So I wanted to make a thread comparing two contemporaneous games with similar features (story, gameplay, setting, etc.) to get a sense of which is the fan favorite.
This inagural thread is Halo: Combat Evolved vs. Metroid Prime. If this is at all popular, I'll post some more threads with new head-to-head match-ups.
So why Halo and Metroid Prime? They came out around the same time -- November, 2001 for Halo and November, 2002 for Prime -- they share a similar aesthetic, and they both feature an epic sci-fi storyline and a first-person perspective, although, obviously, they belong to different genres. Also, they're both critically acclaimed: each earned a 97 on Metacritic. And, finally, they were both marquee games for the Xbox and Gamecube. They showed off the processing power of each system and demonstrated the creative talent working for Microsoft and Nintendo, respectively.
So which do you like best?
P.S. Please obscure any spoilers with the spoiler_text style.
Edit: check out Super Mario World vs. Sonic the Hedgehog, too.
