Hmm..

[MorganFreeman911]

Wow. That was the best ever.

 

[kacation_man]

Frankly, I don't play games for their stories, but for their technical prowess, being a programmer myself. I think in terms of visuals, the Doom 3 engine is superior, but in terms of physics, Havok is superior.

well i havent played havok so i dont know about that... but i found Doom3 to be ok... however i found the lighting ( even though most of the game lacked light ) was beautiful... but objects and such seemed to me to be very plastic like and lack texture. the card board boxes seemed to be wraped in plastic wrap or something...

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Seconded, Doom 3 had awesome lighting. If only the game had quality like that in all aspects.

 

[Sam]

well i havent played havok so i dont know about that... but i found Doom3 to be ok... however i found the lighting ( even though most of the game lacked light ) was beautiful... but objects and such seemed to me to be very plastic like and lack texture. the card board boxes seemed to be wraped in plastic wrap or something...

Havok is the halflife 2 physics engine I believe.

 

[Cube]

OMG.....don't let that guy near any of the Metroid Prime games.

 

[kacation_man]

wtf?! metroid prime?! how is that relavent? oh they made a fps metroid didnt they?

 

[Gordon-Shepherd]

halo 2s story is pretty good, but hl2s story is just so much better in that there are so many mysteries to be pondered upon, such as gman, vorts hidden powers etc.. the original poster there is a tard, though I agree with him about them not explaining much about the combine taking over earth/7 hour war etc.. I hear the only way to hear about it was to look at some newspaper clippings in elis lab and eli talks about it, which is slightly more down to luck or someone who is so inquisitive not to think that the writing is probably unreadable. I had to find out about the combine taking over etc online, apart from that everythings easy to understand, and he's just an idiot.

 

[Gordon-Shepherd]

also about metroid prime... its similar to hl2 in that the main character never speaks.. metroid prime is this badass metroid, and to put it in short it steals one of your suits, becomes dark samus, etc.. and of coruse seeing as theres pretty much no lines you need to find this out by yourself, though most people figure this out in a scene were you see through dark samus' armor and it looks like metroid prime, but its still up for debate for diehards... anyway yeah, idiots like this dutta wouldn't realise.. cos hes an idiot. [/doublepost]

 

[Slacker]

Both Halo games have terrible stories :\.

Metroid Prime isn't even technically an FPS, not by the developer's word anyway, they call it a "First person Adventure." It's in a totally different world than HL or Halo.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Both Halo games have terrible stories :\.

I actually like the story in Halo (the first, Combat Evolved, I do not touch consoles), too bad the gameplay sucks. The novels are good too. Don't compare to HL though.

 

[XIII]

WTF?! ok... I quickly got bord of doom. and Halo 2s story was serverly lacking... i guess everything... Half life 2 didnt win GOTY for nothing.

you know halos storys pretty good if you have read halo:the flood-halo:first strike

but doom3 sux

 

[bbson john]

Doom3 is all about darkness.

 

[Slacker]

I think it's pretty much a fact that Doom 3 was a let-down.

 

[bbson john]

Anyway, the Doom3 PDA system is not bad, I can get passwords from it and enter locked doors. And the interactive monitors are more complicated then those in HL2, more interesting. The interactive computers in HL2 is always like pressing a button.

 

[Cube]

wtf?! metroid prime?! how is that relavent? oh they made a fps metroid didnt they?

I mean that if he didn't get the HL2 story, he'll be totally clueless with the MP story, as you have to scan/read a lot of it to understand what is going on.

 

[TaoFan]

Look, everyone, there's no point in bashing Doom 3 because of its story, simply because id Software have never really bothered with storytelling, they've just concentrated on producing the most technically accomplished fast action (and relatively simple) shooters that have made their name.

Their weakest "stories" have been Doom 1, 2 and Quake 1. They actually tried to produce goals and objectives for Quake 2 and Doom 3, but it's still very simple compared to Half-Life, which was designed from the beginning with a story pre-written by a well known science-fiction author.

