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S.T.A.G.E. on 16 December 2013
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jlmurph2 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
J_Allard said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
J_Allard said:
Halo became what it was because of the fact that it was a legitimate first person shooter on consoles. On the PC it would have just been another shooter. If even that. Also, Activision didn't buy Bungie. They are just in a publishing agreement. Kind of like what Sony used to have with thatgamecompany.


Goldeneye was the first legitimate shooter on consoles. Halo was a special game and Steve Jobs knew it. There was nothing as promising in 1999.

My post did not say "first legitimate". It said a legitimate.

And no, 007 was not as legitimate a FPS as Halo was.

007 was legitimate. It was the first major competitive multiplayer shooter on consoles. Halo was the first PC style shooter, which essentially played the same. Goldeneye was the COD on consoles before Halo or COD. It was a quick run n gun with a perk gun  (aka golden gun) duel wielding before Halo and more. 

Goldeneye was nothing like Halo, Halo had the perfect blend of Semi-Arena style/Vehicular/skill based fps play on a console.


Goldeneye didn't need to be like Halo. In terms of popularity and style Goldeneye is closest to COD and had Halo-like popularity while exclusive to Nintendo. He was talking about a legitimate shooter on consoles. If you know your history there were plenty of legitimate shooters on consoles before Halo ever dropped. There were plenty of cooridor shooters on PC before Goldeneye hits console so its not like Rare had nothing to go off of. Quake 2 on the 64 and PSX had arena style multiplayer PC style shooting as well. Of course the N64 was the best console to play the game on though. Also, Unreal Tournament and Timesplitters (from the makers of Goldeneye) was on the PS2 before Halo even came to the Xbox. People love to forget Doom64 and Duke Nukem 64 as well.

Halo Revolutionized the FPS on consoles after Goldeneye popularized FPS on consoles. Halo blended open world/arena-style/LAN party sci-fi shooting combined with vehicular combat. That on consoles was a revolution and evolved console gaming.