Halo - Not that great

No, no, no. I'm not trying to bash this game.

So, today I started playing Halo again (yes, I have played it before). I'm about 3-4 hours in right now, and I haven't noticed anything especially good about it. In fact, I've noticed many bad things. First of all, why's the gravity the way it is? When I jump I feel like I'm floating. It's probably like that because it's basically in space, but it's annoying. And what's up with the tunnels that look exactly the same? Seriously. I don't know how many times I've become confused running around in the tunnels, and I haven't even mentioned the rooms in the alien ship yet. Oh, man. I thought I was running around a circle. I thought I went back everytime I saw a room that looked exactly the same as the one 5 minutes ago.

And the enemies. It's the same enemies all the time. I don't know if this is going to change when i get deeper in the game, but so far, it's been too repetitive. The whole game is actually pretty repetitive; kill some aliens, open a door, kill some more aliens, open another door, kill some aliens again, this time 20 more of them, push a button to open a door.

Can someone tell me what it is about this game that is so freakin' good? All the reviews say it's one of the best games ever, but I just can't find that 'best' thing about the game. So far, it has only been an OK game. 7/10. Maybe my opinion will change when i've beaten it. Let's see.

the only thing bad ive ever felt about halo is the poor alien level design.

other than that it is near perfect. :)

hmmm "yes ive played the game before" "i dont know if its going to change when i get deeper into the game"

i smell a rat!!

Didn't you say you have played Halo before??? Also, welcome to FPSagni_1

That is odd - I played through the first one again for the first time in years and marveled at the all that game did for it's time.

That game was a launch game ( 6-7 years ago)and even for todays standards, holds up nicely !

The Matrix - the movie was killer for it's time but going back and watching it again now would make you wonder what was so special about it; dont ya think ?

Although you say you are not trying to put Halo down; I'm not buying that stuff. ;)

I'm sorry, but if you get lost while playing Halo, you're not exactly Magellen. Did you also have trouble navigating Super Mario Brothers 3?Mark36111

Halo is an average shooter that has been over rated.jliebel

halo is not that great, and i dont understand y so many people are apart of the hype monster

i honestly cant think of a more overrated game. i just dont get it. usually when i dont like a game i can somewhat fathom y others like it so much, but i just dont get it with halo.

theres nothing special about it!

i wouldnt even include it in my top 100 best games list

That is odd - I played through the first one again for the first time in years and marveled at the all that game did for it's time.

That game was a launch game ( 6-7 years ago)and even for todays standards, holds up nicely !

The Matrix - the movie was killer for it's time but going back and watching it again now would make you wonder what was so special about it; dont ya think ?

Although you say you are not trying to put Halo down; I'm not buying that stuff. ;)

SecretPolice

buit i like the matrix :cry:

[QUOTE="jliebel"]Halo is an average shooter that has been over rated.DaysAirlines

yup..kind of odd.

It gets worse .... the flood -.-, as far as I can see a complete near rip off of Half-Life , instead of Headcrabs they are slightly different.

I prefered Halo 2's campaign, not from a story point of view, but from general gameplay.

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

That is odd - I played through the first one again for the first time in years and marveled at the all that game did for it's time.

That game was a launch game ( 6-7 years ago)and even for todays standards, holds up nicely !

The Matrix - the movie was killer for it's time but going back and watching it again now would make you wonder what was so special about it; dont ya think ?

Although you say you are not trying to put Halo down; I'm not buying that stuff. ;)

samusarmada

buit i like the matrix :cry:

the matrix still owns dude, wtf u talking about?

and no, halo didnt do that much. go back and play some old pc shooters. my favorite is alien vs predator 2

You know when a game is great-

When you have 5 threads every single day claiming its over rated/generic/average

halo is not that great, and i dont understand y so many people are apart of the hype monster

i honestly cant think of a more overrated game. i just dont get it. usually when i dont like a game i can somewhat fathom y others like it so much, but i just dont get it with halo.

theres nothing special about it!

i wouldnt even include it in my top 100 best games list

REforever101

You know when a game is great-

When you have 5 threads every single day claiming its over rated/generic/average

whocares4peace

You know when a game is great-

When you have 5 threads every single day claiming its over rated/generic/average

whocares4peace

thats just cause people r pissed that this game gets praised so often, when it rly isnt that great. non halo fans cant understand how u could like it that much

No, no, no. I'm not trying to bash this game.

So, today I started playing Halo again (yes, I have played it before). I'm about 3-4 hours in right now, and I haven't noticed anything especially good about it. In fact, I've noticed many bad things. First of all, why's the gravity the way it is? When I jump I feel like I'm floating. It's probably like that because it's basically in space, but it's annoying. And what's up with the tunnels that look exactly the same? Seriously. I don't know how many times I've become confused running around in the tunnels, and I haven't even mentioned the rooms in the alien ship yet. Oh, man. I thought I was running around a circle. I thought I went back everytime I saw a room that looked exactly the same as the one 5 minutes ago.

