why does almost everyone here hate halo 3?

[QUOTE="mimic-Denmark"]

[QUOTE="naruto7777"]because there haters who just want to hatethumbsdown01x

Or maybe, just maybe, they have a different opinion.

I didnt know all humans were alike in every way.

You sir, are what the word ignorant represents.

Mimic Denmark and mitu.

There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between having an OPINION, and bashing something each and everytime it is brought up. You cannot even mention Halo casually without people jumping on your case. People that feel ripped off by Rumble Roses or DOAX2 don't say too much. People that refused to complete Ninja Gaiden or Tenchu games stay silent after a while.

But you can barely mention Halo without forum users getting overlly excited. This is why topics like these are questioned. Yes, they are "haters" that simply like to hate. If bashing Halo didn't cause so much splash, they'd just ignore Halo related things all together.

There could be thousands of articles with the heading "from the creators of Tenchu Z" that'd be ignored. But an article with the text, "Henry Ford plays Halo 2" will get bombarded with arguments. Just a nerd rebellion.

I'll explain why Halo 3 is hated so much. it is simple. The answer is: internet people.

This doesn't just go for Halo 3, it goes for most popular products. What's the most popular TV series you can think of? There are leagues of online forums against that show. It's just "internet people."

Complaining about Halo 3's "hype" is just plain ignorant. Halo 3 is "hyped" no different than any other movie that's coming out. Snakes on a Plain, Steven Seagal... whatever. The odd thing is, Halo 1 is the only game that seemed "hyped to me." I don't remember the developer's claiming Halo 3 is the best game ever. The commercial of Halo 3 didn't even show "gameplay," just toys. Halo 3 was popular not by "hype," but by the popularity of the original games.

It's just the way INTERNET PEOPLE behave, and I'm gonig to stress the term "internet people." Get a tv show with the most views on Sunday nights, yet leagues of forum people bash it. it's just that simple.. i honestly do not remember much "hype" of Halo 3... maybe Halo 2 and 1... but not 3. The commercial alone wasn't hype, so I'm guessing the "anger" of over-hype comes from the forum people.

Hate Halo 3 as much as you want, it is one of the top played games on Xbox live. That means there are a large amount of people who like that game. In school, Halo 3 is mentioned often. I suppose if you don't like Tenchu, you'd trade it to the store. Don't like Halo 3, post about it. If forum posters were representative of the human population, Halo 3 online would be empty, and cartoons would be all in Japanese.

thumbsdown01x

Since I haven't played Halo 3 like I said earlier, I can't comment on the game. Since most people on this topic hated it, I don't know if I should try it or not, not sure yet.

[QUOTE="thumbsdown01x"]

I'll explain why Halo 3 is hated so much. it is simple. The answer is: internet people.

This doesn't just go for Halo 3, it goes for most popular products. What's the most popular TV series you can think of? There are leagues of online forums against that show. It's just "internet people."

Complaining about Halo 3's "hype" is just plain ignorant. Halo 3 is "hyped" no different than any other movie that's coming out. Snakes on a Plain, Steven Seagal... whatever. The odd thing is, Halo 1 is the only game that seemed "hyped to me." I don't remember the developer's claiming Halo 3 is the best game ever. The commercial of Halo 3 didn't even show "gameplay," just toys. Halo 3 was popular not by "hype," but by the popularity of the original games.

It's just the way INTERNET PEOPLE behave, and I'm gonig to stress the term "internet people." Get a tv show with the most views on Sunday nights, yet leagues of forum people bash it. it's just that simple.. i honestly do not remember much "hype" of Halo 3... maybe Halo 2 and 1... but not 3. The commercial alone wasn't hype, so I'm guessing the "anger" of over-hype comes from the forum people.

Hate Halo 3 as much as you want, it is one of the top played games on Xbox live. That means there are a large amount of people who like that game. In school, Halo 3 is mentioned often. I suppose if you don't like Tenchu, you'd trade it to the store. Don't like Halo 3, post about it. If forum posters were representative of the human population, Halo 3 online would be empty, and cartoons would be all in Japanese.

mitu123

Since I haven't played Halo 3 like I said earlier, I can't comment on the game. Since most people on this topic hated it, I don't know if I should try it or not, not sure yet.

