Why is Halo so popular? (Page 1 of 3)

nah, it's just a ton of sci-fi nerds. i don't think halo is all too great either.

The first one was good.  Then it just created such a following and the hype was made.

For example.  Why is Rocky Horror Picture show so popular? 

Just unanswerable questions.

Its an oversimplified FPS that is just the same drole over and over and over and over again and ppl just sit there and play and play and play.

No, i dont like Halo.

The first may have been the best, especially parts of campaign. But Halo, when you go beyond the very basic story you see just playing through campaign, actually has a fairly deep story. The books expand this a lot, but even just going through and getting the terminals deepens the story.

The multiplayer is simple, but fun, especially if you get a ton of friends together for a custom game of infection or something.

Finally (I could go on about Halo, but I won't), Halo completely revolutionized the FPS genre. While it seems less than other games in some ways, they've borrowed a lot from it. Halo CE had a good story, and many modern games really don't have that, but that started to be more common. The Big 3 of shooting, meleeing, and using grenades is simple, but requires though on how to take down, say, a group of Brutes, depending on what they're wielding, how many, etc. It's simple, but still requires some though. Of course, you can run and gun.

But my main point is, Halo, especially Combat Evolved, has really changed the FPS genre, and should be respected for that. The story, too, if you take the time to learn it, is great too. The Multiplayer, especially for serious players, may not be as fun as, say, COD4. I'd say that COD's multiplayer is better, for serious gaming. But the campaign's story wasn't as good, and there are no more relaxed gametypes, like Infection, VIP, Juggernaut, Oddball, etc.

Long post. In short, I really respect what Bungie has done in the Halo Games.

I like to think Halo 2 is responsible for the death of the health bar......:(

I guess the storyline and the character himself is what make this game so popular.I recently played Halo 3...I enjoyed it,but not to the point of becoming addicted..:P

Yeah I was going to mention that. Its also like, the EXACT same sarge from Predator. Complete with the little cap. And to counter post WV's post: I honestly dont think Halo revolutionized much of anything. It just took a game like Golden eye 007, kept the mechanics and gameplay and tossed in a few aliens. If you look at Halo, almost nothing in the game hasn't already been done before.

This sums up my opinion pretty well. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ … n/8-Halo-3

Well said, Si.

I wouldn't know about Aliens, but Halo 1 was, what, 7 years ago? The graphics back then were far weaker, but Halo still had decent graphics for the time. If you mean their faces. The sarge might be a homage to the one in predator, but I wouldn't know.

Because its Halo.

I started at the beginning, then Jawa jumped in and I watched him play. I must say I've played a fair share of first person shoot 'em ups and Halo's nothing new. I've played Alien vs Predator, which came out a long time before Halo and it's pretty much the same sort of story but a hell of a lot scarier.

I didnt think that AVP threatened the entire universe, and had an bio-enginered armored man killing an alliance of aliens.

Its alot harder than it looks Fett_II

There really wasnt a threat, the xenomorphs are not capable of of building/driving space ships and consuming the entire universe.

And yeah I'm kinda tired of all these bio-engineered dudes as well, I'm not saying it was great, I was just jokein around with Mel.