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You Want Overrated? I Give You Halo

Kombo Writes: "Since we have started talking about overrated games, let's talk about the biggest and most grotesquely overrated game and now franchise of our time: Halo. When Halo released on the Xbox back in 2001, it was praised as the Messiah of the Xbox, and it quickly became the "best" FPS ever made. For that time period, Halo was the best FPS on the home console market. Is Halo a good shooter? Yes, it is, but it's not the greatest FPS now or was it back when it first released."

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s8anicslayer - 216 days 7 hours ago

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This will reach 1000 degrees very fast!

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Th3 Chr0nic - 216 days 7 hours ago

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yep kotaku must be low on hits today

but i will say Halflife as well as Halflife 2 are classics that every FPS fan should play.
I can remmeber playing halflife 1 on PC way back and i still have vivid memories of it. The AI at the time was really good and it was the first time i ever had an AI opponent throw one of my nades back at me lol. i still remember the scene like it was yesterday but that had to be at least 10 years ago if not more.
I finished Hafllife 2 on PC and then finished ep1-2 on 360 as well as portal (cake!!)

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borgome - 216 days 6 hours ago

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1.2 - yes it will

Due to all of the jealous sony fanboys scurrying over to try and bash the most legendary video game series of all time.

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TheBand1t - 216 days 6 hours ago

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Okay. I just compared LittleBigPlanet and MGS2: SoL, MGS4: GotP. And the only one that tops those is Halo: CE, which makes sense since Halo: CE was, for it's time, a very good console FPS.

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callahan09 - 216 days 6 hours ago

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Well, uh... the whole idea behind over-rated is that the scores are higher than it deserves. I'm not agreeing that Halo is overrated, I'm just saying. So its metascore being high is precisely the point when trying to speak of it being "overrated."

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bbblockbird - 216 days 6 hours ago

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bout time sum1 said it halo is an average game but 3 sh!Ty fanboys sware its the best fps n to them i say duck hunt is the best fps

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Parapraxis - 216 days 6 hours ago

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@ Th3 Chr0nic, you obviously didn't read the article.
This story isn't from Kotaku.

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BattleAxe - 216 days 6 hours ago

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This is a very well written article, and very very interesting to. Its so true that marketing can pull the wool over alot of peoples eyes.

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ukilnme - 216 days 5 hours ago

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OmarJA

It's also nothing new that all the Halo haters would come swarming in. We already knew that too.

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Trebius - 216 days 5 hours ago

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1.12 - @Borgome

Ha...Ha...Ha.

You my friend...are the very representation of a modern day "gamer".
Sorry to make an example out of you but your statement left you open for heavy criticism...

To call this Halo series...Legendary...and greatest of all time...wow. You were probably 13 or 14 when it was released...and the heavy advertising made you worship him...theyve warped your poor little brain for life...

The "Real" gamers, did not start gaming with the Xbox and PS1, like you little boys that think you're gamers but you're really just started playing with Halo, and were never able to appreciate games on Atari...then on NES....SNES...Genesis...seeing the evolution of gaming first hand.

The Halo Generation (the ones that live by it, and worship it) is deranged and delusional, maybe it was the mountain dew.

I didnt say the game isnt great, it's definitely a good game...but if you think about it, if M$ could've gotten babies to cry for Halo, they would've done it.

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pixelsword - 216 days 5 hours ago

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1.13 - This article is flawed for many reasons

1. They insult Halo without giving any real reason to insult it.

2. They try to pin Halo 2's shortcomings on the original Halo.

3. The comment "Killzone just hasn't found itself, yet. It has great graphics and solid gameplay, but it lacks its own unique identity". Is one of the most impotent I've heard from a gaming site in ages. Say the word "Helghast" and almost immediately images of orange-eyed demons appear in your head; deny it all you want, you know you saw them.

4. Half-Life was a great game, but to call it the greatest is also a little... burdensome to the game's legacy.

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Sheddi - 216 days 5 hours ago

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1.14 - @trebius

OffT: Ahh i remember the Sega genesis days.
Does anyone else remember a game called "Combat Cars"?

OnT: I tried Halo on PC and it wasn't extraordinary or something.
It wasn't bad though either, I liked the flying things and cars :P

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Information Minister - 216 days 5 hours ago

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You might want to leave your basement once in a while and smell the fresh air of the real world, because Halo is not "the most legendary video game series of all time". Not even close!

