Why does everyone like Halo and Halo 2 so much? - Page 2

DS · 05-27-2004, 09:56 PM

Since you have UT2004 I wouldn't even try Halo.

**Y2Ant** · 05-27-2004, 10:04 PM

We should get a big game of onslaught going sometime, like a 4v4 would be insane

DS · 05-27-2004, 10:23 PM

Whenever you want.

**Buzzkill** · 05-27-2004, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bricktop

Can someone tell me why this game gets so much praise compared to games like half-life

Um, it's pretty much accepted that Half-Life > Halo.

**Y2Ant** · 05-27-2004, 10:58 PM

*runs over Buzzkill in a scorpion*

Do you have MSN, DS?

PM me your email or something if you do

DS · 05-27-2004, 11:06 PM

Sent.

**Y2Ant** · 05-27-2004, 11:17 PM

*add add*

*hockey*

**Buzzkill** · 05-28-2004, 12:14 AM

Half Life pwnss teh halo.

*runs over ant in....nothing*

**Y2Ant** · 05-28-2004, 12:20 AM

I am the top gun

**Requiem** · 05-28-2004, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by DS

I still don't find that true. Red Faction was probably the most fun I've had with friends in multiplayer. That's innovation right there. The fact you can destroy the whole environment and make the game different every time. Just my opinion though.

You were the one who showed me the videos for Halo 2. It will have fully destructible terrain/vehicles. I've also 'heard'... not saying it's true, but I've heard that Halo 2 will support up to 32 people (some of the levels are just huuuuge).

DS · 05-28-2004, 12:40 AM

The terrain and vehicles aren't fully destructable in Halo 2. The vehicles have some parts that fall off and to that such, but in Red Faction you could blow paths through walls and dig huge holes in the ground along with taking whole floors out from under people by shooting it out.

**Requiem** · 05-28-2004, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by DS

The terrain and vehicles aren't fully destructable in Halo 2. The vehicles have some parts that fall off and to that such, but in Red Faction you could blow paths through walls and dig huge holes in the ground along with taking whole floors out from under people by shooting it out.

Hmm, then maybe you didn't show me the videos? You should take a look (or another look) at the video from pre-E3. The vehicles can be destroyed, and I've read actual Halo 2 news from bungie, and the terrain and world can be destroyed. Walls explode, rocks crumble, etc..

DS · 05-28-2004, 01:11 AM

Yeah but those are just certain areas in which they had placed that can be destroyed. They add a wall in a certain place that you can break and get through, etc. I know the vehicles explode and everything but I was mainly talking about the environment.

**Requiem** · 05-28-2004, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by DS

Yeah but those are just certain areas in which they had placed that can be destroyed. They add a wall in a certain place that you can break and get through, etc. I know the vehicles explode and everything but I was mainly talking about the environment.

I don't remember the entire level being destructible in RF2 either though, and I played that quite a bit. I remember certain walls and such being destructible, but not the ability to dig holes, or shoot out floors from under people. Just saying, that if an entire level was destructible, there'd really be no point in playing anymore since there wouldn't really be much left of it.

**el fregadero** · 05-28-2004, 01:18 AM

Red Faction is better than Halo because PS2 is better than X-Box.

I win.

Stop debating this.

DS · 05-28-2004, 01:19 AM

In RF2 it wasn't but in the original (classic) it is. The levels were quite big as well and being able to destory it was just even more fun. There's a level that takes place in an office and you could get to the roof by digging into the wall, shooting out a hole in the ceiling, and making stairs up there. That's entertainment right there.

**Requiem** · 05-28-2004, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by DS

In RF2 it wasn't but in the original (classic) it is. The levels were quite big as well and being able to destory it was just even more fun. There's a level that takes place in an office and you could get to the roof by digging into the wall, shooting out a hole in the ceiling, and making stairs up there. That's entertainment right there.

*shrug* It all depends in your taste I guess, but still, that still means that only certain parts of it were destructible, just like in Halo 2. It all depends on what your taste in games is.

DS · 05-28-2004, 01:44 AM

The whole environment in Red Faction was destructable.

**Requiem** · 05-28-2004, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by DS

The whole environment in Red Faction was destructable.

You were talking about RF2 previously though, saying that it was all destrictible. As far as RF goes, I never played the original. *shrug*

DS · 05-28-2004, 01:49 AM

I never said anything about RF2 until you brought it up.

I was talking about the original from the beginning.

**Requiem** · 05-28-2004, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DS

I never said anything about RF2 until you brought it up.

I was talking about the original from the beginning.

My bad. I saw El freg mention PS"2" and I immediately thought of RF2.

DS · 05-28-2004, 01:52 AM

Yeah I thought it was that or when I said Halo 2. Damn sequels.

