if you didn't openly like it before you are a complete cunt and need to die in a fire

I openly dislike all Halo besides the original (Which I don't enjoy any more and think has aged badly) and I doubt time nor popularity will affect my dislike towards the series.

>>42123040

lol MW2 just came out. I GUARANTEE that in a month, 2 months tops, halo will be back at the top of the charts. It always happens and there is no such thing as the "halo-killer."

Also, took them long enough to get a game to fucking take over for more than what will probably be 2 weeks, i mean come on halo 3 has been out for over 2 years. GoW, Waw, and CoD4 didn't even touch it.

Capmaign was fun with a friend, I didn't play multiplayer that much because I had my hands full with Cod4's multiplayer at the time.

>>42123116

I like Halo, I just think it's gameplay needs to be refined. Every game since the original has added new features, but lost something as well.

I can't quite place my finger on it, but in a way, I kind of think that the series has reached a plateau. It just can't go any higher, or improve in any dramatic ways beyond just improving the scale of the battles, and the quality of the A.I.

I can't wait for the Franchise to end in this regard. Time for new blood.

>>42123284

fuck you and fuck your subletely

Honestly, I enjoy the Halo games.

I tried to not like it. I tried thinking that it was just mediocre. However, it cannot be denied that Halo is a solid shooter. Even after playing FPS greats like Half-Life, Serious Sam, and Quake, I still find myself enjoying Halo.

>>42123232
Didn't Modern Warfare 2 sell 7 million first day, or are those figures disgustingly exaggerated? That's 70% of Halo 3's lifetime sales.

>>42123580

invalid anyway, MW2 is multiplatform.

>>42123040
>top dog
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>>42123462
There's plenty to like about the games, especially with how they handle
- Scale
- Enemy A.I.
- Really good Sound Design.

They're really champs with those three. But they need to tighten their shit up. They have a unique style and presentation, and some really smart guys working on the games... but it's time to drop some jaws, or get off the stage now.

>>42123040

No we can't
One it wasn't that long ago.
Two what was so great about those days or the game itself

Halo's biggest fault is how disgustingly overhyped it is. Otherwise, it's a fun game to play with buddies. The direction the franchise has taken lately has put me off though. At this point, I just want to see Bungie work on something new.

>>42123741

Those aren't exactly game making points you know...

>>42123580
Dude, I don't think anyone quite predicted the kind of cultural impact Modern Warfare would have. That shit just sort of implanted itself, the same way Halo 1 did on the original Xbox.

Except this time, COD4 had Online Play, was Multiplatform, and Video Games are even more accepted now than they were 8 years ago. That's like gasoline on a fire.

COD4's the kind of game anyone seriously interested in Video Games has played, and likes. It's multiplayer is addictive to all kinds of players for all the right reasons, and it had an engaging storyline. It left almost everyone with a good taste in their mouth.

They didn't need some obnoxious advertising campaign like Halo 3's launch. This is just something everyone has been planning to buy subconsciously since they played the first game. Heck, I'm sure I'll end up getting it around December once I get the urge.

November 9, 2004 >> November 10, 2009

for me at least.

>>42123994
Your post was spot on until the last line. Didn't Activision say MW2's advertising campaign was the biggest in history? Also, how are commercials with Eminem rapping anything but obnoxious? It doesn't even fit the tone of the game by any stretch.

>>42123801
I was always curious, how do people hyping a game up make it a bad game? I facepalm whenever I hear people say: "It's a good game, but it was too overhyped." Can't you just perceive the game how it is, without people telling you?

>>42123994

>They didn't need some obnoxious advertising campaign like Halo 3's launch

If it weren't for the halo ad campaign modern warfare wouldn't be as popular as it is now.

That ad campaign introduced a large majority of the people who are now in the market, to gaming.

I am still kind of puzzled as to how COD blew into RIDICULOUS proportions overnight.

>>42124111
Somehow it's the game's fault for them not being able to think for themselves and being easily swayed by the words of other people.

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>>42124192
Kotick (yeah yeah the devil etc) must be a fucking marketing genius or some shit.

>>42124111
When I hear amazing things about a game, I expect to see them in game. Often times I find myself disappointed by the actual product because of bullshit I was lead to believe. It's harder to look passed a game's flaws when it's praised to kingdom come.

Obviously, I don't buy into hype anymore, and when I hear about how "innovative" a game is, I take it as nothing more than a grain of salt. Before then, I've had popular titles spoiled for me because I expected better than what the game was truly worth.

I don't remember sh*t from CoD4's campaign. Something about Russians, the Middle East, and a nuclear bomb. However I could tell you exactly what happened to the Chief in all three Halo games. Halo wins in the single-player realm.

