Poll: How do you view the Halo series?

[Acidwell]

The same way i view threads about it, not bad idea but i wish people would stop going on and on about it

sorry

Now i feel bad
Don't worry about it, if it was something i really liked i wouldn't mind and at least its not mw2

 

[achilleas.k]

I think it's bad not terrible not good just below average, but I hate the series for what it did to fps genre as a whole and that is basically create a standard for which u can make money. I mean for a while there it looked like fps' could go anywhere because the original standard(being Doom) is only slightly more technically advanced then a piece of graph paper. to me it seemed that before Halo came out fps was really a genre to experiment with story telling, concept and gamplay encompassing RPG, platforming, and cinematic elements that can turn out very well done and original ideas that both take huge leaps for the genre and medium as a whole by making an interactive intelligent experience that appeals to both adults and children being both fun and philosophical but then Halo came along and somehow became extremely popular and cutting out well told story and intelligent hybrid gameplay for straight forward kill everything that moves gameplay that really set the medium back both in the eyes of the media and in my heart because of it's simple badly written story and cookie cutter characters that might as well be a reunion of the cast from predator but after 100 years so only the unlikeable ones show up and even then they don't know whats happening...

Edit: damn it took me so long to write this 25 people posted before I did...

I kinda agree with this, even though Sacman's period and coma keys seem to be broken. It's nothing certain of course and no one can say for sure, but I do believe that Halo affected FPS gaming negatively, in general. I don't think it's a bad game because of it though. I still vote OK.

 

[DeviousCrypto]

Like I view a cute something with a terminal illness, I'll play with it just cause I don't have anything better to do, but on the inside I just wished it'd die.

 

[David Bray]

Only 2 and Wars let me down. 1 was awesome, 2 was weak on level design, 3 focused on multiplayer to the detriment of the campaign experience, Halo Wars tried a logical conclusion but didn't allow enough tactics, and ODST almost beat the original. It's atmosphere was wonderful.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Cannon proof glass and a flame proof bunker in place, he makes his reply.

I like it, but the expanded universe, Halo Wars, comics, books all go too far towards complicating things. Besides, Halo Wars is awful.

 

[moose_man]

mehhhhhhhh...its ok. i prefer metroid prime

 

[stika]

mehhhhhhhh...its ok. i prefer metroid prime

correct if i'm wrong, but isn't the gamplay in metroid prime different from your typical FPS?

isn't like comparing apples and oranges?

 

[Sacman]

I think it's bad not terrible not good just below average, but I hate the series for what it did to fps genre as a whole and that is basically create a standard for which u can make money. I mean for a while there it looked like fps' could go anywhere because the original standard(being Doom) is only slightly more technically advanced then a piece of graph paper. to me it seemed that before Halo came out fps was really a genre to experiment with story telling, concept and gamplay encompassing RPG, platforming, and cinematic elements that can turn out very well done and original ideas that both take huge leaps for the genre and medium as a whole by making an interactive intelligent experience that appeals to both adults and children being both fun and philosophical but then Halo came along and somehow became extremely popular and cutting out well told story and intelligent hybrid gameplay for straight forward kill everything that moves gameplay that really set the medium back both in the eyes of the media and in my heart because of it's simple badly written story and cookie cutter characters that might as well be a reunion of the cast from predator but after 100 years so only the unlikeable ones show up and even then they don't know whats happening...

Edit: damn it took me so long to write this 25 people posted before I did...

I kinda agree with this, even though Sacman's period and coma keys seem to be broken. It's nothing certain of course and no one can say for sure, but I do believe that Halo affected FPS gaming negatively, in general. I don't think it's a bad game because of it though. I still vote OK.

thank you finally someone can understand where I'm coming from most people take this as a condemning hate speech but I'm just saying that the genre would(in my opinion) be much more advanced, intelligent and maybe even looked at as more of an adult medium if Halo was never popular...

 

[stika]

I think it's bad not terrible not good just below average, but I hate the series for what it did to fps genre as a whole and that is basically create a standard for which u can make money. I mean for a while there it looked like fps' could go anywhere because the original standard(being Doom) is only slightly more technically advanced then a piece of graph paper. to me it seemed that before Halo came out fps was really a genre to experiment with story telling, concept and gamplay encompassing RPG, platforming, and cinematic elements that can turn out very well done and original ideas that both take huge leaps for the genre and medium as a whole by making an interactive intelligent experience that appeals to both adults and children being both fun and philosophical but then Halo came along and somehow became extremely popular and cutting out well told story and intelligent hybrid gameplay for straight forward kill everything that moves gameplay that really set the medium back both in the eyes of the media and in my heart because of it's simple badly written story and cookie cutter characters that might as well be a reunion of the cast from predator but after 100 years so only the unlikeable ones show up and even then they don't know whats happening...

Edit: damn it took me so long to write this 25 people posted before I did...

I kinda agree with this, even though Sacman's period and coma keys seem to be broken. It's nothing certain of course and no one can say for sure, but I do believe that Halo affected FPS gaming negatively, in general. I don't think it's a bad game because of it though. I still vote OK.

thank you finally someone can understand where I'm coming from most people take this as a condemning hate speech but I'm just saying that the genre would(in my opinion) be much more advanced, intelligent and maybe even looked at as more of an adult medium if Halo was never popular...

But can we really blame halo for that? I mean it's not like bungie decided "hey let's make every FPS developer copy our formula"

Besides i'm pretty sure that if Halo hadn't do it then some other franchise would have done something similar.

