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Posted January 24, 2009
The Darkness, System Shock 2, Bioshock and Half-Life have four of the best stories, yet they're also FPS. Being an FPS is no excuse for a horrible story in a game. Period.
Posted January 24, 2009
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MobiusArcher: I guess im alone in my opinions here. In my defense, I prefer military sci-fi over any other sci-fi, so am more likely to like a military sci-fi plot. Also, (and im aware that im wrong in dooing this) i usually group plot and storytelling together, and just refer to it as plot. Halo did have good storytelling.
Seriously though, you guys don't need get all nasty. I never said any of your favorite games sucked. The closest i came was saying that Deus Ex isn't much of a shooter, and i don't think that's a bad thing. Calling it a shooter is a disservice to that game.

Most of us didn't say Halo sucked. Just that it's story was extremely generic and cliched, and that Deus Ex's was allot better.
What Halo's story had going for it was excellent generic action movie presentation. That's really it. Tons of witty and memorable one liners in place of dialogue, good cutscenes, and a protagonist that oozes badass to the point that he doesn't even have a name. (Well he does, but it's only mentioned in the books. Which are typo ridden and badly written.) The plot is really just a vehicle for generic military badassery.
The only thing that's well and truely bad about Halo is the fact that it basically killed Bungie as a developer.
They used to be known for innovation, with Marathon, Myth, and Oni in development but for Halo they suddenly decided to sell their souls to Microsoft and make three generic cash cows in a row.
They completely abandoned what made them great. Now they're just trying to cash in on their previous success with the Lego Halo crap.
Post edited January 24, 2009 by Shoelip
Posted January 24, 2009
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MobiusArcher: I guess im alone in my opinions here. In my defense, I prefer military sci-fi over any other sci-fi, so am more likely to like a military sci-fi plot. Also, (and im aware that im wrong in dooing this) i usually group plot and storytelling together, and just refer to it as plot. Halo did have good storytelling.
Seriously though, you guys don't need get all nasty. I never said any of your favorite games sucked. The closest i came was saying that Deus Ex isn't much of a shooter, and i don't think that's a bad thing. Calling it a shooter is a disservice to that game.
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Shoelip: Most of us didn't say Halo sucked. Just that it's story was extremely generic and cliched, and that Deus Ex's was allot better.
What Halo's story had going for it was excellent generic action movie presentation. That's really it. Tons of witty and memorable one liners in place of dialogue, good cutscenes, and a protagonist that oozes badass to the point that he doesn't even have a name. (Well he does, but it's only mentioned in the books. Which are typo ridden and badly written.) The plot is really just a vehicle for generic military badassery.
The only thing that's well and truely bad about Halo is the fact that it basically killed Bungie as a developer.
They used to be known for innovation, with Marathon, Myth, and Oni in development but for Halo they suddenly decided to sell their souls to Microsoft and make three generic cash cows in a row.
They completely abandoned what made them great. Now they're just trying to cash in on their previous success with the Lego Halo crap.
Oni was freakin' mind blowing, you're like "this is a western developer?!"
Posted January 24, 2009
Baldurs gate series..the only game tricking your mind and acting more clever than your thoughts like just in real life the figthing is not the only solution but making clever conversation with your opponents that would sweep you off to a new condition to deal with is the point....only dragon age would get close to those critea that baldurs gate embedded into gaming history.
Post edited January 24, 2009 by desperados
Posted January 24, 2009
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Weclock: Oni was freakin' mind blowing, you're like "this is a western developer?!"

Its a shame that most people who have played that game only played the PS2 version. Its controls were so ridiculously bad, that the general consensus is that the game sucks.
Posted January 24, 2009
I still have my pc copy.
Posted January 24, 2009
lol Duke Nukem Forever ® they making it for 15 years now
Posted January 24, 2009
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Weclock: Oni was freakin' mind blowing, you're like "this is a western developer?!"
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MobiusArcher: Its a shame that most people who have played that game only played the PS2 version. Its controls were so ridiculously bad, that the general consensus is that the game sucks.

I could only find the PS2 version. It was pretty cool actually.
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