Halo The One Most Overrated Game of All Time

Rafael Gamboa. takes the Halo franchise to task by arguing it is "the most overrated and undeserving game series of all time". An entertaining and well informed profile that points out features he feels justify the criticism

[Silogon]

I agree 100% with this. Halo is rubbish and the story is a yawner. Graphics are so so too. Halo has walked away with the cake because of money exchanging hands behind the scenes and that's that. Halo is average on all fronts and Haze proves that.

Both games play fundamentally the same and Haze and Halo 3 look almost dead on to each other. The story in both are laughable and the only thing setting them apart is Halo 3 has better online due to xbox live over psn service.

Haze gets 5's
Halo gets 10's

Same damn game (fundamentally)

[Hydrolex]

well, comes from a RICH company who can pay all the reviewers and ...

Gamespot gave Uncharted 8 and Halo 9.6. IMO, uncharted is the best looking game on console

I really have to wait for MGS4 reviews from Gamespot. If they give it anything under 9.6 ( Halo ), I'm gonna do something

[DanB91]

I hate haze not really because of gameplay but the glitches and the stupid maps.

The sad thing is really rhat R2 prob will be better than Halo 3 in terms of features and gameplay, but will not be highly rated as halo 3 just because of the name.

This isn't to say halo 3 is a bad game. I personally love it, but to say it's GOTY and be super hyped is way over the line

[caffman]

I bet gamespot are bricking it right now after that threat

[zane_7849]

I agree with this article in principle, if not point to point with all it's reasoning for why it is overrated.

When a friend and I decided to give Halo 3 a chance, we played through the first level or two laughing hysterically. It was just so silly, and so many people seem to hold it in such high regard. I just don't get it. The gameplay was fine, nothing distinctive either way- just not worth a dime of the hype it gets.

[omni_atlas]

And I still don't believe EDGE gave it a 10.

They also gave GTA IV a 10, and Metal Gear Solid 4 an 8. Unbelievable.

[LaChance]

You people are the most...I dont know... people on the internet.

MSFT payed ALL the reviewers on planet earth for Halo 1 . 2 and 3 !!!

Moreover the first guys to post in this thread are all Sony diehards who swear that they'll never touch a MSFT console and openly claim you hate MSFT.

Funny its people who HATE MSFT and EVERYTHING they have put out in the gaming business (games etc) that agree and are the first to post !

I perssonally dont think Halo is the best game ever.I would give Halo 1 and 2 9/10 and Halo 3 is a very good game but not GREAT in any means.I'll give it a 8/10.But thats my opinion.

Haze got 5/10 simply because they tried to copy Halo but compared to halo its PURE crap.They failed miserably.

Sorry but even Playstation mags and sites said Haze is CRAP.I bet MSFT paid Playstation mags , OFFICIAL playstation mags and sites.Yep ; they all accepted money from MSFT.

HAZE is CRAP.

Halo is a good game while HAZE is CRAP.

Saying MSFT has the whole gaming media in its pocket is just...its just...being a sad , frustrated , dissapointed sony diehard who just cant believe how this gen has rolled out.

I hope the mods dont delete my comment but sorry people Halo is a little overrated (GTA4 anyone ?) but in no means a bad game.

edit : I got 3 disagrees in 3 seconds lol ! I think Im the disagree record man on N4G.

BTW in case it wasnt clear: to me Halo 3 is overrated but comparing it to Haze is just being a bitter gamer (dont have to mention which console that gamer has)

[Tomdc]

I think people are being a bit to harsh, Halo 1 and 2 were both good games. Both worthy of a 8/10 in my eyes. Halo 3 was a let down I believe since it failed to do anything new. It should have got a 7/10 (which is still a better than average score)

[SJL480]

To be honest I remember playing Halo shortly after xbox was released
It was amazing at the time and still has replay value to me. Then 2
and 3 whored out the story for the multi player and sucked up the series
I thought halo 3 was very overrated but halo 1 was a masterpiece.

[JokesOnYou]

Well its a great game, that millions love to play and STILL continue to play online and it still outsells many ps3 exclusives that have been available for less time than Halo3.= If everything else is so much better why is that? Hey, have you ever noticed sony folks are quick to mention sales don't matter when speaking about Halo3 but they are the very same ones who like tossing around ps2 hardware sales and specific ps software sales. 'cough, hypocrites...errr I mean yeah thats fine. And once again a score of 10 doesn't mean perfection it means the reviewer thought it was one of the very best games, considering all the features packed in Halo3 and all the fun I've had online with friends and family I think so too. You don't have to agree but its not like sony folks have ANY creditability when it comes to Halo, I wonder why? (micro's most popular franchise, broke sales records, not on ps3= HALO IS SONY LOYALISTS SWORN ENEMY, its probably part of the pledge to join the SDF), I mean come on lets not act like we just started gaming yesterday, sony loyalists swore Halo3 sucked before the first screenshot was released. lmfao

JOY

[InMyOpinion]

Over 8 million copies sold + most played game on Xbox Live = overrated?

[Peow]

Well what else is there to play? =P Kidding, kidding. Sales aren't exactly what make a game great. People bought it out of hype. Many still liked it, fewer but still alot disliked it. Since BioShock, and I think Mass Effect aren't online. The only game to play online is Gears. Im only going by popularity though.

Not saying PS has more good games to play online >:P

[Cd311290]

Because halo is better than haze in everyway.

Haze is absolute pure garbage and halo's graphics are MUCH better than haze's. The weapons are better in halo and so are the enemies, the veichles handle much better aswell!

[lessthanmarcus]

Only haters out there are the ones that suck at Halo.

[wallace1000]

I sense a few bitter people in here. Try not to show you are a PS3 owner that is just spaming 360 news by saying MGS4 is better than the Halo games when MGS4 isn't even out yet. Play a game and see if you like it, don't listen to a reviewers opinion. Be your own person and make up your own opinion. The Halo games are fantastic in my opinion, and i am sure MGS4 is going to be great too.

[wallace1000]

Or be a winner like my disagree, spam news, don't make up your own opinion, and generally be a sheep and go by what everyone else is saying.

[2cents]

Right, so by your logic i guess I can call you a d1ck.
When you get aroused all the blood rushes to your head, when you get excited you chuck up all over the place. And when your slapped about abit you shrivel up.

so your both very similar in many ways, you know,

fundamentally!

[Yoma]

@1.10

CoD4 if the most played game over Live. Use the search function here and you'll be able to find it.

http://joystickradio.com/st...

[wallace1000]

Well played cat with cones, well played.
@Yoma - i think he meant it was the most played game for a fair bit until it was passed by COD4. Either way it was and continues to be extremely popular.

[I LOVE my xbox]

Halo is fun online, but other than that, I don't see how it justifies a 10 overall score. Graphics are alright and single player is mediocre. It's nothing special in my opinion. Just like Haze actually.

[gall0t671]

halo 2 is still the sh*t. multiplayer wise. halo 3 had a lot of great ideas but it didnt execute any of them. cuz u get into a match and u still find everyone using a br or sniper. they even took out the flare from all the maps on matchmaking.
halo 3 is a good game but of course wasnt a ten. prob a 8 or 8.5
graphics suck, campaign wasnt innovative just typical fps alien killer campaign. but it does have the best multiplayer aspects compared to any game on console. i wish cod4 and gears and metal gear online would have the video clips and theater and stuff. that sh*t is the madnotes.
but yeah halo 3 was completely overrated and its got itself to blame for that because i think everyone was expecting the revolution of gaming with halo3.

[BattleAxe]

The reason that HALO has sold so well and continues to be played by millions on XBOX Live is because really, there isn't anything else other then CoD4 and Gears thats any good.

If XBOX had SOCOM, then HALO probably wouldn't be so big. They advertise the hell out of HALO and buy all the reviewers and sponsor "The Spike TV VIDEO GAMES AWARDS" and get their own catagory for HALO (The Best Game Fueled By Dew) LAME LAME LAME!

[LastDance]

Okay..so im pro sony for sure. I dont like microsoft's console business at all... if they didnt have such good exclusives from other companies they would be buried by now in the console market...here's my honest opinion...

Halo 1...was awsome...I had a bucket load of fun playing 2 player co op..and the story was exciting.
halo 3 is fun ...when you have 4 people playing online. single player was BORING and mediocre..and the fact this game got 10s for it just shows that the games that get perfect scores are the ones being trendy. Single player may-as-well be labelled as unimportant now..the only reason we still have singleplayer is because of dedicated devs and the paradigm of videogame history.

I agree with the writer about unbalanced gameplay...except i would include the shotgun. The only skill you need to learn online is how to jump - and thats lame.

[jadenkorri]

Halo 1 was the best FPS i have ever played, the story was amazing, graphics were well done, and game play was awesome, Halo 1 revolutionized the FPS genre,it was innovative to the FPS genre, any idiot who says otherwise is an absolute retard...Ok Halo 2, I'm sry to say, this was just a sequel made, which was terrible, new weapons, story to follow, ok, I'm playing Halo 1, just not as good with better cooler weapons...Halo 3...ok WTF is this, can someone say UBERED Master Chief five times fast, like cmon, the weapons were sumed up in my last word, UBERed up to be "flashy", graphics were updated, new story, what Halo 1 with better weapons again..... I know people who put Halo 3 on like the highest pedestal that I can't reach, I don't even think god has the power to reach, If they had Halo 1 there, i would respect them, but with Halo 3 as their pride and joy, they get no respect, cause its just another sequel... I wonder when Halo 4 comes out what gonna happen with that, i wish they would just end Halo.. And ya he is right, stuff in Halo, in general had been done, but not as well... I don't own a 360, I own a PC, which I own Halo 1 and 2 for PC, and 3 once it comes to Vista, or if mS can be any more evil, Windows 7, with DirectX11, only on windows 7, which Halo3 only plays on....

[godofthunder10]

i'm not a big halo fan but to say haze is just as good as halo is just a bias remark.

hell i don't like mgs4 because it has one of the most ridiculous story line in the history of video games and cut scenes as long as a movie,hell you watch cut scenes more then you play the game but if millions of people will buy it and say that it's great and it breaks sales records like halo did then my review is wrong and that's my opinion and not a fact.

gta4 sold a little more then 2 million more copies then halo 3 did but gta4 was for 2 system and halo 3 was for 1.what i'm saying is just because you hate a system doesn't mean that you have to hate every game that's on it.

when oblivion first came out for the 360 and was suppose to be an exclusive i've read a post from one guy and he said that he has a ps3 but he played it on his friends 360 and it suxed and it was over rated and people are wasting their money buying it and so far he never seen a game for the 360 worth buying.when oblivion came out for the ps3 a while latter,the same guy that made these same remark said that it was a great game and he recommend that everyone buy it and he's not the only ps3 fan to do the exact thing.they have 360 fans that does the exact thing to.

i don't care what game is on what system,if the game is good then it's good and i want say that a game isn't any good just because it's not on the system that i like because it's just childish and ridiculous to do it..both systems had games that was not so great.the biggest piece of crap and disappointment that the 360 released that was suppose to be a great game was pdo and the biggest piece of crap and disappointment that the ps3 released so far is haze.they both have great games to, the 360 has halo and gears of war and other games.the ps3 has some great games out to but i think that when they release kill zone 2 it will be one of the greatest game ever made if it is like they claim .if it is like they claim then it will win game of the year.

i bet,hell i know that over 90% of the people that agrees with this article are ps3 fans and the ones that disagree are 360 fans.if this same guy would have said that mgs4 was the most over rated game in history then it would be a different story.the same people that agrees with him now and say nice things about him like he knows what he's talking about would disagree with him,curse him out and say he doesn't know anything and he's bias.360 fans would do the same thing,over 90% of people that owns a 360 would do the same thing.

i wish that every game was on every system because every one should be able to play all the great games.i know that some people will disagree and say that a certain system doesn't have any good games on it but they are dead wrong because the fact is the opposite.what i don't understand is why people wish that a certain game want be on the other system.they act as if they will lose money if it's on the other system.the only thing it will do is let every one enjoy the game.they remind me of kids that want share their candy,it's pathetic and they should be ashamed.

[sumfood4u]

It seem this game is 360 only Life Support from Red Ring Effect! Even yesterday i brought a PS2 game, an this guy had Halo3 in his hand, an asked the Clerk with his mom about fixing the Red Ring Effect on his 360! Just a Weird coincident i think an very ironic!

[DevastationEve]

Kojima wants to limit what people can say about mgs4 in their reviews, and MS is the criminal? If Halo3 got ANY bad ratings, at least it was done freely by the journalists and reviewers who did so. Kojima needs to stop acting like he's God...people of such character are proven wrong by the simplest of means.

If you want to see a better future for gaming, stop and think about what Kojima's actions have led some publications to do.

[jadenkorri]

he limited the media, is so that 360 fanboys won't flame the game because of install times, yes i totally agree that install times is annoying and a cheap way out to get the game to work properly on ps3, other company's do it with out install, and so far, Capcom is the biggest with 2 games so far with install times that were released on the ps3, anyways offtopic, the main thing is that he prob did that so that people don't say bad things due to installs, there is nothing wrong with a game because of a mandatory install. look at Devil may cry 4, the ps3 version got flamed for having a 20 mins install in which 360 didn't and fanboy ammunition was thrown like crazy...by not knowing, they really can't argue and keeps the reviews honest rather than biased...

