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For a reputable source, I always go to Gamespot. Maybe some other people don't think it is that great, who knows? I understand what you are saying about Gamerankings, Triforcemario. As for Gamespot...
They gave Halo 3 a 9.5
But if ratings and sales aren't enough facts, what else are you going to look for?
They gave Halo 3 a 9.5
But if ratings and sales aren't enough facts, what else are you going to look for?
Gamespot is known to suffer from a nasty case of biasm. THEY GAVE TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 3 A 10 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
:P
Anyway, please, do remember that what I have posted are mearly my opinions on such cases, and I realise that people have different opinions to my own. However, when it comes to sales, that isn't really valid. Take games like the Fifa series, or the countless crudy movie tie-ins, they sell like fucking hotcakes, and in cases like Fifa, are often the most sold game of the year. Does that necesarily make them good games? :P
:P
Anyway, please, do remember that what I have posted are mearly my opinions on such cases, and I realise that people have different opinions to my own. However, when it comes to sales, that isn't really valid. Take games like the Fifa series, or the countless crudy movie tie-ins, they sell like fucking hotcakes, and in cases like Fifa, are often the most sold game of the year. Does that necesarily make them good games? :P
Right, its been awhile since i've been here , but moreover im intrigued by how many Halo fans there are here. Its distgusting.. Not that Halo. is such a bad game, it could be ok, but the only draw for that game for me is the multiplayer, not the campaigns.. Better games similar to that , although never got better reception, are, in my eyes, much more better. For example; Star Wars Battlefront 2 has similar style gameplay, different classed heroes, Conker : Live and Reloaded, not only did it have an amazing game (Bad fur day : originaly on n64 but ported onto xbox) but the multiplayer is fun and innovative and also before i hear any more fanboy comebacks i want a detail explanation of WHY PEOPLE LIKE THIS GAME SO MUCH AS TO CAMP OUTSIDE A -insertswearword- SHOP!
@ Triforce, the reason Halo 3 is breaking records because it's a PWNAGE game. Nobody would be over-hyping a game that's suppose to be shallow and basically the same as any other FPS if it wasn't better than the rest. People don't go around over-hyping junk like Mario and Zelda because it's the same damn thing over and over. You are simply against Halo 3 because you are a Nintendo fan boy and an anti-Halo fool. It's simple, if you choose to talk in such a way against Halo, then what are other games to you which all pale in comparison? Sometimes it's hard to accept things even when they are right into front of you. Your mind is similar to that of the iris, the more light you let in, the more it will close. So continue to rant like the anti-Halo and Nintendo worshipping blinded fool you are, lets see if it changes the past, present and future of Halo's legacy one bit. However, I guarantee it won't do anything accept fuel you blind hate for Halo even more.
[quote]WHY PEOPLE LIKE THIS GAME SO MUCH AS TO CAMP OUTSIDE A -insertswearword- SHOP![/quote]
Hmmm, I don't know, perhaps you should use your brains to answer that one. Again so many people aren't dumb, they are doing it for a reason and that reason is because Halo is simply the best. Such a great game is bound to generate such reactions and those of you that fuel your anti-Halo junk, just see it as an oppurtunity to bash the gamers that anxiously await the game which PWNS all because you somehow don't like it.
[quote]WHY PEOPLE LIKE THIS GAME SO MUCH AS TO CAMP OUTSIDE A -insertswearword- SHOP![/quote]
Hmmm, I don't know, perhaps you should use your brains to answer that one. Again so many people aren't dumb, they are doing it for a reason and that reason is because Halo is simply the best. Such a great game is bound to generate such reactions and those of you that fuel your anti-Halo junk, just see it as an oppurtunity to bash the gamers that anxiously await the game which PWNS all because you somehow don't like it.
If I may point out, I have actually played Halo 3 (someone got it imported here :P), and I played a few levels. Basically, I wasted about an hour of my life playing it. Tell me, Grim Reaper, have you actually played Twilight Princess (and not given up on it because you didn't kill 300 aliens within the first minute of gameplay)?
