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Which of the half life or halo series games do you think is the best? :confused:

Half Life, it was first and actually had semi-cool enemies to shoot.

If you have friends and a social life : Halo 1&2 for drunk co-op gaming.
If you own spock ears and a healthy virginity : Half-game and its sequel.

/"I got laid and need to tell you my entire life story instead of chuckling at mild sarcasm because I am so insecure and I love HL" comments start pouring in 3, 2, 1...

If you have friends and a social life : Halo 1&2 for drunk co-op gaming.
If you own spock ears and a healthy virginity : Half-game and its sequel.

/"I got laid and need to tell you my entire life story instead of chuckling at mild sarcasm because I am so insecure and I love HL" comments start pouring in 3, 2, 1...

Very funny...well, it would be to a Halo fan, anyway. HL is, and always will be, better. And if you want drunk co-op games, play TimeSplitters 2...fecking hilarious, especially if you play as that goddamn monkey!

All things Half-Life are non-evil. All things HALO are evil.

I cast my lot with the Half-Life (2) crowd. Why? Sheer honesty. A quality game designed for PCs and the people with the intellect to handle them. Well, in theory, anyhow.

Halo, while pretty, is just that - pretty. It was designed, oddly enough, for a PC that pretends to be a console, for people who can't be arsed to own a real PC. Much like the original Halo, where they said there would be "no PC release", I suspect Halo 2 will have one either out, or announced, within six months, because the changes necessary are pretty minimal.

Then we can see just how pretty it gets on the latest bleeding-edge hardware.


Now, as far as STORY goes - I give the nod to Halo. It's absurd, and they know it, and they enjoy it, whereas the HL side tries to take itself too seriously most of the time. Mechanically, I fall back on HL. Their new phsysics system rocks, too.

Halo 2 mod for half-life :D. Everybody is happy :D.

Now, as far as STORY goes - I give the nod to Halo. It's absurd, and they know it, and they enjoy it, whereas the HL side tries to take itself too seriously most of the time. Mechanically, I fall back on HL. Their new phsysics system rocks, too.

The story in Halo 2 was pretty crap I thought but it was really great in Halo 1. Halo was one of the most enjoyable single/multiplayer games I've ever played and still is.

Guys that voted for Half Life - do you not think that Halo is generally more FUN to play than your game? Co-op especially is great as is linking up 4 xboxs and playing with a load of your mates. Dunno about half like 2 though. Sounds great and i cant wait to try it but my PC is useless and it aint on xbox yet... if ever. :(

All things Half-Life are non-evil. All things HALO are evil.

... So, you're essentially saying that Halo RAWKS? :D

What is cool with halo is the fact that with a drunk buddy, you really play like you're the friggin' MAN! Jumping on an alien islamist bastard's tank, punching the driver's face and dropping a grenade down the hatch is so virile, it makes your hair grow instantly while you play.

I must agree that the xbox has few other games of interest. In fact, Halo 1&2 are the only good games on it. (and Morrowind is meant to be modded on a PC only!)

I must agree that the xbox has few other games of interest. In fact, Halo 1&2 are the only good games on it. (and Morrowind is meant to be modded on a PC only!)

Whats wrong with Fable? Pro Evo 4? I'm sure theres others but i wanna go play Halo 2 so I couldn't be bothered thinking...:D

Metal Gear Solid.

Killzone.

The story in Halo 2 was pretty crap I thought but it was really great in Halo 1. Halo was one of the most enjoyable single/multiplayer games I've ever played and still is.
Right, shoulda qualified my statement- have not checked out Halo 2's storyline, I only have the first (of Halo & HL) them on hand to give thorough examinations.

When it comes to MP action, if you ditch the TKing griefers (you sad pieces of crap know who you are), Halo can be incredibly fun with its standard CTF jazz. When I play various Team vs. Team games (Halo, CS, BF1942, etc), the one thing I always find myself wanting... is the Warthog. If I could take Halo's 'hog into Desert Combat instead of those stupid humvees, I would be in a gaming nirvana.

BuMp Halo Rocks

Well, I like Halo 2, I think the story was fun and the multiplayer rocks.

You do realize that this poll will be beyond innacurate, as many people will vote against Halo or Halo 2 because they hate them. Half-Life and Half-Life 2 won't have as much of a problem, because they are not mascots for their console.


By the way, Half-Life 2 is coming out for Xbox too!

Thief, System Shock and Deus Ex.