And yeah... the "jealous sony fanboys" will be all over this, because there's just no chance in hell we'll spot an angry Halo fanboy or two right? Oh wait, I think you answered my question before I asked it.

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BTW, I've said it before and I'll say it again: opinion blog posts aren't news and don't belong here.

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1.16 JokesOnYou | 216 days 5 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

Trebius - 216 days 5 hours ago

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1.17 - TheWon is right.

I think everyone can agree on that. Very well put.

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gaffyh - 216 days 5 hours ago

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Lol flamebait article. It is true in one respect, Halo is not as good as the hype, but it is still a pretty good game.

I have played some of Halo 1 and 2, and I finished Halo 3, and I wouldn't call myself a halo fan. The only reason I finished Halo 3 was really to see what the hype was about, but when I played through it, it was quite obvious that the original Halo had a much better story (even though I gave up on that after a few hours).

The main thing I hate about halo is the stupid little triangle-shaped enemies. If they didn't have them, the game would be a lot better, those things are really annoying. Also it's a little bit too colourful, like Resistance 2, Resistance 1 was better by design.

EDIT: just needed to add IMO

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s8anicslayer - 216 days 5 hours ago

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I just want to know, no matter how one may feel about halo or any other game for that matter, how is success over-rated, and if halo is so over-rated why are there multitudes of people around the world that devour anything halo? I think the article should be why is Halo over-saturated

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Jason 360 - 216 days 2 hours ago

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10 million gamers would disagree

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Halo has and always be massively over rated as its the MS game to make there console shine that isn't really there. I'm not saying its not a good FPS but its not the best by far. The best console FPS has to be timesplitters series even with no online play. It had everything! Fully customizable and great fun to boot and best of all no 8 year old kids screaming yo mama jokes when they kill you which degrades any game IMO. The best FPS of all time for any system in terms of sales and amount of games played online is Half Life and its mods TFC/TFC2/CS/Source etc.... if you disagree with that your an idiot millions of people still play CS and TFC every day and have while Halo was just an idea in Bungies head.

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zlatko - 215 days 21 hours ago

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Halo is successful. People need to deal with it. It did enough right at the right time and was backed up in the right way.

I personally got my 360 because the Halo 3 commercials were so well done and I felt I was missing out big time as a gamer by not having a console to play it on ASAP. The marketing team did a great job, and while the game wasn't my cup of tea for more than a month it was still a sound purchase.

People don't get we are never going to agree on what the best game is or which ones are the bomb. It's because videogames at the end of the day are ART, but it's a form of art we can judge the canvas it was made on. If you make a broken game(the canvas), then the final product(art) will be noted and recognized as crap by most.

Games are entertainment and not much different from Monopoly, Clue, Candyland, etc. It's a game at the end of the day and you'll like different ones more for your own tastes.

Halo over praised? Nope it gets just what it earned through the means it did. Marketing, developing, and releasing when it has. Success is more than just a matter of looking back 2 years later and wondering why you aren't playing it anymore or you enjoy something more now. It's because times change and most people do with it.

Articles like this are so unintelligent and need to have heat seeking missles auto lock and shoot at their writers the second they are written.

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Eddie20101 - 215 days 20 hours ago

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The Halo games are great games, are they legendary? no, not as a series of games. The first Halo or Halo Ce was the only one deserving of it's high scores, not a perfect score, because there is no such thing as a perfect game. Halo 2 and 3 had week single player that was kinda short, but had very good multi-player. Graphically Halo 3 is just slightly better than the previous Xbox Halo games and was also kinda short. If I were scoring the games I would score the first game a 9 to 9.5, the second and third games I would Score an 8.5 to 9. So basically Halo or Halo CE was the only triple A tittle out of the three for me.

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1.24 TheRealSpy02 | 215 days 19 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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People make halo look awesome because its the only FPS exclusive they have and make it a Big Deal, and since almost every 1 that buys a 360 will get halo, friends play 2gether and enjoy it. But its nothing of a legend

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Raiinstorm81 - 215 days 17 hours ago

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1.26 - Halo Combat Evolved Best in the series....period

Halo 1 did something great it brought FPS games to the mainstream (sorry goldeneye 64 and Perfect dark) it was fun it was co-op and the multiplayer was the most balanced of all the Halo games.

