| S.T.A.G.E. said: Unreal is great...but it makes no sense to argue it, when Halo is a console pusher and Unreal isnt. Halo is distinctly different from many shooters. Resistance franchise and KZ2 are (while beautiful games) the most generic shooters ever. The only thing that gives Resistance any hope is that 300 ft monster. KZ2 better be good, because the first game sucked, terribly. Gears of War and Halo are hot, different console sellers, while Resistance and KZ2 would be considered generic shooters trying to even step in the footsteps of those games.
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I think you have some very interesting terminology very mixed up.
First off, system seller =/= mean good game. It means a game that's gotten MUCH attention and is marketed to all hell. All it has to have is a ton of people wanting to buy it. Quality means nothing.
And no. Resistance had as much, if not more depth than Halo did. Secondary fires a bitch and a half to master, and if you refuse to acknowledge it's existence, then the game is second rate. The fact that is HAS a feature that you must learn set's it apart. Every gun you pick up in halo is just point and shoot. It's very easy. Very generic. That's why so many people can have a great time with it, 0 unique learning curve. All the weapons are "balanced" and all the weapons are the same to use. (- the sword or hammer of course :P)
Resistance 2 is going to be "different" by having the squad based objective system in 60 man battles. And secondary fires, and classes for it's co-op, and.. well it's just unique in a bunch of ways :P We'll just leave it at that.
So far from what we've seen of Killzone's multi-player, it's going to have multiple classes, and multiple sub-classes, giving you the choice to pick and mix, BAM, already more unique than halo :/ It may not be a good feature, and it may be poorly implemented, but it's different.
Gears was good, but not all that unique, it was basically a "rip off" of killswitch for PS2, and added online play :P Needed this generation for sure, but the uniqueness is questionable.
Halo and Gears were "hot" items because Microsoft deemed them to be :P I saw more advertisement for Gears and Halo than I think I've ever seen for any product. Maybe a little less than coke, but you get the message :D
From 0 to KICKASS in .stupid seconds.
