Because any time you see ANYTHING about Halo, it ends up in a 'This was a Mac game first' (Have you SEEN the original game, before it was ported to the Xbox? What a steaming pile THAT was...)
After the Mac people get involved, you've got the PC people, who will tell you how crappy the game is on the Xbox. It's better on a PC. Of course, it really isn't that good anyway, but the Xbox controller sucks compared to a keyboard and mouse. You should only play FPS on a PC.
Late in the game, the RPG fans will step in- they'll just tell you how crappy FPSs are. And how the levels are sooo repetitive. It's a brainless game, without any real depth.
Even with the detractors, the game still chugs on. This will be a huge seller. But I will NOT say that anyone will be proven wrong. The detractors will still have their opinions, and that won't change.
But when you give something this much attention, we start to wonder why you hate it so much...
I'm probably a little bit abnormal (in a lot of ways, most of them psychological, only a few of them physical).
When my TV is on, 95% of the time I'm playing an Xbox game. MOST games are still 4:3. I thought about buying a widescreen TV, and all that would do for me is make my game screens much smaller, with black bars on the left and right.
The other 5% of the time, my wife is watching a movie. And even if she does watch it widescreen- which she usually does, watching it on a 36" 4:3 in widescreen mode (black bars on top and bottom) is still pretty big.
Oh, and 100% of the time my 14 year old daughter is whining that we don't get any TV reception (by choice (mine)) and her life is miserable, all the kids at school think tht we're poor..etc. etc...
Through the 'history' of games, western game companies aren't doing anything new?
Western companies created:
Pong (first game) Zork (and other text based adventures) King's Quest (and other graphic adventures) Wolfenstein 3d (and other first person shooters) First Light-gun shooting game First home video game console (Magnavox) First vector graphics game (precursor to modern polys) First hand-held system (Microvision)
The world of videogames did not start with Nintendo!
So please, do not think that Japan is the leader in videogame innovation. They may possibly be the center of the universe as far as your preferred video game genre goes- but the are far, far, far from the only ones innovating.
Next you'll try to tell us that television was invented in Japan.
I went to your site. Your server is teh suck. The site itself looked somewhat interesting, but it seemed like you were hosting it from a C64 with a tape drive.
Yes, of course we need more space. Currently, some Gamecube games are 2 disks- which I can imagine would be a royal pain in the ass. (Mini-DVDs are starting to fill up)
Of course the next generation will have more art, more textures, more sounds, BIGGER, FASTER, MORE, MORE, MORE! And I'm looking forward to it.
Also- I don't understand why they would need to keep the (details un-announced) Xbox 2 from appearing stale compared to the (details un-announced) PS3.
You're right about the Links courses- at least Kapalua was worth the $5. The Gallery (I think that was it) came too late for me to really enjoy it- although I did buy it.
The only premium downloadable content that I have NOT purchased (where I actually had the game) was for Mechassault. And once again, that was because it came so late, that I no longer played the game.
But I've downloaded all the free, and premium content that I could- I don't mind paying the $5, because it usually extends the enjoyment I get from the game.
Nobody has mentioned the RTCW content yet- that was also free, and good.
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Try saying something even mildly negative about either Nintendo or Apple- it's even worse!
Then again, I've never seen an action movie where I get to determine what happens. Where the characters move, who they shoot, where they run, jump etc.
I've never seen one where I get to change the viewing angle at will- where I determine where the camera is focused.
Yeah...action movies suck...thank god for video games.
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Well...he isn't the only one.
I'm not sure if my friends like it, or hate it, when I say "Okay, when we go through this door, there will be 3 guys, first you go to the right and silently bash the grunt sleeping- then I'll take out the shade, and we can both work on the elite that will come up the stairs". But yes, I know just about every enemy location in the campaign side of the game.
There are a lot of Halo freaks out there. I will only put it in now for multi-player, but I spent more than my fair share of time on this game.
Maybe it's not good to be so obsessed with a game...but it is a really good game...
