| ChronotriggerJM said: Wow stage, I really thought your version of "ground breaking" might actually be what's considered in the industry as "Ground breaking" o.O; I guess were all allowed to be wrong at times. What is it exactly that Halo introduced to the FPS scene? As far as I can tell absolutely nothing o.O; it was the typical flair of a first person shooter, with a bucket of polish. Why do you think it's got so many fans? Why do you think it's so accessible? The game's are VERY generic, they're just clean, balanced fun, and that's not a bad thing. Halo is a series that took no risk's in doing something a little different. It's the stuff that everyone's come to love, just polished. Very, VERY, generic, in fact.. .like.... super generic if I had to say. If your looking for "depth" in Halo's gameplay, you won't really find it :x Depth can be complicated, and if somethings too complicated, it doesn't appeal to the larger audience. My friend played resistance and fell head over heels for it, the secondary fires added an element to the gameplay that he hadn't seen since Perfect Dark for the N64. My other friend however, played the game, and never touched the secondary fires, he said the game felt boring. Well of course it felt boring! You took a mechanic they implemented from square 1, and you ignored it! You took the reason the game was amazing, and you left it behind, making it a standard shooter :P And that's my big prob with Halo, there isn't that something extra to be ignored, it's just very, very... bland. |
Simple really: It perfected the dual analog FPS controls. Remember now, R3 has always been crouch ever since that game came out (or if the game is Resistance, it's L2 for an unknown reason, or COD 4, it's another button...). Also, ever seen a game before that introduced vehicles in a way Halo did? Ever noticed the regenerate health concept got popular for every other FPS games after this one? What about Co-op, in a console FPS? Melee attacks became a default concept in FPS as well, etc.
I'll give you a full list if you want. Please don't say anything else, for a bit. =P
Random game thought :
Why is Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 getting so much hate? We finally get a real game and they're not even satisfied... I'm starting to hate the gaming community so f****** much...