[00]

sounds mad at MS or is a angry person in general.

[barom]

I think he does a little bit. But that doesn't stop the fact that Halo 3 is overrated. Had the game had a different name the game would've probably gotten a lot lower scores.

I'm not saying Halo is bad. But it doesn't deserve the 10s it got. 8s and 9s I can somewhat agree on.

[LaChance]

You said it all.Nothing else to add.Bubble for you.

[jcgamer]

I personally feel that Halo 3 was TOO LATE to the current generation...it came sandwiched between really great, and in my opinion as well as others, superior games...Bioshock (I haven't played it yet, but many love it more than Halo 3) and Sony's Uncharted (far more satisfying and awesome experience, I love this game)...also Call of Duty 4 pwned it, according to many, even Halo fans admit it...also Orange Box was critically acclaimed as well...HALO 3 WAS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE to the party...and, FOR THE RECORD, Gears of War is 10 TIMES better than Halo...THERE...I said it...lol

[gall0t671]

hahaha fvck yeah gears is 1000000000x better than halo. the bada$$-ness of gears and seeing someones skull crack is just so rewarding.

[jessupj]

Wow, I can see a lot of sensitive people in this forum. You shouldn't let him get to you so much guys.

But in all honesty, can anyone here say halo 3 got the hype it deserved and pull a straight face? If you can post it on youtube :D

[MaximusPrime]

Totally agreed.

I said that it is overrated when Halo 3 releases.

[BigKev45]

Oh yeah. Halo 3 was way overrated.

[shelbygt33]

I like it a lot, so there :)

[Hydrolex]

nuff said

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EDIT: It's funny that dumbox 360s converted to Call of Duty 4.

ahahahah Gays like Gaylo, Straights like Jalo

[poos3]

halo you can learn to be a master plasmna sticker ,learn to be a super vehicle killer,hit vehicles 20ft in the air ,spartan laser a some 1 60 ft in the air dude u can do anything in that game and btw did i mention the physics and effects while doing this are the best ever created for an open map fps game none comes close this is the reason why halo 3 got 10/10 all throw the game is amazing to play the vehcles physcis taken damage are astonishing no game comes close there wil never bea game liek halo on the ps brand it requires complex programmig forgot the resolution ( ps3gta 4) the game leave all CONSOLE multiplayer ga,mes in the dust ps3 cryon you will never get it OH go check game trailer sthe new halo wars scans from gamepro will make ps3 fanboys really really really really really cry

[PoSTedUP]

resistance has better physics, your just a little kid halo lover. get over it.

halo wars looks good, there going in a better direction with it.

[vickers500]

@poos3

CoD4, Resistance, BioShock, The Orange Box, all rape halo 3 and make it hang its head in embarrassment and shame.

[Hydrolex]

is better than Halo 3 ahaha.

Halo 3 is a f**king jokeeeeee ! OMG I cannot believe this game is so ...

[TheSadTruth]

Article Translation:

I hate Halo 3 because I'm bad at it.

All of his points are easily refutable and he essentially says he doesn't like it because of the kind of people who play it.

Is Halo overrated? Yes. It is a bad game? No.

Nerds on the internet don't like it because it's the "cool" thing to do.

[Ali_The_Brit]

LOL poos3 is pp's retarded little brother XD

[Sez]

stop lying resistence didn't have better physics. i have both games. and halo still beats resistence hands down.

[GENJI HAZE BOTH FLOP]

before you make a comment watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Pain]

Its a Vague story FPS.... its ONLY what it is because of M$ Money.

dream other wise kids.

[cr33ping_death]

one thing i hated about halo 3 was the sniper, it takes no skill to use.

[White-Sharingan]

QFT

I prefer COD4s, GeOW sniper

Killzone's sniper was way too hard for me D=

Resistance's sniper was ok but way too easy as well

EDIT: I agree with this news, even though Halo was a good game, it was hyped too much just like Assassins Creed

[lessthanmarcus]

so I can see how easy the sniper is for you..

[3sexty rulzzz]

here's the thing. everybody saying that halo is overrated,that's been the a high topic for as long as I can remember, but halo is still selling. Word of mouth marketing is the best marketing for video games. Ok, MSFT marketed the sh!t out of halo that's not in the interest of the haters of to get mad over. marketing probably generated about 4 million copies, but the game is still selling like crazy. it is the sony fans who dont know a good thing when they are slappped in the face with it. Halo3 is generating those numbers because people are talking about halo3. whenever I'm on live I would put in my halo3, and at any given time there's about 600,000 people logged on playing live. and, if I'm playing social slayer there are new people on the game all the time. So, what's boosting halo sales now are the people that are playing the game and they are telling their friends to buy because of the sheer enjoyment you get while playing.

Halo3 is in class all by itself and the sony fans can't come to the realization that a game such as halo is pawning every attempt that sony makes. most sony fans on this site have never even played halo 3 because if they have they would probably playing it right now other than spreading their hatred for what is the xbox360.

[soccerluv]

Yeah, I just ran into one of those overpowering snipers that are great at no scoping. You know that rifle that makes this game so unbalanced.

I was all alone with that weak old assault rifle.

Oh no, what should I do????????????

And then...........

http://www.bungie.net/stats...

[cr33ping_death]

i have a 360(check my gamer tag, unlike most of you who are afraid to post it on N4G) i had HALO 3, sold it within 3 months of having it, 1. i hated the fact that people love shotty/snipers, is there an even more annoying mode than this?. 2. once COD 4 came out HALO 3 stayed in its case till the day i sold it. i bought into the hype and was truely dissapointed, what with HALO 3 being my first HALO experience, its an ok game, but not the greAtest thing people make it out to be.

[Ali_The_Brit]

halo 3 fecking sucks and unlike xbotts i know what im talking about because (sadly) i own it

[TheColbertinator]

The first Halo ruled because it had a fun multiplayer and good graphics on the Xbox.The second Halo was decent because Xbox Live was well implemented into the multiplayer.Halo 3 was an overrated catastrophe.A shiny coat of paint over Halo 2 was the only "improvement" the game had.As for the complaints on this article I suppose this guy was not good in Halo 2 Live.I noticed 6 months after the games release evertybody went for the sniper rifle and nobody wanted to use BR anymore

[lsujester]

You know it's bad when you get cheers when the game mode switches to Shotty Snipers. Makes me throw up in my mouth and turn it off.

[Stephen Colbert]

how dare he soil my reputation with his libel

the real stephen colbert will not stand for this

jimmy is being sent on his way no worries there

consider yourself warned_ youll be on notice maybe even dead to me soon

[decapitator]

It all comes down to preference. Am not a big fan of Halo, but I sure as hell no people that will do anything to play the next Halo game before anyone else.

You know what is really over rated ?
-Wanna be Journalist
-Sh!tty Websites

[Sayai jin]

LOL

[PoSTedUP]

its not a bad game (i dont think) but it is overrated.

MS needs to make more games!

[Marcello]

Halo is a good game but it is overhyped as are so many recently.

[Obama]

I have play both portion of halo 2 and 3 and they are surely overated. They are alright but definitely don't deserve a 10.

[CallOfWar22]

Half the people now are saying GTA4 sucks. Doesn't deserve those 10's. It was overrated. Then some sites are releasing articles on how GTA 1 is better than 4. Now people are attacking Halo. Personally I hate halo. I can't get into the multiplayer, believe me i've tried. I am glad Gears of War has taken Halo's place. 360 has just as many big hitters out this year as PS3. It doesn't need Halo Wars or Alan Wake. Basically comes down to Gears 2, VS Res 2. And History has this strange habit of repeating itself.

[jcgamer]

Halo 3 is an 8/10

[Sez]

resistence 2 better be good. imho the first one sucked ballz hard. i see why gears scored better.

[Captain Tuttle]

GTA4

[lsujester]

Overrated, too. Not to the degree Halo is, but definitely overrated on reviews.

Some cars were impossible to drive, all the fun of the previous "arcadey" GTA's was gone (parachutes, POWERFUL attack choppers, etc), the hand-to-hand combat sucked.. and the multiplayer was kind of boring and redundant.

[Says you]

Like saying Halo 3 sucks even I know that I mean come on I've played the first Halo and I'll admit I liked it but wasn't crazy over it considering it is just another shooter that was nothing new, the only reason why I liked it is because it reminded me of StarShip Troopers I mean the way the soldiers were wearing in the game looked like StarShip Troopers except there were no bugs

[Fishy Fingers]

This guy should join N4G. Sounds like he'd be right at home in the Open Zone.

[wallace1000]

Well said senior fingers, bubbles for you.

[Superfragilistic]

I agree Fishy. I really don't get the Halo hate.

Halo 3 multiplayer is still ahead of its time. The matchmaking, game type diversity, custom games, 4player co-op campaign, screenshots, film capture, and in particular Forge all far exceeded any game of its time and in many ways still do almost nine months on.

Sure the single player really wasn't all that special until you turned the difficulty up and the AI was noticeably tougher. And the story was popcorn movie cliche. As a single player campaign Halo CE leaves the rest for dead, Halo 2 was convoluted and cheap, Halo 3 was satisfying but not inspiring.

But I think all that misses why Halo 3 was so highly rated for its time. Firstly, it preceded all the current titles and was released back in September 07 and a lot has changed since then. Secondly, the games level of polish and production values were of a consistently high quality throughout that had rarely been seen before. Thirdly, the multiplayer and user generated content were not only groundbreaking but are flawlessly integrated.

Whilst I was really underwhelmed by the story, I continue to go back due to the variety of game modes, forge and the meta campaign co-op which is a lot of fun with mates! lol :)

[SacT0wnF1n3st]

Halo, in my opinion, is very overrated. The story is a yawner and the graphics is not even in the top 10 percent of all the games on console. I don't want to see cartoon-ish characters in a game like Halo.

Cod 4, Gears, Soccom: confrontation, UT 3, Resistance, in my opinion, are all look better or better games period.

[Fishy Fingers]

Looks do not equal quality. Halo's saving grace has always been it gameplay, in that respect it's definitely in the top 10.

[slowlearner]

I love hearing the screams of grunts when i'm blasting their buddies.

One more thing - i've never cared more about npc's then the soldiers in halo. Starting out with three of them in my warthog and trying to keep them alive during a large scale battle is intense. I've never wanted to restart a save point more than when my favorite smart ass soldier gets killed.

[SacT0wnF1n3st]

That is true but it is one of the big factors to determine success or failure to a game.

[Valin]

............ The sniper is overpowered. ( No your just bad with and as you cleverly forgot to point out that when facing someone with a sniper all you have to do is shoot them and they are knocked out of scope.

Then he starts quoting problems from Halo:CE and talking about them as though they are in H3. Basically he want for sex with Valve ( TF2 & HL:2 ) screams PC gamer.

@ Silogon

Haze gets 5's
Halo gets 10's

Same damn game (fundamentally)

Is that because they are both exclusives for consoles and because your love of the PS3 automatically adds 5 to the score of every PS3 exclusive?

Haze: Detached storyline, broken framerate, terrible level design, small choice of weapons, Nectar was a gimmick and 4 player online co-op was impressive. Back when Halo 3 was the first do do it on consoles oh say 8 months ago.

Also Forge, Bungie.net community functions, Saved clips and 4 player co-op was what gave it the quality of being a 10/10 game.

[lsujester]

And it seems you forgot that you still have a reticle when you're not scoping. A more balanced approached would be to remove the reticle when shoulder firing the sniper rifle. That would remove the effectiveness it has at close range, or at least make it to where it takes serious skill to headshot people without the scope.

[slowlearner]

halo: ce lan parties may have been the funnest, but saved videos are the greatest invention since sliced bread. Until the replay system is commonplace or even imitated, then there is nothing overrated about halo. IMO

The 8 million repeat buyers weren't suckered into finishing the fight, my guess is they liked the game. Best coop game i've played with my girlfriend yet. Replay is enormous with the skull and metascore system.

[eagle21]

Hardly no one in the lines were even excited (people looked like they were zombies doing time thinking about the mountain dew commercial).

Adam Sessler's geek talk was past maximum, he was talking about master cheif's arrival at the store like Jesus was coming or something....

Kevin and Olivia was playing the game with some #1 halo player and Olivia admitted to never playing it while Kevin pretended to love it)...

and all I was thinking...for what is this all for?

[heyheyhey]

the thing that bugs me about Halo is the way it makes people forget about Timesplitters

the TS series had been superior all along and Halo has been ripping it off

the map-maker in TS2 was awesome, but no-one made a shout about it- then Halo came along with The Forge (ooooooh) and everyone was suddenly like "ZOMG HAlO IZ SOOOO INOVATIF :):):):)"

#1 in the Gamerzone has it nailed, why does Halo deserve twice the score that Haze got?

it's not a bad game, but it's way too overrated and TS kicks the sh!t out of it

can't wait for TS4 to come out, introduce innovative new features and then have Halo 4 come along, copy it, and have people tout it as "innovative"

hilarious

Timesplitters FTW!!!

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

TimeSplitters 2
+
PS2(or PS3)
+
Big T.V
+
3 Friends(+Me)
+
A few Drinks
+
Some Snacks/Food
=
HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-P

[pimpstation]

Timesplitters has been kicking Halo ass since the launch of the PS2. O haven't played Haze yet, but it's probably better than Halo 3. That game is wack.

