Halo 3 Believe the Hype?

Online Gaming News writes:
"We should demand something new, something different in our games. Don't just add a number to the title, change the graphics and the maps and maybe adding a new weapon or two, and then call it "NewOldGame 3" **cough, Halo 3**. It's almost like what is going on with the movie industry now days. How many remakes or sequels have you see at the box office in the last 5 years? (Way to many to even count)"

[V2oom]

That reads like the author got his a$$ handed to him more than a few times while playing halo 2 online.

[achira]

no this shows that halo 3 is overhyped. but i am sure it is granted that sites like ign, gamespot, egm, 1up, will give it a 10, although it is a crap game. so calm down.

[Stella]

Sounds like a cry for a bigger wad of cash from Microsoft for this writer to hype the game.

I don't think Microsoft will ever understand that outside of the existing mostly US Xbox fanbase that gamers will ever care about Halo.

No matter how much money they spend buying magazine covers and other print media hype.

No matter how many online console sites they establish marketing 'arrangements' with like EGM and 1Up to endlessly hype the game.

No matter how many press releases they put out about how many Halo fans stood in line.

It will never change the fact that the Halo games are and always will be niche games that appeal to US Microsoft/Xbox/pc gamer fans. The best a Halo game has ever sold is some 6-7 million. Nowhere near the big mass market franchises like GT, Final Fantasy, or GTA that are in the 10-15 million in sales ranges.

All this money and effort Microsoft is spending on Halo 3 could have been used to develop a stronger and more diverse first party lineup. 95 percent of all of the Halo 3 hype is utterly pointless.

Everyone who bought Halo/2 will most likely end up buying Halo 3.
Everyone who didn't care about Halo/2 last gen will go right on doing so this gen.

There are too many fantastic fps games out this year on all platforms for anyone but existing Halo fans to go out and buy a 360 JUST to play Halo 3. The game just isn't good enough. Graphically it is easily the poorest looking fps game of 2007. And the lack of dedicated servers is utterly inexcusable when it is a standard feature on PC and PS3 games.

Halo 3 will come and go. Microsoft and Halo fans will 'declare victory' and the console world will go right on as if the game was never existed.

[uxo22]

Hype comes in two flavors, positive and negative feedback. Have you ever seen anything get a negative review or bad press and it actually helped to item rather than hurt it.

This article does NOT show that Halo3 is overhyped. However it does show that someone is letting the Halo3 train get the best of them or that someone may be a bit jealous of halo's success. I mean, why speculate? Wait for the game to come out then give it a fair review end of story. It will either live up to the hype or will not.

And for those that sit there with their closed mind and make dumb statements like "HALO3 SUCKS"; just further proves my point; which is jealous sometimes cause irrational thought and make people say things that they either really don't mean or that they know aren't really true. Like "Halo3 Sucks!"

Come on Halo haters out there, give credit where credit is due. Also, there are many successful sequels, MGS, COD, GT, PGR, FF50 the list goes on, why is it that there is a problem with bungie doing the same thing. The games I mentioned above are all past their third installment and I have lost count as to how many FFs are out there. So I really don't get the point that the writer of this article is trying to make.

[JOLLY1]

The author says " I sit and hope and pray to be impressed for my 60.00, but some how I KNOW I will be sorely disappointed."

How do you know you'll be disappointed? Why write an article on speculation? Why are all the sony fans writing comments without reading the article? FUNNY

[eLiNeS]

Did he just crawl out from under a rock and decided to write about HALO 3. There is so much more to HALO 3 then any other HALO has had. Just having the graphics in HD is a plus but Bungie has out done them selves with HALO 3 all around. New weapons, gadgets, grenades, vehicles, 4 player online co-op, theater video editor for co-op or multiplayer, map editor (Forge), what else am I missing? Oh yes the environments are huge and have push the 360 to the limits. This game is going to be epic!

HALO 2's online was a hit and is still one of the best online games around but HALO 3 will even out do that. This game will be played for years not just months or days but YEARS!!! And not just online multiplayer but co-op online campaign mode as well.

Just watching the leaked videos out and what has been shown here and there has mad a believer in many that where on the fence or was no where near the fence but have crossed over to greener pastures.

HALO ][][][ FTW!!!!

[Rhaigun]

It's not like there are 13 of them.
Halo was a planned trilogy for the sake of telling the story.
The fact that the core gameplay has remained the same is a good thing.
Why fix it if it isn't broken?
We all know how well that faired for DMC2.

