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Sessler's Soapbox: Dear Halo Haters...

Well boys and girls, Adam's back. No more rants and raves from across the Pacific. Nope, this time Adam is back at the G4 offices and taking on a topic that's sure to get you fired up: Halo 3 and the People Who Hate It. Adam lets loose like he's never done, so check it out.

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Dareaver1 - 806 days 15 hours ago

1 - It needed to be said....!!!

my sentiments exactly.... If you don't like the game, not interested in the game, and never are going to buy the game; just shut up.

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Rockstar - 806 days 15 hours ago

1.1 - I agree

But I still enjoy reviews on the run/electric playground more than xplay.

Although I enjoy looking at Morgan with the sound off.

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BrianC6234 - 806 days 15 hours ago

1.2 - I wish all the Halo lovers would shut up too

I played Halo and halo 2 and don't see what's so good about the games. They're boring. That's my opinion. I don't push it on anyone but I also don't want the whole gaming world to push their opinion on me. Enough with stupid Halo and how it's God's gift to gamers. It isn't.

As for Adam Sessler's video, I have no idea what he said. G4's site sucks. Whenever I try to watch any video they put up I get 30 seconds of downloading, then 10 seconds of video. Then it stops and another 30 seconds of downloading. G4 really needs to do something about their slow site.

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THE_JUDGE - 806 days 15 hours ago

1.3 - Oh you mean like

when everyone shut up about Lair? This game is NOT the Pope, it hasn't been anointed as holy so it should get all the same b.s. that any other game gets, period!

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snoop_dizzle - 806 days 15 hours ago

1.4 - BrianC6234

could it be your connection? i played the video and it played fine. But who knows. I have had problems with them before, in fact that was my main site i went to before i found n4g.

But yeah many people do lay halo on a little too thick but, also haters need to stop too(not you i mean people who troll). Its a game. Its definetly overhyped no doubt, but nitpickers are always annoying for no matter what game it is. People have lost the concept of gaming becasue they nitpick.

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EZCheez - 806 days 15 hours ago

1.5 - My name is EZCheez, and I am a Halo Hater

But maybe for different reasons. I am sure that the game is amazing and is the best on the 360 yet. I fell in love with Halo for the PC. The actual reason I don't care for it anymore sadly has nothing to do with the game.

It has to do with Halo being EXTREMELY hyped, and the continuous blabber of some people (I know not all of you do it) acting as if Bungie were angels sent directly from heaven to create the perfect game. I know there are other games that do get some of the same treatment (MGS4) but nowhere near the same level.

I just can't stand to not be able to get away from something. I see Master Chief in the drive-thru, the gas station, on TV, during my football games, and in the grocery store. That's just too much Master Chief for me. Therefore, I hate Halo.

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BrianC6234 - 806 days 14 hours ago

1.6 - It could be my connection but...

If it is my connection I have the same problem at home as I have at work. I don't have the problem on other sites but when I try to play videos from G4 they all have the same problem. They load for around 30 seconds and play a few seconds then do it again.

I don't have this problem with most sites. But I do notice it all the time with videos on G4's site. Maybe it's the way their system communicates and the way my network at work is communicating. I am pretty sure though I have this problem at home. I guess I'll have to try it tonight.

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BrianC6234 - 806 days 14 hours ago

1.7 - I'm with you EZCheez

I'm with you on the hype. I don't hate Halo 3 but I also don't care about it. All the hype is what is causing people to bash the game. I'm sure it's great if you like Halo. I bought Halo for the PC and while it was okay it wasn't anything great. I bought Halo 2 for the Xbox and again I didn't care for it. I played GTA San Andreas a lot more. I just don't get all the hype about Halo. I'm not really that much into playing online games though. Maybe it's only good if you like that. I just have too many other things to do with my free time.

Adam Sessler, maybe you should look at what's causing the Halo hate before you say it must stop. There is a good reason for a lot of it. We're tired of hearing about the game already.

What I really hate is that some games were delayed just because of Halo 3. That's really dumb.

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C_SoL - 806 days 11 hours ago

1.8 - This has nothing to do with u

all i got say is fu(k you sessler & that overhyped piece of sh*t game.

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1.9 godofthunder10 | 806 days 8 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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tmatte - 806 days 7 hours ago

1.10 - the judge

But Halo isn't a piece of crap.

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DeadIIIRed - 806 days 6 hours ago

1.11 - Absolutely Agree Judge

This guy (Adam Sessler) reviews games for a living. For him to say a game is somewhat off limits is pretty hypocritical. Maybe if he took Microsoft's c*ck out of his mouth he too would realize that. Yes Halo 3 was a good game, but it is H-A-L-O, HALO. It's like, what if R* kept on releasing game after game after game in the same exact city (not counting the redesigned Liberty City, I'm talking about GTAIII LC). Would that game be off limits as well?

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reaperxciv - 806 days 5 hours ago

1.12 - well put ADAM!

now will some admin delete my account from n4g.com!

