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Anonymous
>>225907 90% of the arguments against Halo are just plain stupid.
"Halo has no story" It has a great story, and no matter how many times you repeat the mantra that it doesn't, you won't change this fact. Four, soon five novels for the series, a plethora of backstory, subtle tie-ins with the Marathon universe. There's A LOT of story for those who look for it.
"The gameplay sucks" 1.5 million people disagree with you by playing Halo 3 online every single day.
"The graphics suck" I don't think we're looking at the same game.
"It's just plain shitty" That's great, but unless you're specific about why, saying this only means it's not to YOUR tastes.
"The game is really easy" Try playing it on legendary with every skull turned on.
"It's generic" Every single FPS, and many, many other games out there could be called generic. What Halo does, it does well. It doesn't matter if it's 'generic' space opera, it's good space opera, and that's what really matters.
"It isn't revolutionary" There wasn't a single FPS game out there that allowed you to drive vehicles in large open terrain like Halo did when it was released. Nor were there any with the recharging health mechanics. Halo also brought to the table a substantially slower paced form of FPS gameplay. With the trifecta of shooting, grenades, and melee at the core of multiplayer combat. Almost all FPS' at the time had these, but not a one of them combined them together so well. Even today, I haven't seen a game that does so. Halo also introduced an incredibly good control scheme perfectly adapted for use on a console. But all that aside, a game really does not need to be revolutionary to be any good.
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