September 23rd, when pre-orders are gone, and all kinds of folks want the codes but can't get them, I'll sell the code, then "return" the pre-order as not purchased. Cashiers there usually don't know that there's a gift with it, so I just get my money back, and make a buck selling the code on eBay.
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Posted: Aug 27th 2009 11:21PM (Unverified) said
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