Halo stinks! Who's with me?

[Paragon]

I have formed this thread on the fact that: Halo stinks! The only reason everyone likes it is because everyone got it! I like FPS's, but when they're this overrated, it's just horrible. Who else shares this opinion. Not to be turned into a flame war.

[JMC47]

I shared this exact opinion about first person shooters, for the most part, and you are right for the most part. I like Halo though, why, its action packed, I can play it for a few minutes and its fun, And I can care less if anyone else plays it.

I never played halo 1 for the longest time because of how over rated I thought it was... never played, your problem, you haven't played all the way through the game, and you think that because everyone else is too crazy about it (There are way too many fans of the game, and they are too into the game, its really good, but its still not perfect like many people insist) If you just played Halo and forgot about all the reviews and stuff, it'd be a good game, and thats how I got into it, just played it and disregarded everything said about it.

And yes, you did intend to start a flame war just by the way you stated and explained your argument. First of all, you said that it is a FACT it stunk, when you were only stating your opinion. 2nd, you didn't explain why the game sucked, but you did state that there were too many people that liked it so you hated it, that still doesn't mean the game sucks.

Now, if this is true, you hated Final Fantasy X and X2, Kingdom Hearts, (Which I used to think was over rateed, but realizing I never played it, I have no room to talk) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time (Great game, but with a fan base that was way too big and into it) and every other game that has a huge fan base.

I love some of the games I think are over rated (like halo 2) , and I do not think anyone should judge a game by how many people like it or if people like it too much.

What if Legends was over rated and had a huge fan base, then you would hate it?

[Chiz]

*gets reply in before thread goes offtopic and/or locked*

Halo is an alright game - there's nothing really wrong about it...it's your standard fantasy futuristic 1stPS. I think the reason it's go popular is because everyone else likes it, and everyone is peer-pressured into liking it... "If you don't know this game like a priest knows the bible you're not cool!"
Like JMC said, it's just overrated. I find when I play an overrated game, and it's less-than the greatness others say, the game doesn't seem as great as a game that was underrated, and is of the same quality as the overrated game (understand what I'm saying?). But that doesn't make it a completely horrible game...
Halo is a fad. I mean, look at Pokémon. Look how many "followers" it had back in 1996-1998. It was huge - almost EVERYONE was into it. Now, look at it...only a few people who're still into it. Look at Halo today - millions of followers, like Pokémon back in 1996-1998...but, like Pokémon, Halo is gonna die to some other game (may it be Legends!) that will be praised for 5-6 years before they go on to something else.

Ok, I've said what I wanted to say, so I guess the topic can go to pot now. (j/k!)

[feldinaut]

OMG, did we not all come to the general consensus in the X bashing topic that it's best to present a topic as a like AND dislike topic as opposed to one or the other?

You can't POSSIBLY say "not to be turned into a flame war" when you say in the topic title itself "Halo stinks!"

You really are dense, Paragon, and a hypocrite to boot.

EDIT: As far as something on the game itself, I have had little experience with the series. I once watched someone play Halo the first for about two hours, and wow. I was never NOT BORED, and I even like to watch other people play games. I like sci-fi. I like a number of first person shooters. But it was just nothing special. Despite this experience, I attempted to download the demo, but it wouldn't work on my computer.

...MY BRAND NEW COMPUTER, EQUIPPED WITH A 3.0 GHZ PROCESSOR, ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600, 512KB RAM, AND PENTIUM 4 WITH HYPERTHREADING.

SCREW THAT, MAN.

[bluerobotgirl]

well, you all know I hate first person shooters. companies make them instead of decent games because they sell better.