[ben hates you]

i look at games like music, i like punk rock because its punk rock, not because its pop, i like halo because its halo not splinter cell

@ achira and onewinedangel your comments are noted, and i think they suck

[onewinedangel]

and they bought it to me Halo3 i received it last saturday and is the same freaking game ,dont believe in the hype its a great game if u have never play a FPS before in my personal point if view its a generic Fps with crappy graphics but its has a nice story .
And if u think Forge is the best it actually suxs its a very confusing mode ,actually the only good thing in this game is that u finally finish the fight and that the level of customizesation is good ,all other features are the same and the multiplayer sux
Im not a fanboy in just dissapointed thiscost my uncle waste 200 dollars and the game was not what i expected i rather keep playing halo2(its the same) thanxs and dont flame my opinion i know i have falme some articles but its just my personal opinion

[snoop_dizzle]

unless they have some special connections.

and if you are telling the truth, how the hell did he get it for you?

[The BS Police]

Bungie has allready stated that copies of Halo 3 have not been shiped out to Italy at all.

You are saying the rumors are true while really your parents just bought an empty pre-order box for you?

[ShiftyLookingCow]

troll alert: one whinny angel

[radzy]

.....THEN LOOK TO TORRENTS. WHEN THEY HAVE IT THEN ITS REAL!!!!

[TheSadTruth]

get a life and go outside

anyone who feels like making up sh1t a video game to justify their purchase of a rival console really needs to go outside and get some fresh air, you're as pathetic as they come kid

[MoonDust]

Cmon. No one believe you douchebag.

[BenzMoney]

Change the words "Halo" in the story to "Final Fantasy" and the words "FPS" to "RPG" and I'd agree 100% with this story...

EDIT:

Hmmm... apparently a lot of people disagree that I would agree.

[Greysturm]

Each final fantasy changes the battle system the storyline the graphics and almost all the characters with the exception of a few summons so this article doest has nothing on final fantasy.

[Cr4zy1v4n]

@ Greysturm
That's exactly it though, FF changes everything about their games from sequel to sequel, so how is it a sequel? Thats like saying Halo was the sequel to Marathon because they were made by the same people. If a game has a different storyline, gameplay, etc... Why not give it a new title? The reason is because FF games get hyped pretty well too because they're FF games, you buy the name, and assume the game is good. (And in FF case they usually are). I do however love both series for different reasons, but don't lift up FF because they completely change the game every time. Bungie was smart by not completely effing Halo 3 up like they admittingly did to halo 2. (see Bungie.net for proof)

[THUNDERMARE]

Have you ever play the game???
We dont have Cloud as protagonist for 12 straight FF title and different game play every game....

Cr4zy1v4n - I think you miss the point here, FF theme tend to be that way since the first inception 20 years ago. But what make FF a FF is the story that deal with magic, spirit, reincarnation, ragnarok, mog and chocobo because FF theme was build to be that way. So it is alright not to have Cloud or Squall in FF XIII but its not alright if the game lack all those fantasy elements.
But for Halo, the game is all about FPS and Master Chief.... the theme around of the game is make to be that way so please compare FF and Halo is the last thing you want to do.

[Cr4zy1v4n]

Yea about that, where did i say that they were similar? I think its right after where i said they were different and that i like both for different reasons. However, I agree with you 100% that they should not be compared, and also 100% on your other point that Halo is all about MC, and that a good trilogy generally has the same storyline and theres a beginning part (usually the best), a bridge (usually the worst, Pirates 2, Halo 2) and then theres the finale which generally closes the story and has new stuff as i was trying to show some people who just think this game is Halo yet again, well for them what about LOTR or Star Wars Yet again (love both btw). so my rant was on how FF makes it seem as if it is one giant story, but it just has the same themes and lots of cameos from previous versions, save FFX-2. I just don't see why its FFXIII coming out and not a newly named RPG, because no matter what its named, if Square-enix makes it and its looks good, its probably good. Just doesn't make sense to me.

[halo3betasnatch out]

thats how all sequals are, such as call of duty 2 and 3... the main difference with sequals is the story, why is this guy just targeting halo 3?

[notpill]

maybe just because the hype around halo is so freakin' and stupid and totally out of control. cmon guys is the same game, ever and ever, and everyone knows. Do you like? ok, fine, but take it easy...

COD, cod2, cod3.. is the same story indeed, the same gameplay, the same weapons, scenarios... but Ive never seen nthing like the halo-hype around the cod franchise.