Because of this Halo 2 was highly anticipated to me i read article after article and preview after preview. They named so many things that would be in Halo 2...... I think 2 things made it the dual weilding and the plasma sword.....NOT the 4-5 new vehicles...NOT all the new weapons they proclaimed....NOT the new gameplay elements as Elites take real time cover and climb walls...... Halo 2 was a shadow of Halo CE..... ending the game as the Arbitor I mean WTF

Halo 3 was dubbed Halo 2.5 because there wasnt a graphical boost by that much( ie KZ1 & KZ2 or Unreal Tournament to Gears) They finally added the features that were supposed to be in Halo 2, other than that all you heard was "FINISH THE FIGHT" Not to mention it got OWNED by COD4 on XBL.

Once they started going the EA sports route and not giving more bang for my buck each time I lost interest. Halo is a great series for MS but not its not the G.O.A.T.

Madden is they most popular sports game out......is it the best?...not IMO and ive been playing madden since SNES.
BTW I support PS3 but I play everything

Popularity =/= Greatness

rant over.....I return you to your regular programmed fanboy nonsense

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NickIni - 215 days 16 hours ago

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I don't dislike Halo, but I agree it is incredibly over rated, good, no doubt, but not "the messiah of FPS". Claiming to be a messiah is punishable by crucifixion you know.

Legend of Zelda is probably my all time favourite.

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Thugbot187 - 215 days 16 hours ago

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Fanboy article for Half-Life. He had some good point here and there but I didn't agree with everything he said. Half-Life wasn't the best FPS ever, the free mod made by some people in there free time Counter Strike was so much better and so many people played it.

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IdleLeeSiuLung - 215 days 15 hours ago

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The game still commands a $40 price tag, still sells well and it is probably the largest community of gamers on one console. I say there is nothing overrated about the game with so many gamers playing this game and continuing to buy it.

It is not the end all be all game, but it certainly was a great game in a balanced and complete package.

Go ahead, hit the disagree button and it will only show the bias from the fanbois here.

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kevnb - 215 days 12 hours ago

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1.30 - this again

Halo is a good game that not everybody likes. Sometimes opinions of others are valid, you cant just tell 8 million people the game they love sucks because you don't like it. Heck I love Halo, and Ive been playing fps games since wolfenstein 3d, so dont give me any "only casuals like Halo" bs.

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1.31 godofthunder10 | 215 days 12 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

Psycho_Mantis - 215 days 9 hours ago

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1.32 - WRONG!

It will be OVER 9,000!!!!!!

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indysurfn - 215 days 2 hours ago

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1.33 - show me ONE game that has been replayed as much as Halo on a console?

Just one! Because this game has proof of being the most played in online matches and hours. Month after month! Not so with ANY PS3 game any ps2 game any wii game or any other xbox360 game including Call of Duty 4! When a game is over rated people quickly stop playing it. But this game keeps setting records WELL after it sold!

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Vehicles, Movie Editors, ranking system, customizable character look, quick and easy matchmaking, several game types, Forge (level creation).

Halo3 came out in 2007 and still no console FPS has matched its features FACT.

People are filled with hate because of Halo's success and can't face the fact that even to this day no FPS on the market has topped it's features and over all pull in the console gaming market.

I laugh when people try to knock it but they can't stop it as if there words will change a thing.

Counter Strike Source isn't the best of FPS's in terms of features but the community that plays it that invest time and become CREATIVE with the title is what makes it still a PC champ.

It takes a great game in order for you to use your MIND to make it better.

That is Halo.

And if you think for a second that every person that plays Halo is stupid or 12 your an idiot....it is not the most played XBL game for a reason so simple that only a dumbass could think of.

So if Halo3 is overrated how come there are no other games that have matched or surpassed its features?

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Lord Xire - 216 days 7 hours ago

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Bubbles+

See your a Wildstar fan too.

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mario888 - 216 days 6 hours ago

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2.2 - Halo is a game for casual and noob gamers

You can talk all day about how great halo is but it will never appeal to a hardcore old school gamer like myself.

Here a Fact for you:

Halo has Auto Aim assist which has evolved from full Auto Aim Lock on.
Helps average players paly the game better but screws players who want something more challenging.