[Havocxx]

Im so damn sick of hearing about halo, its simply not that damn good which is whats getting me, I personally think overall GOTY should've went to Uncharted myself last year and no thats no fanboyism, it brought great next gen quilities and a great storyline and Halo did a rinse, add a little, and repeat. So sick of this series. I love my xbox but I did not buy it for Halo.

[Condoleezza Rice]

Halo 1-Very good game;Not a masterpiece,but a VERY good game.It delivered on a simple concept;Easy to pick up console FPS,great graphics,great soundtrack,engaging storyline.If I were to review it,I would award the game a 9/10.

Halo 2-Good game,but definitely not better than Halo 1.It's sad to say this,but Halo 2 not living up to the expectations set for the Halo franchise after Halo 1,was what started the 'Is Halo overrated?' question.If I were to review it,it would get an 8/10.

Halo 3-The most disappointing entry in my opinion.VERY underwhelming,I firmly believe that Halo 3 was rushed into the market;The graphics,gameplay,music,it all just didn't feel like a significant step up from the previous Halo.To summarize this,Halo 3 did not feel as epic as Halo 1 was when it launched,nor did it feel 'next-gen' to me at all.If I were to review it,I would give it a 6.5/10.

So all in all,is Halo overrated?If you were to just base this off Halo 1,the answer is no.But since there are 3 games in the series,and the second and third are simply just not as good as the first was,the answer is yes,Halo as a franchise is overrated.

[kindi_boy]

you take words out of my mouth and put it in someone's @$$

[slowlearner]

Even the large scale battles of halo 3 were not epic at all, but they were fun to play on legendary and get your ass handed to you.

I would say the 6.5 is a little harsh, just because it is one of the most feature packed games ever. I can't say it was rushed cause it was a technical masterpiece for fitting everything in 7.5gb.

[DarK-SilV]

I really don’t believe the rating that the reviewers
gave to halo3, Another thing how good it sales
I played halo3 and stopped halve way
Halo3 sucks big time

[zapass]

HALO: FPS for the soccer mum and her baby pigs

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

hardcore gamers...
BWAAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHA!!!!

[DarK-SilV]

Halo3 sucks big time
I just want to know how could anybody say that this game deserves 9 and above
To me 8 is the final score

[kazuma]

well i think halo's a pretty awesome game, it kinda is the half-life of consoles, although halo 2 just never hit the spot for me, mainly because when i got to the ending...i just wanted to shoot someone. i mean i have withstood far worse cliffhangers (the whole legacy of kain saga) during my gaming life but let's not even compare the story and development of the characters of these 2 franchises.
anyways i really loved halo 1 and 3 and enjoyed 2.

[CaptainHowdy]

Hype that could never sustain itself...8.1 is the hignest it should have gotten

[syanara]

someone realizes this

[dkgshiz]

Who didn't know this? The only reason this game every got good reviews is because the reviewers were just paid off to review it and give it a really good score. The good reviews would just add to the mega hype of this mediocre game. Halo 3 is just halo 2.5, its almost the same game. The graphics were improved just a little bit. I never understood why people loved the original halo. It didn't have online, just lan. It was a pretty boring game, the story sucked, terrible game play it was overall pretty terrible. The only reason they came out with the squeals is because halo was the xboxes best selling game, thats not saying much. The real funny thing halos made by bungie! They mite be the worst game developers of all time, they made Oni! That game is almost as bad as E.T the game! Plus they made that old terrible RTS game, cant remember the name of it. But their was a glitch that would erase your entire hdd. Bungie sucks wieners.

[slowlearner]

reviews, sales, fun factor, gameplay and graphics (the characters really fit in the environment due to great lighting) backup the scores for 7 years now. I've yet to meet the person who picked up halo for the hype. But i guess there are dummies everywhere who spend 60 bucks with no research. IMO

[Death]

It's easy to say Halo is over-rated. It's hard to give legitamate reasons beyond personal opinion though. Hereare three things that can't be explained away.

1. The Halo series is critically acclaimed with very positive reviews.
2. The Halo series has sold very well and has possibly the highest attach rate among consoles.
3. The Halo series has a huge fan following that has spanned two generations of consoles.

I don't care how much you want to say Microsoft paid for positive reviews, the simple fact that people want it and buy it can't be explained away. If a dev/publisher could pay for positive reviews, every game would get a 10. We all know this is not the case though.

-Death

[poeo]

quite a lot of sh*tty bands and movies have a huge fan following too..

[LastDance]

So that means big brother the tv show is awesome..........

Sorry...that logic doesnt work.

[Aclay]

Your damn right Halo is one of the most Overrated games ever. There was nothing in Halo 3 that was revolutionary or groundbreaking, the only thing that sold Halo was the Halo name and all of those pre-teen boys that think Halo is everything.

As far as I'm concerned, Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 are shaping up to be several times better than Halo 3 at this point and I'm confident that Ted Price and Steven Ter Hiede will release both games as flawless as possible. I mean, the Killzone 2 game footage at Playstation Day running in Pre-Alpha Code probably looked better than Halo 3, ha ha!

It's almost sad how Microsoft built it's console around one main game title as a selling point. This is how I see it, without Halo, the Xbox would be nothing. When you look back at the PS1 and PS2, there was never one single game that stood out more than the rest because Sony doesn't build it's consoles around one or two game titles.

[Captain Tuttle]

You own a PS3.

[beavis4play]

i think bioshock and gears 1 were 100 times better experiences than the halo games. bioshock for the visuals, great artistic design of rapture and story. gears for the visuals, intensity of game, chainsaw, and locusts.(those, the chimera, and helghast are my fav. baddies)
halo just seems real vanilla. it's ok-but its strength is in multi-player and COD4 eclipsed that shortly after halo3 launched.
i think hype and franchise loyalty carried the success of halo2 and 3.(halo1 was very good and deserved success) but 2 and 3, like GTA4, was waaaay over hyped.

[Captain Tuttle]

Halo 3 was overrated. Halo 2 was the most important game in the series by far (the first successful, quality online game on a console). I was just referring to AclayPS3's comment.

[Fux4Bux]

If anything Halo:CE is underrated. It was the perfect translation of FPS onto a console.

Halo2 on the otherhand took a bunch of steps backwards in every area. Complete and utter garbage compared to the first in every area besides having online play.

[The Lazy One]

online-ness

[The Lazy One]

At the end of the day, Halo does deliver good solid games. They aren't the best games ever, but they are still good games.

There are plenty of games with similar hype that have just completely flopped. Glitchy, unfun, just ugly, you name it.

This article is a big giant troll.

edit: finished reading this. This guy is just whining because he sucks at the game. Anyone who can't counter a sniper rifle at medium to close range just sucks at the game.

He also completely ignores what each of the games did well. Halo 2 pretty much made online gaming on consoles a necessity for most games. Halo 3 brought forge and replays, which were a first in similar games.

[Cartesian3D]

" Halo 3 brought forge and replays, which were a first in similar games."

have you ever played counter strike or Team Fortress 2?

[The Lazy One]

Counter Strike (on PC) and Team Fortress 2 (released later)?

Neither of those games did either of the things I talked about either. CS allowed modding, but no console shooter before halo 3 allowed any sort of major level manipulation and sharing.

[mistertwoturbo]

I don't think Halo is overrated. I think Halo 3 is. Halo 1 actually introduced a successful FPS with a controller and should be commended for that. But Halo 3? No excuses.

And I don't want to hear about "oh well there's not much you can do without changing the core gameplay."

All I have to say to that is look at Resistance 1. And look at the upcoming things for Resistance 2.

You see, there are still developers that keep the core gameplay but evolve the features around it. Not like Halo 3 which was nothing but Halo 2 in HD. Or almost-HD.

Edit: Although I did enjoy Halo 3. It's just not a 10/10. Maybe 8/10.

[The Lazy One]

Resistance 2 is not the game to point out when you're pointing out innovation.

Ghost recon is better in that regard, even though I preferred the original version of the game.

[Cartesian3D]

Gears of war wasnt overrated
Ninja Gaiden wasnt overrated ( because Fans love it, and it didnt get 10s)
Mass effect wasnt too ..

but HALO 3 was .. its uber overrated .. BS story , so so graphics ,same game as HALO 2 with alittle improvments (not innovations like Resistance 2,8 player co-op, 2 single player,new multiplayer Structure..etc) ,BS single player compare to COD4 ( short but variable and attractive )

CoD4 >>>>>> HALO3 imo

[The Lazy One]

Adding 8 player co-op isn't innovative. It's a natural extension of what's come before it. Going from 4 player co-op to 8 player co-op is not innovation. Halo 3 had 4 player co-op (not in halo 2), forge (not in any other console game till then), and replays (not in any other non-sports games previously).

I still think halo 3 was overrated, but anyone calling resistance 2 innovative is just blind.

[sleepbox]

MGS2 is the most overrated game of all time.

[SpecialSauce]

i do own a 360 and have played Halo. and every says Halo is bad but if you go back and play the single player game you will realize that it's probably THE WORST SP GAME EVO. literally Resistance had a kick A$$ sp and awesome Mp honestly i truly believe it's way better than Halo largely because i still play Resistance and i stoped playing Halo a long time ago. it's sad that a PS3 launch title beats a 360 supposedly AAA game. VERY SAD.

[ukilnme]

is overrated. It sure does bring the haters out in masses and there is nothing else that brings them out quicker. Millions of people love this series so that speaks for itself. Try focusing on the games you love instead of the games you hate for a change.

[2cents]

what can you do but hope...

[Trekster_Gamer]

The Halo series has been great, among the best ever for a FPS. First console to really show how great a FPS canbe on a console.
You critics sound like you have been in Mario land too long or have blinded Sony fanboyism. It is a shame you don't know a great game series. but then I could care less I enjoyed it immensely!

[tatotiburon]

oh boy what a fanboy...he is so jealous, Halo is superb

[MazzingerZ]

Halo:CE is part already of VG history, gameplay was great, music, story and characters were fantastic, the game looked too damn good for a console FPS...for some reason I find more appealing games where developers create a univers and characters from scratch rather than picking up today's sterotypes (arabs, latinamericas and now (RE5)Africans) to represent the bad guys in their games...that's pathetic IMO

Describing Halo 2 and 3 is easier, Halo 2: unfinished and Halo 3: What Halo 2 wasn't (finally co-op included) + allows you to do what you couldn't and wished for in Halo:CE.

IMHO the biggest contributions to VG history of the Halo franchise are: Halo:CE and the online MP, even today most of the games don't deliver a better MP experience than Halo 2's...party system, matchmaking, custom matches, statistics are just great stuff delivered already by Halo 2 online MP

but yeah, MSFT has overhyped it amd squezzed out the most of it...that destroy great games... games should be hyped by gamers (MGS series) not by console manufacturers and publishers...that's why SONY has so many "great" franchises, because players hype them not SONY...that's why GTAIV is now just a game...thanks to MSFT overhyping marketing

[Twilightx7]

You're correct in stating that Sony doesn't hype up it's games. What neglect to mention is that Sony hypes the crap out of it's own consoles. So, your logic applies to the situation and Sony found itself in until only VERY recently, and I'd still say it has a ways to go before it can re-establish itself as a market leader. Say what you will about games being just games because of their marketing, but when you overhype your own console, you're just asking for a slap in the face.

[slowlearner]

I haven't played in months, but i'm sure if i jump online right now, there will be over 100 thousand people online that are disproving this bs article.

Any game with a community as strong as halo is not overrated, maybe it's just a great franchise. Keep the hate going sony crew. Maybe one day you'll have a game that sells over 5 million this generation and is considered overrated. It's been fun guys. Anyone that wants to play some halo 3 hit me up on my gamertag.

[GIJeff]

problem now, is the hype-ball effect that seems to take place with every "blockbuster" series. Companies are pouring money into advertising and marketing they never had before. Games get lifted due to "schwag bags" given to reviewers and their opinions are already created before they can review the game. It's partially our/your fault though, because by going online and visiting sites like N4G and Kotaku it just makes it worse.
Halo as a game, doesn't matter which, was a mediocre game. It really didn't bring anything new to the table, it just brought mediocrity to a group of people who only had an xbox, and no games(lets be honest, the short lived xbox didn't exactly have an exciting library). But, MS hyped the hell out of halo, gave it epic music every time it was shown, and interested about everyone who had an xbox. This created a positive opinion of halo from now on because original xbox gamers look at halo as the game that made their first xbox worth it, even if it was mediocre. It's sad really, that gamers were forced to enjoy a mediocre game as if it was the best ever. I feel sorry for you/them.

[ukilnme]

You call it mediocre. I call it fun as hell. You should feel sorry for yourself because you can't understand that millions of people enjoy it because it is fun. Oh well, just keep on hating and I'll keep on playing.

Edit: Just to show that there is still love out there for Halo. Straight from bungie.net

Halo 3 Online
Halo 3 Players Online:148,483
Unique Players (Last 24 Hours):766,009
Matches Logged (Last 24 Hours):2,245,850

[GIJeff]

all youve done is proven that there are still people willing to accept mediocrity as means of enjoying themselves when there is nothing better. What else are they going to play? really? theres one good shooter on the 360 right now that is enjoyable, and thats COD4(maybe BF2 too i havent played that on console). Its not that I have some sort of hate for anything, it's more frustrating than anything. Halo has made people expect too litte from their consoles. Theres still hope though for console shooters, RFOM:2. 60 player online, vehicles, and plenty of new and origonal weapons. Its going to bring epic warfare to the living room, and to me thats exciting. Console gamers are going to be able to enjoy what large scale warfare is like, I have been enjoying it for years already with 1942 and BF2. Have fun everyone!