I dislike Halo because it plays like every other FPS out there, feels like it, looks like it. Thank god this is more than likely the last one though.
I dislike Halo because it plays like every other FPS out there, feels like it, looks like it. Thank god this is more than likely the last one though.
[quote author=Grim Reaper link=topic=33104.msg160106#msg160106 date=1190929235]
@ Triforce, the reason Halo 3 is breaking records because it's a PWNAGE game. Nobody would be over-hyping a game that's suppose to be shallow and basically the same as any other FPS if it wasn't better than the rest. People don't go around over-hyping junk like Mario and Zelda because it's the same damn thing over and over. You are simply against Halo 3 because you are a Nintendo fan boy and an anti-Halo fool. It's simple, if you choose to talk in such a way against Halo, then what are other games to you which all pale in comparison? Sometimes it's hard to accept things even when they are right into front of you. Your mind is similar to that of the iris, the more light you let in, the more it will close. So continue to rant like the anti-Halo and Nintendo worshipping blinded fool you are, lets see if it changes the past, present and future of Halo's legacy one bit. However, I guarantee it won't do anything accept fuel you blind hate for Halo even more.
Hmmm, I don't know, perhaps you should use your brains to answer that one. Again so many people aren't dumb, they are doing it for a reason and that reason is because Halo is simply the best. Such a great game is bound to generate such reactions and those of you that fuel your anti-Halo junk, just see it as an oppurtunity to bash the gamers that anxiously await the game which PWNS all because you somehow don't like it.
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Sorry but "PWNAGE GAME" isnt a genre its a overly used word to describe a game thats got everyones hopes up for no reason as its a game, not a lifetime achievement or something like that. Also I didnt think you'd say people are cool for camping outside a shop for halo 3 when people did the same for Harry Potter and they were called insanly sad than AWESOME..
@ Triforce, the reason Halo 3 is breaking records because it's a PWNAGE game. Nobody would be over-hyping a game that's suppose to be shallow and basically the same as any other FPS if it wasn't better than the rest. People don't go around over-hyping junk like Mario and Zelda because it's the same damn thing over and over. You are simply against Halo 3 because you are a Nintendo fan boy and an anti-Halo fool. It's simple, if you choose to talk in such a way against Halo, then what are other games to you which all pale in comparison? Sometimes it's hard to accept things even when they are right into front of you. Your mind is similar to that of the iris, the more light you let in, the more it will close. So continue to rant like the anti-Halo and Nintendo worshipping blinded fool you are, lets see if it changes the past, present and future of Halo's legacy one bit. However, I guarantee it won't do anything accept fuel you blind hate for Halo even more.
Hmmm, I don't know, perhaps you should use your brains to answer that one. Again so many people aren't dumb, they are doing it for a reason and that reason is because Halo is simply the best. Such a great game is bound to generate such reactions and those of you that fuel your anti-Halo junk, just see it as an oppurtunity to bash the gamers that anxiously await the game which PWNS all because you somehow don't like it.
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Sorry but "PWNAGE GAME" isnt a genre its a overly used word to describe a game thats got everyones hopes up for no reason as its a game, not a lifetime achievement or something like that. Also I didnt think you'd say people are cool for camping outside a shop for halo 3 when people did the same for Harry Potter and they were called insanly sad than AWESOME..
I'm not flaming or even trying to, i want to prove a point that halo isn't something to be like OH MY GAWD PWN4G3. Its a multiplayer shoot em up, its been done, re-done and done better.. It sticks to one genre a sci-fi/shooter. No sense of action or puzzles. Whereas a game like fahrenheit has an exploration/adventure/action and thrilling genre. Conker is a comedic shooter/adventure/quest and not to name a few but yes, there are other games "better than halos" but dont think using games that arent of a shooting genre to debate will help, as they are totally different.
