Halo ...... the history

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  1. PickledMidget

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    Mmmmm......Halo Theology talk.

    There was nothing in the history about Pickled Midget's uncanny ability to be fragged at any given moment.
     
    #21 PickledMidget, Sep 23, 2007
  4. LT21Titans27

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    I dont like army games, but love love love Halo!!

    2 MORE DAYS!!!!!!
     
    #22 LT21Titans27, Sep 23, 2007
  7. Puck

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    just a thought ... maybe the adaptive AI made it so intriguing
    maybe it was the assortment of vehicles you could pilot
    the soundtrack was nice, yes ?
    maybe the story brought out the sci-fi geek in everyone
    the LAN multiplayer in Combat Evolved was hot - i haven't seen it matched
    personally, I think some of the enemies are goofy
    ... but the Grunts do give me a chuckle sometimes
    Master Chief, imo, is one of the coolest player characters
    the concept of a Ring-World is pretty neat
    the graphics ,at the time, were stellar
    etc. etc.
    I'm sure different people have different reasons

    regardless of if they match anyone's, it's hard to deny it's a big seller
     
    #23 Puck, Sep 23, 2007
  10. Puck

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    Awards Won - Halo: Combat Evolved

    Awards Won
    Game of the Year, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, 2002
    Console Game of the Year, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, 2002
    Editor's Choice, Game of the Year, IGN.com, 2002
    Editor's Choice, Game of the Year, Electronic Gaming Monthly, April 2002
    Best Console Game, BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards, 2002
    Best Multiplayer Game, BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards, 2002
    Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, 2002
    Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, 2002
    Best Game of Year One, Official Xbox Magazine, November 2002
    Best Multiplayer Game of Year One, Official Xbox Magazine, November 2002
    Game of the Year, EDGE magazine (UK), April 2002
    Technical Innovation of the Year, EDGE (UK), April 2002
    Audio Achievement of the Year, EDGE (UK), April 2002
    Best Original Soundtrack, Rolling Stone, May 2002
    Editor's Choice, Best Xbox Game of 2001, IGN.com, 2002
    Reader's Choice, Best Xbox Game of 2001, IGN.com, 2002
    Readers' Choice, Best Xbox Game of 2001, GameSpot, 2002
    Editors' Choice, Best Xbox Game, GameSpot, 2002
    Reader's Choice, Best Combat Game, GamePro, July 2002
    Readers' Choice, Best Xbox Game of the Year, Electronic Gaming Monthly, April 2002
    Editors' Choice, Best Shooting Game, GameSpot, 2002
    Best Graphics in a Console Game, Electric Playground, 2002
    Best Console Shooter, Electric Playground, 2002
    Best Multiplayer for a Console, Electric Playground, 2002
    Best Developer: Bungie, Electric Playground, 2002
    No. 1, Best First-Person Shooters, PLAY, February 2002
    Best First-Person Shooter, GameNow, February 2002
    Best Multiplayer Game, GameNow, February 2002
    Platinum Editors' Choice Award, Electronic Gaming Monthly, January 2002
    Game of the Month, Electronic Gaming Monthly, January 2002
    Revolutionary Xbox Game of 2001, Game Revolution, January 2002
    Best Xbox Action Game of 2001, Game Revolution, January 2002
    Editors' Choice, Best Xbox Action Game of 2001, IGN.com, 2002
    Readers' Choice, Best Xbox Action Game of 2001, IGN.com, 2002
    Editors' Choice, Best Xbox Storyline, IGN.com, 2002
    Readers' Choice, Best Xbox Storyline, IGN.com, 2002
    Editors' Choice, Best Xbox Graphics, IGN.com, 2002
    Runner-up, Readers' Choice, Best Xbox Graphics, IGN.com, 2002
    Editors' Choice, Best Xbox Sound, IGN.com, 2002
    Readers' Choice, Best Xbox Sound, IGN.com, 2002
    Game of the Year, Toronto Sun, 2001
    Xbox Game of the Year, GameZone Online, 2001
    Best Console Game of the Year, Voodoo Extreme, 2001
    Action/Adventure Xbox Game of the Year, GameSpy, December 2001
    Gamer's Choice Xbox Game of the Year, GameSpy, December 2001
    Premier Choice Award, ActiveWindows, December 2001
    Viewer's Choice: Game of the Year, TeamXbox, December 2001
    Editors' Choice 2001, GamePen, November 2001

    http://halosquad.com/halo/awards.php

    Impressive, most impressive

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    #24 Puck, Sep 23, 2007
  13. Puck

