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Subject: Why is Halo not.....Famous?
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In my hometown,i ask my friend..."ever played Halo"....they all didnt know what was it.....and it's such a kick A** game .... .but why isnt it famous world-wide?? Especially for PC version of Halo.... and....is it wrong to make multiper topics? [ New member here...so...tell me....]

  • 03.28.2006 6:05 AM PDT
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No...your not wrong. That's just what this forum is for. Anyway...I think Halo is very popular, it's just that most people probably aren't into video games that much. Or either they don't have the time.

  • 03.28.2006 7:10 AM PDT

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You might need to re-evaluate where you live, but... Halo was an X-box only title for two years before it came to PC. If you didn't have an X-box you wouldn't have heard of it. Quake and Half-life(lord knows why?) are the more popular titles on the PC side. And thats just in FPS. World of Warcraft, The Sims and Everquest are probably the most popular in terms of # online users.

  • 03.28.2006 1:48 PM PDT
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I agree. Halo would have been much bigger had it been released for the p.c. earlier, but then this great community and it's cult following would never have been concieved. It would all be full of whiny little n00bs who can't tell one end of a needler from the other and who cry when they get killed because they are little babies...... n00bs.

  • 03.28.2006 1:55 PM PDT
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uummmm , don't forget the fans gathered starting from Marathon. Sure Halo was a big step upward and outward. Halo CE was an explosive launch title for the xbox1. Xbox were less expensive than a PC for most, and especially now'a'days. MArathon was a competitor of Doom, and each house of fans still might cling to their favorite. Personally I hate dungeons & halls. CE seemingly got "outside" in a big way. Shooting and punching another viscious species (in a Vgame) is motivating. As opposed to the intraspecies, same old crap.

Brunei, near Malasia. Is that your hometown?

  • 03.28.2006 2:28 PM PDT

Halo for me was the third great FPS I've ever played, The first two being Golden Eye, then Perfect Dark. I did play Quake and others but never thought of them as great.
Every one I know who plays video games has heard of halo whether they like it or not(only some sony fanbois can't admit its a great game). Marathon is good, I tried the Aleph One version, but didn't get it when it actually came out.

  • 03.28.2006 2:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: Iggwilv
Quake and Half-life(lord knows why?) are the more popular titles on the PC side. And thats just in FPS. World of Warcraft, The Sims and Everquest are probably the most popular in terms of # online users.

I'd say that Quake and Half-Life (Quake at least) are the most famous FPS games because they've been there for quite some time. Quake was also one of the first FPS games that were easily playable online, so it just built up reputation from then. Half-life, well, I wouldn't know since I've never played it.

I still say though that Halo is very famous. I mean, to a whole lot of people I know X-Box and X-Box Live are synonyms of playing Halo. And just look at all the sales the game gets! HPC might not be that famous anymore though since there are newer games for people to play instead of this one.

  • 03.28.2006 7:17 PM PDT
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Brunei, near Malasia. Is that your hometown?
yes,brunei is my hometown, and i dont got a xbox...xbox's halo is famous because halo for xbox is consider to be a very good xbox game....but for the PC it aint that famous....everyone in the world knows what's counter strike....and how come Halo aint famous as it even if it's way better than CS?

  • 03.28.2006 9:02 PM PDT
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because CS is a harder game? it makes for better tournements, more realistic, and you actually need skill for every weapon unlike halo. You can run around with a rocket launcher and blow the crap out of people, but in CS you need to know how to shoot. Its a totally different style of playing.

  • 03.28.2006 10:03 PM PDT
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Ow......that s***ed....still halo should be the best of FPS.

  • 03.28.2006 11:56 PM PDT
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I remember when Halo 2 was released, the Washington Post ran a front page article on it. I think that qualifies for some sort of fame.

  • 03.29.2006 6:53 AM PDT
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Ok,maybe i was wrong...Halo is famous...(FOR EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS) not asian. Expect singapore.....please sell Halo PC/XBOX world wide!!!~~!

  • 03.31.2006 11:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: TMH1988
You can run around with a rocket launcher and blow the crap out of people

In small hallways yeah, but try that on any of the open maps and you'll get that launcher shoved up your throat 8 times out of 10.