[MK_Red]

I don't think the problem lies with the hype or the sequels. The problem is with hyped sequels that disappoint and while not living up to their potential, sell millions.

Half Life 2 was a worthy sequel and one of the best FPS games of all time. Resident Evil 4 was also a superb sequel and a superb action/adventure or shooter. Devil May Cry 2 on the other hand, was a terrible sequel to the legendary DMC1.

All 3 games were hyped like crqazy (Half Life 2, RE4 and DMC3).

[DeckUKold]

it should of been named DMC 0 as for halo i will not put my money on halo 3 after halo 2 it reminds me of dynasty warriors Should just be halo A halo B and halo C

[cuco33]

I didn't get into the beta but a buddy of mine did and he said it's exactly as he expected, and more. He mentioned how much fun the beta was. I heard this from everyone else who got in the beta as well. The game will be great fun for all to play. Nothing to bash it as it really is a great series and likewise should be a great single player campaign as well as a mulitplayer FPSer that all will join.

I just hope the timmies keep to themselves since they can ruin games or just be annoying as hell

[DeckUKold]

you didn't like the beta and your friend did but you tell us to get it what is he running your life

[Hugh Hefner]

Dummy... he didn't say he did not like the beta... he said he couldn't get into the beta.

[DeckUKold]

Go back to your playboy mansion

(Below) excuse me for thinking the wrong way but im not trying to hate im telling u what i feel and i feel halo is getting repetitive in a few years they come out with three they should at least wait till 2008

[cuco33]

he's like me, has the same likes in games as me and likewise we have liked and disliked all games we played. halo 3 will be a great fun game to play, nothing to knock about that. controls are spot on, a lot of R&D was done to ensure great maps and game modes, and it's that fast paced action that i like. i believe him than any young kid on N4G or any veteran reviewer on a gaming board but those who tried it all say the same thing, it's halo 2 on crack with much more fun

to top it off, a bunch of my buddies will be getting this at launch and we all hope 1 thing, the servers are able to take the masses that will be logging on at the same time. besides, playing with a big group of friends is ALWAYS a plus and we all feel the same about the halo series

if you like a game that is great, it doesn't matter what console it's on.

don't hate, participate ;)

[Nightrider128]

The only way it would ever live up to the hype is if every one that played it got stoned on cough medicine and had no standards what so ever.

[uxo22]

First off ratings are subjective, some people like red others like blue other like green. They are simply preferences. An item can ONLY be overrated if it was hyped and failed or no one liked it. If a game is highly rated/hyped and sells millions of copies, then it is NOT overrated it ACTUALLY did live up to the hype. The hype was put there to sell the product, and if that product sells, then the product lived up to the hype.

Take the wii for instance, some people don't like it and says its over hyped, well guess what, it's selling so it's successful whether YOU think so or not. It is what it is! Your opinion on something being overhyped is simply that. "Your opinion" and if you buy it, then you added to the hype and made the game that much more successful.

If I was to make an educated guess, I would say that most of the people that are saying Halo3 sucks DON'T own and XBOX360 and instead owns a PS3. Not all, but most.

Bottom line, if the game sells, then it's not overrated!

[Nightrider128]

In my opinion your opinion sucks, And obviously somebody is doing a lot of CRACK. Don't be a cheapskate and buy the real stuff because frankly the cheap stuff isn't cutting it for you, and you sound like the french so you really don't matter anyway.(and i didn't capitalize french in the title because i'm a real American.)

[miked808]

If you don't like it, don't buy it! There are plenty of games out to complain about sequels, personally if it got to Half Life 10 I would still buy it.

[kn]

From the article:
"I think it would have been great if you could have played an alien in Halo3. But noooo it looks to be the same old game play, just with a new suit on."

Did the guy that wrote this article actually play Halo 2? Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we spend half the game playing as the Arbiter? Maybe I imagined the whole thing. Playing as the alien already happened. Whether or not it happens in Halo 3 is to be seen but I imagine it will be there...

Lying reviewer/previewer FTL!

[darkequitus]

I want Halo 3 because it is halo. If I want a different FPS I will play HL:E2, Haze, MP3. Like I have said before people buy sequel because they was more of the same. e.g MGS, VF, GT, PGR the list goes on. I do not want a Halo to play like rainbow six. When you go to see the next rocky, star trek or die hard film, you do so for familiarity. That is why I buy Madden every year

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

I believed it for part 2, but then it was a rehash with online play. Do I expect amazing stuff from Halo 3? No, I don't believe the hype.

