What is Halo?

To some a foul 4 letter word but not me. :P

It's what Angles have above their heads.

Most commercially successful console FPS series, conversly the most reviled.

The most falsely anticipated, highly overrated FPS in history

The best fps series known to man.

An awesome Beyonce Knowles song, obviously

One of the best series in gaming.

What is Halo?

A: Baby don't hurt me, no more.

Most hated great series of all time.

An awesome Beyonce Knowles song, obviously

skinny_man_69

A average shooter

Halo may refer to:

In the visual arts,

• Halo (religious iconography), a ring of light that surrounds an object in religious iconography
• Halo (comics), a DC Comics superheroine
• Halo (visualization technique), a computer interface technique that uses arcs to point users to off-screen locations

In video games,

• Halo (series), a video game franchise developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios
• Halo: Combat Evolved (2001), the first game in the series
• Halo 2 (2004), the sequel to the 2001 game
• Halo 3 (2007), for the Xbox 360 the third game in the series
• Halo Wars (2009), a spin-off to the series
• Halo 3: ODST (2009), a stand-alone expansion to Halo 3
• Halo Waypoint (2009), a place to record personal Halo achievements and statistics
• Halo: Reach (2010), a prequel to the series
• Halo (megastructure), eponymous fictional ringworlds in the Halo series

In military,

• BAE HALO (High Altitude Low Observability), a military aircraft under development
• HALO jump or High Altitude Low Opening jump, a form of parachute jump
• Mil Mi-26 or Halo, a heavy transport helicopter
• SELEX Galileo HALO (Hostile Artillery Locator), acoustic weapon locating system.

In science,

• Galactic halo, a ring of gas and stars surrounding a galaxy, and in particular the Milky Way Galaxy
• Halo (optical phenomenon), a ring of light that surrounds an object
• Halo (medicine), a brace to immobilize cervical neck (spinal) fractures
• Halo effect, a cognitive bias whereby the perception of a particular trait is influenced by the perception of the former traits
• Halo orbit, a cIass of orbit around a Lagrange Point
• Nuclear halo, a shape exhibited by some exotic atomic nuclei
• Halo-, a chemical prefix indicating halogen

As the title various songs,

• "Halo", the final track of the Halo Original Soundtrack
• "Halo", a song by Depeche Mode from their 1990 album Violator
• "Halo", a song by Bethany Joy Galeotti (credited as Haley James Scott)
• "Halo", a song by Porcupine Tree
• "Halo", a song by Foo Fighters
• "Halo," a song by Soil from the 2001 album Scars
• "Halo", a song by Takida
• "Halo", a song by Texas
• "Halo", a song by The Pussycat Dolls
• "Halo", a single released by Beyoncé in 2009
• "Halo", a song from Bloc Party's third album Intimacy
• "Halo, a heavy metal song by Machine Head
• "Halo", a song by Tinchy Stryder
• "Haloes" a song by The Tubes from their self-titled album

In popular music,

• Halo, an album by neofolk group Current 93
• Halo (Christian rock band), a contemporary Christian rock band
• Halo (UK band), a four-piece Bristol rock band
• Halo (band), an Australian two-piece drone/sludge metal band
• Halo numbers, the numbering schema for albums released by the band Nine Inch Nails.
• Halo Records, an independent British record label

In other fields,

• Halo (1996 film), a Hindi film by Santosh Sivan
• Halo, West Virginia
• Halo (bar), a gay bar in Washington, D.C.
• Halo (horse), an American thoroughbred racehorse
• HALO Trust or Hazardous Areas Life-Support Organization, a charity for removing war debris
• HALO: Hidden Alias List Operation, a fictional witness protection program in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
• Halo, a type of windmill breakdance move
• Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, sometimes referred to by fans or media as The Halos

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The best console fps available until Modern Warfare was released.

Im not going to play by the rules of your flamebait thread. Congratulations, you dislike Halo, along with millions of others. What do you want, a cookie? Do you think you're unique or special because you dont like a popular series of games?

Ill tell you what Halo is. Its a hugely popular series, actually the most popular console FPS of all time. Not only does it sell millions and millions, but it receives universal accliam. People who dislike the series are entitled to their opinion, but they don't need to keep reminding us who do like Halo that they dislike it. Because to be quite frank, i couldnt give a toss about you not liking Halo, and im guessing any other Halo fan will say the same.

Anyone who calls Halo overrated is a hater, either driven by jealousy or a need for attention. When a game gets near perfect reviews scores everywhere, it is not overrated.

A user friendly shooter.

The currency in Bayonetta. or

This is Spartan

the Franchise that established the end of Sonys dominance in gaming.

the brand that established MS as a major player that even Nintendo respects.

as well as the title ( HALO 3 ) that has Outsold EVERY PS3 exclusive to date by itself at 10 Million copies.