You should probably go into the game deciding how it is on your own.

Assuming you like Perfect Dark Zero, I trust you disagree with most people's thoughts on it. I can't see why you can't approach Halo in the same fashion.

Decide for yourself.

Both Halo and Halo 2 got the same treatmeant, so it's not as if Halo 3 is of a remarkably lower quality or somthing.

It's a great game over all, but it's not for everyone(just like every other product in existence).

cause they´re sony fans or just like to run their big mouth like "halo sucks cause it sucks" come on stop hating what u love Halo is the best online game and with an incredible story and not quite "finished"

everybody likes it it´s not perfect but what a hell you´re not that critical with the crappy sony games now r u? i wanna see KZ2 and RE2..."taking down gow2" don´t make me laugh

[QUOTE="mitu123"][QUOTE="thumbsdown01x"]

I'll explain why Halo 3 is hated so much. it is simple. The answer is: internet people.

This doesn't just go for Halo 3, it goes for most popular products. What's the most popular TV series you can think of? There are leagues of online forums against that show. It's just "internet people."

Complaining about Halo 3's "hype" is just plain ignorant. Halo 3 is "hyped" no different than any other movie that's coming out. Snakes on a Plain, Steven Seagal... whatever. The odd thing is, Halo 1 is the only game that seemed "hyped to me." I don't remember the developer's claiming Halo 3 is the best game ever. The commercial of Halo 3 didn't even show "gameplay," just toys. Halo 3 was popular not by "hype," but by the popularity of the original games.

It's just the way INTERNET PEOPLE behave, and I'm gonig to stress the term "internet people." Get a tv show with the most views on Sunday nights, yet leagues of forum people bash it. it's just that simple.. i honestly do not remember much "hype" of Halo 3... maybe Halo 2 and 1... but not 3. The commercial alone wasn't hype, so I'm guessing the "anger" of over-hype comes from the forum people.

Hate Halo 3 as much as you want, it is one of the top played games on Xbox live. That means there are a large amount of people who like that game. In school, Halo 3 is mentioned often. I suppose if you don't like Tenchu, you'd trade it to the store. Don't like Halo 3, post about it. If forum posters were representative of the human population, Halo 3 online would be empty, and cartoons would be all in Japanese.

vashkey

Since I haven't played Halo 3 like I said earlier, I can't comment on the game. Since most people on this topic hated it, I don't know if I should try it or not, not sure yet.

You should probably go into the game deciding how it is on your own.

Assuming you like Perfect Dark Zero, I trust you disagree with most people's thoughts on it. I can't see why you can't approach Halo in the same fashion.

Decide for yourself.

Both Halo and Halo 2 got the same treatmeant, so it's not as if Halo 3 is of a remarkably lower quality or somthing.

It's a great game over all, but it's not for everyone(just like every other product in existence).

[QUOTE="vashkey"][QUOTE="mitu123"][QUOTE="thumbsdown01x"]

I'll explain why Halo 3 is hated so much. it is simple. The answer is: internet people.

This doesn't just go for Halo 3, it goes for most popular products. What's the most popular TV series you can think of? There are leagues of online forums against that show. It's just "internet people."

Complaining about Halo 3's "hype" is just plain ignorant. Halo 3 is "hyped" no different than any other movie that's coming out. Snakes on a Plain, Steven Seagal... whatever. The odd thing is, Halo 1 is the only game that seemed "hyped to me." I don't remember the developer's claiming Halo 3 is the best game ever. The commercial of Halo 3 didn't even show "gameplay," just toys. Halo 3 was popular not by "hype," but by the popularity of the original games.

It's just the way INTERNET PEOPLE behave, and I'm gonig to stress the term "internet people." Get a tv show with the most views on Sunday nights, yet leagues of forum people bash it. it's just that simple.. i honestly do not remember much "hype" of Halo 3... maybe Halo 2 and 1... but not 3. The commercial alone wasn't hype, so I'm guessing the "anger" of over-hype comes from the forum people.