I think both Halo and Grand Theft Auto are begining to get tiresome. While still great games, the formula isn't new or shocking anymore. I expect that Halo 3 played it safe and just beefed up the graphics and added some new stuff, new story and more online play.

[Ri0tSquad]

Halo 2 plus some new features, weapons, graphics is basically what this is from all the videos I have seen theres really nothing revolutionary in this game. I can wait for this later to play im not in a hurry.

[Trauma]

The problem is that its from what you have seen and not played. The beta played a lot different then halo 2, and you haven't even "seen" the finished product so its impossible for anyone to truly judge.

[RussDeBuss]

like mk_red said, look at half life 2.

an amazing game and compare it to half life the changes are huge.

same with killzone - killzone 2, looks like a real upgrade

halo 1 to halo 3 probably would be an ok change but halo 2?, soulda been halo 1.25, or halo:episode 1 in a half life 2 stylee

I;m not trying to say halo3 will be bad, just not a huge change from where its been before, although i could be mistaken, its not out yet
it just seems the 360's "killer app" seems a bit stale

we didnt need gran turismo 3 either while im at it, FIFA every year, we should just be able to download the new seasons teams and players,

i'm sure there are others i just cant be bothered to think of any others

[MarioFromTexas]

I know competion is good, but to trash every game from every system is madness. I don't think I have read anything positive in this website. Trolls from every side...play on

[Raptors]

Bubble for you. It's borderline disgusting what some of the ppl have been reduced to. I've never seen a period of so many good games yet so much complaining.

[Daxx]

If Halo 3 is fun for my friends and I then it meets our hype.

[jcgamer]

yes sir buddy

[fopums]

should have uped the max player count IMO, I was planning on getting a 360 for myself, but I'll just play it on my roommates.

having small match's is fine, but I want to have the option to play large ones. I just find them to be funner.

if it was at least 24 players max I still would have got it.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

I expect that Halo 3 played it safe and just beefed up the graphics made it look shiny and high def. Added some new stuff, new story and more online play.

But I don't expect shocking innovation here. The single player mode might be cool just for the fact that this time around, the series ENDS. "Finish the fight". Who really believes this is the last Halo game?

[power of Green]

I guess some just don't like the story line.

Halo trilogy on Xbox is about the Cov battle, thats it!. lol What more do they wan't! the games story-lines are not spread out.

What do they wan't a time traveling Master Chief?, wouldn't be the same Halo" if it was radically different each game's story does not have huge periods of time from/between eachother.

I heard somebody talk about new FF innovation yet all FF is are different games in the FF universe numbered to tie them together(yes the stories have sh8t in common in the FF universe). Same thing with Halo, Halo has 2 or maybe even 3 games in development in the Halo universe but will be differeent genre's and such one being a GRAW-like 3rd person and the other RTS etc.

If any 360 contributors read this please do not post this type of moronic sh*t about PS3 games its fucin stupid.

Just ignor the fud untill reviews. roll in

[DarkArcani]

If they changed the story I'd be pissed as well. It goes with the same argument with making most FPS linear. Everyone has a problem with it. It has to be linear or there would be no point in playing.
Lets have a game where the main character is in a world and he shoots random things. We don't want him to save anything or to have any purpose, we just want him to shoot stuff. That would be dumb.

[FrostyMelon]

Halo 3 is average at best. It's nothing but pure hype and marketing...which is something MS does best. There is nothing new to the game, no big improvements, etc...just a revamped Halo 2.

[IQUITN4G]

Not very bright are you

[power of Green]

Buy it and get Huxley its probably going to be the next Halo. 100 vs 100 in a huge online world 24 players is nothing.

[fopums]

I have considered that, but isnt Huxley an MMO techincaly? I thought it's going to be somthing like that...but yeah its definetly on my radar, that is if it turns out good, it would be the only MMO I would actualy pay monthly for.

but so far it looks promising, pretty good grapics considering the player count :D

[The Chief of Mjolnir]

I agree with Daxx. If I play Halo 3 with my friends online, and I think it´s fun, then I´m happy. Or if the campaign got a surprise ending.
I don´t care so much about graphics. It´s important, but not everything.

In the end, we are playing games because they are fun and exiting, right?

[Relientk77]

is it all hype? ... i guess we will see then soon enuf

[power of Green]

Halo 3's going to be a great game people who've played it says its stellar you know how many hits a site can get for talking trash about Halo 3 think of the attention, the traffic.