  • 04.01.2006 4:42 AM PDT
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Yes, It's true, due to Sony's saturation of the European and Asian markets with their Playstation console the Xobx has not done too well there. With the release of the Xbox 360 Micorsoft strived hard to get the Xbox recognized as a major player there, attending Japanese gaming conferences and the like, as well as brokering deals to have Japanese game companies (Square Enix, Namco, Team Ninja) make games for the Xbox 360. So of course, because its primary platform is the Xbox, not many people there have heard of, are even like, Halo/Halo 2.

Here in North America, on the other hand, the Xbox was a smash hit (I think Xbox sales in North America outsold Playstation 2 sales, but I can't confirm this) and Halo is very well-known. I know 2 other people who are almost as obsessed with Halo as I am (almost, not quite though ;)) and almost every other gamer I know is familiar with it. It really is a popular game. Just look at how much Halo & Halo 2 sold.

  • 04.01.2006 9:14 AM PDT
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Posted by: TMH1988
You can run around with a rocket launcher and blow the crap out of people

In small hallways yeah, but try that on any of the open maps and you'll get that launcher shoved up your throat 8 times out of 10.


Heh, I'm considering putting that in my sig.......considering

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  • 04.01.2006 9:15 AM PDT
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It's ok. People at my school say Halo sucks, which is strange.

  • 04.03.2006 7:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: SpartanGeneral7
It's ok. People at my school say Halo sucks, which is strange.
Welcome to my school.......sometimes i feel as if my friends are sad.....some of em dont got no good PC to run Halo Online.....and the rest........they say it sucks too.....maybe they're still immature inside their mind...lol...

  • 04.04.2006 2:10 AM PDT
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Halo is pretty famous as games go, it didn't have much of an impact in Asia just because FPS's aren't too popular that way.

People can say anything 'sucks', it's not really a question of maturity it's just some people really don't like certain types of games, as an FPS gamer I can quite happily look at something like Football Manager and go "how is that even a game?" just because I don't understand the appeal of it, and that works both ways. When someone says a game 'sucks' they usually aren't trying to have a dig at you, it's just their personal opinion which they're entitled to, drop it and move on.

  • 04.04.2006 2:11 PM PDT
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Maybe they're mad at the strange lack of Asian members of the Marines.

  • 04.04.2006 2:31 PM PDT
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Maybe they're mad at the strange lack of Asian members of the Marines.


ROFL. Crazy Asians.

(BTW, before any of you begin flaming me, realize that I do possess black hair and almond eyes.)

  • 04.04.2006 2:47 PM PDT

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So your an elf? :)

  • 04.04.2006 2:52 PM PDT
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Heh. Good one. But I thought elves had almond EARS, and...well...take a good hard look at Legolas and you'll see what I mean...

  • 04.04.2006 2:59 PM PDT
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Maybe they're mad at the strange lack of Asian members of the Marines.


ROFL. Crazy Asians.

(BTW, before any of you begin flaming me, realize that I do possess black hair and almond eyes.)
Hey.......watch it..I'm an asian.You Racist ..... hahahaha....no lah~~~

  • 04.04.2006 10:12 PM PDT
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in my opinion, i think Halo is the greatest FPS game that came out (all Halo series) i cant believe a person at my school (also in my class >=( ) thinks that Halo sucks, and CounterStrike is way better, i think CS realy sucks (no offense to people who like CS but it does) i have both CS1 and CS condition zero, and i cant believe i wasted 50 bucks on them, because unlike Halo, Call of Duty, and all those other war FPS games, in CS the graphics sucks total a** (yes i know its an old game, but hear me out) and the game has nothing to do with war (considering its the GUlf War-based game) i mean theres no mortars going off, theres no running like hell to dodge artillery bullets, and all those other crazy and fun war tactics you do in Halo and Call of Duty series, CS is just stupid, you run around until you see an enemy, then you try to outgun them, if you survive and kill him, you go hunt for another enemy to kill, its so boring and meaningless, if you have ever seen war movies, especially Gulf War movies such as Black Hawk Down, and Jarhead, CS is nothing like it, in my opinion, Halo is the best FPS next to other FPS games of corse, and CS sucks total acorn suckking shizzles (i made that word up...)

  • 04.18.2006 12:54 PM PDT

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