I don't consider racing around maps to see who can grab the best weapons a challenge or getting runned over by noob in a vehicle fun.

Fact: Noob games like Halo, Gears and COD will always Appeal to a larger demograhic and Games like Killzone require alot of skill to play.

Gaming is Indeed changing.

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iHEARTboobs - 216 days 6 hours ago

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I would have to agree with you that Halo 3 hasn't been matched in terms of features. I give major props to Bungie for the support they have given to the game. It's not my favorite FPS but at the very least it's solid with great features.

As for Killzone, I think like most games, it does require skill to be good. But I don't think those two games should be compared because they're different play styles.

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Yep because its on XBOX. Wouldn't be the most played if it was on PSN. BTW the only thing Halo has that UT3 didn't was a movie editor. You can even play as Master Chief if you got the PS3 or PC version. Truth is if you havent played the first one you missed the boat and Halo will not be enough for you to be a crazed fan about it. Guess it aint that good.

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"Vehicles, Movie Editors, ranking system, customizable character look, quick and easy matchmaking, several game types, Forge (level creation).

Halo3 came out in 2007 and still no console FPS has matched its features FACT. "

I'm a huge fanboy and you're right, almost no game in existence can match Halo's extensive features or options. Where Halo 3 falls short is it's gameplay, graphics and single player.

I'm not going to write a massive essay but basically:

Gameplay: Massively degraded from Halo 2, the maps that shipped with the title were also massively mediocre compared to those of Halo 1 or 2.

Graphics: Let's be honest, with as much money as Microsoft throws at Bungie, Bungie failed horribly graphically and didn't push the system as far as it could go. Look at Halo 2 on the Xbox in comparison.

Single Player: A big stinky turd. It's amazing they can't get a good single player story going when they've crafted such an amazing universe. Apparently the books are excellent, but Halo 3 picked off where Halo 2 left off, a completely terrible campaign.

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Not a big halo fan myself, I have played all 3 games but only because my cousin practically forced me to as he is a halo nut. Single player wise I think it is a bit over rated.

I see a good story in there but VERY badly told, combat vs flood is just not fun (running backwards in a FPS away from targets while trying to shoot them and bumping into parts of the level is a no no)

Having said all that, I'm still waiting for a game to come out with matchmaking as good as the matchmaking in Halo games. You can log onto halo 3 right now and be matched up with people of similar skill levels and actually have a fun game. Many games have claimed to do this but FAILED.

Most other online FPS if you log on for the first time after the game has been out for over a year you will get your arse handed to you by people that are much much better than you.

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2.9 - @ #2

Vehicles, Halo
Movie Editors, Halo
ranking system, Socom started this
customizable character look, Socom
quick and easy matchmaking, Socom
several game types, Socom (for console online)
Forge (level creation) Halo

love this quote btw, just screams ur ignorance

"Halo3 came out in 2007 and still no console FPS has matched its features FACT."

most of the features you listed... Socom already started? lol

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mario888 - 216 days 5 hours ago

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2.10 - @SkyZero said Wow did you really just say Halo has Auto Aim Lock On???

Sky Halo has Auto Aim assist which is an improved version of Auto Aim Lock on and Cod is even worst. How long have you been gaming? I used to game on PC before I moved to Console. I also remember when you could turn off Auto aim.

Gamers like me are the minority. There are more gamers like you will swear games like Halo, CoD and Gears are the best shooters you can buy. Devs will therefore continue to make noob games because it sells. You don't even realize that Halo has Auto Aim. Here is some links for you.

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/...

http://vgchartz.com/forum/t...

@Skyzero wrote:
Running and gunning with accuracy and awareness takes skill.
Just because the game is easy to play doesn't mean you don't have to combine skill.

Skill is the very foundation of what makes a good player.
From the looks of it you sound like you have NEVER played a Halo game.

KZ2 is a camp and shoot game.

Camping takes NO Skill

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I have played Halo and all my xbox noob friends love it. Halo is too slow for me and Gears!!! Gears feels like your crawling on the floor. Slow the game down , add in cheap weapons and auto aim assist and you got yourself a 5 million or 10 million seller.

All games require skill but Killzone require much, much more and therefore is more challenging to me.

Try this: aim at someone in Halo and have you friend run across you sights. Then come back to me and say Halo has no Auto aim.

