Poll: What's Your Opinion of the Halo Series?

[Netrigan]

I so wanted to like Halo back when it came out for the PC, but I've never warmed to it.

It wasn't until I gave the series a second shot with Halo: Reach that I really figured out why. The game just feels a bit deathmatchy, which is the big reason why I never warmed to Unreal years and years ago. Deathmatch is great in deathmatch (I love Unreal Tournament), but it just kills my interest in Single Player. Watching enemies hop around like I am just looks silly

I'm also not a big fan of melee attacks, so knowing that the butt of my assault rifle is the most lethal part of that gun just irritates me on a primal level for some reason.

And a complaint going back to the Quake days, I don't like Single Player games with MP balanced weaponry. I like a solid progression of weapon strength in a single player campaign. I also don't tend to like limited weapon slots in sci-fi games, since I'm reluctant to ditch a good weapon for something which (to me) is an unknown quantity. Yes, I'm the guy sticking to Earth weapons in Gears of War.

It's just a lot of design decisions that go against what I like in a shooter. I can tell is well-crafted, but it's a big pile of meh.

 

[StriderShinryu]

Love them, though I'll certainly admit that the base level gameplay hasn't really changed or evolved enough over the years to keep each new game feeling as fresh as I'd like it to be. I also think they got the health/shield system perfectly dead on in the first game and should go back to it. The music, characters, storyline, etc. are all top notch and the gameplay is rock solid. Great series that is one of the few that I follow even when I don't ensure I get my hands on every title day one.

 

[AetherWolf]

I've never owned an Xbox and as such I've only physically played small snippets of the series, so it's hard for me to properly judge it. I will say, however, that the plot and setting interests me enough to consider myself a bit of a fan. As far as the generic Xbox FPSs go I'd say Halo is one of the stronger ones.