Why does Halo attract Hatred?

[Eldritch Warlord]

Every time I see a Halo thread, I hate the games a little more.
There is nothing new to talk about.
Halo 3 came out in 2007.

Halo Wars came out earlier this year, Halo 3: ODST will come out later this year, ODST gameplay was revealed at E3, Halo: Reach was announced at E3 and is planned to be released in Fall next year, the Halo Uprising miniseries was finally concluded in Spring, another miniseries called Halo: Helljumper will release its first issue next month, a third miniseries called Halo: Spartan Black will release its first issue this Winter, and a trilogy of novels about the Forerunners was announced at Comicon.

 

[dumblydore16]

Halo 1 was good.
Halo 2 was decent.
Halo 3 was so over-hyped that there was no way it could have lived up to the expectations, and it didnt. I don't think the Halo series is bad, but it certainly isn't the pinnacle of gaming either. Halo Fanboys are probably the reason I hate on Halo, I think watching anyone get up in arms about a video game they like is funny/ridiculous.

I agree there, I mean, I asked a simple enough question and everyone starts flaming for no real reason! Halo is alright, I don't play it much, but I kinda like it, yet it's constantly seen as the antichrist on gaming forums. I just wanted to know why Halo were seen as such an abomination when it is just another video game...

I don't hate it because its popular, I just think some peoples undying devotion to it being better than anything ever is what's so funny. Halo is an average game in a sea of average games, I tried playing Gears with a Halo fanatic and the whole time I had to listen to why a cover system ruins shooting games and (this confused me) makes it less realistic. Halo 3 has fun multi-player but the xbox live crowd that game attracts ruined it for me

cover system unrealistic ? theres only one way that it can be possible the halo fanatics belief that halo is so realistic has lowered his IQ by an alarming number ........ by over 9000 *blows up*

 

[elitecrewer]

The best PC shooters are better, as a rule of thumb.

/opinion

/obviously it's my opinion, I said it.

 

[King Yayap]

Why I don't like it is this...

It is only a slightly above average game (if even that high). So I just don't understand the cult like following of it. And that following is usually 16 year olds... nothing wrong with being 16, but I am much older than that so the maturity level you generally find in that game is pretty low. I have plenty of online friends and there is a small group who play almost nothing but Halo... I don't get it, it's not that good, try something else. The Halo fanboys need to move on to something else... anything else. Perhaps MW2.

It is a shame, really, when these "fanboys" just play one game. One reason towards hatred towards Halo is due to this youthful fanbase (of which a majority should not even own the game due to age restrictions). However, if they move to another, more popular game, I am sure that the game will become hated as much as this.

 

[Daveman]

Sorry, I don't usually do this but USE THE BLOODY SEARCH BAR!!!!!

There are just way too many Halo bashing threads and that's coming from me, a fanatical Halo basher.

THIS IS NOT A THREAD FOR HALO BASHING THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF HALO BIG DIFF MAN

You probably don't understand that every Halo related thread ends up a Halo bashing thread.

well then excuse me for not being on the fourms that much im much more of a video monkey

Excused.

 

[Moccamonster]

The thing that made me hate the entire series is constantly getting shoved in your face that they're the best games 'evur'.

Halo has never really innovated anything.
It did 2 things, rebounding health(which Wolverine: Adamantium Rage already did), and hotkey grenades.

Everything it did was already done before. The multiplayer is nothing new, the graphics aren't great etc.


But mostly, i hate Halo because it appeals to console, and only console gamers.
The entire Halo series is praised by console standards. Halo 1 through 3 are mediocre shooters, but the only reason people think they're good is because most of them never played brilliant games like Half-Life. Even Halo Wars, just a mediocre RTS we all played years ago on the PC. But because it's on a console, it's instantly awesome.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

I'd bet the company that made Halo (Bungie, I think?) also sells Halo t-shirts, Halo beanbag chairs, Halo toothbrushes, Halo combs, Halo underwear, Halo bedsheets, Halo condoms, and Halo toilet paper.
Mmm...massive commercialization.

They actually do sell shirts, hats, and miscellaneous accessories such as keychains and bumper stickers. Look up any reasonably successful developer and they likely have an online store with those sorts of products.

As I was saying though, there's plenty of Halo to discuss.

And no one is forcing you to even care or participate.

 

[USSR]

The best PC shooters are better, as a rule of thumb.

/opinion

/obviously it's my opinion, I said it.

You stated your opinion as if it was a fact =p

 

[elitecrewer]

The best PC shooters are better, as a rule of thumb.

/opinion

/obviously it's my opinion, I said it.

You stated your opinion as if it was a fact =p

Should I stick an arbitrary, annoying 'IMO' at the end of each sentence then?

 

[USSR]

The best PC shooters are better, as a rule of thumb.

/opinion

/obviously it's my opinion, I said it.

You stated your opinion as if it was a fact =p

All I'm saying is that there is no need to be so declarative about your opinion, that makes it sound like a fact.

Should I stick an arbitrary, annoying 'IMO' at the end of each sentence then?

 

[USSR]

The best PC shooters are better, as a rule of thumb.

/opinion

/obviously it's my opinion, I said it.

You stated your opinion as if it was a fact =p

Should I stick an arbitrary, annoying 'IMO' at the end of each sentence then?

All I'm saying is that there is no need to be so declarative about your opinion, that makes it sound like a fact.

Edit: My computer registered a double post T.T

 

[tc1259]

I LOVE Halo 1, I liked Halo 2, I HATE Halo 3.

Halo 1 was good. It had a good mystery-SciFi story mix. Fun times, good action, interesting people. It attracted a large fan base. Understandable.

Halo 2 was a forced sequel in my book. It was good, but didn't live up to the hype. Better mechanics and graphics made it worth the buck. Fan base grew.

Halo 3. It did NOTHING. Slightly improved shaders, did they even add a new gun? The story sucked balls, the voice actors changed, and the ONLY thing that made it ANY good is the Forge and the multiplayer. When you present these arguments to half of that built up fan base, they say (quoting my room mate) "Y3AH, BUT THTA MULT!PL@YER IS TEH B3ST EBAR!!1!" (all punctuation used for accuracy).

According to them, having a good multiplayer component excuses the sins against story and gaming that comprise the rest of the 'epic conclusion' to the trilogy, which I think they could have rocked with if they ignored the multiplayer a bit (which now has nothing but drooling 8 year old trolls anyway).

So, in short, it's because the 3rd game was crap, and the fans defend it as if it was a bible written by God himself. Compounded annoyance; I see a blue sky but the man next to me INSISTS it is red and will not change his mind. Additional games, like Halo Wars and the 2 new ones announced just prove they are milking the series and I have no faith in their quality since I think there wasn't enough interesting mystery or other elements that defined the first one left. It will be the same shooter as Halo 3, with no surprises. Why would you be happy for that?

I have to completely agree.

Halo was brilliant for it's day, it took a traditionally based PC environment and ported it to a console with a decent back story that left you guessing.

Halo2 was alright, it had it's flaws but was showing that the game should of perhaps wound up there.

Halo3 i think i got about half way through and stopped playing.