Overrated game that shipped with the original XBox, played by people who can't afford a good gaming PC. Venerated and worshipped as a god of the gaming world.
Involves playing as a supersoldier in the year 2552, fighting for Humanity's survival against the genocidal alien consortium known as the Covenant.
Initially developed to be a Mac game, Microsoft acquired Bungie and retooled the release for their upcoming Xbox console.
In my eyes, Halo is a pretty good game, fun to play for a while, but it suffers from one key weakness:
The complete inability to modify the game aside from using an entire third-party shell (also known as Halo CE) -- with the exception of the third game.. but come on now, it took you this long to begin to realize that user-generated content is key to replayability, Bungie?
Ever hear of Half-Life and Counter-Strike? I'm sure most Halo players have not, so I'll fill you in.
Half-Life was released in 1998, using a modified Quake 1 engine. Yes, Quake 1. You know, that ancient relic with the nailguns and the square heads.. Anyway, Half-Life -- with its stunning graphics and engaging storyline (for its time) -- in itself received more than 50 game-of-the-year awards and catapulted Valve from being a simple IT company to one of the top games developers literally overnight.
Well, a couple of university students cooked up Counter-Strike while messing around with more mods for Quake. Counter-Strike was such a massive success that one teenaged gamer hosted the Beta 6 release on his ISP's webspace. Unfortunately, the release was downloaded so much that it disabled his entire ISP -- losing them thousands of dollars and landing the unfortunate perp in JDC. I haven't heard of Halo causing anything like this.
Jess Cliffe himself (one of the original developers of CS, who was later hired by Valve themselves to work on more games) mentions this in the book HL2: Raising the Bar.
I've played both Halo and Half-Life extensively, and I keep going back to Half-Life because it's just so simple to create anything for the game. Look up 'HL Rally' sometime -- you'll see that with a game like Half-Life almost anything is possible.
Involves playing as a supersoldier in the year 2552, fighting for Humanity's survival against the genocidal alien consortium known as the Covenant.
Initially developed to be a Mac game, Microsoft acquired Bungie and retooled the release for their upcoming Xbox console.
In my eyes, Halo is a pretty good game, fun to play for a while, but it suffers from one key weakness:
The complete inability to modify the game aside from using an entire third-party shell (also known as Halo CE) -- with the exception of the third game.. but come on now, it took you this long to begin to realize that user-generated content is key to replayability, Bungie?
Ever hear of Half-Life and Counter-Strike? I'm sure most Halo players have not, so I'll fill you in.
Half-Life was released in 1998, using a modified Quake 1 engine. Yes, Quake 1. You know, that ancient relic with the nailguns and the square heads.. Anyway, Half-Life -- with its stunning graphics and engaging storyline (for its time) -- in itself received more than 50 game-of-the-year awards and catapulted Valve from being a simple IT company to one of the top games developers literally overnight.
Well, a couple of university students cooked up Counter-Strike while messing around with more mods for Quake. Counter-Strike was such a massive success that one teenaged gamer hosted the Beta 6 release on his ISP's webspace. Unfortunately, the release was downloaded so much that it disabled his entire ISP -- losing them thousands of dollars and landing the unfortunate perp in JDC. I haven't heard of Halo causing anything like this.
Jess Cliffe himself (one of the original developers of CS, who was later hired by Valve themselves to work on more games) mentions this in the book HL2: Raising the Bar.
I've played both Halo and Half-Life extensively, and I keep going back to Half-Life because it's just so simple to create anything for the game. Look up 'HL Rally' sometime -- you'll see that with a game like Half-Life almost anything is possible.
It is my opinion that Microsoft (and their subservient Bungie), in refusing to allow modding of Halo, have doomed the series to abandonment far sooner than what should have been, unless they can keep pumping out sequel after sequel (much like EA and the Sims series) and keep things fresh and interesting enough to retain their fanbase.
by Victor933 June 1, 2009
Get the halo mug.The art of one taking September 25th 2007 "Halo3Tuesday" off just to play halo 3, this includes work, school, girlfriends, family, and everything but eating and playing halo.
I took the whole week of Halo3Tuesday off which specifically is the infamous Halo3Tuesday Septemeber 25th 2007, from school and work just to play halo 3. I also camped at the mall Monday night before from 6pm til midnight EST. My girlfriend was very "displeased and unsatisfied," but what's really new... haha j/k
by Fireci25 October 15, 2007
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The placement of people after an online game(like halo). The rule is that the player in last has generally more of a life than the player who placed first. Can be used as an excuse or a joke.
Reggie99 - "Hey, I just came in first! Awesome!"
Noobie36 - "Yea, but you are last in the Halo Sequence, my friend. You obviously have no life."
Reggie99 - "You're just saying that because you suck."
MasterChief123 - "Yes! I pwn at capture the flag. Good thing I'm last in the Halo Sequence or else I would be a n00b."
Noobie36 - "Yea, but you are last in the Halo Sequence, my friend. You obviously have no life."
Reggie99 - "You're just saying that because you suck."
MasterChief123 - "Yes! I pwn at capture the flag. Good thing I'm last in the Halo Sequence or else I would be a n00b."
by Mockstairwell January 24, 2008
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bob: that fucking fucker just shot the fuck out of me.
What hell did that fucking piece of shit come from.
jim: Dude she shot you with a plasma pistol. Quit with the Halo Turrets
bob: WTF!! NO Fucking way!
bob: that fucking fucker just shot the fuck out of me.
What hell did that fucking piece of shit come from.
jim: Dude she shot you with a plasma pistol. Quit with the Halo Turrets
bob: WTF!! NO Fucking way!
by Anime King99 May 13, 2008
Get the Halo Turrets mug.used in a voting situation where the number of voters is even and the vote is a tie. The winner of the vote is now the person or party that voted for a positive or a yes to the vote. As in the "vote to change map" part of halo online gaming.
Guy 1: "I say we go to the mall to find girls."
Guy 2: "I think the park is better."
Guy 1: "Lets vote. Who wants to go to the mall? Me. Who doesn't?"
Guy 2: "Me..."
Guy 1: "Halo rules. Guess we are going to the mall."
Guy 2: "I think the park is better."
Guy 1: "Lets vote. Who wants to go to the mall? Me. Who doesn't?"
Guy 2: "Me..."
Guy 1: "Halo rules. Guess we are going to the mall."
by scottzero July 21, 2009
Get the Halo rules mug.Verb. To continually hop during an online deathmatch while being shot at, mainly used to avoid being hit. The action is originally thought to have come from The first Halo game.
by wtfgrizzly November 28, 2010
Get the Halo Hop mug.This family is know to be the strongest family in the world. Not only that, but also their handsome men will steal your girl and you won't be able to do a thing. All you will be able to do is watch.
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