[soccerluv]

One good shooter???

Better take a look at the list again. And if COD 4 is the only good shooter for the 360 then the same goes for the PS3.

And will you people quit spamming the "Resistance 2 is going to be teh..". Quit trying to sell everybody consoles. The spamming gets tiring.

[Choonqpead]

come on now, im getting sick of these kinds of statements. I bought an xbox for halo, because it was a fantastic console shooter. I realize there are some truely amazing FPS games for PC, but i just can't get into PC gaming, not sure why but I just can't. So consoles are where i shall stay and the Halo games are to me just plain fun. Yes sometimes PLAIN, but still FUN. Seriously, when I have a lan or jump on live I can have a quick 10-15 minute game of pure fun. Bungie knows how to make things fun, maybe not perfect but close enough for me. You might say its "mediocre" but honestly all you stated to compare is Resistance, and as soon as i see that I know that you are full of it because you can't stay impartial, and by stating your opinion about a game i think is lame( OMG 60 MILLION people online H4X!). And yeah I've played the first one on my room mates PS3, but have you really even given Halo a chance other than maybe an hour or two of play?

[Imallvol7]

As I have expressed many MANY times on here, I LOVE HALO. But this article is right about it being over rated. Wrong about complaining because he is bad at it. I don't have those spawn troubles he does. In addition, he seems to be complaining that the game is not EXACTLY like every other shooter out there. Why does the sniper have to be like all the others. I like it the way it is.

Halo is definitely not a 10 though.

[Stryfeno1]

LOL...Jealousy much?

Halo 3 is for the fans.

[Extra Guy]

oops, for some reason my page lagged there, i meant to disagree with somebody else, it then slipped and went to you. Meant to agree there

[MaximusPrime]

I played both Halo 1 and Halo 2. Halo 1 is the best. Halo 2 has best multiplayer.

I never played Halo 3 because of the following reasons:

- its exclusively for xbug 360. potential RRoD
- claimed to be in High definition but in reality its 620p (standard definition)
- shortest offline campaign mode.
- the game should have finished at the end of Halo 2 but no, M$ thinks Halo will save them. "bring out another one!" said M$

[etownone]

"claimed to be in High definition but in reality its 620p (standard definition)"
"- its exclusively for xbug 360. potential RRoD
- claimed to be in High definition but in reality its 620p (standard definition)
- shortest offline campaign mode.
- the game should have finished at the end of Halo 2 but no, M$ thinks Halo will save them. "bring out another one!" said M$ "

a little bored here, so i guess i'll put this little sonydroid in his place.

- RROD is fixed, and you have a 3 year warranty on existing 360's.
- you do realize that the two best selling and also the two highest rated games on ps3 are also sub HD? COD4 and GTA4
- takes between 8-10 hours, just like COD4, GeOW, HS, and uncharted. Thats not bad when compared to other great games, especially when you also have one of the best multiplayer games included.
- the game should have finished at halo2? you obviously were lying when you said you played halo2, because that ended in a cliffhanger. And why would they stop? what about GTA4, COD4, MGS4, FF12, tony hawk7, etc. etc. etc.

c/mon kid, just go back to eating your cap'n crunch and take it down.

@ heyheyhey

it takes you only 6 hours to complete cod4, gears, and halo3?

you really really need to put these games on veteran or legendary, like I did. Because they definitely take about 8-10 each.

and just so you know, MS replaced my 360 over a year ago due to RROD, and now i'm having problems with the disc drive, MS wont replace it because the drive only has a 1 year warranty, so I've been trying to get RROD again on purpose by wrapping it in towels till it overheats, but it just wont die!!
so, unless someone can tell me how to RROD this thing, i'll keep saying they fixed that problem.

[heyheyhey]

-RROD is NOT fixed, that's a very big lie
-yep that was a weird comment, why would a missing 80p affect your overall experience?
-6 hours (played it co-op with a mate,a dn its what everyone says- maybe if you play it in Legendary), GeOW was also 6 hours, as was HS, as was COD4, screw it- the only game on your list that was actually 8 hours is Uncharted
-that too was a stupid comment form Max, you don't just end a huge selling franchise

Halo 4, 5 ,6 ,7 ,8 will come

as will many, many spinoffs

don't be surprised to see Warthog Kart Racer or some BS

[budbundystyles]

Warthog cart racing. lmfao. epic lulz.

[FA-SHO]

IT IS SOOOO FREAKIN' OVERRATED they hype up master cheif like he's the most B.A. person in the universe and he can do anything. NO if master cheif got in a fight with Dante from DevilMayCry or Solid Snake he would die in 2 seconds. halo is completely overrated.

[2cents]

Its just lame.
Go over to the dark side and have fun, your avatar and your comment screams OPEN ZONE.

[ChrisGTR1]

halo is the next gen version of goldeneye basically. can you think of a FPS back in 2001 that was anywhere near the controls and gameplay of halo 1?

[GIJeff]

unreal tournament, bf1942, quake 3 arena, etc. etc..

[ben806]

this article is one guys freaking opinion!

i like halo = how about we publish a story called 'halo best game to ever exist in any universe-and its true cus i got reasons and stuff!'

if this game was multi-platform we would be having this issue the guy even says himself himself he never liked the idea of a Microsoft console and only ever played it when at a friends.

-rant over- the game is not news its getting old the haters should at least focus on future games which may flop- not older successful ones.

[gonzodamus]

Show me a single console shooter that did what Halo 3 did with it's online community. The rankings in individual play modes are great, and the matchmaking is far better than any other I've played. Add Bungie Net on top of that, allowing me to take screenshots from games I've played and put them on my PC. Even better, I can take screenshots of myself killing the people I play with at work and set it as their desktop background.

I do love the theories of bribed reviewers though. Oh, and the comparison to scores of Metal Gear 4. How can anyone complain if a MGS4 review is low if they haven't yet played through it?

[factory]

...but halo 1 and 2 are the only reasons there is an x360 at all. microsoft xbox platform was built entirely on that name alone.just try to imagine what microsoft what have done had halo tanked or just not existed . and i agree the series is overated... but overated doesn't mean poor quality

[TheTimeDoctor]

first ive never owned a microsoft console; second, the first Halo was incredible at the time. dont be stupid.

[ForROME]

Well, Heres my opinion and I was a huge Original MS Owner, now a PS3 convert thanks to 3 dead systems.

Halo 1- Was the Bomb, ridong on the hog, co op play, great story line and the graphics textures were sharpe and strong, today i still give it a 10/10

Halo 2- What the hell happned here Graphics were hardly inproved and imo textures were worse and gameplay was weak, multiplayer was the only thing to remotely save this game I give it a 6/10

Halo 3- Great story, got back to the basics, multiplayer was pretty solid, its what part 2 should have been I give it a 8.7/10

So Basically Halo was much hyped because part 1 was so strong the rest just tried to live up to it everytime.......

[RebornSpy]

and then gave up in disgust. This guy even admits he has never owned the games: "every experience I've had playing Halo was with friends who were better than me only because they owned the game". To me the single player campaigns are always enjoyable, especially on coop with a friend, or three. And no one can say that Halo can't be distinguished from other FPS's. Spartans and warthogs are well known images to most gamers. Hundreds of thousands of people play multiplayer every day because it is great. I have one friend who only plays the game, nothing else. It's okay for people to dislike the game, as it isn't for everyone, but this guy just goes overboard, writing an essay on the flaws of a game he has never fully experienced. The guy also states that he dislikes MS, meaning that he has no qualifications to write an article on Halo. This isn't even news, it is a trolling fanboy's attempt to flame the series, which, in my opinion, is excellent. Contrary to the contributor's opinion, there are no solid points in the article. 100% BS.

/rant

[Halochampian]

Nice rant there. I read it and couldn't believe that someone who doesn't own a game can point out so many flaws. terrible.

Many people know how good halo is, that is the only reason I know why that they would always compare FPS to Halo. I don't know why there are so many haters.

*little off topic*
It kinda reminds me of The Dallas Cowboys. It has the biggest fanbase but also has the largest hate base.

[RebornSpy]

Don't compare them to Halo... ;)

[Halochampian]

well.. at least I don't compare it to some TERRIBLE team like the redskins. ;)

[xxBATTLECATxx]

he makes a lot of sense. halo 1 was good for a bit on my PC, and halo 2 was fun with friends (it felt balanced, even for newbs) but halo 3.......i hated it.single player was boring and multiplayer was a bunch of kids, trash talk, and sniper rifles. oh and i forgot, hopping bunnies! i play COD4 at my friends house and we decided to pop in Halo 3 online for old times sake.........we were both like ".......wtf happened to this game?" its really hard going back to halo and liking it. i suppose its best play offline with your friends.

[omimasum]

itll probably get overrated

[n00bPwner]

everyone knows halo 1 revolutionized the genre, that's why every crap FPS after it is the "halo killer" right before it falls flat on its face.

[etownone]

couldn't agree more

[Ali_The_Brit]

name ONE besides haze that did that

[ukilnme]

@ Ali_The_Brit

Killzone 1

[LaChance]

"don't be surprised to see Warthog Kart Racer or some BS" lol

yeah , open zon rocks !

Hope you dont beleive that though.

I mean in Japan they even got FF party games (mario party type)

what about FF chocobo racer/chaser or whatever.

Halo OF COURSE is never going to die.

MSFT will always find a new way to use it.You just dont drop one the most lucrative franchizes on planet Earth.

[etownone]

nice comeback.

seems Sony is desperately trying to get it's own "Halo Killer" with each gen.

[heyheyhey]

@etownone

sorry

but my best mate has had 2 RROD's with the Falcon chip and has been waiting a month for a replacement

on top of that, i have 3 other friends who have had a Falcon RROD

maybe if this stuff wasn't happening, i would stop being a blind Sony droid and would go out and buy one

but, until Jasper- it's a no-no

[Salvadore]

This is my view on the Halo franchise:

Halo 1: Probably the best in the franchise and my favourite game. Everything from gameplay, soundtrack and graphics was nailed spot.

Halo 2: 2nd favourite in the franchise, didn't felt like a disappointment in, but changed once I started understanding the story in depth.

Halo 3: Felt like a really small step from Halo 2, pure disappointment.

I agree with the author to some extent, but I enjoy the game and that's what matters in my opinion.

[murt1987]

I really do believe if you think Halo is a bad game or worse, you are an idiot or a complete fanboy. Bungie have done an incredible job with creating this game yet people jump on the anti-microsoft bandwagon and claim 'OVER-RATED'immediately.

Now if you dont like the game out of personal preference, thats cool. It just aint for you, no need to diss it and claim 'OVER-RATED' just cause you dont like it and others do. Thats life, move on.

[TwissT]

Yes Halo 3 is overrated, so what? deal with it and play different game.

[Boldy]

This coming from someone with a Resistance 2 avatar and has probably never even played Halo 3 or any Halo games all the way through.

[GIJeff]

he knows what a next gen game should be like.

[soccerluv]

oh please, its not even out yet. Next gen? Resistance?

Overrated.　Especially on this site.

[Tmac]

Halo really is overrated. Compare Halo to the rest of the other fps games that have come and gone past the decades, it's a frankenstein mix and mash of different gameplay mechanics. The worst part about it is that the game feels like a toddler could be competent at it.

Most overrated game of all time? No, I wouldn't think so, but it is definitely on the top 10.

[DJ]

If you could not master the Sniper rifle in Halo 2, too bad. My boys and I always set up matching with just sniper rifles (sometimes on Phantom mode, i.e. the best) and it was the most fun I've ever had. Well, up until the release of COD4.

The Halo series IS overrated, but complaining about sucking at it is a whole 'nother thing. Part 1 was an 8, and Part 2 was a solid 9. Part 3 though was just more of the same, didn't impress compared to other next-gen games, and didn't bring anything new to the table besides stuff from other games, *coughResistance.

[Dark SeRaNADE]

Agreed, look i could care less, i continue to play this game today and i'm pretty sure that if the next halo came out, all 360 fans would rejoice whilst all ps3 fans would grimace and come up with more reasons to hate it, This is of course their principle,

halo is Sony's rival

[IQUITN4G]

Sorry Dark SeRaNADE i left a disagree by mistake.Have a bubble instead

Edit:
Or so it seemed, this forum plays tricks

[pow3r of t3h c3ll]

that criticizing Halo is just beating a dead horse but as long as there is 1 retard out there who thinks this game is great then this horse is one that needs beaten even harder!!!

I mean my god the article is so right, all halo has actually done is copy other shooters and then claim to be original. e.g heyheyhey made a great point about how forge is touted as like the most innovative feature ever but timesplitters (a superior series) had a full map editor years ago!!!

[NintendoKid17]

Halo sucks and its is way overrated. yeah it may sell a lot but other games do too. it could care less about the game, its just the same as anyother shotter but people somehow think its good. Heres a great game Smash Bros Brawl!

[SpecialSauce]

"Halo The One Most Overrated Game of All Time" and it seems like even xbots agree with that statement.