And to some, Half-Life 1 may seem like a Doom clone in some ways, but together with HL2, tells a story which encompasses a far broader canvas than any other game on the market today (Halo included).

 

[function9]

fast action (and relatively simple) shooters

D3 fast action? I don't think D3 sucks because of the story. I always thought D3's story was decent for an ID game. It was the complete lack of gameplay and the shadows being the most noteworthy thing about the game that made it suck for me.

The author of the fallout thread sounds like the typical teen die-hard RvB fan

 

[Slacker]

I mean that if he didn't get the HL2 story, he'll be totally clueless with the MP story, as you have to scan/read a lot of it to understand what is going on.

Yeah. It's funny how MP's story is pretty much "optional"

 

[Warbie]

OMG.....don't let that guy near any of the Metroid Prime games.

I actually thought the guy had some good points, he just didn't put them across very well. He probably would have had no trouble with Metroid Prime - which is simply about exploring. There's no 'why am I here', or 'what is the motivation'. You wonder around, soak in the atmosphere, and follow the clues and solve puzzels. Like the OP in that thread, I also found HL2 to feel a little aimless at times and often had little motivation to continue. The lackluster combat didn't help either

 

[Beerdude26]

Look, everyone, there's no point in bashing Doom 3 because of its story, simply because id Software have never really bothered with storytelling, they've just concentrated on producing the most technically accomplished fast action (and relatively simple) shooters that have made their name.

In the previous games, we could actually see the monsters :|

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Doom 3 was fairly average IMO. But I will admit it do what it set out what it set out too do: keepme up all night, shivering, afraid an Archvile or somethign equaly bizzare will come round the door.

 

[Gordon-Shepherd]

halo and halo 2s stories are pretty good alone, and made much better if you've read all 3 novels. still though, I dont own an xbox so I just read the rest of the story online.

 

[McGooTheWise]

I confess myself amazed at the original poster's inability to infer anything from the story, and to miss everything that had been said in the game by other characters... the reason for Gordon going to Kleiner and to Eli is given. The reason for Ravenholm being full of headcrabs isn't given, but is obvious.

actually, if you walk into the tunnel after alyx says "we don't go there anymore" she'll say

"We used to be able to go right up there to ravenholm... It was an old mining town inhabited by some escapees from city 17. Beleive me. That tunnel's sealed for a reason." and she walks away.

Now I can understand you thinking "Nobody'd do that on their first try though." well... I tend to be very explore prone in all games, and I did it

DUDDITS!

That guy needs to be whacked over the head... he thinks he's reading a mini novel, but it turns out, his post was actually a little longer than that, and if you don't want to read books, even on the internet, your not going to get too far in life. You have to use your brain in this world. Nobody's gouing to give you the answers to everything. Sometimes, beleive it or not... I knwo, it's very hard to beleive this, but... *leans in and whispers* sometimes you will have to figure stuff out on your own "What?! Im going to have to think?! Thats way beyond me man! this game sucks sence I don't want to bother with the story! I just want to go, and do the old style of pointless killing things, for no particular reason!" what a moron... This is why I sometimes feel like quitting the internet... or bombing the entire planet in a mass suicide... I cannot beleive how many idiots there are out there... Smart people are almost a Minority in illinois, but they've been whiped out over in St.Louis. -.- I ****ing hate people. This is especially for you "dutta" .!.. ..!.

If you can't figure that out, do this for me. Hold up both of your hands, palms facing you. Make a fist with both hands, and raise up your middle fingers. that help?

 

[Shift]

Its the smart people who will survive and the dumb ones like that retard who wont, just look at Half-Life 2 ^^

Well these guys wont last one second in a game like Portal, where you really do have to think about what you are doing, and use your mind to get past the puzzles.

 

[McGooTheWise]

yeah, but then we'll have even more mobs going "PORTAL SUCKS!" wow... what a waste of oxygen... lol