And the enemies. It's the same enemies all the time. I don't know if this is going to change when i get deeper in the game, but so far, it's been too repetitive. The whole game is actually pretty repetitive; kill some aliens, open a door, kill some more aliens, open another door, kill some aliens again, this time 20 more of them, push a button to open a door.

Can someone tell me what it is about this game that is so freakin' good? All the reviews say it's one of the best games ever, but I just can't find that 'best' thing about the game. So far, it has only been an OK game. 7/10. Maybe my opinion will change when i've beaten it. Let's see.

Tonindo

[QUOTE="Tonindo"]

No, no, no. I'm not trying to bash this game.

So, today I started playing Halo again (yes, I have played it before). I'm about 3-4 hours in right now, and I haven't noticed anything especially good about it. In fact, I've noticed many bad things. First of all, why's the gravity the way it is? When I jump I feel like I'm floating. It's probably like that because it's basically in space, but it's annoying. And what's up with the tunnels that look exactly the same? Seriously. I don't know how many times I've become confused running around in the tunnels, and I haven't even mentioned the rooms in the alien ship yet. Oh, man. I thought I was running around a circle. I thought I went back everytime I saw a room that looked exactly the same as the one 5 minutes ago.

And the enemies. It's the same enemies all the time. I don't know if this is going to change when i get deeper in the game, but so far, it's been too repetitive. The whole game is actually pretty repetitive; kill some aliens, open a door, kill some more aliens, open another door, kill some aliens again, this time 20 more of them, push a button to open a door.

Can someone tell me what it is about this game that is so freakin' good? All the reviews say it's one of the best games ever, but I just can't find that 'best' thing about the game. So far, it has only been an OK game. 7/10. Maybe my opinion will change when i've beaten it. Let's see.

DuDisNow

It gets worse .... the flood -.-, as far as I can see a complete near rip off of Half-Life , instead of Headcrabs they are slightly different.

I prefered Halo 2's campaign, not from a story point of view, but from general gameplay.

Meu2k7

and the headcrabs are rip offs of face huggers, whats the deal?

[QUOTE="REforever101"]

halo is not that great, and i dont understand y so many people are apart of the hype monster

i honestly cant think of a more overrated game. i just dont get it. usually when i dont like a game i can somewhat fathom y others like it so much, but i just dont get it with halo.

theres nothing special about it!

i wouldnt even include it in my top 100 best games list

Tonindo

i prefer oot....

my only problem with re4 is that so many people jumped into the franchise that never even played the other re games, and just read the plot summarizes on wikipedia and now suddenly think they're so kind of big re fan. o that, and im gonna miss re's old style of gameplay, though i guess it was time for it to die. old survival horror games were a lot of fun, but i think u rly "had to be there" to get y they were so much fun

[QUOTE="REforever101"]

halo is not that great, and i dont understand y so many people are apart of the hype monster

i honestly cant think of a more overrated game. i just dont get it. usually when i dont like a game i can somewhat fathom y others like it so much, but i just dont get it with halo.

theres nothing special about it!

i wouldnt even include it in my top 100 best games list

Tonindo

You need to remember that your thoughts are just your opinion. Its obvious that you are either someone who only likes certain games or you are a total fakeboy. Evidence suggests the latter.

You have your opinion but the 7 million people who bought Halo 2 and 1 disagree with you, and I would rather take their opinion then one of a fakeboy.

You know when a game is great-

When you have 5 threads every single day claiming its over rated/generic/average

whocares4peace

going to get alot worse later this month too. if halo3 gets an AAA on this site and everywhere else..all you will see is a alot of cows complaining about its review and how it is bias towards the 360. tons of threads will be created by halo haters with their own version of their review of a game they never played..only saw on tv.

i cant wait untill halo3 is finally out..because i know once that game releases..the systemwars board is going to change.

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

It gets worse .... the flood -.-, as far as I can see a complete near rip off of Half-Life , instead of Headcrabs they are slightly different.

I prefered Halo 2's campaign, not from a story point of view, but from general gameplay.

samusarmada

and the headcrabs are rip offs of face huggers, whats the deal?

Thats not in a game, and the way they act is identical to HL's is what I'm refering to.

[QUOTE="samusarmada"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

It gets worse .... the flood -.-, as far as I can see a complete near rip off of Half-Life , instead of Headcrabs they are slightly different.

I prefered Halo 2's campaign, not from a story point of view, but from general gameplay.

Meu2k7

and the headcrabs are rip offs of face huggers, whats the deal?

Thats not in a game, and the way they act is identical to HL's is what I'm refering to.

