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Subject: If halo was and RPG
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If halo was an RPG would it be a good one? I think it would i mean come on u would be the master chief and u would get experiance for killing grunts and hunters and brutes and so on and so on. I think it would play like a turn based RPG such as final fantasy tactics and that would make it better and more fun. What do u all think.

  • 10.05.2004 6:56 PM PDT
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In my opinion i believe it would fail.. at first it would be cool, but not last as halo 1 has. Simply because its not halo. Halo is and will always be a FPS. It was not intended to be an rpg. If bungie thought it should be an RPG, i believe it would have been. But then again none of us would be here talking about it, due to the fact that it would hardly be played.

Think of it this way.. what IF they turned Final Fantasy tactics into a FPS. It wouldn't fit the mold.

  • 10.05.2004 7:03 PM PDT
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Yes, I could see Halo possibly faring as an MMOFPS such as Planet Side, but thats the closest it could probably get. Definitly not turn based, and one of the major attractions to Halo is that you ARE the main awesomly suped up cyberborg savior of earth.

  • 10.05.2004 7:38 PM PDT
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not bad if it was rpg but i seems more like a fps soo i gotta stick with fps but ya rpg would be i nterestin

  • 10.05.2004 7:42 PM PDT
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definatly fps is way better the only rpg games that are good are warcraft and starcraft, actually those are teh only ones i play

  • 10.05.2004 8:03 PM PDT
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It would fail as an RPG, seeing as every RPG (exaggeration) has an incredibly boring storyline. RPGs are more like interactive movies with about 1000 sub-plots. I know Halo has a lot of cut-scenes; but they are short and precise to the point, with the exception of the cinema on 343 GS. Besides, RPGs are complicated and have too many technicalities to them. A simple formula is the only thing you need: pick two guns, which can be switched at almost any time, and shoot whatever attacks you until it stops moving. And that entire taking turns between attacks really dulls down the excitment of the game. There are no "spur of the moment" attacks or death defying stunts you can perform in an RPG. But in an FPS, the game is more dynamic, making it more thrilling and exciting. You lose the interest of the general public when you pump out an RPG. Truth be told, and no offense to anyone, only nerds play a lot of RPGs.

  • 10.05.2004 8:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: JohnnyRico
definatly fps is way better the only rpg games that are good are warcraft and starcraft, actually those are teh only ones i play


Those aren't RPGs, those games are in a completely different genre. Can't think of the name right now, though.

  • 10.05.2004 8:11 PM PDT
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Real Time Strategy (RTS) is what you're looking for pepper.

And as for Halo being an RPG? Maybe if Bungie penned a different story, characters, and... No, I doubt it would work. Maybe a Planetside-esque version would, but that's stretching it. Halo is a FPS through and through.

  • 10.05.2004 8:30 PM PDT
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it would be weird...

  • 10.05.2004 8:33 PM PDT
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If halo was an RPG i would have a grunt with level 47 armor and a energy sword at level 3

  • 10.06.2004 8:20 AM PDT
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Contrary to what the people here seem to unanimously agree on, I believe it would pwn like nothing else. This is simply because, if a Halo rpg was released, it would have to stand up to Bungie's incredibly high expectations, otherwise, THERE WOULD BE NO HALO RPG!
So you see, a crappy Halo rpg is logically impossible..= )

EDIT:
oh yeah, I forgot to mention an old interview with Matt Soell (for the n00bs, he was the old Bungie community guy) where he stated that if Bungie made an RPG, it would scarcely resemble one. Thus is the Bungie pwnage!! *bows towards Bungie HQ*

[Edited on 10/6/2004 10:02:14 AM]

  • 10.06.2004 9:59 AM PDT
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i think it would fare pretty well out there playing like fable, i know some of u think it would fail from the start but i think it would hang in there for a little while then fail to bring in the money. now if they made a spaceghost RPG i would faint in all it's glory!!! hehe black spaceghost will always remain in my heart.

  • 10.06.2004 2:58 PM PDT
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oh yeah i forgot, planetside did not meet it's expectations atleast i think so i mean come on that game was alright but it had some very bad things that made it go down hill fast

  • 10.06.2004 2:59 PM PDT
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by the way does anyone agree with me that fable was to easy to beat, seriously i beat it in 7 hours and i was insulted it was an RPG and i beat it in 7 hours!!!! Here i was thinking this was going to be as long as a final fantasy game and then i beat it, with no challange's i might add, very quickly and i was dissapointed, anyone else????

  • 10.06.2004 3:18 PM PDT
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Please, use the edit button. It makes life easier for everyone, and keeps your life ninja free.

  • 10.06.2004 4:14 PM PDT
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Better as a first person shooter, but intriguing. You know Halo started out as a RTS, right?

  • 10.06.2004 4:21 PM PDT
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If halo were an RPG i would not buy it and it would be a failure

  • 10.06.2004 5:13 PM PDT
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Lucas, read my previous post on this subject. Bungie doesn't make crappy games *period*. And only crappy games are total failures...well, most of the time, anyways.

And wasn't Halo supposed to be some strange mix of a third person action game and an RPG that was supposed to shake the gaming world?

  • 10.06.2004 5:47 PM PDT
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so does anyone go to newgrounds?

Also no one answeared my fable comment, i'm waiting

[Edited on 10/6/2004 7:19:04 PM]

  • 10.06.2004 7:17 PM PDT
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yes u are right i will give u that
Who is johhnyrico or what ever, starcratf and warcraft are not a RPG game, god i hate retaros "quote from spaceghost"

[Edited on 10/6/2004 7:24:35 PM]

  • 10.06.2004 7:20 PM PDT
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dude ur not posed 2 beat fable by going straight through the game, ur posed 2 play the sidequests n stuff. that games not storyline heavy if u hadent noticed.

  • 10.07.2004 9:38 AM PDT