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H12 · 05-19-2004, 12:20 PM

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Originally posted by Lasereth
Kingdom Hearts fucking sucks. I hope Starcraft beats its ass!

-Lasereth

I'd agree with you, but I had Kingdom Hearts beating Starcraft in my bracket.

FYI though, it looks like Starcraft is gonna win anyway. Sucks for my bracket, but I'm glad the better game will win.

Rdr4evr · 05-19-2004, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by Lasereth
The PC version is mediocre. The controls are FUBAR, and it runs like crap on most systems.

Microsoft forced Bungie to get Halo out for the XBox launch so the last few levels of the game are rehashed from the previous levels. They simply ran out of time.

-Lasereth

You know, its funny, I have a low end system but played it with all settings on high with hardly any lag at all.

AMD XP 1800+ 256 Megs and a GeForce3 64 Megs. Pretty pathetic machine, but I had no problem running it. The game didnt suck because of performance, it sucked because of crap interior level design and extreme repetitiveness, and the story didnt wow me like it did everyone else. Halo 2 looks like its going to be the same garbage, I will take Half Life 2 anyday.

I did not know about the last levels being rehashed, which ones specifically?

Lasereth · 05-19-2004, 08:26 PM

Halo 2 looks like it's going to be the same garbage as Halo? Ha ha. If you're gonna take Half-Life 2 over Halo 2 anyday, then you're comparing Halo to Half-Life 1, which are completely different games.

-Lasereth

Rdr4evr · 05-19-2004, 09:23 PM

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Originally posted by Lasereth
Halo 2 looks like it's going to be the same garbage as Halo? Ha ha. If you're gonna take Half-Life 2 over Halo 2 anyday, then you're comparing Halo to Half-Life 1, which are completely different games.

-Lasereth

Yeah, Half Life 1 is several years older and still way better than Halo, they are both FPS' thats close enough for me. Also, will you tell me what levels were rehashed and also, what kind of levels were in place of those to begin with?

Aletheia · 05-20-2004, 03:03 AM

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Originally posted by dabossy2k
Honestly there really is no comparision Starcraft and most blizzard titles are in a leage of there own. They have logivity that no game has ever really touched. Halo is a great game but not to be compared with Starcraft or Warcraft or any blizzard titles. My vote goes to Starcraft.

Sums up my view. You can't even compare.

Laugh! · 05-20-2004, 10:39 AM

Definitely Starcraft. I'm glad it won the battle too because it has so much more replay value.

The newest patch for Halo PC makes it get closer to the greatness that is Starcraft, but it still doesn't hold a candle to one of the best games of all time.

Lasereth · 05-20-2004, 10:43 AM

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Originally posted by Rdr4evr
Yeah, Half Life 1 is several years older and still way better than Halo, they are both FPS' thats close enough for me. Also, will you tell me what levels were rehashed and also, what kind of levels were in place of those to begin with?

The levels starting with The Flood are all rehashes after that. If ya notice that one level has you going through the same level over and over again...that's where they ran out of time. Right when the Flood is introduced it becomes noticeable.

There were no levels in place of those to begin with...Bungie literally wasn't done with the game, but Microsoft made them put it out, so they had to stick in levels towards the end just to finish the game. That's why the first 3/4 of the game seems more polished than the rest.

-Lasereth

Lasereth · 05-20-2004, 10:52 AM

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Originally posted by Laugh!
The newest patch for Halo PC makes it get closer to the greatness that is Starcraft, but it still doesn't hold a candle to one of the best games of all time.

It still doesn't hold a candle to one of the best games of all time? Halo is easily one of the best games of all time. They're both two of the best games ever.

They're simply too incredibly different games. Starcraft was constructed for its multiplayer experience. Blizzard knew players would play it long after it was released. That's why the game is crafted around being a multi-player game. Halo is amazing for its single-player experience, even though the multi-player turned out to be way better than expected.

One game is a FPS and one game is a RTS. One game has most of the work put into a single player game, and the other has most of the work done on the multiplayer aspect. Comparing the two isn't possible, especially on "which game is better." If you look at it professionally, Halo got far better reviews than StarCraft. On a gamers' level, they're about equal, with most fans saying that they can't be compared.

