Metroid vs Halo

Tychu · Post by **Tychu** » 2004-10-17 12:25am

Just wondering what you people out there think. Forget the fact that im a Nintendo fanboy, ever since my youth growing up the NES and SNES.

What do you think is a better series the Metroid Prime series or Halo series

The first Prime was long and it took me a good 2-3 weeks to beat. I had fun playing it. It had a good story

for Halo i beat it in 3 days. It was short, level based and i didnt have any fun playing it felt more of well i spent 30 dollars and i must save the humans from wierd looking aliens.

Note: All games are played on Normall difficulty level for first completions

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-10-17 12:41am

Halo. The multiplayer is where you get the real worth of the game.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2004-10-17 12:48am

"Series" is interesting, currently both have a grand total of one game out with another Halo 2, Echoes and Hunters both yet to be released. Comparing them seems stupid, Halo is your standard FPS, MP is an open exploration/shooter game (and more). But the one I had more fun with was Metroid Prime.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-10-17 12:55am

HALO!

Mad · Post by **Mad** » 2004-10-17 12:57am

From playing Metroid Prime and Halo singleplayer, I had more fun with Metroid Prime. Halo got repetitive, and I haven't had a chance to play it all the way through at my friend's house, while Metroid Prime stayed varied enough to keep my interest.

Can't compare multiplayer for obvious reasons, so I left this out. I voted MP, but I should've voted for regular Metroid series, since Super Metroid was even more fun.

Secretkiller2000 · Post by **Secretkiller2000** » 2004-10-17 01:22am

First thigns first.

Why the hell would you compare Halo between Metroid Prime? The gameplay is made completely different, and there's little to compar of the two. Halo is a FPS while Metroid Prime is a FPA. In Halo you basicly shoot and kill everything out there, it's very fast paced. In Metroid Prime you have to jump platforms, solve puzzles, and use more tactics than you would in a halo game. Though Metroid Prime isnt as fast paced when it comes to the main game, the battles are. Comparing halo and metroid prime, might as well as compare Michael Jackson and my brother... actually, there are some creepy simularities between the two, just compare him to you. Ok, now I'm bored. This subject is brought up in every metroid and halo so many times, explaining it every time gets boring, as the argument is always the same.

One quick question, why did you seperate metroid prime and the rest of the metroid games?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-10-17 01:24am

In Metroid Prime you have to jump platforms, solve puzzles, and use more tactics than you would in a halo game.

Your HALOage obviously needs some work if you think there's a shortage of tactics in the game.

To demonstrate: Right click, save as, and watch the awesomeness. 30 MB Quicktime file.

Secretkiller2000 · Post by **Secretkiller2000** » 2004-10-17 01:27am

Rogue 9 wrote:
In Metroid Prime you have to jump platforms, solve puzzles, and use more tactics than you would in a halo game.
Your HALOage obviously needs some work if you think there's a shortage of tactics in the game. To demonstrate: Right click, save as, and watch the awesomeness. 30 MB Quicktime file.

haloage? aye, they use differnt tactics, im just trying to set everyone straight in the fact that halo and metroid prime has no reason to be compared. moron.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-10-17 01:28am

you can't play halo like MP and expect to win the game. There's lots of tactics. It's graphically richer, and the enemies smarter. Plus im a shameless Halo fanwhore so FUCK SAMUS. Halo.

Secretkiller2000 · Post by **Secretkiller2000** » 2004-10-17 01:30am

Chardok wrote:you can't play halo like MP and expect to win the game. There's lots of tactics. It's graphically richer, and the enemies smarter. Plus im a shameless Halo fanwhore so FUCK SAMUS. Halo.

This is the reason the Metroid public thinks of halo fans as wandering idiots.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-10-17 01:32am

Secretkiller2000 wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote:
In Metroid Prime you have to jump platforms, solve puzzles, and use more tactics than you would in a halo game.
Your HALOage obviously needs some work if you think there's a shortage of tactics in the game. To demonstrate: Right click, save as, and watch the awesomeness. 30 MB Quicktime file.
haloage? aye, they use differnt tactics, im just trying to set everyone straight in the fact that halo and metroid prime has no reason to be compared. moron.

And I was setting you straight on HALO not involving tactics. Retard.

