By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Posted by: SCORCHHEAD
@ajw whatever the hell your name is...
You can clearly see my username. If you had the mental capacity to understand how to use this site's wonderful 'quote' feature you wouldn't need to resort to pointless comments which really set the tone for how I imagine the rest of your response is going to play out...
I can honestly say, straight from my heart, that halo CE is the only game that didnt "Emulate" stuff from other games
*facedesk*
No. If anything, Halo CE is the game that emulated the most in the series. More on that later...
straight down to the machine you play it on.
Are you in any way implying that because Halo CE was on the Xbox that gives the game itself any more originality?
Recharging health and shields was sort of a first.
Let me stop you there. At no point did I say that Halo CE didn't contribute anything to the FPS genre, that would be a flat-out lie.
But you're wrong. Halo was not the first game to give recharging shields, and your health didn't regenerate in CE...
An actual plot and backstory was a first for shooters at the time.
Er... It was a new concept certainly, but had already been featured in games like Metroid (1986) Half-Life (1998), DOOM (1993) with an additional 3 sequels up to 1996 before Halo CE had even entered development etc.
So no, Halo CE did not bring plot and backstory into the genre. I'll take a leap and say it's the best of the genre, but that's because it was derived from numerous literary sources and films before it. Again, more on that in a moment...
Beilieve it or not, 343 is not an "Antichrist" but is not handling the game well and taking TO MANY elements from other games, Bungie however, built on there last game with there own ideas every time. If you could ever find 5 things that halo CE copied, I bet I could find 15 things that they pioneered.
The very foundation of multiple games, not series, is copying other successful series.
This is by far the biggest load of BS you've come out with in your post.
Let's take a look at things Halo CE took from other sources:
- Larry Niven's Ringworld, the very front cover should tell you everything you need to know. The very idea of a story taking place on a 'Halo' has been done 31 years before Halo CE was even made.
But wait, there's more! The story sounds awfully similar. In Ringworld, the crew of the ship crash lands on the habitable surface of the ring and their mission is to uncover the Ringworld's mysteries. Later, humanity gets branded as heretics and blasphemers, and later discover a cartographer and that there was another great civilisation preceeding them. Well isn't that funny? Sounds almost like an identical framework for Halo CE...
- The 'Culture' from Ian M. Banks' Consider Phlebas is what we'll move on to next. Look at the front cover again, look familiar at all? Do read the article, it's rather illuminating.
- The Alien and Predator franchises are borrowed from heavily. need I mention the fact that Sergeant Apone and Sergeant Johnson are essentially the same person? Halo's vehicles are also aesthetically similar:
Sulaco vs Pillar of Autumn
Cheyenne Dropship vs Pelican
Oh and just look at that atmosphere processor...
Shall we look at some dialogue too?
Apone: All right, let's go people. The Corps ain't payin' us by the hour!
Johnson: Hit it, Marines! Go! Go! Go! The Corps ain't payin' us by the hour!
Hicks: All right people. Let's move like we got a purpose.
Johnson: You heard the lady. Move like you got a purpose!
Frost: I'm telling ya, I got a bad feeling about this drop.
Crowe: You always say that, Frost. You always have a bad feeling about this drop.
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Mendoza: I've got a bad feeling about this.
Johnson: Boy, you always got a bad feeling about something.
- Metroid. I'm assuming you've either never seen or heard of thise series, because Halo CE borrows rather generously from it. Both armoured protagonists generally have little dialogue, and features a plot revolving around a hostile collection of aliens who go around trying to activate artefacts made by an ancient race - artefacts which can destroy all life in the galaxy. Even the last mission of Halo CE is copied from Metroid, as you're given a timer to escape before a big explosion destroys the artefact.
And the list goes on... Star Trek and Star Wars have some very notable similarities too. Need I even mention the fact that Halo CE borrows heavily from Bungie's previous series Marathon?
So the ultimate point here is that no, Halo CE is absolutely not original. Gameplay elements are improved from other FPS titles like Half-Life and DOOM, and the story/plot/enemies are all influenced/emulated/flat-out ripped off from other franchises.
I smell a waypoint kid, that plays CoD. ;)
The fact that my account says I've been active since 2008 proves that wrong, and I've been around here even before that. Best not to make yourself look like an idiot by not knowing what you're talking about - but then, you've already done that with finesse.
I do play CoD, yes. While Halo is my all-time favourite series, Black Ops offers a very detailed storyline which could easily fit a conspiracy thriller novel and I enjoy Call of Duty 4. How is that relevant at all?
[Edited on 10.29.2012 6:36 AM PDT]