**Y2Ant** · 05-28-2004, 03:16 PM

So is Halo 2 actually gonna have anything that Unreal Tournament 2004 doesn't?

DS · 05-28-2004, 03:58 PM

Nope.

**Requiem** · 05-28-2004, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Y2Ant

So is Halo 2 actually gonna have anything that Unreal Tournament 2004 doesn't?

It's on console. UT2k4 is on PC... huge difference. UT2k4 is an awesome game, but the graphics would lag the hell out of my computer most likely.

DS · 05-28-2004, 05:07 PM

He asked if it would have anything UT2004 doesn't have, why does console/pc matter?

**Requiem** · 05-28-2004, 05:10 PM

He asked what it would have that UT2k4 didn't. It has the ability to be played on a console. Therefore, a difference.

DS · 05-28-2004, 05:12 PM

I don't see how it's that huge of a difference.

**Requiem** · 05-28-2004, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DS

I don't see how it's that huge of a difference.

People with crappy computers can't play UT2k4 (or a lot of new games, for that matter). It's probably gonna be cheaper to get an xbox (at like what.. $149 now?), than to buy a decent graphics card and RAM ($250+). Or it'd be easier just to find a friend with it, and go to a halo party like I do (since I don't even own an xbox).

Like I said before, UT2k4 is an awesome game, but I'm still a huge fan of halo too.

DS · 05-28-2004, 05:16 PM

Understood, but those who can run it, Halo will have nothing that UT2004 has, and I believe that's what he's asking.

**Y2Ant** · 05-30-2004, 10:19 PM

Yeah FPS games on console are a waste of time IMO, Goldeneye was the shit back in the day, but playing and FPS online over a PC > playing one on console.

Although perhaps if it ran mad smooth, and the GC finally went online, hmmm

**Champion of Europa** · 05-31-2004, 07:35 PM

I've played Halo a few times multiplayer with 6 people, and it didn't impress me.

**The Snake** · 06-05-2004, 07:15 PM

I thought for the most part that Halo's controls and aiming system were what made the game money for multiplayer. Those things are based on personal preference though so I can see how some people wouldn't like the game as much, especially people who went from Goldeneye to TimeSplitters 2 instead of trying out Halo in between.

That's the main thing to me that puts Halo in front of all the other FPS. I can dominate the game because my gun aims where i need it to and I can face the direction I want to face. Alot of other first person shooters I've played just make it too difficult for me to get a shot off in the middle of a good battle.

The other big factor in Halo, and I've argued this before, is who you play with. If you play with people that are way better than you are, there is no way you'll like the game. My friends and I play alot of people on Gamespy, and 70-80% of winning is positioning. Controlling the Rocket Launcher and Overshied are crucial. People who don't know the Maps, where you can be seen and where you're really hidden are just easy pickings. They get all pisssed off and cry about how stupid the game is compared to something else they've played.

I can see their point. If I tried to take you guys on in RF or unreal i'd get destroyed and probably wouldn't be too big a fan of either of those games. Its all preference.

06-19-2004, 06:37 PM

I can't talk about the rest of the Halo Fans, but me, I've never liked FPS.
Hell I had never heard/seen any screen or hype surrounding HAlo when I bought my X Box. The only reason I bought it was the cooperative play promised in the package.
Now who doesn't love that kind of gameplay (well, unless you have no friends or brothers in my case) I mean there are few cooperative ones, and most of them are vs. So I jumped at the chance to play this.
And I was blown away by it. It was really good! I mean, good story, good gameplay, and I am not jumping in any bandwagon when I say it's one of the best games I've played EVER. I mean Golden Eye is FPS king, but all the fun I had playing with HALO can't be taken away by some X Box haters, for all the good times and fun it gave me, HALO is #1 in my book, and that is why it's so good to me.

**Fryza** · 06-19-2004, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by el fregadero

Red Faction is better than Halo because PS2 is better than X-Box.

I win.

Stop debating this.

06-19-2004, 06:37 PM	#74
Hum Guest Posts: n/a	Why do people like HAlo? I can't talk about the rest of the Halo Fans, but me, I've never liked FPS. Hell I had never heard/seen any screen or hype surrounding HAlo when I bought my X Box. The only reason I bought it was the cooperative play promised in the package. Now who doesn't love that kind of gameplay (well, unless you have no friends or brothers in my case) I mean there are few cooperative ones, and most of them are vs. So I jumped at the chance to play this. And I was blown away by it. It was really good! I mean, good story, good gameplay, and I am not jumping in any bandwagon when I say it's one of the best games I've played EVER. I mean Golden Eye is FPS king, but all the fun I had playing with HALO can't be taken away by some X Box haters, for all the good times and fun it gave me, HALO is #1 in my book, and that is why it's so good to me.

