21. I heart halo!

Posted at 9:25PM on Sep 30th 2007 by paintmav

22. why are any of you bashing one 360 game over another? you should all be greatful that you have the selection of amazing games on the system. each time a gears or bioshock or halo is released it sets the bar a little higher for future games to match or surpass.

its win, win.

and to the people who say halo is crap, i would have to say you are in the minority. the game didnt sell as many copies as it did based on hype alone. it is a fun game to play...just ask the 1 or 2 million people who already own it.

Posted at 9:42PM on Sep 30th 2007 by killploki

23. yeah, gears of war got old pretty quickly when i realized all that really happens is people run in circles shooting either the lancer or a shotgun at each other. u might get the occasional grenade or crossbow shot... occasionally. at least halo 3 maps are dynamic and there's more than a handful of weapons. gears has graphics and a decent campaign... while halo 3 graphics may not match it, at least it has dynamic gameplay... and WAY more custom options in every aspect of the game...

Posted at 10:16PM on Sep 30th 2007 by wtfmate?

24. @22 each time eh? i only remeber then being released once...

whats funnier is those are the only games anyone ever mentions on this system... 3 good games is hardly a plethora.

Posted at 10:21PM on Sep 30th 2007 by KiraXD

25. Gears of War has the worst and shittiest matchmaking system period. Since Gears launched Ive said over and over again, why couldnt they copy the Halo lobby system. Had Epic done that Gears would have been king.

Now that Halo 3 is here... Good ridance.

Posted at 10:32PM on Sep 30th 2007 by Pretty Obvious

26. The reason Halo3 works is because they didn't change the gameplay they only made it better.

Don't worry though, Gears of War 2 will have matchmaking and that game will be way more better online. But to the people that cry about lag are n00bs. Play it on PC this year on Windows Live if your PC can handle it and see what you can really do.

Posted at 11:27PM on Sep 30th 2007 by octo INC

27. OBM, your claim is the most foolish thing I've read in a while. I would honestly bet my house that you're wrong.

To claim that Halo's success is because of its marketing is absurd. Hype doesn't make games good. (killzone) good games make hype (halo)

Posted at 12:59AM on Oct 1st 2007 by Stubby Boardman

28. Is that a fact? is that why there was 'live action' clips, the diorahma, game fuel, etc etc etc? Please someone tell me something revolutionary about Halo 3. Yes it has amazing graphics, they don't blow me away but they are some of the best I've seen and to be fair, the amount of time they worked on it, I expected it to be better. BUT, at the end of the day it's a FPS, nothing special whatsoever.
I see GoW as a revolution in 3rd person gaming for the cover and the cut-scenes, COD4 showed us the 'perk' system, which is new, but Halo 3...well it introduced us to...em...aliens from previous Halo games? no sprint button, no cover type options, jumping ridiculous heights.
I'll give them something, they sure milked the franchise for it's final send-off.

Posted at 1:18AM on Oct 1st 2007 by O B M

29. Why does a game have to be "revolutionary" to be good? Every Mario was the same shit, but they were just fun games. Step off of the attention wagon. Hating Halo doesn't make you cool.

I just feel bad for you people who only let themselves enjoy one game and hate all others that are remotely similar. Anyway, can't wait for the Orange Box. Until then, Halo 3 has my undivided attention.

Posted at 2:36AM on Oct 1st 2007 by Zac LaCombe

30. meh, i really dont care about people who say HALO 3 is crap, they probably suck ass at it thats why they come here and bitch a lot,, waaaaaaa waaaaaaa waaaaaaa,, halo sucks, i prefer GOW because im better at it, waaa waa waaaa ;P

Posted at 4:12AM on Oct 1st 2007 by UAE L0co

31. Yeah I agree Zac LaCombe, the movie and television area of entertainment doesn't get this mcuh shit. Not even car companies, which is one place you should bitch about something not breaking the mold. Seriously you got people payin $20,000+ for the same thing they bought 1-10 years ago and all they get is an extra cupholder or rear window washer. Seriously what the fuck. I'll take Halo 3 as it is, remake of a great game made just enough better to get me to feel ok with buying it. Besides there are only a few rare cases in the world where people want, follow, love and buy something truely revolutionary or groundbreaking in its area. Like the Beastie Boys transending and reinventing Hiphop and being the top 5 selling hiphop group of all time. Generally though people are meek and uninteresting. They want the same thing they've had before. Things they don't understand or change to much scare them. Smart or creative things make them feel stupid. You know how it is.