Hate Halo 3 as much as you want, it is one of the top played games on Xbox live. That means there are a large amount of people who like that game. In school, Halo 3 is mentioned often. I suppose if you don't like Tenchu, you'd trade it to the store. Don't like Halo 3, post about it. If forum posters were representative of the human population, Halo 3 online would be empty, and cartoons would be all in Japanese.

mitu123

Since I haven't played Halo 3 like I said earlier, I can't comment on the game. Since most people on this topic hated it, I don't know if I should try it or not, not sure yet.

You should probably go into the game deciding how it is on your own.

Assuming you like Perfect Dark Zero, I trust you disagree with most people's thoughts on it. I can't see why you can't approach Halo in the same fashion.

Decide for yourself.

Both Halo and Halo 2 got the same treatmeant, so it's not as if Halo 3 is of a remarkably lower quality or somthing.

It's a great game over all, but it's not for everyone(just like every other product in existence).

Perfect Dark Zero actually got very good reviews :) I also quite liked perfect dark zero, great shooter.

And i dont hate halo 3, not at all. I just personally dont think its anywhere near all the 9´s it got. Im not much into the online part, so i pretty much just had the single player, which was a standard shooter with a standard sci fi plot.

I saw one post on here who said exactly what I was thinking, because they hate popular games (so people do at least). Anyway I found this to be a well worthed 9.5 on gamespot because I'm just into how the game stands out easily among other shooters. You look at COD4 (which is a great game don't get me wrong) and it's just your other shooter that gets replaced the next year, in my eyes. I love the game for hardcore/non-hardcore multiplayer, since you can just mess around with friends, make vids and screenshots, or just get some double kills every now and then ;). I was a tad disappointed in it's story though because it didn't have any of those "epic" moments (to me at least) that Halo 2 did, although it is tough to compete with bomb-dropping in outer space.

- It has a crappy control system. LT to throw a grenade? B to use your melee attack? :shock:

- The online sucks. There are no iron sights whatsoever. Press LT and lob a grenade. Wee. You can also jump 50 feet and land safely 2 hours later. Also, you move slow, and killing is simple: jump, shoot rocket, repeat.

- Did I mention it was overhyped?

- It has a crappy control system. LT to throw a grenade? B to use your melee attack? :shock:

- The online sucks. There are no iron sights whatsoever. Press LT and lob a grenade. Wee. You can also jump 50 feet and land safely 2 hours later. Also, you move slow, and killing is simple: jump, shoot rocket, repeat.

- Did I mention it was overhyped?

GwannaSauna

Since when can hype be used against a game? If you didn't fall for it then it wouldn't matter..

I will attempt to summarize this to the best of my ability, feel free to disagree with me, but I don't really care either way.

First of all, Halo never really did anything revolutionary in the whole series; they just happened to be the first people to have a half decent shooter on a console that everybody loved because it was the ONLY one of its kind; they didn't do anything particularly well, they just made a kiddie friendly version of quake or unreal tournament and stuck it on a console. And it worked, much to the disgust of PC gamers who had been playing far better games of the same genre for years without anybody drooling over them. And it continued to work another two times, despite the fact that Bungie released pretty much the same game three times in a row; the rather sheep-like public continued to fork over their money for derivative lameness simply because everyone else told them it was a good idea.

Because of the above, Halo has always been overhyped because it became the signature shooter of the consoles, simply because it was the first, not because it was good. Graphically underwhelming, and playing the same as any PC game from back in the era it was released, it was just nothing special at all, and yet it received an absurd amount of attention. This made people justifiably upset with the stupidity of the entire situation, and the ignorance of most console gamers of the history of PC gaming.

That's pretty much it, Halo is a decent series of games that have been horribly overhyped. That is why people "hate" them; because ignorant gamers love Halo for no good reason.

If you disagree, I really don't care; I am simply stating what I KNOW to be fact. Also, as a matter of fact, I will not be checking back to see the responses this post gets, I just hope I might be able to educate some of the people who actually would like to learn some of the history from people who were there; so you can leave your witty responses unposted, thanks.

i mean its a good game you gotta admit. amazing graphics, good gameplay, story is good, online is awesome. i dont see whats there to hate here. so why do ppl exactly hate this game? i love it, and still play it hot_juicy_steak

I will attempt to summarize this to the best of my ability, feel free to disagree with me, but I don't really care either way.

