I still don't understand why Halo receives scores of 10s and 9s?

Like the recent debate on Final Fantasy VII, that I decided not to butt in because I think I would have killed someone. In regards to Halo, like Final Fantasy VII, we all need to take a step back and look at the context regarding the release of the original product.

FPS were still not a driving commodity on consoles as they are today. To give you some perspective, we still to some degree considered GoldenEye to be the poster child of console FPS at the time. Halo brought a PC level of quality to a FPS for a console, mostly in part of the Xbox itself. It handled like how a FPS should with a controller no less. It brought multiplayer modes, again ripped from different sources and that were common on a PC, to a console in a format that was acceptable for a console.

In terms of what Halo inspired: Halo brought great seamless vehicle handling to the FPS genre. It defined for better or worse, the rechargeable health system's in most of our action games now. And it's solid set of multiplayer options, while had been done before, became something of a standard for most action games.

It was the only title worth playing in my opinion during the original Xbox launch, which was (don't kid yourself) a big reason for it's immediate popularity, and why Microsoft hyped it so much. From the perspective of long term PC gamers, Halo was an alright shooter. It had a solid single player campaign with a spotty story. Halo has a good back story from the books, but the games have a severely difficult time trying to explain it. I think the series lowest point was probably Halo 2, with Halo 3 expanding on the high points of the first game.

It's very difficult to jump into Halo 3 and understand anything.
I don't really know why you would do such a thing to begin with, it's illogical. That would be like, starting to read a book from the third chapter. It doesn't make any sense, and seeing how everyone knows storytelling is not Halo's strong suit, it really doesn't make any sense.

Well I don't own the Halos but I've played them a lot, and can honestly say that the games as a whole are not a 10, however certain parts of them are a 10 to me,

Matchmaking System and online play: 10 Definitely the best in all consoles, its fast, consistent and has a thriving community. Now if it only was an interesting shooter (like Team Fortress 2) and wasn't completely generic this pretty much would kick ass.

Sounds and Music: 10 I very much like the dialogue and am a fan of the Gregorian Chants so that gets a 10 on my scale.

Story is 8-9 (too high for most people's standards) but I am generous only because I tend to not consider it very important to a shooter.

Mostly Halo for me from a general shooter perspective is completely generic, it has nothing that sets it apart from any other generic alien vs. marines shooter. No truly original weapons that you cannot find the equivalent of in other games. So I would expect it to get 7-8 scores on single-player or LAN experiences, however the online multiplayer really sets it apart and might push the score to a high 8, but not the universal 100s it receives everywhere (and it should never be in a discussion of best game ever)

But remember gaming media is still majorly enthusiast press and they get flamed if they don't give certain things a ten. 8.8 Anyone?

I would say that the first two deserve the scores they got, but three no. Maybe an 8.5 or somethin like that

Yep. Another one of these fucking topics. We get that you don't like Halo; Video_Game_King, and the fact that you get into a pointless argument with CL60 every time some troll posts this shit is really starting to get annoying.

Also, I guess asking people to stop posting on these kinds of threads is pointless, because some idiot will inadvertently necropost and put us back to where we started, and so my faith in humanity dwindles

jagt707, is that you?

The masses enjoy mediocrity. The series sells well because anyone can pick it up and become good at it.

The fact that this thread isn't locked yet doesn't bode well for the future of this forum :X

I agree with you, it is an overrated shooter.

Not another halo flame thread :(

i like halo its a good game but a mid level shooter at best  its fun and a  good game with a alright story i still go back to it  on the pc but  there are a lot better ones around  im sure a lot of people would say the same about half life 2 or resistance 2  or killzone or any other shooters out there but there are better ones than halo but theres still something about it and i cant but my finger on it but i still play it and enjoy it and i gess thats what matters

Threadstarter (and everyone else):

If you dont understand why they got so many 9s and 10sss, read and watch the reviews and then come back and point out what points in the review you disagreed with.

edit: to the guy over.... punctuations....?

Why does everyone have issues with other people liking games?

Halo 2 was genuinely good though (the multiplayer).

i dont get what the big deal is with halo either. Sure its a good shooter but its not that good. i always feel im missing something when i play. u probably have to read the books to get the storylines fully.

Why is this thread even getting the bumps? It's clearly troll feeding time at the zoo and you guys just keep shovelling.

I despise Halo but anyone who was going to startup a serious thread slagging it off would come up with a half decent reason for disliking it over "I hates it, so should you" so it's clearly designed to squeeze a response out of you, and a nice juice one it's gotten too. So can we just let it die?

Ignore it, and it will go away.

Edit: "I'd like to sneak into your race car bed in the night and sodomize you"

You want to sneak into his bed and be an unwelcoming neighbor to him? Well shucks. (That was after all, the great sin commited by the inhabitants of the cities of Sodom and Gommorah, being unwelcoming and rude, not buggery and other sexual acts as is commonly beleived.)

people are agreeing with me? awesome!

My guess is that the Halo games recieve good scores because the games are damn good. Even though i felt the Halo 3 singleplayer wasnt top notch, the multiplayer part of Halo 3 was so damn fun and addicting.

I've only played the Halo 3 beta. It was prety good, but the community sucked.

The games, whether anyone likes to admit it or not, are built rock fucking solid. Especially the last one. It plays very well, offers some replayable features( for the achievements and the like) clan support, smooth multiplayer, tons of maps, weapons, good lobby support - all of these things, other games totally lack - the games are polished, and tons of people love them - if you don't its ok.

To answer the question in the thread's title:

Because other people have different opinions to yours.

I thought the campaign was hella boring, and although there are some epic moments, I have to agree I don't see much of the appeal...

If you don't like the gameplay that's completely fine, I don't too much either (since 1 at least) but acknowledge its an EXTREMELY well made product.  The multiplayer in 3 is fantastic.  The split screen options for playing on LIVE, party system, replays, Bungie website features, Forge, etc.   I mean there's a lot there and Bungie does a great job.  I'd rather play Call of Duty but I'm impressed by what Bungie has done with Halo and I'm looking forward to what they do next because they have some serious chops.

LOL, some people seem to harbor some deep inner resentment about a game so many have enjoyed for years, and yet, somehow they didn't get to realize the greatness and joy of say Halo 3's mp, and feel the need to seek similar opinions about  the Halo series that dropped years ago.   Just tragic really;(

Are we really going at this again? Plus, who really cares about the scores? I think the actual number has way too much emphasis that it honestly deserves.

People like it, that's it. It doesn't make you or them wrong, you just have a different opinion.