[PharaohManXe54]

I totally agree with almost everything that's been said: 1.) Halo is stupid. 2.) It is way overrated. 3.) It probably will die down 4.) Yeah, this is really flame oriented. 5.) Companies do make these games just to sell. Which brings me to my opinion: most FPS's suck cause they're geared toward people who don't like good games. Good games are defined as games with original gameplay/ really kick arse story/ lots of depth. Halo has none of these and lacks any kind of thought whatsoever. It is made for the 35 year old guy who was too afraid of what other people thought of him if, God forbid, he played an RPG or any video game for that matter. That's pretty much what the Xbox is, a machine for people who don't know games. Halo is just a hash of something that sells well and they throw it ino a different universe to make it a "classic".

Now there are some things that I disagree with. 1.) Pokemon is still HUGELY popular. Still one of the best selling game series. Show is incredibly well watched. I think you just assume that because our generation was the first to have it, SOME (Fine, most, but definately not all) of those kids dropped it, but now younger kids are still liking it. 2.) You can make good assumptions even if you didn't play it. You really can get a lot of a game's content by watching demos/trailers for games and watching other people play which MIGHT be a reason why Paragon doesn't like it. Well, those are my thoughts, and since Halo is a far cry from MML compared to MMX, I don't think this should be too controversial, IMO.

[pitch]

I don't own an Xbox so I've never seriously played it, but from the little bit I played in school, it seems pretty nice. Not exactly my type of game, but I don't see anything wrong with it. Of course I don't think it lives up to its hype, but really.... Halo is like Microsoft's trademark series for the Xbox. It's Microsoft's Mario, or Sonic. Of course it gets more hype than other great(possibly greater) games. It's probably the most common one Xbox players play.

Pitch's advice: Don't base your opinion on other people's opinons. Keep an open mind. *nod*

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As for Pokemon, you'd think it's died down, but it's just the people in your age group. The little kids still love it. My brother and sister watch it every sunday; my brother plays my old Red/Blue/etc versions, and I gave him my LeafGreen Version.

[ZFGokuSSJ1]

Halo is overrated horribly. It's very average.

Know why Halo gets alot of hype? It's on a console.

Know why Half-Life 2 never gets any hype? It's on PC. When Half-Life 2 gets to the XBOX, I bet ya a million bucks that there'll be commercials, and then you'll see all the posts on messages boards saying, "HALF-LIFE 2 RULEZZ!!!"

[Mandinga]

halo has a great story, but when it comes to game play and actuall visuals it sucks mucho balls. coming for a production stand point, and bungie doesn't py well for their enironment objects believe me

[feldinaut]

Know why Half-Life 2 never gets any hype?

*double-take* Are you joking?! Because that game had a lot of hype. A LOT. OF HYPE.

[Stinkles444]

meh, its okay but its not awesome nor bad

but its too friekin overrated

and the ending on halo 2 sucked monkeys

half life also is very overrated

FELDI NOOOOOO!!!!! how can u watch any game for two hours and not get bored (besides some games)
let alone an FPS!!! look an enemy BAM!!oh anotherBAM!!

and the ending on halo 2 sucked monkeys!!!!

[Dashe]

I don't like it very much. Every time I go to visit my cousins or any of my friends who have the game, they always try to force me into playing it. I usually do just to prove to them that I don't like the game, never have, and never will. Shooters bore me almost to the point of no return, and Halo was no different from any of the other shooters I've been forced to play.

[Servbot42]

Halo is AMAZING! I would even say that it's better than MegaMa- *shot until there's nothing left*

[Paragon]

New opinion on Halo. It's good, but you're not missing a thing if you don't have it.

[Darfox8]

OK OK listen. Halo is a really good game. In fact I'll go as far as to say it's a great game but people over hype it as the best game. They give it credit as if it invented or revolutionized the FPS genre. While infact it only raised the bar for console shooters. You get what I'm saying? Halo opened the same doors, that where already open, wider. But people give it credit as if it opened new doors.

It's part of Microsoft. If you haven't noticed their whole 360 talk has been hype and no show.

And as for Half- Life 2. Depends the company you keep. Some console players don't even know what Half-Life is. But ofcourse PC crowds where dieing to play HL2.