SW Choice for Best Shooter Series - and the winner is....

Sad Halo won over Half Life, but it was a good loss to a good shooter. Just glade one of the 4 shooters I wanted to win won.Ballroompirate

How the hell did Homefront, which is one game that kinda sucked, beat Dark Forces, a series that includes Jedi friggin Outcast?PannicAtack

I am bit surprised, not that Halo won or anything, tho its to me is slightly overrated despite being a very good series overall (even if myself isnt a big fan of it). I am more surprised that Unreal only got 4 votes versus say Bioshock which got 11, which to me only has two titles in it; the first being very good. Unreal has a bunch of solid entries, ranging from good to great. Tho out of the other 3, I probably would have been more comfortable with Doom winning. Whatever, I guess, its all comes down to general poll, however that turns out, good or bad, Halo won.ArisShadows

The thing is one entire faction voted for 1 entire game, while the other 3 seperated into other games (like hermits for example cherris hl/doom/unreal equally)

Make a random thread doing just halo vs. unreal and unreal will easily win.

All hail Halo, King of Shooters!

[QUOTE="ArisShadows"]I am bit surprised, not that Halo won or anything, tho its to me is slightly overrated despite being a very good series overall (even if myself isnt a big fan of it). I am more surprised that Unreal only got 4 votes versus say Bioshock which got 11, which to me only has two titles in it; the first being very good. Unreal has a bunch of solid entries, ranging from good to great. Tho out of the other 3, I probably would have been more comfortable with Doom winning. Whatever, I guess, its all comes down to general poll, however that turns out, good or bad, Halo won.Jankarcop

The thing is one entire faction voted for 1 entire game, while the other 3 seperated into other games (like hermits for example cherris hl/doom/unreal equally)

Make a random thread doing just halo vs. unreal and unreal will easily win.

One faction voting? There was basically a total lack of fanboys for the most part. Second of all, Halo had to go through Deus Ex, ARMA and Half-Life to get to the finals.

I guarantee you that the majority of gamers will choose Halo over Unreal simply because Unreal hasn't been relevant since UT2004. Get over the console hate. Halo had one of the toughest brackets to get through to the final and the match-up against Half-Life, which should have had "more factions" as you'd like to think voting for it should have made short work of Halo. The game won fair and square. Get over yourself.

[QUOTE="ArisShadows"]I am bit surprised, not that Halo won or anything, tho its to me is slightly overrated despite being a very good series overall (even if myself isnt a big fan of it). I am more surprised that Unreal only got 4 votes versus say Bioshock which got 11, which to me only has two titles in it; the first being very good. Unreal has a bunch of solid entries, ranging from good to great. Tho out of the other 3, I probably would have been more comfortable with Doom winning. Whatever, I guess, its all comes down to general poll, however that turns out, good or bad, Halo won.Jankarcop

The thing is one entire faction voted for 1 entire game, while the other 3 seperated into other games (like hermits for example cherris hl/doom/unreal equally)

Make a random thread doing just halo vs. unreal and unreal will easily win.

[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

[QUOTE="ArisShadows"]I am bit surprised, not that Halo won or anything, tho its to me is slightly overrated despite being a very good series overall (even if myself isnt a big fan of it). I am more surprised that Unreal only got 4 votes versus say Bioshock which got 11, which to me only has two titles in it; the first being very good. Unreal has a bunch of solid entries, ranging from good to great. Tho out of the other 3, I probably would have been more comfortable with Doom winning. Whatever, I guess, its all comes down to general poll, however that turns out, good or bad, Halo won.AcidSoldner

The thing is one entire faction voted for 1 entire game, while the other 3 seperated into other games (like hermits for example cherris hl/doom/unreal equally)

Make a random thread doing just halo vs. unreal and unreal will easily win.

It would be really petty of someone to make the thread. And it would still be funny. :P

eh can't say I agree but Halo isn't a bad choice.

[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

[QUOTE="ArisShadows"]I am bit surprised, not that Halo won or anything, tho its to me is slightly overrated despite being a very good series overall (even if myself isnt a big fan of it). I am more surprised that Unreal only got 4 votes versus say Bioshock which got 11, which to me only has two titles in it; the first being very good. Unreal has a bunch of solid entries, ranging from good to great. Tho out of the other 3, I probably would have been more comfortable with Doom winning. Whatever, I guess, its all comes down to general poll, however that turns out, good or bad, Halo won.NeonNinja

The thing is one entire faction voted for 1 entire game, while the other 3 seperated into other games (like hermits for example cherris hl/doom/unreal equally)

Make a random thread doing just halo vs. unreal and unreal will easily win.

One faction voting? There was basically a total lack of fanboys for the most part. Second of all, Halo had to go through Deus Ex, ARMA and Half-Life to get to the finals.

