A damn good game, especially on live. The ability to watch back your games and record your favourite kills for bragging rights felt pretty unique for a console. It's easy to play, but hard to master.

People can smack talk it all they want - It won't change anything.

It merely started a trend, that is, of the shooter genre. Nothing more.

I absolutely agree that no ther shooter done what Halo can

So?

That's nothing to do with the topic...

changed gaming by being a dumbed-down FPS for noobs?

id say counter strike. pc

Halo 3 itself is a big Fvck You to the ps3. Ps3 can`t even have a game last more than a month thanks to the horrendous community. Halo 3 is going strong after 2 years, and any time a droid tries to say psn, all you gotta say is halo 3, and there goes the debate.

Halo changed console gaming, maybe. Tell PC users it changed gaming as a whole and they'd laugh at you.

Halo is a game you either love to death or really hate in my experience. Forums are full of people either praising the series or calling it. My opinion is that its one of the best shooters to date and ive played Killzone 2 and Gears of war and this game still has me playing online like its the first day i bought it.

Thankyou Bungie <3

if anything it made console shotters more mainstream, i no before
halo CE i never touched a FPS

Halo 1 was good. So what?

I love Halo. It is still one of the best shooters ever made.

Bad Editing. The Poster cuts the title name to make it flamebait and get more clicks.

Full name is "Opinion: How Halo Changed Gaming"

Just remember all of you haters that -Halo = -Killzone. So perhaps the people that praise the latter should remember the forefather?

Me personally i was alwasy more of an Unreal Tournament kinda guy, Ive played Halo:CE for pc (campaign) and Halo 3 (campaign and online) and it didnt do much for me. Id kinda agree it helped out getting Console fps into the mainstream but thats it, the story wasnt really any good in my opinion and the online play kinda seemed like an Unreal with a shield but i still prefered Unreal (mainly for the modding). I do think Halo is one of the most over-rated console games though and i know people are gonna say "but it sold 8 million copies" well all i have to say to you is The Backstreet boys sold prolly over 100 million cds but that doesnt mean theyre the gods of music, go ahead and call me a fanboy if thats what it takes to get some people to feel betteer about themselves.

First halo was the best FPS I played, second Halo was great too, Halo 3 was just good, not amazing, not the second coming, it just did many things right. IMO, Call of Duty is now the best FPS franchise, halo is no longer the Halo I first played a long time ago. Sorry, but I'm not one of those 13 year olds who falls into "teh epic scifi shootah" , I like realistic games with good gameplay.

Its the most played

... Halo helped to make the FPS more mainstream in the console market, although there were other games before it (Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, etc). And yes, "How Halo Changed *Console* Gaming" probably would have been a more appropriate title. The current title makes it sound like it had an influence on computer gaming.

But I have to strongly disagree with the article on two specific points: Realistic/Balanced Weapons and Grenades. In the times I have played Halo, there was nothing significant or special that stood out to me as far as how weapons or grenades were/are used or behave. The way it integrated vehicles into the game though is worthy of listing in the article.

Edit: How did my comment get down here???

Halo is one of those games that is alot like FFVII. It isin't the absolutely most innovative game to date, but it got alot of publicity and is very good. (Is it a masterpiece, either of them, then that is up to debate).

Halo also is a game that was at the right place at the right time (Much LIke FFVII).

Love or hate the game. It is what it is and because of its massive popularity it is a corner stone of gaming.

Halo is indeed a undeafeated game. The king of games, and the greatest game of all time, before Halo i used to play PS2, but then i saw a game called Halo Combat envolved....change the face of gaming for me. To be evident that Halo changes gaming history just look at what it did to sony............ 1st to 3rd. Halo owned sony. Thats how powerful the game is. Halo owns every game.

Gooodbyyye!

you sony fanatics are something else. first you ppl dont like to talk about sales but then go to talk about how the ps1 and 2 sold.

when it comes to fps halo is it, build a bridge and get over it. millions still play the damn game that says a lot when ppl barely touch kz2 like 3 months later after release..

hows gonna new halo change gaming,ive played halo 1,2,3 n its the same game,its a FPS for donkeys sake,this 1 is gonna be the same s**t too,a FPS,even if its compatible wit project natal or somfin,what you see on tv screen is good ol FPS,if it gonna go fallout 3 style n add rpg elements,then it gonna be good,but it doesnt gonna change gaming whatsoever,fallout 2,farcry 2 n upcoming borderlands av done that already,new halo is gonna be same ol FPS too,but wit fancy cutscenes n probly a longer gameplay time,past halo games are kinda short for me..

Halo did not revolutionize gaming what it did do is start the revolution of casual gamers lmao. this is the reason why all those noobs that play halo think they are so great at fps's until they play one that actually takes skill to play. halo has like the most broken physics ive ever seen in a shooting game , i mean you can fall off a cliff and still snipe someone at the same time =_=. halo is a casual game with bland design. the main character is a generic character. at least in other franchises such as KZ , CoD and Resistance you can actually tell the differences between the new title and the previous title. unlike halo which just rehashes the same generic main character with a new lame story and new maps. 360 is for noobs who dont know sh!t about gaming.

Counter-Strike, or CS as it is called by most, is the only true FPS as far as I'm concerned. It focused entirely on gameplay, strategy, and SKILL, unlike the noob-friendly Halo series.