FYI: Killzone has no Auto Aim.
Pick a game on the 360 that does not have Auto Aim and I will play you. Or play me one on one in Killzone. We will play all 7 modes and since you think Killzone is all camping . You go ahead and camp and see how far the gets you. I'll even film it for N4g.

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Sky Zero - 216 days 3 hours ago

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I'll play you in Gears of War.

No auto aim in that.

I returned KZ2 back to gamefly a month ago.

Or even CoD4....I will literally let you use any weapon of choice while I use a pistol.

Halo3 in multiplayer Auto Aim is irrelevant.

Try to stay on target in an actual Halo3 match putting all hope into Auto Aim and see how far it gets you..you'd be meleed before you get the chance to think.

Nowhere.

Oh and Jager....maybe your illiterate or just have a mental defect...but Halo has all of those in 1.

Let me explain it on a 5th grade level so you can understand it more clearly.

So since Socom doesn't have a level creator, vehicles, movie editor that means it "doesn't" have the features which means it isn't MATCHED.

Which goes back to the quote ""Halo3 came out in 2007 and still no console FPS has matched its features"

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2.12 - Halo is the most hated game by the SDF of all times

Halo loves to stick it to the sony trolls

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2.13 - 'll play you in Gears of War. No auto aim in that. I returned KZ2 back to gamefly a month ago.

You are correct, forgot about that, Gears has No AUTO AIM Assist. No, I'll Decline Gears of War, LOL.

That game moves too fast for me and I could never get the good weapons when playing with my friends. - Sarcasm . I couldn't play Gears more than 10 minutes because it was so Slow.

Skyzero:
I returned KZ2 back to gamefly a month ago.

Or even CoD4....I will literally let you use any weapon of choice while I use a pistol.
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So you do have a ps3? You returning Killzone 2 says it all.
COD 4 has more Auto Aim than Halo and it's twitch games which I got bored at real quick but at the time there was nothing else to play except Socom.

All games requires certain level of skill to be good. Saying that, Killzone is not a game for everyone because it requires you to have really good eye and hand coordination. Killzone two is also a very fast pace game. It's also the best console game out right now for really competitive No Auto Aim clan matches. I can understand why you didn't like it or was there some other reason you don't own it?

Since you like COD, Halo and Gears so much do you have one of these? http://www.evilcontrollers....

Skyzero Wrote:
Halo3 in multiplayer Auto Aim is irrelevant.

Try to stay on target in an actual Halo3 match putting all hope into Auto Aim and see how far it gets you..you'd be meleed before you get the chance to think.
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You really don't understand what I mean by Halo's Auto Aim Assist do you?
Auto-Aiming is a technique used by Bungie in the Halo series to make targeting your opponent easier. This shifts the challenge from aiming to movement and strategy, unlike most FPSs. Other games use Auto-Aim to completely lock on to a target, while Halo simply makes it easier. This was taken from http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/...
Halo's Auto aim targets the Mass and you do so you just need to adjust your aim. Again , Gamer like you will enjoy Halo while the minority games like me will not consider it a Great Game. Killzone is Has No Auto Aim and you have to shoot in Burst because the gun jumps. Add the fact that you target is moving make the game very challenging.

You have to be kidding about the Pistol. If we play the small training map. I will destroy you with my MP5. I don't camp. I constantly run , pull the gun up, auto aim takes over and your dead. Like I said COD is a twitch game, no skill really needed.

PSN J1reborn but i really don't play under that ID anymore. Message my account and I will play you in a cage match. But remember you have to use a pistol , lol. And no Camping. You come at me an I come at you. My twitch skills are second to none.

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caladbolg777 - 216 days 1 hour ago

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Geez guys. Calm down for a sec. Pop your weenies back into your breeches. Go buy TF2 (PC) and hop on http://www.thesharktank.org or http://www.themachine.org and play a couple rounds.

Guaranteed you go crying back to your 360 with your tail between your legs.

No e-peen contests until you've played a REAL fps.

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N2NOther - 215 days 23 hours ago

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No skill needed in COD? Tell that to the countless people I cause to quit games all the time. Like today, my friend and I were playing Domination on Chinatown, each using MP5s and when the host quit the score was 75 - 45 us, and we both had in the mid 20's in kills and haven't even cracked 8 deaths. Mind you, no one else on our team or the enemy's had more than 9 kills. Why is this? Because the people we were playing were unskilled. Even at higher ranks of prestige. COD may have a pick up and play feel but to be truly good at it, requires skill.

