Halo, or Half-Life?
In terms of story (as we all know half life is much better than Halo for that), which game is better. I have only played halo 1 and 2, but I think the half-life series totally trumps it. What does everyone else think?
shareHalflife without a doubt!
share
w00t w00t?
It is hard to compare the two, it is like apples and oranges. But the only reason Halo is more popular is because it is a co-op game that has quality online play. You cannot really play Half Life with friends and stuff. But it is a fact that Half Life is a much more brilliantly crafted game. When I play Half Life it is almost like watching a movie, with all the symbolism, secrets, and building of characters that the game portrays. So Halo may have the popularity, but Half Life is much deeper, and has a much better storyline to it. In my opinion Half Life is the greatest game ever created.
Last movie seen: Glory 10/10
Half-Life Hands down. I've always been confused by Halo fan-boys claiming that it's the best game ever. And when I ask them if they've played Half-Life, most don't even know what it is. Halo definitely has the popularity, and I'm not one for the crowded, over rated game that Halo is. I bought Half-Life 2 the day it came out, and it's so much more then just the single player(which is amazing I might add). Mods and releases from Valve (Orange Box) have kept me mesmerized the last 4 years. To pay homage to a gaming article, Valve's like that kid in school that no matter how much you want to hate them, you can't help but end up loving them in the end. Not 1, not 2, but 3 brand new award winning games(Orange Box) for the price of Halo 2? Sign me up :) I surrender Valve, my heart is yours.
Some Source mods to defiantly check out for your Half-Life Fans
Source Forts (Personal favorite, brings out the fort building 12 year old in all of us :), team based fort building timer, then a CTF battle timer with an array of classes)
Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II (I saw someone say Halo was for being light hearted and screwing around. Well, they have yet to play PVKII. 3 Popular warrior factions merged in a 3 way death match style, and a planned 5 classes for each faction. although only 2 are released at the moment.)
Zombie Master (Think D&D's for half life. One person is the zombie master while the other players try to fight back the horde of zombies with rag tag weapons among booby traps, explosions, flickering lights, and other obstacles at the disposal of the Zombie Master.)
PC Gamer also gave the award of "Best Game Of All Time" to Half-Life. And it won about 50 game of the year awards. I love the half-life series. Not to say that I don't like some Halo multiplayer from time to time...
The Video Game Reviewer Ben Croshaw really hits the nail on the head with both Halo and Half-Life, since both do have their faults.
Here's his review to Halo 3:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/8-Halo-3
Here's his review to the Orange Box (no single review for HL i'm afraid):
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/10-The-Orange-Box