Halo 3 is God. Yes, Halo>>>>>>>You.

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#1 shsonline
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You can disparage it. You can hate it. You can knock on it. The bottom line is that your personal hatred for the esteemed franchise will not stop the franchise from being so beloved. We are talking about a franchise that generated the fastest selling media product in US HISTORY (3rd fastest in UK). And this was on a console that only sold 21 mil worldwide. Halo 3's release will be a historical event. People will buy it, and you will continue to hate it and you will cry because you cannot stop it from selling and being an outstanding game.

 

My personal tribute to Halo. Thank you. 

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#2 the-very-best
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No. Me > Everything, but yeah, Halo is freaking amazing. I love its MP to say the least.
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#3 Slyprince
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*salutes you while a small tear runs down cheek*

 

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#4 lawlessx
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you are aware that by making this thread you have just added more fuel into the evergrowing fire of halo hate
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#5 baddog121390
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Wow and McDonanlds is amazing. Over 100 billion customers. Fact is Half-Life sold more and it didn't have any advertising (at least not in the extent that Halo had).
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#6 tegovoltio
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Are you trying to convice us or yourself? Because if you think Halo>you that's your problem.

This is a reason why Halo gets so much undeserved bash, halo fanboys think that Halo = best game/thing ever as a fact and want to MAKE you acknowledge it.

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im not guna even bother...but ill be back to drop a nuke in this topic.
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#8 Ibacai
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Sure, the Halo series is incredibly popular and successful but that doesn't mean I'll like Halo 3 anymore then I liked the last two. Halo as a series has impressed me with it's success but not it's quality.
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*salutes you while a small tear runs down cheek*Slyprince

I'll second that. :lol:

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#10 akuma303x
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There is only 1 god. no man or man made item can ever be that. enjoy the burn. i hear it's hot down there this time of year!
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#11 l1mIt
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halo is what it is because of the hype, not because of gameplay or graphics

all the...whens the next "halo killer" coming out? a game better than halo? lots of games are better than halo in everyway possibl ex... HL2... MGS

 halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast. 

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#12 shsonline
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you are aware that by making this thread you have just added more fuel into the evergrowing fire of halo hatelawlessx

 

Possiby. But I hear too many fanboy hating statements I just had to try to equalize it because for everybody that hates it there is 10 people that love it. Also I just finished watching the vidoc and man I am too hyped for the beta. I will cherish those three weeks or whatever it is and play the crap out of the beta when it is launched like nobodys business. Forza 2 and CnC3 can wait.

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#13 akuma303x
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You can disparage it. You can hate it. You can knock on it. The bottom line is that your personal hatred for the esteemed franchise will not stop the franchise from being so beloved. We are talking about a franchise that generated the fastest selling media product in US HISTORY (3rd fastest in UK). And this was on a console that only sold 21 mil worldwide. Halo 3's release will be a historical event. People will buy it, and you will continue to hate it and you will cry because you cannot stop it from selling and being an outstanding game.

 

My personal tribute to Halo. Thank you. 

shsonline
The Broncos are #1 though. Yes thats right.
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im not guna even bother...but ill be back to drop a nuke in this topic.djxaquaxblue

Hermit alert!!!! h3's w1pp1n 0u7 t3h UT>H4l0 aro0m3nt!@!!1!

j/p :P

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Are you tring to convice us or yourself? Because if you think Halo>you that's your problem.

This is a reason why Halo gets so much undeserved bash, halo fanboys think that Halo = best game/thing ever as a fact and want to MAKE you acknowledge it.

tegovoltio

its  sort of like when christians force christianity on people

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#17 tegovoltio
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[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]

Are you tring to convice us or yourself? Because if you think Halo>you that's your problem.

This is a reason why Halo gets so much undeserved bash, halo fanboys think that Halo = best game/thing ever as a fact and want to MAKE you acknowledge it.

lawlessx

its sort of like when christians force christianity on people

Indeed. The Crihstians that do that are fake christians to my eyes, that should be a personal choice if not, it's pointless then. But let's not go into that, not here. 

