Half Life vs. Halo

[The_Ox]

Which of these popular shooter series' do you prefer?

I personally like the Half Life series better.

Better Story, Physics and Graphics, Better character development and weapons.

[tplyons]

Call of Duty.

But between the two, Halo barely edges out Half-Life.

[gold_member_321]

Half-Life, Because I am a pc gamer AND because the game is infinitely expandable upon. So many games have evolved from HL mods to actual games.

[The_Ox]

Originally Posted by gold_member_321

Half-Life, Because I am a pc gamer AND because the game is infinitely expandable upon. So many games have evolved from HL mods to actual games.

QFT!

That's the main reason.

[KeithBMI]

Half-Life.

That game made a big impression on me when I was a youngin'

The opening tram sequence/walking around the lab was a great opener. It really made you feel like you were playing a movie.

[alapantera]

Half-life because mouse & keyboard are vastly superior for FPS games. I grew up playing PC games. Can't stand playing shooters with controllers.

[doctorjazz]

I've never really been into PC shooters, so Halo gets my vote. That game was our social outlet all through high school, lots of great memories associated with it.

I used to keep a bag packed with a router and several hundred feet of ethernet cable so at a moment's notice I could set up a 16-man LAN in pretty much any building with 4 TVs reasonably close to each other.

[Tony G]

Halo. Master Chief plays bass.



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[jazzy grille]

Half-Life by far.

[My name is Mudd]

Half Life. No question. One of the best games, period.

Now, if Valve would just get it together and finish/release Ep.3, I'd be a happy camper!

[gold_member_321]

Originally Posted by alapantera

Half-life because mouse & keyboard are vastly superior for FPS games. I grew up playing PC games. Can't stand playing shooters with controllers.

+1 I can't play FPS games on a controller at ALL. I can't get the two joystick movements down well enough to properly aim in game.

Originally Posted by My name is Mudd

Now, if Valve would just get it together and finish/release Ep.3, I'd be a happy camper!

+1000!

[Marcus]

It's hard to compare the two. One's one of the best console first-person shooters, and the other is one of the most ground-breaking PC first-person shooters. For what HL did for the FPS genre, I would pick that over Halo.

Without HL, there would never have been Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, Natural Selection, or Team Fortress. Hell, the Source engine alone provided gaming with all the subsequent HL/CS/DoD/TF releases along with Left 4 Dead.

[McHaven]

Half Life. Halo is **** compared to Half Life

[LaklandBass]

Rainbow6 Vegas2. whoops all of em.

[Dr Stankface]

Call of Duty.

[McHaven]

Originally Posted by Dr Stankface

Call of Duty.

I don't understand this. COD has never had an entirely original storyline like Half Life or Halo has. COD started as simply a WWII shooter, using real guns, real situations etc etc. Its still based on that, and the storyline is still the most lacking part. Half Life allowed FPS games to have a deep, intense storyline

[IconBasser]

Half Life. Not even a competition

[MusicBokonon]

Half-Life. Except for multiplayer, that's where Team Fortress 2 comes in.

[blizzard]

Half life by far.

I loved the first Halo. But Halo 2 and 3 campaigns were a complete snorfest of wave upon wave of enemies. It was clear one area walk into another very similar area with more enemies. No a lot of tactics other than shoot quickly. Also the storyline was fairly average.

I do like the multiplayer in all the Halo's.

[BullHorn]

I never understood the hype about Halo 1/2/3.

It's a FPS with tiny aliens with annoying voice acting. Kind of like Serious Sam but nowhere near as fun.

Half-Life, on the other hand, is epic.