Halo 2, is one of the best FPS I've ever come across. Besides the wonder of XBox Live, the game is done unbelieveably well. The graphics smash any-and-everything I have ever seen to pieces. The story is actually semi-compelling, something I never thought I'd see in a FPS. And besides that, blowing aliens and zombies to hell is fun!

Not to knock the half-life games. They rock as well, but Halo 2 is superior on so many levels.

Halo 2 lacks one critical enemy though, Nazis. To become the ultimate FPS you need Nazis, aliens and zombies, something that hasn't quite been done yet.

But, yeah, It's not an insult to the Half-Life games. To say Halo 2 makes the Half-Life games suck is like saying Time Splitters makes Goldeneye suck. Halo 2 just takes it to another level.

1 word : HaloRocks... 2 words : Halo Rocks ...Another word : Famoozle

Killzone.
I've played Killzone at my ferinds house for a few hours.
And I must say It's utter BULLSHIT!
Sony Calls it " Halo Killer" Yet the game is utter bullshit. It has some cool fetures, but it's not as FUN to play as HALO.

HALO is just plain fun. Fun to play signle player, because it's just fun. Co-Op is awsome as is multiplayer. Killzone may have more stuff, but it's not fun.
A Game should be fun, HALO is, kill zone isnt.

HALO 2, How can you not love this game? It's just like HALO, an extension of HALO. With the Jack vehical option.
HALO 1 and 2 are just plain FUN!
There are plenty of great games for XBOX.

I do have a PC that can max out most new games. But I perfer my XBOX kuz I can play it on a massive screen and onan coach.

Several things.
1.) ITS NOT CALLED BLOODY HALO! STOP CALLING IT HALO YOU MORONS!
ITS Halo NOT HALO HALO is HIGH ALTITUDE LOW OPENING, A TYPE OF PARADROP. Halo NOT GODDAMN HALO.

2.) Darsylonian Theocrats you don't know jackshit about the Xbox or its comparison to a PC. I own a high-powered PC that can run games well, and I own an Xbox. Calling me someone who can't be arsed to own a PC is utter bullshit because I own and love PC games and at the same time, I own and love an Xbox. The Xbox is .
i) A good way for microsoft to make MORE money.
ii) A cheaper alternative to a PC
iii) As someone said , a console that you can sit back with on one big screen.
iiii) Something that you don't need to bother installing and worrying about OMG SPECS

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"Halo 2 lacks one critical enemy though, Nazis. To become the ultimate FPS you need Nazis, aliens and zombies, something that hasn't quite been done yet."

I believe the covenant are space nazi's =p. Actually, I think RTCW came the closest, with Nazi's, Zombies, and Hybrids. =)

4.) Halo 2 PWNZ you Half Life 2 Bummers.

i personally think both games are for noobs

i dont care much for either of them

they all got boring way to quick. But if i had to pick one it would be half-life one because of its mods..

I don't actually have a mouse, Sooooo Halo over Half life, i guess. That and I despised the first Half-Life...

War Hammer 40K......Chaos Consumes You!

War Hammer 40K......Chaos Consumes You!

*Runs Sketch over with tanks*

My Mechanised Company pwnz j00.

i personally think both games are for noobs

i dont care much for either of them

they all got boring way to quick. But if i had to pick one it would be half-life one because of its mods..


And what do you play? Killzone? Battlefield 1942?

Several things.
1.) ITS NOT CALLED BLOODY HALO! STOP CALLING IT HALO YOU MORONS!
ITS Halo NOT HALO HALO is HIGH ALTITUDE LOW OPENING, A TYPE OF PARADROP. Halo NOT GODDAMN HALO. When my game starts up, regardless of filenames or convention, the letters HALO appear on screen, all one size, and based on the shape of the letters, presumed to be uppercase. Hence, it is HALO, not H.A.L.O.





2.) Darsylonian Theocrats you don't know jackshit about the Xbox or its comparison to a PC. I own a high-powered PC that can run games well, and I own an Xbox. Calling me someone who can't be arsed to own a PC is utter bullshit because I own and love PC games and at the same time, I own and love an Xbox.

I made a generalization, which are prone to not apply equally to everyone. You made a personal attack and an assumption, which is directly offensive and completely inaccurate. I'm quite well informed about the Xbox design and specs. It is inherently inferior to the PC I own. It is a PC-for-dummies approach to videogaming. I'm not saying it doesn't do what it does well, I'm just calling a spade a spade. My 386 could run Pacman like nobody's business.

I can sit back with one big screen on my PC, thanks to the onset of nice wide (large) screen TVs, like that 61" Samsung with DVI input. I don't, but I could.

