Topic: Halo 2 on Nov. 15th

[oohhboy]

Halo is a sepual, possiblely a prequal to the Marthon series that started on the Mac. What made the marthon series special was that the story and plot progression was done through a series of computers displays. Also to the best of my knowlegde, it was the first FPS to introduce Allies who fight with you and maybe also secondary funtions on weapons.

The Marthon series also introduced Rampancy, basicly computer insanity. There is a reference to it if you off the Captain on the first level of Halo.

Graphics aside, Marthon and Halo are part of the same series, but they are a world apart in style, story telling and in general atmosphere. Halo compared to Marathon was somewhat a step backwards in everything but graphics.

[dus]

Halo is a great game, although Halo 2 is over hyped. Extremely over hyped, actually.

[Guitar Smasher]

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Originally posted by: MysticalMatt517

Granted, Halo didn't do anything revolutionary in any one part. It's power comes in that it took everything and did it exceptionally well. By the end of the game the whole became something much greater than the sum of it's parts - and that's about the best complement I can give any game. Doom & Quake introduced the world to revolutionary graphics with each new game in the series. Halo's graphics were the best of it's time when it was released. Half-Life showed the world that a FPS could have a compelling story line and took the genre beyond mindless violence. Halo had an epic sci-fi story with twists around every corner that kept you on the edge of your seat. AI has been a growing field in all video games since the beginning. Halo's AI, while not perfect, sometimes was so amazing that is was spooky. Nothing HALO did was new, but everything HALO did was of amazing quality. THAT is what made it an awesome game.

What you say is completely true, but it also proves how overrated Halo actually is.  You, and others, say that Halo is the 'best' FPS, because it combines all the afformentioned elements of other games.  Well, I doubt that you are unaware, but Perfect Dark was the first FPS game to include all these elements.  Graphics - best of its time (on console), Story - all very compelling and sci-fi with several twists and turns, AI - I might be mistaken, but PD was the first game where an enemy fooled me into thinking he was dead, by dropping his gun and falling down (he later surprized me by shooting me after I passed him).  What you say about Halo is completely true, but I still believe that it's overrated because it does nothing or everything that any other game hasn't.