I think people are still alittle ass hurt from the KZ2 and Halo 3 AI thread actually this could be the very reason this was dug up. Doesn't make any sense the people that have played it say different things from what the guessing haters are saying. 5/5 so far.

[IQUITN4G]

Come 25th Halo fans are going to be having the time of their lives and stupid articles like this will do nothing to tarnish what will be undoubtedly a wonderfull game.

Halo has nothing to prove regarding AAA gameplay and this being the best yet in the series (at least in terms of combat mechanics), Sony fans are going to desperatley wanting the same for the yet unproven Killzone2.

A lot of fence sitters will choose 360 when this hits.

Doubters will forever slag on Halo but that's because they hate how it isn't also on a Sony machine - deny this all you want guys.

Bunch of saddo's

[FrostyMelon]

...not very bright, are you.

[nekon]

While I've owned an Xbox and am the current owner of a 360 I've never been a Halo fan. I used to play with a bunch of friends from time to time and we had fun. IMO Halo by way of XBL has always been ruined and I've never invested time into finding a good group of people to play with. I also never bought into the story or any of that stuff. I think this game sells because it was all the Xbox has and they put everything they had behind it. In turn almost every Xbox owner feels like they have to fulfill their duty by buying this title.

I gave the demo a try.. I did very good.. I wasn't overly impressed. Just like when HALO 2 came out I found myself reconsidering this title since SO MANY people live by it.. but I'm just not interested in it. While I'm tired of shooters I enjoy realistic ones.. I would take a R6V or COD4 over another HALO release any day. That's just me and my opinion though..

[Wii60_FTW]

every other article is about how much halo 3 is going to suck. why can't you sony dogs just accept the fact that halo 3 is going to utterly destroy you? those who claim halo 3 offers nothing new clearly haven't seen what halo 3 is bringing to the table. nuff said.

EDIT: Your monkey language is completely unreadable to me. Try again, Sony dog.

[Blink]

they should have stopped at halo 1...No plot and same multiplayer...unreal FPS's piss me off...Halo 8 will look like halo 3...Where did microsoft's originality go..oh yeah, into working hardware:)

[RussDeBuss]

Not everyone that finds halo a bit stale is a fanboy. I play 360 and ps3 and used to play ps2 and xbox.
I still say PC is still no 1 for fps but i got fed up having to upgrade my machine to play the next great title the way it was ment to so i have moved to consoles, halo just doesnt do it for me really.
Gears was great,short, but great. COD4 looks good, KZ2 looks good, bioshocks good, orange box i cant wait for, but halo isn't that special, especially after the weak halo2 ending.

[DeckUKold]

It's just another shooter for a console with full of shooters don't like this shooter get that shooter the graphics looks better shoot this shoot that im so tired of shooters M$ gimme something else or else ill sell this xbox

[IQUITN4G]

Yes achira, Halo is obviously crap like your tiny pea of a brain likes to think.

Your about as ignorant as they come achira.Surely you realise dum comments like these are laughed at.

hehe

[Hugh Hefner]

This is your 2nd or 3rd recent article trying to bring down Halo 3... I expect you will put 5 or 6 more of these in N4g before September 25. No problem, since the game is going to rock and sell millions anyways. But by the way, don't be scared to show what your true colors are. If you are gonna keep diggin dirt on 360's titles, don't be writing in the same thread your pus$y "neutral" comments. Have some cojones man, if you are gonna keep throwing mud at Halo 3 and the 360 at least be like other Sony fanboys and don't come talking "neutral" hypocrite stuff.

[power of Green]

Its going to get worse for some reason this game emotionally bother PS fans. Nice post can't say it any better.

He was once a hardcore PS fanatic and one day decided to pull a "deep brown" on us its insulting that this dude plays 360 fans like idiots spending huge amount of time shaping popular opinion on this site and the web to be frank" many PS sites use this site to get their facts true or not.

#(((((26.2)))))) Not caring about Halo 3 yet finding the time to give your TWO RUSTY PENNIES about how it sucks or how it isn't great makes you a fanatic fanboy in my book. #34 its your tone that makes people wonder about your spiteful malice driven agenda.

All the hate is based from the success and Halo is held to such high standards its problems/flaws would score any other game 10's across the board, thats greatness...

Greatness is when fanboys see a title as a living breathing enemy/threat.

[Bloodmask]

You have to realize that most of the top contributors on this site are Sonyfanboys. I don't hide that I am pro-XBOX but these clowns try to insult peoples intelligence like they are not trying to slant the news. When it is so obvious they are.