[quote author=Bring-Me-The-Horizon link=topic=33104.msg160122#msg160122 date=1190934200]
I'm not flaming or even trying to, i want to prove a point that halo isn't something to be like OH MY GAWD PWN4G3. Its a multiplayer shoot em up, its been done, re-done and done better.. It sticks to one genre a sci-fi/shooter. No sense of action or puzzles. Whereas a game like fahrenheit has an exploration/adventure/action and thrilling genre. Conker is a comedic shooter/adventure/quest and not to name a few but yes, there are other games "better than halos" but dont think using games that arent of a shooting genre to debate will help, as they are totally different.
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I'm not flaming or even trying to, i want to prove a point that halo isn't something to be like OH MY GAWD PWN4G3. Its a multiplayer shoot em up, its been done, re-done and done better.. It sticks to one genre a sci-fi/shooter. No sense of action or puzzles. Whereas a game like fahrenheit has an exploration/adventure/action and thrilling genre. Conker is a comedic shooter/adventure/quest and not to name a few but yes, there are other games "better than halos" but dont think using games that arent of a shooting genre to debate will help, as they are totally different.
[/quote]QFT
Your minds are that of the blind, no matter what you present before them, they'll never see it.
[quote author=Triforcemario link=topic=33104.msg160121#msg160121 date=1190934011]
Now of course, I, nor Bring-Me-The-Horizon want to start a flame war, however, as long as Grim Reaper is here giving out his opinions and claiming them as fact, it's inevitable.
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Trying to act of smart now? You are contradicting yourself fool. Though I expected this from somone who claimed Master Chief never talks in Halo and even was retarded enough to say he doesn't have any character. You said in earlier posts that you don't understand what all the hype is about, so either you are extremely stupid and blind to a fact occuring before your eyes or you are taking that opinion to imply the fact that there shouldn't be all this hype.
You all can talk about all the other games all you like, but they haven't generated all what Halo has and there is a reason for it. Halo PWNS all, you can deny it by being anti-Halo so you can sleep comfortably at night believing in your own world that some other game is better, but in the wider world that just won't cut it. If you want to believe in your own little world that Halo isn't the best, then by all means do so. However, don't start a retarded bashing contest against Halo for the people that like it here. Allow gamers who want to talk about Halo to talk about it in peace here, so take your anti-Halo crap to another thread and scream out how "OmGz Zelda oWnZ Halo because we can save a princess in it." or whatever the hell goes on in your head, I don't really care.
Bottom line, people want to talk about Halo's Hype in this thread, not hear your anti-Halo ranting for the people that are enjoying it and know it PWNS all. I'll make a simple comparison here, it's like someone ranting on crap against an F-22 Raptor, screaming how a F-16 is better in any way, no matter how much they rant, cry and ant-talk it, the F-22 will always PWN the F-16, that there is a fact. It may not seem that way to you, so go ahead and start you little rant against it somewhere else, where the intellectual can avoid such a waste of time and talk sensible about what the topic was orginally created for.
[quote author=Triforcemario link=topic=33104.msg160121#msg160121 date=1190934011]
Now of course, I, nor Bring-Me-The-Horizon want to start a flame war, however, as long as Grim Reaper is here giving out his opinions and claiming them as fact, it's inevitable.
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Trying to act of smart now? You are contradicting yourself fool. Though I expected this from somone who claimed Master Chief never talks in Halo and even was retarded enough to say he doesn't have any character. You said in earlier posts that you don't understand what all the hype is about, so either you are extremely stupid and blind to a fact occuring before your eyes or you are taking that opinion to imply the fact that there shouldn't be all this hype.
You all can talk about all the other games all you like, but they haven't generated all what Halo has and there is a reason for it. Halo PWNS all, you can deny it by being anti-Halo so you can sleep comfortably at night believing in your own world that some other game is better, but in the wider world that just won't cut it. If you want to believe in your own little world that Halo isn't the best, then by all means do so. However, don't start a retarded bashing contest against Halo for the people that like it here. Allow gamers who want to talk about Halo to talk about it in peace here, so take your anti-Halo crap to another thread and scream out how "OmGz Zelda oWnZ Halo because we can save a princess in it." or whatever the hell goes on in your head, I don't really care.
