Halo is the most important franchise in history

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halo is the most important franchise for the industry leading xbox ill say that...

I'd say Half-life, Quake, Doom and Tribes were all much more important than Halo although Halo did bring about tons of screaming kiddies yelling obscenities through Live lol

[QUOTE="darkspineslayer"]Very influential in that we can hold it responsible for the current generic brown/grey FPS cancer on the industry. Most influential/important? Hell no.GOGOGOGURT

Actually that would be COD.

not even the best Spartan on consoles

[QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

[QUOTE="darkspineslayer"]Very influential in that we can hold it responsible for the current generic brown/grey FPS cancer on the industry. Most influential/important? Hell no.darkspineslayer

Actually that would be COD.

Thats why I hate COD.

But HALO uplifted the console FPS. It was Activisions choice to generalize it.

Nope, but it is pretty darn important.

What the..

Um...no, that belongs to Wolfenstein and Doom in the FPS genre.

I love Halo and I know thats untrue and your just trolling...horribly. Seriously, Looseingsends is better.

Halo is an important franchise, but it is far from being the most important game franchise.

Um...no, that belongs to Wolfenstein and Doom in the FPS genre.

Goyoshi12

Being the first doesn't mean the most important.

The first car isn't as important as say, the Ford Model T, which was the first mass produced car, or the Beetle.

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

Um...no, that belongs to Wolfenstein and Doom in the FPS genre.

OB-47

Being the first doesn't mean the most important.

The first car isn't as important as say, the Ford Model T, which was the first mass produced car, or the Beetle.

I'm just trying to be "politically correct."

Don't want someone to come in and be all hipster and say, "HEY! WOLFENSTEIN CAME OUT BEFORE DOOM AND IT DID A LOT MORE WITH THE FPS GENRE THAN DOOM EVER DID, ASDASFJKLABSDKFBHKDBAHKSD!" :roll:

Lol no and the idea that consoles went from being toys to entertainment systems with halo is jokes, they went from toys to toys where you could swear at people online.

Well if you're only talking about consoles and only talking about the fps genre then.... oh, still no.

But at least it would be up there as arguably one of the most important if you narrowed it down to that. As it stands, for better or for worse, CoD has had made a bigger splash than Halo. Not to mention the countless fps games that came before.

And I see you're quick to discount MGS even though it popularized the stealth genre for a brief time and spawned other stealth titles including Splinter Cell by Ubisofts own admission. On top of that (again for better or for worse) it popularized the idea of cinematic game experiences.

Actually, I'll go out on a limb (FLAME SHEILD ON) and say Halo is probaby ONE of the most importat FPS's of all time? Can we all agree to that?

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

Um...no, that belongs to Wolfenstein and Doom in the FPS genre.

Goyoshi12

Being the first doesn't mean the most important.

The first car isn't as important as say, the Ford Model T, which was the first mass produced car, or the Beetle.

I'm just trying to be "politically correct."

Don't want someone to come in and be all hipster and say, "HEY! WOLFENSTEIN CAME OUT BEFORE DOOM AND IT DID A LOT MORE WITH THE FPS GENRE THAN DOOM EVER DID, ASDASFJKLABSDKFBHKDBAHKSD!" :roll:

Don't ever be PC. Say what you want Goyoshi! ARE YOU A MAN OR A SLAVE?

Actually, I'll go out on a limb (FLAME SHEILD ON) and say Halo is probaby ONE of the most importat FPS's of all time? Can we all agree to that?

Bardock47

Sure.

No.

Star Wars, D&D, Warhammer (StarCraft and Warcraft are based on it) GTA, Mario, FF, Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Pac-Man, Doom etc.

Actually, I'll go out on a limb (FLAME SHEILD ON) and say Halo is probaby ONE of the most importat FPS's of all time? Can we all agree to that?

Bardock47

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

Being the first doesn't mean the most important.

The first car isn't as important as say, the Ford Model T, which was the first mass produced car, or the Beetle.

OB-47

I'm just trying to be "politically correct."

Don't want someone to come in and be all hipster and say, "HEY! WOLFENSTEIN CAME OUT BEFORE DOOM AND IT DID A LOT MORE WITH THE FPS GENRE THAN DOOM EVER DID, ASDASFJKLABSDKFBHKDBAHKSD!" :roll:

Don't ever be PC. Say what you want Goyoshi! ARE YOU A MAN OR A SLAVE?

Getting Bioshocky up in here but...you know what...yeah...I am a MAN! @#$% Wolfenstein! Who cares if it was the first? Fine thanks for being the prototype, now you are obsolete and we don't need you anymore now that we have Doom!

Oh and TC, @#$% your Halo! What did it give us? Regenerating health? Pssh...that's nothing. In fact, actually, I'd also include not only Doom but Duke Nukem 3D thanks to Duke and his level designs, humor, and even his little tweaks and adjustments to the first person shoot design. Doom and Duke are the true franchises that are the most important to the FPS genre's history. Not your stupid Halo! GET DAT $#!+ OUT OF MY FACE! :evil:

"A man chooses...a slave obeys!" :twisted:

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

I'm just trying to be "politically correct."

