Why do so many hate halo?

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#1 MiniBeas
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I was able to get through half th game in one sitting, any game that is able to keep me entertained like that is not a bad game. So I wonder why do many do not like Halo?
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#2 ELJUDEZ
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I think that the hate is more towards the people that think that Halo is the greatest FPS ever.
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#3 hammer_of_thor_
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A lot of the people hate it are usually fanboys to be honest. That, and there are many people out there that just hate whatever's popular, that happens with anything really, they try and be different. I'm not a big fan, but I'm not a huge FPS player, that's my reasoning.
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#4 TriangleHard
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I was able to get through half th game in one sitting, any game that is able to keep me entertained like that is not a bad game. So I wonder why do many do not like Halo?MiniBeas

I just don't see what's the big deal about it. It was good FPS but I can't agree with people making it sound like greatest game ever made.

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#5 ELJUDEZ
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[QUOTE="MiniBeas"]I was able to get through half th game in one sitting, any game that is able to keep me entertained like that is not a bad game. So I wonder why do many do not like Halo?TriangleHard

I just don't see what's the big deal about it. It was good FPS but I can't agree with people making it sound like greatest game ever made.

Indeed.
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#6 DuDisNow
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It's one of the best games out there.Infact Halo 2 is still played my thousands of people each day. But the best? No, but it is my favorite.

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#7 holdenlowe
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I think that the hate is more towards the people that think that Halo is the greatest FPS ever.ELJUDEZ

That's the main reason. I like the game, but its not as godly as people would like to believe.

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#8 strayzilla
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The main people who hate Halo are PC gamers. Its those people who interject in any Halo thread on how there are better games than it. Not realizing in the non pc gamers world, it's one of the best CONSOLE fps games you can play. Ok we all get it.... There are better FPS on PC. Since we're console gamers we play Halo.
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#9 anman4707
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i think that halo has an under average single player and slightly above average multiplayer making it at the most an average fps
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#10 mgreener_34
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Because it has no single player, horrible voice acting, and the only good thing about it is its graphics and online...no online no good Halo...yet i still buy them :cry:
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#11 LTomlinson21
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Because it has no single player, horrible voice acting, and the only good thing about it is its graphics and online...no online no good Halo...yet i still buy them :cry:mgreener_34

I thought Halo: CE had a good story, but Halo 2 is where is was average.

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#12 lilburtonboy748
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Because Halo was revolutionary, but Halo 2 was unbelievably overated. There was nothing special about halo 2 at all. I think that you will find most people that say they hate halo, are usually referring to halo 2. I will always love Halo, but not Halo 2.
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#13 N3MO
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Halo has never been my cup of tea. For what it is, it'sa solid FPS. But it's pace always felt too slow for me. And multiplayer in most cases felt like a snipers heaven rather then all out gun fights. TimeSplitters has been my preference for quite a few years now. It's the total opposite of Halo in terms of execution. Is TS a better game? Depends on who you ask. I never hated Halo, just never liked it's style. I never understood people hating games, unless they were down right bad.
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#14 dadaxtra
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Like said above I don't think that the hate is for halo just the people that think its the best game ever produced. The second one while, good fell short of expectations and I still can't get into the multiplayer. I don't how it could be so different but it feels wrong. It doesnt bring those good ol' merories like the first halo. Hopefully with 3 being on the 360 they can make something special with the added power.
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#15 LasPlagasHope
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I love halo, but the reason I think so many people hate it is because its in the biggest spotlight in gaming ever, and everyone knows about it so I think haters are easier to find because just about ever person who playe videogames knows what halo is.
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#16 ymi_basic
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Halo has never been my cup of tea. For what it is, it'sa solid FPS. But it's pace always felt too slow for me. And multiplayer in most cases felt like a snipers heaven rather then all out gun fights. TimeSplitters has been my preference for quite a few years now. It's the total opposite of Halo in terms of execution. Is TS a better game? Depends on who you ask. I never hated Halo, just never liked it's style. I never understood people hating games, unless they were down right bad.N3MO
I don't hate Halo, but Timesplitters is also my preference. Halo plays like you're moving through molassis by comparison. Also, multiplayer is the main reason that I play fps and Halo is frankly quite boring unless you're online (not interested, thanks) or into co-op (yawn).
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#17 MyopicCanadian
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I don't know what's wrong with you dude... I mean Halo is fun, and I still had a good time playing the game, but there were moments where I had to really push myself to keep playing. The level design is just absolutely laughable. Here's ANOTHER room that looks exactly like the last rooms you've been playing through for the past hour! with the same enemies! woohoO! It felt like I was looping the same rooms for most of the game.

Half-Life had already been out for three years when this game came along, and yet Halo still managed to receive such praise. I don't get it. The game was fun but I would've given it a 7 or 8, I never saw the 9.7 material in the game.

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#18 Darth_Homer
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My reasoning for hating Halo is that people seem to overhype the game. It's decent, but it's not the best thing since sliced bread. Besides, there are better shooters on consoles anyway...
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#19 Old_Gooseberry
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Its simple. Nerds like Half-life, super cool rich kids like Halo. Nerds are filled with hate, so they choose to put it towards Halo... while the cool rich kids are hating the Halflifes. If you don't believe me, watch the counter strike mygot "reeeeeeeeee!" video.

Not much of this bothers me, I don't like either, fps are way too scary.

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#20 Galzakian
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[QUOTE="ELJUDEZ"]I think that the hate is more towards the people that think that Halo is the greatest FPS ever.holdenlowe

That's the main reason. I like the game, but its not as godly as people would like to believe.

I'm in a similar boat. I thoroughly enjoy the game, but it's not the greatest FPS ever.

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#21 dgbiker1
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I don't hate it, but it's not the jesus game everyone makes it out to be. I loved the first game, it was great for it's time. The second was just more of the same (I only play single player, no multiplayer). I actually got really bored playing H2, those endless corridors that are exactly the same get lame. I'm keeping an open mind for the 3rd, but I'm sick of hearing it's gonna be the greatest game ever when it's more of the same when there are so many games coming out that are really fresh and creative and taking advantage of the new generation of hardware. It takes more than just prettier graphics to get me excited about a game that's essentially the same as it was 5 or 6 years ago.
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#22 wizdom
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I think that the hate is more towards the people that think that Halo is the greatest FPS ever.ELJUDEZ

I agree to a certain extent, most people that hate the game are just fanboys and trolls that are looking for attention.

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#23 HardcoreKiller2
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I don't exactly hate Halo, I think its a decent console shooter, but one thing I despise is the fanbase of Halo.

The fanbase makes the game seem like the greatest game of all time, but when you play it, its just a decent console shooter. Then Halo 2 came around and the fanbase was hyping it as the best game in the universe. Halo 2 was released, it had a lackluster singleplayer, but a good multiplayer. In my opinion, Halo is a game that has too much praise. Sure, it introduced some new features that are now common in FPS games (Recharging Shield) and the ability to throw grenades without changing the weapon. But in the end, its just a decent shooter that has a little too much praise.