Escape to the Movies: Halo Legends

[Vrex360]

Quick question: Are there any spoilers for Halo 3 in this?

Well kind of, in a manner of speaking.
The story 'Origins' anyway features a few clips (albeit in anime reconstructions) of the events of Halo 3 as well as that it's timeline is set in the aftermath of Halo 3, hence if you have yet to play Halo 3 and are interested odds are you should play that first.

 

[Kandon Arc]

I pretty much agree with this, though I actually like the Halo story. Odd one out is of course my favourite, espicially when 1337 gets owned by what is unmistakeably a super sayan.

 

[klaynexas3]

i hate how he said prototype wasn't all that interesting, it's about a one minded bad-ass becoming human(master chief should really watch this). it mocked western FPS gaming because the guy had no personality, he was just a soldier, like all main stream FPS games today.

 

[Ohlookit'sMatty]

Man, this video has gotten at lease three times the number of comments that you normally get Bob, either you did something really right or really Really Wrong and everyone is goin out of their way to inform you of this (I think its the first one)

As for the fps battle thing, fine I wont mention Half-life but I will mention Portal and if that is not good enough for you people out there I will go one better Stranger's Wrath, a wonderful entertaining fps set in the Oddworld universe and prob one of the best fps ever made by one of the most original game company's out there

If you think Gears of War and Halo are the only Western games out there Bob, then I think it's time you payed a visit to ANYWHERE THAT SELLS VIDEOGAMES. If you do, you'll see a wide range of titles with a wide range of characters in a wide range of genres that you appear to have missed.
Let me name a few that break your stereotype that are sitting on my shelf right now.
Brutal Legend
Mass Effect 1 and 2
Assassin's Creed II
Dragon Age
Uncharted 1 and 2
Bioshock
So...yeah.

Also, just a quick note: Brutal Legend,Mass Effect 1&2, Assassin's Creed II&Uncharted 1&2 are not fps // Well not in the same way Halo and HL are

-M

 

[paragon1]

Man, this video has gotten at lease three times the number of comments that you normally get Bob, either you did something really right or really Really Wrong and everyone is goin out of their way to inform you of this (I think its the first one)

As for the fps battle thing, fine I wont mention Half-life but I will mention Portal and if that is not good enough for you people out there I will go one better Stranger's Wrath, a wonderful entertaining fps set in the Oddworld universe and prob one of the best fps ever made by one of the most original game company's out there

If you think Gears of War and Halo are the only Western games out there Bob, then I think it's time you payed a visit to ANYWHERE THAT SELLS VIDEOGAMES. If you do, you'll see a wide range of titles with a wide range of characters in a wide range of genres that you appear to have missed.
Let me name a few that break your stereotype that are sitting on my shelf right now.
Brutal Legend
Mass Effect 1 and 2
Assassin's Creed II
Dragon Age
Uncharted 1 and 2
Bioshock
So...yeah.

Also, just a quick note: Brutal Legend,Mass Effect 1&2, Assassin's Creed II&Uncharted 1&2 are not fps // Well not in the same way Halo and HL are

-M

You know, your the third person to quote me who seemed to think only FPS's were being discussed. MovieBob made the assertion that the designs for Western characters in videogames lacked diversity and only fit into one or two types. Thats games, not just FPS's. I disagreed, and listed counterexamples.
I don't know why several people seem to think only FPS are being discussed. Hell, one of the two examples of Western games mentioned in the video was Gears of War, which is a [i[third[/i] person shooter. And pretty much all of the Japanese games he mentioned certainly weren't FPS games.

 

[LordZ]

I think Movie Bob really deserves a cookie. After convincing me that he's got rather low standards for movies by giving positive reviews to movies that were ultimately mediocre at best, this review nearly convinced me to watch Halo Legends. I can't stand Halo. I don't hate it so much for it being a mediocre shooter on a console(and I can't stand using a control pad for shooters). I hate it because of the drove of fanbois that think it is the Holy Grail of shooters. The fact that a movie critic that I consider to have low standards nearly convinced me to watch something Halo related is definitely deserving of a cookie.

Anyone who tries to defend the Halo series for having a deep story can shut it. I actually played Halo and there's nothing inspiring about the story. It's mediocre even by video game story standards.

 

[Lagwalker]

i always thought the halo story could use some fleshing out. and some of the shorts in legends did a nice job of it. over all legends is worth a rent even if your not a halo fan.

