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Title says all really but to me the Halo games dont have the same effect as some of the other games i play.

I could say the whole Sci-Fi theme is what makes it unappeal to me, but thats crap because Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 were awesome.

I even played Halo 2(briefly) and completed 3 because I had nothing else to complete!

Now Im not saying any Halo game is drop down , but I just dont understand how so many people are excited over it.

Maybe im just a freak lol.

Halo holds no sway for me, either (except the first one, and since this game was made by the same team as the first one...)

But anyway, no I'm probably not going to get it. I don't have the money, and by the time I get the money together I am going to be so far behind everyone it isn't going to be fun.

Add that to the fact that no one in my game group likes Halo that much, and will not be getting it, I probably won't be getting it either.

Least im not alone lol.

Its all I hear about on Facebook and such.

All my friends are like "Yay Reach in 2 days" and im like "Ugh not again...."

EDIT: Just waitin on Halo fanboys hitting this thread with pitchforks wanting my blood lol.

Ok, I've got my pitchfork and blood jars. Where's johnscott10?

Im getting it. looks AWESOME. i read the last days of reach. know time to play it.

Same could be said of anything

Some people arent crazy about a good BBQ
Some people arent crazy about warhammer
Some people arent crazy about comedy shows

Its all personal preference. We are humans and humans love opinions

kenshin620 wrote:We are humans and humans love opinions

Until said human wants your blood due to you opinion being different than theirs lol.

Im not. Screw halo t('-'t)

I probably wont get it. Not at launch anyway. I'll get it... eventually... maybe... when I feel like it *shruggs*

No I will not be getting Halo reach or any other halos for that matter I've played them and they have not gone anywhere new with it same looking graphics, same guns and sames maps.

They bearly have put anything new into the games. And the story isn'very spectacualer either. What could be possibly diffrent about this 1.

Not my kind of game. I wouldn't say no to playing it with a friend, but I also wouldn't go buy it.

Waiting on Enslaved, fable, and fallout. /rubs hands together

johnscott10 wrote:Title says all really but to me the Halo games dont have the same effect as some of the other games i play.

I could say the whole Sci-Fi theme is what makes it unappeal to me, but thats crap because Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 were awesome.

I even played Halo 2(briefly) and completed 3 because I had nothing else to complete!

Now Im not saying any Halo game is drop down , but I just dont understand how so many people are excited over it.

Maybe im just a freak lol.

I myself am a Halo fan ok a bit of a nerd with it, the wife will tell you that. But its the same for me with Gears of War i really dont get the whole fuss for that game even played both and tried to get in to them. Still only two days to go lol.

I'm not getting it(at least not on release), but that has more to do with money going to conventions being more important.

Not a fan. Not getting it. Not sharing any blood. 'Nuff said.

Not getting it, it just doesn't catch my fancy.

I loved the first one, indifferent about the second, loved the third...ODST was decent but a bit meh, and looking forward to reach...but now that I am back into 40k, I just don't have room in my life for more than one type of space marines...

ME 3 though...oh, that just can't come fast enough!

garret wrote:I read the last days of reach. know time to play it.

Orly?

And the reason I got addicted to Halo was co-op en LAN parties with friends, online is just nice for practice.

I tried to get into the HALO series but it didn't really appeal to me. I got quite far on the first games campaign but then gave up because it was all the same. Go forward, fire as many bullets at your foes until they die, aim for the red little aliens as it seems killing them makes the orange ones run away faster and if you come up against one of the big ones shoot it with a rocket launcher, mission done. It is kind of the same with GoW but at least that adds some tactics into it with a cover system.

Really, ATM I'm looking forward to the new fable, new Mass Effect and IIRC there should be another kill zone coming soon and even though I've only played the second, it looked awesome enough for me to might as well give the new one a try.

I played HALO 2, and HALO 1. I didn't ever really think that halo was a *good* game series, just the same series of generic hooks used by a lot of other SCI-FI.

same series of generic monsters, same series of superpowered *marine* against the universe. Granted the Flood were alright, but I see nothing groundbreaking about the HALO universe at all.