Most of the excitement I see around consoles currently, is around the Xbox. The PS2 is starting to look really bad lately, in comparison to Xbox games. The Gamecube has the whole on-line vaccuum which many Nintendo fans say is no big deal. Because they don't understand why there is excitement around on-line gaming. (Trust me, there is)
I was recently at a professional conference at Purdue University. (No, this was not for students, but for technical professionals) The agenda had 'game night' listed for 3 of the nights. I had no idea what it would be- charades, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey...who knows. Imagine my happy surprise when I walked in the room and saw 4 Xboxes connected via System Link and projected onto big screens. We played for 2 or 3 hours every night, and people who weren't even videogame fans got into the action.
I really don't think people would have/could have done this with the other consoles. This type of technology is what is making the Xbox 'cool' right now. When I have videogame neophytes (or even PS2/Gamecube owners who aren't familiar with the Xbox) over to play some games, they are usually blown away by Xbox Live. "These are REAL people?" they say over and over into the microphone...(sullying my gamertag while doing it).
The better technology built into the Xbox is finally becoming more important, now that people see that all 3 consoles can play games. But the Xbox can save more games, play your own music, play on-line, download new content, system-link...
Hopefully the next Xbox pushes the envelope a little bit further, so games are still exciting 3 years after the launch of the console.
Because when I play on a PS2 or Gamecube, I think that just playing 'standard' console games is a real snore-fest.
Blue screen, green screen- whatever. I saw this movie yesterday, and it was pretty darn bad. Not so horrible that I couldn't watch it, but if it hadn't looked nice, I would have walked out.
It's obvious that they were going for a 1940's serial look - Flash Gordon, etc. They achieved that, and I think they hit the target they were aiming at.
But when a movie-goer from 2004 goes to see this film, some of the situations and dialogue are so bad, that it's pitiful. I am not kidding when I say that most of the theatre was laughing AT the movie. Not at the parts that were supposed to be funny- just at the parts that were supposed to be serious, but ended up being so sappy that it was just sad.
Yes- they were going for the 40's serial, yes they hit their mark...but it was really, really bad. Even the producers of those serials wouldn't make the same movies today if they had a choice.
I disagree that Half-Life was only good because of Counterstrike.
I played Half-Life, and from the opening scene on the little traincar, to the end scene (fighting monsters or something) I thought it was an awesome game. I also bought Opposing Forces, which for some reason I actually played BEFORE Half-Life. (This was my first experience with an expansion pack, and I scaped together whatever money I could for Opposing Forces- then imagine my dismay when I found out that I would ALSO need to buy Half-Life!)
After a got a semi-decent Internet connection, I figured I would try my mad l33t skilz at Counterstrike. Boy did I suck. This was also my first experience with cheating on a videogame. I wonderered how those guys could hit me in the head each time!
I think if I went back and played Half-Life now, I would probably cry, but for it's time, it was a great game.
If they come out with another game (Half Life 2) with an intriguing storyline, some features on a game you've never seen before, and head crabs that slowly work their way down to your crotch...then I think it will be a great game.
But, I was totally disappointed by Doom 3- I can't imagine why Half Life 2 will live up to the standards we all are hoping for.
The biggest X-Box Live games tend not to be fpses...
Have you looked at the list of the most popular Xbox Live games? (Rather than taking an informal poll of what you and your friends are playing...which if you are sane, is Burnout 3)
Of the 25 games, 7 1/2 are FPS's. Including the #1 game now (Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow) and the game that has been #1 since last December- until Black Arrow took over (Rainbow Six 3).
The FPSs on the list are:
Rainbow Six 3:Black Arrow
Counter-Strike
Rainbow Six 3
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (1/2 FPS, depending on your team)
Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War
Unreal Championship
Ghost Recon
But, at least you didn't do what most people do, and say 'Xbox is just for people who want to play crappy FPSs'. Because while there are a lot of FPSs (and a lot of them are good) there are also a lot of other types of games.