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farhsa2008 - 216 days 7 hours ago

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damn...took the words right out of my mouth, it brings nothing new to the table and graphcially it aint even that good to look at.

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but still fun to play.

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edgeofblade - 216 days 4 hours ago

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It's clear people will set their own criteria for a good game so they can twist and squirm their way into whatever their religious-faith fanboyism tells them to believe.

I never saw how a game being overrated was supposed to diminish the experience of people who didn't even play it in the first place. If you don't like it, it's not like anyone is forcing you to play it.

But at the same time, the fact that people like it is the self-evident proof. It's a good game series, just like all the other popular shooters.

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farhsa2008: damn...took the words right out of my mouth, it brings nothing new to the table and graphcially it aint even that good to look at.

silverchode: but still fun to play

Silver, You should TELL THAT to the reviewers when they review games. Not every game has to reinvent the wheel. They just have to make the wheel spin well.

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doesnt have to bring anything new to the table... and like 8million people dissagre with you..but it is definitly overrated

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I don't recall ever playing ANY Halo game that put me to sleep...however i do remember MGS4 putting me to sleep in some scenes...To me that "game" was highly over-rated.

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Capt CHAOS - 215 days 15 hours ago

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1.6 - The only thing overrated is this author's opinion.

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lol why can the sony fanboys not accept Halo's success and it has brought plenty new to the table. Near perfect gameplay, theater, matchmaking, party system, screenshots, Forge, i'm sorry but you dont get anything like this on a console, and I doubt an PC game comes with all this things. (May be incorrect on the PC comment)

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Why can't you accept that some people have different opinions than you do. Not everyone is going to like Halo.

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I agree with you Tom. everyone does have their own opinion. But seriously...out of all the over hyped games that have come out this gen...do you really think HALO 3 is the most over hyped game? I mean, it had a lot of money put into marketing but reviews accross the board in the gaming industry have pretty much agreed that it is a game well worth the money and reputaion. Now if it was competely HYPED and received poor reviews, then ya i could say that it was an over hyped game...or if people just didn't care about it and didn't buy it then ya i would say it was an over hyped game as More money was put into advertising the game than it actually returned.

Basically...-sales and/or -reviews + large marketing/advertising (including internet fanboy Hype) = Over Hyped

or +sales and/or +reviews + Large Marketing/Advertising (including internet fanboy hype) =/= Over Hyped.

I hope this formula is understandable to some of you guys...

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Tom thats fine. Honestly. But please note I said success. The Halo Trilogy was a huge success.

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2 - halo 1 was ok, the last 2 halo's were crap i don't even have to mention that POS halo wars.

If Halo was on the PS2 from the start it wouldn't be anywhere near as popular as it is now. It would have just been another decent game in a sea of decent to great games. But since it was on the Xbox, and there weren't too many good games on it, It has become the most overhyped game in history!!!

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I agree halo3 was overrated but the multiplayer is fun. Halo CE still the best in the series for me.

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i do agree it is really overrated even more than cod4 the graphics suck and gameplay is'nt the best yet people go on about it being the best fps of all time when its clearly not

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NegativeCreep427 - 216 days 6 hours ago

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5 - How can a franchise that got its own pre-launch AMPM Fountain Drink be considered overrated???

LOL...Gee I think I just answered my own question.

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You can hear them?

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DNAgent - 216 days 5 hours ago

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Halo is all the xbots have left to play.

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Personally I dont like futuristic laser shows.

I prefer something like COD4.

Halo 3 is for young kids.

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When anything goes into the Halo-esque stratosphere of popularity, it will become "overrated" because its just too popular for its own good.

Does that make it any less of a good game? No, but there are some other good shooters out there that don't receive even 1/4th the amount of recognition Halo does, and it's a great shooter too.

Halo is just popular. I love Halo online...it's so well balanced, competetive and more than anything, FUN.

Halo 4 will be coming... start the hype train to rule all hype trains.

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The article picture perfectly reflects the people that play that game.

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Socomer 1979 - 216 days 4 hours ago

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11 - (takes a bow)

Uh thank you.

Roses for the author!!!

