What has halo done for the gaming industry exactly.

No by no means is halo a bad series.

It's actually solid with the exception of 3 (for me at least)

But Everytime I see someone say something, it's about how halo almost made it a staple or standard for the industry.

I was reading the halo evolution over at lens of truth and it happened again.

First offense "Halo: Combat Evolved revolutionized the First Person genre with its' fast paced over the top action" Hmmm, didn't unreal tournement do that a year before? Considiring UT is one of the fastest flippin games out there?

Second offense "Halo 2 allowed players to compete with each other via Xbox Live. Actually, Halo 2 pretty much opened the flood gates to online gaming"

Didn't the PC have this like many many years before?

Third offense "Furthermore, Halo 2 revolutionized the genre once more by introducing a Duel Wielding system." OBJECTION

Im sorry but what is going on in this photo of goldeneye?

So what did Halo revolutionize?
A superior FPS on other systems?
Done with goldeneye.

it's just that halo had staying power, and gathered a large fanbase.

Now by no means is it a bad game. I play my daily game of reach.

But I don't see it revolutionizing much. Yes its a game with great production values.

solid gameplay and great online. But halo revolutionize? I just don't see it.

Wanna borrow this?

:P

There is a reason Halo has staying power & a large fanbase. It's at the pinnacle of console FPS & has been since 2001. Nine years & counting (Reach won't die out anytime soon).

There is a reason Halo has staying power & a large fanbase. It's at the pinnacle of console FPS & has been since 2001. Nine years & counting (Reach won't die out anytime soon).

Twin-Blade

rechargeable health for one

It brought us Red vs Blue.tagyhag

rechargeable health for one

akira2465

rechargeable health for one

akira2465

Before Halo, it's hard to think of a shooter with a strict two-weapon limit. It also created a viable way to combine guns and melee attacks (i.e. without being clunky) And with Halo 2, nearly every feature people praise Xbox Live for now, was created in Halo 2. It paved the way for how online console games should play.Skittles_McGee

[QUOTE="Twin-Blade"]

There is a reason Halo has staying power & a large fanbase. It's at the pinnacle of console FPS & has been since 2001. Nine years & counting (Reach won't die out anytime soon).

Animal-Mother

You could argue a developer as good of Bungie hasn't come around yet to produce a series that caused people to lose interest in Halo.

My Bad lol it's being too long to remember games from that long ago. Although I can still remember playing old gems like actrasier

What was the first game with rechargeable health ?

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]Before Halo, it's hard to think of a shooter with a strict two-weapon limit. It also created a viable way to combine guns and melee attacks (i.e. without being clunky) And with Halo 2, nearly every feature people praise Xbox Live for now, was created in Halo 2. It paved the way for how online console games should play.Animal-Mother

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"]

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]Before Halo, it's hard to think of a shooter with a strict two-weapon limit. It also created a viable way to combine guns and melee attacks (i.e. without being clunky) And with Halo 2, nearly every feature people praise Xbox Live for now, was created in Halo 2. It paved the way for how online console games should play.Skittles_McGee

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"]

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]Before Halo, it's hard to think of a shooter with a strict two-weapon limit. It also created a viable way to combine guns and melee attacks (i.e. without being clunky) And with Halo 2, nearly every feature people praise Xbox Live for now, was created in Halo 2. It paved the way for how online console games should play.Skittles_McGee

Big levels, large scale battles, vehicles, dual wielding, recharging health, holding only two weapons, dedicated melee button, dedicated grenades button, differnt types of grenade, all in a great FPS. Goldeneye had dual wielding but didn't have a different button for each gun, it had vehicles but they were more short set pieces than full on levles, or hop in hop it strategic choices.locopatho

I've yet to find a game that uses vehicles in an FPS as well as Halo (not saying there isn't, I just haven't played one - UT3 was the closest).

Big levels, large scale battles, vehicles, dual wielding, recharging health, holding only two weapons, dedicated melee button, dedicated grenades button, differnt types of grenade, all in a great FPS. Goldeneye had dual wielding but didn't have a different button for each gun, it had vehicles but they were more short set pieces than full on levles, or hop in hop it strategic choices.locopatho

Regenerating health, the modern console FPS control scheme, two weapon limit, made melee attacks work well, basically invented online play on consoles, etc.