From the same list- which is obviously a list of games that people are really still playing:
7.5 FPSs
6 Sports games (NFL 2K5 beats Madden- YES!)
7 Racing Games (watch Burnout 3 move up the charts)
2.5 'Action' Games. (Mechassault and Crimson Skies)
1 Totally Crappy RPG (Phantasy Star)
The only game on the list I have never played, is Jedi Knight, so I honestly have no idea what type of game it is.
But to say that the Xbox Live games tend not be be First Person Shooters is probably wrong. FPSs are up there with everything else, and because they dominate the TOP of the list, they are probably the #1 genre overall.
And finally- I would have to say that YES, Halo is an awesome game. Judging from the sentence structure in both of your paragraphs, I am going to say that you are obviously too caught up in your own psuedo-intellectual world to really enjoy a game where you go around shooting everything in sight. Your writing makes it sound as though you are just learning to 'write for business'- and now you take yourself way to seriously to have fun with such a childish game. OR, possibly you are foreign (non-American) and you come from a place where starting a sentence with 'As such,' is they way all the kids are talking on the playground.
The lead-in paragraph mentioned that Intel has like 82% of the market in the U.S.. I would guess that the rest of the world does not just automatically call Dell/HP when they need new computers.
The more work a person is willing to do to buy a computer, the greater chance they will purchase AMD. Someone who is just picking up a box with 'everything in it' might be more likely to see the 'Intel Inside' sticker on that new computer stacked 10 high at Best Buy.
Then again, my purchasing department doesn't seem to understand that there are computer makers other than Dell.
But what if I was in Italy- and buying from Dell was a pain in the ass? The chance of purchasing AMD just went up about 200 times.
I'm tired of putting my comments into the discussion, and have some jackass write "where's the proof- show me the proof, or your comments are meaningless."
Like a link to another website created by a bigger idiot than me actually is proof to anything.
But I put the links in, just to pre-emptively shut them up.
Although I was very happy that on a recent post I was able to link to a porn site, in context.
Now I can think up a LOT of other examples, but let's just take the sport of boxing into consideration here. Boxing IS assault- force on another that reasonably makes that person fear bodily harm. Now, read a typical waiver for a boxing match.
There are thousands and thousands of other examples that could be used. But you don't see the cops arresting the winner of a boxing match- because both 'parties' have agreed that everything is cool. They have consented to be assaulted.
It happens in the military, it happens with police (training) it happens in other sports- stunt men, etc. Damn, even porn stars agree to be abused/assaulted to make movies. No- that woman really doesn't like a dick being shoved down her throat so she can't breathe...but, I'm sure she signed a waiver saying it was okay. Otherwise, she would have the best courtroom evidence ever...a videotape of the assault.
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Well- I like the fact that it is up here.
Because any time you see ANYTHING about Halo, it ends up in a 'This was a Mac game first' (Have you SEEN the original game, before it was ported to the Xbox? What a steaming pile THAT was...)
After the Mac people get involved, you've got the PC people, who will tell you how crappy the game is on the Xbox. It's better on a PC. Of course, it really isn't that good anyway, but the Xbox controller sucks compared to a keyboard and mouse. You should only play FPS on a PC.
Late in the game, the RPG fans will step in- they'll just tell you how crappy FPSs are. And how the levels are sooo repetitive. It's a brainless game, without any real depth.
Even with the detractors, the game still chugs on. This will be a huge seller. But I will NOT say that anyone will be proven wrong. The detractors will still have their opinions, and that won't change.
But when you give something this much attention, we start to wonder why you hate it so much...
I'm probably a little bit abnormal (in a lot of ways, most of them psychological, only a few of them physical).
When my TV is on, 95% of the time I'm playing an Xbox game. MOST games are still 4:3. I thought about buying a widescreen TV, and all that would do for me is make my game screens much smaller, with black bars on the left and right.
