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Things LOOK pretty fun ALREADY
Posted By: Troy Lawlor <articape@alaska.net>Date: 5/16/00 6:59 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Hyp(ocrit)es Hurt (Xian)

> Better zip that up your bias is showing. The
> "twitchfest" you refer it is exactly where the id
> shooter's gameplay lies. Meanwhile, many fundamental specifics
> on Halo's gameplay are nowhere to be found. And that's what is
> in important to MANY gamers. The scripted sequences can be
> dramatic, the engine powerful, the graphics gorgeous, the models
> stylish, the story grand, and the idea/design sound... but IF IT
> PLAYS LIKE CRAP it's not an action game, much less a good one.
> Gamers are supposed to care about gameplay. If you think all
> that stuff can cover for bad gameplay or if you think all that
> equals gameplay... there's no point talking to you anymore.

I have trouble seeing how you can't understand the general gameplay behind Halo. You drive vehicles. You shoot people. You cooperate with your team to complete a series of goals varying according to which sort of mission you choose for your server.

If you want to talk about how it "feels", Halo LOOKS like fun. I'm pretty secure Halo will have great gameplay not because of all the hype, my utter devotion to Bungie, or my love of their older games, but because I have two eyes, a brain, and a basic understanding that what you see on the screen represents what someone else is actually doing. Look at the jeep driving around, doesn't that look fun as hell? Think about racing them, think about driving off a cliff, think about the billion other things the engine allows for that you won't find in those games that got higher ratings.

> Again, people wrongly expected to know more on how Halo plays...
> their fault. But true well rounded gamers know that the most
> important part of any game is its gameplay. For some Bungie
> fans, I suppose, that role might diminish as they're statisfied
> to praise whatever they give them... but gamers as a whole
> expect- at least- to know how a game plays.

We know how Halo will play. We know just about as much as the rest of the games shown. If by gameplay you mean the raw control feeling, we have as much idea about that as the majority of the people who didn't get to play the other games. If you mean the general idea, we KNOW how it works.

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Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Wirehead 5/16/00 6:01 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Forensic 5/16/00 6:17 a.m.
           Amen. n/tZaff 5/16/00 8:15 a.m.
                 Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Case 5/16/00 7:33 p.m.
           thats a logical score.*mxyzptlk 5/16/00 8:45 a.m.
                 after reading the rest of the article....*mxyzptlk 5/16/00 9:02 a.m.
           Oooo... sarky pants...Dfin' 5/16/00 8:49 a.m.
           What a weak retort... -ntJohnny Rotten 5/16/00 4:05 p.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Luke 5/16/00 7:00 a.m.
           Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Redox 5/16/00 10:06 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Psyrixx 5/16/00 8:52 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Cannibal Harry =PN= 5/16/00 9:08 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Myndreach [OSC] 5/16/00 9:17 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Demandred 5/16/00 9:56 a.m.
           Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Edgecrusher 5/16/00 1:52 p.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Cow Mutilator 5/16/00 10:00 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Hiro.. 5/16/00 10:13 a.m.
           Oni (nt)David Oosha 5/16/00 11:14 a.m.
     Hype HurtsXian 5/16/00 10:33 a.m.
           Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtNarcogen 5/16/00 11:06 a.m.
                 Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtXian 5/16/00 11:44 a.m.
                       Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtMark Levin 5/16/00 12:01 p.m.
                             Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtXian 5/16/00 12:40 p.m.
                                   Re: Hyp(ocrit)es Hurt{BZ}SINginius 5/16/00 1:13 p.m.
                                         Maybe.Xian 5/16/00 1:30 p.m.
                                               Wrong.Nemesis 5/16/00 2:37 p.m.
                                                     Period? Hardly.Xian 5/16/00 2:52 p.m.
                                                           Actually you may be wrong here.CyberBob =PN= 5/16/00 3:42 p.m.
                                                           Re: Period? Hardly.Nemesis 5/16/00 11:02 p.m.
                                                           Re: YOU filled out their wordsNemesis 5/16/00 11:23 p.m.
                                   Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtMark Levin 5/16/00 1:48 p.m.
                                         Realistic representationXian 5/16/00 2:13 p.m.
                                               Re: Realistic representationMark Levin 5/16/00 3:03 p.m.
                                         Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtDemandred 5/16/00 5:17 p.m.
                       Xian : Do you WANT this game?mad.max =PN= 5/16/00 1:46 p.m.
                             Re: Xian : Do you WANT this game?Xian 5/16/00 2:24 p.m.
                                   You snipped my book analogymad.max =PN= 5/16/00 3:59 p.m.
                                         Re: You snipped my book analogyLouis Wu 5/16/00 11:49 p.m.
                       Press and GameplayCyberBob =PN= 5/16/00 1:48 p.m.
                             Re: Press and GameplayXian 5/16/00 2:47 p.m.
                                   Solely gameplay.CyberBob =PN= 5/16/00 2:58 p.m.
                                   Re: Press and GameplayDan Rudolph 5/16/00 5:47 p.m.
                             Re: Press and GameplayShadowfax 5/16/00 5:22 p.m.
                       Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtNemesis 5/16/00 2:31 p.m.
                             Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtXian 5/16/00 3:00 p.m.
                                   Re: Hyp(ocrit)es HurtNemesis 5/16/00 11:18 p.m.
                       Things LOOK pretty fun ALREADYTroy Lawlor 5/16/00 6:59 p.m.
                 Tribes2 score should have been lowerRagnarok 5/16/00 1:24 p.m.
                       Re: Tribes2 score should have been lowerDemandred 5/16/00 1:26 p.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Dfin' 5/16/00 11:31 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Mark Levin 5/16/00 11:51 a.m.
           Lemme clear this up...Xian 5/16/00 12:29 p.m.
           Hey Matt... how about some answers?Dfin' 5/17/00 3:22 a.m.
     Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Johnny Rotten 5/16/00 1:59 p.m.
           Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Moose-Factory 5/16/00 2:14 p.m.
                 Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Johnny Rotten 5/16/00 4:03 p.m.
                       Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Moose-Factory 5/16/00 4:20 p.m.
                             Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Dead Glory 5/16/00 4:40 p.m.
                             Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Demandred 5/16/00 5:26 p.m.
                             Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Johnny Rotten 5/16/00 6:50 p.m.
                                   we haven't seen much indoor yet though...eric 5/16/00 8:37 p.m.
                                   Indoor environments...Moose-Factory 5/16/00 10:23 p.m.
                       Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4Troy Lawlor 5/16/00 6:48 p.m.
           Re: Shugashack gives Halo 6.4eric 5/16/00 3:15 p.m.



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