BF2S Forums [Halo] What don't people like about the game?

I like realism. This game is nott. The weapons are poorly designed, not just looks but function. The campaign is fun with friends, I guess, but the multiplayer and the maps are such a poor excuse for fun I don't see how anyone could enjoy it. There is no balance.

I think a lot of it is the player base and the fact that the game was several steps backwards in terms of where fps' were headed at the time.

Consider that Deus Ex came out the year before Halo and how involved that game was compared to how simplified Halo is. Personally i quite enjoyed the simplified gameplay as it was a very fun gaming experience. Unfortunately there really wasn't much they could do with it so Halo 2 & 3 felt very samey and i didn't like either.

A large portion of the player base (read: console tards) thought that Halo was the rebirth of the fps genre and the greatest thing ever. In some sense it was thniese rebirth of the fps genre as many compa realised they could make very simple and poor games based off the Halo design and so the genre suffered as a whole.

Also i think Halo was one of the early games where the console vs PC argument flared up, though i might be wrong on that. I just don't remember hearing consoles be compared to pc's before it.

My personal likes and dislikes;

Likes:
Maps are balanced
Weapons are balanced
Storylines are solid
Simple to use

Dislikes:
MP base
On full auto, stuff is still to accurate.

Personal comments, i think people hate on it A)It's on a console, B)it's sold a lot, C)casual vs serious gaming.

Ignoring the controls because dual-analog shooters are like performing surgery with boxing gloves on.

It's a very simplistic game with fucked up skill curve in regards to the weapons. That is to say that a remotely good person absolutely dominates people not terribly worse than them if they can get their hands on the good weapons. Sniper rifle (double-zoom, semi-auto [which also implies not having to re-scope between shots], 2 hit kill sniper rifle with no sway or bullet drop...k) dominates long range, shotgun and sword close, along with other shit like the rocket launcher makes the game a LOT more about who has what gun and not who is better. The generic assault rifles that are prevalent in most good FPS games are good because it balances the game out - an AR should be a solid bread and butter weapon, and it just doesn't make too much of an appearance in Halo. The battle rifle is close, but I mean retard with a rocket launcher still has a fucking good chance against a decent guy with a battle rifle. The specialty weapons should still take skill to use in their defined area, instead Halo took the 50% rock-paper-scissors 50% skill and turned it 80/20.

I'm a PC gamer...

I don't want to pay the price for a "new" game that is just a 1-2 year old consolegame half-assedly ported to PC with no players online...

Superior Mind wrote:

The user base

I loved Halo, the new Halo sucks though. And that's my input for today.

I like Halo, not the best series but I enjoy them.

Campaign: It's alright on its own but I have had plenty of fun on legendary with friends. Ex: During the second mission we just decided to kill all of the marines, this resulted in Johnson killing us over and over with his freaking ass laugh. There was also a part where 3 marines were meleeing a grunt but it never killed it.

Multiplayer: I only played a couple hours of ranked and enjoyed it, but I found playing multiplayer with friends more fun. Mainly played in Forge mode and some of the other gametypes like Zombies or whatever.

Weapons: Like others said they are unbalanced, but I like them all the same.

Gravlifts are

I think the music is pretty good also.

One thing I don't get about Halo is why they have interstellar warships and control hundreds of planets but have no hover vehicles...

FatherTed wrote:

What is it exactly people don't like about the games?

Leave the flames at the door, and be precise.

Halo has a string of hate preceding its Xbox release. Picture a scenario where Battlefield 2 switched from a PC release to Xbox exclusive because Microsoft bought the project and wanted a flagship for their new console. Yeah. See, Halo was originally going to be a FAR more complete PC release. Instead, what we got was a somewhat decent game that begins to show signs of a rushed release towards the end. I mean seriously, several doughnut layers of cloned ring rooms with the same bad guys over and over again?

In addition to this level of resentment, the community was rude, immature and fawned relentlessly over what for many were their first foray into the first person shooter. It was a good game, but, like CoD6, not nearly good or finished enough to rate "BEST GAME EVER, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT GTFO."

Since then, the Halo games were fun to play, but not mind-blowingly groundbreaking like the hype and fan support would have you believe.

edit: me, as a Ringworld fan, don't seeing Larry Niven in the credits. If http://www.larryniven.org/ringworld_movie_news.shtml becomes a reality, we're going to be seeing a rash of Halo fans screaming 'ripoff.'

/resentment

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2010-02-14 14:28:49)

Halo was a turning point.

It was when gaming became popular mediocrity.

the fact that hitting someone in the face with a gun is more effective than the bullets, the only reason weapons are balanced is because they are all fucking awful except the energy sword which is way over the top, jumping and having a perfectly still scope is just ridiculous

on the other hand the maps are quite balanced and i do find it slightly enjoyable if there is 4 of us in one house, if not i dont enjoy it

halo brought fps gaming to the masses

so for that reason, hate.

also consoles.