I may be proXBOX but I rarely report negative 360 type stories and I do also contribute many positive Sony articles. These contributors I speak of all have a personal agenda which results in voting out any anti-PS3 news.

Even if it is true news and not spam they will all report it as spam. I believe 5 spam votes will result in a failed story automaticly.

http://www.n4g.com/NewsPend...

[Lex Luthor]

MK-red is one of the stealthiest trolls on this site.

[IronAva]

I find it funny that some gamers talk about how last gen Halo 3 looks. I bet thoes are the same gamers that got upset because they couldn't play their PS2 games on their $600 PS3. I own a PS3 , Wii , and a 360. I bought them all for the games made for said systems. If I wanted to play ps2, xbox, or gamecube games, I'll bring out the old systems. One other thing, all I here is Killzone 2 this and Killzone 2 that! Question... Who played the first one and liked it? If you think Sony is not going to hype Killzone 2 you live in your own world and not there's.

[trevjim]

first off, yes i do own a ps3 and i love it, i am a pc gamer also, i used to have a 360 but sold it, but... i am not biased toward either console or pc, i have played halo 1 and 2 alot especially round my mates and online etc and i really do not know what the fuss is about, its an average fps shooter, graphics are ok, good for when first halo came out though, its just a standard shooter which offers nothing new to the genre which things like half life 2 did. there is a reason why halo 1 and 2 got horrible reviews on pc beacause its just not good enougth, im not sayin halo 3 will be bad by any means but me personally does thing it is wayyyy overrated

[IRONMAN_357X]

sucks to be you in denial, KZ2 will pwn, deal with it

[Hugh Hefner]

You are a troll and I will pwn you, deal with it.

[DeckUKold]

no doubt you saw halo 2 can't believe it thougt i saw nothing like a classic

[ArmrdChaos]

Everything I have read about Killzone 2 so far pretty much decribes Killzone 2 like a blonde bombshell...pretty as hell but dumber than a box of rocks.

Gameplay is where it is at...ignore that and you end up with some of the ratings we have seen lately.

[jcgamer]

MS has gotten this far in the 360's life cycle without Halo 3...and will be just fine after Halo 3...this guy said at the end of his mini rant that he prays Halo 3 will be a good game but already has decided to plunk down the 60 bucks...he said he's going to buy it, yet knows he will be sorely disappointed...WTF? I'm tired of this stupidity...Halo 3 is done...it's GOLD...it ships in a few weeks...it has it's own drink...toys...value meal...car deals...you either buy it or you don't...but if you don't, be quiet...and if you do and it doesn't float your boat...then fine...I sure as heck won't be feeling sorry for you when I'm enjoying it...people act as if their lives depend on this game...there's so much more to play and/or comment about...

[RussDeBuss]

How many of the people loving halo had played many other FPS's before halo,
i think a lot of people are loyal to it as it was their 1st bite at a proper FPS and the people, like me, that were never that impressed started playing FPS on pc with real games like half life, and real multiplayer like unreal tournament and counterstrike?
just curious

[FirstknighT]

I'm a big FPS fan and I been playing FPS for a long time. I started as a pc gamer playing games like Counterstrike, Wolfentstein, Soldiers of Fortune, Blackhawk Down, Battleifield 1942, and Unreal 2004. I played TONS of fps on consoles with my favorites being...Golden Eye, Turok, Perfect Dark (Ultra 64) Doom 3, Return to Wolfenstein, Riddick, A bunch of James Bond games, etc...(Xbox) And already played Fear, Prey, Call of Duty 2,3 and currently playing Bioshock.

Halo has easily been the best FPS game I have ever played....both story and multiplayer!

[Wii60_FTW]

I've played almost every FPS since Wolfenstien and I'll tell you strait up that Halo is #1. nuff said, n00b.

[Cr4zy1v4n]

agree with you completely. I have been into FPS for a while, played lots of the titles he's mentioned as well as Timesplitters 1,2,3, eventually 4, battlefront, CS:S, Battlefield, etc. and I still believe Halo is one of the best Shooters ever, and is probably my 1st or second favorite only to Timesplitters 2. The story is excellent and is probably one of the most addicted party games to play besides the Mario Party series.

