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SvennoJ on 14 October 2015
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tripenfall said:
Ka-pi96 said:
tripenfall said:
Halo showed that a FPS could be as good on a console (if not better) than a PC so in that regard the XBOX was
very influential. The problem with the console IMO was that other than Halo 2 no other games match the quality of the launch title. A bit of a let down there.
Also first XBOX controller was a turd.... And the size and weight of the console itself yikes!
Despite some good ideas and high specs the PS2 ruled the day.

Do Call of Duty, Medal of Honour, Timesplitters, Half-Life, Red Faction etc not count? Or are you just calling them all crap?


Not calling them crap but they weren't as good and did not have the impact that Halo had. At the time the FPS genre was dominated by PC and

upon it's release the best FPS in the business was on console. It was the "killer app" that a new console needs to convince people to get on board.

I also see I'm copping some flack here for not mentioning Goldeneye - for that I'm truly sorry it was a masterclass! It's just that most people played Goldeneye with the single analog stick (although you can use the C buttons too) and it felt like a console game whereas Halo used the dual stick controller and until then it was believed nothing beat a keyboard / mouse combo. Halo shut a few PC gamers up with that. Also that 733mhz processor was quick for the day!

Best fps is arguable. It didn't touch Unreal tournament for me, and HL death match was still great at the time with all the user made levels.
I played Halo on PC but never completed it. The opening was awesome yet I got bored at the repetitive later sections.

Still nothing beats keyboard / mouse combo, even with aim assist you still can't turn as fast. Maybe it shut up some crappy PC players. I've gotten used to playing fps with dual analog yet I still miss the ability to quickly check my surroundings as with mouse control. It's just more natural to look in a direction instead of turn to a direction. Analog stick for movement plus mouse would be the ideal setup.

The XBox was a nice piece of hardware with a lot of power for the time. It cost MS a pretty penny though.