05-27-2004, 09:56 PM	#41
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	Since you have UT2004 I wouldn't even try Halo.

05-27-2004, 10:04 PM	#42
Y2Ant Crows Before Hoes Posts: 24,501	We should get a big game of onslaught going sometime, like a 4v4 would be insane

05-27-2004, 10:23 PM	#43
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	Whenever you want.

05-27-2004, 10:58 PM	#45
Y2Ant Crows Before Hoes Posts: 24,501	runs over Buzzkill in a scorpion Do you have MSN, DS? PM me your email or something if you do

05-27-2004, 11:06 PM	#46
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	Sent.

05-27-2004, 11:17 PM	#47
Y2Ant Crows Before Hoes Posts: 24,501	add add hockey

05-28-2004, 12:14 AM	#48
Buzzkill Jamiroquai Bodega Posts: 18,627	Half Life pwnss teh halo. runs over ant in....nothing

05-28-2004, 12:20 AM	#49
Y2Ant Crows Before Hoes Posts: 24,501	I am the top gun

05-28-2004, 12:40 AM	#51
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	The terrain and vehicles aren't fully destructable in Halo 2. The vehicles have some parts that fall off and to that such, but in Red Faction you could blow paths through walls and dig huge holes in the ground along with taking whole floors out from under people by shooting it out.

05-28-2004, 01:11 AM	#53
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	Yeah but those are just certain areas in which they had placed that can be destroyed. They add a wall in a certain place that you can break and get through, etc. I know the vehicles explode and everything but I was mainly talking about the environment.

05-28-2004, 01:18 AM	#55
el fregadero Tap-In Posts: 20,300	Red Faction is better than Halo because PS2 is better than X-Box. I win. Stop debating this.

05-28-2004, 01:19 AM	#56
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	In RF2 it wasn't but in the original (classic) it is. The levels were quite big as well and being able to destory it was just even more fun. There's a level that takes place in an office and you could get to the roof by digging into the wall, shooting out a hole in the ceiling, and making stairs up there. That's entertainment right there.

05-28-2004, 01:44 AM	#58
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	The whole environment in Red Faction was destructable.

05-28-2004, 01:49 AM	#60
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	I never said anything about RF2 until you brought it up. I was talking about the original from the beginning.

05-28-2004, 01:52 AM	#62
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	Yeah I thought it was that or when I said Halo 2. Damn sequels.

05-28-2004, 03:16 PM	#63
Y2Ant Crows Before Hoes Posts: 24,501	So is Halo 2 actually gonna have anything that Unreal Tournament 2004 doesn't?

05-28-2004, 03:58 PM	#64
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	Nope.

05-28-2004, 05:07 PM	#66
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	He asked if it would have anything UT2004 doesn't have, why does console/pc matter?

05-28-2004, 05:10 PM	#67
Requiem Posts: 19,299	He asked what it would have that UT2k4 didn't. It has the ability to be played on a console. Therefore, a difference.

05-28-2004, 05:12 PM	#68
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	I don't see how it's that huge of a difference.

05-28-2004, 05:16 PM	#70
DS look at that hat Posts: 4,520	Understood, but those who can run it, Halo will have nothing that UT2004 has, and I believe that's what he's asking.

05-30-2004, 10:19 PM	#71
Y2Ant Crows Before Hoes Posts: 24,501	Yeah FPS games on console are a waste of time IMO, Goldeneye was the shit back in the day, but playing and FPS online over a PC > playing one on console. Although perhaps if it ran mad smooth, and the GC finally went online, hmmm

05-31-2004, 07:35 PM	#72
Champion of Europa SEX APPEAL Posts: 13,830	I've played Halo a few times multiplayer with 6 people, and it didn't impress me.

06-05-2004, 07:15 PM	#73
The Snake WHO? Posts: 189	I thought for the most part that Halo's controls and aiming system were what made the game money for multiplayer. Those things are based on personal preference though so I can see how some people wouldn't like the game as much, especially people who went from Goldeneye to TimeSplitters 2 instead of trying out Halo in between. That's the main thing to me that puts Halo in front of all the other FPS. I can dominate the game because my gun aims where i need it to and I can face the direction I want to face. Alot of other first person shooters I've played just make it too difficult for me to get a shot off in the middle of a good battle. The other big factor in Halo, and I've argued this before, is who you play with. If you play with people that are way better than you are, there is no way you'll like the game. My friends and I play alot of people on Gamespy, and 70-80% of winning is positioning. Controlling the Rocket Launcher and Overshied are crucial. People who don't know the Maps, where you can be seen and where you're really hidden are just easy pickings. They get all pisssed off and cry about how stupid the game is compared to something else they've played. I can see their point. If I tried to take you guys on in RF or unreal i'd get destroyed and probably wouldn't be too big a fan of either of those games. Its all preference.