Why so much hate for Halo in particular

[necromanzer52]

Well I like halo.
The gameplay's great,the story's great,the multiplayer's great,the music's great.
What's not to like.

 

[NeutralDrow]

'Cuase Halo has the most undeserved prise ever, while it's just your simple FPS, with a story so flat, you might just forget bout it. It's a simple "Aliens sucks! Humans ruke" crap.

...so, the Elites and the Arbiter were a figment of everyone's collective imagination?

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

See, a lot of other people agree too. It deserves the hate because its one of the most undeserved praised games ever! Plus, the game is too popular.

Alright, we'll play it your way. Let's abandon reasoning and turn this into a popularity contest.

A lot of people think it's a good game. Therefore, it deserves the praise it gets. You say so yourself, it's very popular and because people agree on that it is established fact!

 

[scnj]

1 guy on foot gets run over by a vehicle...
shall I go into how the banshe can FLY, highjack that then =_=

A game without a long single player is only half a game.

I've seen a mid-air highjack of a banshee. It was awesome.

 

[Angrylemming]

Personally I like the game but hate most of the fanbase. Just my point of view on it but always seemed to have a much higher than average proportion of idiots. A lot like Counter Strike.

 

[Jamous]

Probly cause of the massive hype.

 

[Havok985]

Some people just like to make a big noise to convince others that they don't follow the crowd, and to get a reaction from the people who do enjoy it.

It's just one of the many forms of attention seeking that can be found throughout the gaming community.

 

[scnj]

Some people just like to make a big noise to convince others that they don't follow the crowd, and to get a reaction from the people who do enjoy it.

It's just one of the many forms of attention seeking that can be found throughout the gaming community.

Of course, the irony is that they are following a crowd when they do that.

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

and of corse to that comment you'll reply "but the muti-player"
No...stop right there. remember goldeneye back in 1999, remeber how great the main game was,
how long it was...AND it had a great mutiplayer?
exactly, halo fails at single player where other (older or newer) games laugh at it.
and dont give me "but theres vehicles" mutiplayer sucks when it goes like this
Find tank, Get in tank, fire, win.

and as Yathzee said "halo is niot bad...its just run of the mill"

Firstly, I'd like to remind you that Halo 3 at least has the most balanced vehicles in any game I've ever played. For a start, all it takes is one guy on foot to reach you and he can hi-jack you.
Secondly, why do people put emphasis on a certain part of a game based on their preference? You don't look at Team Fortress and Unreal Tournament and say 'feh, the single player is crap'. At least I hope you don't...

1 guy on foot gets run over by a vehicle...
shall I go into how the banshe can FLY, highjack that then =_=

A game without a long single player is only half a game.

Well, then they use a plasma pistol to disable it's engines. Or a power drain. or they could stick it with a plasma/spike grenade. Or they could use a missle launcher, or a missle pod, or a spartan laser, or a mounted chain gun. Alternatively, you could use one of your team's vehicles. I've hijacked a tank using nothing but a plasma pistol, and I've nabbed a banshee too, multiple times.

Plus, it's hard for a scorpion or wraith to run someone over, and both can be annhilated by someone with the right weapon, as can a banshee.

Also, you seem to have ignored my other point. Not all games have to focus on single player. Not all games even have single player. You could just as easily look at an RPG and say it's half a game because it has no multiplayer. But that would be insane.

 

[Mr. Socky]

I think the game is OK, but I prefer more cerebral games. Mostly, I just don't like that the fan base completely disregards any other FPS's on the market as being even fun.
Its just overrated. Go watch the Zero Punctuation review for my stance.

 

[Havok985]

Some people just like to make a big noise to convince others that they don't follow the crowd, and to get a reaction from the people who do enjoy it.

It's just one of the many forms of attention seeking that can be found throughout the gaming community.

Of course, the irony is that they are following a crowd when they do that.

Exactly, it's an irony lost on them.

 

[Arcyde]

Because people keep on bringing it up on forums.

 

[Chaosut]

Some people just like to make a big noise to convince others that they don't follow the crowd, and to get a reaction from the people who do enjoy it.

It's just one of the many forms of attention seeking that can be found throughout the gaming community.

Of course, the irony is that they are following a crowd when they do that.

Totally. Hit the nail on the head.

 

[scnj]

Because Halo has far more fans among the great unwashed and somehow it's become the new cool thing to do, like bashing religion.

No, bashing religion has a point.

Halo, on the other hand, is just a generic FPS game that has SOME flaws, but most people who bash it probably don't know or care.

Most people who bash it have probably never played it judging by some of the arguments I've read.

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

Because Halo has far more fans among the great unwashed and somehow it's become the new cool thing to do, like bashing religion.

No, bashing religion has a point.

Halo, on the other hand, is just a generic FPS game that has SOME flaws, but most people who bash it probably don't know or care.

Most people who bash it have probably never played it judging by some of the arguments I've read.

There was this one guy who stated it was a half-life clone. Ah, good, no wait...
bad, erm nope...
equal times.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

Either:
A- It's way too popular and loved.
or B- Yahtzee hates it.

One or the other.

 

[DaBozz]

Well, then they use a plasma pistol to disable it's engines. Or a power drain. or they could stick it with a plasma/spike grenade. Or they could use a missle launcher, or a missle pod, or a spartan laser, or a mounted chain gun. Alternatively, you could use one of your team's vehicles. I've hijacked a tank using nothing but a plasma pistol, and I've nabbed a banshee too, multiple times.

Plus, it's hard for a scorpion or wraith to run someone over, and both can be annhilated by someone with the right weapon, as can a banshee.

Also, you seem to have ignored my other point. Not all games have to focus on single player. Not all games even have single player. You could just as reasonably look at an RPG and say it's half a game because it has no multiplayer. But that would be insane.

you just basicly proved my run of the mill comment right.
Halo has mutiplayer and a bad single player, so its perfect is it ?
there are much better games out there that have good mutiplayer and a good single.
after all you dont buy an FPS JUST for mutiplayer...if you do then good for you
I'll go back to playing a nice long FPS.

Erm, the second part amuses me, a game without single player...like what?
and my point is, that Halo is not some super special awesome game.
its an FPS with mutiplayer WOOO new awesome (not) the single player is short enough for a nine year old to finish in a day.

im not saying your dumb for liking halo.
what im saying is dont claim its pefect when its JUST an average FPS.