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[Bodhesatva]

Legend11 said:

Bodhesatva said:

Engelos said:
Whats innovative to some might not be to others.

I fail to see your problem with the 1up thing, has any one else done it if not then its innovative.

As Naz said (and I... simply assumed others could intuit): the problem isn't that it's a bad idea. It's a great idea.

It's just that it's been done before. A lot. For a long time. By multiple companies. And done better at that: Valve's engine's have not only allowed playback, but rewind options for some time now.

Halo 3's has rewind, play in reverse, slow motion, view at any angle or character's perspective, built in editing of clips, etc. I agree that PCs have had this before but this is the first time it's been done on console (for a fps anyways). Also how does Valve's engine do it better?

 

I actually didn't know it had rewind, so it may not be better. I'd have to play Halo in full. 

And I absolutely agree that this is the first time it's been done on consoles. That doesn't make it innovative. If they had simply said: "This is the first time this has been done on consoles!" I wouldn't have a problem. Instead, they strongly implied (or even explicated, I'd have to go back and check) that this is new and original. It isn't. It's just new on the the PS3/360.  

This really isn't a complaint against Halo/Bungie, Legend. I think it's great that they implemented this feature. It's a compaint about professional gaming critics who should know better than calling this "original" or "innovative."