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Re: Actually...
Posted By: •MDate: 7/12/04 12:28 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Actually... (Steve Levinson)

: ...how
: much better the Marathon trilogy was than Halo 1, aren't you a bit curious
: to see why? There's a lot more to a good game than graphics.

Played Halo, enjoyed it immense, plan to take at least a week free from work when Halo2 comes out.

However, my personal Halo vs Marathon-bummers
1 Ooooh, purty walltextures! Terminal-accespoints?! Hug wall, push action key... look silly.
2 IR goggles?
3 Not a wild diversity in alienspieces, is there?
4 The leaking coolant fluid from the Covenantship... Ahahaa! You Bungie, you not fool me! Oh... it is not damaging... And what's the deal with falling in Halo anyway?
5 Where is the revolution? (Or iow; there is just you/marines, Covenants and the Flood? No nasty alliance-traitor-relationships? Bobs gone wild? Hunters alliancing? (Say, doing the Library with a couple of Grunts and a pair-o-Hunters as temporarily buddies or a level like the Maw with traitor-marines highjacking your much needed escapepod )
6 Ambient life (yahyah, timepressure, still... nothing)
7 The Story

Don't get me wrong, Halo is utterly topnotch, but Marathon has this spooky, really alien atmosphere. 2001 vs Alien or Ender vs The Disfunction Reality. Heh, I think my beef settles down to the difference between soft sf and hard-sf, which are both enjoyable if done well, and Bungie still does well :).

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Marathon standard I'm confused aboutScumbag 7/10/04 11:00 a.m.
     Re: Marathon standard I'm confused aboutBob-B-Q 7/10/04 1:19 p.m.
           Re: Marathon standard I'm confused aboutForrest of B.org 7/10/04 1:23 p.m.
     Re: Marathon standard I'm confused aboutJoshua Bell 7/10/04 1:26 p.m.
           Re: Marathon standard I'm confused aboutukimalefu 7/10/04 9:25 p.m.
                 Actually...Scumbag 7/11/04 9:28 p.m.
                       Re: Actually...Johannes Gunnar 7/12/04 6:15 a.m.
                       Re: Actually...Steve Levinson 7/12/04 9:07 a.m.
                             Re: Actually...Yossarian 7/12/04 9:12 a.m.
                                   Re: Actually...Steve Levinson 7/12/04 10:12 a.m.
                             Re: Actually...•M 7/12/04 12:28 p.m.
                                   Re: Actually...Forrest of B.org 7/12/04 10:07 p.m.
     Re: Marathon standard I'm confused aboutAndrew Nagy 7/13/04 11:04 a.m.
           Re: Marathon standard I'm confused aboutJohannes Gunnar 7/13/04 2:19 p.m.
           Response to everyone aboveScumbag 7/13/04 4:21 p.m.
                 Oh, and some other thingsScumbag 7/13/04 4:24 p.m.
                       You done it now... *NM*deathmonger 7/13/04 5:14 p.m.
                             Re: You done it now...Andrew Nagy 7/13/04 5:37 p.m.
                                   NO POINT, I said. *NM*Andrew Nagy 7/14/04 7:24 a.m.
                                         I agree, but who are you to ORDER us not to reply? *NM*Steve Levinson 7/14/04 8:10 a.m.
                                               I'm Rick James, biotch. *NM*Andrew Nagy 7/14/04 9:02 a.m.
                                                     Re: I'm Rick James, biotch.Mark Levin 7/14/04 9:39 a.m.
                                                           Well, no. *NM*Andrew Nagy 7/14/04 10:26 a.m.
                                                           Re: I'm Rick James, biotch.Andrew Nagy 8/5/04 8:24 p.m.
                       Re: Oh, and some other thingsForrest of B.org 7/13/04 5:53 p.m.
                             Too busy to quote everyone in different postsScumbag 7/13/04 9:53 p.m.
                                   Re: Too busy to quote everyone in different postsHolyMcGibblets 7/13/04 10:20 p.m.
                                         Re: Too busy to quote everyone in different postsForrest of B.org 7/14/04 7:49 a.m.
                                               Re: Too busy to quote everyone in different postsHolyMcGibblets 7/14/04 1:40 p.m.
                                   Re: Too busy to quote everyone in different postsCount Zero 7/13/04 10:54 p.m.
                                   Let's give this guy a break, but watch your wordsSteve Levinson 7/14/04 8:27 a.m.
                                   More pointless flames against Scumbag; ignore *NM*Andrew Nagy 7/14/04 8:56 a.m.
                                   Another questionAndrew Nagy 7/14/04 9:12 a.m.
                                   Marathon: Resurrection! *NM*Andrew Nagy 7/15/04 2:09 a.m.
                       Just to clarify the numbers gameSteve Levinson 7/13/04 5:57 p.m.
                       Re: Oh, and some other thingsSyngekhoomei 7/13/04 9:02 p.m.
                             Re: Oh, and some other thingsukimalefu 7/14/04 1:04 a.m.
                                   Re: Oh, and some other thingsJohannes Gunnar 7/14/04 4:54 a.m.
                                   Re: Oh, and some other thingsLt Devon 7/15/04 4:57 p.m.
                                         Re: Oh, and some other thingsSimon of team Sigma 7/15/04 6:05 p.m.

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