Don't want someone to come in and be all hipster and say, "HEY! WOLFENSTEIN CAME OUT BEFORE DOOM AND IT DID A LOT MORE WITH THE FPS GENRE THAN DOOM EVER DID, ASDASFJKLABSDKFBHKDBAHKSD!" :roll:

Goyoshi12

Don't ever be PC. Say what you want Goyoshi! ARE YOU A MAN OR A SLAVE?

Getting Bioshocky up in here but...you know what...yeah...I am a MAN! @#$% Wolfenstein! Who cares if it was the first? Fine thanks for being the prototype, now you are obsolete and we don't need you anymore now that we have Doom!

Oh and TC, @#$% your Halo! What did it give us? Regenerating health? Pssh...that's nothing. In fact, actually, I'd also include not only Doom but Duke Nukem 3D thanks to Duke and his level designs, humor, and even his little tweaks and adjustments to the first person shoot design. Doom and Duke are the true franchises that are the most important to the FPS genre's history. Not your stupid Halo! GET DAT $#!+ OUT OF MY FACE! :evil:

"A man chooses...a slave obeys!" :twisted:

Andrew Ryan would be proud.

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

Don't ever be PC. Say what you want Goyoshi! ARE YOU A MAN OR A SLAVE?

OB-47

Getting Bioshocky up in here but...you know what...yeah...I am a MAN! @#$% Wolfenstein! Who cares if it was the first? Fine thanks for being the prototype, now you are obsolete and we don't need you anymore now that we have Doom!

Oh and TC, @#$% your Halo! What did it give us? Regenerating health? Pssh...that's nothing. In fact, actually, I'd also include not only Doom but Duke Nukem 3D thanks to Duke and his level designs, humor, and even his little tweaks and adjustments to the first person shoot design. Doom and Duke are the true franchises that are the most important to the FPS genre's history. Not your stupid Halo! GET DAT $#!+ OUT OF MY FACE! :evil:

"A man chooses...a slave obeys!" :twisted:

Andrew Ryan would be proud.

This thread is a good enough reason to make IQ tests mandatory to have a license to drive any heavy machinery.0rbs

video games

driving

wat

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[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

Um...no, that belongs to Wolfenstein and Doom in the FPS genre.

OB-47

Being the first doesn't mean the most important.

The first car isn't as important as say, the Ford Model T, which was the first mass produced car, or the Beetle.

In your world, sure why not.

Anything else is a big No.

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

[QUOTE="Goyoshi12"]

Um...no, that belongs to Wolfenstein and Doom in the FPS genre.

Sali217

Being the first doesn't mean the most important.

The first car isn't as important as say, the Ford Model T, which was the first mass produced car, or the Beetle.

Whatchoo talking 'bout Sali? O_o

Um...

Whut?

I would argue that, as far as making games a aserious art form or whatnot, something like Silent Hill 2 or Shattered Memories is far more qualified in that respect.

If it wasn't for Halo, m$ probably wouldn't have gotten the xbox off the ground yes, so it was very important but...

A few games Off hand I can think of that are more important.

Mario bros. - Saved the industry, without it, nintendo wouldn't have brought the industry back so strong or quickly.

Pong - First real game, really fun, causual, created interest in the industry.

Mario 64 - 3d games basically all sucked before this came out. It showed people how it was done, and alot of copying occured. Zelda 64 to a similar but lesser extent.

TopTierHustler

That would be true only if we lived in lemmingland but thankfully the world is not such a nasty place where there are no games.kuraimen

dafuk :lol:

Half-Life and MGS are popular but not important. What other games have they influenced?JohnnyCageMK

Please tell me what games ever tried to copy Half-LifeJohnnyCageMK

2. Halo 2 popularizes the online FPSdarkspineslayer

cements the console online shooter in popular culture.darkspineslayer

Halo is just a remake of an old mac game, nothing original about it.

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

its been an important franchise the past decade but its not AS important as people think.

I'd say if we want to be important things like Pac man,Doom,Mario,Final Fantasy,GTA and such are far more important.

pegalamp-

eh they have had massive amounts of impact on the industry especially mario.

FF is on there as its widely considered to be one of the first JRPG franchises to break into the mainstream in the west and crossover well, aswell as being one of the biggest titles and innovators in the late 90's everyone making a JRPG at the time was playing catchup to them on the PS1 to be brutally honest with maybe the exception of Suikoden.

Also at its time of release it was a really nifty and innovative battle system back in the day with FF1 not to mention it brought square back from the brink.

thats massive in terms of importance, the gaming landscape would be diffrent without it as its influence has seeped into other genres aswell.

[QUOTE="JohnnyCageMK"]

Before Halo games and consoles were seen as toys. When Halo came out it changed everything and proved gaming can be a serious form of entertainment like movies. Halo 2 made online a standard for consoles and paved the way for games like Call of Duty. So without Halo gaming would have never evolved into the huge form of entertainment it is today.

tormentos

Nope

Without it the world would just colapse brah

Are you on drugs?

About the post, no. Far from it.

lol