entrepreneur.com— The release of Halo 3 wasn't just significant for gamers, with first week sales of $300 million it provides a blueprint of success for the entire gamining community.
Oct 18, 2007View in Crawl 4
Here's to all the people who say Halo sucks because it is repetitive: It's a game trying to tell a story. Why would anyone who is trying to portray a story like this want to change everything between installments? From season to season, or book to book, the great stories that people get attached to don't completely rewrite everything when they get the chance. Good storytellers want to bring you into a world that you can get attached to, not shake everything up just to make it prettier or more sparkly. People whine that games aren't taken seriously as an art form but in the next breath they will whine that a game doesn't have new toys or shinies. I love Halo, Half Life, Gears of War, and Zelda because they tell awesome stories, not because they have new toys to play with. ou should try paying attention to the story more than the toys sometime, too. It's so much more rewarding and the truly good games will flourish, and the shiny, crappy games will be left to the birds.
Unfortunately, the standard it achieved was showing the market that overpricing a medocre game with crappy packaging won't detract from stellar sales. It's really a sad statement. There is a second statement Halo 3 made, the professional reviewers are worthless... the metacritic pro review score for Halo 3 was 96/100 while the metacritic user review score was 77/100. Meanwhile, The Orange Box scored higher user reviews, was a better game, and is much more deserving of the "best selling game in history" title than Halo 3. The console gaming crowd seems to be nothing more than a herd of consumer sheep willing to spend ungodly amounts of money on overhyped mediocrity.
Yeah, let's appreciate a $60-$130 game with a crappy 8-10 hour single-player campaign and somewhat fun multiplayer. That's WAAAAAAY better than a $60 package that contains 4 amazing innovative single-player games with 30+ hours of gameplay AND a stellar multiplayer title. Don't forget that enjoying games for the games doesn't mean you should sacrifice standards. Halo 3 is the fugly chick you take home and bang because you're too drunk to see straight. Let's just have sex for the sex, right?
kjk437Oct 19, 2007
seriousguy is serious.
bj00rnOct 19, 2007
Rather the power of 2: Troll and polarization... Sorry, no dice, both games are amazing.
dungbeetleOct 19, 2007
Here's to all the people who say Halo sucks because it is repetitive: It's a game trying to tell a story. Why would anyone who is trying to portray a story like this want to change everything between installments? From season to season, or book to book, the great stories that people get attached to don't completely rewrite everything when they get the chance. Good storytellers want to bring you into a world that you can get attached to, not shake everything up just to make it prettier or more sparkly. People whine that games aren't taken seriously as an art form but in the next breath they will whine that a game doesn't have new toys or shinies. I love Halo, Half Life, Gears of War, and Zelda because they tell awesome stories, not because they have new toys to play with. ou should try paying attention to the story more than the toys sometime, too. It's so much more rewarding and the truly good games will flourish, and the shiny, crappy games will be left to the birds.
unjustendOct 19, 2007
I bought it and I agree. But to each their own.
draikoOct 22, 2007
Unfortunately, the standard it achieved was showing the market that overpricing a medocre game with crappy packaging won't detract from stellar sales. It's really a sad statement. There is a second statement Halo 3 made, the professional reviewers are worthless... the metacritic pro review score for Halo 3 was 96/100 while the metacritic user review score was 77/100. Meanwhile, The Orange Box scored higher user reviews, was a better game, and is much more deserving of the "best selling game in history" title than Halo 3. The console gaming crowd seems to be nothing more than a herd of consumer sheep willing to spend ungodly amounts of money on overhyped mediocrity.
draikoOct 22, 2007
Yeah, let's appreciate a $60-$130 game with a crappy 8-10 hour single-player campaign and somewhat fun multiplayer. That's WAAAAAAY better than a $60 package that contains 4 amazing innovative single-player games with 30+ hours of gameplay AND a stellar multiplayer title. Don't forget that enjoying games for the games doesn't mean you should sacrifice standards. Halo 3 is the fugly chick you take home and bang because you're too drunk to see straight. Let's just have sex for the sex, right?