I might not be getting it due to play.com seemingly being unable to take my money. Had a pre-order legendary copy on order since May and they keep failing to take money out of my account - changed my card details several times, phoned them up and it is still not working.

They better get it working or I may go insane. I was pretty mad when they messed up my pre-order on Mass Effect 2 (similar problem with being unable to take money out of my account for some reason) and ended up not getting the pre-order copy despite them saying that I would.

Fethers.

johnscott10 wrote:

EDIT: Just waitin on Halo fanboys hitting this thread with pitchforks wanting my blood lol.

Which as we all know is why you started this thread to begin with...

Bwar wrote:Im not. Screw halo t('-'t)

Whoa its a hardcore kirby.


I own a ps3, so I cant get it anyways. But even if I HAD a 360, I wouldnt get it. I only liked the original HALO, after that, they were huge disappointments. So add me to your list of "dont care"

Jihadnik wrote:ME 3 though...oh, that just can't come fast enough!

This X100 lol. Hurry up bioware .

CT GAMER wrote:

johnscott10 wrote:


EDIT: Just waitin on Halo fanboys hitting this thread with pitchforks wanting my blood lol.

Which as we all know is why you started this thread to begin with...

Haha yea. Guess Id better pack my things and move to Mars or something, that way they cant get me


But yea its nice to see im not alone even though it felt like i was lol.

Black-ops or new fallout for me

Not really into halo anymore.

۞ Jack ۞ wrote:Black-ops or new fallout for me

Not really into halo anymore.

ODST kinda sucked. Vegas and Black ops will be my black tar heroin.

My xbox 360 is dead so no I won't be getting a copy. I quite like the Halo games and the universe but it doesn't get me excited.

I'm quite happy with my PS3 and currently looking forwards to Fallout new vegas and possibly Vanquish as I like the demo.

chowderhead13 wrote:

۞ Jack ۞ wrote:Black-ops or new fallout for me

Not really into halo anymore.

ODST kinda sucked. Vegas and Black ops will be my black tar heroin.

I find it funny that people can hate the iterations of halo and state that they're repetitious and then cream for Vegas and black ops which are both just forced rushed sequels with little originality and which were both shoved off to external development teams because the internal team either doesn't exist any more or is busy actually making a sequel.

Halo is not something I would spend money on....if I am somewhere, and there is a Halo 1 game going, I will play, especially on Blood Gulch with a pistol...

I never really got that into Halo, I am waiting for Black Ops.

I find it funny that people can hate the iterations of halo and state that they're repetitious and then cream for Vegas and black ops which are both just forced rushed sequels with little originality and which were both shoved off to external development teams because the internal team either doesn't exist any more or is busy actually making a sequel.

I find it funny you seem to have nothing better to do with your time than try and go against someones own opinions.

However, please feel free to entertain me with some proof of what you have just stated.
Now, to really entertain me, please explain how you seem to know what a game is like in detail, prior to the actual release.


Now, to again show my end of the opinion: I simply find halo too boring now.
Halo 2 was amazing, i used to spend most of my time on it, to the point i never even went near a mini for a long time.
Halo 3 had alot of hype, and while i played it a fair bit and can no longer go any further, i just generally find it far too slow and boring.
Not to mention the whole "cute and fluffy" look it has.

ODST: didnt have a problem with this too much, just too quick to finish and not alot to do after that.

Reach: Played the beta for a while, however, still follows halo 3 every step of the way, just with a few extra's added in, and things taken out.


With Call of duty, keep in mind its 2 different companies involved with them, so the games alternate in playstyle a fair bit.
I just find it to be a game i can enjoy alot more than halo.

Fallout is a new love of mine.
Never played it before i picked up FO3, since then i havent looked back. (like a decent version of oblivion)

I find it funny you seem to have nothing better to do with your time than try and go against someones own opinions.

This is a thread specifically about going against peoples opinions.