Nov 30 2005, 12:53 am
In response to SuperAntx
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Yes, my brain really gets a work over watching 50 + hours of cutscenes.
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Can I borrow that time machine that all these people and Magazines have? I'd Love to go into the future and test out Halo 3.
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I wasn't talking about the design of the console, I was talking about market strategy. I wasn't attacking the console design, I was pointing out Halo isn't as big as people like to believe it is.
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Don't rip on the game because it has a lot of talking. Some people like having a lot of story content. They do have a skip button, so why would you complain about it in the first place?
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Story content in an FPS is like having story content in a porno. Here a damn storyline for FPS: These things are trying to kill you so kill them first.
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Metal Gear isn't a FPS. Also, first person is just a perspective you use weapons in. You could put Final Fantasy in first person and that won't remove the story.
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Really? That's why Half-Life is such a big hit, right?
Ratings as provided by IGN.com: Half-Life 2 Shooter 9.7 11/15/2004 Unreal Tournament 2004 Shooter 9.4 3/11/2004 Close call, but there's an obvious winner. Not to mention the TONS of extra content that comes with Half-life. | |
Half-life 2 story was [expletive deleted]. Half-life 2 has a high rating because most people play CSS, and IGN gives out rating on how many people play it. Also a .3 of a rating isn't a big diffrence now is it? Look at Quake 3 rating which was all about the multiplayer, http://pc.ign.com/objects/010/010794.html
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Mecha Destroyer JD wrote:
Actually making a profit is what counts Damn. I guess pretty much everybody at BYOND is wrong then. Move out everybody! It turns out people only make games for money. | |
Half-life 2 was great. They didn't rate it on CS:S. They definately DON'T rate it on readers either. That's why there are two seperate ratings. One from readers, one from IGN.
If they did, they wouldn't provide seperate ratings for Half-life 1 and Counter-Strike: Counter-Strike Shooter 8.9 11/22/2000 Half-Life Shooter 9.5 11/25/1998 Anyhow, since your wanting to get technical as such, let's review another site shall we? Gamestop: Half-life 2 - 9.2 Yahoo Games - 5/5 I'm sure they are all basing the rating on the game's fans and modded content, even though several don't even mention the expansions. Anyhow, your definately welcome to your own opinion. I'm just saying more people think your wrong. Just like there are more people who think Halo 2 is good than sucks, based on ratings. | |
I agree with you somewhat. Having a story can add to the atmosphere, but when the story invades on the game so much that there is more movie watching than actual game playing (I can remember very little of actual in-game action after playing Twin Snakes on the GCN), there is a problem.
In some places it felt like the gameplay was only there to stop it qualifying as a film and being aired in local cinemas- can you imagine having to click a "next" button and and solve a short puzzle to progress to the next scene in the cinema? | |
Hey, Myst was awesome! >_>
My grandfather loves those kinds of games. I tried getting him interested in some slower paced RPGs, but to no avail. | |
ya I'm sure they'll really fail to make it a good title. I doubt the hundred million or so they put into the title will just make sure it flops and won't make sure there's one of the largest teams in development history on that game, and some of the best professionals in the industry.
Halo did suck, I mean all it offered was such crisp gameplay, balance amongst all weapons, extremely intelligent enemies and allies (who say different things depending on difficulty) and smooth vehicles. Why would I ever want to play Halo, when I could play all those other games that didn't have any of those things wrapped in a tight little package? Not to mention one of the coolest console FPS stories ever written... Halo just sucked. Halo 2 on the other hand was just a big let down, but that's because halo 2 was more for money making (as you can see, there wasn't much difference between 1 and 2 as to warrant it getting much credit for being unique). The story in 2 was "Ok" at best, and the talking plant just made me hate the game for a few days. Halo 3 is the big title, it's the one they've worked on and are making sure is good. That's why it's launching with the ps3, to be the "ps3 killer" as they like to say it. | |