Why all the halo haters?
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Maybe because it's fun to say you hate a game/game franchise that's popular for an arbitrary reason and watch fanboys come out to defendo the game/ game franchise and assault your post viciously. Then watch people who genuinely don't like the game/franchise come back and defend their dislike of the game/game franchise. It is kind of fun to watch it unfold.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.227373-So-I-dont-like-Mass-Effect#7807864
I would like to apologize for starting a mini flame war specifically in this post because it will never be found.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.227373-So-I-dont-like-Mass-Effect#7807864
I would like to apologize for starting a mini flame war specifically in this post because it will never be found.
Good for Halo.thatguy779 said:
No, if Halo did not exist, Microsoft would have just come up with a different launch title for the Xbox, which would eventually become the Xbox 360, which would still most likely have all the games you mentioned.thatguy779 said:
Hah. Hahaha...HAHAAHAHAHAHA. As others have mentioned, Goldeneye and even Light Gun games beat Halo a long time before it's release.thatguy779 said:
It's a generic shooter with a meh backstory. I've read the books, I've played the games, I know the story, and I still don't like it.thatguy779 said:
They're not coming out of nowhere. I hated Halo once I played and beat the original, and haven't bought one since then. That does not mean, however, that I haven't played them, because I have friends like you, that force me to try them. And I have; and I still hate them. In fact, I feel they've degraded! Haters of Halo have been around since the beginning, Top Game on Xbox Live be damned.thatguy779 said:
"Everybody" is instantly wrong. Most things don't have not one exception. I did not praise Halo for it's multiplayer, single player, OR main character. I've seen FAR more interesting main characters, even in other generic shooters! I've seen single player done longer and better, and multiplayer done more interestingly.thatguy779 said:
Once again; there has always been at least some people hating on Halo since it was released. MW2 was not the sole cause. It's just an excuse for some faggots who like to follow trends to ditch their last hobby and hate on Halo instead.thatguy779 said:
Not even gonna bother mentioning the hate anymore. But MW2 not existing without Halo is a foolish idea. Call of Duty borrows far more heavily from..say, Medal Of Honor, as opposed to Halo. Your opinion is based on misconceptions.thatguy779 said:
And y'know what. I really think that you are.thatguy779 said:
He gets the urge to make negative comments because you're basing things on flawed conceptions. I too, have that urge. I was upset with you once I read the first two lines from the OP! You are a Halo fanboy, and you've proved it yourself by saying "even if it went in a differnt direction, it's a console shooter which makes it inspired by Halo". Bull. Shit. Just because it's a console shooter does not mean that Halo has helped to shape it. And I know your making an opinion, and I just don't give a shit. This is mine. Deal with it.thatguy779 said:
There will be new Halo games for quite some time. It's Microsoft, Halo is popular. Microsoft likes money. Do the math. Halo may have helped make the Xbox what it is today, but other games have helped, and Golden Eye doesn't have to sell the Wii. The Wii was sold under the pretense of Motion Controls, and the ORIGINAL Goldeneye helped shape the N64, and console shooters in general.thatguy779 said:
From what I can tell, people seem to hate on anything that is extremely popular, especially if they consider it to be overrated.
I enjoy Halo (Except Halo: Wars) but the fans of Halo and the community of Xbox Live, in general, annoy me. I only play multi-player with close friends.
Edit: I also forgot to mention how annoyed I was that the ODST campign bored the hell out of me...I hate weak stories. (I think "Rookie" wins the award for most useless character ever, "Oh! pretty object!" *Flashback Time*}
I enjoy Halo (Except Halo: Wars) but the fans of Halo and the community of Xbox Live, in general, annoy me. I only play multi-player with close friends.
Edit: I also forgot to mention how annoyed I was that the ODST campign bored the hell out of me...I hate weak stories. (I think "Rookie" wins the award for most useless character ever, "Oh! pretty object!" *Flashback Time*}
because its popular...and its so "cool" to hate popular things. It makes you a cynical badass instead of a massive tosser /sarcasm
I choose to think of it as brilliantly witty satire so far above my level of comprehension that it only looks moronic because I'm not smart enough to get it.migo said:
Khaiseri said:
You don't have to like Duke to find him memorable. I mean, you've probably heard/seen these somewhere before:
"Damn, I'm good!"
