Halo: Reach is Titanic of games, says Bungie

[De85]

theprof00 said:

De85 said:

theprof00 said:

agreed. I don't know why everyone is on my ass though. This is still hype through and through.

I do, do you want me to tell you?  It's because your first post in this thread was condescending and snarky, besides the fact that it added nothing to the conversation.  When you were called out on it you went into full damage control mode getting on everybody elses asses. 

Just because it's about Halo does not mean that everything is calculated to blow hype levels to astronomical proportions.  Why is is so hard for you to accept that maybe, just maybe, Bungie only wanted to make a statement about the story?  Don't worry, massive advertising for Reach is coming, you can make all the comments you want about hype then and I won't say a word, just give it a rest for once.

Asking why people were on my ass was a rhetorical statement. I know full well why people are defending a comparison that is trite, at best.

EDIT: If you feel that I am flaming, you should report me rather than responding to me. I'll point out that I wasn't the one initiating any damage control. I have a strong opinion that this parallel is drawn for many reasons, not just the one you say it is for. Just because it fits one of the many requisites for drawing a parallel doesn't mean they aren't drawing anything more.

For example, one can describe to a child that a grapfruit is just like an orange. You might argue that because they are round, citrus, and similar in color, they are quite similar. However, for the intent of getting a child to eat said grapefruit, if one were to say a grapfruit is like an orange, I would call that "hyping" it as well.

I don't expect you to understand, you think I'm a troll of some kind.

I prefer to attempt rational debate first and only bother to report people when they have proven themselves incapable of such.  As for the main purpose of the comparison we'll just have to agree to disagree then because I think the grapefruit/orange example is shallow and inapplicable.  When you eat them oranges and grapefruits do not taste the same, but when watching/playing Titanic/Reach you are meant to feel the same emotions