[Rhezin]

is Ali G, so STFU you n00b. There are none that come to mind because they aren't worth remembering like resistance. Or thats Gears/tomb raider clone uncharted. That game will never live up to gears or halo and neither will crap resistance. I'm so f!cking sick of these articles that bring us nowhere, but left with ps3 droids talking like they don't have one shred envy even though these games on 360 sell a hell of a lot more than ps3. Halo will always appeal to it's fanbase WHICH IS ABOVE THE MILLIONS, BUT STILL SOME MORONS STILL HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SAY THIS GAME IS CRAP AND NO ONE LIKES IT. GET YOUR SH!T STR8

[budbundystyles]

It should be obvious by your lack of bubbles and atrocious grammar that internet forums are not for you, until you at least finish middle school.

[zonetrooper5]

Halo
Metal Gear Solid
God Of War
Age of Empire
Starcraft
World of Warcraft
Final Fantasy

All of the above and some otheres are over hyped, generic and overrated.

[1stKnighT]

Only people that complain about this game are the sony fanboys and the Halo players that suck. Period! Next subject please...I hate people that complain about the sniper. If you know the other player has the sniper than stop sticking your head out like an idiot. Have a lil thing called PATIENCE!

Anybody dare to debate with me on this subject....please....you start.

[RememberThe357]

The fact is that the game is unbalanced. I agree with the author of this article 100%. You seem to think that everyone who owns an xbox is suppose to love Halo and everyone who owns a playstation is suppose to hate it. Sorry but thats not the fact. I own both and I've felt let down by the Halo series. Halo 1 was awesome, but everything after felt recycled. This is not a fanboy issue its a game issue. Period.

[JeepGamer]

You've come up with an argument that I've never heard anyone make before. Clearly the "You just suck at it" accusation has never been used to defend a video game at any point in gaming history. We stand in awe of your wit and brilliance in coming up with the utterly ridiculous idea that people dislike a game because they're bad at it.

It took a hype machine and ad campaign the likes of which the world has never seen in gaming history to make Halo 3 seem important last year when we had access to better, more interesting, and more innovative games like Bioshock and COD4 to play. By the end of the year, the real buzz about what was hot in 2007 did not include Halo 3... Ask yourself why that is.

[Enigma_2099]

... Your love of that game borders on unholy...

[vilmer]

There are many blockbuster games over the years that are overrated. Halo may not be THE most, but it sure is one of them. This author pretty much hit the nail on the head with his points in my opinion. Then again, I'm an old-school PC FPS nut :P

[thehitman]

I liked Halo 2 and gave it its credit it was a good shooter. BUT then halo 3 the worst of the worst comes out and it gets 10s across board and crzy hyped. I know a bad game when I see one and that game is just bad. The only thing I like about halo 3 is its features the whole saving games and sharing etc. But gameplay wise it sux and graphics is not the best either. Almost every person I know who has halo and a 360 told me its garbage and halo 2 was better and half who told me it was garbage still play it just because every1 else plays it. Its like no1 wants to say this game sux and be an outcast. Peer pressure these days is too much.

[1stKnighT]

Mostly everybody here has not given any real reasons why Halo sucks. How about putting a lil more effort in your comments than just "Halo sucks" Just look at Hitmans comment above me. A whole lot of nothing.

This article is just full of complaints. Sounds like a kid wrote it after getting pwned in a few matches. Like I always said....Halo 3 is for the hardcore. No newbies allowed. Newbies should be playing COD4.

[Bizmal]

Halo is way overrated.

[rafaleon]

second place should belong to GTA IV and the third to MGS4.

[RememberThe357]

You've played MGS4? How was it?

[Boink]

when the tard that wrote this aticle makes something that has made billions maybe then he can talk.

any game that sells as well as the halo series will get pegged as overrated. people are arguing now if GTAIV was overrated.

It would be near impossible for a game to live up to the hype that internet and marketing can generate these days. likely we will be on here in a few weeks arguing about if MGS4 was overrated. and we'll be back after xmas bickering about gears 2.

calling something overrated is the losers way of insulting something you don't like yourself, but the rest of the world does and you can't figure out why.

[Reibooi]

To me this whole thing seems like a few good points turned into a rant. Yeah there are problems with the Halo 3 Multi player but that can be said for any shooter out there every single one has something that bugs the players. I do agree the Respawn system in Halo is horrid I can count the amount of times I have been spawned in the path of someone wielding a Shotgun only to die before I even have a chance to move. That being said the sniper Rifle while overpowered does require a bit of skill to use and the energy sword is only present on a few of the many maps so that's no even a argument.

The thing that makes me laugh is the guy compares halo to games that are nothing like and most of which with the exception of Half-life haven't held up over time and if they were to be played now would be laughed at. Halo 1 when it came out was in my opinion the best console shooter however with Halo 2 they made some bad choices and then kept most of those mistakes for Halo 3 thus making the franchise fall.

[JeepGamer]

If the original Halo had been released on the PC years ago instead of the Xbox then it wouldn't have gotten nearly the amount of praise or attention. Halo was and is hyped up beyond all good sense because it is an exclusive franchise and it in no way deserves the praise it's gotten. It's a good game to be sure but there is little about it that makes it extraordinary.

After Bioshock and CoD4, looking at Halo 3 just reminds you how far we've come since games like that were the best we could hope for.

[Enigma_2099]

HOW much did Micro$oft pay to promote this game?

[Extra Guy]

Articles like this really do make me feel sad. People who really know absolutely nothing about what goes into creating a game seem to really enjoy ripping them to shreds.

Firstly the subject of graphics:
Now to those who say H3 has crap graphics just hear this, now i certainly agree with the fact that most of the characters desperately needed more polygons, but to call the graphics crap is another matter. Personally for a game to have 'crap' graphics it has to have a poor use of polygons, poor textures and poor lighting. H3 seems to only stumble on one of those points. To date i have never seen a game with textures which are as good as in H3, sure there are the odd blocky ones, but if you want proof look at the normal maps and especially the plasma grenades.

Gameplay:
Now this is a very personal matter as everybody prefers different styles, but for me there are several features that has made Halo stand out amongst other shooters. Firstly the fluidity of control; how easy is it to toss a grenade, then switch weapon and jump whilst evading fire? Halo IMO is the only shooter which can portray the fluidity and speed found in PC shooters. Other games hide this inability by using slower action and 'tactics', the idea behind tactics being you only get one chance so get it right. Tactics are very apparent in Halo (at decent/high level games that is) and without them it's damn near impossible to win any scenario. Another point worth mentioning are weapons. The idea of using only 2 weapons was never successfully implemented in a game before Halo came about (heavily IMO). This again added a level of tactics to games, as no one person could just grab the power weapons and whore the field. The idea of using the left trigger for grenades was superb and leads to some very natural gameplay.
Also worth mentioning is the use of the energy shield. It's one thing to pop a head shot at somebody with a slightly tricker aimer (such as in many other shooters), but another to have to be consistent. The use of shields really separates the men from the boys as anybody can have a lucky swivel'n pop, but it takes skill to consistently hit the same small target whilst sustaining fire yourself.

Story/Campaign:
Now this seems to be a real dividing point between critics and fans. It's unanimously considered that Halo:CE had by far the best campaign, and i believe there is a main reason for this.

Surprise/unpredictability: how many people after playing up to the 7th level on Halo actually expected how the game would change? One second you're fighting the Covenant, a seemingly cliche (from the offset) alien race, the next you're fighting an infectious parasite better befitting the Resident Evil series? I believe that after that twist people didn't really know at all what to expect, and that's why Halo:CE's campaign is held highly.

One point which i do believe is wholly the fault of Bungie is the inclusion (or lack of) of the story line into Halo 2 and 3. Anybody who has read the books will know that the backstory beneath the game itself is far deeper and more interesting than can be seen at first glance. I believe the old phrase "an iceberg is only 1 fraction visible from the surface" can definitely be applied here. How many people who have played the games know the history behind 'the Chief'? How many know how the human/covenant/flood war started? How many know what happened just before the events in Halo:CE?
The answer to most of these would be comparatively few (compared to the number who played the game that is). There were attempts to include these details (such as the opening cinematic in Halo:CE, the Arbiter levels in Halo 2 and the terminals in 3) but none after Combat Evolved were really opened enough.
I think if ever there were to be a new Halo, i would expect it to have a dedicated campaign, e.g. cinematic's showing major pieces from the books being very welcome.

These are just a few of the points that i would use to argue against this ill-conceived idea that Halo is the most overrated game. It may have garnered a bit more attention than it needed, but by no means can one say that the series has never delivered.

[1stKnighT]

I wish somebody would give a well thought out rebuttal to your comment but looks like they're just giving a whole lot of "HALO SUXORS!"

I love me Halo debates but I rarely get one.

[Extra Guy]

Glad to see somebody enjoyed it, took ages to think through =D

[2cents]

from readin it all, but yes, what he said.

[JoKeR]

gta 4 was more overrated than halo ...

[Enigma_2099]

GTA IV was more impressive than HALO

[2cents]

I love it, this is great. Over 100 comments by supporters and nay sayers alike.
Over-hyped... hmmm, so what are most of you fanboys doing about it? Hyping it even more by trying to prove why it shouldn't be. lol

carry on peeps, I for one dont mind. Halo for me was a great collection of games and I and MILLIONS of other gamers have many fond memories of some of the greatest team battles to grace gaming.
No matter what cr@p is printed about it, things wont change, so bash away.
Sales figures, online stats, longevity and dedication of players. There is so much that can be presented to the wanna be judges but it all means nothing. You can't reason with idiots.
Jealousy is a bad thing! dont worry though MGS4 is out in afew days and maybe some of the trolls will finally have a game to play on the beloved PS3 and give us all a break.

[Extra Guy]

here here!

[pshizle]

more like GTA4

that game blows big time

[KingKody]

Halo iz da most overrated ever! It was not nearly as good,interestin',or innovative as,say,Metroid.Even Unreal and Haze has more appeal...

[Alcohog]

Well any FPS fan would tell you the same thing. When I say FPS fan I mean the PC gamer with the reflexes of a cat, not some auto-aiming console noob who thinks they know what they are talking about. amirite?

[KingKody]

nlk

[ECKOo9]

Halo kicked ass. Halo two and three suck ass. Simple as that.

[SL1M DADDY]

And Halo 2 was great for online and has great matchmaking. Halo 3 was just more of Halo 2 with prettier graphics. Sorry, but yeah, Halo is better than Haze but in no way was Halo 3 deserving of 10 out of 10. The first Halo was a 10 for me. H2 was a 9 and H3 should have been an 8.5.

If you cannot see how MS paid off reviews with swag bags then you have missed the boat. H3 was by far the second biggest hype of this gen. GTA4 being the first.

[obinofunkenobi]

I agree with a lot of points in this article. Halo 1 isn't terrible, but the others weren't all that impressive if you ask me. My dislike for Halo is that it kind of ruined the nerd community. If you played online shooters on the pc back in the day, it just wasn't a socially acceptable thing to talk about without getting stuffed in a locker.

The definition of what a nerd is has been skewed. Take for example a Sex in the City fan saying "I'm such a nerd because I own the whole dvd set and waited inline for the midnight showing of Sex and the City." Now compare someone saying back in the day "I own the whole Star Wars trilogy and waited in line to see Episode I at the midnight showing." That person would've been looked down upon and thrown into a locker. I say this because Halo is the role of the Sex in the City fan and say old school fps games are in the role of the Star Wars fan.

I myself dislike the other Halo games other than one because they started to break away from that tight knit community of gamers and catered to the mainstream. It's not that they're terrible games, it's that they ruined a lifestyle.

I guess you could compare this to Punks and Posers.

Oh yes, and Master Chief Mt. Dew isn't the drink of gamers. It's Jolt!!!

[1stKnighT]

I have yet read a mature reason why Halo "sucks." Can't think of a real reason, huh? Just a bunch of one liners. Just proves that they really don't think it sucks, it's more about jealousy since Sony has nothing at the level of Halo.

[KingKirchner]

halo 1 was amazing. Yes I said it. I loved Halo 1 and it had one of the best FPS single player campaings to this day IMO, but 2 and 3 have just been riding off it's success and completely changed focus to multiplayer (which I don't like as much as single player at all)

While Halo 2 and 3 are great games, neither holds a candle to Halo 1 or many many other FPS games like Half-Life, Bioshock, CoD4, etc.

[Rapture333]

The way critics have been rating games is over my head. When a PC game is ported to console the game would be given a bad rating just because no graphical or game play improvements have been put into place. When a sequel to a new game comes out that didn't quite follow up on it's predecessor, but nothing short of brilliant comes out, It's usually thought after as "for real fans only" or just is compared to other games in the series.

[OJ_juice]

My friends always say that Halo was so revolutionary. I asked why. and they just scream out "halo pwns!!"

dumb*sses. <_<

[7h3ultim8p00]

halo hype = ipod effect.

Most people are sheep. They'll just follow others for fear of standing out. "If you don't know/play halo, you are not cool" etc.

I think halo 3 is pretty good though, but the sniper is overpowered.

[air1]

umm if it's overrated than how does it go to sell over 8 million? while hype can do wonders, it will be stoped on the spot if it's a flop, kinda like haze. funny how sony loyalists wana talk smack about halo like if they have a credible fps games to compete against it. yea i know you gana call out r2 but we all know gears 2 will curb stomp it AGAIN. than you got the o mighty kz2, yea the game looks good, but with all that dev time it better. lets see if it can give gamers more than just a pretty screen cause kz1 was no were close to being a halo killer like allot of ppl claimed it to be..

[ilkercruiser]

Unless you play it online
Unless you play it Coop with your friends...

[H-V-H]

Vehicles in the original Unreal Tournament ?

Wasn't Unreal Tournament 2004 the first UT game that had vehicles ?

[7h3ultim8p00]

i know lol. I was like wtf did he just say? Perfect dark had vehicles though.

[devilhunterx]

Halo has a kickass music. Half Life has a crappt mute nerd guy and boring weapons. But I prefer COD4 anyday.

[7h3ultim8p00]

No dude. Just no. You did not just dis Half Life. Have you ever played the game?

[Figboy]

Halo was a great game, deserving of some high scores.

i'm a diehard Playstation fan, but i remember me and guys at Activision would get off work at about 2 in the morning, and play 16 player Halo until 6am. we had a BLAST.

i also remember me and my best friends and our girlfriends getting together, hooking up 2 Xboxes, and playing some 8 player Halo at home. lots of good times, really. co-op was also a lot of fun.

Halo 2, i didn't care too much for. i just didn't get into it like the first, and i didn't get drawn into the world and story. Master Chief isn't really a game "character," in the same way, say, Solid Snake, Sam Fischer, Kratos, or even Ratchet and Clank are. they tried to hard to make Chief an "icon," by giving him as little personality as possible.

for me, it simply meant i didn't care enough about the character to invest in his journey. i didn't learn much of anything about him to make him a more fascinating person. in short, he was simply my game avatar. nothing more, nothing less.

as for Halo 3...by that point, i wasn't interested in the franchise at all, and after seeing my roommate play through the beta way back when, i decided that the series just wasn't for me anymore.

considering the level of marketing and hype that went into the Halo 3 campaign, i think it's a monumental disappointment. good game, as you'd expect from Halo, but hardly worth the teary-eyed praise that is bestowed upon it, especially when so many other games have already improved upon what Halo has done (in the same way that the original Halo improved upon what games like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark did a generation before).

to me, it was ironic that the "Believe" marketing campaign for Halo 3 was better than the product it was pimping. those commercials were FANTASTIC, and even got ME pumped, even in my Playstation fanboy heart.

the reality, is that the series is insanely overhyped, and i've seen the mountain dew bottles plastered with Master Chief's mug to prove it.

it's definitely not the ONLY overrated game of all time, but it's certainly in that category, but that can be said of a LOT of things that are popular in a large way (ie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sweeny Todd, Final Fantasy VII, etc, too many to list).

[1stKnighT]

So your whole argument is pretty much based on Master Chief not having enough character? Sorry to say but that's a weak argument. What about the top notch gameplay? The great sci fi story? The music? The AI? The multiplayer? Forge? Saved clips?

But I agree about the Halo lan parties. But of course that's more fun since everybody is together drinking beers and eating pizza. Much better than being home alone and using your headset to talk to everybody. But the multiplayer in Part 3 is easily the best.

[SmokingMonkey]

Over rated, bought an xbox to see what all the hype was and played halo2 first (friends say that was the problem ie halo1 was better), on live the whole package, not impressed. (Marines wear camoflauge for a reason) Master chief is green? fighting in alien space ships or other brightly colored space marines seemed stupid (to me)
The reason this game does so well IMO is that it is the 1st first person shooter the majority of americans have had a chance to play online. FPS online is incredible as most gamers now by now. it's sad that they think its the best FPS. (whats with the jumping, feels like im on the moon!)
eXAMPLE: Call of Duty 4 is a much better online fps than Halo, most wont admit it because they have become defensive of their 1st love.
I rember playing Duke Nukem 3d online on TEN! great game but i have moved on, its time for millions more to do the same.

[1stKnighT]

COD4 is a great game but to easy compared to Halo 3. That is the main reason why COD4 does better than Halo 3. There are a lot of noobs in this world that quickly get frustrated with games and complain and move to something easier. Getting a high kill count and a high rank in COD4 is a piece of cake. Getting a level 50 in Halo 3 takes a lot of skill and teamwork. And the reason why you see a lot of jumping in Halo 3 is because head shots actually count. Jumping makes it harder to aim for the head. A jumper that has a battle rifle and have killer aim will always out duel somebody that just strafes with a battle rifle. Nobody in COD4 jumps because headshots doesn't matter. A simple spray in the ankles will be a instant kill.

COD4 is all about luck...first person to shoot gets the kill. In Halo 3, that's not the case....it goes to the player with the better skill. That's how it should be.

[thehitman]

Headshots do matter in cod4. Headshot is 1 hit kill in cod4 not matter what gun you have or what perks the other guy has.

Also halo does take more skill than cod4 but that doesnt mean its a better game cod4 still a better game in every aspect by far.

[SmokingMonkey]

1.when i jump in halo i feel like im on the moon, the guy floats. i know why people jump in fps's my friend.
but if u need more reasons why halo isn't a GREAT game (i know it is good, not great)<<<< IMO
2.raspberry red, blueberry blue and orangy orange space marines is dumb.
3.the pink homing needle gun is the dumbest thing i've ever seen in a FPS.
4.My biggest gripe: more money was spent on marketting the game than developing it
5.i'm not saying Halos are bad or suck but IMO Red Faction 2 was better, i could shoot through walls in that FPS on a PS2. nothing new through three halo games except Forge?
6.Still only 16 players online, come on the wii and psp have a game that the supports 32 players (moh heroes 2) the 360 has one (frontlines, on only one map, 50 players, thats it) i have been playing 32 players since socom on my ps2 (i know live trumps other online services, so it makes up for that, but u have to admit halo would be better if it could support 60 players online/ i hate when people say "16 players is perfect" more is better.

[N2NOther]

If COD 4 was that easy, then you wouldn't have people that constantly have negative kill/death ratios...COD 4 requires a great deal of skill...Halo is a matter of jump, shoot, run, melee, repeat...I loved the customization of the mp and I love the games like Oddball and Rocket Race, but the problem is that way too many people care about Team Slayer and ranking up so not too many people play the fun games...The one thing Halo has that I hope the next COD 4 adopts is the ranking system...You're right...It's WAY too easy to rank up...

[TABSF]

i loved halo combat evolved and 3 but yes it is over hypered and the online is sh*t compared to cod4 or battlefield even vegas 2 is better,

the story was good but no were near as good as metal gear, can't wait for thursday.

mgs always gets you involved weather its the characters or the story it will always make you feel like your apart of the story plus good humor in it to lol

[halo2_redvsblue]

Then all of these game serie's are overrated too:

Call Of Duty
Final Fantasy
Grand Theft Auto
God Of War
Jak and Daxter
Madden
Mario
Metal Gear Solid
Metriod
Rachet and Clank
Socom
Super Smash Bros
Twisted Metal
Zelda

Its all opion people Get a Life.

[IQUITN4G]

And of course you will automatically get this from Sony fans anyhow.

The reason Halo's are talked about in just about any conversation as the one to beat is because of it's pedigree not hype - plenty of games get hyped but are soon forgotten dogs

Fine if you don't like the game but millions do and continue to play it excessively so that clearly says something

Just as an example imagine if the headline was "is Gran Turismo overrated".Does it take a genius to work out the what the replies would be for that one.

Games get where they are today because they are loved, and to be loved means you actually have to be a good game to start off with

[TABSF]

over hyped and overrated

-halo - i love it but not as great as bugie and ms say
-cod - loved cod3 but 4 was a disappointment
-gow - not for me but getting to like it day by date
-madden - worst sport ever
-jak anddax - crap version of rachet
-metroid - another great game by nintendo but can't get in to it
-twisted metal - never heard of it soz

but games that have always been good for me, the reviews and others that have bothered to play them

- Metal Gear - best story game ever
- Final Fantasy - would be bigger than wow, rune in it was mmorpg
- GTA - up until GTA IV, never had problem with them, all very fun
- Mario - loved SM 64 and loving galaxy very good games
- Rachet - its very fun even though very repetitive
- socom - last one i played was 3 and it was best fps ps2 had
- smash bros - sorry but nintendos elite in one game, say no more
- Zelda - best adventure games ever always loved them as much as mgs

it my opion but i bet its many others

[IQUITN4G]

Lets not forget that most people dissing here haven't likey played Halo3 a whole lot, meaning they're not really understanding why the game works as well as it does.I'm well over a 100 campaign missions played now and it's an enturely different game each time.

Most gamers anyway play games the once or on normal setting - if this is you then you can't have an accurate opinion of this game.Most games just don't stand up to repeated play like Halo

People wont ever get this until they experience Halo like it's supposed to be played

[wangdiddy82]

Halo 1 and 2 are really good games.. But halo 3 is way over rated and way down graded from the previous versions..

Halo 3 is the most over rated game this gen. HANDS DOWN!!

[thehitman]

I am a ps3 fan but I can admit halo 1 and 2 were good games. PPL like knight think omg you have ps3 so ur bias (like his is) and dont think anything is good. I liked halo 1 and 2 I liked gears and can admit when I see a good game because I am a gamer first and fanboy 2nd.

Halo 3 just wasnt good and didnt deserve the hype or the high reviews it got. Like I said I liked its features but the gameplay sux and the graphics werent that good either. LOL and he took away my buble want a fanboy ppl like him deserve to stay in the open zone. They cant handle opinion and truth dont deserve to be in the GAMER zone.

[TABSF]

sorry but ive completed halo on legendary (first go at game achievemnts will prove it)and its a walk over compared to mgs3

on msg3 with european extreme diffculty if you are see once its game over a lot harder than halo plus ive played it many times check my gamertag on XBL (my tag in on my bio)

[IQUITN4G]

It's not that hard to finish Halo3 on legendary but take a look at how many time you die.If it's still too easy then put skulls on or try and get a time bonus by going through at a quicker pace.After all of this if Halo3 remain too easy for you then you're talking out your arse - i'm a really good player but i can still die a whole load of times with all this stuff on

[PirateThom]

It is, the only viable reason I can see the first 1 being so highly rated is because it made console shooters a viable genre... but 2 and 3 are basically just rehashes of the first one and it's not that great a game or series anyway.

At least Gears of War has the gameplay to match the hype.

[dachiefsman]

random blog FTW!

[SkolarVisari]

Meh the whole matchmaking system that has become popular in the wake of Halo2 is reason enough. I don't understand how games like Socom on the PS2 can have server selection and even the PC version of the first Halo game can have this but Halo 3 can't? If the game has a bad way to actually join a game how can it then be considered so great; it's a shame that this method has become so popular to the exclusion of selecting games manually rather than trusting an algorithm to do it. It's not fun waiting for five minutes for COD 4 (another game that uses this system on consoles.) to find a game sometimes when I know I could find a game in less time. All in all Halo is alright as far as games go but nowhere near the heights that some people think it is.

[poopface1]

It only takes me 2 seconds to find a match in cod4. Its almost instant.

[Xbox is the BEST]

always hate the best.

[PirateThom]

Guess that's why the PS3 gets so much hate, eh? :p

[SmokingMonkey]

thank u piratethom
majority of people hate NY yankees but they are the best (won the most championships)
majority of people hate Brasil's (samba boy's) football/soccer team
but they are the best (won the most championships)
and so the majority of people hate Sony for the same reason (won last two console wars) (i know nintendo has won more, amatuer games IMO)
How many of you like the New England Patriots?
i hate them LOL

[poopface1]

I love the patriots, but probaly only cause I used to live in Foxboro.

[Xbox is the BEST]

you on top it naturally brings hatred.

[-Neon-]

I thought Halo 3s single player was average. The multiplayer is brilliant fun though. Its a personal opinion if you think it is an overated game or not. I think the final fantasy series is overated......I also think the Beatles are overated :) imo.

[3sexty rulzzz]

people are agreeing with you and they never even played the game.
here's the thing. everybody saying that halo is overrated,that's been the a high topic for as long as I can remember, but halo is still selling. Word of mouth marketing is the best marketing for video games. Ok, MSFT marketed the sh!t out of halo that's not in the interest of the haters of to get mad over. marketing probably generated about 4 million copies, but the game is still selling like crazy. it is the sony fans who dont know a good thing when they are slappped in the face with it. Halo3 is generating those numbers because people are talking about halo3. whenever I'm on live I would put in my halo3, and at any given time there's about 600,000 people logged on playing live. and, if I'm playing social slayer there are new people on the game all the time. So, what's boosting halo sales now are the people that are playing the game and they are telling their friends to buy because of the sheer enjoyment you get while playing.

Halo3 is in class all by itself and the sony fans can't come to the realization that a game such as halo is pawning every attempt that sony makes. most sony fans on this site have never even played halo 3 because if they have they would probably playing it right now other than spreading their hatred for what is the xbox360.

[N2NOther]

I'm a proud owner of the 360 and on more than one occassion (here, anyway) I've been accused of being a MS fanboy and I think Halo 3 is extremely overrated...Yes, it sells, because there are people that think it's really good...Fine, but Call of Duty 4 is a million times better. Even Rainbow Six Vegas is better.

[Shakkan]

I have always stated that Halo was a 'decent' franchise but nothing extraordinary. Deserving around 8/8.5 outta 10. It IS the most overrated gaming franchise ever.

I mean, considering the story is utter sh!t and graphics are so-so, how can it set itself apart THAT MUCH from other FPS' getting 5/10? (i.e. Haze, which I couldn't play more than 15min (just like Halo 3))

Sorry but Halo never brought anything innovative to the genre. It's pure marketing BS built by M$ and most people bought into it. Oh well, good for M$, bad for the industry.

[TABSF]

ok i will agree with you adropachrich2 when it comes to skulls i only put three or four on because it is olmost impossible.

only skuls that i don't use are bash your way to better health and the restart from the beggining one.

you got me im sorry by mgs is still better (in my opinion) only joking

[poopface1]

I dont think its overrated at all. Its just over hated. Its good enough to where people cant stop talking about how much they hate it. It it was an average game it would be an old story.

It isnt overrated for one simple reason. Halo 1 made the limited weapons and recharging health the standard. Its still a great game for single, co-op, or multiplayer(although single player got lame after 1, I only like killing aliens not being their friend). I dont see any halo 3 hype anymore except for all the haters who cant shut the FUc# up about it. Ohh yeah and halo 2/3 are still some of the only games where you can play split screen(2-4 players) over live with one gold account, not many games offer fun like that.

[IQUITN4G]

I think MG4 is average.I liked the first and those for PS2, but things have moved on now and MGS4 is not as good as the first one.

This is sarcasm for all you tools that talk sh!t about something they know nothing about.Another one is to mention how much better the likes of Goldeneye is - love this still fantastic game and play it fairly regularly actually but it is absolutely not as good as Halo in a number of ways.

Halo1 had a mysterious epic campaign that felt wonderfully new and not like much before it.It's hard to emulate this from a sequel but Halo3 plays significantly better at least in gameplay terms than the 1st and 2nd games.Halo1 is a glorious game that is actually better than most modern FPS but Halo3 eclipses it once you get past any initial disappointments you may have such as battle size and seemingly only reasonable graphics.

Unless you have played this game over and over, you simply are talking nonsense

It's just preference which game you like but when people slag on a great franchise, it really makes no sense.

There are a few great FPS out there like the wonderful Halflife2 and Cod4 but as campaign games they just don't stand up to as much endless replays like the Halo series.Halo is something special in this regard and for this reason alone it is most certainly not overrated.Yet some people wont have played the game long enough to find this out and so form ignorant opinions

[N2NOther]

Are you talking single player now? Because I got stuck playing Halo 3 about 5 or 6 different times because of my friends all wanting the acheivments...The story line really isn't good or engaging at all. Halflife 2 has a much better story.

[IQUITN4G]

I'm talking campaign but more importantly it's gameplay.If the story didn't grab you then fine but it's an engaging one to those that have followed it from the start - and even if it was not you would still have the great gameplay

[bama]

Really if Halo was released on PS3 you would all love it.

"Oh that Bioshock game, it sucks...we don't need that!"

1 Year Later

"Hey were getting that Bioshock game with better graphics! One less good 360 exclusive!"

Really I could say that i thought Resistance 1 was an overhyped but I don't. Because its good. Just get over it people just because a good game is on a different system than the one you own doesn''t mean its not good.

And beside the point Halo 2 was so much better.

[TABSF]

well i would not call halo a franchise plus unless you have all next gen consoles and a high end pc then your speaking nonsense

nintendo has the best franchises in zelda and mario with sony coming second with Gran turismo and now metal gear.

remember the best reviewers famitsu rated ocarina of time 40/40 because it was great and thats why they rated mgs4 40/40

we will se the sales this month for mgs4 and considering that just under 3 million ps3 mgs4 console welcome pack bundles have been preorder in japan alone it will show how much public suport there is

[SkolarVisari]

poopface matchmaking is fine when it works, but there are times when it just does not work as well as it should for whatever reason. It annoys me to no end that things I see in the PC version of Halo don't make it over to the console versions like full controller customization and the whole matchmaking thing. I stopped playing Halo 3 as soon as I saw how the match selection system worked. There was no reason for me to put up with the playlists when I had COD4 (wwhich isn't really better in terms of room selection than Halo.) or Resistance Fall of Man (Which has both manual room selection and matchmaking.) to play. Ironically I almost never play resistance online the single player is the best out of all three of those games just because it's a good length that may actually be a bit too long in the grand scheme of things.

But what do I know I am a guy who liked Perfect Dark Zero, and took a look at the Halo 3 beta and laughed, got a beta key for COD4 on the 360 and was hooked and got my brother to buy the game for PS3. (I also got the PS3 version just because of free online.)

I wouldn't mind the problems I have with the online so much if the campaign for Halo 3 had been better. I found myself annoyed at the enemy dialog the entire time I played the game and ended up putting it down about half way through before being totally turned off by the multiplayer. One thing that really pisses me off about many of these console shooters is that southpaw stick options are never done properly. With the notable exceptions of resistance, and UT3 it's painful to play using that stick layout since the face buttons can't be adjusted to something that actually makes sense.

[ProperFunked]

I enjoyed Halo 1, but after just playing halo 2 and 3 for a hour, i would be perfectly fine if i never had to play that game again. overrated to the max

[natsfan7]

In my opinion, Halo 3 is a great game and the best overall package in the series; Halo 3 combined a great SP (much better than Halo 2's, but not as good as CE) with Halo 2's amazing MP.

Also, you people do know there is a difference between overhyped and overrated??? Yes, Halo 3 was overhyped; the hype surrounding Halo 3 was unlike any game in history, and there ws no way that Halo 3 could ever live up to our unreasonable expectations. But is the series overrated? No; there have been three great games in the series that has created a huge fanbase. Is Halo 3 perfect? No, it has its fair share of problems, but is one of the best FPS' out for counsoles.

I find it funny how many of you claim that Halo fans are "sheep" and buy Halo just because it's Halo. I'm not sure if you've noticed, but it has become just as (if not more) popular to hate and trash Halo. Many of you people hate Halo just because it'a Halo; your not all that different from thos who buy Halo just cause it's Halo. You are all sheep, just those Halo fanboys you make fun of. Halo, while not perfect, is a fun game, and that's all that matter.

Note: I'm a Halo Fanboy, so take everything I say with a grain of salt

PS- HALO3>COD4 =P

EDIT-There might be many errors in my post; I'm working on my cellphone and don't have spell check. Sorry =(

[avacadosnorkel]

well by definition I think a halo can be a big zero if you look at it that way

[Panther52799]

why are all the people who whine about "bad" games not making them and making millions showing us how to do it right? if u dont like it, go play something better. i thought games were about having fun

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Just posted to stir up traffic.... and the massess of fanboys click and jump to read and b1tch back and forth...

This read is a waste of time.

[AngryTypingGuy]

You either like Halo or you don't. Say what you want about the Halo franchise, but the fact that Halo 3 was the highest selling console exclusive in history speaks for itself. If Halo was so overrated in the eyes of the masses, then Halo 2 and 3 wouldn't have been so successful.

MGS4 will be an awesome game, and I would probably prefer to play it over Halo 3 (don't get me wrong, I love Halo 3). But the fact is "Judgment Day" will come and go, and MGS4 will not sell as much as Halo 3.

[The BS Police]

then why is it so popular? Whats next? That Microsoft paid millions of people to play the Halo games?

Halo is popualr because they are good games.

[N2NOther]

Good and great are two different words. If someone says something is great when it is merely good, then yes, that would be overrated. Halo is overrated. It's not a bad game by any means, but it sure as hell isn't as great as everyone says it is.

[BWS1982]

but the reviews I saw on them were a tad too lenient...they were "good" games, but not 10's or 9.5's.....that's just too much. But that's my opinion. I agree Perfect Dark and GoldenEye were true revolutions, and are still better games to this day.

[ElfShotTheFood]

What's a Game Lemon?

Stop taking this no-name, hungry-for-hits blogger so seriously.

"(Insert popular game franchise here) sucks/is overrated" articles are lazy opinion pieces designed solely to get page hits.

How can this guy take himself seriously when he doesn't even know that there were FPS games with vehicles prior to Unreal Tournament, which by the way, didn't even have vehicles.

[Neo604]

not too impressive graphic, gear of war have better graphic. Game play is simple as any fps.

[arakouftaian]

Well gta Is kind of over rated 2

[timmyrulz]

Halo 3's multiplayer is the best around, COD 4 had the initial "wow" factor but is now boring, where as Halo 3 always seems fresh and exciting

[jaja1434]

Hmm... Was it overrated? Hmm...
Well I enjoyed the game for what it was so, I could really care less what others thought of it. Call me silly for thinking that way. :)

[sinncross]

PPl should have known this with the release of the xbox...
think about it, if halo had been released on gamecube or PS2 no one would have cared... it is such an average shooter its frightening, its just cause MS needed something to justify the xbox, and fans decided to give halo a holy grail.
Rubbish series and its a shame ppl think that every other FPS has to be the halo-killer... halo didn't even dethrone any other fps to begin with... its not the benchmark and its repercussions have be bad... such as killzone which is somewhat underrated, and even now Haze is getting a lot of flak because of halo 9though for haze it is somewhat bad i wont lie)

[crom]

over rated? give me a break. the campaign gameplay doesn't define the game for its popularity. the graphic also does not define it; eventhough both are not that bad; better than many but not the best. what makes halo great was it's online component. this game has done more for online gaming on console than any other. many, no doubt, millions num of would be sony and pc fans have come to embrace and accept ms because of this game. even befor xbox live, it's multi player throught split screen and connecting consoles have made this game pop. are people trashing this game because its from ms ,or they are sony fanboys? or is this the real reason why fans of sony hate halo so much. because of this one particular game ms has stole so much from sony and have a gaming business. instead of hating, you should thank halo because we now we have three major consoles. do you think games now would be as good now withot competition from ms? stop hating because you're a fanboy. act like a gamer and accept what's true.

[Spydiggity]

werd

[Spydiggity]

THIS ARTICLE IS FOR CLOSE MINDED FOLLOWERS OF ALL THAT IS FASHIONABLE!!!

[Rocko]

Halo haters talk more about it than the fans. Sh*t article.

[Legion]

You know... I don't know of a single person that purchased the Halo that didn't like it.

For all the anti360 guys out there crapping on any MS game how many actually played the game? I never get over the fact that people have not even played the game yet they still knock it as the worst ever?

Get real!!! I even don't put Haze and Lair down that much when the reviewers that played the game dogged 'em. Why? Because I only have reviews to go off of... yet those that dog on the Halo games and never played them, don't even go off of what reviewers write. What are they going off of then...? The love of HATE! That is all.

Sorry that so many of you are so hateful that you dog a game that is actually VERY entertaining, and deserving of the reviews they got for the most part.

[qwert]

Gaylo 3 is the most CRAP HORSESH!T game I ever played in my crap xbox 360! I don't know why the bashing! It's prime category crap! I love this sh!t game, I finish it in 35m...were the best crap 35m of my life!...and the online, wow great, joining whith my assholes scumbags friends xbots is the most sh!tty experience ever! Hurray!

[GENJI HAZE BOTH FLOP]

its the same for my gaystation 2.025. i love when my gaystation friends comeround to play horsesh1t games like genji 2 or haze. then they go online so we can't send each other game invites and cant evan talk to each other because no one has a mick to plug in. but thats ok because we have booob- ray to watch dragon wars on

[GENJI HAZE BOTH FLOP]

gneji flopped

[Skizelli]

Frankly, I can care less what people think about certain popular games. Though I find it amusing when someone writes a novel of negative propaganda about a game they obviously suck at.

"After having played for a couple of days"

I almost stopped reading there. Sorry friendo, but you're not going to become some fantastical Halo player after playing for only a couple of days.

"Unlike any other good FPS, any weapon that isn't a sniper rifle, sticky grenade, or beam sword is about as worthless as a mace made of toothpicks held together with old mayonnaise."

If this were the case, which it is not (and if you played for more than a couple of days, you would know this), then why are my top 3 weapons of destruction melee, assault rifle and shotgun, respectively?

http://www.bungie.net/stats...

Even a good friend of mine doesn't jack off to the sniper rifle and he does just fine without it.

http://www.bungie.net/stats...

Oh, and look, we even have a positive kill ratio. Imagine that. Learn to play or don't play at all, I don't really care. But please keep your frustration to yourself. I can't stand whiners that degrade a game just because they aren't good at it. Just because someone decides to abuse a certain game play mechanic doesn't mean the game is horrible or unbalanced. Take COD4, for example: Just because people aren't skilled enough to kill me face to face and would rather take me out with a random grenade/203 at the start of the match doesn't mean the game is horrible or unbalanced. It just means I have to step my game up. Halo is popular for a reason. Not everyone will understand why, which is fine by me. Everyone has different tastes. I don't get what's so great about Pokemon, but you don't see me crying about it.

[Naucious]

videogame industry has turned big time mainstream that all it takes is a name alone to sell records, movies, and in this case video games, Halo has made a name for itself and the consequences have become extrodinare selling a lot of copies but does that make it a great game......no their just numbers meaning a lot of people have the game.... on the flipside imagine if their wasn't reviewers in this world we would all have to go by game and judge by the name on the cover and find out ourselves, and if it turned out crap it didnt matter because it sold well... put that in persperctive

Now dealing with Haze I feel it deserved a better rating than it had recieved I played it (got a rental) but reading it's reviews they told me that it was judge because Free Radical was notorious for the great FPS and yeah it didn't hit the mark but to drop it so low cause of that is ridiculous stating that it's just a everyday generic shooter...... NO it's not, I haven't came across a game where you play both sides of the coin with tons of different features of gameplay. The nectar system is great, and on the rebel side their were so many adjustments you can make and use as a weapon, generic shooters dont do that. Question is why Halo 3 didn't get dinged the same way as Haze reason is...... The hype and the name itself gave it the 10's, therefore stating the obvious it is overated, Im only saying Halo3 cause 1 and 2 were good in my opinnion. case closed now bring on the fanboys

[N2NOther]

My favourite part of all this is how as soon as you say you don't like a console exclusive title you get accused of being a fanboy of the opposite camp. It could NEVER be the fact that you genuinely don't like the game...Nah.

Why is it called "common sense" when so few people have it?

[TABSF]

basically you get very bord of it very fast not like the battlfield bad company demo

halo is not AAA and will never be now them c*cky useless son of B*tch bungie has walked

halo has always been overhyped and overrated this because microsoft own most of the mags and websites.
only if people saw passed the reviews and played it, there is nothing to it, basically a sh*t version of half-life

the aliens look like jokes, like kids made them were as resistance aliens look savage and act it to (not scream like grunts)

if bungie wanted to take over the world they have failed because Gran Turismo owns it, call of duty owns it, World of warcraft owns it, runescape owns it, Grand theft auto owns it, Half-life owns it, fanil fantasy owns it, mario owns it, zelda owns it, wii sport owns it, wii play owns it and Metal Gear owns it

who got own3d bungie got own3d. they are a low budget development team that microsoft helped and look what happened they split.

[pumpkinpunker]

Whatever, Sony fanboys. Your console still sucks.

[zZ Lazy Zz]

I wouldn't spit on any other FPS if it was on fire. I love Halo 3 like I'm going to love my Fable 2 dog. I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't play Halo simply because it's made by MS or because it's fashionable to dis it. I own a PS3 too and even if it is a better machine it simply doesn't have any games that come close to Halo godliness.

[Scions Wrath]

I admit i was greatly dissappointed by Halo 3. It is NOT a bad game but it is massively hyped up and i believe there are a lot of other games that are pushing the boundaries of FPS gaming way further than Halo ever did.

Resistance 1 - At PS3 Launch - 40 Players Online!
COD4 - Awesome
Resistance 2 - 60 Players Online!
Killzone 2 - Most realistic FPS i've ever seen!

[Massive-Delusion]

Halo 1 is the best in the series in my opinion, though even it suffers from repetitive game-play and repetitive levels (Assault On The Control Room and The Library, anyone?) One thing I did like in Halo 1 though was the sheer scale of it- every level felt epic in one way or another, and so did the battles, something I think was lost in Halo 2. Halo 3 I haven't played so I can't comment. I think they're all good games. Not exactly revolutionary game-play wise, or even graphics-wise, but good nonetheless.

[running rampid]

this article is written by an A$$tard. In my opinion, The halo series is the best when it come to FPS and in terms of innovation forge, theater and halo 3's multiplayer game modes make it innovative.

bring on halo 4 next year!

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

This game series has been claimed "overrated" 3 times now and developers still borrow from it.

[DevastationEve]

but when you go to Best Buy and find stacks and stacks and stacks of Halo3 Legendary Edition, all marked down from $130 to $50 (WTF?), you

a) feel sorry for those who paid 130 for it when it came out
b) feel sorry for those who paid 70 for the collector's edition
c) hope and pray that no one EVER hypes a game THIS MUCH ever again!
d) notice that this always happens when hardware mfgs get desperate
<<<that goes for you too, Sony>>>
e) all of the above

That said, I own the collector's edition and feel that I could've lived without it. And I'm sure could have gone on living without Halo3 ENTIRELY. But I think it deserves a lot of credit.

Just don't say that it enters Gears' hallowed ground.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

It's also broke sales records each new release, GOTY awards, one of the most played online games ever, and has a series of best selling books.

I think it's penis envy

[OOG]

Sorry first off you cant go and judge the whole Halo franchise after only playing for a couple days....what 6-7 years after the first game?

Ok anyways......I'm a FPS player and have been for over 13 years everything from Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, Blake Stone, Duke Nukem, Goldeneye(all time fav), Perfect Dark, Battlefield 1 and 2 and 1942 and 2142 and counterstrike....etc etc etc....and yes I'm good at them as well.....(Probably have higher stats then anyone on this site on COD4...on hardcore that is.....cuz the other gamemodes are for children)

Anyway...again....lol

From all my FPS games ive played over the years I will say Halo has been the best Franchise to date for console owners that want to play FPS games......

The first halo was amazing and had no hype at all so people who talk trash about this game is a damn fool because that game came out with barely any fan fare and totally blew people away.........It also carried a huge multiplayer following with people having huge lan parties to enjoy playing against their friends on a bigger battle scene.....*(Tell me any other console FPS games that have had such a huge multiplayer following other then Perfect Dark or Goldeneye without having online)* Halos controls made it the most superior FPS on consoles when it hit the original XBOX and every other game has tried to mimic its style....but yea its overated

on to part 2

Halo 2 brought what everyone in the world wanted.....Online! The first great console game to hit the online world and it did it very well (being the most played online console game to date)....This game introduced a new part of the story that was decent not great but there isnt many fps games that have great stories.....

Halo brought a multiplayer that no game had seen before with an unprecidented Matchmaking systems and a ton of multiplayer options to choose from....The game would sell millions upon million in a few mere weeks and really exploded online console gaming..

Some of its gameplay elements such as the dual weilding had been seen before like the person who wrote this article had mentioned....but he left out the fact that Halo was the first to one to Make the dual weilded weapons react on their own.....both of them being able to reload and shoot at different times instead of being tied together like a single gun.....Also Halo 2 brought some great multiplayer maps that are made extremly well with balance in maps that causes for some great battles.............

ON TO the 3rd!

Halo 3 "finished the fight" yes the story wasnt great at the end and could be called lackluster but it was still good and better then most FPS games single player experiences....add in the fact that they did what fans wanted and added a full 4 player co op as well as an arcade mode to battle for points......it is one of the best Single players available to people playing FPS games...if you have friends that its..

Halo 3 also introduced an improved Matchmaking system...which most games try to mimic....such as COD4 but cannot do it half as well.....

Halo 3 also did what most people wanted and introduced some of the old weapons and mixed in some new as well and helped balance the game back to what it should have been......(In all honestly Halo 3 multiplayer should have been Halo 2...since it fixed most of the issues people had and went back to using mostly single weapons instead of dual weilding) Halo 3 also brought us a little bit of customization for our characters....not a lot but better then nothing at all.... As well as something that has people still inventing tons of new maps and games called *Forge***** Also fergot they even added a theater system where you can save the video....of every damn game you play! WTF?! I dont use it but still a cool idea....

As a franchise Halo has brought new things to the table everytime and has tried to implement new things that the fans have asked for....

Every single FPS since the original Halo have or at least have tried to mimic its superior control scheme and thats amazing in itself.....as well most games are trying to do its leveling up system and ranking systems and matchmaking...but not games have truly done what Halo has over the years.....

Anyway...I am sure I could go on and on but what the point.....the proof is in the games themselves....All respectable for their time and all fun to play......

If it wasnt for Halo our FPS games as well as online...would most likely not even be half as good as it is now....COD4 wouldnt even be what it is now............

People may not like the series because its not their style of game or not on their system but in all honesty there is no reason to disrespect it..........Because this game truly redefined the industry....and really what has your FAV FPS game done? and I dont even play Halo 3 anymore since the first month it came out.....but I still know its a great game.......

AH well to all you haters out there...one your eyes because this franchise is the reason games like Killzone, Resistance, etc are what they are.........

SO DONT HATE APPRECIATE

*Also wow that was long....And to anyone who cares to disagree with me if anyone..... I would like to see you post a reason or an argument why.....because I sure would like to see your reasoning....to try and discredit my post

[Fanboy Slaughter]

Truth be told, while it's not quite the Godly game everyone makes it out to be, there's no denying the influence it holds over many non-gamers, and I say non-gamers because Halo is a non-gamer's game.

And I prove this point (at least partially) by saying that anyone I have EVER personally known throughout my life that's loved Halo does NOT play anything else....ever. A guy at my work actually told me that the only reason he ever bought an Xbox was for Halo and Halo 2...no joke, he had an Xbox for 6 years and ONLY played Halo. And when Halo 3 came out, he bought an Xbox 360, and to this day it's the only game he will ever play. I think it's a little sad but whatever floats his boat. And this isn't a unique case, this guy was actually the 6th or 7th person to admit this to me.

I guess it helps explain why the Halo multiplayer is so intolerable, being played by people who don't normally game and all.

[Skizelli]

I'd have to disagree with you. Halo is a very competitive game, so naturally it will have a competitive community. Unfortunately, a lot of a-holes come along with that. I'm a competitive person myself, and while I do enjoy the competitive nature of the series, I also enjoy playing it socially with friends. I have friends that play it competitively and friends that play it socially. Anyone who's a diehard Halo fan can most likely tell you some multiplayer stories, via system link, with a bunch of their friends and all the cool things that happened. It was one of the first (if not THE first) games to support this feature on the original Xbox. That, coupled with the game play, the company of your friends and their priceless reactions made it an instant classic. And the campaign was awesome to boot.

Point being: I'm a gamer. Although I've played Halo religiously, I play anything that looks appealing to me, spanning numerous genres and consoles, as well as arcade games, dating back to the early '80s. Some of it I play competitively (like Halo) and some I play casually. It IS a gamer's game in every sense of the phrase. The original Halo had an epic campaign and an excellent multiplayer. Every fan has their opinions about 2 and 3, but it's a series you look back on 10 or 20 years from now, because there's most likely some memories attached to it. Not all of my friends played seriously, religiously or competitively, but we had great times playing it together and the stories to prove it. Some are still talked about amongst my friends to this day. That's what games are all about - good times.

[Nevers]

I don't think it's the most over-rated... if it was that over-rated it wouldn't spawn this much discussion and such.

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

I think the author (Rafael Gamboa) just doesn't like the arcade style first person shooters (FPSs). Halo: Combat Evolved was good and Halo 2 was even better. Now Halo 3 is like taking 10 steps forward and falling down 20. I honestly think the story saved the game in the campaign (singla player) mode. The story reminds me of a book Ringworld that the developers never mentioned in interviews before. Everything in Halo 3 seemed it could've been done in Halo 2.

I consider Halo 3 like Ninja Gaiden 2 it doesn't suck yet it's a little too familiar. I honestly think it's Microsoft's choices with the XBOX 360 hardware. The hardware can't deliver on the promise. That is kind of funny to me because that's exactly what happened to Killzone last generation.

Halo 3 isn't as bad as it my seem like in the article but it isn't as good as editors / reviewers say it is either. This is why I think hardware is everything this generation because of "promises" like Halo 3, Killzone 2, and Super Mario Galaxy. People are going to demand more and I think multiplatform games on the XBOX 360 push the console more than exclusives. Look at Resident Evil 5 to Banjo, Fable 2, or Splinter Cell: Conviction. I think Resident Evil 5 will be the best looking on the XBOX 360. On the PlayStation 3 side I say Killzone 2, Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer, or Wardevil: The Beast Within.

People may complain at first with the PlayStation 3 architecture but it can deliver on developer's imagination closer than the XBOX 360.

Ringworld HTML: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[FKN Unbelievable]

The offline Campaign is good. Everything he's b!tching about is online lol! HE can get kills thats why he complaining.Halo is not overated it just happed to do everything that people though could'nt happen on a console for a fps.

[N4g_null]

Before you state your opinion please qualify why we should listen by telling us what other FPS you have play ok? I've played every thing including hexen and system shock the good ones! Halo deserves it's hype because it is the xbox's golden eye. I'm no xbox fan but I see why people loved it. It could have been about chickens laying eggs and the game would have still been great as long as they made no mention of the chickens again. Why because people wanted a real FPS experience with out the PC price tags or the bot hacks and the PC online scene was legendary at that time yet none of those guys really played halo at all. Most never will. I'll also say that UT3 for the PS3 was way better in every way yet you guys didn't by that either LOL.

What I think a lot of you are trying to say is you just don't like FPS am I right? Or at least ones that are the same me too shooters. You have to admit halo was presented in away that made it like a huge lan party and if you are a gamer you should join because every one will be there. What better place to show your skills?

So before you call me a MS fan I'm not don't even have a xbox 360 any more, I gave it away to family members who love online sports. What is crazy is it hasn't died! WOW huh? All they play is sports games on it. And I don't have to bash any one to get the point across either because the PS3 has issues too although MGS is looking good but wait I don't like MGS any way.

I guess the point is it is a prefect 10 in some peoples eyes maybe not mine and maybe not yours but really who still like power rangers? Get my point?

[crom]

the num of online players does not make a game great. ex. fuel of war, 40 plus players online, yet the game suck a. just because any game have many on line player does not mean it's going to rock.

[Anemeros]

Bungie is a good developer and Halo is a well-made series. However, I agree completely. It has by far the most immature and annoying (as a whole) online community, period.

[rico the bigman]

rico the bigman enjoys this article very much. Very true.