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Only nerds hate Halo
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Balance helps, but that's very subtle. I won't deny that it isn't balance with the game, it's extremely solid actually. That's why it's a good game. But the difference between a good game (For a game to be good, it needs balance) and a great game is that extra something that wows me. Halo doesn't have that.
EBwiz said:
:lol
Right, the west just recycles generic game forms while the east is a paragon of creativity and new ideas! The west hasn't produced any new or unique gameforms over the past few years, it's all been from Japan!
I swear, if Japan was a huge cock, half of GA would permanently be sucking it.
EBwiz said:
No, I don't care if you feel the west "barely" creates anything new or original at all. The very fact that you seem to hold up the far east as some area that cultivates new and original ideas while the west as some area that mostly churns out crappy sequels or derivative games is retarded. There's an equal amount of derivative crap on the far east - but as long as you put biggy anime-style eyes and a short skirt on a Japanese school girl, it's great art and creative. Give me a break.
You take some general comments to heart a bit too much. Games are released like it's nothing in Japan, and the majority of them are pretty bad... alright, extremely bad. But at the same time, you can't deny the over abundance of first person shooters and real time strategies (mainly first person shooters) that are released all the time here, with only small variations between them. I'm not going to deny Japanese games don't do the same thing, especially when we're talking sequels, but when a new series is announced, generally it brings something new to the table. America has it's occasional switch up too, mainly with Ubisoft (when they, too, aren't doing sequels) but if we put creativity as a ratio (If it could be measured so logically), I have a good feeling Japan would have the upper hand.
Date of Lies
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Halo is overrated. That's a fact, only a fanboy ass would say otherwise.
Other than that, it's also one of the best multiplayer experience to be had this gen and shows quality.
Other than that, it's also one of the best multiplayer experience to be had this gen and shows quality.
Littleberu said:
Agreed. Not only that, I love FPS, but hate both Halo installments. The series is exceedingly generic, offering drab level design, an incoherent plot, and the most conventional gameplay to be found in the genre. It's a plodding corridor romp accompanied by above average AI. Yay.
ArcadeStickMonk
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I'm having deja vu.
Thank you for the encoruagement, and advice. Currently am going the route of trying to start with a small company of my own with a few friends. We have alot of great ideas and talent that will hopefully come to fruitation. I don't expect my over the top philosophies (The American Game one is actually rather small. Don't even get me started on interactivity) to make it far in the current market, but if all else fails, I'd be content just opening up my own Video Game/Comic Book store somewhere in the US. Always good to have back up.
CrimsonSkies
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It upset you Borys because there is some truth to their sarcasm ahah.
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Musashi Wins!
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Yes, he's a raving nut with as much significance as a fart in the wind when it comes to console bias. You'll notice there is rarely a response worth the trouble.
Littleberu
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Wow. The guy who posted all the quotes. Wow. You really have way too much time on your hands.
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Wario64 said:
WTF, I like GTA, and it's mainstream, and I'm an elitist prick.
thorns said:
If I design a unique character, compose music, paint a landscape, write a script, or engage in any other form of traditional creative activity, most people will agree that the result is art. Whether or not it's good art can be debated, but not how the work in question is classified. Yet according to you, if any of the creations in question finds its way into a game, it's magically transformed into something that's not art, because you say so? Sorry, but I find that notion pretentious as hell.
Modern videogames are a multidisciplinary artform. Some I would liken to fine art, while others are more like commercial art, with no (intentional) deeper underlying message, but in no case are they less than the sum of their parts.
Mike Works
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peedi said:
Thank you Cerrius for the INTERNET DETECTIVE work. You get a tag of your choosing! Today marks the beginning of the Mike Works: BAN ALL FANBOYS invitational- if you find someone posing as a poster whose opinion should be worth a damn, and unearth a half dozen or so posts showing they clearly don't fall into that category, post it in the thread, and good things will happen!
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The Shadow
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Jesus. Whoever wrote that has been lurking at GA.
Mike thank you so much.Mike Works said:
Thank you Cerrius for the INTERNET DETECTIVE work. You get a tag of your choosing! Today marks the beginning of the Mike Works: BAN ALL FANBOYS invitational- if you find someone posing as a poster whose opinion should be worth a damn, and unearth a half dozen or so posts showing they clearly don't fall into that category, post it in the thread, and good things will happen!
Revolutionary and new are two different things. Hell, even rehashing can have a new spin on things. Halo doesn't even give something old a new feel. It's something old that feels like something old. Sure, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, but it's not going to make me rate it any higher than I would other first person shooters of that calibur.
The Shadow
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Ramirez said:
Goldeneye on the N64. Timesplitters on PS2.
I hate the fact that you made me mention Goldeneye, asshole.
I use vehicles rather rarely in Halo, don't see the point. Personal preference, really. I also wouldn't call limiting the number of weapons one can hold at a time a big step foreward in the genre, though granted it's alot more realistic. And before you even mention it, co-op play was an awesome feature, I'll admit that. Overall though, I don't really see anything new with the scope of the game. It's good, I'm not bashing it, but it's not GOTY, as some gamers would have you believe, at least, to me anyway.
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