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th3_d3an - 806 days 4 hours ago

1.13 - wow

someone needs to get sessler laid

haloverated

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andy001 - 806 days ago

1.14 - but..

I'm playing through it now, and on the last level I think (Lots of Flood in a big wet orifice thingy), and I think it is a really great game. About 10 hours so far (which puts it a little longer that Heavenly Sword, for those who say PS3 games are short :o) )

But...

I don't understand why it got all those inflated reviews and thats my problem. I don't like all the hype that surrounds this single game, more than I've ever seen in any game launch in the past.

I don't hate the game, I hate the hype, and that is probably the same with many others.

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Omegasyde - 805 days 23 hours ago

1.15 - @andy ^^^

I agree its a good game but man the reviews were way over inflated.

IGN and acouple other sites gave Halo3 a 9 in graphics. WTF.
Bio shock and gears of Wars Had greater graphics and got the same score.

The reviews were a slap to the developers EPIC, and Pandemic among other.

I guess graphics/sound scores get boosted by +3 for the game being fun?

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Cerbus - 806 days 15 hours ago

2 - Why did it need to be said in the first place?

If the game was so good why the need to defend it?

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Captain Tuttle - 806 days 15 hours ago

2.1 - I don't think he's defending it...

He's just saying it's a fun game and telling the whiny little fanboys to STFU.

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2.2 Wii60_FTW | 806 days 9 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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the worst - 806 days 3 hours ago

2.3 - fu*k adam what a hypocrite

for someone who gets on game
and disses other games the for the
same reason he just say
he can go kiss bill gates ass
which he doing now

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3 Chris_GTR1 | 806 days 15 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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Foo Skeptic - 806 days 13 hours ago

3.1 - Chris.. not everyone

I don´t have a PS3 but have an Xbox 360 and I hate that game, I just sold it for $40 today, and I hate it because of all the hype, all of the stupid enemies and their stupid voices, all of the things they copied from star wars, all of the lies behind its graphics and "awesome" gampleay, AI is idiot..
And as this guy Sessler's whatever says, I don´t care if he liked the game or if anyone says that, there is a lot of people who doesn´t like it and he has to deal with that, if you like it, fine enjoy it, but let other people be.

And for all disagrees I am seeing 2 hour after I posted this, I have played Halo and "finish the ridicolous fight", gamertag Foo Skeptic

Anoter thing, the multiplayer is very boring too and I like FPS, but not this thing.

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Sylo - 806 days 11 hours ago

3.2 -

To hate a game because of hype is just stupid. Hate it because you don't like shooters, because you think the story sucks, because you think the ai is bad...those are all valid...

But Halo 3 really is all about the multiplayer anyway. And even more so, its about xbox live multiplayer. Over the weekend, I saw 1.5 million players on. On a slow weekday, there were almost 500,000 on. So there are people that do get it. I played the single player, and it was...ok. Multiplayer is where its at. If you don't like console shooters, stay away from Halo 3.

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mang - 806 days 7 hours ago

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Sylo, I agree that if you hate the halo 3 or the halo series because of the hype you a fuk!n idiot. bubble for u sir

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DeadIIIRed - 806 days 5 hours ago

3.4 - Sylo

Some games, unfortunately, have to live up to hype. For instance, I was disappointed when the new Star Wars movie came out (Episode 1). It would have been a great movie all on its own, but it too had generated an extreme amount of hype. So ask yourselves, don't comment I just want you to think...Did this game, Halo 3, live up to the hype that was surrounding it?

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DeadIIIRed - 806 days 5 hours ago

3.5 - Double Post

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BLaZiN PRopHeT - 806 days 15 hours ago

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well said,

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Mwaan - 806 days 15 hours ago

5 - Well put

The Playstation guys can easily avoid all things Halo by clicking on the PS3 section of any game site, but when I click on any article on any game site, I find constant Halo bashing. Most of the time Halo and xbox aren't even involved.

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mistertwoturbo - 806 days 15 hours ago

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true very true. but as an xbox360 owner and a ps3 owner, i find there are more xbox fanboys rampant through playstation websites. why is that? so the real fanboys are not xboxfanboys, nor ps3 fanboys. but idiot fanboys who has nothing to do but hate the other system because they can only afford one. i say to xbox fanboys, and sony fanboys, stfu and just play video games.

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Charlie2688 - 806 days 15 hours ago

7 -

I am SEVERELY puzzled by this guys conduct or he has a damage control complex (with certain games at least)...or at least gets paid to have one I don't know...

And after the Mass effect opinion slam and severe damage control incident and now this? this guy is no longer a "gaming journalist" he is a walking PR commercial and marketing spokes person...

aren't "gaming journalist" NOT suppose to do this?