>>42123887
We all know plenty of other shooters match or beat Halo in specific areas. Really now days those are the best things Halo has going for it, and why people play the series.

Did I hear someone bitch about Halo's ad campaign?

>>42124314
COD4 was fun, but not a go to game. Was cod 4 really this big with people to call in this much of a draw?

Yah, Modern Warfare also dethroned Halo 3 for a week.

Modern Warfare 2 has the same shitty gameplay, so I'm expecting Halo 3 to be back on top soon.

>>42124413

That shit is delicious. The Mt.Dew was better though.

>>42124393

Ok so...someone would rather play the game with better sound...then the game with better gunplay?

Or a unique style?

i don't think any more halo games are going to reach the sales of halo 3. reach to be specific, but actual fans of the entire series that don't give a shit about your faggot little wars and actually like games are going to buy it. like me, i'm going to buy reach, and enjoy the fuck out it! hooray! ZULTAN

>>42124465
>Implying halo 3 doesn't have the same shitty gameplay as its predecessors

>>42124426
PS3 and PC had no Halo 3. Even on 360 the fucker was more played than Halo 3 some weeks.

Yes, CoD4 is the most overrated game of our generation, until yesterday at least.

>>42124544
ALSO MODERN WARFARE 2 NOT HAVING NAZI ZOMBIES !RUINED! THE GAME. period

Halo 3 is the Counter-Strike of the Xbox. within a couple weeks itll be on top again.

>>42124544

ZOLTAN!!!

>>42124500

Tribes is just too old bro. It was great at the time but honestly could you really play that seriously again?

I think Halo fell off, and that's something microsoft won't talk about in their research. loads of folks bought 3, then promptly fell out of love with it due to the very poor changes. Then passed on ODST due to $60 expansion. I'm one of them, will likely get reach, but I know the halo community today is barely anything like the one from 2 years ago, let alone 4.

>>42124618

Yes, and I do.

Fuck I still play quake 1 online when I can find people. What does being old have to do with anything?

Since we have mentioned tribes. Why the hell did not every fps copy this and not halo or all the other crappy stuff that gets recycled.

>>42124371
COD4 didn't have as memorable a universe as say the Halo Games.

But COD4's storyline kick comes from it's ability to plan out cool "Moments" for players to experience. The Nuclear Bomb, or the final slow motion bit with the pistol come to mind.

Halo has always sold itself on it's story, and how players interact with their game. Did they find that Tank and go on a rampage? Did they hop in the jeep with their friend and go crazy? Run around throwing grenades? Sniper RIfle? What did YOU do in "The sandbox?"

COD has always been focused on how did specific things affect you? They give you less physical space to run around in, but focus on delivering a tighter narrative and atmosphere experience. I don't remember how "fun" it was to kill the endlessly respawning bad guys in the TV station.

>>42124613
ALL HAIL ZOLTAN, I'M SORRY I SPELLED IT WRONG. ZOLTAN ZOLTAN

>>42124621
Dude, I'm not a very big fan of Halo 3, but ODST really is a killer game. It's very similar to Halo 1 in a lot of ways.

Try and pick up a copy of the game used at least. It's a lot of fun. Really.

>>42124690
Think about it like this:

Why did all RTS games rip off Starcraft to varying degrees, rather than Homeworld, or Myth?

>>42124805
Sorry, I won't. I don't care for the story, and firefight isn't worth $15 to me.

>>42124393
I think part of what has made Halo so popular is that it does a lot of things very well. It's also what leads to people hating the hell out of it. It's so easy to find a game that does one aspect better.

There are games that do sniping/sneaking stuff better than Halo. There are games that do the intense moments of pandemonium (or whatever the hell you want to call it) better. There are games with better single-player/story. There are games better multiplayer options. And so on and so forth. But Halo is the place where all of these things come together and there's not too many other games that execute that total package as well as Halo does.

>>42124888

I don't know how to respond to that since I am not that privy to the ways of rts games, past the single player of the warcraft series..

I was mostly curious as to why the tribes series had this very unique gameplay element. And literally NO ONE has tried to copy it.

>>42125057
guess it's just fate Bro. Fate.

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absolute truth.

>>42125057

Because the masses hate originality.

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>>42125057

What makes it even stranger is that tribes was a popular game when it came out...

>>42125057
The only Tribes I've played was Aerial Assault on PS2. If the PC versions were like that I can understand why no one copied it.

That aside, wasn't Tribes the one that first introduced an honest integration of vehicles? It would seem it has left its mark.

>>42124959

So...you basically just said that does everything, but is mediocre at it.

If you say so, your the halo fag