I'm sorry, i'm with the "i don't get halo" camp here. When i first played Halo back when it came out on a friend's machine, i thought the graphics were pretty good for what was out at the time, and the vehicles were kind of fun. And i can see the appeal of gaming on the console in your lounge with friends around, like a console should. That bit i get, along with MS Live system which no doubt is the best example of online capability we've seen so far. The MP is so so and nothing special.
BUT....
At playing Halo sp + coop extensively, i found the map levels were highly boring, uninventive and mostly copy and paste job section after section, i thought i was running around in circles at one point. The mappers are absolute pap for this and clearly could not come up with anything better to put in the maps. Most of the maps were bland at best, it was like playing doom 1 again, and even in doom 1, the map layouts were never copied and pasted.
I've always played fps on pc, and games like the HL and UT series beat games like halo without much effort, because the designers put so much effort into it. And how do the characters have any character if you can't even see his facial expressions? The storyline? ...... hello? I could probably tell you all about the storyline right now and how it ends without playing anymore halo. So if you're looking for a gripping storyline, halo is not the game you should be playing.
Why it's so highly praised i will never understand, when games with much better engines, art direction gameplay and gorgeous maps are apparently not as good? Half Life? Farcry? Unreal Tournament? oh yeah, well Halo obviously beats them hands down. I know a lot of people on this forum play fps on pc too, but to the general public with just consoles, they have never even heard of these games, and they are missing out, yet undoubtedly Halo is the king?
Probably answered my own question there.
I apologise for what could be seen as possible flame baiting I'm am so sorry for babbling offensively, it's just really irratating to hear ppl say "omg halo is the best game ever!". I've got news for you! It's not!
Alright I'm going to take the advice and get over myself.