Bottom line, people want to talk about Halo's Hype in this thread, not hear your anti-Halo ranting for the people that are enjoying it and know it PWNS all. I'll make a simple comparison here, it's like someone ranting on crap against an F-22 Raptor, screaming how a F-16 is better in any way, no matter how much they rant, cry and ant-talk it, the F-22 will always PWN the F-16, that there is a fact. It may not seem that way to you, so go ahead and start you little rant against it somewhere else, where the intellectual can avoid such a waste of time and talk sensible about what the topic was orginally created for.
Admittedly, I don't think that Halo 3 is the best game of all time. I will support it, however, during the right situations.
Halo 3 has managed to pull some very good things off. It's breaking records, for one. I personally enjoyed Halo 1 & 2, with 3 becoming available to me within a few weeks. Now, I compare all other FPS games to Halo. It might not be my most favorite game of all time, and it most likely isn't the best game of all time... but it's an excellent FPS and IMO tops all the current FPS games out there (Goldeneye isn't "current" but was still leet hax).
If you're a fan, you've already read about all the features that Halo 3 has. If you're not a fan, the information has been force-fed to you anyways by the media. I don't need to go on about how many interesting things Halo 3 has.
Grim brought up the point about someone saying that Master Chief has no character. I can't recall seeing that in this thread, or other threads, but if someone indeed did say it... then I believe Link says even less but is loved just the same. Master Chief may not have an in-depth, RPG-like personality, but he still has a special presence and appeal as a character.
There seems to be some kind of undeniable charm about Halo. If Halo was just another run-of-the-mill game, then shouldn't all games be breaking records as well? If games could so easily gain as much hype as Halo, why can't all games make people camp outside stores? Halo is a quality game, and I would think that it wouldn't deserve such harsh critique (I've tried to get many sources to prove it and make it more of a fact than just my opinion).
Halo 3 has managed to pull some very good things off. It's breaking records, for one. I personally enjoyed Halo 1 & 2, with 3 becoming available to me within a few weeks. Now, I compare all other FPS games to Halo. It might not be my most favorite game of all time, and it most likely isn't the best game of all time... but it's an excellent FPS and IMO tops all the current FPS games out there (Goldeneye isn't "current" but was still leet hax).
If you're a fan, you've already read about all the features that Halo 3 has. If you're not a fan, the information has been force-fed to you anyways by the media. I don't need to go on about how many interesting things Halo 3 has.
Grim brought up the point about someone saying that Master Chief has no character. I can't recall seeing that in this thread, or other threads, but if someone indeed did say it... then I believe Link says even less but is loved just the same. Master Chief may not have an in-depth, RPG-like personality, but he still has a special presence and appeal as a character.
There seems to be some kind of undeniable charm about Halo. If Halo was just another run-of-the-mill game, then shouldn't all games be breaking records as well? If games could so easily gain as much hype as Halo, why can't all games make people camp outside stores? Halo is a quality game, and I would think that it wouldn't deserve such harsh critique (I've tried to get many sources to prove it and make it more of a fact than just my opinion).
Wolfus, the thing about Master Chief not having character wasn't brought up on this thread or anywhere on this forum for the matter, but the person knows very well what I'm talking about.
Also, I support your last point made in your post Wolfus. Well said, but these blinded anti-Halo people may simply ignore it and come up with something similar to this: "oh you are wrong! Halo isn't good, it's just like every other game, Mario, Zelda or 'enter some retarted Nintendo fan boy game here' is waaaay better than Halo and it oWnZ it! So people camping outside a store for it must be crazy!"
As I said before, their minds are similar to the iris, the more light you let in, the more it will close.
Also, I support your last point made in your post Wolfus. Well said, but these blinded anti-Halo people may simply ignore it and come up with something similar to this: "oh you are wrong! Halo isn't good, it's just like every other game, Mario, Zelda or 'enter some retarted Nintendo fan boy game here' is waaaay better than Halo and it oWnZ it! So people camping outside a store for it must be crazy!"