The other 5% of the time, my wife is watching a movie. And even if she does watch it widescreen- which she usually does, watching it on a 36" 4:3 in widescreen mode (black bars on top and bottom) is still pretty big.
Oh, and 100% of the time my 14 year old daughter is whining that we don't get any TV reception (by choice (mine)) and her life is miserable, all the kids at school think tht we're poor..etc. etc...
Wow- is a 30" widscreen really considered standard there?
I would say that going widescreen, the smallest that most people would want in the US is 42". And then of course 60 is much better.
With a 4:3, 32" is what I would consider the 'standard' TV size. A 32" 4:3 is much larger than a 30" widescreen.
I guess I should stop whining about having JUST a 36" 4:3 HDTV...
Through the 'history' of games, western game companies aren't doing anything new?
Western companies created:
Pong (first game)
Zork (and other text based adventures)
King's Quest (and other graphic adventures)
Wolfenstein 3d (and other first person shooters)
First Light-gun shooting game
First home video game console (Magnavox)
First vector graphics game (precursor to modern polys)
First hand-held system (Microvision)
The list goes on, and on, and on, and on...
You could at least read something about the subject- even as simple as this:
Gamespot's History of Video Games
The world of videogames did not start with Nintendo!
So please, do not think that Japan is the leader in videogame innovation. They may possibly be the center of the universe as far as your preferred video game genre goes- but the are far, far, far from the only ones innovating.
Next you'll try to tell us that television was invented in Japan.
Someone used to have the sig of "Do not taunt the happy monkey funball!" (or something to that effect)
I'd like to say "Do not forget the happy fun of Burnout 3!"
No, it's not an Xbox exclusive. But I don't really care- it's just a damn fun game.
"Do not forget the happy fun of Burnout 3!"
Dude-
I went to your site. Your server is teh suck. The site itself looked somewhat interesting, but it seemed like you were hosting it from a C64 with a tape drive.
I like cheerleaders with ripped stomachs.
Aww fuck...yeah that spelling is gaye...
But my parents named me Adolph- and no, they aren't some type of Nazi freaks- it's just a common name in my family.
I'm better off than my dad was though...he was born in '32...making him a kid during WW II. He got pretty good at defending himself though.
But seriously- I always wondered what names could be worse-
The trinity of bad names in the western world would probably be (in no particular order)
- Lucifer
- Judas
- Adolph (Adolf)
I guess it was just the luck of the draw...Lucifer would be harder to explain.
First-
Yes, of course we need more space. Currently, some Gamecube games are 2 disks- which I can imagine would be a royal pain in the ass. (Mini-DVDs are starting to fill up)
Of course the next generation will have more art, more textures, more sounds, BIGGER, FASTER, MORE, MORE, MORE! And I'm looking forward to it.
Also- I don't understand why they would need to keep the (details un-announced) Xbox 2 from appearing stale compared to the (details un-announced) PS3.
Are you a compulsive spender, or are you a compulsive drinker?
DDR had 4 songpacks at $5 each.
You're right about the Links courses- at least Kapalua was worth the $5. The Gallery (I think that was it) came too late for me to really enjoy it- although I did buy it.
The only premium downloadable content that I have NOT purchased (where I actually had the game) was for Mechassault. And once again, that was because it came so late, that I no longer played the game.
But I've downloaded all the free, and premium content that I could- I don't mind paying the $5, because it usually extends the enjoyment I get from the game.
Nobody has mentioned the RTCW content yet- that was also free, and good.
Try saying something even mildly negative about either Nintendo or Apple- it's even worse!
Then again, I've never seen an action movie where I get to determine what happens. Where the characters move, who they shoot, where they run, jump etc.
I've never seen one where I get to change the viewing angle at will- where I determine where the camera is focused.
Yeah...action movies suck...thank god for video games.
Well...he isn't the only one.
I'm not sure if my friends like it, or hate it, when I say "Okay, when we go through this door, there will be 3 guys, first you go to the right and silently bash the grunt sleeping- then I'll take out the shade, and we can both work on the elite that will come up the stairs". But yes, I know just about every enemy location in the campaign side of the game.
