 Halo PC overrated? | |
I agree completely, Jim!! the library level WAS HORRIBLE and it was exactly
the same. the covenant ship was the SAME EVERYWHERE. You must have read my
mind before you posted...
"jim" <jim@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> "Tim McClure" <bass_playa89@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:xDfpb.940$s9.395598943@newssvr11.news.prodigy .com...
> > I've heard many rumours that Halo PC is overrated. Is this true?
>
> YES.
>
> I hadn't played the Xbox version but obviously heard Halo being hyped to
the
> max by Xbox gamers over the last few years. I bought the full PC game a
few
> days ago, and quite honestly, what is the fuss all about? It seems Xbox
> owners are seriously starved of quality games, because PC Halo is just
> another dime-a-dozen first person shooter.
>
> A couple of issues in particular;
>
> Level design...what the hell? Once you've seen the corridor style for a
> particular level, you've seen 90% of the level. Also, the majority of
rooms
> serve no purpose at all (no command rooms, barracks, that type of stuff)
> other than an excuse to have shootouts in.
>
> In order to get the game looking impressive, performance is atrocious. In
> order to get a playable framerate, visuals are atrocious (particularly
> texture quality and screen resolution). Er, Houston, we have a problem
here.
> A playable framerate is obviously what I went for, and seriously, even 5
> year old Half-Life looks more impressive on my rig (P4 2.4ghz, 1gig ram,
> 256mb Fx5900).
>
> The console roots are apparent...all fighting takes place on ground level.
>
> From what I saw (I gave up after the appalling Library level), Halo is
very
> repetitous. I remember the first time I played Half-Life, seeing and
> experiencing something different around every corner. Halo has none of
that.
>
> Basically, I was seriously unimpressed. If anyone else hasn't ever played
> the Xbox version, I'd highly recommend not just going out and buying it on
> reputation like I did, but playing the Halo PC demo first.
>
>
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