Halo: Worst Game Ever?

SERPUS · 2003-09-25, 09:46 AM

Someone convince me why this game is causing so much hype in the younger crowd. I've surfed the webpages and even played a bit of it on the xbox. I wasn't particularly impressed with anything it had to offer.

Multiplayer Halo the Planetside killer? You've got to be kidding me. The official websites states that the MP maps can't handle more than 16 players. Didn't Doom 2 accomodate 16 of us, more than eight years ago?

I *must* be missing something. BF1942 > Halo.
Planetside > WW2OL. What's next?

Everay · 2003-09-25, 10:14 AM

ughh no, doom supported 4, there is a mod however that makes it support 16

and here is a link, why gamespy thinks halo is over hyped, and i agree with them

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/sept.../index17.shtml

in the list they tear apart Morrowind, MGS:SOL, which IMO sucked, and FF7, though, FF7, the only said, well, there are FFs they liked more, and i can agree there, FF6 owns 7

Veteran · 2003-09-25, 10:14 AM

Halo broke a lot of ground, and almost single-handedly launched the xbox. It has provided untold happy hours of gameplay and introduced elements of style into new shooters. It earned its place among the classics.

PlanetSide and Halo are two different genres, and can't be compared accurately. Halo for PC won't kill PlanetSide, and PlanetSide won't kill it. Next-generation shooters like Chrome, Breed, Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 may kill Halo for PC, but only a sufficiently advanced mmocg will kill PlanetSide, and that's not going to be any time soon.

That is all.

dscytherulez · 2003-09-25, 10:15 AM

Halo is great for ppl who cant afford good enuff comps to run PS, but can get an xbox. I think its one of the best games there is on the xbox personally, that and red faction 2 and unreal tournament 2003. I play it because at my dads house i got a pretty killer comp but at my moms its a piece of shit so i play xbox instead.

Nimbus · 2003-09-25, 10:41 AM

There are a lot of reasons people like Halo.
I HATE BF1942 but I love Halo. I can play it all day. I have played it all day before.

Halo is different from every other shooter I've ever played before. 1. No bosses, there are just the regular infantry types. Some are harder than others but for the most part it's just different equipment and AI.
2.Weaponry, unlike many FPS games, Halo doesn't have 15 types of guns. It has several different kinds and all are useful. I've played many FPS games where there are several guns that nobody uses unless they have to. Also, you can only carry 2 meaning you have to decide what you will need and actually use strategy rather than choosing one of the 30 weapons you are equipped with.
3. Vehicles. I know other FPS games include vehicles also but Halo seems to have done it best. They are fun and useful to drive, but aren't so powerful that you are invulnerable in them. Things really get good in multiplayer. My friends and I actually have a demo derby mode built. The warthogs are indestructible but you get some pretty impressive crashes.
4. Humor. The game is hilarous, especially the grunts. I would guess they say hundreds of things but I really have no idea how many things there are. I bought the game at release and my roomie and I are STILL hearing new things from them.
5. Huge levels. Some of the levels are absolutely massive and can take hours to play through.
6. Huge battles. Nothing like having a large open area with 30+ creatures to fight using vehicles, turrets and whatever else you can get your hands on.
7. Randomness. The game plays through differently EVERY time. I can name a LOT of FPS games, even ones that have come out since Halo that are a lot more static. The people stand in place or walk a set path. They all attack as soon as they notice you. In Halo, they'll walk different paths, I've seen elites stop and talk to grunts. I am dead serious. If you follow and they don't notice you, they will deviate from their path and start talking and laughing. Restart from last save and the next time they wont do it. Elites will retreat to regain shields, units will lose their nerve and run, then regroup. They will run off to tell their friends and they'll lose it and go berserk on you.
8. Simplicity. Halo does all this, and yet it remains very simple. You can perform many if not all the actions available to you in the big PC FPS games with less than half the buttons

SERPUS · 2003-09-25, 11:06 AM

Hmm. I'm going to side with the Xbox explanation. That seems to make sense.

I think its a very 'small' game to be in competition with the PC big boys.

Hamma · 2003-09-25, 12:01 PM

Never played Halo

Squeeky · 2003-09-25, 12:07 PM

Originally posted by Hamma
Never played Halo

Same here

People always give me weird looks when i tell them that. I just haven't played Halo

and i think i've only touched an X-Box once or twice

. I will definetly give it a shot on PC though who knows

Happy lil Elf · 2003-09-25, 12:37 PM

Hate X-box. Hate X-box Controller. Hate FPSs on consoles.
/shrug

Worst game ever? No, definately not. I've played some really shitty games in my time. But is it a great game? Meh I've played it for a few hours with some friends a few different times and wasn't really impressed. But then again like I said I hate the X-Box, hate it's shitty oversized controller and really hate FPSs on consoles /shrug

Squeeky · 2003-09-25, 12:41 PM

FPS's on consoles is just wrong. Period.

OneManArmy · 2003-09-25, 01:12 PM

yes but halo was so good it didnt bother me that it was a console. and like they said I don't see how anyone could call it a Planetside killer. Planetside will kill itself. other than that I think I'll stop, i love halo so there's no point in me babbling on about it...

Nimbus · 2003-09-25, 01:18 PM

Personal preference I guess.
I haven't liked any FPS on PC other than Planetside since Doom.
I love the X-box. It's my favorite system. I got a PS 2 last december and sold it in February.

Lexington_Steele · 2003-09-25, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by Squeeky
FPS's on consoles is just wrong. Period.

You obviously never played Golden Eye.

Lexington_Steele · 2003-09-25, 01:58 PM

Originally posted by SERPUS
Hmm. I'm going to side with the Xbox explanation. That seems to make sense.

I think its a very 'small' game to be in competition with the PC big boys.

They have Halo 2 to compete with the big boys.

Honestly I might pick up Halo for the PC.

It is by far the best FPS I have played in a long time and I never got to use it's multiplayer abilities to their fullest on my Xbox.

Happy lil Elf · 2003-09-25, 02:05 PM

You obviously never played Golden Eye.

Nope. Played Golden Eye quite a bit at the incessant urging of friends. Hated Golden eye for the most part. Multiplayer where you can see the other persons screen is kinda dumb imo

Wasn't a big fan of the Japanese sex toy of a controller for the N64 either