Halo 3

[The5thMoon]

And that is why Squeek is so awesome.

[Shashmakito]

Originally Posted by The5thMoon

And that is why Squeek is so awesome.

Affirmative.

[Chromer]

The Halo series is extremely overrated. Albeit, it has a fun multiplayer, but that's just about it. It hasn't done anything to make it stand out from everything else except the fact that its budget is as big as a blockbuster movie's.

[Specforces]

Let's see, who in the Staff played the **** out of Halo 2:

Me
Synthlight
Lightdarkness
Cyanotic XTC

I'm sure there are more, I'm just forgetting some people.

Anyway, the point is this:

Unless you want to be hunted down by Synthlight, you will like Halo 3, you gutless whores.

Love,

Spec

[sjoecool1991]

Originally Posted by Specforces

Let's see, who in the Staff played the **** out of Halo 2:

Me
Synthlight
Lightdarkness
Cyanotic XTC

I'm sure there are more, I'm just forgetting some people.

Anyway, the point is this:

Unless you want to be hunted down by Synthlight, you will like Halo 3, you gutless whores.

Love,

Spec

Last summer, i played too much, got to level 35 in team snipers.
Quit. Did not play for the entire school year.
Now I suck.

[panphil]

wow halo3 is coming out. it will certainly sucks like all the others.

[DigitalS3r4ph]

Originally Posted by Squeek

Being bad at games (of which you have no proof) and having an opinion on a game (of which you have no say) are completely separate things.

My opinion is that Halo is overrated. It doesn't stop you from ogling every tiny piece of news that the company releases. It doesn't stop you from paying however much money you will pay to get the zomgspechuleditionmaxextreme2. It doesn't stop you from enjoying it either. All it does is say "hey, guess what, you may like Halo a lot, but not everybody does! And they have legitimate reasons for not liking it!"

This may be hard to believe, but only 0.1% of the entire population of the world owns Halo 2. That means 99.9% of the population of the world either has no idea what Halo is or doesn't have any interest in owning it. Simple as that.

All games that are expected to be successful are hyped. Saying it's overrated before it's even come out is just outright stupidity. Killzone 2 is being hyped up, Call of Duty 4 is being hyped up, World of Warcraft's new expansion is being hyped up, every new Final Fantasy game is hyped before release...It's a standard commercial practice.

0.1% of the entire population of the world may be owners of Halo indeed, the number might even be less that, but DON'T say that 99.9% of the population don't even know what Halo is. There're books, comic books, toys... In addition to an RTS game made by Ensemble Studios, there's even going to be a movie to be directed or produced by Peter Jackson.
I am One-Hundred percent positive that your made-up facts on the game are fallacies, which is a created result produced by the beliefs you have on the game.

People who say it's overrated- Get over it. The numbers say that the game is going to be a massive hit, it's already sold over a million pre-orders, which is an industry record whether you like it or not. Many many many people like to play it, and they're hyping it up because of them.

Most already know this, but I'm thrilled that Halo 3 will be out soon. I enjoy the multiplayer immensely, and plan on buying it the day it comes out and taking that day off of work as well as college.

[Squeek]

Originally Posted by DigitalS3r4ph

All games that are expected to be successful are hyped. Saying it's overrated before it's even come out is just outright stupidity. Killzone 2 is being hyped up, Call of Duty 4 is being hyped up, World of Warcraft's new expansion is being hyped up, every new Final Fantasy game is hyped before release...It's a standard commercial practice.

0.1% of the entire population of the world may be owners of Halo indeed, the number might even be less that, but DON'T say that 99.9% of the population don't even know what Halo is. There're books, comic books, toys... In addition to an RTS game made by Ensemble Studios, there's even going to be a movie to be directed or produced by Peter Jackson.
I am One-Hundred percent positive that your made-up facts on the game are fallacies, which is a created result produced by the beliefs you have on the game.

People who say it's overrated- Get over it. The numbers say that the game is going to be a massive hit, it's already sold over a million pre-orders, which is an industry record whether you like it or not. Many many many people like to play it, and they're hyping it up because of them.

Most already know this, but I'm thrilled that Halo 3 will be out soon. I enjoy the multiplayer immensely, and plan on buying it the day it comes out and taking that day off of work as well as college.

You lack reading comprehension.

I said "Either don't know what it is or have no interest in owning it." I know what Halo is. I've even played it. I have no interest in owning it. Chalk one up for 99.9%

I have every right to say a franchise with pre-existing titles is overrated. That pre-existing notion of the franchise leads me to believe another game in the franchise will be just like the previous two titles.

What facts did I make up? I looked up how many people own the game and divided that into 6.5 billion people. Difficult calculations here!

What I said has absolutely nothing to do with hype. I have no idea why you're ranting about something I didn't even talk about. EVERY game has hype. If you don't have hype, you don't sell any units. That doesn't mean it's good or bad. Lair had hype. It's a terrible piece of crap. Doesn't mean people won't buy it. Doesn't mean some people will love it or not. It's completely irrelevant.