I will have to agree with alot of the posters here. My favorite shorts were Homecomming, the duel, and Odd one out. odd one out had me laughing the whole time.

 

[viking97]

whats with 1337? sry i'm a newb.

 

[GUYWITHAGUN]

ZOMG. lol i am actually a halo and an anime fan. ive never played ANY game online (except CS 1.6) and i actually liked the one with spartan 1337. btw i saw them b4 this review came out.

i havent seen the duel yet though

 

[GUYWITHAGUN]

whats with 1337? sry i'm a newb.

1337 mean LEET in gamertalk or as its commonly known 'leetspeek'

 

[sailor_960]

I like to think that this project isn't necessarily aimed at the people who already like Halo. No, its Bungie's way of saying "Lets try to expand our fan base before the next game." by attempting to prove to dissenters that Halo's backstory doesn't live up to all of the bad press and hopefully win some new fans in a new demographic. Besides, I think this looks pretty cool, from what I have seen.

 

[capin Rob]

I proballly sound stupid but uh, 1337? I don't get it, and I'v seen that refrenced twice, waht does it mean?

 

[Lusulpher]

If you like Anime, you will love this.[Animatrix was the shit! The CGI experiments in this are topnotch, except the Package... references to Evangelion were in Prototype[Hedgehog's Dilemma strikes again] and Babysitter[Female Character Empowerment Force Go!] btw, War and Power are not always glorious.
Homecoming is based on the Halo books! And not done too well with it's lack of ambiguity.


IF you like good books about Militaristic SciFi you will love this.[Ender's Game is the Shit for RIZZLE!]


IF you like Halo, for the plot, you will love this[about time they mentioned the Spartans are kidnapped children who turn into albinos, some of them are females[women made the best snipers in WW2], and the Covenant "Journey" is a lie/misunderstanding]

All around, the Odd One Out was the weakest followed by Homecoming. Why that animation style for that story...eew.
And sitting next to art from Prod. I.G and 4C, damn Toei must have been butthurt when they saw the other shorts.

"1337" means "leet" or elite. That is called a pun, an evil nerdy thing. Good thing they left it in the Dragonball homage.

 

[Lord Doomhammer]

Been a fan of halo for a long time, the original halo was what got me into the FPS scene. That said I haven't been fond of anything halo that wasn't made by bungie, halowars was annoying and didn't feel like it knew what it was doing. I haven't seen these yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing if they fit the franchise.

 

[sailor_960]

I rise to the challenge of that ending blurb. How about moon? Its a DS FPS (hooray for acronyms) and its really cool and realistic after you think about the game's concepts for a few seconds. Also, one of the guns literally shoots air as ammo, a machine gun fires balls of acid and the shotgun-esque weapon utilizes neutrons (its all very zany).

 

[Alon Shechter]

Spartan 1337?
That ain't no coincidence.

 

[Larsirius]

I have to say, that you, Bob, have no knowledge of the general concensus between the majority of Halo fans, those being those past adolescense, and subsequently less vocal, which are wholeheartedly fans of the story of both the games and the novels. We have known for a long while that there a lot of female Spartans, and are generally excited about them(especially when we were finally going to have one featured in a game, in the upcoming Halo: Reach). You also lack knowledge about the backstory of the franchise, probably by your selfadmitted intolerance of the series. I don't see why you would review a piece of media out of a franchise that you so deeply despise. It makes as much sense as if a scholar in Classical music were to review a heavy metal album.

I am not without selfirony, and must admit that I laughed at a few points which are true regarding certain aspects of the Halo community, but I think it's unjust to bash every fan of the franchise like you do.

 

[gjendemsjo]

If you think Gears of War and Halo are the only Western games out there Bob, then I think it's time you payed a visit to ANYWHERE THAT SELLS VIDEOGAMES. If you do, you'll see a wide range of titles with a wide range of characters in a wide range of genres that you appear to have missed.
Let me name a few that break your stereotype that are sitting on my shelf right now.
Brutal Legend
Mass Effect 1 and 2
Assassin's Creed II
Dragon Age
Uncharted 1 and 2
Bioshock
So...yeah.

Agreed, America(or the west) is way more varied and has alot more intellectual depth than Japan in my opinion. Master chief and Halo is just the worst example of the west and Moviebob should dig alot deeper than that, then he'll find the Mass effect series. Overall this is a good review though.

 

[Yennick]

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