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  • #361
    Originally posted by DrSpike
    Asher, you are being disingenuous here: lots of reviews have made similar points - the IGN one also pointed out mentioned a really annoying level (I'm guessing the library clone level) and that the meat of the game was MP.


    There is none, per se. There is a flood level that is, if you can imagine, [i]even worse[i]. Picture a Library where it's impossible to see where you're supposed to go 90% of the time.

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    • #362
      Originally posted by DinoDoc
      spoiler


      **** off.
      Last edited by Asher; September 26, 2007, 11:53.
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      • #363
        All the beanspilling re Half-Life lately was irritating enough already.
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        • #364
          Eh, got my reserved copy last night, played the first two levels. Fun, but really just more of the same. That being said I was sick yesterday and probably was not in the proper mood, I expect I will warm up to it.

          In any case, the control scheme has changed somewhat. Some more options they squeezed in there with a little rearranging. My hands are programed from almost six years of deathmatch, the changes are really annoying.
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          • #365
            Originally posted by Asher




            **** off.
            HEY... What part of my earlier warning did you NOT understand.

            Enough of this kind of crap!
            Keep on Civin'
            RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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            • #366
              Ming, he's posting spoilers in a thread about the game that he knows most people haven't had a chance to play yet.

              Edit his comment at least.

              It's not personal, it just really pisses me off. I think the comment is more than warranted.
              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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              • #367
                Ming

                Also, Asher:

                As I've said, repeatedly, the SP of Halo 3 is a continuation of Halo 1 and Halo 2. Complaining about its "freshness" is missing the point completely.
                If you're willing to admit Halo 3 is nothing new, that's a start.

                Now all you need to do is realize that a game can continue a trilogy without recycling pretty much everything from six year old games. It can include an imaginative and exciting ending...it can include varied levels that we haven't seen ten times before. It can add "wow" moments similar to but not exact clones of ones from Halo 1 and 2 -- e.g. the introduction of the flood, the first time you get a vehicle, etc. It can add cool new plot elements, like when Bungie's Marathon 2 introduced you to some of the AIs you'd heard so much about.

                It's possible to faithfully continue the trilogy while adding interesting stuff like the previous game. Halo 3 just punts, rehashing the same tricks from the other games with 360 quality graphics.

                If you can admit that, good. If you think that's a good thing, oh well.

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                • #368
                  Originally posted by Wiglaf

                  If you're willing to admit Halo 3 is nothing new, that's a start.
                  It has new graphics, new sound, new levels, new weapons, new features, new story, new enemies, new AI...nothing new? No, why would I "admit" that?

                  [quote]Now all you need to do is realize that a game can continue a trilogy without recycling pretty much everything from six year old games.

                  It's possible to faithfully continue the trilogy while adding interesting stuff like the previous game.
                  What did Halo 2 add, out of curiosity?

                  It's gameplay innovations were incremental just like Halo 3's are.

                  And that's how it should be. If you don't want a Halo game, don't buy Halo. 14 million times people have decided they want a Halo game, so why mess with that.
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                  • #369
                    Several million people also saw Spider man 3. Why mess with that. Because it was crap. Are we not allowed to have discussions trashing movies anymore, if they're popular?

                    Halo 2 didn't add much either, but at least you played a different character for a while. That shows a spark of creativity, and even that's not in 3.

                    It has new graphics, new sound, new levels, new weapons, new features, new story, new AI...nothing new? No, why would I "admit" that?
                    Because you already admitted Halo 3 isn't fresh. New levels are not fresh if they remind you of ones from the previous games, only worse. New graphics wear off, and doesn't save gameplay. Same with sound. The AI does not understand bubble shields and has a few new tricks.

                    It is stale. I really wish you had experienced the jump from Bungie's other game Marathon 1 to 2. It was the same universe, with a much more involving plot and new characters and entirely new environments added. It was a great sequel. Alliances shifted, and you had to accomplish different tasks for different races, and all of them were badass. It didn't just "add new guns" and some technical improvements, though of course those were there too.

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                    • #370
                      Originally posted by Wiglaf
                      Several million people also saw Spider man 3. Why mess with that. Because it was crap. Are we not allowed to have discussions trashing movies anymore, if they're popular?

                      Halo 2 didn't add much either, but at least you played a different character for a while.
                      That was the worst part of Halo 2, incidentally. And least well-received part. That's why they didn't do it again, I'd think.

                      Because you already admitted Halo 3 isn't fresh.
                      I said I didn't use the word "fresh". I think Halo 3 is fresh, considering the new MP features especially. I think the SP is fresh due to the tweaks made to the weaponry, enemies, equipment abilities, and AI -- not to mention story.

                      I don't consider the SP revolutionary, because, well, it shouldn't be.

                      It is stale.
                      A 97% metacritic rating is stale. Okay.

                      You don't understand something very simple. Halo 1, 2 and 3 are 3 parts of the same game. It follows, therefore, that the gameplay will remain largely identical. It also follows that some of the levels will having passing similarities with previous ones because, well, it's the same enemy -- why would their architecture change substantially?

                      You're just being critical to be critical. You haven't played the game, you've crawled GameRankings to find the worst scores it was given (which were STILL good games), then you're nitpicking and whining about something you've not experience.

                      You're out of your element. You can't whine about something you haven't played.

                      (You've lost here. A long time ago.)
                      "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                      • #371
                        I don't consider the SP revolutionary, because, well, it shouldn't be.
                        As long as you agree this game that everyone is buying and has the most hype of any game ever has a pretty unoriginal single player game,

                        You don't understand something very simple. Halo 1, 2 and 3 are 3 parts of the same game. It follows, therefore, that the gameplay will remain largely identical.
                        No it does not! Logic 101. The gameplay could offer new experiences, like how vehicles were cool the first time in the first game. From 2001.

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                        • #372
                          Originally posted by Asher


                          **** off.
                          I thought you didn't care about SP.
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                          • #373
                            He really doesn't. It's a mediocre sci fi plot against a dumb AI with a few new bells and whistles and a crap ton of recycled ones. Nothing to see there.

                            BUT ITS OK ITS TEH SAME THING FOR A THIRD TIME ITS A TRILOGY.

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                            • #374
                              Originally posted by DinoDoc
                              I thought you didn't care about SP.
                              Where would you pull that opinion from?
                              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                              • #375
                                Your posts concerning the SP game.
                                I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                                For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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