- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
And? I'm not impressed by either elitistism nor ageism so well...that comment goes does not do you any favours in my book. Is there anything childish about what I say? Is not believing exactly what you believe a sign of immaturity? No, it's simply the way I look at things being different to your own.
You started it off. Did you not remember? You walked into this as a response acting like as if I didn't have the experience in the FPS genre to know what I was talking about. You then listed the FPS games you've played. I did the same. Was there something you didn't understand in your own tactics being used against you?
I don't know what you personally were expecting from this to be quite frank, short of a remake of the whole game which, come on, it was never gunna happen. I agree we waited too long, i agree it was by far not a stellar port in terms of performance optimisation (there are very few bugs). Those two things i can accept.
I cannot and WON'T. I will NOT have my intelligence insulted by buying the very same damn game with bigger requirements then the console version. I REFUSE to turn a deaf ear on people who find nothing wrong with that as well. There is nothing in this port that suggests a considerable effort was put into it, so why the hell should I have to pay a price that I would have to pay for a brand-new game that had an exponential amount of effort put into it? This game should've been priced according to its effort and its age, which should've put it around $15 or $20, not a spanking $50. I will NOT look away from such a disgrace on the gaming world as something like that, and I plan to educate people on that little bit.
I, in fact, like the music more than anything else. That is my no.1 favourite aspect to Halo games, curtiousy of that great man Marty O'Donnell. I also like the story, and have read every single Halo novel, including the latest Ghosts of Onyx, which i found superb considering it's a game-based novel, not the other way around.
It's a game based off of ideas that have already been done. The story itself is beyond recycled to the point of pillaging the old FPS hounds that revolutionized the genre. For one, there's Ring World, and second, there's the glaring resemblances to Starcraft/Alien/Predator/Warhammer. The story element isn't even new! The only thing that was new was the music, which I do agree, is the only thing that did anything for the game. But do not insult my intelligence, nor yours for that matter. It's a matter of forgotten relics of old that makes this game so huge because its fan base is that of children who are so ignorant in history that even when they are faced with the truth behind this game that they scream and foam at the mouth because their Jesus has been crucified.
I do like some of the moments in the game too, they're not only original and sometimes spectacular, but also thought provoking. Have you made the human-religious connections which are being subtly infered during the story?
This. Is. Not. New. Nor. Is. It. Ground-breaking. It has been done to DEATH. To freaking death. I am not going to sit there and chew on the same piece of steak I was chewing on five years ago.
I could say your take on Halo 2 is somewhat shallow in fact.
Oh, I'm so sorry if it bothers you that I'm not agreed among the faceless masses that big explosions and a bad-ass main character is not only something that has been done to the depths below six feet, but because the balance was destroyed. The game was rushed, it was unpolished, and it broke sales records. To this day it is populated by children who probably couldn't find themselves out of a cardboard box, even if they were given a map and a compass. So you'll have to excuse me that not only is a flawed game not on my "It's God-olicious!" list of games, but also the fan base because of how rabid it is.
So what it's not a brilliant port?
I didn't want it to be brilliant, I wanted it to be something above dog shi.t.
it's also a lot better polished than the Xbox version.
Do NOT feed me that. I am not eating crap. The button glitches, the imbalances in weapons, and NOTHING in game play was tweaked in this port. Not a single damn thing. People can quad shot with a single click of the mouse now because of marcoing keys, so do not tell me anything good has changed.
Why is it wrong for me to enjoy a good story?
There is nothing wrong with you enjoying a good story, but we're not talking about the story, now are we? Stay on topic. You started this thread to defend the game, not the story. I replied in kind to express what was really going on with this port.
You say you're so much older, so what's with the childish pissing-up-the-wall contest? I don't care what games you have, i wasn't even directing that comment straight at you in particular...
Then why even state it? You obviously did it as a statement in your credentials, and so when I fired back the same tactic you shot at me with, you're getting hot and bothered about it? Make up your mind. Your either keeping on topic, or you're going to argue about who I am. I would rather you'd keep to the topic at which you actually know about.
i too have played the N64 (and SNES and Gamecube and PS2 and Xbox etc...) and in fact Goldeneye, it wasn't THAT great...
Are you kidding me? Goldeneye INVENTED split-screen mutliplay on the consoles. It DEFINED the FPS genre on the consoles. When people look back on the FPS genre on the PC, they look at Doom. When people look back on the FPS genre on the console, they will look at Goldeneye. You can open up ANY gaming magazine for that one.
I don't see how you can far beat Half Life 2 anyway, i agree that's definitely a better game, i never said it wasn't, personally i think that is THE best FPS, but that's beside the point.
That makes one of us, because I certainly don't believe Half-Life 2 is flawless. Far from it actually, especially when you factor in Steam.
Anyway, I used to respect you as someone who was consistant and reliably intelligent. The usage of animal-cruelty in an arguement discussing video games (unless of course you're talking about Sony...) is one of the most absurd things i've ever heard of. Do you say to people who have different enviro-political opinions to you "Ahh yes but in Japan they used to and sometimes still do torture their prisoners-of-war by plucking their fingernails off, that's obviously a reason not to trust the international Kyoto agreement"? If you're going to back yourself up on something, at least find something worthy of comparison. Animal cruelty and sci-fi video games are two completely different matters, now can you believe that? You don't have to believe it in fact, they just ARE.
Stop looking at one side of a six-sided cube. Step back and open your other eye. The comparison stands in the FACT of opinion in liking something in which is FACTUALLY considered by numerous people that is absolutely grotesque is WRONG. Animal torture is disgusting, and so is this port. Do you see the resemblance now? I hope I don't have to make this simpler for you, and I hope you really can see beyond your baseless assumptions on me.
You want a bad port? You REALLY want to see what bad porting is all about? Ok, go play Resident Evil 4 on the PC. I would LOVE to see the look on your face when you start THAT one up. Or Lost Planet, another brilliant slop-job.
This is NOT a matter of, "Timmy did it too, so he should get in trouble just as much as I will!" Developers should NOT hide behind others doing much worse jobs then they are doing. Someone shouldn't say, "Hey, at least it's not RE4." They SHOULD be saying, "What the HELL were they thinking with this?" We are in our seventh generation in gaming and our intelligence is being insulted on silly first generation gaming mistakes. And you know what's the worst part of it? People don't give a damn about it!
As ports go, this one is fairly average. There are many things i'd have liked BETTER about it. As games go however, i think it is a very good one.
FAIRLY AVERAGE? Tell me, what ports that you DON'T consider bad DIDN'T include a fair amount of new content and game play changing effects? Tell me what "fairly average" port out there changed NOTHING from its original game. Tell me what "fairly average" port priced the SAME EXACT CONTENT at its original game price nearly THREE YEARS AGO. These should be blaring sirens going off in your head that should be screaming, "Mediocore marketing!" not "Hey, this was a good game on the console, I'd be willing to pay $50 for the same experience all over again."