Cal31 said:
[QUOTE] "Here you go straight from Gamespy.com:
"Halo also contains some of the best enemy AI ever seen in a videogame, and Bungie would do well to package it up and license it out to other developers. Between the Xbox and PC, I've now played Halo about five times, and rarely do battles play out the same way twice. Sometimes enemies split up, sometimes they stick together. Sometimes they hang back, sometimes they rush. If you try to snipe them, they'll duck for cover. If you try to run them over, they'll jump out of the way. The one constant is that on anything but the lowest difficulty setting, you never feel like you're fighting brainless bots (well, at least not until the Flood, another race of enemies, arrives). Playing through Halo is an engaging mix of straight-ahead action and tactical combat that I'm not sure exists in any other game to date."
Good use of quoting. But, if you check out this link http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25overrated/index17.shtml
you would find that Gamespy after a couple of years of the game being out, thought it was overated. The game was great when it came out but now, its sucks ass. I am literally dreading trying to finish this game. Unreal 2 is better than this. And thats not even a great game.
as I said before, the review is from last year, so it isn't that outdated, and there is no way in hell unreal 2 is better than Halo. I can see how people say farcry or half life are much better than halo, but no way does unreal 2 beat it in anyway. That game was a horrible let down for the unreal series.
halo is not 'that' bad.. lets get a bit of a grip here... as I have said before, asking a question 'why do people like halo' is like asking why some people like anchovies on thier pizza... some will vomit, some will drool and some will take a neutral standpoint or berate others for thier like/dislike of the subject matter.. so can someone plz answer this freakin question cuz this topic is gettin lamez0rz >_>
Cal31, you used Gamespy as your reference to saying Halo is a great game and NOT overrated. But Gamespy later on, said it was the 10th overrated game in the history of games.
Yes Unreal 2 sucked, but Halo nowadays sucks too. Play the level the The Library lately? Or how bout meeting the Flood for the first time. Wow great gameplay. Backtracking through the same area you were before which looks like any other area in the game fighting ****ing balloons.
Unreal 2 has much better graphics than CS. Thats the biggest load of crap i ever heard also.
Originally posted by Samas-adian
Cal31, you used Gamespy as your reference to saying Halo is a great game and NOT overrated. But Gamespy later on, said it was the 10th overrated game in the history of games.Yes Unreal 2 sucked, but Halo nowadays sucks too. Play the level the The Library lately? Or how bout meeting the Flood for the first time. Wow great gameplay. Backtracking through the same area you were before which looks like any other area in the game fighting ****ing balloons.
Unreal 2 has much better graphics than CS. Thats the biggest load of crap i ever heard also.
The flood were probably the best animated characters i have ever seen and the AI makes them move just like a zomie horde should .... and the last level where you use the warthog to escape rocks 😄
Originally posted by Samas-adian
Cal31, you used Gamespy as your reference to saying Halo is a great game and NOT overrated. But Gamespy later on, said it was the 10th overrated game in the history of games.Yes Unreal 2 sucked, but Halo nowadays sucks too. Play the level the The Library lately? Or how bout meeting the Flood for the first time. Wow great gameplay. Backtracking through the same area you were before which looks like any other area in the game fighting ****ing balloons.
Unreal 2 has much better graphics than CS. Thats the biggest load of crap i ever heard also.
What was number one on the list?
Originally posted by Samas-adian
The flood are horrible. Yes, the great AI allows them walk towards you and allows you to create a chokepoint, so you shoot them. Over and and over and over and over. SHould of stuck with the orginal enemies and not created this crap.Check the link, good article.
It was Black and White
... i would have got angry and annoyed fighting the same aliens over and over ;\ the flood are interesting epecially the explosive ones and the super human abilities they posses 😄
why do people like halo so much hm.....
I would say its the engaging mix of story, gameplay, and neat graphics that liven it up.
From an outside the game standpoint, the story is the best thing since final fantasy. especially if you read the books and have seen the halo 2 E3 demo.
in-game, its the outstanding gameplay. There is nothing like the 3rd level beach head storm on legendary to get the blood pumped. Nothing is more gratifying than mowing down a squad of grunts with the assault rifle, or plasma sticking an elite. I never had a more frantic shooting spree than when i was being chaed down by the gold elite with the plasma sword on the 4th level.
there a problems, to boot. the single player mode is too short, even on legendary. after you beat the library and the maw on legendary, you ask...what now?
Halo's multi player is even better than the golden eye tournaments we used to have at my house. first they actually make a awsome sniper weapon. they give us huge battlefields filled with 16 peeps...I still have fun on multiplayer even when i get wasted by a cheap sniper shot.
what game has ever made grenades and important weapon in FPS? golden eye didnt.
I suppose Halo's most enduring quality is it's gameplay.
when people ask why do people like golden eye so much, its like asking why people liked golden eye so much, when there was quake 2 and half life on the comp. its simple. they just do.
also...is overated a bad thing? a good game called over rated still is a good game...
Gameplay is great, no doubt about it. But its get very repetitive. The library is the worst level in the face of videogames. Its horrible. If they made the indoor levels look interesting and mixed the action up. Then Halo would be a great game.
Goldeneye never got repetitive. The action always mixed it up. You never had a level like the Library. Halo also wouldnt be around if Goldeneye was never good.
Originally posted by Samas-adian
Good use of quoting. But, if you check out this link http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25overrated/index17.shtmlyou would find that Gamespy after a couple of years of the game being out, thought it was overated. The game was great when it came out but now, its sucks ass. I am literally dreading trying to finish this game. Unreal 2 is better than this. And thats not even a great game.
This is my favorite post ever.
What exactly is gamespy trying to prove with this aritcle?
Soooo....Their major complaints are
* a FPS shooter on a gamepad
* Split Screen Multiplayer
* Repetitve levels
It's a console game not a PC game. How exactly are you supposed to play a FPS without the provided gamepad?
Not a powerful arguement against Halo.
How else are you supposed to do a multiplayer game? If you can't split the screen, then what options are left to you? Bringing 4 xboxes over to play 4 play Halo...sounds like quite a waste. Besides, Unreal splits their screens for multiplayer too.
Another weak arguement against Halo.
Repetitive Level...well, i have to agree there. The control room levels are fun the first time through but completely and utterly repetitive the 2nd time through.
Halo still is a great game, and to say it's overrated is foolishness. If it gets too highly rated by MOST of the gaming magazine companies...who's fault is that? In fact...who's to say the game is too highly rated (based on a number scale)
Halo got where it is today, by being the best FPS on ANY console system. This was when it originally came out. Quit putting it up against video games that are 2 years younger than it. That's like comparing Super Mario Brothers 3 to Super Mario 64