First of all, Halo never really did anything revolutionary in the whole series; they just happened to be the first people to have a half decent shooter on a console that everybody loved because it was the ONLY one of its kind; they didn't do anything particularly well, they just made a kiddie friendly version of quake or unreal tournament and stuck it on a console. And it worked, much to the disgust of PC gamers who had been playing far better games of the same genre for years without anybody drooling over them. And it continued to work another two times, despite the fact that Bungie released pretty much the same game three times in a row; the rather sheep-like public continued to fork over their money for derivative lameness simply because everyone else told them it was a good idea.

Because of the above, Halo has always been overhyped because it became the signature shooter of the consoles, simply because it was the first, not because it was good. Graphically underwhelming, and playing the same as any PC game from back in the era it was released, it was just nothing special at all, and yet it received an absurd amount of attention. This made people justifiably upset with the stupidity of the entire situation, and the ignorance of most console gamers of the history of PC gaming.

That's pretty much it, Halo is a decent series of games that have been horribly overhyped. That is why people "hate" them; because ignorant gamers love Halo for no good reason.

If you disagree, I really don't care; I am simply stating what I KNOW to be fact. Also, as a matter of fact, I will not be checking back to see the responses this post gets, I just hope I might be able to educate some of the people who actually would like to learn some of the history from people who were there; so you can leave your witty responses unposted, thanks.

Deluhathol

Well granted it may have been overhyped to many people. Then again look at when it came out to begin with, it's not like there were any special shooters on N64 or PS, in my opinion and I've played quite a few games back then. Technically it did do some things revolutinary or easier with vechile combat and of course being one of the first FPS shooters to be played online by a console (like you stated), if my memory serves me right. Just because it doesn't do anything revolutionary, doesn't mean it can't be a great game. It simplified shooters to consoles, doesn't mean you should sully it for that. If your criticizing Halo why not critisize consoles for not getting to online and good shooters sooner.

its not much different then halo 2 thats pretty much why story isnt to great and you can only play online so longDon0van

You could say the same thing for practically any sequel on the 360. And people were saying it about Halo 2. And people bashed Combat evolved before it.

Theres really very little rationale over the constant bashing of Halo.

It's just a prettier version of Halo 2. It's overrated and minus multiplayer is a mediocre shooter. What I mean to say is it's nothing really special or revolutionary.

DeliriumGlo

thats it. im sick and tired of hearing this. for one. its a more balanced version of halo 2. and second of all and most importantly. saying minus the multiplayer is so stupid!!

you could say that for any game.

tell me. how "Great" would call of duty world at war be without multiplayer? how many times would you play gears of war again without the multiplayer.

im really sick of people playing that card. Halo 3 was basically made for its multiplayer . if it was supposed to be a straight single player game. they wouldve made it better. seriously people. get real.

Halo 3 is a GREAT game and if some people don't realize it, good for them. Halo 3 is the best if not in the top 3 shooters on Xbox 360. The replayability is almost unlimited with the playlists, theater, forge, new maps, great matchmaking system..etc.. the gameplay is awesome imo.

The only people who don't like it just don't get it.

Because it's clunky, outdated, and unbalanced. Halo 3 is exactly the same as Halo 2, just without as much glitches. It's still the same thing; the team who secures the laser or sniper first, wins. Not only that, the story direction is just plain retarded. Halo: CE was interesting and the emergence of the flood was surprising, the other two games: "Oh no! More rings and more zombies!" It's such a shame to see Bungie, creators of the revolutionary Marathon series go down the toilet.63rdAwesome

1 & 2 bored the pants off me so I've not bothered with 3 :( the covenant are rubbish enemies as well and the guns don't 'feel' right when you fire them. IMHORainbow_Lion

Because people here like to hate popular things. It's a great game that's why it got AAA reviews and continues to be a top 2 XBL game.xboxplayer1990

[QUOTE="hot_juicy_steak"]i mean its a good game you gotta admit. amazing graphics, good gameplay, story is good, online is awesome. i dont see whats there to hate here. so why do ppl exactly hate this game? i love it, and still play it wile315

remove yourself from the online aspect and your left with a mediocre game. People on the board dont hate it, we just think that it didnt live up to the hype in a big way.