As far as installing and worrying about specs- I dont have to worry about that at all presently, but I understand your point. The difference is, when a new game comes out that needs X requirements, I may just need an extra stick of ram, or a more up to date videocard. You'll need an entirely new rig. 'You' being Xbox owners, that is.. because YOU have both.

Halo 2, is one of the best FPS I've ever come across. Besides the wonder of XBox Live, the game is done unbelieveably well. The graphics smash any-and-everything I have ever seen to pieces. The story is actually semi-compelling, something I never thought I'd see in a FPS. And besides that, blowing aliens and zombies to hell is fun!

Not to knock the half-life games. They rock as well, but Halo 2 is superior on so many levels.

Halo 2 lacks one critical enemy though, Nazis. To become the ultimate FPS you need Nazis, aliens and zombies, something that hasn't quite been done yet.

But, yeah, It's not an insult to the Half-Life games. To say Halo 2 makes the Half-Life games suck is like saying Time Splitters makes Goldeneye suck. Halo 2 just takes it to another level.
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Obviously hasn't played hl2 on new gen vid cards.

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Well, we know what YOU value in a game the most :D

I jest, I jest. I'm a fan of Halo myself, haven't been able to play Halo 2 yet.

BUMP Halo HAlo HALo HALO vote Halo

By the way, Half-Life 2 is coming out for Xbox too!

It might not be out on xbox cus it keeps getting delayed. It will be on xbox 2 anyway if it doesn't come out soon. :(

I haven't played either of them yet, but from what I hear I'm going to go with HL2. Halo 2, while fun for multiplayer, got hesitant reviews for its single player campaign. It's confusing all the way through, and the ending makes you cry supposedly. HL2's storyline is supposed to be more complete and intense.

But again, that's all I could come up with for a tie-breaker. They're both 5-star games for good reason.

Bah. Rise of the Triad.

I haven't played either of them yet, but from what I hear I'm going to go with HL2. Halo 2, while fun for multiplayer, got hesitant reviews for its single player campaign. It's confusing all the way through, and the ending makes you cry supposedly. HL2's storyline is supposed to be more complete and intense.


The single player Halo 2 was alright but i dont think it was anywhere near as good as Halo CE. Halo 2 storyline was confusing and it didn't feel complete. Didnt like much of the new enemies or guns either.

I voted Half Life. I haven't played either of the sequels yet, so couldn't compare them.

In comparing the single player, I felt HL was better then HALO, looking at the time it came out. Both were just as beautiful graphically and audially for their time, and even side by side Half Life tends to give a far greater feeling of suspence and "fight for survival". As soon as the flood were introduced, I must admit to thinking "oh, there's the annoying face jumpers", and for a while felt I was back in half-life, with slightly better graphics, but far less intensity. With the plots, Halo again was wonderful, but the intensity of Half Life helps to give the older game the crown again.

I can't compare multiplayer, because I'm a solo-campaign player myself. However, if we're factoring in HALO's multiplayer element, then I think it's fair to factor in Counterstrike into HL's side.

Overall, Half Life is simply a more solid game. Halo is a VERY good game made to sell, both ideologically and comercially, the X-Box, and it worked, being a beautiful game that's wonderfully fun to play. The older game simply trumps it by keeping the intensity up higher and longer, plus, at least in my experience, delivering a bit more length in gameplay, time wise.

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i voted halo2 for the sheer coolness of the online ..now i do think the game half-life 2 is better but no online and the fact that i cant go buy a new stick of ram and a new graphics card for every new game that comes out on pc...by the time i buy all the hardware to run a new game and the game ive spent 300 bucks..and if you believe these minimum requirement lies..then you need to try running one of these games with minimum requiremnts

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Bah. Rise of the Triad.

Hell yeah. :D

"No...please...don't shoot...no...please..."*collapses*

Aww, i'm such a nice guy sparing my enemies and stuff. *walks through door*

*bullet enters back of head*

*dies*

HL2 simply because of the physics engine. If there is one thing I love doing on HL2, It's smashing up bottles and watching the shards fall to the ground.

The end levels of HL2 are amazing! The god-like feeling you have as you use your enemies bodies as weapons and steal power to use as energy weapons is just fantastic.

HL2's biggest let down is your sides AI.

Far Cry is up there too.

I'm just about to spend 1000 GBP to make HL2 look even nicer!

Half Life and/or Half Life 2.

