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Halo Who? Ten shooters to make you forget about Master Chief

GamesRadar writes:
Look, we liked Halo 3. No wait, that's understatement. We loved Halo 3 and gave it a ten out of ten. But that doesn't mean Master Chief's latest adventure has everything we want in a first-person shooter. In fact, whether you're talking about single player, multiplayer, premise, or plot, we think there are a ton of games that have - and will - best Halo 3. No, we're not joking. Here are ten games that should make you forget about Master Chief.

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MK_Red6048d ago

BioShock, UT3 and COD4. That's all the FPS I need. (Plus Haze but I'm not completely sure)

CRIMS0N_W0LF6048d ago (Edited 6048d ago )

I agree with list except for Left4Dead and Quake Wars.

About Haze, we don't know but I got high hopes its made by the people who made GoldenEye!

Edit.

WTF Me and MK_Red got a disagree?!?! Why!?

Foliage6048d ago

The team aspect in Quake Wars is by far the best I've seen implemented in a game. For some reason people just don't give this game any credit, or a chance. I've played Halo 3 a lot less than the demo to Quake Wars. That has to stand for something.

THX71686048d ago

I disagreed with you because of the following comment:

"I agree with list except for Left4Dead and Quake Wars."

I all fairness I have not read the article. I read the title and your comment. Taking your comment and the article's title into consideration I have reason to believe that you think Halo is better than L4D. Left4Dead is a zombie FPS. What's better than that? To top it off, it's a game by Valve. Creator of the impeccable Half-Life series.

CRIMS0N_W0LF6048d ago

To Clarify

While I think Halo 3 is a pile-o-overhypedturd.

I know L4D creators = the HL creators...which HALF LIFE IS THE BEST FPS EVER. Not Halo, it doesn't even come close to HL.

Also I tried Quake Wars Demo and did not enjoy much...I was disappointed with it I was excepting more :/

Bolts6048d ago (Edited 6048d ago )

Quakewars missed the mark somewhere but its still a ton better than Halo 3 multiplayer which is dull and incredibly by the book type of gameplay. L4D will be lock as a sleeper hit and it is just one of the FOUR reasons why Half Life 2, which is a two years old game totally destroy Halo 3. The other three reasons why Half Life 2 pwns Halo? CS: Source, Day of Defeat, of course Team Fortress. Thats not even counting retail quality mods like http://www.insurgencymod.ne...

If you're looking a realistic military shooter give it a try before they get bought up by Vavle. Very impressive.

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actionjackson6048d ago (Edited 6048d ago )

Love the list of games to come. Looks good for the future of gaming.

Watkins6047d ago

So they're saying halo 3 didn't have everything they wanted. THen HOW could it get 10/10 perfect? That's wrong on so many levels.

Torch6048d ago (Edited 6048d ago )

U . T . 3 ! ! !

Violater6047d ago

Good to see you back.
A lot of the sensible and reasonable minds have left N4G.

MK_Red6048d ago

Rare did make GoldenEye but most of the people that worked on that game left Rare and created the Free Radical which was responsible for the uber awesome TimeSplitters trilogy.

Apocwhen6048d ago

Wow, either someone doesn't like you MK Red or they didn't like Timesplitters to disagree with you. I thought Timesplitters was a great game as its gameplay felt alot like Goldeneye and I loved that one.

Edwin19896048d ago

That's reaaaallyyy stupid... if you give a game a 10/10, you say that it is a perfect game... that means that there are VERY few games that can match that specific game...

if you can name, just a few days after the release/review, 10 games that are going to be better then Halo3 it isnt worth a 10/10

btw.. haven't played H3 (don't own a 360 :)), so I don't know if it's a good game or not:)

funkysolo6048d ago

I just beat Halo3 and I have to say I'm very disapointed in the reveiws. The campaign is terrible, the most linear FPS in history, The graphics sux, I can't beleave M$ would release a game that doesn't even cover a widescreen( COME ON HD GAMING REMEMBER) The ending they try to ripoff HALO1 where you are driving and the planet is blowing up so they have you driving for about 30 minutes to get to your ship...Master chief dies and doesn't show how, I beat it in co-op mode in about 7 hours( 7 HOURS!!!!!!!) WTF!!!!!!!! 10/10 somebody got their bonus checks early this year, because I beleave Halo3 could run on XBOX1 and I'm not kidding..Halo3 is awful compare to Halo1...Not even Halo1 got a 10/10 and it was the best FPS on console at that time....Trust me when I say Halo3 sux I mean Halo3 would of been a great game 7 years ago on the xbox1...PLAY P3YOND

mccomber6048d ago

If Halo3 is a 10/10, then those games should all get an 11/10, right? Or, at the very least, 10/10 as well.
Or maybe this just shows that perhaps Halo3 isn't really a "perfect" title afterall...

satanslilh3lp3r6048d ago

you know, you should probably watch the cutscene that's AFTER the credits before you conclude that Master Chief dies...... ;D

LeonSKennedy4Life6048d ago

Actually, Half-life and Half-life 2 BOTH got 11/10 in a few of the magazines.

I'm just sayin'...

And no, I'm not kidding. They really did.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies2d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken1d 23h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing692d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker2d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing692d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt2d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken1d 23h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Why MW 2019 is still the best looking Call of Duty to date

MW 2019 is five years old at this point and on previous gen hardware, but it is still the best looking Call of Duty game to date.

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EazyC9d ago

MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.

That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.

I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.

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Infamous Video Game Endings That Left a Bad Taste

The most disappointing and infamous video game endings even sour the overall thoughts of a game. Most of these titles represent some of the finest entries in their respective series, marred by an ending we can't quite forgive.

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banger8823d ago

Far Cry 5....bullshit. This game had a great ending imo.

MrNinosan23d ago

There is no game called Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2, but Rebirth had a great ending imo. Felt robbed by the ending at first, but the more I've seen it and during my 3rd playthrough, I started to understand and realize a lot more that make me appreciate the ending.

Nerdmaster23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

I was enjoying FFVII Remake, even though those whispers throughout the game were annoying. But the ending was so bad that I don't even want to play Rebirth. On top of that, from what I saw on reviews, the ending of Rebirth is even worse.

Also, I'm glad to see Zero Time Dilemma being recognized as the trainwreck it is. After the amazing two first games (especially the near perfect second one), the low quality of the trilogy end is baffling. The new characters are bad, the old characters don't feel like themselves, a surprise "alien technology" pops out of nowhere, the big twist was like "eh?", and it doesn't really finish the story nor explains the loose threads from the second game.

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