Alright... I'm a HALO Fan.

[Keith Justice]

HALO finds strength and brilliance in its honed simplicity and that's why some many people like it and get into it. It's not because HALO is t3h dumb, it's because it is what it is and one of the best at what it does.

You get a guy... you get a gun... you take that gun... and you shoot stuff.

No bells, whistles, or tweeks that force a you to do a certain game play.

It's the basic building blocks of a shooter and like LEGO's... you build what you want out of the experience.

I'm no where near being a "play everyday" or even much of a "play every week" fan, but lately I have been getting the now and then urge to jam. And there are days when I feel like a darn master composer waling away on a piano.... only I use my thumbs and trigger fingers. My mind dances as I predict my opponents movements, juke left, click the thumb down, draw a beed and blow off his head while my sixth sense tells me another guy is coming in from my right blindspot. I vault backwards, throw down a bomb, switch to my Assault rifle and unleash a hail of fire upon the guy who's now entered my vision.. his shield flickerking to my satisfaction of a well placed grenade and his end as my bullets tap his helmut.

It's honed basics allow you to make the game as simple or as complex as you like. And if you and friends invest the time, you can build a rhythm and tactics that are pretty unstoppable.

And HALO being only the most bare basics of "you get this gun and shoot this monster.... IN SPACE!" my mind easily builds the surrounding universe and it does have me wanting to explore it some more. Not unlike Mass Effect. Sooooo, I'm looking forward to the expanded franchise and other games that may come.

Well...... as long as it's not a prequel or RTS.... then you don't get my money. HALO 3: Recon, just baaaaaaaarely gets past the prequel mark with me as it's a side story... I'll allow it, but I just hope HALO doesn't get caught up in it like Star Wars did.

Anyway... HALO rules and I'm just sayin'.

Good night, folks.

I don't know about you... but I'm ready to drop.

 

[Judge Faiz]

We'll have to drop again soon to get more skulls!

 

[Keith Justice]

We should do a Legendary run through what we did sometime... more achievments which I am actually starting to enjoy getting. :anime:

 

[Shirubaa]

It's really interesting seeing all these people who are fans of very Japanese things and because of that were probably big Playstation fans starting to pick up the 360 as of late. I mean, 360's even outsold ps3 in Japan for the last 5 weeks.

It's really weird seeing such a turnaround with these things.

 

[Keith Justice]

I know what you mean. Weirdest thing is seeing all these A-B list JRPG's coming to the 360. I figured that getting a 360 meant I was willingly biting the bullet on missing out on JRPG's, but... strangly, that's not the case. 360's one helluva happy home for me.

Now all I need is an announcemnt of Yakuza 3 coming to it and I'll be one happy gamer!

Also.. been meaning to ask, am I the only one that's been getting flashes of what it's like to be a Gundam pilot, when playing HALO?

 

[HaiTien78]

Also.. been meaning to ask, am I the only one that's been getting flashes of what it's like to be a Gundam pilot, when playing HALO?

Sort of but in a very light sense. Speaking of Gundam and Halo my brother recently finished his Gundam 00 Map on Halo 3.

 

[Shirubaa]

Well, it's not only the JRPGs, it's just the 360's general performance with everyone. Here you had the Xbox which sold maybe 2 or 3 units in Japan, now the newer xbox is outselling a SONY system in Japan. How unheard of is that?

Then I have friends who are really into the Japanese thing and loved their ps2s like their loved their mothers, ps3 is the first thing on their mind for this generation, but now they're starting to see 360 as the better deal for them. One found out all the games he wants are multiplatform anyway so its cheaper, another is warming up to the big American games also, and another just wanted a ps3 for FF13 but her boyfriend has a 360 so that's minus 1 sale. Imagine all the minus one sales from FF13 alone and it's just incredible.

 

[Dark Kabuto]

I think the one thing that really annoys me is how everyone calls it "Revolutionary" and yet, it feels like every other FPS game I played.

Oh well, the Halo series dose have decent music, I'll give it that much.

 

[Shirubaa]

It's only revolutionary in how it brought FPS games to consoles as much as it did. Look, what it really comes down to is that Halo is a simple game to understand, has simple and recognizable elements to it, and was a) a launch title on the original xbox so it sold really well and then b) was marketed and hyped up for its sequels.

Not to compare their quality, but look at Star Wars. Simple and memorable story and characters, locations, weapons, all that. It really comes down to the simplicity and memorability of it.

 

[VengeanceGOD]

Exactly. I don't mind HALO, I like playing it, I just wouldn't pay $60 for it because it doesn't bring anything new to the table.