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Bring Back Rocket Race!!!
Posted by: JacobGRocks
@heed
First, Many times, critics arent with the fan reviews.
For example sonic unleashed, the 360 and ps3 versions were bashed (3-4/10), and the wii and ps2 versions got a 7 out of 10, but many people who play both prefer the next gen versions.
Or the PMD series got bad-meh type reviews, and the fans liked it.
Or this really bad series of PSX games that was liked by fans of it but bashed by critics and Pokemon Fans.
Or games like empire total war, buggy, with bad fan reviews, but somehow 9/10s.
And a response to those 7 points you said:
Posted by: General Heed
Posted by: Frankiesouthside
1.Kick-ass story
2.Kick-ass magnum
3.An actual challenging campaign
4.Great LAN multiplayer
5.Great Intro
6.Great ending level
7.Changed first-person shooter games =]
1. Every Halo game had a great story except for Halo Wars.
2. Magnum is back in ODST and is a lot more accurate plus shoots faster and I believe it has a higher zoom.
3. ODST has the most challenging campaign. Especially on Legendary since you are no longer a Spartan Super Soldier like in the previous Halo games.
4. But it doesn't have online multiplayer except for the PC version.
5. What do you mean by intro? The first level? Well, the first level kind of didn't give you any background. It just kind of dropped you right into the middle of a battle. In fact, the purpose of Halo Wars and Halo Reach will be to complete the intro for Halo 1. On the other hand, I liked the Halo 2 intro with the ceremonies. The ODST intro is amazing because you're actually in the HEV Pods as an ODST dropping from Orbit. Sure all the Halo games had some scene where you drop from orbit, but ODST is the first where you witness it in 1st person.
6. Yeah, the ending wasn't that bad. But Halo 3 had a more dramatic and emotional ending. As for ODST, well, it's ending was different and somewhat a rip-off from a few movies. And to no surprise, ODST had another long driving mission. Halo 1 & Halo 3 had pretty fun driving missions (warthog runs), but ODST's warthog run was just annoying especially because you had to protect Dare and the Engineer.
7. Actually, Halo 1 did change FPS's, but not to the extent of an even older game. Some people might say Counter Strike revolutionized FPS games. But I say an even older classic game changed FPS's forever. That game is: Goldeneye 64 on the Nintendo 64. Not only did it have features that wouldn't be seen again for many years until Halo 1, but it's multiplayer despite being only local was much more replayable than any Halo game thus far in my opinion. I'd like to see a remake of it on the 360. Goldeneye, back then, already had tons of weapons and maps like Halo. You also had the ability to dual-wield certain weapons like in Halo 2. There was also a vehicle level where you got to drive a tank. Vehicle combat that was good would not be seen again until Halo 1.
So in my opinion, the most revolutionary First-Person Shooter game would be Goldeneye 64. All subsequent FPS games just took a lot of their ideas from Goldeneye. But ODST is a lot more creative because of it's different gameplay style which you don't normally see in a FPS.
1. Halo wars had a ok story.
2. The ODST Pistol is the halo 2 one (no more pistols taking out shees in 2-3 shots) but silenced, with scope, and with the same melee animation as in Halo 2.
3. ODST's is challenging, cause the level design is lame (wander through streets at night, yay)
4. Xlink Kai or XBC.
5.It dropped you into battle, but it was much more epic.
6.ODSTs ending wasnt the best, but neither was halo 3s, it was predictable.
7. HL, DOOM, and others revolutionized it even more, but when halo came out, it was big as it had things new to the fps genere, and also refined them.
Not to mention, those were big steps compared to the first FPS according to wikipedia, MIDI Maze.
I didn't really like doom that much. Still prefer Goldeneye 64. But anyways, as far as I can tell, Halo had the best vehicle combat that any FPS had so far. But really, Goldeneye already had most of the features Halo had. And don't forget about Counter-Strike which still came before Halo and probably affected the Call of Duty series.
The story in Halo Wars wasn't too bad, but it just doesn't live up to the standards of Bungie's Halo Games. Halo 1's story doesn't really do a good job at explaining the background of the Covenant-Human War. It also suddenly throws the forunners in without clearly explaining who the forunners were. And the Covenant virtually had no story in Halo 1. They were just enemies in a room that you had to kill. Halo 2 does a very good job of explaining the story of the covenant. In fact, the Covenant's story in Halo 2 is almost as important as the human story especially with the Covenant Civil War. Halo 3 doesn't focus on the Covenant as much as Halo 2, but it does tie up most of the loose ends. Especially the story behind the forunners. Turns out that humans are the forunners which would explain why the Covenant needed humans to activate the Halo Rings. But obviously in Halo 1 that wasn't explained or suggested at all.
In my opinion, Halo 1's story is one of the best, but it's storyline works like the other Halo games. They all start out like sequels. You can't fully understand the story unless you played the previous game. Well, Halo 1 has no previous game yet so you couldn't understand all the mysteries until you played the later Halo games or read the Halo books.
Also, Halo 2's story, while no my favorite, appears to appeal to Hollywood the most. After Halo 2 came out, Hollywood took an interest in making a Halo Movie. Obviously the deal never went through because Microsoft couldn't come to an agreement or something, but the point is that it was Halo 2's story that caught the most attention, not Halo 1.
Halo 2 and all the later Halo games had a deeper plot. In fact, it was Halo 2 that revolutionized the campaign mode for FPS's. Before Halo 2, most non-movie based FPS games didn't really have a deep movie-style plot. After Halo 2, you start having games with awesome stories like COD 4, Gears of War, and several other games.
As for Halo 3, it redefined what an FPS was and added so many new features like detachable turrets, more vehicles, equipment, forge (noob-friendly map editor), and Theater Mode which most FPS's, even PC games didn't have without using an external program like Fraps.
But yes, Halo 1 did set the base standard for future FPS games and it did change the world of FPS's forever. I guess depending on criteria, original games can be better, like how the original pacman is the best. But again, depending on the criteria, newer versions can also be better.