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#18 DA_B0MB
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halo is what it is because of the hype, not because of gameplay or graphics

all the...whens the next "halo killer" coming out? a game better than halo? lots of games are better than halo in everyway possibl ex... HL2... MGS

 halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast. 

l1mIt

Jelousy at it's finest ladies in gentlemen. He said Halo isn't even good... :P. That's just ignorance. Billions of hours played online because of hype? Doesn't make sense. Sorry.

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#19 foxhound_fox
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No, Will Wright is god... but yes, Halo will be great... for those who enjoy it.
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#20 Slyprince
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halo is what it is because of the hype, not because of gameplay or graphics

all the...whens the next "halo killer" coming out? a game better than halo? lots of games are better than halo in everyway possibl ex... HL2... MGS

 halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast. 

l1mIt

halo is what it is because of the hype, not because of gameplay or graphics

all the...whens the next "halo killer" coming out? a game better than halo? lots of games are better than halo in everyway possibl ex... HL2... MGS

 halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast. 

l1mIt

why should I listen to one ps fanboy

when all reveiwers honored this game

6 million bought it

and I love it.

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#21 lawlessx
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[QUOTE="lawlessx"]you are aware that by making this thread you have just added more fuel into the evergrowing fire of halo hateshsonline

 

Possiby. But I hear too many fanboy hating statements I just had to try to equalize it because for everybody that hates it there is 10 people that love it. Also I just finished watching the vidoc and man I am too hyped for the beta. I will cherish those three weeks or whatever it is and play the crap out of the beta when it is launched like nobodys business. Forza 2 and CnC3 can wait.

i see where your coming from and i to am hyped for halo3, but making a topic with the title "halo3 is god" and then start giving reasons why you feel halo3 will be the best game ever...isnt going to change the minds of those who..,for whatever reason..hated the series.  

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#22 DA_B0MB
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[QUOTE="l1mIt"]

halo is what it is because of the hype, not because of gameplay or graphics

all the...whens the next "halo killer" coming out? a game better than halo? lots of games are better than halo in everyway possibl ex... HL2... MGS

 halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast. 

Slyprince

halo is what it is because of the hype, not because of gameplay or graphics

all the...whens the next "halo killer" coming out? a game better than halo? lots of games are better than halo in everyway possibl ex... HL2... MGS

 halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast. 

l1mIt

why should I listen to one ps fanboy

when all reveiwers honored this game

6 million bought it

and I love it.

You can tell he's a hater because he said the game snot even good when it was clearly a very well recieved franchise. For God's sake, the original is one of the 10 best games of ALL TIME on gamerankings...

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#23 lawlessx
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[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="tegovoltio"]

Are you tring to convice us or yourself? Because if you think Halo>you that's your problem.

This is a reason why Halo gets so much undeserved bash, halo fanboys think that Halo = best game/thing ever as a fact and want to MAKE you acknowledge it.

tegovoltio

its sort of like when christians force christianity on people

Indeed. The Crihstians that do that are fake christians to my eyes, that should be a personal choice if not, it's pointless then. But let's not go into that, not here.

 they're just a bunch of hypocrites

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 halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast. 

l1mIt

How does that make any sense???  self owned!!!
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Are you trying to convice us or yourself? Because if you think Halo>you that's your problem.

This is a reason why Halo gets so much undeserved bash, halo fanboys think that Halo = best game/thing ever as a fact and want to MAKE you acknowledge it.

tegovoltio

 

Halo 3 will be great, of course but it isn't the heart of the 360 cuz there are a lot of games comming, hmm tegovoltio thats hinata? that looks pretty cute, (just quotedu for that)

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[QUOTE="l1mIt"]

 

 halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast. 

MonacoX


How does that make any sense???  self owned!!!

Yea he did self own himself, pretty hard too. Because Halo:CE, the game that saved the xbox, is one of the top ten greatest games of all time on game rankings.

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According to your logic, If sales what makes your decision to claim what's a better game, then GT4 > Halo 1 and 2

EDIT: even Pokemon > Halo, in term of sales.

