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Subject: halo based on starcraft?
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I dont know how many of you have played starcraft, but it seems to me that halo is kind of similar to it, especially since halo was originally a real time strategy like starcraft.
for instance, in starcraft if youre the zerg you can make units called infested terrans and they blow up a lot like the exploding flood forms in halo. also, the protoss plasma shields remind me of the energy shields in halo.
theres probably more things there too, but what do you think?

  • 08.13.2004 5:55 PM PDT

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  • 08.13.2004 5:56 PM PDT
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I have noticed that it is similiar to Starcraft but Nope.

  • 08.13.2004 5:57 PM PDT
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I've noticed the sarge in halo is very similar to the sarge in the movie Aliens(Alien 2).
There are many similarities between the two, they both look alike, both smoke cigars(from books), and both have the same general attitude. Execpt the sarge in Aliens doesn't make it past the first alien encounter.

  • 08.13.2004 6:07 PM PDT
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Some parts of Halo could be based off/similar to Starcraft. I'm sure the Bungie game designers played multiple games to get ideas for Halo, along with using there own fresh ones.

  • 08.13.2004 6:24 PM PDT
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i'm sure they got some good ideas from starcraft and that is fine with me... starcraft is a great game. It was actually my favorite game until halo came out so i really wouldn't care if the covenant went mass cruisers on me in halo 2 :) little starcraft talk for the veterans out there

  • 08.13.2004 6:52 PM PDT
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someone in Bungie i think actually said that Cortana is a steal from the Terran Computer Woman or whatever you want to call the AI construct for the terran in Starcraft, but other than that there is almost no similarities

  • 08.13.2004 6:54 PM PDT
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:) zealots with the like energy sword looking attack, [sarcasm] and the terrans look just like humans! [/sarcasm] (dont flame)

  • 08.13.2004 6:57 PM PDT
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anything can relate to anything pretty much. slip space is similar to hyper space because it says space and you travel really quickly through the galaxy.

captain keyes is similar to captain kirk from star trek because they both are captains, both names start with k and they both end up dying.

in conclusion, anything can relate to anything. same with people, someone knows someone who knows someone else who knows someone in america who knows more people in america who knows the president who then knows the queen of england. so with that theory im connected to the queen of england =P something to think about

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I think that most of their ideas came from the Alien movies. The dropships look the same. Look at the PoA and the spaceships in the Alien movies.

  • 08.13.2004 6:59 PM PDT
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ok so i think we can assume that this thread is stupid as hell......i was about to say something very similar Syndicate....good call!

  • 08.13.2004 6:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: Nightshade000
someone in Bungie i think actually said that Cortana is a steal from the Terran Computer Woman or whatever you want to call the AI construct for the terran in Starcraft, but other than that there is almost no similarities


How can you say that? Personally I see tons of similarities. First of all the three races are all there: UNSC in halo and Terrans in Starcraft, The Flood to the Zerg, and the Covenant to the Protoss. Their likeness is obvious. The technology of each race from halo coincides with that of Starcraft. Maybe I'm digging too deep but even the zealots and dark templars are similar to the elites. But I say it once again they can borrow all the ideas they want from my now second favorite game in the world starcraft.

  • 08.13.2004 7:03 PM PDT