Those xbutts stink to the high heavons. It's about time someone out there brings them back to the real world.
Hello xbutt, I'm a hardcoregamer. I know you don't know what that means but I just wanted to tell you that your games suck.

Farewell.

(takes another bow)

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Why you would you be the one bowing? You didn't do anything except act like an idiot.

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13 - Halo is trash!

gayblow wars sucked and the other gayblow games sucked too . HARD!

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To bad the PS3 doesn't have anything this big, maybe if the PS3's games were movies. Wait... MGS4 is a movie but it still isn't this big.

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14.1 - Your stupid Jason 360

What a f$%king clown you are for even comparing Halo to MetalGear,
Bill Gates wouldn't even say something like that. If they was so confident of their sales with Halo they would of threw that or Gears 2 out when Guns of the patriot release.

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Halo is like as popular as Mcdonalds, but noone will ever say that Mccdonalds is the best fastfood restaurant. Halo 2 and 3 are mediocre games that are way overated, and I am glad that most gamers realize this, besides the bots who are still praising it since they have no games to play.

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Halo 1 was fun thanks to the big areas and vehicles, of course in PC. The story and enemies were retarded, enemies taking the big spot. The main character sucked of course, kinda childish if you ask me, calling someone Master Chief...

No doubt about that the Halo series are the most overrated ever.
Half Life is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay superior to it.

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Yes, how dear he have a real, existing rank in the Navy.

God it's like calling someone Sarge...

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17 - that what I thought as well, Galo look like a wii game.

xbot buy anything advertise on tv.

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Halo 3 is a fun game, Call of Duty is a fun game Half life is a fun game. Overrated would have to be Gears of War 1 or 2, IMO. I just can't get into the game or the story.

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rjackson1 - 215 days 21 hours ago

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19 - Long live Jason 360

Halo is the best FPS ever made period.

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Killzone >> Halo

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Boty - 215 days 19 hours ago

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21 - Just to take this a little bit further...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Go ahead...Click it.

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Droid Control - 215 days 18 hours ago

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22 - Halo 1 was amazing...

halo 2 and 3 were crap.

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I bubble you up since you are one of the few xbox fanboys who are willing to admit the truth.

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23 - Overated?

25 million + people obviously disagree.

$ony droids just can't handle the fact that the playstation brand doesnt have a mascot like nintendo and MS.

Sony doesnt have any exclusive that even comes close to Mario or Master chief

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23.1 - No mascot ?

Sony has an army of mascots, just think about solid snake, crash bandicoot, cloud strife or the sackboys.

Whenever you think of Nintendo the first thing that comes into your mind is Mario.
Whenever you think about the Xbox the first thing that comes into your mind is the ring of death and the 2nd is Halo and his Masterchief.

When you're thinking about sony well there is no such thing. Thats the strenght of sony, thats why the playstation has become so popular, because there is diversity ;)

How could you possibly be jealous about Mario or Halo ? Since Mario 64 and Halo 1 this series have become worse and worse. Look at Metal gear For instance, each game was better then the previous one.

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23.2 - 52 Million selling Gran Turismo. :)

dumb xbi!c#. :)

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i think the arthur meant. KZ2. other than the graphics. it really didn't being anything new that wasn't already in alot of FPS. the controls where laggy, the acting was over the top,the story seem like they stole from a few FPS that came before it mainly CoD4.

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this basically sums up Gears of War 2's story

FatGuy 1: HEY THE ALIENS ARE HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!!! !!!

FatGuy 2&3: RAAAAAAAAGHH...RAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAHH, LETS QUUUUICKK SOME AAAAASSSSS!!!

FatGuy 1: Hey look more unloaded textured aliens over there over there
FatGuy 2&3: I DON'T GIVE A SH1T WHERE THEY ARE LETS JUST CRUSH THEM WITH OUR FLAB...YEAAAAAAAAAAH!!! aaOOOOOOOGHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

the next couple hours is just filled with F***this n F*** that

marcus dies due to drowning in his own flab the end.

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26 - HALO SERIES is the #1 Console FPS series of ALL time...LET a REAL fan tell you why?

N4G.com skyrockets Anti-Halo blog # 452..but that's ok..they even hated on Jesus once.

See while this 'popular' hate blog may draw over 300 replies..today..just like yesterday..and the day before yesterday..and last month..and even last year...