EPIC THREAD FAIL

Im not going to play by the rules of your flamebait thread. Congratulations, you dislike Halo, along with millions of others. What do you want, a cookie? Do you think you're unique or special because you dont like a popular series of games?

Ill tell you what Halo is. Its a hugely popular series, actually the most popular console FPS of all time. Not only does it sell millions and millions, but it receives universal accliam. People who dislike the series are entitled to their opinion, but they don't need to keep reminding us who do like Halo that they dislike it. Because to be quite frank, i couldnt give a toss about you not liking Halo, and im guessing any other Halo fan will say the same.

Anyone who calls Halo overrated is a hater, either driven by jealousy or a need for attention. When a game gets near perfect reviews scores everywhere, it is not overrated.

Anjunaddict

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I think we're done here:)

The campaigns are great in every game. The multiplayer was awesome in 1 and 2. Halo 1 and 2 are two of the best shooters ever.

Halo 3 had a fun campaign, but the multiplayer was so unbalanced and broken that I'm just sick of the series now. Especially since the release of the Reach beta, because it not only had all the problems that Halo 3 multiplayer had, it made those problems worse. And based on Bungie's comments they're not going to change any of those things.

It´s a videogame released for the microsoft xbox in 2001.

You´re welcome;)

[QUOTE="Anjunaddict"]

Anyone who calls Halo overrated is a hater, either driven by jealousy or a need for attention. When a game gets near perfect reviews scores everywhere, it is not overrated.

Barbariser

And here we have yet another overly zealous fan who does not understand the meaning of "overrated". Excellent.

As for my response? Moderately enjoyable but unremarkable and unmemorable series of games. At least, based on what I've played of it (which admittedly isn't a lot) that's the impression I've gotten so far.

Do you even know the definition? Here it is 'To overestimate the merits of; rate too highly."

If you call Halo overrated, you are basically saying every single reviewer out there is wrong. That they have rated it too highly. You can have your opinion, and you can dislike the series all you want, I don't care. But your opinion isnt better than anyone elses. And if im going to go online to check to see if a games good, and I see your dislike for the game but then universal AAA praise from profession review sources, I know that ill be checking that game out asap.

Overrated is used far too much here. If a game gets an AAA on Gamespot, and A everywhere else, then you could call it overrated at Gamespot. But when it comes to Halo, just no.

^ This thing

What is attention-seeking:The termattention seeking(orattention-seeking) is generally reserved for such situations, where excessive and "inappropriate attention seeking" is seen.

Seriously stop acting like you are the only one who hates Halo. But using the term over-rated is even worse. Considering it's one of the highest scoring games of all time, it isn't over-rated. Considering it has one of the biggest fan-bases of all time, that means it isn't over-rated.

The best fps series known to man.

2-10-08

A hat given to the brave TF2 players who didn't idle to get items for their backback.

Stringerboy

The campaigns are great in every game. The multiplayer was awesome in 1 and 2. Halo 1 and 2 are two of the best shooters ever.

Halo 3 had a fun campaign, but the multiplayer was so unbalanced and broken that I'm just sick of the series now. Especially since the release of the Reach beta, because it not only had all the problems that Halo 3 multiplayer had, it made those problems worse. And based on Bungie's comments they're not going to change any of those things.

Aural_Assault

Halo is game. /Thread

he's a pretty cool guy.

Its a franchise i love.

[QUOTE="Aural_Assault"]

The campaigns are great in every game. The multiplayer was awesome in 1 and 2. Halo 1 and 2 are two of the best shooters ever.

Halo 3 had a fun campaign, but the multiplayer was so unbalanced and broken that I'm just sick of the series now. Especially since the release of the Reach beta, because it not only had all the problems that Halo 3 multiplayer had, it made those problems worse. And based on Bungie's comments they're not going to change any of those things.

Arbiterisl33t69

I was saying that Reach is unbalanced and broken just like Halo 3--power weapons are too powerful, grenades are inconsistent, and a plethora of other problems that have already been discussed and argued everywhere. Please read posts that you respond to more carefully in the future. While there were other "problems" in the Reach beta, they were technical ones to be expected in any beta. I'm talking about inherent gameplay and engine flaws.

[QUOTE="Arbiterisl33t69"][QUOTE="Aural_Assault"]

The campaigns are great in every game. The multiplayer was awesome in 1 and 2. Halo 1 and 2 are two of the best shooters ever.

Halo 3 had a fun campaign, but the multiplayer was so unbalanced and broken that I'm just sick of the series now. Especially since the release of the Reach beta, because it not only had all the problems that Halo 3 multiplayer had, it made those problems worse. And based on Bungie's comments they're not going to change any of those things.

I was saying that Reach is unbalanced and broken just like Halo 3--power weapons are too powerful, grenades are inconsistent, and a plethora of other problems that have already been discussed and argued everywhere. Please read posts that you respond to more carefully in the future. While there were other "problems" in the Reach beta, they were technical ones to be expected in any beta. I'm talking about inherent gameplay and engine flaws.