It's overrated. There are dozens of other FPSes out there that are far better than Halo and it disappoints me to see you're all so biased toward this pathetic franchise that you blind yourself from the experience of a real game.

[evilbutterfly]

99.9% is a bit much, Squeek. Even counting in Africa and places that don't know what an X-Box is, I'm pretty sure way more than .1% of the world knows what Halo is... =\

I mean really Squeek, I saw your name as the last post and just thought "why why why". I don't see why you bother.

The thing with Halo is, and always has been, that it didn't do anything special. If you had an X-Box and didn't have a PC, yeah, maybe Halo was RLY RLY GUD. I, however, had been playing games that did everything that Halo did (and more) for a while before Halo was even released. Had everything gone as originally planned and Halo had been released for the PC first, NOBODY would care about it. It'd be another average shooter that comes and goes and gets ignored. The only reason it ever got popular and stayed popular was because it was basically the first (and only, at least for a while) decent shooter on the X-Box, which was a console marketted towards people who would like to play a FPS but probably didn't have a sweet PC.

I mean, Halo isn't a bad game, oh no. But like, get a computer and freaking play ANY OTHER FPS game on it. Then play Halo on the PC.

AND DON'T EVEN SAY YOU LIKE HALO MORE THAN OTHER FPS GAMES BECAUSE IT HAS A STORYLINE. Playing an FPS for its story is like jacking off to porn because you want to be more sensitive to women's feelings.

[Squeek]

Originally Posted by evilbutterfly

99.9% is a bit much, Squeek. Even counting in Africa and places that don't know what an X-Box is, I'm pretty sure way more than .1% of the world knows what Halo is... =\

Yet another person who misunderstands my numbers!

Originally Posted by Squeek

This may be hard to believe, but only 0.1% of the entire population of the world owns Halo 2.

0.1% of the world OWNS Halo 2.

My estimates are 0.2% or 0.3% know what the Halo franchise is one way or another. That's nearly 30,000,000 people.

[Chromer]

Squeek is my hero.

[zidart]

i think halo 3 is the only game that could make me buy a 360, i don't know i'll watch the reviews or play it at my girlfriend's house to see if it's as good as people say it is.

as being overrated well heck every game i love is overrated so i might like this one.

[Squeek]

Originally Posted by Chromer

Squeek is my hero.

Rare to hear you say that, but comforting nonetheless.

[phe0nixblade]

You guys completely forgot about Halowars. I mean come on, a GOOD RTS for a CONSOLE?! How ****ing great is that!

[zidart]

well now i ask (and i ask this because i'm of that 99.9% who don't know anything about halo 1 2 and 3) what makes halo different from other FPS?

i mean metroid is different because is more puzzle-based and is not just about shooting (in fact is called a FPA)

bioshock also has the special powers the main character has (i forgot the name of those powers) and the ability to select the ending of the game.

well what makes halo different?

[DigitalS3r4ph]

Originally Posted by Squeek

Yet another person who misunderstands my numbers!



0.1% of the world OWNS Halo 2.

My estimates are 0.2% or 0.3% know what the Halo franchise is one way or another. That's nearly 30,000,000 people.

I was referring to the 99.9% percentage who 'doesn't' know what Halo is, kiddo. I'm pretty sure the number is greater because Halo is known and played in various countries, not just in North America.

Also, don't think you're alone in thinking that it's overrated, I'm pretty sure there are people out there who think it is, but that's their tastes. The majority just happens to enjoy 'fake games' I guess, like Halo.



Ever heard of Tribes?

[cC@Zz]

Originally Posted by DigitalS3r4ph

I was referring to the 99.9% percentage who 'doesn't' know what Halo is, kiddo.

He said

Originally Posted by Squeek

99.9% of the population of the world either has no idea what Halo is or doesn't have any interest in owning it.

Which would mean they know what it is but just don't have any interest in playing it.

[DigitalS3r4ph]

Originally Posted by cC@Zz

He said


Which would mean they know what it is but just don't have any interest in playing it.

So? You're just being really nitpicky at my post, for no reason really.

He's entitled to his opinion that it's overrated, I stated my own opinion. I only picked at his fallacies because they were not backed by any factual data and people around here are prone to believe anything anyone with an intelligent internet voice says.

[DigitalS3r4ph]

Yeah dude I'm totally retarded and I have asperger's please explain it to me further



anyways this isn't critical thinking and I've spoken with enough people who think the game is overrated in their opinion, and it's usually because they think it doesn't really add anything new to the genre. So? I play it because it's just sick fun, and it's a nice competitive game that many people, strangers and friends both, like to play.

Now personally I think the original Half-Life is the best FPS of all time, but Halo 3 is definitely a contender...Just have to wait and see what it brings to the online table.



EDIT: Oh and by the way, You know what Bioshock reminds me of? This game. Like WoW, I don't think Halo 3 really adds much anything new to the genre rather than just...Well, do whatever it does, really good.

[zidart]

i know more people that love halo than people who hate halo so i think it's not really overrated, sorry but i think just 0.01% is too low for a game with this kind of hype