AIAS Awards Finalists

[HaemishM]

It's probably because people who have never played a good PC shooter like Half-Life or Unreal Tournament, seem to treat the Halo series as Robot Jesus, instead of a decent shooter game with some tedious levels.
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Do you have any idea how fucking arrogant that statement is?

Yes. I'm ok with that.

Seriously, the dynamics of shooters on console games are different from those on PC shooters. Part of it is the fiddly-ness of console interfaces and controllers as opposed to mouse and keyboard. Some people are good with console controllers; if it's the first place you played a shooter, mouse and keyboard feel weird and vice versa.

But as Bunk said, Onslaught mode in UT2k4 pwns Halo multiplayer. But then again, Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow pwns UT2k4 CTF, IMO. Not to mention the fact that most console shooters multiplayer is limited in size of games as compared to PC console shooters. PC shooters can have larger maps because of more memory.

That doesn't mean all PC shooters are superior to console shooters. But UT2k4 has it all over Halo 2 as a shooter game. Halo 2 is overrated, because the majority of its player base are first-time shooter fans, and have never felt the joy of good PC shooters.

Now you want to talk about sports games? Consoles got it all over PC's.

[Riggswolfe]

That doesn't mean all PC shooters are superior to console shooters. But UT2k4 has it all over Halo 2 as a shooter game. Halo 2 is overrated, because the majority of its player base are first-time shooter fans, and have never felt the joy of good PC shooters.

Well, UT2k4 never appealed to me much. I don't play alot of FPS multiplayer. I used to love the hell out of team fortress. Something about sniping people really appealed to me. I enjoy getting immersed in games and following a story which is what I liked about Halo 2. Story wasn't oscar worthy material, but it did immerse me in that world for a short time.

As for the majority of its player base being first time shooter fans, do you have anything to back that up? Or is it just an assumption? Personally I enjoyed Half Life 2 more than Halo 2 but the point still stands.