[IRONMAN_357X]

sux to be you xbots

JC GAMER, welcome to my ignore list and your friend HUGH HEFNER, to BS from your mouths
UNDER ME
Your sh*t is old, ive played lagbox, and your comments show no sign of maturity at all, you are turd on this who gets bubbles from himself, nusiance

[jcgamer]

There's plenty of cool guys on this site and they don't include the likes of you...you are one of the most annoying tards on this whole entire site...did you even read the story?...and do you own a 360? I'm ps360 here...who wants to listen to you...I reported one of your offensive comments already...I won't even repeat what you said...are u serious? you can't even spell...stay in school, if you haven't dropped out...you can't add me to your ignore list fast enough... Watch those bubbles of yours disappear for trying to call me out...I'm one of the good guys who keeps things objective and cool on this site...you're just a sad nuisance...

and I wish I could ignore you, but I just can't...I have to see what ignorance will spoil from your mouth...it's like watching a train wreck...you can't turn away

[ArmrdChaos]

I'd say the bubbles speak for themselves...

[The Chief of Mjolnir]

Jcgamer, give it up, it´s pointless. Talking to a fanboy about sense is like talking to a cleptomaniac about sharing stuff...

His brain can´t take so much words at once without going: "LOLZ, xbot, gaylo."

[jcgamer]

I agree, it is pointless...and I don't usually respond...but this guy is totally out of line and hits too far below the belt...and trys to call me out...I know he's getting exactly what he's always wanted...some form of attention...

[iceice123]

Hmm a no name site trashes the biggest game of this generation...hmm. Sony isn't limiting itself to Wiki I see.

[GnaM]

I don't necessarily disagree with the point of the article, I just feel it was poorly written. Just the whole voice of the piece, it doesn't sound like it was written by a professional, it sounds like it was written by some n00blet on a message board, and then run through MS Word for spelling and checked by his mom to make the grammar just inside of technically correct.

Sequelitis is a well known issue in the industry (both videogame and entertainment in general) and if an article isn't going to either document the phenomenon thoroughly, or actually present some sort of cause, effect, or solution, then it's hard to see the justification for such an article existing and being presented.

In short, given the subject matter (Halo) the submission of this on N4G seems more like fanboy propaganda and flamebait than legitimate material. It's not that I have a problem with criticizing Halo, I've probably written more thorough and detailed criticism of Halo than anyone ever posted on N4G...but if you're going to post a bit of Halo criticism, then at least post a bit of GOOD Halo criticism.

[Bill Gates]

Halo 3 = Shiet

AHAHHAHAHHAHHAHA

[kewlkat007]

I'm not going to waste my time, saying the same sh!t over and over and over again. These articles are distraction more the anything, looking for some cause or attention.

1. I will leave it as that. Halo did something for CONSOLE FPS GAMING. It has nothing to do with PC ONLINE FPS games.(there have never really been, a FPS on roids like the UT franchise, that have fared well on Consoles, and you can see why. The different architecture, as well as, the mouse and keyboard functions which provides more precise and Faster gameplay. That sh!t is crazy, you'll see Ps3 fans when you get it.

2. When I entered college in 99, me and my buddies were still playing Goldeneye007, on my 27 inch screen, split 4-way. Then it sorta died out, and I went on the PC to get my FPS Fix.(I got into Quake, Doom, Red Faction, UT...etc) Then 2 years later, I heard about Halo,(put the Dreamcast down, bought an Xbox) played it, loved it and then Ms paired it with XBL and it was gaming bliss. (Not sure how I graduated)

3. This game did a lot for CONSOLE FPS, after GOLDENEYE007 came and left the building. Just ask a lot of my college friends, it was Halo all over the place. (of course the Boston REDSOX and New England Patriots Won titles, so there was down time, drinking, booze, woman and..hehe)

4. This article, which was a great article by the way, explains to you, why Halo 2 was somewhat rushed, because MS wanted another blockbuster game after they acquired Bungie. Seeing how Halo 1 did, that was mad pressure. All the sudden, they had to match the success of the original. It reminds me, of how "Dave Chapelle" became so big, then all the sudden, he had these expectations from the Network , he could not live up to.

http://www.wired.com/gaming...

5. Great article, and you'll see why Halo 3, builds on what it has. It's graphics is not suppose to be like big budget KZ2 or Gears of war. It's not that type of game. The fact remains is, Halo is all in the Gameplay. Can you think of any other Console FPS that has sold as well as the Halo franchise? Loved Goldeneye007, and Perfect Dark was underrated, but they were never perfected on Consoles, for Online Play.(this is where XBL came in BIG in 2002) MS perfected what Dreamcast started..let's not even talk about Sony.

