So I can't enjoy Halo games without being a twelve year old retard that lives in a basement? That's the impression I get when I read threads about Halo. Can't we all just get along?
The Halo series is great but the stereotypical 12 year old hasn't exactly helped its name. They are great games and they do some awesome things. Most people who are talking shit just sound like fanboys. The stupid amount of hype these games get don't exactly help.
Also Ive probably played more Halo 3 than anyone on this website but I can still see its no where near the best game ever but its definitely not shit like some of you are saying.
It's a requirement to speak on behalf of Xbox for Microsoft that you are injected with an optimism drug that causes you to spout super enthusiastic PR crap to whoever you are speaking to. I love my xbox, but really some of the spin garbage that comes out of the mouths from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo makes me want to literally vomit. I'm sure it will sell well, but boy are Microsoft going to flog this Halo horse until it dies, then resurrect it and flog it until the undead version of it dies as well.
It probably will be, whether other people like it or not. Halo 3 has sold 10 MILLION copies. That towers over every other game except for MW2 and maybe CoD4.
@MAN_FLANNEL: You should just quit while your ahead. I've realized that apart from a rare few, most Giantbomb members hate Halo, not because its bad because it obviously isn't seeing all the games review well and they sell millions of copies, they hate it because its popular.
I don't know why people on the internet seem to hate things that are popular, and i don't really care. Everyone knows Halo is a great franchise and Halo: Reach will sell like crazy. I've learned to avoid any topics on Giantbomb with the word Halo on because posts are just bashing the franchise for no reason.
@AutomaticSnake: Xbox has better exclusives than PS3 next year. Fable 3, Halo Reach, Crackdown 2, Alan Wake, Mass Effect 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, possibly Gears of War 3 vs. God of War 3, Grand Turismo, Heavy Rain, Mag (Beta Blows).
Halo Reach is definitely gonna be in contention, but I think World at War 2 will outsell it. It probably shouldn't but people are hooked on Call of Duty, even though it's getting stale. Final Fantasy, God of War are great games, but they don't push the numbers that Halo or Cod do. Grand Turismo has a great track record, but I think it doesn't have the cache it used to. Somebody mentioned it's twelth in all time sales for a non-pack in title, but it was packed in with the Ps2.
Maybe. With the new engine they're working with, and the possibility of a new twist on the proven Halo mp, it might be very big. Also, it's prolly Bungie's swan as far as the Halo franchise is concerned, and the competitive bar has been set high by the IW games mp-wise and in terms of popularity as well. I believe that's a real motivation for the guys at Bungie btw.
They'll bring something good for sure. How big we'll have to see, and don't forget it's every execs job at MS to hype the exclusive games. But they have seen the game a bit, and by all accounts I've read, it's bringing a much improved look and performance. I'm most curious as to how they use the Reach novel to inform the sp game(it was a pretty big disaster for the UNSC according to the Halo novels/cannon). Can't wait for more stuff and specifically the glimpse promised at the awards show coming on Spike.
" @MAN_FLANNEL: You should just quit while your ahead. I've realized that apart from a rare few, most Giantbomb members hate Halo, not because its bad because it obviously isn't seeing all the games review well and they sell millions of copies, they hate it because its popular. I don't know why people on the internet seem to hate things that are popular, and i don't really care. Everyone knows Halo is a great franchise and Halo: Reach will sell like crazy. I've learned to avoid any topics on Giantbomb with the word Halo on because posts are just bashing the franchise for no reason. "
Yeah, the smug assholes in the forums are one of the few flaws of Giantbomb. You know, the people that think writing a paragraph full of superfluous diction somehow exempts them from being the mindless fanboys they condemn.
Halo's cool and all... it just feels like I'm playing the same game every time though with better graphics and new weapons or enemies. After releasing 4 games I don't really see anything new occuring.