"Eat shit and die."
"It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all outta gum."
All Duke. On the other side, we have Master Chief. What exactly is there to remember him for?
because yahtzee commands it! (j/k)
Honestly, there are perfectly good reasons to dislike Halo, I just disagree with all of them. Halo has been really the oldest "reliable" series I've played, and I look forward to every installment. Whether that will continue post-Bungie is yet to be seen.
Oh, and the people who say "It's just the same game every time!" just sound stupid. Plenty has changed between every game, but your obviously too busy trying to fit in with the rest of the sheep to actually play the goddam games and form your own opinion.
Honestly, there are perfectly good reasons to dislike Halo, I just disagree with all of them. Halo has been really the oldest "reliable" series I've played, and I look forward to every installment. Whether that will continue post-Bungie is yet to be seen.
Oh, and the people who say "It's just the same game every time!" just sound stupid. Plenty has changed between every game, but your obviously too busy trying to fit in with the rest of the sheep to actually play the goddam games and form your own opinion.
Ummn first off I find it extremely hard to believe if Halo wasn't developed Microsoft would not have bothered in the xbox..
Second off your statement that if not for Halo there would not first person shooters on the console... Most PC gamers would argue that would be a good thing, in all fairness while third person shooters kind of work (with the auto aim helper shoulder bar thing) FPS's dont really work on the console. by including the the console on release paths for rps's its kind of limited the capabilities of FPS's to support the console.
Arguably that why pc gamers dont like halo.
As for hate, I'd say very few gamers care enough about halo to hate it per se, more like they feel the same contempt for it that they feel for twilight, AOL, MAC products and any other craze that tries to mass market a treasured PC user jewels.
Second off your statement that if not for Halo there would not first person shooters on the console... Most PC gamers would argue that would be a good thing, in all fairness while third person shooters kind of work (with the auto aim helper shoulder bar thing) FPS's dont really work on the console. by including the the console on release paths for rps's its kind of limited the capabilities of FPS's to support the console.
Arguably that why pc gamers dont like halo.
As for hate, I'd say very few gamers care enough about halo to hate it per se, more like they feel the same contempt for it that they feel for twilight, AOL, MAC products and any other craze that tries to mass market a treasured PC user jewels.
You are.... INCREDIBLY STUPID.thatguy779 said:
How old are you?
Obviously not old enough to understand what happens when people have different opinions than you and exercise their right of free speech.
Personally, I think Halo is alright. It lacked any real interesting gameplay mechanics or great storyline (Halos was barely able to keep me interested, but it did it's job). But I must admit it has one of the most interesting universes that I've ever indulged in.
But you are a keen example of why people think the Halo's demo-graphic are all 13 year old asses. You're giving Halo players and lovers a bad name, so just stop.
They didn't just make a game and then go 'argh! no! there isn't a console that'll play this format! we need to make the console!'thatguy779 said:
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I've only played halo 3, and I think 'The Flood' made it naff, and all the cheesy scenic shots of masterchief were really gay, I cant think of a beteter way to describe them. It suggested that masterchief was the most important to the game, rather than the story or gameplay.
Honestly I'll hate on any game where the majority of the online population is 12 year olds talking about doing lewd things to my mother AND *SPOILER***** When the company thinks the best ending for a trilogy is to have their main hero sleep in space.A GREAT ending for a series that "revolutionized" the FPS genre.I guess it certainly didn't revolutionize story-telling at all because the story sucked.
Yep, that's a fair cop. Can't believe he said that. Goldeneye certainly did sell the NINTENDO SIXTY-FOUR when it came out. As I recall, Goldeneye was one of many great games for the N64 that really sold that console. As well as the Perfect Dark series, which was another classic FPS.Skeleton Jelly said:
Not to mention the huge pile of FPS's that came out for the PS2 before the Xbox was even released.
They would have made FPS games even if Halo didn't exist. Come on now, FPS games existed before Halo, and they continue to exist after Halo.