There are a lot of Halo freaks out there. I will only put it in now for multi-player, but I spent more than my fair share of time on this game.
Maybe it's not good to be so obsessed with a game...but it is a really good game...
Yes, you're right- Mario Kart Double Dash is a good LAN game.
And when you're done with that- you can play Kirby's Air Ride and 1080- those last two only allow for 4 players.
So how long would we really want to keep playing Mario Kart Double Dash?
Of course, the only reason you would be playing it at all, is that you can't run Burnout 3 on the Gamecube...
Running concurrently with the Game Conference was the Women's Game Conference, a get-together focused on women in gaming.
Thank god The Sims 2 just came out!
Just think, they can talk about: The Sims (+ expansion packs!)
The Sims Online
The Sims 2
And the upcoming- The Urbz
That's a full schedule, and we haven't even mentioned Pop Cap at all!
I am biased, because I am a big Xbox fan...but...
Most of the excitement I see around consoles currently, is around the Xbox. The PS2 is starting to look really bad lately, in comparison to Xbox games. The Gamecube has the whole on-line vaccuum which many Nintendo fans say is no big deal. Because they don't understand why there is excitement around on-line gaming. (Trust me, there is)
I was recently at a professional conference at Purdue University. (No, this was not for students, but for technical professionals) The agenda had 'game night' listed for 3 of the nights. I had no idea what it would be- charades, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey...who knows. Imagine my happy surprise when I walked in the room and saw 4 Xboxes connected via System Link and projected onto big screens. We played for 2 or 3 hours every night, and people who weren't even videogame fans got into the action.
I really don't think people would have/could have done this with the other consoles. This type of technology is what is making the Xbox 'cool' right now. When I have videogame neophytes (or even PS2/Gamecube owners who aren't familiar with the Xbox) over to play some games, they are usually blown away by Xbox Live. "These are REAL people?" they say over and over into the microphone...(sullying my gamertag while doing it).
The better technology built into the Xbox is finally becoming more important, now that people see that all 3 consoles can play games. But the Xbox can save more games, play your own music, play on-line, download new content, system-link...
Hopefully the next Xbox pushes the envelope a little bit further, so games are still exciting 3 years after the launch of the console.
Because when I play on a PS2 or Gamecube, I think that just playing 'standard' console games is a real snore-fest.
Damn- I took an English class at my local community college. The concept of an auteur was explained to us, with many examples given.
What type of MA school do you go to?
Mechanic's Apprentice?
Masturbatory Assistant?
I couldn't come up with any more...remember, I'm just a community college student. But I do know that you think I'm a Major Asshole.
As far as I know, the entire concept of the Phantom is that it makes PC games run like a console.
So, saying that you don't want games that are already on the PC leaves them with...well, nothing.
Blue screen, green screen- whatever. I saw this movie yesterday, and it was pretty darn bad. Not so horrible that I couldn't watch it, but if it hadn't looked nice, I would have walked out.
It's obvious that they were going for a 1940's serial look - Flash Gordon, etc. They achieved that, and I think they hit the target they were aiming at.
But when a movie-goer from 2004 goes to see this film, some of the situations and dialogue are so bad, that it's pitiful. I am not kidding when I say that most of the theatre was laughing AT the movie. Not at the parts that were supposed to be funny- just at the parts that were supposed to be serious, but ended up being so sappy that it was just sad.
Yes- they were going for the 40's serial, yes they hit their mark...but it was really, really bad. Even the producers of those serials wouldn't make the same movies today if they had a choice.
I disagree that Half-Life was only good because of Counterstrike.
I played Half-Life, and from the opening scene on the little traincar, to the end scene (fighting monsters or something) I thought it was an awesome game. I also bought Opposing Forces, which for some reason I actually played BEFORE Half-Life. (This was my first experience with an expansion pack, and I scaped together whatever money I could for Opposing Forces- then imagine my dismay when I found out that I would ALSO need to buy Half-Life!)