I guarantee you that the majority of gamers will choose Halo over Unreal simply because Unreal hasn't been relevant since UT2004. Get over the console hate. Halo had one of the toughest brackets to get through to the final and the match-up against Half-Life, which should have had "more factions" as you'd like to think voting for it should have made short work of Halo. The game won fair and square. Get over yourself.

Deus Ex and Arma isn't what I'd call tough.

[QUOTE="NeonNinja"][QUOTE="Zeviander"]Halo has been relevant and consistent for over a decade. That is rare in games, especially shooters. A well-deserved win for sure. For once, the Gamespot community delivers a largely agreeable winner.FireSpirit117

[QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]Sad Halo won over Half Life, but it was a good loss to a good shooter. Just glade one of the 4 shooters I wanted to win won.Zeviander

[QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]Unreal Tournament FOR LIFE!!! F*CK HALO...and my thousands of hours in it. jg4xchamp

Haha...you act like halo broke you're heart or somethin, romeo!

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"][QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

Haha...you act like halo broke you're heart or somethin, romeo!

DarkLink77

SW composed of mostly lemmings confirmed.

[QUOTE="NeonNinja"]

[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

The thing is one entire faction voted for 1 entire game, while the other 3 seperated into other games (like hermits for example cherris hl/doom/unreal equally)

Make a random thread doing just halo vs. unreal and unreal will easily win.

GD1551

One faction voting? There was basically a total lack of fanboys for the most part. Second of all, Halo had to go through Deus Ex, ARMA and Half-Life to get to the finals.

I guarantee you that the majority of gamers will choose Halo over Unreal simply because Unreal hasn't been relevant since UT2004. Get over the console hate. Halo had one of the toughest brackets to get through to the final and the match-up against Half-Life, which should have had "more factions" as you'd like to think voting for it should have made short work of Halo. The game won fair and square. Get over yourself.

Deus Ex and Arma isn't what I'd call tough.

SW composed of mostly lemmings confirmed.

Gxgear

SW comprised of impartial, unbiased individuals with excellent taste in games confirmed.

Platform exclusivityirrelevant.

:shock: I must say, in a place like SW where I find that MS/Xbox gets the least respect and where lems are far outnumbered by all the other barnyard animals respectively, this is a real testament to the world beater game the Halo franchise has become. :D

Now, 343i, make me proud or else. :P

Deserved, Halo is still one of the best and most unique shooters.

I still dont get the lack of Left 4 Dead on the list. that would get my vote.

Two well-liked games and at the end of the line was Half-Life. It was tough enough by that series' presence alone. NeonNinja

Arma is well liked? I suppose most of the people were voting because of Day Z, and even still, I doubt many people here even played Arma and just voted it over AVP because they didn't know better. Deus Ex is a well liked game, but not because it's a shooter.. not even sure what it's doing there because two of three games aren't really shooters.

Dissapointed that Counter Strike didnt even make the finals. Yes Doom is good, but its Counter Strike.

Oh well, at least Halo won.

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"][QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

Haha...you act like halo broke you're heart or somethin, romeo!

DarkLink77

[QUOTE="NeonNinja"]

Two well-liked games and at the end of the line was Half-Life. It was tough enough by that series' presence alone. GD1551

Arma is well liked? I suppose most of the people were voting because of Day Z, and even still, I doubt many people here even played Arma and just voted it over AVP because they didn't know better. Deus Ex is a well liked game, but not because it's a shooter.. not even sure what it's doing there because two of three games aren't really shooters.

There's no surprise that Halo won.:roll:

There's no surprise that Halo won.:roll:brimmul777

[QUOTE="brimmul777"]There's no surprise that Halo won.:roll:Zeviander

You are worthy of the armour :)

[QUOTE="brimmul777"]There's no surprise that Halo won.:roll:Zeviander

Personally, I don't get the "terrible gunplay" point. I've been playing a lot of shooters and I certainly find it a hell of a lot more satisfying than the gunplay in, say, Battlefield 3.

Halo... for real?

I'm disappointed in SW.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="jg4xchamp"] It has I keep fooling myself into thinking the next one is gonna be great, and make up for the flaws with the one before it. And all Bungie ever did was choke. Save the multiplayer usually kicking ass(inspite of the map designs). jg4xchamp

Really? 3 has my favorite campaign out of all them. I think it's the best-paced shooter I've played.

Personally, I don't get the "terrible gunplay" point.PannicAtack

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"]Personally, I don't get the "terrible gunplay" point.Zeviander

[QUOTE="brimmul777"]There's no surprise that Halo won.:roll:Zeviander

I disagree with the Empty shell part. In a sea of dramatic over-the-top cheesy game characters, master chief is the only one who keeps his head.

He's mysterious and caulussed, but you can tell there's a soft spot.

