vrbtny said:
#1 rule of the internet : You are never alone on the internet. Someone would agree with you if you stated that Hitler didn't have a moustache.
He absolutely did not have a moustache. It's an oddly shaped birthmark, that's all.
OT: And your point is? You didn't like the game, I did. Opinions. They're allowed.
Quite how you're the only one who thinks that it's rubbish confuses me though. Have you never read any threads on the escapist before?
It's like some bizarre version of Godwin's Law - any thread here, no matter what it was originally about, will sooner or later consist of someone mentioning how much they hate Halo, Call of Duty, or whatever else is big at the moment, (at least in some cases) because it seems cool to do so. (Or, in CoD's case, because the fact that Bobby Kotick was involved makes it unclean or something)
Seriously, ask most people why they dislike Halo/whatever, and the response will be something along the lines of "It's not as good as the hype would suggest". In fact, that's pretty much the reasoning in the OP's post.
Not "It's a bad game".
Not "The publishers kidnapped my family, and wouldn't return them until I bought the game and all the DLC, completed it, and then wrote a favourable review of it. And then paid them more money".
Just "It's not as good as people say it is"
And of course a new Halo game is a Halo clone. That's why it's part of the same series!
Yes, the campaign is a little shoddy at points; poorly explained with clichéd characters and ludicrous discrepancies in difficulty levels. But it does manage to convey the whole 'hopeless struggle' thing pretty well for the most part, and it's still fun!
Oh, and the space battle section is amazing. I just wish there were more of it. Space battles are pretty much the only reason I play Star Wars: Battlefront 2 any more. Or Star Fox's open sections.
Also, the multiplayer is fun. Firefight too! Not the whole point of the game, but certainly most of the replay value.
t;;dr - Read my post! I spent a lot of time on that rant! But in a nutshell, generic doesn't equal bad.
EDIT: Also, jetpacks. I don't even use the jetpack much, and I love it.
MORE EDIT: So many edits. This post was only about half-written when I first submitted it. I may come back to it later.
