BF2S Forums Which Game Series Is Better?

As much as I love Halo, Half-life wins my vote too.

Half-Life, hands down. But it's really an unfair comparision. Half-Life is IMO the best game series, bar none.
Halo 1 and 2, are by themselves, pretty good games and I enjoyed them thoroughly. Half-Life is just so much BETTER. HL series versus BF series, HL wins. The only series, in my opninion, that comes even CLOSE to the Half-Life series is the Metal Gear Solid series. (Oh, and fallout, but those games are like, OLD.)

well, i have only played the demo for half life 2, and liked the graphics, but i've just had waay too many good times with halo 1 and 2, it just gets my vote everytime...

The four people who voted Halo have no taste. Half-Life 1 was the Hands-Down Best Game Ever, and the sequal was the third best ever (2nd place is BF2 in all versions that are not 1.3). And the Halo games, they where okay, nothing extraordinary, not even top 50 but where still pretty fun.

Last edited by doctastrangelove1964 (2006-10-02 14:42:17)

Half-life blows away Halo in terms of art, design and story.

Halo blows away Half-Life's enemy AI and combat systems, that made the gameplay for the Halo series a big winner for me. It was fun to play on Legendary (especially coop).

HL2 is more about the maps, getting from point A to point B with mildly entertaining combat. Halo 1/2 were more focused on intense combat with a lot less focus on the maps.

HL2 MP was awesome but it only came with 2 fucking maps. If Valve worked on it more it would have been great. I guess i have CS to blame for that, they seem to put all there focus on it.

I've never played Halo 1 or 2 online so i can't say. The coop was fantastic though.



Overall, i'd have to go with HL even though i'd be more likely to blow the dust off the Xbox and fire up some old fashioned Halo combat.

Half-Life 1 being the all time favorite, nothing has beat that game

Last edited by PRiMACORD (2006-10-02 14:51:47)

usmarine2005 wrote:

Halo blows goats

amen i never understood how people could stand playing it, and the multiplayer was almost siezure inducing.

PRiMACORD wrote:

Half-life blows away Halo in terms of art, design and story.

Halo blows away Half-Life's enemy AI and combat systems, that made the gameplay for the Halo series a big winner for me. It was fun to play on Legendary (especially coop).

HL2 is more about the maps, getting from point A to point B with mildly entertaining combat. Halo 1/2 were more focused on intense combat with a lot less focus on the maps.

HL2 MP was awesome but it only came with 2 fucking maps. If Valve worked on it more it would have been great. I guess i have CS to blame for that, they seem to put all there focus on it.

I've never played Halo 1 or 2 online so i can't say. The coop was fantastic though.



Overall, i'd have to go with HL2 even though i'd be more likely to blow the dust off the Xbox and fire up some old fashioned Halo combat.

The problem with Halo 1 and 2 is the repetetive and boring level designs. HL had atmosfere, Halo.. not so much.
Interesting fact: the enemy AI was WORSE in HL2 than it was in HL1. HL1's AI is insane, the marines are very smart, work together, take cover, throw grenades, but the assasins are RUTHLESS. They use hit and run tactics to hit the player unseen, they retreat, use obstacles, attack from above and below, and HIDE from the player, something which I've never seen in any other game. Only F.E.A.R. boasts enemy AI that is argueably better than HL's. Halo's AI just dodges about for a bit.

Darkhelmet wrote:

Halo. Only because I haven't played Half-Life or Half-Life 2

Best game series ever = GTA

Last edited by Iron_Sentinel (2006-10-02 14:56:35)

Darkhelmet wrote:

LaidBackNinja wrote:

PRiMACORD wrote:

Half-life blows away Halo in terms of art, design and story.

Halo blows away Half-Life's enemy AI and combat systems, that made the gameplay for the Halo series a big winner for me. It was fun to play on Legendary (especially coop).

HL2 is more about the maps, getting from point A to point B with mildly entertaining combat. Halo 1/2 were more focused on intense combat with a lot less focus on the maps.

HL2 MP was awesome but it only came with 2 fucking maps. If Valve worked on it more it would have been great. I guess i have CS to blame for that, they seem to put all there focus on it.

