Let me put this out front before I say anything else: I think Halos 1,2, and 3 are great games. In fact, the Halo series are argueably in the top 10 best FPSes of the past two console generations. But here's the truth: they're not as awesome as peole say they are. There are SO MANY other games that are leaps and bounds better than Halo that don't get the recognitiont hey deserve. Liek Half-Life. PC gamers appreciate that series for what it is: the landmark in FPS games. But console gamer (and honestly, these days that seems like the majority) ignore the awesomeness of Gordan and Co. In fact, Halo outsold The Orange Box by a crap load the past month. Why does that happen? The Orange Box is the greatest deal in gaming of all time containing 3 amazing FPSes, an awesome multiplayer shooter, and one of the most fun puzzlers ever. Halo 3, although filled with content, honestly pales in comparison to Half-Life. But it still outsold 3 Half-Lifes! People will tell you that Halo has great graphics, great gameplay, great story, and great multiplayer. Sure. But so many other games do all that jsut as well, if not better! Look at Call of Duty 4! Look at the sure-to-be mind blowing Mass Effect! Heck, look at friggin Resistance! They all pull of the things that make Halo "unique" amazingly! But all you ever hear is hyping of Master Chief! Now here are the cold hard facts:
-Halo's story-mode mission are remarkably linear except for the ocassional vehicle segments-the gameplay is SOOO basic. It's simple run-and-gun action-the story...In Halo 1 and 2 good-ish. In Halo 3? NON EXSISTENT-the multiplayer, although easy to get into, is very generic once you get down to it
Now I could go on and on about how m any other games do the Halo thang well, but I don't need to. I've told you why Halo is an overhyped, bangwagon deal for Microsoft. But now I want to complain about the people that follow this bandwagon! Most of the people that LOVE Halo simply aren't good at anything otehr then generic shoot 'em ups. There is so LITTLE thinking required in Halo, that I have friends who openly admit to simply having a path that they follow in every single map. Now how is that innovative? So just shut up, and admit that Halo isn't all that and a bag of potatoe chips! Next for me to yell at: well, I'm kidna running out of peopel to yell at (at the moment), so I geuss I'll do some lists of my favorite games of all time. Until then!