the speed and passing were far different then in the games you reference. and its controls for the console were close to revolutionary. the AI for the time was unexpected and fantastic. and outside of half life the store was hands and feet above the standard of the genre.    you are right most of the things were done, but not at the same time, and not with the balance and polish. you have to compare halo though more to other console offerings at the time then PC offerings (though it fairs well there too) and for the console it was a graphical tour de force that made it clear the next gen in gaming was here ..... it is the equivalent for many gamers of FF on the PS1 

Well perhaps you should have also read the original post of the thread.

"Is Halo is responsable for most of the good FPS games today ?"

That might have saved you some pointless ranting.

With Halo, console FPS games became popular. And regenerating health was added. Nothing much. But we wouldn't have seen CoD4 or Killzone 2 without Halo.

Controversial thread titles generates more responses. If this thread related to FPS or shooter games only it would not have received as much attention.

Halo lifted the bar higher and new games have improved upon it by seeing it as a benchmark. Halo:CE had great graphics back in its day and it had brilliant controls and gameplay.

halo had zero to no effect on the industry. Half-Life will always be one of the biggest influences in the FPS genre.

this.   halo owes everything to half-life

 What  are the names of these games you speak of?

 I agree with this as well

I agree to a degree on Killzone 2, but not CoD4.  At most IW would have used Halo as a template of what you could achieve with FPS on console, but they are one of the leading lights of FPS and arguably the masters currently of both PC/console based FPS titles with Valve concentrating on PC still although creeping onto consoles and 360 in particular and Bungie much more console centric.

I really doubt we wouldn't have got CoD4 without Halo.

Also, for the record, while I always assume most topics on this site are about consoles by default, when we're talking genres then I see that including PC if relevant - and in the case of the FPS genre PC couldn't be more relevant.

Therefore while no doubt many posting here only really know FPS through console doesn't mean a topic such as this about the genre should focus only on console.

The OP was Halo responsible for many good games today?  I believe, not as an opinion, but more quantatatively based on the roots of the genre the answer is no - or no more than the many other multi-million selling FPS titles (and remember titles like Half Life on PC sell just as much and have had arguably more influence on the genre, influincing Halo rather than the other way around).

If the question was, would there by a 360 without Halo?  Or the success of FPS on console without Halo?  Then the answer would be yes.

I feel some posters are confusing the two as they see FPS as console centric or only really know the genre based on consoles.

So Halo has had huge impact, but more on the success of the genre on a specific platform (consoles) rather than directly influincing the latest games in that genre - i.e. almost all FPS including Halo are based on mechanics established prior to Halo on PC, however thanks to Halo many more titles are now made and released on consoles.

In other words Halo has had more influence on the industry than on its own specific genre (in terms of gameplay mechanics).

maybe for just the FPS only not gaming in general