[QUOTE="hot_juicy_steak"]i mean its a good game you gotta admit. amazing graphics, good gameplay, story is good, online is awesome. i dont see whats there to hate here. so why do ppl exactly hate this game? i love it, and still play it wile315

remove yourself from the online aspect and your left with a mediocre game. People on the board dont hate it, we just think that it didnt live up to the hype in a big way.

Halo 3 deserved the score it recieved on Gamespot. IMO the online is the best FPS multiplayer available. There's plenty of maps, plenty of different modes to play, as you rank up there's always a challenge when playing ranked matches. Not to mention there's ALWAYS THOUSAND, even one hundred thousand people online at one time during any time of day. I've played at 3am and still found 100 thousand people on Halo 3.

Pretty much the multiplayer is or damn where near a 10/10. As far as the single player, the first THREE levels were the worst, but after that the gameplay was amazing. I'd rate the singple player a good 8/10.

It definetly deserved the score it recieved. In fact I think it could of got a better score, considering so many other games that wernt ANYWHERE near in comparison, regardless of what type of game they are, got over 9.0's.

Gears of war was sort of like a complete opposite of halo as far as score wise. It had an excellent single player, but not as good of a multiplayer. Gamespot gave good reviews on both.

Halo 3 is still my favorite online multiplayer game I own, and i've tried most. Not saying it's far superior than everything else, but the fun factor is there, especially when you're playing ranked big teams with friends or something. I've never experienced a laggy game unless it was myself lagging.

Because it's clunky, outdated, and unbalanced. Halo 3 is exactly the same as Halo 2, just without as much glitches. It's still the same thing; the team who secures the laser or sniper first, wins. Not only that, the story direction is just plain retarded. Halo: CE was interesting and the emergence of the flood was surprising, the other two games: "Oh no! More rings and more zombies!" It's such a shame to see Bungie, creators of the revolutionary Marathon series go down the toilet.63rdAwesome

Funny, Halo 3 is far better than Halo 2 in any way. I'd never find myself going back to Halo 2 after Halo 3. Whatever team that secures the Laser or Sniper wins? Sounds like you either suck at Halo 3 online, or you're just talking out of your ass.

[QUOTE="63rdAwesome"]Because it's clunky, outdated, and unbalanced. Halo 3 is exactly the same as Halo 2, just without as much glitches. It's still the same thing; the team who secures the laser or sniper first, wins. Not only that, the story direction is just plain retarded. Halo: CE was interesting and the emergence of the flood was surprising, the other two games: "Oh no! More rings and more zombies!" It's such a shame to see Bungie, creators of the revolutionary Marathon series go down the toilet.xsalvioutlawx

Funny, Halo 3 is far better than Halo 2 in any way. I'd never find myself going back to Halo 2 after Halo 3. Whatever team that secures the Laser or Sniper wins? Sounds like you either suck at Halo 3 online, or you're just talking out of your ass.

I dislike how people say that it's just Halo 2 with a fresh new coat of paint and it does nothing new... Did these people just go play the game real quick so that they can bash on it to begin with? I don't know about anyone else, but if every developer incorporated everything that halo 3 has, then their games would be waaayyy better. How many games out there has as many features as Halo3 has? Halo3 was clearly built from the ground up as the ultimate multiplayer experience and it is.

First of all, you have the ultimate party system... you never have to leave your party to do something different in the game. You can play Campaign with 3 other people, multiplayer(obviously), forge, watch replays, customize your character and you can even download new maps without having to leave the lobby. Did people take all this for granted? Plus, Bungie gives the most support for their game than any other developer out there.

Sorry for the rant, but I hate it when hard work goes unrecognized.

I dislike how people say that it's just Halo 2 with a fresh new coat of paint and it does nothing new... Did these people just go play the game real quick so that they can bash on it to begin with? I don't know about anyone else, but if every developer incorporated everything that halo 3 has, then their games would be waaayyy better. How many games out there has as many features as Halo3 has? Halo3 was clearly built from the ground up as the ultimate multiplayer experience and it is.

