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Originally Posted by FngKestrel
Actually, Halo was developed in 1997 by Bungie for initial release on the Mac, with porting to be done to the PC. Microsoft bought Bungie and held onto Halo so that it could be their flagship title when the X-Box came out, several years later.
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It doesn't change the fact that the game was still designed for XBox and not the PC. I'm a big-time Halo fan and I put down the craptacular PC version in about 10 minutes. The Xbox version is way better...it's simply unfair to judge a game based on a port that is known to be trash. You also have to remember that Halo came out a damn long time ago. FPS like Halo were simply not on the market at the time. The physics of the game is just now starting to catch on with other FPS. It's not the innovation that Halo is famous for, it's the physics engine, perfect controls, and awesome single-player/multiplayer experience. Saying a game is awesome doesn't mean it's revolutionary...it simply means it does what a FPS should do better than everyone else.
I don't think many games are overrated. Overhyped maybe but not overrated. I'd say the fighting game genre overall is overrated but I just don't like the genre period.
-Lasereth