Posted at 4:18AM on Oct 1st 2007 by Anticrawl

32. Anyone stupid enough to think Halos success is due to advertising obviously isn't old enough to remember what made halo famous - CE

Good to see the usual attention seekers trying to bash a game that no one is forcing them to play but there trying to force there opinions onto those of us that do enjoy it.

Posted at 5:49AM on Oct 1st 2007 by SadisticHam

33. Revolutionary? I don't suppose there is anything revolutionary, but it certainly does a lot of kickass things.

Forge
Saved Films
Detailed Stats
Bungie.net

Oh wait, ima not including actual core gameplay, okay.

SCARAB BATTLE, flipping them things on their back for MASSIVE DAMAGE is just pure epic.....wait, wrong game, wrong system.

Seriously though, the way GoW plays just doesn't allow for great battles against huge bosses such as the Corpser and Brumak, add in a few different moves and interaction with the environment, such as climbing to get higher and leaping on the back of a Corpser or something. So I guess that's one thing H3 has over GoW and many others, huge motherfucking bosses with multiple ways of taking them down, rather then following a linear strategy.

Oh and the huge multiplayer suite and its sheer variety is quite awesome too. Basically, i'm more for scale of the levels, with shit loads of AI going on, whereas GoW is quite small with no more then 10 AI at a time.

I love GoWs smooth and simply awesome looking gameplay btw.

Rambling...

Posted at 6:54AM on Oct 1st 2007 by Mike-453

34. Considering Half-Life Orange box is only 1 player per box, there's NO WAY it will dethrone Halo 3.

Posted at 8:55AM on Oct 1st 2007 by JS

35. Beat Halo 3 this weekend... definitely have to say I was more impressed with GoW. Being a person who could care less about playing games online, Gears looked WAY better than Halo 3 (graphically), audio was much better in Gears, storylines of both were just about equally as flat, but overall - right out of the box, Gears impressed me MUCH more than Halo 3 did.

As far as multiplayer goes I imagine Halo being more fun - being as the last multiplayer games I played were Unreal Tournament series, Quake III, FEAR, etc. I would probably liken Halo 3 to those experiences more than Gears. As far as a game that sells the system, I still think Gears is the best as far as graphics, sound, and gameplay.

Posted at 8:55AM on Oct 1st 2007 by Jason

36. A bunch of my friends and I did 12 hours of Halo 3 online MP Saturday. We basically held the same 14 person party all day...it was amazing. My new favorite game type is Infection...crazy fun!

Posted at 9:04AM on Oct 1st 2007 by Josh

37. I'm surprised Bioshock didn't top the list at some point, but Major wasn't doing lists when it released. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Hmmmmm...

Posted at 9:13AM on Oct 1st 2007 by Gemini Ace

38. Gemini the Bioshock demo topped the list at one point.

Anyways I think there really ought be separate lists for SP and MP games.

Posted at 9:23AM on Oct 1st 2007 by xenocidic

39. Well, I'm on the list of Halo 3 players. Although I agree that Halo 3 is not as impressive as Gears of War. Halo just happens to be a lot of fun to play, and so is Gears of War. Halo is just a bit faster and has vehicles (which are so much fun).
Once I play Halo3 enough, I will probably be playing 50/50 of Halo and Gears. They are both awesome games...but if I had to pick only one, I think I would stay with Gears of War.

Posted at 9:52AM on Oct 1st 2007 by Andy

40. You people are saying the corpser battle was more impressive than the dual scarab battle?!!?!!?

Ah well, differing views.

I'm automatically biased though due to after being so into the Halo fiction i'm obviously gonna love moving about inside it.

Though GoW definetly is more impressive with graphics and smooth gameplay, the cover system is great and fluid. But it is still on a pretty small scale with only 2-8 enemies at a time.

Posted at 12:19PM on Oct 1st 2007 by Mike-453