- SSJ3Jedi
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I'm an avid gamer who owns a 360, a PS3, a Wii, a 3DS, a Gameboy Advance SP, and a Laptop with Steam. Feel free to add me. I spend most of my gaming time on myu PS3.
PSN ID: SuperSaiyan3Jedi
Steam ID: psn_supersaiyan3jedi
Posted by: FatM
Posted by: SSJ3Jedi
I love Halo. Ever since Combat Evolved, I was hooked. I love Reach. You can have an opinion, but you csn't dictate what other people should think about something. I suck worse in Reach than I do in 3, but I only care about having a good time, so explain that to me.What I'm about to tell you isn't some sort of rank flaming. This has nothing to do with how "good" or "bad" you are. This has to do with experience and play time in the game.
Your rank? You're such a low rank and have such a low amount of play time in this game that you have no place to say if this game is good or not. Sure, your opinion still stands, but what really pisses me off is when people think that their opinion stands as high as being fact.
Even if this record does not completely describe your play time accurately in this game, I can almost guarantee that your play time is well below an amount that can define you as a casual player.
Let's settle something here: hardcore fans who decide to spend hours upon hours a day, days upon days a year have the higher opinion automatically. Sure it sounds a bit ludicrous, but why do I say this? Because casual fans can immerse themselves in the game to the point where they themselves can become hardcore fans. Sure, not all who play this game will do so, but the more who do this the better.
That's the thing about Reach. Many of the players who have strived to become hardcore fans like myself and many others have grown a bitter taste for this game. Ask any high-ranking player who even plays this game to this day. Ask him if Reach is better than Halo 2 or 3. I can almost guarantee that his answer will be a definite no.
I'm sorry if I have to go on some rant, but seeing people who play "casually" and will eventually move onto Modern Warfare 3 that say that "Reach is teh best" disgust me. I think game will be dead by mid next year.
This game was built for casuals. Someone with a high play time can only disprove this otherwise.
I don't see why it's necessary to classify gamers as hardcore or casual. It's become apparent that ever since the Wii has started dominating the industry the word casual has been used with some form of prejudice, and undeservedly I might add. The Wii has plenty of great games, including Super Mario Galaxy, which is IMO the best game ever made.
Do you have any idea how many times I've been scoffed at for believing that? It wasn't too long ago that Nintendo was considered the most hardcore thing out there, so the fact that Nintendo is seen as casual fare really baffles me, especially considering that most people who criticize probably don't give their console a chance out of being referred to as a casual gamer.
Why can't we all be gamers? Why can't we just have fun? Why do we have to be rampant flamer fanboys who feel like they have to regulate what other people should or shouldn't like? I may suck at Halo something awful, but I honestly hold this franchise dear to me ever since I first played Combat Evolved. I have fun with all of them, including Reach, and my poor skill is not a deciding factor in which is better for me. Hell, my favorite is the original. I AM a gamer. My first game was Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt, which I played when I was five, and I've been gaming and will continue gaming, currently with the PS3, 360, Wii, Laptop with Steam, 3DS, and GameBoy Advance Sp that I have at my disposal (but mostly PS3 :P). And for the record, I can't stand CoD anymore. I'll be getting my hands on Battlefield 3, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Gears of War 3, Resistance 3, and most importantly of all, Uncharted 3.
[Edited on 09.07.2011 5:47 PM PDT]