If you want to play Halo BEFORE it was a cheap spin-off, go download Tribes 2 at www.tribes2.com. It's free now (edit- or so I thought. after browsing the site, looks like the free download thing must have been a limited time offer. oh well, tough cookies)

Otherwise, I think this is MORE than enough reason to NOT get Halo:
If you have friends and a social life : Halo 1&2 for drunk co-op gaming.
If you own spock ears and a healthy virginity : Half-game and its sequel.

Metroid Prime 2 > them both

I'd get that if I had the money... I've been playing Super Metroid through the past few days just after browsing the Metroid Prime 2 website.

Thief, System Shock and Deus Ex.

What this man said.

Also, Half-Life 2 over Halo 2. Why? Because while both are great games, and worthy sequels to awesome games, Half-Life 2 absolutely shines when placed in comparison to it's predecessor. Halo 2 is different, true, but it doesn't feel as amazing as playing Half-Life then loading the start of Half-Life 2. Graphics, weapons, computer AI (85% of the time), sound, all that jazz.

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Halo has the best enemies to kill. Fun. Good AI. Like.

Halo 2 is AMAZING.

However Half-Life two is THE BEST. Anyone who votes against it is mad. (At least, if they have a decent computer to run it on!)

Halo, while pretty, is just that - pretty. It was designed, oddly enough, for a PC that pretends to be a console, for people who can't be arsed to own a real PC. Much like the original Halo, where they said there would be "no PC release", I suspect Halo 2 will have one either out, or announced, within six months, because the changes necessary are pretty minimal.

You are aware that it was originally intended for the Mac/PC before Micro$oft bought Bungie, aren't you?

You are aware that it was originally intended for the Mac/PC before Micro$oft bought Bungie, aren't you?The original - yes, I remember a great deal of outcry at MS over that. I believe Penny Arcade even did a strip about it, or it may have just been in a rant. Either way, they can't use that argument with Halo 2. It will have a PC release, they just want to milk their bastardized half-breed niche market while they can. From a business perspective, it must make sense to someone. From a common sense position, it makes no sense that I can discern.

Anyone else think that Halo 2 feels really different to Halo CE? I dont know whether I prefer it or not. Going back to play Halo CE, I found the controls to be somewhat sluggish and the weapons were not as well balanced as in Halo 2.

Also, does anyone know if there is a sub-title to Halo 2, such as Halo: Combat Evolved?

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Halo has better multiplayer, you can play it hours upon hours with friends so much different can happen, CS/CS:S is too repetitive. Halo has decent but overdone storyline and nice graphics, but Half-Life 2 has unarguably best graphics on ANY game right now, and a excellent story line with great characters. My vote goes to HL2, as I enjoyed every second of the game.

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Halo has better multiplayer, you can play it hours upon hours with friends so much different can happen, CS/CS:S is too repetitive. Halo has decent but overdone storyline and nice graphics, but Half-Life 2 has unarguably best graphics on ANY game right now, and a excellent story line with great characters. My vote goes to HL2, as I enjoyed every second of the game.

CS/CS: S
DoD/DoD: S
NS
TFC
plus so many more...

And if CS is so repetative, then why is it still so widely played! (errr...people are stupid...just answered my own question.

I am a CS fan. Starting to get use to CS: S.

I can't judge it like this. I don't own a X-box, because I already own a pc, which pretty high-end and can play HL2 easily, so I leaning towards HL2, but still if I haven't even played Halo2 I can't judge it fairly.

Halo: Combat Evolved sucked monkey balls on PC, I mean seriously like 6 weapons, and really repetitve levels. There were wayyy better shooters available for PC at the time, Halo got hyped for X-box and was crap on PC.

Wait. .what was the subject?

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Vote:Halo2
reason:cause that damme steam HL2 is using :mp5: them I say

I haven't played Halo 2, but I do have a bit of a grudge against Bungie for letting Marathon 2 die and never become remade. Marathon 2 owns ALL.

HL 2 is pretty awesome, but the story is rather confusing...though to be honest that's my fault, since I didn't get to play much of the original.

Though I will agree-throughout the game, and especially in the end, the gravity gun kicks so much ass it isn't even funny. Plus HL 2 had that crazy preacher in Ravenport. That guy was the shit :p

I haven't played Halo 2, but I do have a bit of a grudge against Bungie for letting Marathon 2 die and never become remade. Marathon 2 owns ALL.

HL 2 is pretty awesome, but the story is rather confusing...though to be honest that's my fault, since I didn't get to play much of the original.

