# Does Xbox have its "killer app" yet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-xbox-have-its-killer-app-yet/111988>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 2, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-xbox-have-its-killer-app-yet/111988 "2002-06-02T04:11:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-xbox-have-its-killer-app-yet/111988/21 "2002-06-04T04:32:27Z")

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Its a known fact that a human player cannot beat **Halo** on _Legendary_ status. You guys are all full of it 😉

I cant imagine how long it would take to beat that game using the “run and regenerate” method. I spent the better part of January 2002 just trying to beat the normal mode…

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**Author:** ![PolishSausage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@PolishSausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolishSausage)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-xbox-have-its-killer-app-yet/111988/22 "2002-06-04T18:35:02Z")

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One of the hardest areas (or one of the areas I hated the most) is in the first part of the story when you’re trying to get off the Pillar of Autumn to an escape pod. There is a room with a winding set of stairs filled with Covenant troops. You know the one I’m talking about? Every time I would make it to that room, it was a lot of ‘duck-and-shoot-and-duck’ maneuvering. The Flood are a pain due to their sheer numbers, but I enjoy taking down Elites and Grunts the best, they are just more cunning. Hunters are just a pain in the ass.

~t

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**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-xbox-have-its-killer-app-yet/111988/23 "2002-06-04T23:07:23Z")

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> \*Originally posted by PolishSausage \*  
> **Hunters are just a pain in the ass.**

You do know the “one pistol shot to the back = death” technique, don’t you?

If you don’t, the Hunters have an orange patch on their back. Get in close enough for him to take a swing at you, then dodge. After he misses, he will be facing the other way.

One Pistol shot in this orange spot will put them down.

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**Author:** ![PolishSausage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@PolishSausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolishSausage)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-xbox-have-its-killer-app-yet/111988/24 "2002-06-05T01:31:14Z")

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> One Pistol shot in this orange spot will put them down.

Yeah but by the time I get to the Hunters I have tossed my pistol. The assualt rifle is the next in line to use but it is not the best for spot on targeting. It will work in a pinch.

I’m just saying out of all the bad guys, Hunters tend to be the worst. Then there’s the flood guys that explode, I hate them too.

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**Author:** ![Skydive101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Skydive101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skydive101)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-xbox-have-its-killer-app-yet/111988/25 "2002-06-05T04:45:33Z")

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Speaking of Hunters… Hunter the Reckoning is fun as hell on Xbox. 4 player simultaneous monster bashing with a White Wolf RPG backdrop (Vampire: the Masquerade).

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