I've never played Halo 1 or 2 online so i can't say. The coop was fantastic though.



Overall, i'd have to go with HL2 even though i'd be more likely to blow the dust off the Xbox and fire up some old fashioned Halo combat.

The problem with Halo 1 and 2 is the repetetive and boring level designs. HL had atmosfere, Halo.. not so much.
Interesting fact: the enemy AI was WORSE in HL2 than it was in HL1. HL1's AI is insane, the marines are very smart, work together, take cover, throw grenades, but the assasins are RUTHLESS. They use hit and run tactics to hit the player unseen, they retreat, use obstacles, attack from above and below, and HIDE from the player, something which I've never seen in any other game. Only F.E.A.R. boasts enemy AI that is argueably better than HL's. Halo's AI just dodges about for a bit.

You ever played Halo 1 on legendary mode for the PC? I can't pass level one...

whats that got to do with anything, anyone can make a game hard, give me 30 seconds and ill make a flash game thats impossible.

Last edited by jimmanycricket (2006-10-02 14:58:42)

Darkhelmet wrote:

LaidBackNinja wrote:

PRiMACORD wrote:

Half-life blows away Halo in terms of art, design and story.

Halo blows away Half-Life's enemy AI and combat systems, that made the gameplay for the Halo series a big winner for me. It was fun to play on Legendary (especially coop).

HL2 is more about the maps, getting from point A to point B with mildly entertaining combat. Halo 1/2 were more focused on intense combat with a lot less focus on the maps.

HL2 MP was awesome but it only came with 2 fucking maps. If Valve worked on it more it would have been great. I guess i have CS to blame for that, they seem to put all there focus on it.

I've never played Halo 1 or 2 online so i can't say. The coop was fantastic though.



Overall, i'd have to go with HL2 even though i'd be more likely to blow the dust off the Xbox and fire up some old fashioned Halo combat.

The problem with Halo 1 and 2 is the repetetive and boring level designs. HL had atmosfere, Halo.. not so much.
Interesting fact: the enemy AI was WORSE in HL2 than it was in HL1. HL1's AI is insane, the marines are very smart, work together, take cover, throw grenades, but the assasins are RUTHLESS. They use hit and run tactics to hit the player unseen, they retreat, use obstacles, attack from above and below, and HIDE from the player, something which I've never seen in any other game. Only F.E.A.R. boasts enemy AI that is argueably better than HL's. Halo's AI just dodges about for a bit.

You ever played Halo 1 on legendary mode for the PC? I can't pass level one...

I played it on legendary mode on xbox. I have to admit I only just made it past level one. But it's so insanely hard not because of the enemy AI, but because of the insane amounts of damage they do and the amount of damage they can take, versus the amount of damage you (the player) can take. The balance is just messed up, that's all.

This poll isn't going to show the true results of what the populace thinks.

You are posting a question that obviously people with a PC, who are avid PC fans (playing BF2) will respond to. Most likely the bulk have played Half-Life considering they have a PC powerful enough to run BF2, and alot of xbox afficionados won't bother be on these forums.


But my opinion is as follows.

Halo's repertoire is greater than which is testament to it's storyline.
Let's look at a list for Halo.

3 Novels with upcoming 4th.

The Fall of Reach
The Flood
First Strike
Ghosts of Onyx (upcoming)

2 highly acclaimed games, one official game of the year. Upcoming third
Halo
Halo 2
Halo 3

Highly anticipated movie in 2008 Produced by Peter Jackson, overseen by Bungie and Microsoft, Neill Blomkamp directing


Half-Life on the other hand has many more games (2 installments and 6 expansions with upcoming 3rd installment), all critically acclaimed with the first being game of the year. However, the storyline, being as interesting as it is, has not had any success or even plans outside the video-game medium. To me this is a sign of weakness.

This is not a biased opinion either. I have both the Halo and Half-Life series.

based soely on storyline.. i dont give a crap... but halo in a lan is hella fun...  and halflife isnt... but halflifes mods are pretty good...

Last edited by slicknic (2006-10-02 15:15:50)