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#28 glitchgeeman
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Well, I'm gonna have to disagree with you. Yes, Halo is a great series, but comparing it to God and saying that the worth of a disk is more than me and everyone other living being on the planet, I'm gonna have to disagree with that. Maybe it's just me, but I like considering myself worth more then an inanimate object. :P

That, and Halo is NOT the greatest series ever. It's good, even great, but to call it the best is only opinion.

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#29 tegovoltio
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[QUOTE="tegovoltio"]

Are you trying to convice us or yourself? Because if you think Halo>you that's your problem.

This is a reason why Halo gets so much undeserved bash, halo fanboys think that Halo = best game/thing ever as a fact and want to MAKE you acknowledge it.

-KinGz-

Halo 3 will be great, of course but it isn't the heart of the 360 cuz there are a lot of games comming, hmm tegovoltio thats hinata? that looks pretty cute, (just quotedu for that)

Yea it's her, it sucks that I have to crop the pic to make it fit, and on top of that GS crops it even more after I place it on sig >:/ 

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#30 l1mIt
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[QUOTE="MonacoX"][QUOTE="l1mIt"]

 

halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast.

DA_B0MB


How does that make any sense??? self owned!!!

Yea he did self own himself, pretty hard too. Because Halo:CE, the game that saved the xbox, is one of the top ten greatest games of all time on game rankings.

games had real low standards 6 years ago... and also since halo was the only good FPS xbox had. what would there have been without halo? nothing.

you know for a fact with the hype alone halo3 will get like a 9.9 on this site. it wont have a better story than MGS4, it wont have better graphics than crysis... but just like Geow the game can be storyless, boring MP, with repetitive single player gameplay... but it got the score it did because of the hype. 

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#31 shsonline
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According to your logic, If sales what makes your decision to claim what's a better game, then GT4 > Halo 1 and 2.

Kev_Unreal

 

Why am I not surprised youre here? The fallacy with your argument is that Halo is the FASTEST SELLING MEDIA PRODUCT IN US HISTORY. Also, 8mil on 21 mil consoles is >>>>>> than 14 mil on 100 mil consoles. 

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#32 lawlessx
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[QUOTE="DA_B0MB"][QUOTE="MonacoX"][QUOTE="l1mIt"]

 

halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast.

l1mIt


How does that make any sense??? self owned!!!

Yea he did self own himself, pretty hard too. Because Halo:CE, the game that saved the xbox, is one of the top ten greatest games of all time on game rankings.

games had real low standards 6 years ago... and also since halo was the only good FPS xbox had. what would there have been without halo? nothing.

you know for a fact with the hype alone halo3 will get like a 9.9 on this site. it wont have a better story than MGS4, it wont have better graphics than crysis... but just like Geow the game can be storyless, boring MP, with repetitive single player gameplay... but it got the score it did because of the hype.

 and if halo3 gets 9+ from sites other then gamespot? is it still purely on hype then?

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[QUOTE="DA_B0MB"][QUOTE="MonacoX"][QUOTE="l1mIt"]

 

halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast.

l1mIt


How does that make any sense??? self owned!!!

Yea he did self own himself, pretty hard too. Because Halo:CE, the game that saved the xbox, is one of the top ten greatest games of all time on game rankings.

games had real low standards 6 years ago... and also since halo was the only good FPS xbox had. what would there have been without halo? nothing.

you know for a fact with the hype alone halo3 will get like a 9.9 on this site. it wont have a better story than MGS4, it wont have better graphics than crysis... but just like Geow the game can be storyless, boring MP, with repetitive single player gameplay... but it got the score it did because of the hype. 

You really think GS cares about hype? Zelda TP proves you wrong. And ofcourse games had lower standards 6 years ago. 6 years from now people will say we had lower standards in 2007, that's natural. OOT, the critically acclaimed "greatest game of all time" by so many is #1 NOT because of it's comparison to todays standards, but for what it did for it's time's standards. Halo is great for this reason as well. ;)

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[QUOTE="DA_B0MB"][QUOTE="MonacoX"][QUOTE="l1mIt"]

 

halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast.

l1mIt


How does that make any sense??? self owned!!!