Personally i'm just glad we FINALLY left the WWII shooter-craze we had a few years ago, it was fun back in the PS1 days with medal of honour, but enough is enough

 

[Thaius]

Love them all. The story was fantastic, though some aspects of 3 were kind of disappointing and Halo Wars, having not been made by Bungie, fails miserably in that department. Gameplay has been great in all of them (Halo Wars did a good job of bringing the RTS genre to consoles: of course it's not Starcraft, but they did a great job with what they had). Absolutely stunning soundtracks by Martin O'Donnel and Michael Salvatori. Graphics always great for their times, especially the first two (despite some texture loading problems in 2, the graphics looked simply amazing for the time and the system).

Halo: Combat Evolved will always have a special place in my heart, because it was the first game I played that really had a great story. Of course I've seen better since, but you always remember your first, you know?

 

[DeviousCrypto]

The only thing Halo added to the FPS multiplayer scene is that the more you jump, the less you die.

 

[Jaranja]

I like it. Probably the Best straight up FPS I have ever played.

Then again I don't play many games from the FPS genre.

Still. I like it a lot.

I just realised your new avatar. When did you change it?

OT: I liked the campaign because I could play it through with a friend. Once I was done, I sold the game. The multiplayer just bored me out of my skin. Average game with a fun Campaign, in my opinion.

 

[Laharlsblade]

Here's how I see it. I was occupied with Halo Combat evolved for a little while, but only with friends. I thought Halo 2 took a step in the right direction with custom games, but it was annoying to have to fit them to the maps and having to remake them every time you turned the game off. Halo 3 was by far my favorite. In every Halo game you care to name, excluding ODST, I thought the campaign was sub-par. I always just beat them first to get them out of the way, then focus on the multiplayer. That's why Combat Evolved and ODST were my least favorites. ODST's online was fun for a while but there was no variety so it quickly dies for me and my friends. Combat evolved was always fun, but again, no variety. 3 was my favorite because of forge and custom games. Again the campaign was boring from start to finish and matchmaking died down for me after a while, although the new maps and forge variants of those maps with updating gametypes has brought me back a few times. Now, however, custom games is the only thing me and my friends do. We haven't played for a while, partly because of Christmas and L4D2 (love it), but if we ever did I'm sure we'd go do some awesome infection gametypes and actually have a lot of fun. I've gotten more playtime out of Halo 3 than any other 360 game I own, largely thanks to the creativity of the fanbase. Of course some of them are huge jackasses but that's an inherent problem with the XBL community. Oh yeah, and as for Halo wars, that's actually my second favorite of all the games, simply because I'm a huge fan of RTSs, and this is the only RTS I can play with my friends, as it's the only console one I own (The bastards refuse to buy PC RTSs). The controls are fairly intuitive for a console RTS and there's a large enough unit/building/general extras choice to keep it interesting.

So there.

 

[Pimppeter2]

I like it. Probably the Best straight up FPS I have ever played.

Then again I don't play many games from the FPS genre.

Still. I like it a lot.

I just realised your new avatar. When did you change it?

I've changed it like 3 times this week

I'm switching back to my old one soon.

 

[Jaranja]

I like it. Probably the Best straight up FPS I have ever played.

Then again I don't play many games from the FPS genre.

Still. I like it a lot.

I just realised your new avatar. When did you change it?

I've changed it like 3 times this week

I'm switching back to my old one soon.

Cool, I preferred it. It's your Escapist identity.

 

[Frankydee]

Maybe a little overdone but I did like 2 and 3.

Other than that, it's a competent shooter but it's not anything particularly special.

[sub]I certainly liked it better than Sony's alternative...[/sub]

 

[necromanzer52]

I love it. I hope that's the last time I'll have to talk about halo on this site but I know it won't be.

 

[aakibar]

the best thing that i like about Halo3 the best, less so ODST is the local multiplayer, it is the few games that still has decent splitscree so i like it and was sucked it, overall good game but there is room for improvement...

 

[Avatar Roku]

Very shallow. Too popular for its own good, and not nearly as brillant as others say it is. Dont flame me, im not trolling, its just my opinion. I'll say nothing more on the subject. (raises flame shields anyway)

Just out of curiosity, when did you play it? I've noticed that it's a very good example of "Seinfeld is Unfunny" [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunny]

I think it's bad not terrible not good just below average, but I hate the series for what it did to fps genre as a whole and that is basically create a standard for which u can make money. I mean for a while there it looked like fps' could go anywhere because the original standard(being Doom) is only slightly more technically advanced then a piece of graph paper. to me it seemed that before Halo came out fps was really a genre to experiment with story telling, concept and gamplay encompassing RPG, platforming, and cinematic elements that can turn out very well done and original ideas that both take huge leaps for the genre and medium as a whole by making an interactive intelligent experience that appeals to both adults and children being both fun and philosophical but then Halo came along and somehow became extremely popular and cutting out well told story and intelligent hybrid gameplay for straight forward kill everything that moves gameplay that really set the medium back both in the eyes of the media and in my heart because of it's simple badly written story and cookie cutter characters that might as well be a reunion of the cast from predator but after 100 years so only the unlikeable ones show up and even then they don't know whats happening...

Edit: damn it took me so long to write this 25 people posted before I did...

I kinda agree with this, even though Sacman's period and coma keys seem to be broken. It's nothing certain of course and no one can say for sure, but I do believe that Halo affected FPS gaming negatively, in general. I don't think it's a bad game because of it though. I still vote OK.

thank you finally someone can understand where I'm coming from most people take this as a condemning hate speech but I'm just saying that the genre would(in my opinion) be much more advanced, intelligent and maybe even looked at as more of an adult medium if Halo was never popular...

Come on, you know some other game would have come along like this. While Halo's formula was relatively unique at the time, there's no way it would have gone too long past 2001 without being used by another game, it's too simple and accessible for that.