[citation][nom]False_Dmitry_II[/nom]I take it you didn't read any of the books? There really is a vast territory there for more. It's a very rich universe.[/citation]
No I have not read the books and don't plan too personally. The story just isn't good enough to warrant books IMO. Its very uninspired and has been told many times 10, 20, 30 years before Halo was a gleam in the eye of its creator.
As for originality though I am referencing the game play. Halo has been just another generic FPS sinec the day it came out. Although fun still generic. But at the same time I hate halo for making regenerating health/shield mainstream (No it was not the first game to do it like console players think, just made it popular). Regenerating shields/health has made FPS games way to easy, honestly ever game brought out now, no matter the genra, FPS, RPG, RTS, etc is extremely easy. I can't tell you the last time I had any real challenge playing a game. I have to go back to SNES/Genesis/Nintendo era, Super Ghouls and Ghosts anyone?
I would like to see companies start trying new ideas in games. Doesn't have to be anything big take one step at a time. Perfect it then in the next game introduce something else.
Portal/HL2 are great examples. Introduced the use life like animations and facial animations. You can honestly tell what the character is feeling in HL by just looking at their face. I have yet to see any other game since HL2 came out, what 10 or more years ago, reproduce this effect. (Time for Hl2 release could be wrong. Then in Episode one they perfected their animations and story telling abilities. In portal they tried a completely new style of game play. It was till a FPS but you didn't kill a single "living" entity, there were no guns, just puzzle solving. And you know what, it went on to be the biggest/most popular game since the original HL IMO. Because it was original and no a rehash like every game released now days.
Sorry ill end my rant didn't mean to go off like this/
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