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Halo: Reach vs. ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’

Two new blockbusters, the movie “Resident Evil: Afterlife” and the video game Halo: Reach, each provide a vivid glimpse into how the cinematic and gaming mediums are keeping their distance even as they converge.

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RIPSKATEDESTROY4976d ago

i choose resident evil over halo anyday

omi25p4975d ago

you would choose one of the worst movies in history which would lasted around 2 hours, over a highly rated game that could last for years?

SixZeroFour4975d ago (Edited 4975d ago )

dont mind him...he would choose having sex with a tranny over halo...its what fanboys do

edit: my bad...just checked RIP's comment history, and doesnt look like hes a fanboy, that comment was just in the form of one

i still stand by my statement towards fanboys in general, just retract it being towards you, RIP

deadreckoning6664975d ago (Edited 4975d ago )

I actually saw RE: Afterlife last week. PURE-UTTER-TRASH. The RE movies have been getting worse and worse since the first one.

The fight scenes were dull and there was ZERO originality in the fight/action sequences. And this is the first movie I've ever seen that overused slow motion to the point that it made me cringe.

The best part of the movie was probably Wesker and even HE doesn't get a half decent fight scene towards the end.

@HDgamer- I respect ur opinion, but no. Just no, lol. Inception was a good movie, RE: Afterlife wasn't even "okay" IMO. FYI, I thought the first Resident Evil movie was pretty decent.

@Zinc- The plot was all over the place. They never explained Wesker's origins and theres was no back story on Chris either. And WTF was with the coins popping out of the zombiefied axeman?!?! LOL

HDgamer4975d ago

I'm sorry that you're too bias Mr Anonymous because your preferences is so jaded that you can't see beyond your own infant hands. RE Afterlife is a good movie.

SixZeroFour4975d ago

HD gamer...are you seeing things? where did i even bash RE:afterlife? i was merely commenting on his comment where he would choose RE over halo "ANYDAY"...meaning, even if halo was better, he would still choose RE, THATS where i thought he was a fanboy

but NOWHERE in my comment did i even remotely come close to saying RE is a bad movie, game or franchise

ive watched the other live action movies, and i think for video game movies, they are among the best ones, and i think RE5 has top notch graphics

me, biased? hardly...but i AM a big FAN of the halo series...however, i dont try to downplay other franchises cause of it

ThanatosDMC4975d ago (Edited 4975d ago )

The movie wasnt bad at all. Just dont associate it with the game's story. Now RE3 movie was really bad.

But one thing i didnt like about the movie was the over use of slowmo. Heck, they wasted 5-6 minutes of the movie because of the slowmo intro. They didnt need to list the cast or the producers in the beginning. They should learn from the Matrix or LOTR movies.

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dark-hollow4975d ago (Edited 4975d ago )

Movie versus a video game?
I guess n4g now really lost it

bjornbear4975d ago (Edited 4975d ago )

but thats just my opinion...I just find this insanely detached...

al I can say is: Reach must be an exceptional game

Afterlife is what i'd call "visual trash", it goes along the lines of 2012, Transformers 2 and other movies that have no substance, but look pretty, and thus keep 14 year old boys satisfied.

LordMarius4976d ago

RE: Afterlife is one of the best movies this year

dark-hollow4975d ago (Edited 4975d ago )

You don't watch too many movies my friend
Inception FTW!!!!

Zinc4975d ago

I just saw it on Saturday and I was not overly impressed. It's was a very uninspired story. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it at all... but, he took elements from a bunch of movies and games and combined them, which created a watered down final product. Plus... it's just not making sense anymore. What the hell is Umbrella trying to accomplish? Where are they going with this?

LordMarius4975d ago (Edited 4975d ago )

You people dont know how to enjoy a movie. And no Im not saying Afterlife has Inception quality but its a good popcorn flick I woulndt mind seeing again

So far this year
1. Inception
2. Toy Story 3
3. RE: Afterlife
4. The Other Guys
5. Ramona and Beezus
6. Salt
7. Despicable Me
8. Iron Man 2
9. Scott Pilgrim
10. Grown Ups

N4BmpS4975d ago

Personally I'd put Iron Man 2 and Scott Pilgrim over RE: Afterlife because I'm a sucker for Robert Downey as Iron Man and Scott P. was a great adaptation (and commercially under-appreciated)

KillerPwned4975d ago

Inception made me mad it made me feel like i could not just sit and enjoy a movie i had to sit there and actually think about it and the plot. But i seen most of those other movies also very good.

