[.::Tin Can::.]

We could all argue what FPS is the best in history until we are blue in the face... it's not going to change a damn thing that some people like Halo, some people like Metroid Prime, some people like Half Life, and some people like any random assortment of other games.

Yeah, it's an opinion, and it's ours for gods sakes. We're all entilted to one, and it gets real old when we try and use our opinion as fact and throw it at other people in hopes of changing their mind.

Back to the Halo Movie and not a comparison of which game is better.

[aldo_14]

Rankings mean **** all, frankly.

 A lot of people regard Halo(1 or 2)/Doom3/Half Life 2/etc as the most overranked in history, and we all can know that magazines like to keep in with the big companies (For those exclusives), so I'd say just go with personal opinion.

I thought Halo PC was pish, Deepblue thinks Halo Xbox was the dogs knackers, some people agree with one of us and some think we're both talking out the hole in our behinds

[Mefustae]

Originally posted by Deepblue
RE4 is not first person, and Metroid is more of a puzzle game.

For the record, RE4 is a lot more broad, but once you get down to it, it's really a Puzzle/FPS, regardless of the fact that you aim from over the shoulder, not first person. But i'll agree with you there, it's not really a FPS, but it is a damned good game.

Metroid Prime is a FPS, and to regard it as a puzzle game would be like regarding Halo as a driving game. Just because an FPS forces you to use your brain as opposed to a run'n'gun clickfest like Doom3 (and to a lesser extent, Halo) doesn't mean it isn't a FPS.

Originally posted by deep_eyes
no where did i say that he was directing. but when u have a powerful producer who can pull strings, if u know anything about the buisness is that the producers pull more wieght and have more control on the product theyre producing, director or not.

Somewhere in your rabid post, you stated that Peter Jackson would  use "the same support and technology and more from what hes done with LOTR". You essentially implied he would be making direct descisions about the form the movie takes, which is a director's job. An Executive Produce might hold sway, but descisions like that without a doubt come under the role of 'Director'. And anyway, the Register in all likeliness hit the nail on the head in their article (posted on the previous page), that they're only using Jackson's name, not in any creative capacity whatsoever.

Remember, we're talking about an Executive Producer here, not the main Producer. If you knew anything, you'd spot the difference...

[WMCoolmon]

I just played through the first level of Halo PC, again, today...Pillar of Autumn looked damn awesome. Graphics didn't seem all that bad except for an oddity here or there. Quotes from the AI were still funny. "I picked the wrong day to quit smoking!" yelled one marine, while getting pwned by Covvies.

Although another ran up to a heavily fortified Covenant position, got shot a couple times, and did a crotch-thrust while yelling, "You want some of this!?" The two elites and three grunts massacred him for his impudence.

[aldo_14]

Peter Jacksons' next directing role is, BTW, an adaptation of The Lovely Bones, which would appear to be filming around the same time/s as the Halo movie (both are due sometime 2007, and both have yet to cast).

[Deepblue]

And both will be at least partially set in Wellington.

[Charismatic]

Wow. By playing Renegade id think it came out like way back when C&C started.. by their graphics.

Wow.

Majior 'ouch' on Renegade then..compared to H1

[StratComm]

Yeah, whatever.  Renegade isn't supposed to be photorealistic, it's supposed to be big.  But to say it looks like it was made in 1995 is pretty rediculous.  It's actually a very close match with Halo in terms of level of detail, it just doesn't have as much gloss.

[Deepblue]

Halo still looks good.

[aldo_14]

It looks 'ok'.  About the same as Q3 engine games (when I first played I thought it looked a lot like Jedi Academy, although somewhat less detailed).

Good would be massively overstating it.  'Good' is, I dunno, Half Life 2 / R:TW / Far Cry, etc.  Unless you mean good on the Xbox, which is probably fair enough cos that's more or less a static technical environment.

[Deepblue]

When I say good, I mean that it doesn't make my eyes want to scream unlike the original Half-Life.

And I would rate the games you listed as excellent graphically.

[Mefustae]

Originally posted by Deepblue
When I say good, I mean that it doesn't make my eyes want to scream unlike the original Half-Life.

And I would rate the games you listed as excellent graphically.

*DingDingDing* And that is why you're percieved to be an Xbox fanboy; you seem to care about graphics above all else. Great gameplay, great story, none of them matter to you. All you care about is if it looks good. This is the attitude of basically all Xbox fans I've ever known, and this is the attitude which is destroying console gaming...

[Deepblue]

Originally posted by Mefustae
*DingDingDing* And that is why you're percieved to be an Xbox fanboy; you seem to care about graphics above all else. Great gameplay, great story, none of them matter to you. All you care about is if it looks good. This is the attitude of basically all Xbox fans I've ever known, and this is the attitude which is destroying console gaming...

???

I just said it looks good, while FarCry and Half-Life 2 etc. all look excellent. I only ever buy games for gameplay, especially online play... I want to have fun, not have thinks look real. (though I cant stand to play Burnout 3 on PS2 as it is freaking impossible to see oncoming traffic even on a HDTV).

[SadisticSid]

It's been a while since I fired up Halo on the PC but it was a fun game which I was compelled to play from start to finish. XBox stuff aside, it is definitely one of the best FPS games I've played which wasn't a chore to complete. Doom 3 was a graphical orgasm but nothing else. Half-Life 2 was plotless and uninspired - the original Red Faction played out better for me. Deus Ex and SS2 were loads of fun too, but as pure FPSs without their RPG elements (inventory, non-strict linearity, character upgrading), they'd be easily forgettable.

The movie will suck though. It'll no doubt have some cool moments like everything else these days, but I don't foresee anything more than a bland, terse interpretation of the game, which doesn't have enough material to make something good. The books would be far better source material I feel.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Deepblue

though I cant stand to play Burnout 3 on PS2 as it is freaking impossible to see oncoming traffic even on a HDTV).

Not just me, then.  That pisses me off; I'm seeing it more and more in games where they just overload the screen with stuff.  It's going to be wrose in the next gen too, when they really shovel in stupid effects for the sake of overheating GPUs.