Secretkiller2000 · Post by **Secretkiller2000** » 2004-10-17 01:34am

Rogue 9 wrote:
Secretkiller2000 wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote: Your HALOage obviously needs some work if you think there's a shortage of tactics in the game. To demonstrate: Right click, save as, and watch the awesomeness. 30 MB Quicktime file.
haloage? aye, they use differnt tactics, im just trying to set everyone straight in the fact that halo and metroid prime has no reason to be compared. moron.
And I was setting you straight on HALO not involving tactics. Retard.

This gets boring, even though some halo fans dont, most of the halo fans seems to love yelling dull coments. this is the only thing you need to know, Metroid Prime and Halo are completely different, only simularities can be seen by people whom dont get to know either game well, or just knows one of the games.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-10-17 01:39am

Secretkiller2000 wrote:This gets boring, even though some halo fans dont, most of the halo fans seems to love yelling dull coments. this is the only thing you need to know, Metroid Prime and Halo are completely different, only simularities can be seen by people whom dont get to know either game well, or just knows one of the games.

Hrrm. I could say the same thing about Metroid fans. Here's the only thing YOU need to know, don't be a fuckhead in a thread which was obviously trying to tease out some Fanwankerry.

Secretkiller2000 · Post by **Secretkiller2000** » 2004-10-17 01:41am

Chardok wrote:
Secretkiller2000 wrote:This gets boring, even though some halo fans dont, most of the halo fans seems to love yelling dull coments. this is the only thing you need to know, Metroid Prime and Halo are completely different, only simularities can be seen by people whom dont get to know either game well, or just knows one of the games.
Hrrm. I could say the same thing about Metroid fans. Here's the only thing YOU need to know, don't be a fuckhead in a thread which was obviously trying to tease out some Fanwankerry.

fanwankerry?
Aye, why do people jump the gun when they read something that isnt there? Oh well, guess I cant blame you people.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-10-17 02:06am

Secretkiller2000 wrote:
Chardok wrote:
Secretkiller2000 wrote:This gets boring, even though some halo fans dont, most of the halo fans seems to love yelling dull coments. this is the only thing you need to know, Metroid Prime and Halo are completely different, only simularities can be seen by people whom dont get to know either game well, or just knows one of the games.
Hrrm. I could say the same thing about Metroid fans. Here's the only thing YOU need to know, don't be a fuckhead in a thread which was obviously trying to tease out some Fanwankerry.
fanwankerry?
Aye, why do people jump the gun when they read something that isnt there? Oh well, guess I cant blame you people.

Don't give me that crap. This started with a direct statement from you about a lack of tactics in HALO, and you've been slyly implying stupidity on the part of HALO fans ever since.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-10-17 02:14am

Secretkiller2000 wrote:fanwankerry?
Aye, why do people jump the gun when they read something that isnt there? Oh well, guess I cant blame you people.

Can you elaborate? Forgive my stupidity. Please. Help me to see your point of view.

Rogue- there was nothing sly about it. it's as plain as the ass on his face.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-10-17 02:14am

Well, before the newbie gets a smackdown, I guess I'll chime in you fuck nuts.

First off, it's not too far off comparing the two, but then again it is. One letter really does make a world of difference. FPS vs. FPA. One is a shooter, the other is an adventure. To be honest with you, I haven't finished Halo single player, though I did it in co-op. However, I'm almost done with the single player campaign and I can easily say that it is merely a fraction of the time it took to play Metroid Prime. The difference is enormous.

What you have in Halo is very much the standard shooter where you wonder around aimlessly trying to duck behing terrain and peek out to shoot your enemies. Unless your on easy, then you just waltz in and mow them down. Either way, your tactics are very clear and never change. Move into position, pick the best weapon for the job and hope your abillities and talents are superior in combat. Multiplayer is the exact same way. While I'm not saying this is a bad things, it's also the same thing that has been going on since Wolfenstein 3D. Shooters have shown very little in the way of variety. Merely what your fighting and with what changes. They all pretty much do the same thing. Shoot and kill.

The Metroid series in general is much different. The series has always been a platform/puzzle game. With Metroid, Metroid II, Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion you control Samus in a 2-D environment 'jumping' from platfroms (hence the platform jumper, i.e. Mario Bros., Sonic, etc...) and blasting enemies. What we're finding now a days is a return to the platformer. This is not just with the Metroid series. There is an all out brawl on the PS2 involving platform games. (Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper). In Metroid Prime you are once again Samus, and while there are not quite as many platforms, it does involve plenty of hopping, blasting enemies and as always solving difficult puzzles to advance. Using this here, or doing that there will unlock paths or weapons needed to continue on or battle vicous foes.