[QUOTE="Zeviander"][QUOTE="brimmul777"]There's no surprise that Halo won.:roll:GOGOGOGURT

I disagree with the Empty shell part. In a sea of dramatic over-the-top cheesy game characters, master chief is the only one who keeps his head.

He's mysterious and caulussed, but you can tell there's a soft spot.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="jg4xchamp"] It has I keep fooling myself into thinking the next one is gonna be great, and make up for the flaws with the one before it. And all Bungie ever did was choke. Save the multiplayer usually kicking ass(inspite of the map designs). jg4xchamp

I loved Halo 3's campaign.

Really? 3 has my favorite campaign out of all them.

NeonNinja

[QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

[QUOTE="Zeviander"] I'm very surprised. I was fully expecting the series with the voiceless, character-less, empty shell of an avatar with sh!tacular gunplay to win... given how much people loved him for the "greatest character ever" award Gamespot did a while back. Given how few "lemmings" there are on SW these days, I'm surprised it even made it past the first round. It just goes to show that Halo has something more for non-fanboys that people just love/like.DarkLink77

I disagree with the Empty shell part. In a sea of dramatic over-the-top cheesy game characters, master chief is the only one who keeps his head.

He's mysterious and caulussed, but you can tell there's a soft spot.

l

[QUOTE="NeonNinja"]

Really? 3 has my favorite campaign out of all them.

jg4xchamp

You're so dramatic about how halo broke you're heart man. Imma cry.

3 has more good levels than bad. DarkLink77

And ODST boring? What? I never thought it was boring.

Reach being average is debatable.

It's highs aren't as obvious as the other games

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]

[QUOTE="NeonNinja"]

Really? 3 has my favorite campaign out of all them.

GOGOGOGURT

You're so dramatic about how halo broke you're heart man. Imma cry.

Resistance 3 had a better campaign than any Halo game this gen. Insomniac knocked that one out of the park.

Damn you for breaking up your post like this.

Are we really defending a 5 good levels to 4 bad levels ratio. Really?

Congrats I didn't. Ambiance is fine, but all things considered it's Halo but downscaled. It is the same old Halo, but smaller. Minus the flood, and with arguably a more interesting narrative format. Outside of that though it was by the book halo. But it's also a giant shooter gallery fest which is an area Halo isn't exactly fun to play as. And ending the game on a basically a firefight esque throw down, but with none of the actual intensity of what firefight brings is also a drag

Well, that's just like, your opinion, bro. :P

I didn't think it was by the book Halo at all. It's a very different game, because you're so weak. But that's just me, and that's just you. Either way, it's not objectively a bad game, nor a bad campaign.

It doesn't have highs. It teases you into thinking it's about to step it up. Like the flight mission where you end up in space, but the majority of the time you get stuck shooting banshees, with a few of those seraphs here and there. And then that last part where you shoot points on a ship, that doesn't shoot back. Why the f*ck wasn't their a bigger group to fight with, or even more tricked out covenant space vehicles?

"well champ in that point of the story"...shut up, that's not an excuse to pull punches.

Same thing with the falcon segment. Visually it's interesting, and yes it sets the mood for watching a city getting glassed, but overall it's fly here, fight hunters, leave, fly there, fight some dudes, leave. Rinse, repeat, [spoiler] Kat dies [/spoiler]

And the other stuff? You don't do much in Zero g save for a few seconds, so boarding a cruiser is relagated to a 2 minute change up, jet packs you use for maybe a minute or two to do some ghetto platforming, and the standard vehicles stuff played a huge backseat to most of the on foot combat.

The multiplayer in the franchise is fantastic, but from where I'm sitting nothing in the campaigns has been worth writing about it since 2001. Because it's mostly carried a lot of the same issues since 2001.

Well, the cruiser doesn't shoot at you because it's too busy shooting at the Savannah. But I thought the space combat was really great. I wanted more of it. I

really enjoyed boarding the cruiser (all of it, even post zero g), fighting things in the Falcon, Sword Base (the mission), etc. I think Reach was far more than average.

But hey, that's just me. I think your problem is that you expect too much. :P Like I said, Uncharted, Gears, Call of Duty, Crysis, Killzone, etc all suffer from similar issues in one way or another.

Resistance 3 had a better campaign than any Halo game this gen. Insomniac knocked that one out of the park.

Master_ShakeXXX

I think your problem is that you expect too much.

DarkLink77

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

I think your problem is that you expect too much.

jg4xchamp

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

I think your problem is that you expect too much.

DarkLink77

[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

Resistance 3 had a better campaign than any Halo game this gen. Insomniac knocked that one out of the park.

jg4xchamp

'twas epic

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

I think your problem is that you expect too much.

jg4xchamp

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"][QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

Resistance 3 had a better campaign than any Halo game this gen. Insomniac knocked that one out of the park.

Master_ShakeXXX

'twas epic