Originally posted by: zerogear
Its pretty mediocre compared to other FPS games on PC.. I never really got Halo...
Ultimately it was one of the first console FPS games last generation to just get it right with the original Halo, and then Halo 2 brought true multiplayer IIRC. Halo 3 saw the implementation of all the good stuff, and seemingly right stuff.
I give Bungie credit. They can make a game that just comes together as very appealing. If only now that they aren't tied up by Microsoft to push out Halo games, maybe they'll release some PC specific or multiplatform titles.
They were originally a Mac game studio, then switched to PC, then Microsoft swooped in and stole them.
Oni was a great and fun title. Not superb by any means, but it was super fun.
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Regardless, console FPS games have always had some quirk. There have always been the successes, but none that really drove hordes upon hordes to foam at the mouth for. Goldeneye and Perfect Dark were two N64 games that came pretty close, and other games that weren't entirely true FPS games as the PC norm was at the time, and what the console FPS games offer now.
Halo just bridged the gap, caught consoles up to speed, made it accessible and offered all the next-gen improvements that enabled a more cohesive game. And an evolving multiplayer that became a full-fledged runaway success on Xbox Live was never really OMG worthy until Halo 3. Before then, Halo 2 was meh, and Halo 1 was only local MP and hacked online. It was the standards of the game itself that led to the rabid fanboy base, and MP followed suit as it grew and grew.
It's a solid game. Doesn't really evolve the genre in multiplayer one bit, but it definitely meets all the current standards, and has a certain flair. Respectable achievement for the devs, but still... nothing OMG worthy. Especially for PC standards. And console games now are really giving it a run for the money, but the loyal rabid fanbase and that need to justify your fanship by essentially staying loyal and bashing all other games, to the point that either you play other games briefly, mostly only to convince yourself its terrible and not giving it a chance... or even skipping it all together and simply sticking to your guns as is without real experience otherwise. The fanboy phenomenon is strong in the console world.