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="Animal-Mother"] but almost every feature on XBL was on PC loooooooooooong before. I will agree with the melee thing.

Animal-Mother

[QUOTE="akira2465"]

rechargeable health for one

Animal-Mother

It was the game that made it mainstream. So I would say that he is right, even if Halo didn't do it first.

Regenerating health, the modern console FPS control scheme, two weapon limit, made melee attacks work well, basically invented online play on consoles, etc.

DarkLink77

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="akira2465"]

rechargeable health for one

BigBoss154

It was the game that made it mainstream. So I would say that he is right, even if Halo didn't do it first.

Wait, I've heard a forgotten FPS called Marathon had dual wielding looong before Goldeneye did.nintendoboy16

[QUOTE="locopatho"]Big levels, large scale battles, vehicles, dual wielding, recharging health, holding only two weapons, dedicated melee button, dedicated grenades button, differnt types of grenade, all in a great FPS. Goldeneye had dual wielding but didn't have a different button for each gun, it had vehicles but they were more short set pieces than full on levles, or hop in hop it strategic choices.Animal-Mother

[QUOTE="locopatho"]Big levels, large scale battles, vehicles, dual wielding, recharging health, holding only two weapons, dedicated melee button, dedicated grenades button, differnt types of grenade, all in a great FPS. Goldeneye had dual wielding but didn't have a different button for each gun, it had vehicles but they were more short set pieces than full on levles, or hop in hop it strategic choices.Animal-Mother

Well, Halo has taken the bread & butter of everything done fairly well before it in an FPS & made it much better as well was thrown in a few select things of it's own (smooth melee) to produce a near perfect console shooter that gamers love & has become a gaming icon, drawing in more gamers. That's what it has done for the industry at least.

I think for CE at least, it did alot of things, and almost everything perfectly (by those standards).

Doing everything top notch is rare for developers to do.

I think for CE at least, it did alot of things, and almost everything perfectly (by those standards).

Doing everything top notch is rare for developers to do.

h575309

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[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"] Wrong http://www.giantbomb.com/regenerating-health/92-83/Animal-Mother

It was the game that made it mainstream. So I would say that he is right, even if Halo didn't do it first.

I can think of maybe 1 or 2 games before Halo that had regenerating health. Halo was released, and then suddenly everybody was doing it. Seems like a bit of a coincidence to me.

[QUOTE="h575309"]

I think for CE at least, it did alot of things, and almost everything perfectly (by those standards).

Doing everything top notch is rare for developers to do.

Animal-Mother

Just because you got -12 (that's right folks, NEGATIVE) K/D spread and cost us a game that we should've won doesn't mean you gotta hate.

[spoiler] :P [/spoiler]

an addicting story and likable characters

and with awesome gameplay it makes it the best game one earth

It Delievered more NEW gamers to our hobby?

The industry has grown alot since Halo came into the fold because of games like Halo, GTA etc.

Just because you got -12 (that's right folks, NEGATIVE) k/D spread and cost us a game that we should've won doesn't mean you gotta hate.

Verge_6

an addicting story and likable characters

and with awesome gameplay it makes it the best game one earth

BIacckAce

[QUOTE="crippled_ram"]But what did Final Fantasy VII do for the gaming industry, then? What did GTA3 do? What did Starcraft do? None of these were first out of the gates. They were all simply representing, ON THEIR RESPECTIVE SYSTEMS, the pinnacle of their respective genres. Halo made the FPS accessible to the masses. That is its contribution to gaming,Animal-Mother

Before Halo, it's hard to think of a shooter with a strict two-weapon limit. It also created a viable way to combine guns and melee attacks (i.e. without being clunky) And with Halo 2, nearly every feature people praise Xbox Live for now, was created in Halo 2. It paved the way for how online console games should play.Skittles_McGee

Rainbow six.?

Halo 2 was the most cheated xbox live game ever,out side of that what matchamaking or something like it.?

Sales or popularity in no way several other FPS were very popular on consoles before the xbox was even launch.