Halo [Split by David]

Ultimatum479 · Post by **Ultimatum479** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:10 am

You shouldn't be playing Halo anyway, so that's hardly a problem.

pyros soul · Post by **pyros soul** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:13 am

I've never said that I've played...

Ultimatum479 · Post by **Ultimatum479** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:24 am

Good. Stick to Lugaru.

Or Oni, if you wanna see a good Bungie game.

Viking Zippy · Post by **Viking Zippy** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:00 am

Ultimatum479 wrote:You shouldn't be playing Halo anyway, so that's hardly a problem.

Why not? Netcode aside, it's one of the best games I've ever played — though admittedly, I have little experience with consoles past the N64 era

As for Lugaru 2, I'm sure the netcode will be near if not flawless, and if there are people playing it like the people here, it'll have one of the best game communities ever

Ultimatum479 · Post by **Ultimatum479** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:15 am

....Name one good thing about Halo aside from the graphics, please. One.

Crill3 · Post by **Crill3** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:21 am

You get to shoot aliens in the face.

Ultimatum479 · Post by **Ultimatum479** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:38 am

You realize Halo is a pathetic attempt at a Marathon sequel, right? Name one thing about Halo, aside from the graphics, that was an improvement over Marathon. In Marathon you get to shoot aliens in the face too, all while uncovering an extremely immersive plot. Plus, Durandal >>>>> Cortana, period.

Viking Zippy · Post by **Viking Zippy** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:41 am

Crill3 wrote:You get to shoot aliens in the face.

That can be fun, especially with the sounds they make

Now only if Halo had Lugaru's ragdoll physics — and not Halo 2's morbid ragdoll — it would be insane.

Ultimatum479 wrote:....Name one good thing about Halo aside from the graphics, please. One.

Physics. There is so much crazy stuff you can do with the engine.

Care for some more?

invertin · Post by **invertin** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:46 am

Online. Play halo online.

It
Is
AWESOME!

Viking Zippy · Post by **Viking Zippy** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:52 am

invertin wrote:Online. Play halo online.

It
Is
AWESOME!

Meh, it's only real fun if you're voice chatting with decent people; otherwise the majority of people you're talking to are crazed newbs, and even then, stopping to type can get you killed

Ultimatum479 · Post by **Ultimatum479** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:00 pm

You're saying the GAMEPLAY is fun? Are you joking? It's about the least challenging FPS I've _ever_ played, and I'm no FPS master.

Renegade_Turner · Post by **Renegade_Turner** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:07 pm

Halo's gameplay is fun. Yolu can play on harder difficulties if it's too easy. Ehhhhhh duh. That wasn't too hard to think of was it?

Wouldn't it be great if all games had it so that if you shoot someone in the leg they fall over...but some games don't even get that right.

Usagi · Post by **Usagi** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:10 pm

Ultimatum479 wrote:You're saying the GAMEPLAY is fun? Are you joking? It's about the least challenging FPS I've _ever_ played, and I'm no FPS master.

Not if you don't follow the so-called story line and try more interesting stuff.

Like stealing a plane earlier than you're supposed to and flying ahead and dive bombing aliens who expect you to be climbing up their stupid structures.

Or finding ways to drive vehicles (tanks, planes, etc.) into structures where they don't belong and weren't intended to go.

Or playing the whole game with nothing but a sidearm (very, very difficult).

Or playing a whole level killing everything by clubbing them with your gun (nearly impossible).

I once finished (most of) Marathon using nothing but my fist. It was incredibly difficult, but also the awesome.

Ultimatum479 · Post by **Ultimatum479** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:13 pm

Renegade_Turner wrote:Halo's gameplay is fun. Yolu can play on harder difficulties if it's too easy. Ehhhhhh duh. That wasn't too hard to think of was it?

Usagi wrote:Or playing a whole level killing everything by clubbing them with your gun (nearly impossible).

Or doing those both at once (playing Legendary using nothing but melee attacks) after having only played Halo once before -- a single multiplayer match against nubs -- and doing the whole game, dying only once (because I accidentally drove my Warthog off a cliff). Been there, done that, boring, lamely easy.

Marathon is much harder to play using only your fist than Halo is to play using only pistol-whipping, though I've done that too.

Viking Zippy · Post by **Viking Zippy** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:54 pm

Ultimatum479 wrote:You're saying the GAMEPLAY is fun? Are you joking? It's about the least challenging FPS I've _ever_ played, and I'm no FPS master.

Ultimatum479 wrote:... after having only played Halo once before -- a single multiplayer match against nubs -- and doing the whole game, dying only once (because I accidentally drove my Warthog off a cliff). Been there, done that, boring, lamely easy.

Exactly, you only played once, against 'nubs', even; judging an entire game's difficulty by one setting or against one type of player is making an awfully big assumption.

I admit, there are loads of newbs on Halo, but if you try a few different servers you'll find at least one or more decent players in a game — or, if you're lucky and stumble across a skilled clan's dedi with the right players in it, you're definitely going to have a challenge. Trust me, I've scrimmed with many good clans; one in particular, XK, have some of the highest skill levels possible without the use of aimbots — which are the scourge of the earth, by the way.