Any 360 owners NOT buying Halo 3?

[Lost tears of Kain]

twesterm said:

How about this, try looking at Harry Potter. If you've read the books you can know exactly what I'm talking about, if not, it's not hard to catch on.

I for one loved the series and enjoyed reading the books. While I didn't go to midnight launches or dress up, I did stay up until 5AM reading the books even though I had to be at work at 9AM. I am in fact a Harry Potter fan. The story is fun, the characters are memorable, it's actually fairly decently written, it has many things that keep you guessing until the last book, and it's just all around good. That all being said, it's not a terribly deep series. Just because we never know why Voldemort really didn't kill Harry and what keeps him going until the end the series, that doesn't make it particularly deep. It just means JK Rowling left questions open so she could come back to them later and keep the readers interested. This is a classic video game storytelling tool that works wonders and Halo uses it every bit as possible.

If Harry Potter doesn't float your boat, try looking at something like the Da Vinci Code. It's an incredibly fast paced novel that's full of mystery after mystery that keeps you guessing until the end and then even throws some more twists at you. That being said, it's actually all rubbish and not deep at all. I can't think of the phrase off the top of my head (a whee bit drunk at the moment--perhaps clean this up tomorrow) but it once against just uses a good tool to string the reader along keeping them interested. The fast paced story along with the simple fast writing doesn't make for a deep story, it just makes for a quick read that keeps readers on the edge of their seat.

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And my intention with this or any of my Bioshock comments aren't to piss people off and I apologize if I have, it's just simply talking out my ass as I usually do.  I simply don't think Halo has a deep story and it makes me laugh to think it does and I know Bioshock has its flaws even though it's a great game.  I simply find it more interesting sometimes to look at the flaws to see how to improve them or just see what the developers were up to.  It's actually part of my job to deconstruct and notice things like that and that is what I do.

so by deep story do you mean it has to have a deep meaning? like lets say the good old example of huck and finn and its deep meaning on slavery, family, and the faults of man?

im just curious, what you think deep is you gave good examples of what you dont so what do you think is deep?

Your comments didnt piss me off, just stuff like this, combined with all the bioshock, it just seems like it you were pounding into every 360 AAA title that are coming out. I guess people have opinions.

WHen you said you were laughing it sounded like you were laughing at me for my opinion, which should never happen on this site except for the select delusional fanboys