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tuscaniman on 19 August 2010
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SmoothCriminal said:
yo_john117 said:
SmoothCriminal said:
yo_john117 said:
SmoothCriminal said:
Chairman-Mao said:

It'll be a great game for sure, but greatest ever is FAR from determined. A more realistic statement might be "Greatest shooter this gen" although it would still have to beat the likes of Call of Duty 4 and its predecessor Halo 3.

Not to mention Half-Life 2, Portal, Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2, Crysis, America's Army 3, F.E.A.R. 2, Far Cry 2, the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, and Unreal Tournament 3.

 

Just trying to be realistic...

Dude Halo 3 beat virtually every one of those.....and Halo Reach is looking to be 100x better then Halo 3 so Its pretty safe to say it will utterly destroy that list.

I'm assuming you haven't played them, or at least played the 360 or PS3 version if one exists. Let me show you the error of your ways.

Half-Life's story and exposition and single-player are far surperior. The game just has better mechanics.

Portal does puzzling and humor better.

CS:S and TF2 do multiplayer better.

Crysis's pacing (until halfway through) is much better.

AA3 is forgettable, but AA2 isn't technically this gen, so I just put AA3 in there.

F.E.A.R. 2 did health and shields better.

Far Cry 2 did no specific thing better.

Stalker does immersion better.

UT3 does fast paced, arena-based, combat better.

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm a Halo fan, I truly am. I'm just not a Halo 3 fan. I'm a big CoD fan, but I'm not a fan of the MW sub-series. Both of those have what I call "quality by popularity." Despite being inferior and nothing special, they are more well known than the better games. Thus they are perceived to be better by the general masses, many of whom are either misinformed or ignorant (not suggesting that you are either). 

Hmmm you may be one of the very few that think this way....

Very few? MANY people absolutely despise the entire series (though many of them out of sheer fanboy rage). And I know for a fact that MANY people hate MW2, and a good number hate CoD4. Halo 1 is one of the best FPS's I've ever played. It combined the elements of Corridor Shooters and Open Shooters perfectly. Halo 2 also followed this approach, but it wasn't as polished due to a rushed development. Halo 3 was much too open, the melee system was broken, the multiplayer maps were too small for the most part, the mechanics were too "loose", the weapon selection sucked, Brutes are no where near as fun to fight as Elites. There are some certain levels of Halo 3 that are great, but they are still nothing compared to the original.

Well then you should be pleased to know that Halo:Reach is going back to its roots in that it was designed to be reminiscent of Halo:CE. If its true its one of the best FPSs you have ever played then Reach will be up there for you since it will most likely take the best of all the Halo series and combining to make a masterpiece. Halo:CE being the main inspiration.