There will be 1 million+ people who log on Xbox Live to enjoy Halo 3. Sony Hardliners and Halo hater (including the author of the lame fan-blog) will scramble up every poor excuse in the book to try to discredit this worldwide celebrated franchise.

But, as usual they completely miss the point. They will always be the group that sat on the sidelines and threw rocks from glass houses. Not me though..I will proudly proclaim that Bungie deserves the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE of GAMING for the creation of this series.

In term of gaming..it is this generations'Goldeneye..

In term of movies it is our 'Star Wars'

In terms of sales..it ranks up there in the upper echelon of games..and clearly Halo 3 will NEVER be touched by any exclusive on the 360 or the PS3 period.

I want to keep it completely honest..all the back forth fanboy corniness aside..games like Halo are why I love gaming...period.

There are a whole slew of members on N4G.com and gaming forums all over the internet that barely could even hold an Xbox controller when the original was released..there are alot of new gamer and console haters scour Metacritic, Wikepedia and copy other forum posts...just to form opinions these days..so I'll give you my first hand on why these games were far from overrrated...

Halo: Combat evolved..Single player was just brilliant..remember..

The first time we faced the attacking grunts and elites on the ship...the first time we touched down onto Halo..the first time we played 'Silent Cartographer' ..and said HOLY SH*T! The first time we drove the warthog on the beach...the WTF moment when The Flood appeared..THE SPOT-ON controls...back then..NOTHING on ANY console had come close to the size and scope of this amazing experience..

But the crazy this about this this was that you could play the whole thing in split screen co-op..at the time it was also unheard of..and even to this day (YEARS LATER) games like Killzone 2 couldn't pull it off.

Co-op or not..ask the colleges..ask the military..ask you friends who had an Xbox @ that time..what it was like to play multiplayer on the original Halo. 4-player was a blast alone..but it was the multiple T.V.s that cemented gaming HEAVEN. I easily remember 10 hour sessions with 20 people in the room just waiting to get on.

Halo 2..the RIDICULOUS anticipation..the midnight lines..the day off from work..the non-stop play of the single player game..the WTF ending..the ONLINE co-op???..ahh..the memories...

But it was logging on to Xbox Live and losing hundreds and hundreds of hours online with everybody I knew who owned an Xbox. To say this changed the playing field is an understatement. We literally played Halo 2 until the day Halo 3 came out. In fact, the FIRST rank sysyem that Bungie introduced STILL has not been surpassed by any other console FPS to date.

Halo 3..Say what you want to say about the single player experience...but it was STILL Halo at the end of the day. Sure Gears had upped the level of graphics..but it still didn't change what made us love this series. 4 player co-op was unheard of when this game dropped..and to do it with 3 other friends online is one of the reasons so many of us have had many multiple play throughs of that experience.

But, let me be perfectly clear when I say that the online multi-player just hit it out of this universe. Theater alone is freakin' PRICELESS. Watching youself and friends play together online together for the first time brought an unheard of party atmosphere to FPS gaming alone. The ranking system is just UNRIVALED..period. Forge..the ridiculous amount of game types..

And the one thing that all the haters completely missed this generation..the game is FUN..an absolute blast..easy to learn..hard to master..in fact..I laugh at all of the silly noob comments in regards to Halo..Jump into an unranked match as a 'NOOB' with a room full of 50's and pretend it's a game for noobs. Playing ranked let us all players find that perfect level to play with.

Bottomline..Halo 3 is FAR from overrated. Microsoft shelling out millions for the promotion campaign for a franchise that generates a BILLION dollars is just a testament to how popular this franchise is. It's constant success is only a thorn in the side of it's detractors. They will even hate the critical success and awards it received. But it's far too late to hate.

So as we wait for new E3 footage of Halo:OSDT..it's clear that some reviewers and media will try to show as much resistance to the game as possible..but millions will stand on line at the impending midnight launch and continue to play the next installment of this incredible Xbox franchise. In the mean time a whole lot of us will fire up the Mythic Map pack levels and enjoy the gift that keeps on giving.

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Wow, I am inspired.

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You're right this game is horribly overrated. If you want underrated, I give you Too Human.

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You know for a trilogy that is continually being for like a decade all the time and has good review scores and is like the best game this generation I can see why they would call it overrated at some point. Really? Wow this is just one of the best examples of Jealousy. Seriously WTF!

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