@wageslave: how do you explain what he did with the Mass Effect damage control?, that was no editorial piece stating his opinion is was blatant trashing of someone else opinion (or choice of opinion as a matter of fact) for the sake of maintaining the status quo, same thing he is doing here, I recommend you going to read GS editors editorials for real opinions and not blatant damage control like this case

in case you wonder what damage control is...is what you did with your five other comments including this one

and remember this is not the case of Halo 3 being good or bad is a matter of choice of opinion a thing apparently Sessler is not very fond of after both of his attacks to the people that don't blindly agree with him or the "popular trend"

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wageslave - 806 days 9 hours ago

7.1 - Elementary Lessons on Journalism.

See how it says "Sesslers Soapbox"? That is the opportunity for him to deliver what is called an "editorial" or "opinion piece".

Certain journalists, when they receive enough notoriety and respect in the industry, are given this opportunity.

here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Journalists dont give personal opinions in their journalist duties, such as game reviews, it is their integrity as a journalist that requires them to be objective.

Not the case in Opinion Pieces.

You'll learn all about this when you get to High School.

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mistertwoturbo - 806 days 15 hours ago

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although i enjoyed halo 3, i'm much more looking foward to COD4. now that game is gonna kick ass

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AcidRhain - 806 days 12 hours ago

9.1 -

No one cares about you, why don't you chew on your PS3's power chord.

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Delive - 806 days 12 hours ago

9.2 - While he chews on the chord,

you should gnaw on a dictionary.

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Skizelli - 806 days 5 hours ago

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And then you all can make out.

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Omegasyde - 805 days 23 hours ago

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While you two are making out... I will videotape.

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Drano - 805 days 18 hours ago

9.5 - And for the Grand Finale...

I'll touch myself with oil once it's on the Web.

Jump Beyond.

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Rooted_Dust - 806 days 14 hours ago

10 - .....

You're not supposed to only listen to only the good or bad reviews. You're supposed to listen to all the review so you come away with a well informed and even review. Blocking out any negative review would only cause them to be incredibly one sided.

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FrostyMelon - 806 days 14 hours ago

11 - ...well...

If I actually gave two craps about this monkey...

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MurderFace - 806 days 14 hours ago

12 - Totally Agree

Best Halo 3 comment to date!

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steviebomb - 806 days 14 hours ago

13 - OMG

I've never really been a Sessler fan, but that was just brilliant! His impressions of the game were spot-on too.

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Mwaan - 806 days 14 hours ago

14 - I think that the fanboys live in constant fear

That their favorite console might drop out of the race. They think that if they bash a certain game or system, they're going to have an impact on sales. Idiots indeed.

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dylantalon - 806 days 14 hours ago

15 - fcvk off adam sessler

who the fcvk is this fool adam, shut your face. play your game and stop telling people what to do. i hate halo and i hate nintendo for not continuing the trend of having a powerful console. i hate a lot of games and halo is one of them. well my opinion is mortal kombat is the best fighting game series ever, not everyone will agree with me. i stop watching g4 cause of the garbage they show and for getting rid of tina and laura . fcuk off adam sessler, and fcuk of to that other dude morgan webb that host with you. i love my xbox and i love my ps3 but fcuk you adam.

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Ravenator529 - 806 days 14 hours ago

15.1 - You love your Xbox?

Really? Because the picture you posted shows that you have zero love for the Xbox and 360.

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TheZippo - 806 days 12 hours ago

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And why do you have a bowl of dog food beside of everything.... your not snacking on that are you?

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Enigma_2099 - 806 days 14 hours ago

16 - Actually...

... sometimes I wish you'd ALL shut up... INCLUDING Sessler... and HE'S the reason I watch X Play.

For the record, I'm not mad at Halo 3... just being able to rip turrnts off and use them as gatling guns made me hard. My problem is, if the game's so great, it shouldn't need to ride a $10 million hype train. Let teh awezomenezz sell itself.

And how does LAIR keep coming up? That game was doomed from the start. And no, we didin't spend a heck of a lot of money to promote it...

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wageslave - 806 days 9 hours ago

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"ride a $10 million hype train"

It is called "advertising". It is what happens in the real world to sell products.

"LAIR...doomed from the start"

Why do you say this? It certainly got a lot of attention at the shows that saw its Demo. It was only after it was released and got 5.0 / 10 average reviews at metacritic did the fanboys stop raving about it.

The same fate awaits, Folklore. It is presently 7.5 / 10 on metacritic, when the game is released, and all the reviews are in, 7.5 might just end up being generous. Rarely would a game fair this poorly in the first reviews and later recover from wider inspection.

"And no, we didin't spend a heck of a lot of money to promote it... "

What, you work for Sony now? A piece of advice for you stranger; you are not your Playstation 3. You are allowing Sony Marketing -- p1@yb3y0nd and such nonsense -- to influence your sense of self.

Your Playstation isnt a lifestyle or a club, its a product. _YOU_ are anthropomorphizing your Playstation 3. Snap out of it.

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Ravenator529 - 806 days 14 hours ago

17 - LOL!

I thouroughly enjoyed that!

And I thouroughly agree!

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