Yea he did self own himself, pretty hard too. Because Halo:CE, the game that saved the xbox, is one of the top ten greatest games of all time on game rankings.

games had real low standards 6 years ago... and also since halo was the only good FPS xbox had. what would there have been without halo? nothing.

you know for a fact with the hype alone halo3 will get like a 9.9 on this site. it wont have a better story than MGS4, it wont have better graphics than crysis... but just like Geow the game can be storyless, boring MP, with repetitive single player gameplay... but it got the score it did because of the hype. 


dude many people bought the xbox because of halo. now why would anybody do that??  Because it sucked, right?:lol:
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#35 Kev_Unreal
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[QUOTE="Kev_Unreal"]

According to your logic, If sales what makes your decision to claim what's a better game, then GT4 > Halo 1 and 2.

shsonline

 

Why am I not surprised youre here? The fallacy with your argument is that Halo is the FASTEST SELLING MEDIA PRODUCT IN US HISTORY. Also, 8mil on 21 mil consoles is >>>>>> than 14 mil on 100 mil consoles. 

Indeed that it's just the US but not overall, that go's to Wow. Proof 

It's alright, you could worship Halo and all but your argument has just reach the limit.

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#36 Redfingers
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You can disparage it. You can hate it. You can knock on it. The bottom line is that your personal hatred for the esteemed franchise will not stop the franchise from being so beloved. We are talking about a franchise that generated the fastest selling media product in US HISTORY (3rd fastest in UK). And this was on a console that only sold 21 mil worldwide. Halo 3's release will be a historical event. People will buy it, and you will continue to hate it and you will cry because you cannot stop it from selling and being an outstanding game.

 

My personal tribute to Halo. Thank you.

shsonline

Halo 3 is self-parody. Therefore I don't need to respond to this thread. 

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Halo is good but not god or better than a person.

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#38 -Maddog-
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All you can expect now days from halo is great online/multiplayer...nothing more. Its story seems to be getting stale and not as interesting anymore.

 

Even its graphics don't seem to be getting any better. Thats not to say it isn't a fun game..but like i said, thats concerning multiplayer/gameplay.

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But, but I like me.....and my mum thinks I'm cool...........:cry:
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*salutes you while a small tear runs down cheek*

 

Slyprince
lol
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#41 kcpp2b
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halo is what it is because of the hype, not because of gameplay or graphics

all the...whens the next "halo killer" coming out? a game better than halo? lots of games are better than halo in everyway possibl ex... HL2... MGS

halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast.

l1mIt

Yeah ok Halo is garbage right? That's why people named it GOTY on many sites and reviewers, why it scored high, both games even, and why millions of us play and still play it to this day. With Halo 2 still being heavily played right now online still to this day.

You dont like Halo that's fine but stop saying Halo is just all hype and was never good because your opinion only means something to you not the rest of the world.

Halo is a great game IMO and that's all that matters

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#42 Spartan070
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Halo is actually merely a demi-god but I get your point.:P
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#43 lawlessx
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All you can expect now days from halo is great online/multiplayer...nothing more. Its story seems to be getting stale and not as interesting anymore.

 

Even its graphics don't seem to be getting any better. Thats not to say it isn't a fun game..but like i said, thats concerning multiplayer/gameplay.

-Maddog-

 

speak for yourself..im just as interested in halo3's story as i am with its mutiplayer 

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#44 Zandeus
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halo is what it is because of the hype, not because of gameplay or graphics

all the...whens the next "halo killer" coming out? a game better than halo? lots of games are better than halo in everyway possibl ex... HL2... MGS

 halo was never a good game, it was the game that saved xbox from joining dreamcast. 

l1mIt

LOL.... fanboy denial!   Doesnt matter what you say.... YOU CANT STOP HALO!

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[QUOTE="djxaquaxblue"]im not guna even bother...but ill be back to drop a nuke in this topic.DA_B0MB

Hermit alert!!!! h3's w1pp1n 0u7 t3h UT>H4l0 aro0m3nt!@!!1!

j/p :P

 

haha i thought i considered myself more of a PC and PS2 gamer. Â