While this might be some sort of absurd necropost, I feel it necessary to point out that, if you are so displeased by the appearance of another's opinion that is contrary to your own, you should spend a bit more time preparing your rebuttal. Frankly, the grammatical debauchery going on here is breathtaking. I used to edit resumes for fellow students heading to the workforce instead of college or the military, and never in my po-dunk little bumpkin town have I ever felt the need to smash my head against a wall so many times to clear the screaming grammar Nazis out of my sinuses.Danzorz said:
As for series that need to die,
Halo. Here is why.
Halo debuted in 2001 with a killer performance. A cool story, fast and fun gaming combined with equipment that seemed to carry weight. The music was entrancing and the graphics, while never cutting edge, suited it fine. Halo 2 debuted in 2004 with many a fault. The story was fragmented and very possibly schizophrenic. It was harried with plot jumps and faux pas. It introduced elements to the enemy that did little good or justice to the overall scape of the game-verse that was being created. I'd go so far as to say that the only decent introductions were new maps, slightly updated graphics (that looked covered in some sort of odd, gray grease) and an expanded equipment set. Keep in mind that half of the maps, weapons and vehicles were throwaway crap on top of it all.
Halo 3 debuted with at the end of one of gamings most expensive advert campaigns. It came to us with a let-down of a story that seemed only to emulate the best points of the former game's map design...while hopelessly trying to weave a decent narrative that ended predictably and forgettably. I mean, you didn't even get to KILL the series' two big bad guys, Gravemind and the Prophet of Truth! Rather, you kill the quirky narrator who can't decide which side he wants to work for (don't blame him there, by the end I was blasting everything and anything), your stalwart but hitherto invicible mentor figure is nuked to the crispy chicken he loves so much, and you, the hero, are left in a casket a la Beowulf or Achilles, cut off from the civilization you loved at the very end.
And now Halo Wars, the poorly named RTS being developed by Ensemble, already with one foot in the grave. Further, we have anywhere upwards of 5 new Halo games being developed, and instead of telling us what they're about, Microsoft has seen fit to lead us along by the nose, teasing gamers and then releasing the 'Halo 3: ODST' which isn't really HALO, but rather Halo 2.25, speaking in terms of story. But it'll cost you probably 30 more dollars. Fuck that. Pardon me.
So in all, Halo's initial success is causing the unstoppable and tragic decadence that is only matched by the emotional grasp of the series' soundtrack.
Alas, we hardly knew ye. Wait, that's not right! We know you all too well with your failed movie, B- books, posters, laser tag, board game, machinimaking armies and endless fields of crappy merchandise! Ach so!
In any case, I'd also ask for the end of Scrubs, the end of CSI, Law and Order, and Monk. Give the guy a break and let him find happiness. Give him his damned Judy.