6. To some degree, Halo did save the original xbox and showed MS, that there was reason to "Continue This Fight", as well as, there was room in this market for one more competitor. Now we have Halo 3 "Finishing this Fight". No other game, on other consoles have that type of pedegree. MS have been fighting from behind, since day 1 and is still the underdawg. More Good things to come, Xbox have come along way. Plus, look at how the Original Xbox/XBL and sh!t have Pushed Sony....in some fashion.

**Halo pushed Multi-Player FPS on Consoles,(something Goldeneye007 started) which then, pushed the Online aspect with XBL.

So saying Halo has not done anything for Console FPS Online Play, is ludacris. Look at where we are at now, with Console FPS Online gaming...This has nothing to do with PC gaming.
Halo franchise will go down in History, as one of the best that pushed Online Console FPSing. you don't believe, just wait and see. Whoever takes the throne after is unknown..

[omansteveo]

Well said nice post, you made really good points and its well written

[razer]

In addition to your thoughts, I don't see why people keep saying it's much the same.

It's a 3rd part in a trilogy so it's a new single player campaign that concludes the story, 4 Player Co-Op, new MP Maps, map editor, new weapons and defense systems, new vehicles. How much more do they want different before it's not Halo anymore?? Should they make it an RPG or TPS? Halo started out as a trilogy and that's the way it's ending.

This is definate flamebait and completely off the mark.

[Cr4zy1v4n]

Excellent points and you seem like you were an English major in college

[BLACKJACK VII]

"Halo pushed Multi-Player FPS on Consoles,(something Goldeneye007 started) which then, pushed the Online aspect with XBL..."

And now look at where multiplayer online console gaming is today with XBL, friends, matchmaking, true skill, online co-op, demos, DLC, & global chat. Good Stuff.

[Lex Luthor]

Stupid fanboy article.

[dachiefsman]

BEER!!!!!!!!!

[pshizle]

unlike SONY =0

[dmeador]

By all this hate going on. I have seen so much fan boy crap its unbelievable. When ever Halo is mentioned someone always says crap about how it is overrated. Thats great and all, but complaining about how Halo 3 is the generic shooter and all is just mindless fanboyism. FPS, you shoot stuff, no crap. If you would read about the stuff they are putting into this game people wouldn't throw out stuff like this. GTA wasn't for me, but I'm not going into every GTA board saying how they are generic money whores for making more, I can see how people would like them and that they are good games. I guess what I'm saying is about 99% of peoples arguments against Halo are weak. You haters all say stuff that is either clearly biased, or has close to no meaning to it. Does it just make you mad that Halo 3 is going to break every record when it comes out? If you can't beat 'em join 'em right?

[miked808]

Last time I checked HALO was trying to tell a Story. How can you do that in one game, and why drastically change the game play if it works.

[iHeretic]

This is stupid...Halo 3 has got more than just a couple of new weapons and new maps.
It's the end of this Epic story, and Halo 3 has over 30 equipment based things that was not in Halo 3. Halo 3 also got saved film's(Which is the first game in console FPS to have that?), and Forge, which not only are a map editor but also a type of game, where eight people can screw around together, and Halo 3 got 4 player co-op.

[jcgamer]

but don't worry...just have a quiet confidence in knowing that MILLIONS...not hundreds of thousands...but MILLIONS of people all over the world will see the innovations and revolutionary features that will be included in Halo 3...and probably copied for YEARS to come...but never done as good...or quite as fresh...

[Killer B]

are like a$$holes, everyone has one...and his stinks.
Give me Halo 3, in all its overhyped, no different then Halo 2, goodness.

[zonetrooper5]

I do love Halo and I know it does nothing new, what it does do, is take the best features from other FPS and make it work right. How does KZ2 do anything new, like really?

Oh wow, they made the graphics better, damn like I have not seen that before. Nearly all FPS's are the same, only around 2-4 of them do something truely new. Sorry, but don't hype KZ2 because of its great graphics.

[jcgamer]

I don't want to explain it to anyone who won't listen anyway, but expect to hear alot about this for YEARS, I repeat, for YEARS...just ask yourself when you hear about it and certainly see it..."would I like this feature in my favorite shooter?" I think I already know the answer to your question...

[kurnlx]

Every game these days is made this way, don't pin all this on halo. stop being a hater if you dont want it don't buy it. And while you are at it don't buy GT4, Metroid Prime 3,metalgear 4, Final fantasy 214