- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Jager
Posted by: Belsebub
I have tried Marathon and I liked it... But I like Halo better... It's not the graphics, not the story I think it's the thing that I play this game on a console with my friends and I talk about it with my friends and In here with a giant bunch of nice smart guys that doen't fill thei're posts with LOL and ROFL and OMFG. When I play a game on pc I sit alone and it's not as fun as when I'm playing Co-op with my friend on his room and playing on our Halo nights once in a while with a bunch of farting guys eating pizza in the most discusting ways. I think the reason why I like Halo better is the thing that it gave me so many good experiences with other people. But still Marathon is still the Master and Halo is the Apprentice...
Thank you besebub for coming up with such a great thread! I would've given my two cents in earlier, but everything has mostly been covered!
However, the small wimper of "Myth" I've heard and your excellent explanation of why Halo is meaningful for you, I felt obliged to give my thoughts.
As FPS's go, and as singleplayer games go, Its Marathon and then Halo. Marathon for all the reasons described (play MP if you haven't already!). Though if you've ever lucky enough to play Marathon on a LAN, you'll find it just as enjoyable and rewarding as Halo MP on the couch with your friends. And Marathon had replays!!!
Ah, but I just said "as FPS's go." For me, the best game experience evarrrrrr goes to Myth. (actually, Myth 2). For exactly Besebub's own reasons for loving Halo. While I would say I love Marathon more for its originality and uniqueness - both then and now- Myth is truly unique and original in every sense of the word. I am still waiting for a game to surpass it. It had a free-floating camera in a 3d world, its cut resource gathering, unit and base construction, and gave the player pure, fast paced, and desctructive gameplay that centered on brains, tactics, and taking the initative rather than twitchy fingers, build orders, and the like. It made for quick, brutal, and CARNAGE filled matches that rewarded players with short and bloody games. Heads, limbs, blood, broken swords, and guts flew through the air with startling regularity.
While I could go on and describe every nuance of what made Myth so great, I will sum up and say that my friends and I played myth MP almost nightly for well over 4 years, and continued to play with some sort of regularity even after that. Most games last only a few months. Myth had replays, but more improtantly, it had moments that you wanted to recount the next day to guys, moments you wanted to swap with ppl who weren't in on the game (and you had replays to do just that!). It was something that you could spend the whole night playing, and then the whole next day talking about the previous nights playing. I don't know another game that has really done that for me. All other games - once I log out and turn off the machine - discussion about what happened ends. But Myth lived long after you turned it off (there are still a few stories I tell, harking back even to my "demo" assassin playing days of "You can't catch me! I'm The Gingerbread Man!")
P.S. Playing Myth got me so giggling and excited and brought me so much joy, I felt compelled to show my girlfriends the game (I was so blinded by my joy for Myth I couldn't see the absurdity of this. Unfortunately, they could).
"Suck -blam!-tail Elve-man!"
*I have a playmyth account, which I haven't gotten on in a long time. If i'm on i'm either Redcoat or Jäger (depends on mood).
**For those that want to check out myth, I'm not sure if the demo can be found. You'll have to find a copy of Myth 2 at some store for ~$10-15 dollars (get Total Codex, it comes with Myth 1 and Myth2, an expansion pack, as well as some very good plugins). Did I mention mods? Myth has some great mods that really kept the game new and fresh. And its still patched and kept playing smooth (thank god for the OS X installation patch in v1.5).
-Rë∂çøå† ∞TBR7∞ / Jäger ∞SÅS∞
I just picked up a computer about 2 weeks ago(amd 750 mhz 128 mb ram 18 gb harddrive extras-> voodoo 2 overclocked) I think I'll find Myth 2 because it really sounds great I just have to give it a little more time i guess...
PS: I bought four 12cm fans some time ago and I plugged them on and I got my motherboard from 46 celsius to 24 celsius and my cpu from 36 to 26 It's quite mad I know...