Though I will agree-throughout the game, and especially in the end, the gravity gun kicks so much ass it isn't even funny. Plus HL 2 had that crazy preacher in Ravenport. That guy was the shit :p

That is true. Both the gravity gun and the Ravenport part were the coolest things I have seen in a while. However, I have to give this one to Halo 2 because of three things:
1. Cost
2. No problems running software
3. Mulitplayer (at least until a new CS is made)

halo, 1 & 2

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Halo 2, although I don't understand how people could get confused about its story. I will admit, things make sense if you read the books Bungie released (Fall of Reach and First Strike, The Flood is just the first Halo game on paper) but it's not that hard to follow.

I like Halo. Beat the 1st and beat the 2nd. The story is actually good if you pay attention to it. It is fun and ,of course, multiplayer rocks. Love to snipe me some grunts! :sniper:

Plugs in N64, cries at how stupid the graphics look.

Bah...Goldeneye still owns

If you have X-box Live, there's really no contest. Halo 2 on X-box Live is unbelievably fun (and addictive). Team battles are an absolute riot. "Proximity voice" is fun for the trash-talkers out there (anyone within 20 feet of your character can hear you talk) -- nothing's more fun than snagging a ghost from an enemy who's been shooting up your team, then, while you boot him out, yelling in his ear "I've had ENOUGH of your shit!" Between jumping on enemy tanks and punching the driver out, sniping guys from a rooftop, sticking some mouthbreather with a plasma grenade, etc. -- it's consuming far more of my "family time" than I'd ever care to admit. Forget I mentioned it! I'm sure my wife would be glad to give you all the gory details.

To be fair, though, I've never even played Half-Life. All I can tell you is Halo 1 was the most immersive single-player FPS I've ever experienced, and Halo 2 on Live is simply awesome.

Doom 3 is the most immersive single player game ever.

Halo 2 mod for half-life :D. Everybody is happy :D.
:D That would work pretty well. My question is, does Half Life also refer to all of the mods (such as CS, which is my fave :) ).

Plugs in N64, cries at how stupid the graphics look.

Bah...Goldeneye still owns
:D I agree

Vote:Halo2
reason:cause that damme steam HL2 is using :mp5: them I say
I agree :( I hate the steam engine the guys over there are using...

The original - yes, I remember a great deal of outcry at MS over that. I believe Penny Arcade even did a strip about it, or it may have just been in a rant. Either way, they can't use that argument with Halo 2. It will have a PC release, they just want to milk their bastardized half-breed niche market while they can. From a business perspective, it must make sense to someone. From a common sense position, it makes no sense that I can discern.
You know, the only decent game I have seen for XBox is probably Halo (not that I own an XBox, but still...)

conkers bad fur day guys a bad mouth squirl who gets smashed and does screwed up things and the villians are just as messed up you'd have to have played it or be old enough to get the crazy crap in it to know what i mean :D

conkers bad fur day guys a bad mouth squirl who gets smashed and does screwed up things and the villians are just as messed up you'd have to have played it or be old enough to get the crazy crap in it to know what i mean :D
:D lol i haven't played that in forever, but when i did, it was FUN

My question is, does Half Life also refer to all of the mods such as CS, which is my fave.

The poll is aimed at just Half-life and Halo, but the majority of those who have played the half-life games have also played the CS and DOD games so it will probably influence the vote :( .

Why cant a blond dial 911?

Can't find the eleven...

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Gotta go with Half-life 2. Halo 2 in terms of gameplay and story was a major dissapointment for me, while Half-life 2 felt alot more complete in those areas.

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I've played both games (I didn't finish Halo because I don't own an Xbox) but I would have to say HL2 wins. Halo is a pretty game and multiplayer is really fast and furious, but after you get bored of it... well damn what now.

HL2 has replayability- The mod community is probably the largest that exists; people were at the gates wanting the Source SDK to convert their HL mods to Source and even the new folks converting other mods from other platforms and even the people with a whole new idea. I know some folks who are converting a UT2k4 mod to Source.

The singleplayer on HL2 was far more interesting; physics is all I can say. Everything that isn't nailed down can become a weapon of mass disruption.
The gravity gun is my love stick.

But, for the love of god, will someone please mod HL2 Multiplayer!!!111oneoneone

Okay (http://www.theshibby.com/zed/hl2/hl2.php#FAQ).

Half-Life: 9.5
Halo: 9.5
Half-Life 2: 9.75
Halo 2: 9.25

They're both good games. I consider the Half-Life series to be superior though.

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