" Next year will see the release of Final Fantasy XIII in the West, God of War III, Gran Turismo 5, Mass Effect 2, Bioshock 2 and StarCraft II. "I feel confident that there's nothing that will compare in size," Xbox exec Aaron Greenberg told website Gamasutra. "Halo: Reach will be the biggest game of 2010." ( Source Kotaku) Now, I don't know about anyone else but Halo is on the bottom of my list in that group of awesomness, I haven't played Halo in over a year. I probably won't even get to it unless im at a friends house who has it. The only other game I won't be playing is Starcraft 2, and thats because my computer can't play it. So, will Halo: Reach be the BIGGEST game of 2010, in terms of sales and/or the best game to play? "
Well, he would say that wouldn't he?
I would put my money on the sales being in this order:
@zombie2011: If a sequel counts as a series that has droned on this long with no real progression or innovation... then yeah I guess I'm not fond of sequels.
Burger King makes the best hamburgers I've had, fast-food or otherwise. Granted, I haven't had an In-N-Out burger, which I hear are the best.
@zombie2011 said:
" @MAN_FLANNEL: You should just quit while your ahead. I've realized that apart from a rare few, most Giantbomb members hate Halo, not because its bad because it obviously isn't seeing all the games review well and they sell millions of copies, they hate it because its popular. I don't know why people on the internet seem to hate things that are popular, and i don't really care. Everyone knows Halo is a great franchise and Halo: Reach will sell like crazy. I've learned to avoid any topics on Giantbomb with the word Halo on because posts are just bashing the franchise for no reason. "
I hated it before it was popular. Do I get a cookie? I start out hating anything that is based in Science Fiction, regardless of what it's about. See, I have a reason for hating it.
Biggest Game of 2010? Yeah Probably. Best Game of 2010? Probably Not
I was a fan of the halo series H1 was fun, I put to many hours into H2s online I couldnt even guess at a number, But H3 just couldnt hold my interest, I didnt even bother with ODST, And I doubt I'll get Reach.
" @zombie2011: If a sequel counts as a series that has droned on this long with no real progression or innovation... then yeah I guess I'm not fond of sequels. "
Where exactly has Call of Duty progressed in comparasion to Halo then? Besides the Modern Warfare games going for a different setting, they're all pretty much the same thing.
For that matter, the same arguement could be leveled against Metal Gear Solid, since the first one there's been very little change to the series, apart from the odd gameplay mechanic. And both of those series' have "droned on" for far longer. What about games like Ratchet & Clank that are pumped out every other year with almost no distinguishing features to set them apart? I honestly don't even know which one of them I own.
I mean, if you dislike the series, that's all well and good. I just don't understand why the Halo series generates such amounts of hate. This will be the 5th proper Halo game, compared to the.. 9th or 10th Call of Duty, not counting the portable versions.. Peace Walker and Rising mark the 12th and 13th Metal Gear game and Ratchet & Clank is somewhere around 8. And with the exception of Metal Gear, these series' actually started after the original Halo was released. (although going from MGS2, which was around the same time as Combat Evolved, Metal Gear Solid has still put out more games in a shorter period).
@WinterSnowblind: I don't remember pulling Call of Duty up. In fact Modern Warfare 2 pissed me off since it's the same as COD4 with new bells and whistles. Most of those things should have been in DLC packs rather than being thrown into a full grown release. I feel the same for L4D2 in case you bring that up due to my avatar. While there are sequels I truly enjoy, the majority have been disappointments. I never said I hated Halo, I think the multiplayer is fun but aging fast. I just want something new with the series and the multiplayer, but I really don't see that happening.
Hmmmm, no. I think next year's Call of Duty (whatever it is) outsells Halo Reach. I think GTA 5 outsells both of them if it comes out next year.
There's an outside chance that Natal or Sony Thing breaks big and one of them has an equivalent of Wii Sports.
I think there would need to be no CoD or GTA for Halo Reach to stand a chance of being the best selling game of 2010. It's nailed on for best selling exclusive though I would imagine, at least as far as traditional games go.
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