DoctorOptimist

" @DoctorOptimist said:

" @ryanwho said:

" I also believe all the trolling Ryan and Jeff do on Goldeneye is easily applicable to the original Halo at this point. "

That Halo is great by console FPS standards, but nolstalgia is clouding our heads as there were better first-person shooters on the PC? "

I honestly believe Halo PC stands up even now, and PC gamer rated it 90% when it came out on PC. No its a bona fide classic. I also love Halo 1s shields and health system with health packs.  "

" Change is always good. "

" @ryanwho said:

" Whoever started "hide behind boxes and play whackamole like a bitch" changed the genre for the worst. I don't think Halo did that or anything equally offensive. Regenerating health is corny but makes contextual sense, they can't help it if games where it makes no sense use it too. So its fine. "

I believe Call Of Duty is your culprit, when playing 2 I had to tell myself that I'm not playing whack a mole in order to enjoy it, it was very immersion breaking. "

" I also believe all the trolling Ryan and Jeff do on Goldeneye is easily applicable to the original Halo at this point. "

" @zombie2011 said:

" @ahaisthisourchance said:

" It introduced regaining health/sheild. IMO it made FPS games too easy. "

I think it's better than the old system. When it was "oh crap i just walked through a checkpoint with 2 health, guess i have to start this mission over agian." "

Son, back in my day we didn't have checkpoints. I beat the endboss of HL1 with 1 health. That proves that Gordon Freeman is a badass "

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@DoctorOptimist said: 

" People who make up the escapistmagazine forums: 

• Overly critical guy
• Forum asshole
• Yahtzee fanboys
• People who think they're witty by quoting Yahtzee's lines, even when they're irrelevant to the topic or discussion
• Elitists
• Artsy hipster gamers
• Cynical/pessimistic gamers
• Twilight haters (Not the sane kind of Twilight haters)
• Halo haters
• Most of all: Valve fanboys

"

Don't know if you caught it, but er, this is Giant Bomb... um, I think you have your sites mixed duder.   "

" @Red12b said:

@DoctorOptimist

 said: 

" People who make up the escapistmagazine forums: 

• Overly critical guy
• Forum asshole
• Yahtzee fanboys
• People who think they're witty by quoting Yahtzee's lines, even when they're irrelevant to the topic or discussion
• Elitists
• Artsy hipster gamers
• Cynical/pessimistic gamers
• Twilight haters (Not the sane kind of Twilight haters)
• Halo haters
• Most of all: Valve fanboys

"

Don't know if you caught it, but er, this is Giant Bomb... um, I think you have your sites mixed duder.   "

I think the point was that things are the same here, except replace Yahtzee with Jeff Gerstmann.
 
@Video_Game_King said:

" Good, I finally made an appearance as Overly Critical Guy :P. "

You shouldn't put punctuation after an emoticon. "

• Cynical/pessimistic gamers
• Twilight haters (The non-sane ones)
• Valve fanboys
• Elitists
• Yahtzee fanboys
• Halo haters 
• Artsy hipster gamers
• Valve fanboys

People who make up the escapistmagazine forums: 

• Overly critical guy
• Forum asshole
• Yahtzee fanboys
• People who think they're witty by quoting Yahtzee's lines, even when they're irrelevant to the topic or discussion
• Elitists
• Artsy hipster gamers
• Cynical/pessimistic gamers
• Twilight haters (Not the sane kind of Twilight haters)
• Halo haters
• Most of all: Valve fanboys

" I don't care a whole lot about Halo, but it obviously changed it for the better. Otherwise we'd still be dealing with trash like Goldeneye. There is no argument here, just "better". Stupid thread. "

Halo's influence on the genre is undeniable in the gaming industry. As it help popularize the two weapon limit system, one button melee attacks, and off hand grenade throwing. Halo's most innovative aspect was it's regenerating shield/health system, which is being used in countless games these days. Halo also help make the genre multi-platform, making it accessible to consoles as way. There have been on going debate around teh internetz, whether it had a negative or a positive influence on the gaming industry. 
 
Here's an article that kind of inspired me to make this topic:  http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/8066-Experienced-Points-Before-There-Was-Halo. Shamus Young believes Halo changed the genre for the better, many in the comments section strongly disagree with him. Then again, the escapistmagazine's user base is filled with a bunch of elitists, jerks, and Yahtzee fanatics. Then again, it's user base is certainly better than IGN's and Gametrailers.  
 
What do you think? Did Halo change the genre for the best? Or for the worse?