God Of War Developer Says F*** Halo

[Dark Drakan]

God Of War Developer Says F*** Halo

Ex Sony developers and God Of War creator David Jaffe has posted his recent blog talking with Adam Orth (Sony designer who worked with him on Calling All Cars) about the Halo series. Here is the intro of that blog:

Jaffe: It's a decent add I think. I just don't get HALO. I don't think the story is all that special, don't think the world or characters matter much. I don't know if I am simply not 'getting it' and it really is all that...or Microsoft has simply purchased rabid fan reactions for what is a great game but nothing more.

Adam: that ad is insulting "belive"? come on.

Jaffe: Am I missing something? What's insulting about it?

Adam: well, for 1, i think it's disrespectcful to actual veterans of real wars and 2, they really expect people to become that invested in the halo story?
i guess i just really dislike halo and that ad aint helping

Jaffe: well that's what I mean about buying the hype. I don't dislike Halo at all and really liked parts of Halo 2 alot...I am in minority who felt single player halo 2 was better than halo 1 single player. I mean, I hear people talk about the flood and **** and I'm like: what? Who gives a ****.

Adam: halo = meh

Read Whole Article Here:

He just said F*** Halo!?!? - CVG.com

 

[Angel]

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Blogger says "page not found"...I think it's because our swear filters block the words in the URL

 

[Tsuyu]

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I have to say that I agree - I never did 'get' Halo either.

 

[Sephiroxas]

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I love Halo. They can dislike it all they want.

 

[Angel]

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I'm surprised it took as long as it did in the comments section of the blog for the fanbois to start yelling in defence of the Xbox 360 :lol:

To be honest, I don't have allegiance to any particular games and if someone said they hated one I enjoyed, I wouldn't get my knickers in a twist over it - different games appeal to different people. Yes, Halo has a huge following, but I don't like it because it's not my cup of tea. Same with BioShock - I'll happily watch someone else play, but I wouldn't play it myself. Not because the game is "crap" or "useless" but because I don't enjoy that sort of game - nothing more, nothing less.

One person made the good point that most people were jumping all over the blog without realising that it wasn't this huge negative rant about Halo - the guy even said he liked Halo, he just wasn't obsessed with it to the extent some people are.

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Blogger says "page not found"...I think it's because our swear filters block the words in the URL

Yeah ive removed it now as it would never work, people can go to CVG page if they want to follow link.

 

[Hexadecimal]

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**** Halo? **** him! :lol:

I do agree though that campaign in Halo 2 was for the most part better... except for the ESCAPE! level in the first one... man that was so awesome... :wub:

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Funny thing is they talk about the MOH series most the way through it, a series that got old many years ago and reused the same things over and over.

 

[Tsuyu]

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Funny thing is they talk about the MOH series most the way through it, a series that got old many years ago and reused the same things over and over.

Well, they did try to refresh the series withthe freeroam of Airborne, and from the demo I say they did it nicely.

As for Halo.... well, it is a good FPS, but I was never 'struck' by it to join the countless thousands of people who worship it.

 

[Rhadiel]

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I love Halo. They can dislike it all they want.

i LOVE Halo. Hes just jealous that Bungie made a WAY better game

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Well, they did try to refresh the series withthe freeroam of Airborne, and from the demo I say they did it nicely.

As for Halo.... well, it is a good FPS, but I was never 'struck' by it to join the countless thousands of people who worship it.

Airborne isnt really as freeroam as you think as they mark out 2 safe zones and if you dont land in them on hard mode your basically dead or get very close to death as soon as you land. Halo was good for many reasons but it was its optimised multiplayer lobby that made it a classic and single player co-op that many games have tried to emulate now.

 

[Tsuyu]

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True. But it is a change from the linear design of most others WW II shooters.

I'll probably get Halo 3 though, seeing as my friends are crazy about it and it doesn't look like a bad FPS, quite the opposite. I think we will have some fun with it.

It is just the zealot-like fanatics of Halo I don't quite get.

 

[Dark Drakan]

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True. But it is a change from the linear design of most others WW II shooters.

Yeah i think it was a good idea in concept but just how Gamespot said it 'Its more a novelty and gimmick than actual strategic advantage tool'.

I'll probably get Halo 3 though, seeing as my friends are crazy about it and it doesn't look like a bad FPS, quite the opposite. I think we will have some fun with it.

It is just the zealot-like fanatics of Halo I don't quite get.

Lots of good games get a cult following, its just the Halo series is one of those titles. The 4 player co-op will be damn good.

 

[Frostmourne]

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i LOVE Halo. Hes just jealous that Bungie made a WAY better game

This is the developer of God of War, which is personally one of my favorite games. And, personally, I believe God of War is better than every Halo.

It never stuck to me either.

But does that mean I don't like Halo as much as others do? Of course. But does THAT mean I dislike it overall? Of course not. But, I don't care about 4 player co-op, or the video sharing feature or the new armor types...this is because Halo never touched me like it did with others. And, speaking of strategy, when I personally played Halo...I found none. No ways to kill the enemy differently. No ways to get the upper hand not because of how fast you can press a button but using your mind as the key tool to victory. And, personally, I never bought it.

 

[Albion Knight]

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I like the box art :lol:

 

[Gikoku]

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Though I'm not much a fan of FPS's (except FEAR), I do admit Halo 3 does look like heaps fun, and it's beautiful too.

I Still have my God Of War game for the PS2, and it was pretty fun for the first few hours...but it's not the kind of game i'd wanna play a 2nd time through. It gets very repetitive through each level, hopping around, chopping heads off, impalement of the same kind.... And not many combo moves.

But for God Of War's genre, i'd easily pick Ninja Gaiden over it anyday.

 

[Orpheus Lupus]

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I didn't like God Of War because I wanted to beat Kratos' head in with a shovel. That's the kind of guy I am XP

I don't think it's a bad game in the same way I don't think Halo is a bad game. In fact, arguably, for the most part except in special cases there are no really "bad" games or stories or TV shows et al, just ones that aren't your cup of tea. Personally? I don't care much for the Halo story other than possible but not likely connections to Marathon. The Master Chief isn't "interesting" enough in the games themselves, to me that is. I'll agree he's awesome, but I like something more to my heroes. I actually prefer the Arbiter to him, which is why I'll be player two all the way through the new 4-player co-op.

In fact, that and Forge are the reasons I'm getting the game. There's not enough four-player (or more) co-op out there.

 

[Dark Drakan]

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There's not enough four-player (or more) co-op out there.

I would agree with that definitely. I have never played God Of War and probably never will as it didnt appeal to me, i just think these slurs and mud slinging for a company are quite childish. They are welcome to their opinions but in a world full of fanboys why post something like this on the net which is obviously going to cause more arguments?

 

[Tsuyu]

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I would agree with that definitely. I have never played God Of War and probably never will as it didnt appeal to me, i just think these slurs and mud slinging for a company are quite childish. They are welcome to their opinions but in a world full of fanboys why post something like this on the net which is obviously going to cause more arguments?

Hey, any publicity is good publicity. I guess. :lol:

 

[Gikoku]

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Hey, any publicity is good publicity. I guess. :lol:

Perhaps, but this will more than likely get those who love Halo, to turn the other cheek to the guy and his games. Though he is entitled to his own opinion, developers should be more professional about their criticism towards other developers' games.

Hell, i could flat out say that God of War sucks because of it's scripted and linear strategy..as opposed to Gears Of War, where you can pretty much use any kind of strategy to take an enemy out. But that wouldn't be very nice of me.. :ninja: