Crysis 2 Lead Writer: 'Halo Is Bullshit'

NG: In an exclusive interview with NowGamer, Crysis 2's lead writer, award-winning science fiction novelist Richard Morgan has called out Halo's story as "bullshit".

When quizzed on the inherent problems of bringing out believable character from behind a faceless helmet, he confessed...

[movements]

I don't care how much he doesn't like the game, that's just unprofessional.

Bad choice of words there...

[nix]

wow... well, i hope crysis 2 has oscar winning story then.

[hamoor]

halo story is good...for a shooter game
Games like these dont need good story to be a good game
In fact almost all FPS games story $ucks expect half life and bioshock etc.

[Hudahudahuda]

mmm delicious halofan tears

[WildArmed]

To be fair.

Crysis's story was 'bullshit' too.
Most FPS stories are 'bullshit'.

The only story i do care about atm.. would be Resistance franchise.

I dont care about the CoD/Killzone/Halo/<name other FPS> stories. I play them, but not for the same reasons I play games like resistance.. oh and Half-life.

(note: R:FoM had a great story.. R2 failed as it's successor imo)

[The Wood]

bang on

The second resistance just didn't do it for me...Its like every aspect took a step back apart from the size/scale of the boss fights and the like. The story for the 1st game was decent.

[Syronicus]

Yeah well as much as I agree with this guy and have hated the story behind Halo ever since the first title, I must admit that Crysis and the story behind it is also BS. Both are over inflated and full of themselves. Convoluted stories do not make great stories, it just makes them over hyped and loved by the overly confused.

[LoVeRSaMa]

The only character I have 'Emotionally Attached' to is Lara Croft ;D

Other then that Heavy Rain does a good job of making you feel, I don't think FPS like halo really need that in the game, I don't want the morality of killing people in a video game on my shoulders.

[hay]

“Halo is full of these bullshit archetypal characters”
It's what he said. He didn't say a thing about Halo or it's story being bs. He just stated that there are bs archetypal chars. That's quite a difference.

"Journalism" theese days... Nowgamer is my one of the top "bulsh*t" pages.

But on the other hand, Mr. Morgan isn't my type of writer judging by this interview...

[Lucreto]

There are only two FPSs I can stand playing It is Resistance series and the Bioshock series. I think I prefer them becuase of the storyline running through them are better than other FPS's

I liked Resistance 2. The co-op was fun for a time and loved the single player. It was not as good as the first but I enjoyed the game. I prefer regenerating health than health packs as my still level at fps game are pretty low.

[N4BmpS]

I hope this guy brings on the story and give us a character people will care about.

[Cold 2000]

He better not say that about a PS3 exclusive. He would have got murdered this very night.

Anyway Crysis 2 is coming out at the exact same period as Reach.

Who's ready to bet it's in for a flop this fall on the 360.

[meetajhu]

This is why i like Crytek they think like me. I hate Halo 2 and 3 and ODST all are complete bullcrap. Useless bungie why can't they Marathon sequel.

[sid4gamerfreak]

Totally agree with you man, FPS games are being extremely generic with their storylines.

The fact that the crysis 2 lead writer has expressed himself so non professionally, my expectations of crysis 2's story has increased dramatically...

[ColdFire]

Crysis 2 better have a great story then!

[crck]

I would have to agree with him. But then again Crysis and Crysis Warhead is just as bad. Honestly, the only shooters I've played in the last 3 years and remember anything story related from are Resistance 1 and The Bad Company games(mostly for their funny characters). Everything else is just a blur of generic crap. But then again people don't play shooters for story.

[The Maxx]

Ok Richard Morgan.

When the sales numbers comes in...we shall see which title the Gaming demographics choose to play on the 360.

[nix]

more sales =/= great game. otherwise Wii Sports would have won awards all over the place.

[otherZinc]

If he's so confident in his game, make it exclusive to the PS3 & see if it can be a Halo Killer? THAT, would show some balls!

[wicko]

How about everyone read the actual interview instead of guessing why he said that? Or bashing a game he never wrote (crysis 1)? The guy ha some good points, and I agree with them. While I'm not expecting Crysis 2 to have some amazingly original story I think I can expect a little more from him than I might other writers.

[vhero]

The story is crap lets be honest here the scores given are too much but the multi-player is where the game shines. The hype sells it of course but the multi-player is the only real part of the game you enjoy. The single player you play through because you feel you have to since you bought it. Since you bought it you feel you have to stick up for your purchase otherwise you would feel ripped off. Of course he used a really poor choice of words but hes not far from the mark the story really is tosh.

[Tiberium]

So he writes off the entire halo story as bullshit because you don't get to see the chiefs face. That's just stupid imo. You don't see your character's face in bioshock or in HL2 because everything is in first person. But I dare him to say those game's stories are bullshit because of it.

[Fanb0y]

To be fair...

Crysis 1's storyline was 10 times sh*ttier than Halo's fiction.

[Sevir04]

but to be totally honest, even though he didn't pen the first crysis, the narrative of both Halo series and crysis is equally forgetful, much like COD and KZ narrative. i think the only Shooters that had some pretty remarkable stories were the original resistance, Bioshock and Half Life. It's all about the atmostphere and how it all immerses you into the world, and the way the mythos for each game was done. Resistance:FOM, Bioshock 1 and the entire half life series did this very well... and as much as i liked the first halo it's narrative was weak comparitively to the first crysis.

But we'll see. i hope this guy pens an oscar for this game because he's mouthing off a bit too much, even if stories for video games are lackluster, to go and use such words against anothers work is strictly unprofessional, and totally makes you look like a turd. We have too many unhumble turds in the industry we can do without another.

[BannedForNineYears]

I believe this link is in order. http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Shepherd 214]

Halo's story is actually very good, having beaten all the games numerous times and read the novels, i can honestly say that it is at the very least solid sci-fi fiction and much deeper than what some make it out to be.

i think that the author was a bit out of line.

[lil Titan]

after the first Halo the game became $hit(show me the disagrees) truly there are alot better shooters than Halo its just the media that keep telling everyone that its the best game to date and with every release the developers are raping every customer with half a$$ story and gameplay but like idiots people are like rats to the piped piper following them to what ever they lead them

i just hope he isnt like the Haze writer and says Halo is wack and turns out his game is wack but from the last game that i never played people have said its pretty good hope he makes good with his promise

[Downtown boogey]

"Okay … I’m gonna get up there and kill those guys"
Master Chief never says anything like that either. I think he misses the point of him: He doesn't have anything personal involvement except for Cortana but even that he only realizes later on. I don't know if it's just coincidence that Master Chief feels like he's emotions run deeper than what he speaks of or is Bungie actually just lazy. Even silence says something.

[sikbeta]

Isn't that a "core" element for FPS Game, if not why almost all of FPS games use stereotypical space-marines and aliens and stuff like that...

But, the guy didn't say That About halo or the Whole Game in that matter...

[DARK WITNESS]

oh dear... oh dear, oh dear..

The last dev's to make fun of halo's story, well... we ended up with Haze. Not that I am saying Crysis is going to be like Haze but there is no need for him to go off on one like that, if haze's story does not pull it's weight, he will look foolish.

for the record, i loved halo CE's story but I felt halo 2 and 3 just went in the wrong direction.

[ShadowCK]

What an ass.

[lil Titan]

im actually glad he said this so everyone can stop thinking its just Sony fanboys who think this unless he is a fanboy but i doubt it

[IaMs12]

Im calling Sony Fanboyism in these comments, not simply because Crysis 2 dude said it was Bull, but mere fact any PS3 game mentioned is hailed as the story driven best FPS game ever. Halo has a good story but its no where near Half-Life 2 story.

[Rock Bottom]

Halo story sucked, so does 99% of video games stories, for this guy to call Halo story bullshit he better have something really interesting for Crysis 2, which I doubt.

[zag]

Don't know how people could say crysis story is crap?

You have a top secret US special forces team going in to sus out a meteorite crash site, which happens to be in north korea, the same country, that has nukes and tested a missile last year that can hit anywhere with-in Alaska and western parts of canada and most of asia.

The meteorite ends up being an alien space craft.

In 1919 a meteorite or something wiped out a large part of a forest in Serbia in Russia, this caused a spike in earth quake meters all over the world, for real and to this day no one knows what it was exactly.

it pretty good story I haven't played halo but I wouldn't say it'd have much of a story in the first place seeing as MS changed the original story.

[shadow2797]

The Killzone series has an awesome story (or backstory, anyway), but it's never told in a compelling way. In fact, it's hardly ever told at all. The concept has so much potential, but the story always takes a backseat to the limited scope of the main squad.

The first Killzone did a halfway decent job, but the second game could have been so much better in the story department. It's my hope that they'll give the third game a solid narrative, because there's been a lot of wasted potential so far.

[thewhoopimen]

If you guys actually bothered to read the article.... so far what 60-70% didn't?

@Cold2000 he does talk about a ps3 exclusive, Uncharted 2. Gave it huge kudos on the first paragraph.

@shadow2792: Sorry dude KZ2's story was average at best. I just heard alot of cursing most of the time with no real character development. Gameplay was a different matter altogether.

[shadow2797]

Did you even read my comment? I said the >series< has a good story that's been told poorly (which is exactly what you describe).

Do you even know the backstory about the Helghast, the ISA, and Earth? It's surprisingly deep. The universe would make a great setting for a novel or film.

One of the themes they completely abandoned after the first game was the theme that there are no good guys and bad guys in war. The ISA completely mistreat the Helghast, and the Helghast see the ISA as imperialistic. Going to Helghan in Killzone 2 could have given the opportunity to show the humanity of the Helghast (where are the women and children?), but so far it's been a missed opportunity. I hope we'll see more depth in Killzone 3. Maybe Rico will be discharged for disobeying orders? Or Sev will just shoot him in the back of the head. *crosses fingers*

You can go to Killzone.com and read up on the story.

[dangert12]

halo has a flaky story telling methodthat is rather boring and the reason i don't play campaign on myself cause it does not intrigue me enough or motivate me to keep me going with its lack of interesting story tell but online you can't eff with this game!

and the writer for crysis 2 is bashing every1 atm i exspect it to have the best story ever and since his bashing halo i exspect it 2 walk all over halo's multiplay which we know it won't

and yeah i'm still not buying this

[3XP]

I think the halo story was enough for a FPS, I and in FPS to shoot up sh!t not to be bored by a bunch of long cut-scenes. It's difficult to make a good story and still keep the entire game under 10-15 hours.

You put too much emphasis on the story and you loose the action and impact of the game. I really don't know of ANY shooter with has and award winning story. I think this writer is talking smack, because his is becoming afraid and is talking halo down as a defense mechanism.

We'll see when they release.

Hell, just a couple days ago fans on this site was calling Crysis 2 Whack because it was implied to have the best graphics ever on a console (we know who that offended). Now because this guys is hating on halo some of you are agreeing with this clown.

[Kingdom Come]

And I have Faith in Crytek to do well, they aren't doing themselves any favours.

[arakouftaian]

Is not like let's say, Killzone a Mature game, I hope the game end up been good
everytime when someone open their mouth thy end up looking stupid in the end.

Does anybody know what's Crysis one is all abouth?

I saw some parts in bonersgames.com but I did not unsderstand the full game
it was something about hi-tech Asian mersenaries
and alien tech.

The best fps history are ps3 exclusive
Resistance and Killzone are vey deep and amazing.

Oh and Half life one was good two was wird but
ok I mean they don't explain nothing in it and know everything is wird in HalfLife2
I hope next time they explain more things.

[hamoor]

yeah right killzone 2 is deep as a kiddie pool

[Kingdom Come]

Statement Fail.
Grammer Fail.
I Lol'd.

[Fanb0y]

Killzone 2 has some of the most terrible writing I've seen in a while.

Lets face it, shooter's storylines are not that deep. Halo games try to, but can't quite get to their book's counterparts.

[Theonik]

Bioshock and Half-Life say hi.

[Obama]

I like the story of dead space, but it's a tps not fps.

[arakouftaian]

The Narrative is great you allways know what's going on
and from a such a big Universe you know who you are and who the
Helgans are and that amazing and the caracters are the tips of "mersenaries"
that are send to kill a leder they are in war and that is why they allways talk bs
that what soldiers do they are not poet but your hate can see the true.

And yes halo is for teen and kids. Don't tell me you don't know this
everybody knows this.

And I did mention HalLife I likeit but 2 part and episodes fail to explain things well
and keep many things behind and they have had the chance to explain
but they have not.

And bioshock I never said nothing wrong about it I have
not play the game so don't hate on me .

[Xi]

the story is reminiscent of the 12 year old who says f*ck thinking that it's mature because he heard a 16 year old say it, but in the end the dialogue, characters and story is really designed to appeal to that 12-16 year old range.

Halo at least a couple interesting characters, notably 343, cortana, and the gravemind, characters which have personality. Sure there's also the cliche black dude, and tough chick and the super soldier, but the actual story make up for it.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

on its own to be a good story. If you played the first Killzone, the loss of Jan Templar and the fall of Rico would be more meaningful. It looks like we'll be losing Sev too.

The history and backdrop of Killzone is better than the normal space marine fare, but you really don't get that from Killzone 2.

[Jaybad54]

I lolled at the title

[The Wood]

just another day in our gaming industry *sigh*

[PotNoodle]

I'll accept this comment if Crysis 2's story is good.

[deno]

I own all halo's and crysis and I can clearly tell you that crysis story is lame. Chasing your team mates around the jungle why they get whacked by aliens isn't to exciting. By the way I never heard of this guy and I go to school for film. Now if neil simon, eugene oneal or james cameron said this then I would respect that.

[qwertyuiopasdfghjkl]

http://www.saltypopcorn.com...

Also, Crysis and Crysis Warhead held my attention throughout.

Halo 1, 2, 3, and ODST on the other hand? Lets just say the first chapters were never completed... those campaigns are just... DULL.

[8thnightvolley]

IF that game doesnt have some deeep ass story that would make me a grown man cry laugh get angry or what ever the f.k the emotion wants to be ... or it better win a freaking oscar i will shread it on everywebsite i can, starting with N4G...heck the previous crysis didnt have a gd story either if anything it was mega worse. it was just all graphics and abit of gameply that was going for it thats about it.

its just unprofessional to badmouth ur colledges like that...

remember they are coming out in the same window as halo reach .. i hope they dont get drowned in the halo hype coz i knw its gonna happen. its halo for crying out loud

[HurstDarkStar]

Crysis must have an oscar on their hands to knock down a shooter with the success as halo, that title made me lmao a little inside

[goldenzealot]

Halo sells more than crysis could ever dream of. I smell a jealous developer

[Fishy Fingers]

Ah, when in doubt bang on about sales. The quote, as mentioned above comes from an out sourced author not Crytek directly.

[BYE]

Just shows how low standards people have.

[ipe]

actually YES,kz story is more deeper than most fps games out there.Inform urself on killzone.com u would be surprised

but since u re pure fanboy u wont and u ll continue to talk sh*t.

[N4BmpS]

yeah Killzone has a very deeper background and premise I hope they explore that more in KZ3

[RadientFlux]

The backstory for Killzone isn't bad, but the actually story elements in both Killzone games was terrible.

[LiquifiedArt]

...and was extremely impressed. Its dissapointing you don't get a concentrated, directed, story feel. Its hard to know why you are doign what you are doing without reading backstory and I missed the 1st game completely.

I hope the backstory in games, starts to become the MAIN STORY, because no one wants to start at ACTIII Chapter45 of an epic novel. Start from the beginning! Why is this so difficult for some people!

Star wars had the same issue. I guess my common sense is out of the ordinary.

[hamoor]

and so
if you go to bungie.com and read the whole story about halo uneverse
you will find it very good
but in the actual game its pure sh!t

[Another One]

Exactly. the Halo story is very deep. I'm sure Killzone's is too, though I have never read up on it.

Sure, the story in the Halo games aren't the best, but if you're going to say that you have to know the Killzone back story to understand, then you can say the same about Halo. Read up on the back story and the games make way more sense.

[labwarrior]

Who really cares so much for the story in a shooter, i find Halo 100x more fun to play than Crysis personally, in fact Halo is one of the extremely few shooters i can play without getting asleep

[Kingdom Come]

I'm guessing you've never actually played Crysis have you?

[What Would Kratos Do]

I'm I the only one who thought the Halo stories were good?
What Sci-fi movie has a better story?
Blade Runner..NO Good acting but boring story
Aliens........NO Good action, but just a bug hunt.
Screamers.....NO Peter Weller was in it so its not all bad.
Pitch Black...NO Nice sfx
Species.......No Did have a hot chick though.
Logans Run....Yes and Jenny Agutter gets her kit off

[N4BmpS]

You really want to bring the Aliens franchise into this? How about Terminator 2 a little Predator and since we're talkin Sci-fi Star Wars. Chronicles of Riddick as a whole you should have mentioned is a good franchise. I respect your love for Halo though but seriously?

[militant07]

Sci-Fi?
its mass effect 2, the best Sci-Fi game and story!

[xaviertooth]

hahahah! so true not just gamers were aware how sh!tty halo franchise is but also developers as well.

now just develop for the most powerful console the ps3 and avoid gimping your games due to 360 limitations to get the full support of real gamers.

[chidori666]

Someone finally decided to speak the truth.

halo is most overrated overhyped piece of shi* game in history of consoles.

and lol thanks for kevin butler for say the truth about halo:

"phew phew phew phew"

*laughs"

http://i39.tinypic.com/1687...

;)

[ChrisW]

Last time I checked, "BullShister" meant something that is far fetched and not real.

What I'm getting at is... they're both SciFi!!!

[avengers1978]

Well now I like the guys from Crytek... Now I'm gonna have to buy Crysis 2.

[BattleAxe]

This lead writer is my kinda guy :D

[Comet]

Up till now, I am still wondering why it's rated M for mature...
It should be rated T for Teen just as the Uncharted series.

It looks like a Wii game, shooting little aliens and going "Pyoo, pyoo"... my god.
And the 85% of people that are on the multiplayer are 15 year olds who scream at their moms for staying up late...

After realizing the Xbox 360 was a kid's console, I decided to make the switch... I still get chance to play the some great multiplats on PC though (L4D2, Mass Effect 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, etc.) so I'm pretty comfortable with my current setup.

[PandaJenkins]

Halo has a far better story than almost every FPS out there. Though I guess a lot of it is just how much detail they have put into the universe and lore of it (I am sure anyone who actually knows anything about it can't disagree with me there). The Halo games by no means have amazing stories but like I said they are better than most.

[deno]

Yeah blasting alien movies is crazy. Alien movies were and still are some of the best scifi/horror films you will ever see.

[Dorwrath]

I'll agree with you until no3. Alien and Aliens were awesome, Alien 3 however is when it started to die and was a slippery slope downhill after that.

[THC CELL]

halo is a rip since halo 2

halo 1 was one of my fav xbox games
2 was one of the online fav

3 flopped
reach is a gfx upgrade and same game and will suck

[iNFAMOUZ1]

This article is bullshi*
Just cause crytek only does pc and sucks at console ports, lame, try next time noobs. Halo's story is far more impressive or diverse than anything crytek has brought out,
At the end of the day kids, ask yourself this, which matters most? graphics which you will google-eye for a few hours, or a compelling story filled with mystery and expansions, you wanna come back to and repeat until your measley little fingers break and your eyes gouge in the most rebust undult-e-rated way humanly possible?

What I found really attractive to the halo games in general, is the way the story draws you in, like a novel you want to keep reading, something beyond the norm, something totally cool and functional. How many features as that of the halo franchise might you spot in the wild from other franchises? hardly any, mostly copycats, or "some features". The support that bungie gives it's halo community is truly award winning in my eyes really, they keep you sucked into the frag goodness.

[rmw2hot]

I completely agree with him.

[rmw2hot]

I completely agree with him halo is Bullsh!t and overrated.

[Kingdom Come]

Learn how to use Edit.

[Wizziokid]

Like most FPS stories??
seriously Most FPS games today have the same bull**** story it's getting boring, people need to think of new concepts.

[Gamer7l]

....creating a game that only a small percentage of your fanbase can afford to play/enjoy it the way it's meant to be experienced...is BULLSH!T.

[nemrawy]

Even though I admit Halo's story isn't any good , but so is Crytek's hype about * Crysis 2 * graphics on consoles because that ended up being more of a bullcrap :).

[OlvaR]

so..lets see crysis epic story...cause crysis 1 story was like a little bit better than a pokemon episode...but maybe more predictable..at least halo spawned a whole universe with characters and places, books, comics and many other stuff.

[Darkfiber]

It says Crysis 2 writer, not Crysis 1 writer. You have no idea how the story is going to be in Crysis 2. He wasn't claiming that Crysis 1's story was any good since it's a different person writing it.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

has this writer played reach to know the story?

Anyone who bashes on someone elses game in order to try and make theirs seem better KNOWS that they are about to be outclassed.

[Xfanboy]

I have to admit i still want to play Halo Rach though!! I just looks intresting to me!! Xbox needs to be 100 bucks already!!!!!

[heylo]

thank you Captain Obvious

[Michael-Jackson]

I already KNOW dis because I'm not a blind xbot defending the 576p gameless sh1tbox, HEHEHEHE.

[Convas]

And I'm not a deceased Popstar wannabe. Hehehehe!

[Das_Bastardion]

Someone should give you a fvcking medal beacuse you provide N4G with some of the most coolest comments I've ever seen

You are in the same league with all those mother-less bastards XBOTS of the world

Congratulations, now go and choke on someone

Have a Nice Day :)

[TheXgamerLive]

a dead gay pedo child molesting wannabe, and you idolize that? you must be more f'd up that he was.

[PS360_37]

I'm assuming that this guy wasn't the writer of the flop that was Crysis 1. If he was, then he has no room to talk.

[RedVsBlue]

It sounds like jealousy to me as Crysis will never make as much as Halo does

[Def Warrant]

Any character behind a mask and a retarded suit is bullsh1t. How does the player relate to that? this is the main reason why Nathan Drake and Solid Snake are some of the most iconic video game characters in the history of gaming.

[GarandShooter]

You can't compare a first person to a third person. When you see your character on screen, you're playing as them. The first person experience is designed to thrust you into the action as the protagonist. Bungie has stated previously that they left Master Chief's person/personality vague intentionally to allow the player to more easily project themselves onto the character. How successful that was or wasn't is open to debate, but the logic behind the decision is sound.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

I would argue that Master Chief is a more iconic character than Nathan Drake at least, not sure about Solid Snake though. Anyhow, the comment above is correct, comparing characters in a 3rd person shooter to a 1st person shooter isn't that fair.

[TaylorMade]

Crytec and Turn 10 must be the best of friends...

[wissam]

This is the right description.

[creepjack]

LOL, someone forgot to tell this guy the ONLY reason anyone cares about Crysis 2 is the graphics. What an idiot.

[Xfanboy]

Just like KZ2!!

but anyway since they are learning things from half life 2 (best story ever) this could turn out good!!

[lodossrage]

on ALL fronts at this point. There have been a lot of jabs taken at Killzone and now Halo?

For the sake of their reputation, crysis 2 better be on point

[spdarksky]

Hey, as much as we like to hate him of what he says. He had won an award unlike most of us here. And he won an award for story telling some more.

So what he says comes from professional criticism. What Bungie should do is that, take the criticism and improve from there.

[Darkfiber]

I wholeheartedly agree, even though I don't think Crysis had a particularly good story, in fact I can't remember any of it from Crysis or Crysis Warhead, but they were both still MUCH better than any Halo game for the graphics and gameplay alone.

[tudors]

I played Crysis and got bored really quick, I find this very unprofessional, yes after Halo 1 the story did loose a lot of it's a appeal but you always felt connected to the charactor, I just did not feel that with Crysis, lets hope this guy lives up to his words.

[Games4M - Rob]

I liked the story in Halo:CE but the sequels kinda ruined it. By the time you got to Halo 3 with its giant space monkeys then it was all getting a bit silly.

[bjornbear]

wow...thats such a bold statement I had to laugh xD

I'm no fan of halo lore but i wouldn't go as far as calling it bull$hit =P

its a great game conceptually and in design, it's just way over hyped due to amazing marketing, and if anything, the hype and praise around Halo is bull$hit, but as a game, i can't say the same

but damn, i laughed out loud =P i admire this guy, he has the balls to say it - then again, i'd say this is unprofessional, very Turn 10, but the way he says it still made me laugh, and that takes the cake

i know many don't

*looks at people with Halo in their nickname/gamertag*

[Dorwrath]

I feel something to do with black and a kettle is appropriate here.

[Convas]

Recently, you've been doing a lot of talking. Saying that you'll have the best graphics, talking down other games. But frankly, I can't say I'm all that impressed with what I've seen. So I'd like to kindly ask you to ...

SHUT THE PHUCK UP.

E3 is in roughly 2 Months. You'll be up against the flagship shooters for both consoles, Halo: Reach And Gears of War 3 for Xbox 360, and Killzone 3, Socom 4, and Resistance 3 for PS3. Not to mention the Multiplatform shooters like Spec Ops: The Line, Brink, and Last but DEFINITELY not least, Call of Duty 7.

So please, either put up or shut up. I don't care how many awards your writers have won, they could have a Pulitzer for all I care, but you sure as hell better have something jaw dropping, and groundbreaking to show off at E3, because I GUARANTEE you, if you under deliver, you will flop among all the heavy weights that are incoming, including the "bullsh*t" Halo.

Good Day.

[CARRIERHASARRIVED]

“Halo is full of these bullshlt archetypal characters”

Ok. I didn't see the words "Halo is bullshlt" there.

I'll admit, the story and characters are really "meh". No I shouldn't need to read books to appreciate the story, we're talking about video games not books. The game *should* deliver the story to me, not books written within the Halo universe. The gameplay however is a lot of fun and holds a ton of features that overshadows most if not all multiplayer shooters and frankly that's all a game needs.

The original Crysis did absolutely nothing for me after I got bored of collapsing shacks and punching chickens. This guy is talking out his ass.

[Dorwrath]

Well it's nowgamer. They have a habit of sensationalism to get hits.

[godslayer429]

just made me preorder his game hahahaha

[Dance]

April fools?

[Legionaire2005]

Crysis 1 had a story but, it just gives up towards the other half of the game. Resistance 2 had the worst storyline ever!!! Lets just say Nathan Hale with no emotions compared to Keanu Reeves just didn't do it for me. Half Life story was good, but the main character doesn't talk.

[LOLOLFFSA]

Well thats just he's opinion which doesn't have any value because the story of the first Crysis was...well bad?

I love story about Halo. The whole universe is so well written and explained trough the games. Crysis wont come even close and so doesn't almost any other FPS either, except Half Life.

And yeah, this is just my opinion :D

[Theonik]

Lol, been saying Halo story sucks for years. Halo was ok until they decided to make Halo 2 and completely destroy the story. However with him saying that i expect him to deliver a good story this time round and not what Crysis 1 was. (he didn't make it so i still have hopes)
But most shooters don't have deep stories anyway with the exception of half-Life and Bioshock. (Deus-Ex was also great)
If i remember any more u will post them but i seriously can't.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

I think the current halo story is pretty good for a FPS or the Current video game market. I didnt like the brutes or the arbiter much, but reach is back to the humans vs elites like halo 1. While its no ME, its got a good story compared to ALOT of games.

Another great story in a FPS was Dark forces 2: Jedi Knight(the best Star wars game ever IMO).

[Surt]

Cause we must have played a different game if your saying halo has a great story. I agree with the author on this one. tho I would say that I can't see them beating out halo in multiplayer.

And this is not for you but for all the knuckle heads that come in here throwing numbers around, if a game was judged sole by how much it sold, then that bloody excuse of a system wii would have the best games in the market!

[Claudinho69]

now lets see wha fanboy website is going to come back first with "crysis 2 story is Bullshit"

[robotnik]

I told ya, Halo is bullshit!

[The BS Police]

But that is just unprofessional and is another reason why I will stick with Bungie over them. Also let me point out that Star Wars is the king of architect characters but nobody is complaining about that.

[Another One]

You never see Bungie talk down about another game or developer.

[The BS Police]

Very true, Bungie is a very respectfull game developer.

[spinbot_lv1]

halo has been always a game for kids.character design, graphics, weapons, sounds, story etc was hyped and created for kids.a real mature gamer should consider halo a game for casual gamer and kids who love to play for 3 or 4 years the same videogame. bought halo and halo 2 for the first xbox. resold both after 2 weeks .

[rezzah]

He could very well be right, I never witnessed in game dialoge. However I can easily spot out what is well said or not. If its gona be cheesy or pretty obviouse then I can figure it out orget anoyed.

Lines like the one he mentioned seem pretty similar to that of the Just Cause opening scene in the demo.

[Obama]

the 360 doesn't have too many games that have a great story lol.

[badbond1]

2007. RIP XBOX 360 - 2009. The PS3 is sooooo now (2008-) and the future!

[NYC_Gamer]

someone who's not scared to admit the truth...

[Panzerkanzler]

Of course halo has a shallow story, surely this doesn't surprise anyone? However, the game has been very successful in attracting people to keep playing the multiplayer part so Bungie did SOMETHING right. If nothing else it shows that a lacklustre story can be compensated by other elements in a game. Because just as it's clear that halo lacks a high class story it must be clear to anyone that the franchise is a juggernaut. At least until they milk it too dry in the near future.

[Wile]

Halo CE = Pretty good
Halo 2 = a bit convoluted
Halo 3 = What?

[madpuppy]

Let your game stand on it's own merits??

If it is better than Halo People will say so, and others will debate that it is not.

as long as the Dev is happy with the game and the publisher is happy with the sales to warrant a sequel or new IP altogether, everybody wins!

[gtamike123]

It's true 'Halo Is Bullsh*t'

[MyWordIsGospel]

Kingdom Come - 5 hours ago
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Ignore4.2 - "Well halo is created for teens and kids. Is not like let's say, Killzone a Mature game"
Statement Fail.
Grammer Fail.
I Lol'd. .......

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In respect to your comment, it is you sir who is wrong as you can Laugh out Loud,but how on earth can you *laugh out loud'd*

So that in it's self is poor grammer and also I hate all this LOL,PMSL,ROFL it is the bain of the english language and again POOR GRAMMER!

Oh and this atricle is great as HALO is so poooooooooor and overated it's untrue. HALO = UT re-skinned and UT is better in my eyes, Master Chief is such a dull character he reminds me of something from an 80's cartoon even HE-MAN had more spunk.

[spektical]

he-man, lol XD.
bubbles to you.

[spektical]

not to say the Halo story isnt great, but the Crysis story is not anything to brag about either.

[Daishi]

The only characters I really didn't want to die in a FPS were the ones in the CoD series. Say what you will but when Ghost was killed I bloody screamed at the screen. The Halo games weren't much for story IMO but geared more towards co-op, but I do love the books and what the Halo community has made (Red vs Blue).

[Skizelli]

To each their own, but no real emotional effect? I care a lot about the Chief, and I'm sure most Halo fans would agree. That's called an emotional effect.

ODST would have been great if it had some tragedy to it. I'm hoping Reach delivers in the emotional effect department considering its source material.

[Xi]

Why did Crytek decide to use a fancy new super suit in crysis? I'll give you a couple of ideas:
halo Halo HALO.

Why not just use a similar backstory as the one they used for the protagonist in farcry?

[Henry Cain]

Yes I agree but not to many FPS shooters have great stories. Its all about the action.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

You get a lot of hostility when you're the king. :)

[Surt]

Nothing like reading a stupid comment to make one's day. lol

[et617]

What's up with the comments saying how Crysis story was 'bullshit' too? Richard Morgan didn't write the story for Crysis, he just got added on for Crysis 2, so there is nothing relevant about him and Crysis 1 other than how he's writing the story for the sequel.

But on a side note lets hope his script backs up his statements as well.

[PS3 Supremacy]

A mentally retarded comatose monkey could've told us that. Like 2+2=4, it's universally known that Halo sucks bawls.

[TheColbertinator]

I disagree.I think Halo 1 had a great story.

[clintos59]

Honestly ive been saying this for years now but halo fans of today dont care for story. They always are quick to say, "If u read the books on the halo universe" youll know just how awesome masterchief is. <<Isnt that why I spent $60 for? Not only to enjoy playing halo but also have a great story to make us love masterchief even more as we do other gaming icons like mario/solid snake/kratos/link/samus/cloud/ squall/drake (these are a few examples) but masterchief will never be on that list because the story in 2 & 3 & odst are mediocre at best. The story effects how the character in the game is looked at.

When I look at the chief I think of a guy in an armor suit that is fun to use in co-op/multiplayer. Thats about it. Heck the "BRUTES" in halo 3 were more interesting then masterchief. I just hope Halo Reach can make me care for the halo series, cause in all honesty, after halo ce which is still the best halo game in the series, the next installments have been overrated & disappointing story wise.

[Belasco]

Dont worry, I am sure you wont get many disagrees on N4G if you have anything negative to say about Halo.

[RELAX]

HALO has THE STYLE to Marketing.

[kingslayer1000]

I dont care for either of them, just bring me more killzone please

[4Sh0w]

well maybe, just maybe more people will pay attention to my game which might possibly generate a bit more sales just out of curiosity, lol, even if I fail, I win.

Halo has the best story for any FPS on consoles imo, its good but why would you be expecting an Academy Award winning script out of a game where the only reason for a story is to "make up" a reason to shoot people= its a shooter. So for all those who say shooters stories are the same old, same old,= space marines, sci-fi, save the world from doom, I mean come on what are they going to do have you play as a little fairies shooting at bubbles to save the world from shampoo monsters? Sure that would be original but I doubt very fun for the target demographic who likes shooters= these gamers, myself including just want an excuse to kill stuff, blow sh*$ up, and feel like a badass doing it; I doubt anybody here could come up with something so much better for a **shooter** that would accomplish all this AND please everybody.

[Tron_Rocks]

Hmmm I guess when he has the sales and following that Halo has garnered then he can talk , but until then he really should STFU!

[jalen247]

That was very disrespectful and unprofessional.

Bungie has put a lot of hard work into their Halo games and don't deserve that kind of disrespect.

[fullmetal297]

It's funny that Richard Morgan complains about the story because we never saw Master Chief's face, but disregards the fact that also the main character's face of Crysis is never seen too.

[animalia85]

Red faction had an ok story and the gameplay was very good.

[RabeloNext]

I think its the guy choose bad words, cryssi even touch the (bullshit) o HALO success.

So I think the Guy first need make a Multi million game in sale to have the right to say something like that

[swice]

I wonder if he's read the comics/books and then went back to the games afterward. Makes pretty good sense to me. If you have to back-story or haven't read the novels, it does make it harder to understand through the games. He should have said, "The Halo games don't tell a good enough story". The ENTIRE Halo story itself is just fine

[magicwalnuts]

Even though Crysis's story was horrible, he didn't write it. What he DID write was Homeworld 2's story which was very good, but not as compelling as the first.

I really like Halo's story though, even though the games are f*cking horrible beyond the original the fiction is very solid especially if you read the books.

[nOvashin]

has a games advertisement ever been this viral from bashing others ps3 games visuals saying howthere game will trump everything, bashing halo now... what's next?

[AliTheBrit19]

haha the Crysis 2 devs are really annoying a lot of people today huh?

First they hate on Halo, and then Killzone 2 xD

Love it.

[AWBrawler]

Sure 3's story sucked some awful, but Halo is far from Bullsh!t. Killzone 2 was Bullsh!t.

[5tgyw3ty34]

Me, "they are both bullsh[t" :p

[Silber]

Yes Halo´s Story is Bullshit. But a cool Worldidea. Anyway i dont really like shooters but Halo´s Coop-Campaign delivers me more Fun than most other Games.

BEsides that i think that Metro 2033 have the best Story in an Shooter .