Charging at you in groups of several dozen? I don't remember headcrabs doing that very much :S

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

That is odd - I played through the first one again for the first time in years and marveled at the all that game did for it's time.

That game was a launch game ( 6-7 years ago)and even for todays standards, holds up nicely !

The Matrix - the movie was killer for it's time but going back and watching it again now would make you wonder what was so special about it; dont ya think ?

Although you say you are not trying to put Halo down; I'm not buying that stuff. ;)

samusarmada

buit i like the matrix :cry:

When Halo was played on day one of it's release; there was nothin finer in Caraliner in the morning ! lmao :)

yes but had the matrix been released to day, we probably wouldnt be saying "been there done that" ;)

[QUOTE="samusarmada"][QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

That is odd - I played through the first one again for the first time in years and marveled at the all that game did for it's time.

That game was a launch game ( 6-7 years ago)and even for todays standards, holds up nicely !

The Matrix - the movie was killer for it's time but going back and watching it again now would make you wonder what was so special about it; dont ya think ?

Although you say you are not trying to put Halo down; I'm not buying that stuff. ;)

SecretPolice

buit i like the matrix :cry:

When Halo was played on day one of it's release; there was nothin finer in Caraliner in the morning ! lmao :)

i dont think so. what other movies (other then the sequels) r ne thing like the matrix. i dont think ive ever seen another human enslavement in a computer program movie b4

Hurrah, yet another "i-dont-care-what-everyone-thinks halo isn't that good and my opinion is fact" thread.Ninja-Vox

[QUOTE="samusarmada"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

It gets worse .... the flood -.-, as far as I can see a complete near rip off of Half-Life , instead of Headcrabs they are slightly different.

I prefered Halo 2's campaign, not from a story point of view, but from general gameplay.

Meu2k7

and the headcrabs are rip offs of face huggers, whats the deal?

Thats not in a game, and the way they act is identical to HL's is what I'm refering to.

Not in a game? Dude there were Alien games on the SNES and the Mega Drive.

[QUOTE="samusarmada"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

It gets worse .... the flood -.-, as far as I can see a complete near rip off of Half-Life , instead of Headcrabs they are slightly different.

I prefered Halo 2's campaign, not from a story point of view, but from general gameplay.

Meu2k7

and the headcrabs are rip offs of face huggers, whats the deal?

Thats not in a game, and the way they act is identical to HL's is what I'm refering to.

Face-huggers have been in Alien and AvP games...

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="samusarmada"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

It gets worse .... the flood -.-, as far as I can see a complete near rip off of Half-Life , instead of Headcrabs they are slightly different.

I prefered Halo 2's campaign, not from a story point of view, but from general gameplay.

Ninja-Vox

and the headcrabs are rip offs of face huggers, whats the deal?

Thats not in a game, and the way they act is identical to HL's is what I'm refering to.

Not in a game? Dude there were Alien games on the SNES and the Mega Drive.

well i guess you could always say headcrabs are rip-offs of metroids. I mean they act in near identical ways ;)

Just addressing some of your complaints:

Getting lost - if you dont move towards your objective a big red arrow points you in the right direction. If you still dont, Cortana chimes in that you should follow the NAV marker. So that complaint really is moot. There are problems with the game by all means; that definately isn't one of them though.

The enemies - you're not the first to say this, but think about it. Elites, Grunts, Jackals, Snipers, Hunters, Prophets, Ghosts , Banshees, Wraiths, Drones and the Flood. And all of the elites and brutes come in various ranks with their armour and head-dresses and the weapons they carry.

As opposed to 90% of other shooters in which you shoot people. Does anyone complain about COD because you only shoot soldiers? No.

Honestly, the only game i'm aware of with more variety is Metroid, because that has HELLA different bad guys to zap.

[QUOTE="samusarmada"][QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

That is odd - I played through the first one again for the first time in years and marveled at the all that game did for it's time.

That game was a launch game ( 6-7 years ago)and even for todays standards, holds up nicely !

The Matrix - the movie was killer for it's time but going back and watching it again now would make you wonder what was so special about it; dont ya think ?

Although you say you are not trying to put Halo down; I'm not buying that stuff. ;)

REforever101

buit i like the matrix :cry:

the matrix still owns dude, wtf u talking about?

and no, halo didnt do that much. go back and play some old pc shooters. my favorite is alien vs predator 2

Yeah I did - way back yonder ya know - lol -and the game all of us PC gamers were waiting & waiting for was Bungie to finally release Halo for the PC but then MS bought Bungie and the awesome title was born on the Xbox and it competed nicely with any other FPS in 2001 on a console to boot - so go back in time and change the facts if you can lol.

Yeah the Matrix ( 1st one only ) still owns but you would have to "want" to miss the point I made to respond the way you did !