Sneak-Out4975d ago

looking forward to resident evil

Mista T4975d ago (Edited 4975d ago )

only an idiot fanboy would choose this movie over halo

LeonSKennedy4Life4975d ago

Haha...

I'm not a fan of Halo, but it's a quality game.

Resident Evil: Afterlife is a poor excuse for a film.

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6 Friendliest Characters in Games

GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."

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thorstein248d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED248d ago

You can probably add Karlach to this from BG3

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10 Best Lore-Rich Video Games

Talented writers can build worlds that are as wondrous as real-life. Here are the best lore-rich video games for you to get immersed in.

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shinoff2183484d ago

How'd fallout not make the list. Atleast over cyberpunk, tales , and halo. Fallout been around since what 96 98 and has 5 6 games into it. It's full of lore when you play it. I'd even add star ocean to a point.

robtion483d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad483d ago

And somehow Planescape Torment doesn't even make the list.

Crows90483d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183483d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90483d ago (Edited 483d ago )

Yes in lore. Easily missed... absolutely. Never played a game that had me loving the world and lore behind it as much as that one. Most of course wouldn't be able to experience it since it is a more difficult game.

DarXyde483d ago

I can't speak for all titles on this list, but by the time you get to Dark Souls III, the lore is a bloody tapestry of intricacy

Crows90482d ago

Played them all. Im not saying the games on the list dont have good lore...I just think hollow knight had more lore that is hidden but present and more easily explored and accessed. The souls games have tremendous lore but theyre mostly hidden and stay that way unless you look for it and research it. The lore is not very accessible.

DarXyde482d ago

Crows90,

I think that's a somewhat fair assessment. For me, the Souls games are less upfront about the lore, but it does invite your fascination through NPCs, items, locations, bosses, etc. There's this kind of natural progression where the picture becomes just clear enough by doing the essential tasks, but it really makes you want to explore every inch of the world.

TheColbertinator483d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13482d ago

narration is more important than lore i'd rather watch the story and characters in a more cinematic way instead of searching for notes and stuff that's why i love sony exclusive games like uncharted and gow and hate from software games

shinoff2183482d ago

The article was top ten lore in video games. I think they did a bad job picking games out. I know what you mean though. I just like a variety of games and genres.

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Halo’s best Bungie campaign has its worst feature fixed after 12 years

Halo’s best ever campaign mode developed by Bungie has had its most annoying feature fixed after more than a decade, making the sci-fi FPS game better than ever

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SullysCigar568d ago

Awesome news - so can we look forward to playing Halo: Infinite with no online issues circa 2033?

just_looken568d ago

"You can download the improved Reach AI mod at Mod DB" This was a mod 343 did nothing so the online will be fixed in our dreams.

SullysCigar567d ago

Par for the course with 343.

Profchaos567d ago

They did say they had a 10 year plan for infinite we just all assumed it would be DLC could of been a 10 year netcode rollout.

But seriously this is a mod the community won't be able to modify infinite in the same way

Cikatriz_ESP568d ago

Combat Evolved was the best campaign, and it's not even close.

just_looken568d ago

You should have tried this version of reach when it first came out remastered for a year there was no sound because 343 could not locate the sound files.

It was a special challenge.

badz149568d ago

more like the bunch at 343i are simply mentally challenged

ACEMANWISE568d ago

Well I guess 12 years is faster than most fixes. I guess this is a cheap way to "remaster" something nowadays.....by just fixing something that used to always be broken.

zidane1341567d ago

Did you even read the article? This is a mod to improve AI from back almost 2 gens ago. Nobody is claiming this is remastering anything. Yeesh.

Crows90567d ago

Halo is dead. Microsoft has other shooter franchises it cares more about now. 343 are no longer Xbox golden studio. They are likely to shift things around or even close it all together and give the IP to someone else.

343i decided to pummel the IP into the ground...and when they see it didn't quite look like Glenn's face they decided to just keep on pummeling. Not sure if Glenn is the IP or the fanbase in this case though.

Profchaos567d ago

343 were never the golden studio they were a hastily thrown together b team when bungie said we want to do something else cya

Crows90567d ago

Well ...I didn't want to say it but I agree. Makes you wonder why Microsoft gave them the IP and didn't keep Bungie or any of the talent they acquired from any studio.

CobraKai567d ago

“ Halo Infinite, Halo 3, or Halo: Combat Evolved. It’s hard to say which of the sci-fi FPS games offers the best experience all round.”
He lost me with Halo Infinite.

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