    Puck Pro Bowler

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    how 'bout "best-seller" ? :yes:
     
    #25 Puck, Sep 23, 2007
  16. Bobo

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    I'm more of a casual gamer now, but grew up playing a lot and really just haven't played as much in the last few years (don't have a next gen system....yet). FPS is probably my favorite genre, and I've played all those games you listed. Doom was the original....well not really, but it was the first one to make a big splash. It's great, but games can get better when systems get better. That game did set the bar, and I've played it recently and still loved it. The new Doom game was really good, but not as good as Halo 1 or 2 to me.

    Quake, never thought it was that great. Same for Unreal. Keep in ind I've never played a game on-line.

    Golden Eye was awesome, but one advantage for Halo is it's a series, not a one hit wonder.

    Halo took the genre to new heights. I don't think the single player is at all pedestrian, as that's all I've ever played in the game. The story, for a FPS, is very good. I never expected a RPG type epic tale, but what other great FPS's have better or even equal stories to Halo? Half Life is all I can think of. Most of them don't even have a story.

    The only real complaint is the ending for #2 could have been more, but that's minor complaint for me. The controls, graphics, music, levels, well pretty much everything was excellent to me. Now maybe I'm a bit biased to it because I love FPS's, and maybe that's the case with most other people. I haven't played Gears yet, and maybe that can rival it.

    I will say Metroid Prime (the 1st one), is another great FPS, but a notch below Halo to me. Same for Half-Life 2, and it's probably the closest thing to Halo for me....but I can't say I've ever played a better FPS.
     
    #26 Bobo, Sep 23, 2007
  19. Puck

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    actually, GoldenEye : Rogue Agent came out on Xbox / Ps2 / GC /DS
    it wasn't very good ..... certainly not worth the legendary GoldenEye name
     
    #27 Puck, Sep 23, 2007
  22. Puck

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    You have yet to play Gears of War right ?
    not quite as "cool' a story, but more advanced technique
    and graphics to kill for (get a friggin 360 already)

    I thought Half-Life 2 was awesome, the Orange Box should be excellent too

    Metroid Prime 3 - Corrupton got great reviews, but not quite Halo league

    Resistance (ps3) was decent .... hmmm..... i dunno = not Halo
     
    #28 Puck, Sep 23, 2007
  25. Laserjock

    Laserjock South Endzone Rocks! Staff

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    I personally think you cannot pick one as the best FPS ever. I have been playing FPS since Castle Wolfenstein. I thought Half Life [original] was like Halloween [first movie]...the first of its kind to actually make me tense as heck from what was around the next corner.

    Halo was one of the first FPS games to fully open the environment for exploration and made squad-based action and teamplay a focus, rather than the bunny hopping madness of Team Fortress and most other shooters.

    However, the military shooters have a different feel and play to me than the scifi games. I like the MOH series of games just for their storylines and the intensity of them. I also like the BF series for online play. I am playing one now, Red Orchestra, that is very interesting in that you don't have the luxury of player tags to know if they guy on the horizon running across the snow is friend or foe. Its pretty cool.

    Halo 3 is bound to be a winner. Quake Wars is just more of the same. MOH Airborne is very cool as well. Guess its all a matter of what gets you going.
     
    #29 Laserjock, Sep 23, 2007
  28. Puck

    Puck Pro Bowler

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    what is BF ? i come up with al kinds of definitions for this, but half of them aren't suitable for post publication
     
    #30 Puck, Sep 23, 2007
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