First of all, you have the ultimate party system... you never have to leave your party to do something different in the game. You can play Campaign with 3 other people, multiplayer(obviously), forge, watch replays, customize your character and you can even download new maps without having to leave the lobby. Did people take all this for granted? Plus, Bungie gives the most support for their game than any other developer out there.

Sorry for the rant, but I hate it when hard work goes unrecognized.

a55a55inx

Hey I don't hate it. I ignored the hype cause no game is THAT good.DoMiNiC147

Halo is an OK shooter nothing more + it's a jaggfest on my monitor. I also can't believe how they ****** up the split-screen co.op, it's unplayable.

[QUOTE="DoMiNiC147"]Hey I don't hate it. I ignored the hype cause no game is THAT good.Epak_

Halo is an OK shooter nothing more + it's a jaggfest on my monitor. I also can't believe how they ****** up the split-screen co.op, it's unplayable.

[QUOTE="Epak_"]

[QUOTE="DoMiNiC147"]Hey I don't hate it. I ignored the hype cause no game is THAT good.chaoscougar1

Halo is an OK shooter nothing more + it's a jaggfest on my monitor. I also can't believe how they ****** up the split-screen co.op, it's unplayable.

The screen gets cropped to this little screen when I try to play it at my TV's default resolution (kinda like the Re5 demo). I found out that you should turn the resolution to 480p when playing in co.op. I did it and the picture is all vertically squashed when I enter the game. It's really hard to see anything with those settings.

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"][QUOTE="Epak_"]

Halo is an OK shooter nothing more + it's a jaggfest on my monitor. I also can't believe how they ****** up the split-screen co.op, it's unplayable.

Epak_

The screen gets cropped to this little screen when I try to play it at my TV's default resolution (kinda like the Re5 demo). I found out that you should turn the resolution to 480p when playing in co.op. I did it and the picture is all vertically squashed when I enter the game. It's really hard to see anything with those settings.

Wow, this thread was so fresh and interesting when it was posted last fall, and it's even moreso now. :roll:

Halo:

Halo: Combat Evolved was a historically significant shooter and introduced or popularized many innovations that are still found in shooters today. The Halo franchise has met with enormous financial success and critical acclaim. It is by any reasonable standard "good."

Thread creator: Most everyone here does not hate Halo 3, or Halo at all. (At least I don't think so.) For some reason, Halo has become one of the favorite bash topics for trolls, who like to start threads with poorly-reasoned and genre-ignorant rants about why they don't like the game. Why people feel a need to do this, I'll never understand. There are all sorts of popular game franchises, even whole genres, that I don't like. I simply don't play them, and I certaintly don't want to talk about them to others.

[QUOTE="Don0van"]its not much different then halo 2 thats pretty much why story isnt to great and you can only play online so longvashkey

Theres really very little rationale over the constant bashing of Halo.

True. Solid gameplay. A story that is consistent with the fiction. Solid online.

A deep fully realized fictional verse, with solid 1st person gameplay to complement it. Nothing wrong with why it's hyped, especiallly when you judge it against it supposed competition in 1st person action scene.

Because it gets way more attension than it should. There are way better games out there that don't get enough attension... such as Fallout 3.RobboElRobbo

Completely different game.. Not to mention Fallout 3 is in no way underrated it gets talked about all the time.

Wow, this thread was so fresh and interesting when it was posted last fall, and it's even moreso now. :roll:

Halo:

Halo: Combat Evolved was a historically significant shooter and introduced or popularized many innovations that are still found in shooters today. The Halo franchise has met with enormous financial success and critical acclaim. It is by any reasonable standard "good."

Thread creator: Most everyone here does not hate Halo 3, or Halo at all. (At least I don't think so.) For some reason, Halo has become one of the favorite bash topics for trolls, who like to start threads with poorly-reasoned and genre-ignorant rants about why they don't like the game. Why people feel a need to do this, I'll never understand. There are all sorts of popular game franchises, even whole genres, that I don't like. I simply don't play them, and I certaintly don't want to talk about them to others.

Palantas

the clouds opened up and down came palantas. with some kind words to say. *Strums Harp*