Are you a Halo Fanboy?

@ag1002 It being your favorite franchise qualifies you as a fanboy in my book. Don't give the word "fanboy" a negative connotation =P

no,i never played halo.

i might be a halo fanboy after halo 3 :P

whoever said it sucks has bad taste in video gamesMVfalcons83

Likes and dislikes are relative. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

@ag1002 It being your favorite franchise qualifies you as a fanboy in my book. Don't give the word "fanboy" a negative connotation =P

Staryoshi87

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@ag1002 It being your favorite franchise qualifies you as a fanboy in my book. Don't give the word "fanboy" a negative connotation =P

ag1002

Tomato tomato ;) You'll always be a fanboy in my book =P I'd like to make a proclimation... fanboy is not an insult in this thread...

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@ag1002 It being your favorite franchise qualifies you as a fanboy in my book. Don't give the word "fanboy" a negative connotation =P

ag1002

Your just a fan not a fanboy. 

I had never played the Halo CE or Halo 2 single player campaigns. Just a little Halo 2 on Xbox Live, which was probably the most fun I've had with an FPS since Goldeneye. I'm finally getting around to playing Halo CE and I'm liking it a great deal so far... it's a first-person shooter without pretense. They don't pile on all sorts of lame gadgets like PDZ did or they don't overcomplicate it like Rainbow Six does (not that Rainbow Six is bad, but it's not in the same vein as the old Doom and Quake games I grew up loving).

I voted I like it, but from what I'm seeing here, I might be able to be swayed towards the "lovin' it" camp. I'm starting to see what people love about this game... it's just a no BS shooter that gets nearly everything right that it can. Not innovative, per se, just really solid. And not enough games this solid come out anymore. Kudos to Bungie on this one. 

I want an idea of what the cold, hard numbers on the board are.Staryoshi87

[QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]I want an idea of what the cold, hard numbers on the board are.OoSuperMarioO

Well, I had enough time to make it to English class ;) Jk... but don't tell me what to do with my time, I can geek it up all I want.

i love it.

I had never played the Halo CE or Halo 2 single player campaigns. Just a little Halo 2 on Xbox Live, which was probably the most fun I've had with an FPS since Goldeneye. I'm finally getting around to playing Halo CE and I'm liking it a great deal so far... it's a first-person shooter without pretense. They don't pile on all sorts of lame gadgets like PDZ did or they don't overcomplicate it like Rainbow Six does (not that Rainbow Six is bad, but it's not in the same vein as the old Doom and Quake games I grew up loving).

I voted I like it, but from what I'm seeing here, I might be able to be swayed towards the "lovin' it" camp. I'm starting to see what people love about this game... it's just a no BS shooter that gets nearly everything right that it can. Not innovative, per se, just really solid. And not enough games this solid come out anymore. Kudos to Bungie on this one.

Generic_Dude

Same here, I voted for "like it" because I haven't really spent enough time with the games to grow to love Halo.  I got Halo CE for the PC last summer because I didn't have an Xbox at the time.  This was the first real first person shooter I'd ever played where it was all about running and gunning.  I did find the levels to get a little dull after a while (though this was worse with Halo 2) and the game's less than ideal preformance on my machine also had a negative impact on my overall impressions.  I also read the novels and enjoyed them, they provide a good backstory to the Halo universe and are well written for the most part.  I got Halo 2 with my 360 last Christmas and I didn't enjoy the campaign as much though I haven't played through all of it yet.  I don't like playing as the Arbiter and the levels just don't seem like they weren't designed as well as in Halo CE despite the second half of that game being the polar opposite of the first half.  I haven't played multiplayer on Halo 2 because it's boken for some reason (see the link in my sig).  Overall I like the first game better just because it seems to have a much more distinct feel to it whereas Halo 2 feels a little more generic as if it wasn't everything it could have been.  Either way I can't wait till Halo 3 because that game will hopefully take the best things from both of the previosu games to make the best one of all.

Oh and the reason Halo is so good isn't that it bings new things to the genre of FPS (well the first one did) it's good because it does everything almost perfectly and the devs have only improved on the existing formula unstead of introducing new gameplay mechanics that screw everything up. 

nothing's the best IMO. there are just too many super franchises out there. halo, mario, zelda, GTA, they are all so good. no one is the best, but I like halo the most. So, "I love it". the books are good too (except the flood)butkis689

the flood was definatlely decent, considering that the writer had to make it sort of different from the game 

and i cant possibly think of any game that i have played more of 

@ag1002 It being your favorite franchise qualifies you as a fanboy in my book. Don't give the word "fanboy" a negative connotation =P

Staryoshi87

Actually being a fanboy is a bad thing. They are people who think something is perfect and hates anyone who disagrees even the slightest. I love the Halo franchise but it isn't perfect and if someone doesn't like it thats fine with me.

Yes, I am a Halo fanboy and proud of it.  It is the single game that brought me back to gaming.  My roommate had an Xbox and Halo.  After working through the co-op campaign with him, I become undeniably hooked on gaming, and it was all thanks to the Halo franchise.beutlich99

well, i like the HALO: CE campaign, its fun, but sometimes repetitive, i played it on 360 btw

then the PC version has online multiplayer, and i think its pretty fun, really really fun

 i have never tried halo 2 on live, i will shortly, and i guess its goin to be a lot of fun

and Halo 3, wow, we'll see soon, im not plannin getting the beta, but i hope its pretty good when its released this september

meanwhile im goin to play halo 2 as crazy