Quite simply Metroid Prime is a far superior game to Halo. I also believe that while Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is going to be very much like it's predecessor it will still be superior to Halo. In single player form.

Echoes will have a multiplayer, which I have read in articles is very finicky. Probably not a strong point of the game. This leads to an interesting scenerio. I say that Echoes will be better then Halo, single player wise, the multiplayer aspect and replayability will out weigh it's contender. To be perfectly honest I have only played Metroid Prime once since I beat it. That was not all the way through either. It was merely to fight Prime itself again. The time spent to get there and enjoy myself was far more then Halo, and I feel better spent. However, Halo I have found is pretty addictive when it comes to multilplayer. With all of the new features introduced into Halo 2's multiplayer I have a feeling this will appeal to the masses.

Back on topic though, comparing a shooter against an adventure is pure lunacy. Unless something incrediably major comes about, a shooter is just that. A shooter. It's been done, done over, and done again. Guess what, it ain't changed. I don't care what any Half-Life loving hippie says, a shooter is a shooter. End of story. What is being dubbed an 'Adventure' is what we've all come to know and love. An action packed event of exploring AND adventuring, not to mention just some knock down drag out battles. Broken down into thier respective elements both have severe pros and cons. For those who do not like playing against other people, Metroid series in whole is the only way to go.While those who enjoy get togethers and competition will be eagerly awaiting the much sought after Halo 2.

Secretkiller2000 · Post by **Secretkiller2000** » 2004-10-17 02:48am

Chardok wrote:
Secretkiller2000 wrote:fanwankerry?
Aye, why do people jump the gun when they read something that isnt there? Oh well, guess I cant blame you people.
Can you elaborate? Forgive my stupidity. Please. Help me to see your point of view.

Rogue- there was nothing sly about it. it's as plain as the ass on his face.

Oh you're too kind my love.

I can't blame you because everyone shares different views. People would get offended by twhat others would feel complimented by. One mans enemy is the other mans hero. You dont think about me so i cant blame you for having difficulty understanding what I say.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2004-10-17 01:02pm

Dude, everyone has trouble understanding what you say, because you can't fucking talk! Damn, this has the potential to be one kick ass thread that could possibly last a few months since it will come up again when Halo 2 hits, then again when Echoes hits. If you can't figure out what your trying to say then shut up.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-10-17 01:41pm

I suppose that between the 2, you can't compare point by point, but as an experiance, to answer SecretKiller.

On the topic itself, I have played neither (don't kill me...actully do), since consoles here cost as much as a high end PC.

Secretkiller2000 · Post by **Secretkiller2000** » 2004-10-17 06:40pm

Cal Wright wrote:Dude, everyone has trouble understanding what you say, because you can't fucking talk! Damn, this has the potential to be one kick ass thread that could possibly last a few months since it will come up again when Halo 2 hits, then again when Echoes hits. If you can't figure out what your trying to say then shut up.

This thread has no potential, and never did. On every metroid prime boards there's atleast 2 of these topics, and on metroid prime echoes boards, there's hundreds of them. this discussion is repedative, and shouldnt even be allowed.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-10-17 07:05pm

Secretkiller2000 wrote:This thread has no potential, and never did. On every metroid prime boards there's atleast 2 of these topics, and on metroid prime echoes boards, there's hundreds of them. this discussion is repedative, and shouldnt even be allowed.

His second request may have been to asked which series is better and to you utterly pointless but in his opening sentence he asks for what we think of them and I like to know too. I'm a big fan of the GBA Metroid games and I want to know what this one is like.

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2004-10-17 07:13pm

I voted for the old Metroid series. Haven't played Prime, and I hated Halo. The story mode sucked so far as I was concerned, especially in parts where you were supposed to be stealthy and yet had to kill every alien in an area before moving on. And in multiplayer mode I could never quite figure out that damned radar (call me an idiot of video games if you want, it wouldn't be the first time). Often I thought I was right next to somebody but they were on another floor. Other times I would think I was alone, only to be sniped a second later. The old Metroids were challenging and quite fun, IMHO.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-10-17 07:19pm

I don't think it's a very good comparison. Metroid Prime is more of a puzzle/exploring/platforming shooting game, while Halo is a kill-everyone shooting game.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-10-17 07:25pm

Praxis wrote:I don't think it's a very good comparison. Metroid Prime is more of a puzzle/exploring/platforming shooting game, while Halo is a kill-everyone shooting game.

At least two people have already voiced that opinion.

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