As I said before, their minds are similar to the iris, the more light you let in, the more it will close.
this thread is starting to go sour
i think that its time to say " i have my opinions about halo and nothing i say cant change what the other guy is thinking"
some my have a preference to mario/zelda games and others think halo is holy cause it has a halo (sorry bad pun ;D) and others think its just another fps
i think its time to stop being fanboys (or girls) and just move on
i think that its time to say " i have my opinions about halo and nothing i say cant change what the other guy is thinking"
some my have a preference to mario/zelda games and others think halo is holy cause it has a halo (sorry bad pun ;D) and others think its just another fps
i think its time to stop being fanboys (or girls) and just move on
Well said, I play games on several different consoles therefore not only excluding myself to only microsoft, nintendo or sony but this thread is going bad because apparently "Some people are blind" that the fact that "Halo is PWNAG3" apart from, im not. I just don't see the reason for this game to be so , well , great. First off it's the 2nd sequel, now sequels for games can be alright and sometimes can be better than the original, example, Spiderman the movie game for ps2/xbox/gc , it was ok and fun to play, then spiderman 2 came out and it was much better , improved graphics, free roaming, exploring new york (well new york thats mentioned in spiderman) and better gameplay, but the 3rd spiderman game looks awful, really bad. And as some of you said, halo 2 lived up to halo 1 but can this game have everything you need? Fair enough it might be enjoyable to play but the hype is just too far but its the last halo game anyway (halo wars is by another developer) so love it while you can, there wont be another one.
Halo 3 breaks records in Australia:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6180014.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;4
"The Microsoft-published internal figures represent a significant attach rate for the Xbox 360 console in Australia, with Australian Xbox director David McLean revealing: "We are thrilled with the success of Halo 3 in Australia, and with the fact that a quarter of all Xbox 360 owners rushed out to buy Halo 3 on day one.""
[quote]First off it's the 2nd sequel, now sequels for games can be alright and sometimes can be better than the original...[/quote]
I understand what you're saying but I don't think it helps prove your point.
As we both know, there are many games out there with good sequels
(God Of War 2, Devil May Cry 3, Halo, Final Fantasy...if you consider that
an actual sequel), and you can't say that Halo 3 is going to be bad just
because it's a sequel.
I've provided as many sources as I can to prove that Halo 3 is indeed a good
game. There are a number of people here who say it's "just another shooter"
when in fact... they haven't really provided any sources to support it. Using
the term "Well, it's just our opinion" seems like a subtle way of saving face. I
don't want to start flames, and I mean no ill will, but voicing one's opinions
usually requires some sort of back-up to support the claim.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6180014.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;4
"The Microsoft-published internal figures represent a significant attach rate for the Xbox 360 console in Australia, with Australian Xbox director David McLean revealing: "We are thrilled with the success of Halo 3 in Australia, and with the fact that a quarter of all Xbox 360 owners rushed out to buy Halo 3 on day one.""
[quote]First off it's the 2nd sequel, now sequels for games can be alright and sometimes can be better than the original...[/quote]
I understand what you're saying but I don't think it helps prove your point.
As we both know, there are many games out there with good sequels
(God Of War 2, Devil May Cry 3, Halo, Final Fantasy...if you consider that
an actual sequel), and you can't say that Halo 3 is going to be bad just
because it's a sequel.
I've provided as many sources as I can to prove that Halo 3 is indeed a good
game. There are a number of people here who say it's "just another shooter"
when in fact... they haven't really provided any sources to support it. Using
the term "Well, it's just our opinion" seems like a subtle way of saving face. I
don't want to start flames, and I mean no ill will, but voicing one's opinions
usually requires some sort of back-up to support the claim.
I didnt say it wasnt a good game, i said i wouldnt deem it great. It's true , it does look fun , but all im freaking out about , is why so many people say its the best game ever. You say this now, then play it and tire of it, then gears of war 2 will come out and the same will happen, then another game, then GoW 3 and it just feels that its only "big" right now.