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I'm sure if this argument was taking place when it first came out, you'd be singing a very different tune. Instead, you change stances to praise whatever happens to be the latest Nintendo product in existence; for now, it happens to be the DS.

Funny that the Xbox version had features that the PC version didn't, but anyway... The problem with that analogy is that F.E.A.R. doesn't even begin to approach the first-gen effort of FNR3, despite it's closed environments. It's sad that you would let your bias lead you to ignorantly infer...

You're easily amazed. Resident Evil 2 for the N64 did this quite some time ago.

FEAR couldn't even be FEAR with environments are large as those in Far Cry. The game is based around tiny, enclosed buildings...all one has to do is look out the windows to see what they sacrificed in order to get that level of detail in the places where the gamer is playing. ZOMG YUOR $600...

Those of you citing online game retailers really need to rethink your position...they will list anything that even has the slightest possibility of coming out so that they can take preorders (Which make their quarterly gains look really good, despite not having sold anything).

The GBC version was cancelled.

You know what would be nicer than a new book? It'd be great if the game storyline had half the detail as one of the books. That is the most frustrating thing about the Halo franchise...they're not even coming close to providing the detail that the Halo book had (AFAIK, one was out before the...

Wow, welcome to yesterday. Multiplayer racing in Halo was a lot of fun; killing the other team was a lot of fun. If you can think of a better control method that allows you to have the reigns of both vehicle and guns simultaneously, I'm sure Bungie would like to know.

Some developers list their games in different genres to avoid the stigma that certain genres are mindless. Metroid Prime, for example...they called it something like an "FPA" (First-person adventure). Regardless, I'm not going to sit here and lie; Halo isn't that fun anymore. I made a...

You replied to a comment I made on Tribes lacking some things that Halo has, which implies that you disagree. By the time Halo came out for the PC, it was old news (Same thing is going to happen with Halo 2 on Vista). Bigger and better things had already came. Do you think it would make...

So now you're fabricating quotes (Don't recall every saying "tour de force"), ignoring questions that blow holes in your opinions (Tribes questions), and being hypocritical (Because we all know how innovative NFS:MW is :rolleyes: ). Don't like Halo? That's fine. Going into threads with...

Know that for sure? There are no real details on the title other than it's Halo 2. They've yet to announce features, let alone screenshots of whatever engine it will be running.

...did Tribes even have a single-player mode, let alone advanced AI? I can see that you only enjoy highly-innovative titles though, what with you playing games like Need for Speed: Most Wanted and all :rolleyes:

...except Tribes wasn't on consoles. As I already said, the individual pieces of Halo weren't original; it was the combination of all those elements that made it different.

Sorry, but it's more than an "element" when at least several hours are required to pass those segments on higher difficulty levels. I do love the ignorant sarcasm of the people who have never played the game, though. It's nice to see bandwagons still exist.

Memory Stick has already died, hasn't it? We have Memory Stick Pro Duos now, because apparently, they're drastically different than the original Memory Stick.

...you would know where the racing came from if you'd actually played the MP. I didn't bother to list the aerial genre.

FPS/Action/Adventure/Racing

Sorry, but no. An FPS would be in the first-person perspective 100% of the time, like the original Half-Life. Halo might be classified as an FPS for the sake of convenience, but it was a hybrid of several genres.

You must've missed the parts with land and air vehicles. Future games did it too, but none of them did it very well (HL2 had the buggy and airboat, but neither of them really did anything special aside from nauseating gamers)

The originality existed in making the game more than the sum of its parts and combining multiple genres seamlessly.

Ideas get borrowed; welcome to the gaming industry. Sony is copying Nintendogs. Nintendo is copying Microsoft's online infrastructure. Microsoft is copying everyone's software. It happens.

Ahh, there's nothing like starting a thread off with blatant flame-bait.

Sounds like the average apologist post from Bad_Boy, everyone can continue their lives normally now that he has spoken. See how that works? Sorry, but DVDs were a logical step. The technology existing long before the PS2/Xbox were conceived. Blu-Ray should not be launched in this way...

Now that you're here, correct...the trolls are out. I've played Xbox Live, yes. Having done that, I can say how positive the experience is. I have the option to listen to everyone; if someone annoys me, two button-presses makes their voice go away. It's that simple. If you're on 56k...

What is the point in having only lobby chat? If it can be done in the lobby, why not in the game?

Wasn't there an announcement today that Blu-Ray movies would retail at $30~35?

Halo was well-received because it combined several genres seamlessly while maintaining high production values and excellent AI. The system-linked multiplayer was also a large reason why it became so popular. "Generic sci-fi lacking innovation past HL1" seems to sum up pretty much all of the...

All three of mine did. It was a limited-edition offer at the launch. Circuit should've received wireless, mini-media remote.

Sorry, but facts aren't "moot" just because they make you look foolish. Every business attempts to use a feature or product to distinguish it as unique in comparison to the competition. Stop being so hypocritical and biased by denying the undeniable; every business does this. Windows...

I'm sorry that I don't gush over enthusiasm for "innovations" that aren't innovative in the same way that you do, steviep. Forgive me :rolleyes:

...Nintendo uses exclusivity to sell their products as well. Think Mario couldn't be done on another console?

CowCast, Halo 2 was far more visually impressive than Halo. It really didn't expand the series aside from that and a really diverse multiplayer mode, though. Get used to it. He divides his time between crediting Nintendo for innovations that aren't theirs and bashing Microsoft.

If a software emulation gets choppy and you don't know why...well, welcome to emulation. If your regular X360 games are getting choppy, something is wrong. Take it off the carpet and make sure it is getting adequate airflow. The only game I've seen that simply didn't work right was Quake 4.

I'm a fan of artistic expression...but why name it Electroplankton? A lot of people who would otherwise be interested will be turned off by the name. At first, it sounds like you're reading the title of an acquatic game featuring some kind of cheesy hero. Also...music mixing has been done...

Are you dense? PC users who fall below the MINIMUM requirements can't play because their computers can't handle the games even with everything on LOW. No amount of scaling is going to allow them to run settings that aren't there. Your argument is based around some of the most asinine...

:rolleyes: They "butchered" the graphics because most of the PC market doesn't even begin to measure up to their minimum requirements. Care to try again?

This is one of the parts that interests me the most. Bethesda doesn't seem to think that the X360 is limiting them in any way whatsoever, despite what PC loyalists would have you believe.

I know what move you're talking about and it is only that effective in Normal mode. In Hard and beyond, it isn't nearly as effective. Criticizing a game because you can spam one move in the lowest difficulty is ridiculous.

Again; prove that it is because of Microsoft/Sony. Games are more ambitious now in every respect. Environments are massive, photorealism is being approached, AI in some games is more advanced than ever, online play is now prerequisite...people expect more for their money now. To blame that...