After a got a semi-decent Internet connection, I figured I would try my mad l33t skilz at Counterstrike. Boy did I suck. This was also my first experience with cheating on a videogame. I wonderered how those guys could hit me in the head each time!
I think if I went back and played Half-Life now, I would probably cry, but for it's time, it was a great game.
If they come out with another game (Half Life 2) with an intriguing storyline, some features on a game you've never seen before, and head crabs that slowly work their way down to your crotch...then I think it will be a great game.
But, I was totally disappointed by Doom 3- I can't imagine why Half Life 2 will live up to the standards we all are hoping for.
Have you looked at the list of the most popular Xbox Live games? (Rather than taking an informal poll of what you and your friends are playing...which if you are sane, is Burnout 3)
Here are the top 25 games on Xbox live.
Of the 25 games, 7 1/2 are FPS's. Including the #1 game now (Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow) and the game that has been #1 since last December- until Black Arrow took over (Rainbow Six 3).
The FPSs on the list are:
But, at least you didn't do what most people do, and say 'Xbox is just for people who want to play crappy FPSs'. Because while there are a lot of FPSs (and a lot of them are good) there are also a lot of other types of games.
From the same list- which is obviously a list of games that people are really still playing:
The only game on the list I have never played, is Jedi Knight, so I honestly have no idea what type of game it is.
But to say that the Xbox Live games tend not be be First Person Shooters is probably wrong. FPSs are up there with everything else, and because they dominate the TOP of the list, they are probably the #1 genre overall.
And finally- I would have to say that YES, Halo is an awesome game. Judging from the sentence structure in both of your paragraphs, I am going to say that you are obviously too caught up in your own psuedo-intellectual world to really enjoy a game where you go around shooting everything in sight. Your writing makes it sound as though you are just learning to 'write for business'- and now you take yourself way to seriously to have fun with such a childish game. OR, possibly you are foreign (non-American) and you come from a place where starting a sentence with 'As such,' is they way all the kids are talking on the playground.
So which distribution of Linux is she running now? 10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1 post..
The lead-in paragraph mentioned that Intel has like 82% of the market in the U.S.. I would guess that the rest of the world does not just automatically call Dell/HP when they need new computers.
The more work a person is willing to do to buy a computer, the greater chance they will purchase AMD. Someone who is just picking up a box with 'everything in it' might be more likely to see the 'Intel Inside' sticker on that new computer stacked 10 high at Best Buy.
Then again, my purchasing department doesn't seem to understand that there are computer makers other than Dell.
But what if I was in Italy- and buying from Dell was a pain in the ass? The chance of purchasing AMD just went up about 200 times.
I'm tired of putting my comments into the discussion, and have some jackass write "where's the proof- show me the proof, or your comments are meaningless."
Like a link to another website created by a bigger idiot than me actually is proof to anything.
But I put the links in, just to pre-emptively shut them up.
Although I was very happy that on a recent post I was able to link to a porn site, in context.
And who told you that 'you cannot legally consent to be physically assaulted'?
First- the definition of 'assault' threat or use of force on another that reasonably makes that person fear bodily harm.
Now I can think up a LOT of other examples, but let's just take the sport of boxing into consideration here. Boxing IS assault- force on another that reasonably makes that person fear bodily harm. Now, read a typical waiver for a boxing match.
There are thousands and thousands of other examples that could be used. But you don't see the cops arresting the winner of a boxing match- because both 'parties' have agreed that everything is cool. They have consented to be assaulted.
It happens in the military, it happens with police (training) it happens in other sports- stunt men, etc. Damn, even porn stars agree to be abused/assaulted to make movies. No- that woman really doesn't like a dick being shoved down her throat so she can't breathe...but, I'm sure she signed a waiver saying it was okay. Otherwise, she would have the best courtroom evidence ever...a videotape of the assault.