That's why I hate these voting games. Earlier on, Soul Calibur was pitted against Kingdom Hearts and lost. Jesus, Soul Calibur is the best fighting game ever crafted. Kingdom Hearts is a decent RPG with a great story, great characters, and a horrid combat system. Which game won? Kingdom Hearts of course, even though Soul Calibur is the best in its league. Bullshit like this is why I don't even visit GameFaqs during the contest. Taking a look at their contest brackets makes me wanna puke. They're pitting sleeper games versus games that people grew up with that weren't that great. Of course the game that people grew up with will win, simply because they remember it in their childhood. RPGs versus action games...fighting games versus RPGs, and fighting games versus Metal Gear Solid. It's impossible to make a good decision on this level, because some of those games are better in some aspects than the game they're against, yet they still lose. Making multiple contests within their own categories would do better, but it wouldn't solve the initial problems.

The bottom line is that the GameFaqs contest isn't a contest of the best game ever, it's a contest of which game more people played and enjoyed. It wouldn't piss me off as much if they renamed the contest to "Which game did you play and enjoy more than the other." That way, gamers could choose the games they've played instead of automatically making assumptions that one game is better than another.

-Lasereth

Rdr4evr · 05-20-2004, 01:55 PM

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Originally posted by Lasereth
The levels starting with The Flood are all rehashes after that. If ya notice that one level has you going through the same level over and over again...that's where they ran out of time. Right when the Flood is introduced it becomes noticeable.

There were no levels in place of those to begin with...Bungie literally wasn't done with the game, but Microsoft made them put it out, so they had to stick in levels towards the end just to finish the game. That's why the first 3/4 of the game seems more polished than the rest.

-Lasereth

Now Im confused. So the PC version is longer than the XBOX version? If there were no levels on the XBOX version than why would they rehash levels on the PC version, because if that was the case the game could have just ended rather than the rehashes? Sorry If I dont understand, kinda confused.

H12 · 05-20-2004, 03:06 PM

Lasereth, I feel your pain, but I enjoy it anyways simply because it's a popularity contest. I know it's not actually deciding which game is beter, so I can just shake that off and enjoy the tourney.

Lasereth · 05-21-2004, 04:00 AM

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Originally posted by Rdr4evr
Now Im confused. So the PC version is longer than the XBOX version? If there were no levels on the XBOX version than why would they rehash levels on the PC version, because if that was the case the game could have just ended rather than the rehashes? Sorry If I dont understand, kinda confused.

No no, the PC version and XBox version are identical. I'm referring to the XBox version and PC version when I talk about the Flood levels that were rushed.

-Lasereth

losthellhound · 05-25-2004, 04:48 AM

Starcraft, I can always go back to it.. Years later I'm still going back to it. I dont think I will with HALO

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05-19-2004, 08:26 PM	#83 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Halo 2 looks like it's going to be the same garbage as Halo? Ha ha. If you're gonna take Half-Life 2 over Halo 2 anyday, then you're comparing Halo to Half-Life 1, which are completely different games. -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

05-20-2004, 03:06 PM	#90 (permalink)
H12 I'm not about getting creamed, I'm about winning! Location: K-Town, TN	Lasereth, I feel your pain, but I enjoy it anyways simply because it's a popularity contest. I know it's not actually deciding which game is beter, so I can just shake that off and enjoy the tourney. __________________ "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle

05-25-2004, 04:48 AM	#92 (permalink)
losthellhound Thats MR. Muffin Face now Location: Everywhere work sends me	Starcraft, I can always go back to it.. Years later I'm still going back to it. I dont think I will with HALO __________________ "Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?" -- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

05-20-2004, 10:39 AM	#86 (permalink)
Laugh! Upright Location: Dallas	Definitely Starcraft. I'm glad it won the battle too because it has so much more replay value. The newest patch for Halo PC makes it get closer to the greatness that is Starcraft, but it still doesn't hold a candle to one of the best games of all time.