Hate.

I've recently been seeing a lot of animosity between games, but none other than Halo and Metroid Prime. The things I've seen and heard are ridiculous. Metroid bashing at Halo for not requiring much skill.... and Halo attacking Metroid's inferior graphics... which game is more mature, it's all so stupid. I've been a fan of Metroid for a long time, and the stuff that my fellow Metroid-lovers throw at Halo, it's shameful. Both games are really good. And even though I prefer one, I don't bug the other gamers. I've had good friends that stopped talking to each other because they like Prime or Halo better. Since when were games about how much more "mature" they are? Games are about having fun. Being mature is respecting the opinions others have. Sure, the Xbox has really awesome hardware... and the Wii's gyroscope is really awesome, too. But it's really a matter of preference.

I'm not trying to give a long sermon, the point of this message is: is there anyone out there who agrees with me? Because with so much bad stuff going on in the world, what-with global warming, the Darfur genocide, and the war on al-Qaeda... gaming is one of the few things I turn to, to alleviate my problems. And people who are arguing about Halo or Metroid being better aren't helping. The console wars are supposed to be a friendly competion, and people taking it further than that are ruining it for all of us.

If you don't like it then go somewhere else.

That's what it's like here and it won't change.

Umm, I don't recall seeing much fighting between Halo and Metroid Prime. It was pretty-much agreed that they're really different games, and left at that. Even the question of who would win in a fight has become fairly agreed upon, simply from virtue of thousands of years of technological advances seperating the two games, as opposed to any virtue on part of the individual characters.

Personally, I think you're beating a dead horse.

I've recently been seeing a lot of animosity between games, but none other than Halo and Metroid Prime. The things I've seen and heard are ridiculous. Metroid bashing at Halo for not requiring much skill.... and Halo attacking Metroid's inferior graphics... which game is more mature, it's all so stupid. I've been a fan of Metroid for a long time, and the stuff that my fellow Metroid-lovers throw at Halo, it's shameful. Both games are really good. And even though I prefer one, I don't bug the other gamers. I've had good friends that stopped talking to each other because they like Prime or Halo better. Since when were games about how much more "mature" they are? Games are about having fun. Being mature is respecting the opinions others have. Sure, the Xbox has really awesome hardware... and the Wii's gyroscope is really awesome, too. But it's really a matter of preference.

I'm not trying to give a long sermon, the point of this message is: is there anyone out there who agrees with me? Because with so much bad stuff going on in the world, what-with global warming, the Darfur genocide, and the war on al-Qaeda... gaming is one of the few things I turn to, to alleviate my problems. And people who are arguing about Halo or Metroid being better aren't helping. The console wars are supposed to be a friendly competion, and people taking it further than that are ruining it for all of us.

wacko93

that was quite a mouthfull, but i guess you are used to that sort of thing

lolololololololl

I didn't find that out... Maybe it's just what's going on with my life. I've seen it on the internet, but... I can't shake everything off.

[QUOTE="wacko93"]

I've recently been seeing a lot of animosity between games, but none other than Halo and Metroid Prime. The things I've seen and heard are ridiculous. Metroid bashing at Halo for not requiring much skill.... and Halo attacking Metroid's inferior graphics... which game is more mature, it's all so stupid. I've been a fan of Metroid for a long time, and the stuff that my fellow Metroid-lovers throw at Halo, it's shameful. Both games are really good. And even though I prefer one, I don't bug the other gamers. I've had good friends that stopped talking to each other because they like Prime or Halo better. Since when were games about how much more "mature" they are? Games are about having fun. Being mature is respecting the opinions others have. Sure, the Xbox has really awesome hardware... and the Wii's gyroscope is really awesome, too. But it's really a matter of preference.

I'm not trying to give a long sermon, the point of this message is: is there anyone out there who agrees with me? Because with so much bad stuff going on in the world, what-with global warming, the Darfur genocide, and the war on al-Qaeda... gaming is one of the few things I turn to, to alleviate my problems. And people who are arguing about Halo or Metroid being better aren't helping. The console wars are supposed to be a friendly competion, and people taking it further than that are ruining it for all of us.

Arcade-Fire

that was quite a mouthfull, but i guess you are used to that sort of thing

lolololololololl

the only way to settle this is to have a samus vs master chief fight. maybe even in soul caliber Iv:)desyple

You know, I never really thought of it like that. That would really be an interesting fight.

Perhaps this movie will keep the hope for peace between Metroid and Halo fanboys.LadyShanoa

Haloid. That movie is awesome, I love the part where Samus uses her dash. Now if only people didn't keep ruining it with drama because they don't know anything about the Halo backstory and the fact that John isn't the only Spartan.

Perhaps this movie will keep the hope for peace between Metroid and Halo fanboys.LadyShanoa

That moment at the end freaked me out, but the guy who made it must've been real dedicated.

Perhaps this movie will keep the hope for peace between Metroid and Halo fanboys.LadyShanoa

That moment at the end freaked me out, but the guy who made it must've been real dedicated.

[QUOTE="desyple"]the only way to settle this is to have a samus vs master chief fight. maybe even in soul caliber Iv:)wacko93

You know, I never really thought of it like that. That would really be an interesting fight.

This has been done before. Samus invariably wins in the System Wars polls. Not due to talent, or skill or anything like that. Simply because Master Chiefs weapons and gear are older than the oldest relics compared to what Samus has. It would be like comparing a monkey with a sharp stick to a commando. No matter how skilled or brave that monkey is, it's simply a one-sided fight due to technology.

BTW, don't go making a topic about it, because character vs character topics were banned about half a year ago.

[QUOTE="LadyShanoa"]Perhaps this movie will keep the hope for peace between Metroid and Halo fanboys.Tylendal

Haloid. That movie is awesome, I love the part where Samus uses her dash. Now if only people didn't keep ruining it with drama because they don't know anything about the Halo backstory and the fact that John isn't the only Spartan.

TELL ME ABOUT IT! People need to read the novels. It really gives you some backstory, fantastic. The movie was fun to watch :)

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[QUOTE="desyple"]the only way to settle this is to have a samus vs master chief fight. maybe even in soul caliber Iv:)Tylendal

You know, I never really thought of it like that. That would really be an interesting fight.

This has been done before. Samus invariably wins in the System Wars polls. Not due to talent, or skill or anything like that. Simply because Master Chiefs weapons and gear are older than the oldest relics compared to what Samus has. It would be like comparing a monkey with a sharp stick to a commando. No matter how skilled or brave that monkey is, it's simply a one-sided fight due to technology.

BTW, don't go making a topic about it, because character vs character topics were banned about half a year ago.

Really? I didn't know that. I've only been on Gamespot for a month, and this really is my first attempt at a thread.

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[QUOTE="LadyShanoa"]Perhaps this movie will keep the hope for peace between Metroid and Halo fanboys.LadyShanoa

Haloid. That movie is awesome, I love the part where Samus uses her dash. Now if only people didn't keep ruining it with drama because they don't know anything about the Halo backstory and the fact that John isn't the only Spartan.

TELL ME ABOUT IT! People need to read the novels. It really gives you some backstory, fantastic. The movie was fun to watch :)

Granted, I had to laugh when Monty Oum used the lightsaber sound effects for Samus's whip. I was also pretty incredulus when Kelly(?) bounced the sniper rifle shots off the rolling Jackel shields. IMO the best part is the part before Zero Suit Samus appears. I think it gives a real sense of how both those characters would actually move, something that a first person game just couldn't convey.

Metroid Prime?

I have not been seeing any Metroid hate lately. Its its own genre too.