Over & out - laters ;)

Meu2k7, you've never been a big fan of Halo around here. But it's always been fine as unlike the fanboys and the haters you always come up with good, genuine reasons for not liking it as much as others which i generally agree with.

But i dont agree with the head crap thing. Mostly because a) The flood behave completely differently. They swarm at you en masse and explode out of giant carriers. And also b) The flood is an infection which attacks living things. When infected, you becomes a parasitic life form which does nothing but attempt to spread the infection to other living things.

In other words, a zombie. And lord knows, that basic zombies premise has been done a billion times in books films and games for as long as i can remember. To say they stole it from half-life is just silly.

[QUOTE="whocares4peace"]

You know when a game is great-

When you have 5 threads every single day claiming its over rated/generic/average

lawlessx

going to get alot worse later this month too. if halo3 gets an AAA on this site and everywhere else..all you will see is a alot of cows complaining about its review and how it is bias towards the 360. tons of threads will be created by halo haters with their own version of their review of a game they never played..only saw on tv.

i cant wait untill halo3 is finally out..because i know once that game releases..the systemwars board is going to change.

Sadly that wont happen...

They are gonna make ONE sticky....and expect all the conversation for Halo 3 to go in it....I dont think they realize how dumb that Idea really is....its pretty much impossible to have a conversation in stickies, and its an unorginized mess

And when somebody actually want to have a real discussion on the game, and makes a topic....the topic will get locked, the user suspended and the message will be, "Use the stickies"

This board has become useless for major game realeases and stuff..

Just addressing some of your complaints:

Getting lost - if you dont move towards your objective a big red arrow points you in the right direction. If you still dont, Cortana chimes in that you should follow the NAV marker. So that complaint really is moot. There are problems with the game by all means; that definately isn't one of them though.

The enemies - you're not the first to say this, but think about it. Elites, Grunts, Jackals, Snipers, Hunters, Prophets, Ghosts , Banshees, Wraiths, Drones and the Flood. And all of the elites and brutes come in various ranks with their armour and head-dresses and the weapons they carry.

As opposed to 90% of other shooters in which you shoot people. Does anyone complain about COD because you only shoot soldiers? No.

Honestly, the only game i'm aware of with more variety is Metroid, because that has HELLA different bad guys to zap.

Ninja-Vox

EDIT: I could add this. Why do you think the NAV marker is there? Think about it for a sec...

As I said before, I'm only 3-4 hours in, so I don't know how it is with the enemies, but it feels too repetitive already.

I gues you have a point with that CoD statement. But then again, CoD is a realistic game (well, it has been so far. It tries its best). It would be stupid if an alien all of a sudden popped in out of nowhere.

Metroid has more variety, and is an overall better game in my opinion.

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="whocares4peace"]

You know when a game is great-

When you have 5 threads every single day claiming its over rated/generic/average

_MURS_

going to get alot worse later this month too. if halo3 gets an AAA on this site and everywhere else..all you will see is a alot of cows complaining about its review and how it is bias towards the 360. tons of threads will be created by halo haters with their own version of their review of a game they never played..only saw on tv.

i cant wait untill halo3 is finally out..because i know once that game releases..the systemwars board is going to change.

Sadly that wont happen...

They are gonna make ONE sticky....and expect all the conversation for Halo 3 to go in it....I dont think they realize how dumb that Idea really is....its pretty much impossible to have a conversation in stickies, and its an unorginized mess

And when somebody actually want to have a real discussion on the game, and makes a topic....the topic will get locked, the user suspended and the message will be, "Use the stickies"

This board has become useless for major game realeases and stuff..

rly, only one sticky?

u wont get a word in edge wise

[QUOTE="_MURS_"][QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="whocares4peace"]

You know when a game is great-

When you have 5 threads every single day claiming its over rated/generic/average

REforever101

going to get alot worse later this month too. if halo3 gets an AAA on this site and everywhere else..all you will see is a alot of cows complaining about its review and how it is bias towards the 360. tons of threads will be created by halo haters with their own version of their review of a game they never played..only saw on tv.

i cant wait untill halo3 is finally out..because i know once that game releases..the systemwars board is going to change.

Sadly that wont happen...

They are gonna make ONE sticky....and expect all the conversation for Halo 3 to go in it....I dont think they realize how dumb that Idea really is....its pretty much impossible to have a conversation in stickies, and its an unorginized mess

And when somebody actually want to have a real discussion on the game, and makes a topic....the topic will get locked, the user suspended and the message will be, "Use the stickies"

This board has become useless for major game realeases and stuff..

rly, only one sticky?

u wont get a word in edge wise

I know..thats why I avoid stickies....but thats normally what they do for big releases now.....its happed for every big game release for pretty much the past half a year.....its making a key part of this entire board useless...