I do agree that without the success of Halo, perhaps the Xbox 360 might not have taken off, and that would have been a damn shame. I've gotten a lot out of my 360 (hasn't broken down even once, but then again, no console of mine has ever broken down. My genesis still works) and I'm glad it's successful. They are a worthy replacement for Sega.
I enjoyed the Halo games. Didn't play the second one, but I liked the first and the third. First Co-Op game I ever played. Granted, 70% of the enjoyment I got out of Halo was through playing it with my brother, but I'm still grateful.
Is Halo the best game in the world? No, because there is no such thing as a best game in the world. Is it a particularly stunning example of art in games? No, but how many games are? No, Halo was fun for me. I don't play it anymore, probably never will again, but what time I spent on it, I enjoyed.
And Millions of other people enjoyed it too. That's a fact. Some people don't like it, and that's fine for them. The fact that they didn't have fun doesn't take away the fact that I did, or that you did too.
So stop getting all bent out of shape over Halo haters. There are haters of everything under the sun on the internet. You're asking "why are people being so mean on the net", well, that's not a question worth asking.
It's well known that people in cities are often ruder than people in small towns. This is because when you are in a big city, you get the feeling of anonymity, whereas in a small town, everyone knows each other and you are much more likely to have your rudeness reported.
So envision the Internet has the largest city possible, then take away the police and allow everyone to wear masks all the time. Got a picture of how people would behave in such a city? There you go, THAT is the internet.
I do agree that without the success of Halo, perhaps the Xbox 360 might not have taken off, and that would have been a damn shame. I've gotten a lot out of my 360 (hasn't broken down even once, but then again, no console of mine has ever broken down. My genesis still works) and I'm glad it's successful. They are a worthy replacement for Sega.
I enjoyed the Halo games. Didn't play the second one, but I liked the first and the third. First Co-Op game I ever played. Granted, 70% of the enjoyment I got out of Halo was through playing it with my brother, but I'm still grateful.
Is Halo the best game in the world? No, because there is no such thing as a best game in the world. Is it a particularly stunning example of art in games? No, but how many games are? No, Halo was fun for me. I don't play it anymore, probably never will again, but what time I spent on it, I enjoyed.
And Millions of other people enjoyed it too. That's a fact. Some people don't like it, and that's fine for them. The fact that they didn't have fun doesn't take away the fact that I did, or that you did too.
So stop getting all bent out of shape over Halo haters. There are haters of everything under the sun on the internet. You're asking "why are people being so mean on the net", well, that's not a question worth asking.
It's well known that people in cities are often ruder than people in small towns. This is because when you are in a big city, you get the feeling of anonymity, whereas in a small town, everyone knows each other and you are much more likely to have your rudeness reported.
So envision the Internet has the largest city possible, then take away the police and allow everyone to wear masks all the time. Got a picture of how people would behave in such a city? There you go, THAT is the internet.
And to all those who hate Halo: Fair enough. You don't like it, obviously. I'll wager that there's a game you like that I don't, and there's probably several games that I like that you hate.
Okay.
Fine.
Fair enough.
Big deal.
Now let's AAAALLLLLLLLLLLL GROW UP children.
Okay.
Fine.
Fair enough.
Big deal.
Now let's AAAALLLLLLLLLLLL GROW UP children.
For every massive phenomenon, there's always going to be a legion of haters.
Harry Potter, for example. I can't see why anybody whould hate it, and when people say that a certain vampire-romance is better, I lose a fraction of my faith for humanities continued survival.
But that's another story ^.^
I'd say a lot of haters are hating because they're jealous they're not in on the in.
Harry Potter, for example. I can't see why anybody whould hate it, and when people say that a certain vampire-romance is better, I lose a fraction of my faith for humanities continued survival.
But that's another story ^.^
I'd say a lot of haters are hating because they're jealous they're not in on the in.
The fan base does not bother me. Whenever I hear people talk like that in a multiplayer game I will just mute them. Yes, some people most likely hate it because some of the Halo fans act like that in multiplayer. Some people also hate it for the bad story and other people hate it because it is popular.mance200 said:
Eh, it's a critically acclaimed exclusive for the Xbox.
Basically, everyone who doesn't own a 360 has some sort of dislike towards it.
Basically, everyone who doesn't own a 360 has some sort of dislike towards it.
