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Post by Weirdo94 on Oct 6, 2007 20:35:12 GMT -5
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Post by RedPenguin on Oct 6, 2007 20:46:56 GMT -5
lolwhut?
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Post by Quacker Duk on Oct 7, 2007 1:27:16 GMT -5
That comic for the win. Seriously, I'm already pre-sold on that game. (And after it comes out, I won't come out of the apartment for a week!)
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celebaby20
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I'd like to think of that as myself.
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Post by celebaby20 on Oct 7, 2007 15:33:22 GMT -5
Just watched it. That was freaking awesome. LOL
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Post by madchaosdragon on Oct 8, 2007 0:04:37 GMT -5
That review was sweetches! (Saying "sweet" was boring and "suh-weet" can't and won't roll off my tongue so "sweetches" it is!)
I'm a visual learning so all that animating with the weird stick figures that makes me think Rayman has cousins was more than enough. xp
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Post by mastersilver on Oct 8, 2007 17:03:42 GMT -5
Awesome review. "I quit following the plot around once I got to the point where I was being bossed around by a 12 year old girl."
"The NPC's help you too except for one point where I was fighting this dude and my team wanted to shoot down a nearby butterfly." Lulz!
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Post by fakersinc on Oct 12, 2007 21:44:18 GMT -5
The Halo series hasnt been stellar in very many ways. It has a good story which makes up for its simple gameplay, not unlike Final Fantasy VI which makes my eyes bleed.
The media hype wasnt Bungie's fault per say. You have to understand something about the company before anyone here starts bashing it completely. Bungie is a very, very small company who doesnt have a snowballs chance to compete with many of the other companies out there. This is a classic example of a nobody company turning around and creating something that's unique and that grabs the attention of many people around the globe.
I'm not a huge fan of the series because I just plain dont really care FPSs. But for every one person out there who says HALO IS LAME NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT IT, there's probably 6+ people out there who will say the opposite. About how its storyline and musical compositions raise the bar. For me, Halo 2 provided just what I wanted in a FPS, which is a decent story that was symplistic in design and function.
I mean, I just got Bioshock two days ago for my PC and its so complicated in its use of weapons and genetically inhancing drugs that half the time I am fumbling around in a fight trying to figure out what the hell to do with myself. By the time I figure it out, I'm usually sent back to the nearest Vitachamber.
Because the media hyped the game up way high, people in general grew unrealistic expectations for the game. Honestly, think about it. How much difference could you POSSIBLY have gotten from a game that is part of a trilogy??? You cant have one game be FPS, the next be FPS with a mixture of some craptastic RPG element, then the third one have all sorts of puzzles in it.
The next point I have to make is, if you dont like it, dont play it. Why did people who hated the second one bother playing the third one? Ever heard of the saying, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me"? And for anyone here who hasnt played it, and still continue to say it is nothing special, you obviously dont know because you still havent bothered to play.
One of the biggest problems in the gaming industry is how ungrateful people are in regards to how much work these people at Bungie put into this game to make it have beautiful landscapes, lighting, physics, partical effects, and what have you. I have only made one LOW POLY character in my classes at school and it took me 6 hours to make. Look at all of the unique creatures theyve created for the story with these 1 million poly plus characters. Does anyone seem to care that they spent alot of time away from families and friends to give us an opportunity to be entertained?
I suppose if any of you think you can do any better, feel free to get a job coming up with concepting to make the next Halo-Esque FPS better.
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Post by Quacker Duk on Oct 15, 2007 1:32:41 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm not saying that Halo is a terrible game. In fact, it's a VERY polished and well constructed product, and one that anyone should be proud to play. What I'm saying is that it is overrated, which it undeniably is.
As you say, it's not the game's fault for being over-hyped, and that's true. But it does get me testy that there has been so much bloated news coverage about it that has falsely pronounced it one of the most innovative titles ever. My step-father read an article in Time magazine and came away truly believing that Halo in some way invented the FPS.
It's a good game with fine production values, but there are scads of games with those as well. Then there are other creative and polished titles (like Psychonauts, Beyond good and Evil, and Indigo Prophesy) that get little to no media coverage and disappear into obscurity.
Donkey Kong country is a good historical example. Damn, when I was young, I thought the game was the newest, most innovative thing ever. Truth be told, it was a just a really pretty, really aurally-pleasing sidescroller, much like ever sidescroller before it. It was actually a very bland experience -- but one that was cloaked in style.
I don't fault anyone for liking Halo. It's an individual taste and choice. But during the recent media blitz, there has been a growing trend where some people (and certainly not people like you, 'inc) have been duped into thinking that Halo is the top of the gaming pyramid and that no other game before or after will ever top it. That's just wrong, and a little irritating.
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Post by fakersinc on Oct 16, 2007 20:40:44 GMT -5
The reason games like BG&E and Psychonauts never got any attention is because people didnt like it. Thats not to say they werent good games, which they were, but let's face it. Most people have no taste. People wanna sit down and watch things blowing up and being a hero with little to no effort, which a game like Halo provides.
Take the movie industry in America. Every country in Europe mocks our taste in movies because they lack any real stories or meaning. Truth be told, I would rather not go to a movie and have my brain taxed trying to figure out whats going on. I just want to have fun.
This his precicely the reason why games I enjoy playing, like Sonic for example, get total crap scores because most people dont find them entertaining. That doesnt necessarily make it a bad game, also It doesnt make it a good game just because I say so.
As for the last comment, I like to educate myself about the industry as well as the games companies like Bungiecontinue to publish. I remember the last media hype that comes to mind, which was the release of Shivering Isles.... everyone bought the game thinking it would be the greatest thing ever (which it nearly was) but then what happened? The FormID glitched up and destroyed nearly everyone's games who had bought it. You cant just jump into things because a magazine tells you to. Unfortunately, the american public is prey to commercials and advertising.
Most games I will wait a few weeks on before buying. I wouldnt even own Halo 3 or even half the games I do if it werent for my brother's taste in games as well. I'm quite satisfied with Trauma Center.
Yeah thats it. REAL innovation is what we need.
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