Requirements for a true SKILL-based FPS:
-Headshots
-Weapon recoil
-No auto-aim of any kind
-No vehicles
-NO STUPID ENERGY SHIELDS!!!!
-No "perks" (see COD)
-MUST be able to shoot through (some) walls & doors
-Must be able to alternate between silent walking and loud sprinting
-Lowish health. 2-3 bullets = death.
-Radar that shows ONLY members of your own team. Never the enemy.

I could think of more but most FPS today are built to be noob-friendly and easy rather than focusing on everything that made CS epic to this day.

EDIT: One more.... REALISTIC GRAVITY!

easy there air calm down fanboy much?

halo didn't change gaming especially FPS goldeneye did

yes halo is a success and even though halo wars was a RTS it still sold over a mill only because of the name my mates bought it and thought it would be like halo 3 they were not happy when they played it and sent it back in the same day

kz2 is still very popular no lag, good DLC, game finding instantly

but everyone knows halo did not change gaming especially FPS its like me saying COD changed FPS when lots of FPS do the same halo isn't even in HD for god sakes

stop being so defensive over halo it DIDN'T CHANGE NOTHING

@cyborg

i didnt need any more material you owned your self with that quote.. dont get mad cause you tried to be original and failed.

and why would i use that quote with what i wrote? it would make no sense at all. it would sound forced, it would sound like im promoting it when im not, you on the other "hand"..... lol

"6971 as in how many time you used it" that sh!t was funny and original

valtrex has worked 6971 times for cyborg, i bet you wish you was a cyborg so that you wouldnt have to deal with that huh.. poor wanna be bot lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now, "build a bridge and get over it" cause you got owned kid. try again some other day when luck is on your side..
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@maverick aka sarah palin.. lmfao was that original enough cyborg??

halo didnt change nothing in the fps? you sony fanatics be on some serious denial type sh!t. im not going to post everything halo has done, get your lazy ass searching for the info its out there."bing" is your friend ;)

your friends should have just tried the demo on live, it was free...

so a game has to be in hd to be great or change things? well, i guess to hell with all those stup!d great ps2 games for not being in hd either

stop acting like halo has done nothing cause last i checked it did more for fps than kz2 has done, hell kz2 still doesnt do things that halo 3 did back in 07..

Halo haters seriously need to stfu. It was revolutionary because it brought the of experience to consoles somewhat. Also it proved that an fps could control nicely on a console.

Personally I hated halo 3, But everytime I pick up the controller and play It ends up being 4-5 hours later and me going "@#%(& I said I wasn't going to play this again"

its just that kind of game.

Did anybody here notice that we are comparing all this FPS games to HALO??????? killzone, cod series, half-life, unreal, golden eye, etc etc etc........ theres no need to do this, love it or hate it HALO DID CHANGE THE CONSOLE FPS WORLD FOREVER!!!!!!

......That kind of game.......

Halo may not the best in it's genre by many critics/haters/pundits..etc but the fans that continue to speak of and play, after years(with great support from devs) is what's important.

Them numbers after 3 installments speak for themselves. The most popular/sold/played console exclusive FPS on consoles to date.

Flame me all you want but all it did was lower FPS standards.

So? Halo isn't exclusive to the Xbox. Halo 1 and 2 were both on PC. I'm not factoring in the Half-Life expansions or the PS or Dreamcast ports either.

JOLLY1:

Half-Life 1 and 2 sold the same amount as Halo 1-3.

Microsoft needed a killer app, so they pumped buckets of money into it, and hyped it all to hell and back.

You want a game that changed gaming? Metal Gear Solid... it created a GENRE. If you ask me, that's more of a change than refining pre-existing features from other games... I'm looking at you, ApocalyPS3.

air1.----- omg so lame, plz stop.

and, luck is never on your side if your always this lame.

air

kz2 didnt have some stuff that halo had back in 07 what teabagging yeh i want to buy a game because if super jumps and tea bagging you think halo is the be all and end all halo changed nothing

halo didn't change the way graphics were as its cartooney and goldeneye is a far more better FPS than halo halo just lives off rep

if halo had barbie in it as a add on character it would still sell people wouldnt care as its halo

its like GTA4 that was rubbish yet it sold 10mill because of its rep

HALO DID NOTHING TO GAMING get over it!

Halos dead

Just like the first one being remade, using UE5💩 MS with all their money couldn't get ID Tech 8 and modify it to work with the Halo remakes? 😑 If they did I'm 100% sure it would run as good as Doom The Dark Ages. I can see the performance issues already. As DF Alex puts it "stutter struggle".

I just hope they're good. Halo CE remake looks very good, so this could be good for Halo.

Of course, let's go with the Nintendo way.

Considering Halo 3 never got the remaster treatment, I strongly support this endeavor. Let's give Reach the remake treatment at some point, too.

Not for me personally, I enjoyed the Master Chief Collection, but not enough to invest in the remakes, the MCC still feels relatively new to me.

A lot of people asking for Multiplayer, just go by an Xbox, hell, almost any Xbox, or get a 1/2 decent PC, then if you really wanted to play Halo, you can play all of them.

MS multiplatform situation has really show that people talk so much smack it's not even funny, people go on how exclusives sell consoles, but I see it's only to a small degree, people usually go with where there friends are or the hype surrounding something (Nintendo is the exception). A lot of PS fans bought Forza, GoW:Remake: Sea OF Thieves, and PS Fans bought Grounded, in fact these MS games were dominating Sony sales charts...so if exclusive sells systems, why didn't Sony fans buy an Xbox to play these one time exclusives, that they clearly wanted to play?

This means gamers will own the files to the game. I'm getting Silent Hill.