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Re: A little harsh, perhaps?
By:TDSpiral
Date: 4/23/13 2:43 am
In Response To: A little harsh, perhaps? (Leviathan)

: The reason I omitted certain games for most of my categories was simply
: because I view them as completely different things. Halo 4 isn't a bad
: game - it's just that, to me, it feels like a vaguely similar, but
: ultimately different entry in a series that happens to have the same name.
: That's not an insult - that's just how my brain interpreted it. Halo Wars
: is also like this - it's stuck in another dimension that floats around
: 'Halo'. Some of the EU entries also fit those descriptions. My brain
: simply doesn't classify 'Halo' as products released by the company owning
: the IP - it's a much more unintelligible assemblage of specific themes,
: styles, designs, moods, etc. But I've still had fun throwing an army of
: Scorpions at other factions, and I've had fun trying to jump the
: killzone-rivers on Reclaimer.

: This is all related to why I have a hard time posting here in actual game or
: story discussions anymore is because much of what I'm reading doesn't fit
: with my personal database of Halo anymore. I'm outdated, hah! It's not
: even a conscious thing - I'll be reading and go, "What's that he
: said? But we've never even seen the Forerunners... oh wait..."

: I look at vaguely-titled XBox Dashboard advertisements and can't honestly
: tell if its Halo or not these days. "I once knew every spell in all
: the tongues of UNSC, Covenant, and Flood..."

: Bungie's Halo trilogy must have hit me at a developing stage in my life and
: now I'm over the hill and stuck in my old ways. This doesn't make me angry
: towards new Halo things - it just makes me really depressed as I realize
: that perhaps 'my Halo' ended a few years ago without me realizing it. I
: guess DBO is the old folk's home I'm retiring to... er... no offense,
: Claude!

You're right, I was being a bit harsh about it. I'm sorry that I made such broad generalizations and assumptions behind people's reasoning. That's just a dick thing to do.

Even if it wasn't out of malice, you still chose to omit the game entirely. I don't agree with your reasoning, but that's fair; don't have to agree with mine either. I personally believe that Halo 4 should still be judged with the other Halo games and held up to their standards, even if it doesn't necessarily feel like a true Halo game.

I think the same should apply to Halo Wars. Even if it is made by a different studio, and is a completely different type of game.


Messages In This Thread

Rate the Halo gamesCody Miller4/22/13 5:44 am
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesHawki4/22/13 8:15 am
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesDEEP NNN4/22/13 8:58 am
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesbreitzen4/22/13 10:37 am
     Just Might POSSIBLY See A Pattern.Morpheus4/22/13 10:54 am
           Re: Just Might POSSIBLY See A Pattern.Guttsu4/22/13 12:53 pm
     This was actually fun!Grizzlei4/22/13 2:15 pm
           Oooh, one moreGrizzlei4/22/13 2:33 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesLeviathan4/22/13 2:19 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesMacGyver104/22/13 3:12 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesserpx4/22/13 3:57 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesMixmasterchief4/22/13 4:00 pm
     I like Halo Wars and there is nothing you can do. *NM*Vandle Valsher4/22/13 4:37 pm
           Me too. Why haven't we played yet?? *NM*Revenant19884/22/13 9:14 pm
           Multiplayer is fine, campaign (story) has probz *NM*Avateur4/22/13 9:29 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesSonofMacPhisto4/22/13 5:58 pm
           Re: Rate the Halo gamesCody Miller4/22/13 10:33 pm
                 Re: Rate the Halo gamesSonofMacPhisto4/23/13 5:44 pm
     Definitive guide, including fish.uberfoop4/22/13 6:44 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesQuirel4/22/13 8:02 pm
           Re: Rate the Halo gamesGrizzlei4/22/13 8:06 pm
                 Re: Rate the Halo gamesQuirel4/22/13 11:07 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesAvateur4/22/13 9:27 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesMetalingus6274/22/13 10:08 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesGravemind4/22/13 10:21 pm
           Re: Rate the Halo gamesuberfoop4/22/13 11:52 pm
                 Re: Rate the Halo gamesGravemind4/22/13 11:54 pm
                       You aren't alone. *NM*Quirel4/22/13 11:56 pm
                       Re: Rate the Halo gamesuberfoop4/23/13 12:03 am
                       Re: Rate the Halo gamesCody Miller4/23/13 4:46 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesiForge4/22/13 10:27 pm
     Lol, Two Betrayals is super controversial. *NM*uberfoop4/22/13 10:52 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesTDSpiral4/22/13 10:56 pm
           Re: Rate the Halo gamesuberfoop4/22/13 11:09 pm
                 Or probablyMacGyver104/23/13 12:09 am
                 Re: Rate the Halo gamesTDSpiral4/23/13 12:27 am
                       Re: Rate the Halo gamesuberfoop4/23/13 12:35 am
                             Re: Rate the Halo gamesTDSpiral4/23/13 2:25 am
                       A little harsh, perhaps?Leviathan4/23/13 2:19 am
                             DBO: The old folk's home. *NM*uberfoop4/23/13 2:23 am
                                   I resemble that remark. *NM*Kermit4/23/13 4:25 pm
                             Re: A little harsh, perhaps?TDSpiral4/23/13 2:43 am
                                   Re: A little harsh, perhaps?Leviathan4/23/13 12:29 pm
                                         Re: A little harsh, perhaps?Revenant19884/23/13 1:29 pm
           Re: Rate the Halo gamesHawki4/23/13 12:15 am
                 Re: Rate the Halo gamesAvateur4/23/13 12:33 am
                 Re: Rate the Halo gamesuberfoop4/23/13 12:43 am
                       Re: Rate the Halo gamesHawki4/23/13 1:09 am
                             Re: Rate the Halo gamesuberfoop4/23/13 1:45 am
                                   Addendum/Edituberfoop4/23/13 2:21 am
                 Re: Rate the Halo gamesTDSpiral4/23/13 2:50 am
                       Re: Rate the Halo gamesZackDark4/23/13 12:02 pm
                 Re: Rate the Halo gamesGravemind4/23/13 3:29 am
                 Re: Rate the Halo gamesbreitzen4/23/13 11:55 am
     AND You Forgot One...Morpheus4/23/13 2:49 am
     Just to pile in my two cents...Arithmomaniac4/23/13 4:27 pm
     WAY TOO HARSH ON HALO WARS *NM*SEspider4/23/13 6:26 pm
     Re: Rate the Halo gamesGeneral Vagueness4/25/13 8:53 pm
           You forgot one WTF momentZackDark4/25/13 9:30 pm

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