Gaming Metroid Prime or Halo?

[Demon Piro]

Which is better? Discuss it here!

In my opinion I believe that Metroid Prime is the better of the 2 games for the following reasons...
First of all both Master Cheif and Samus have visors but only Metroid Prime has visor effects eg. steam and water flowing down the screen
Second of all you gat the best weapons in the game on the first mission on Halo, the Pistol and Assault rifle although in Metroid Prime each of the weapons has a special effect eg. freezing and you are forced to use each one to defeat certain enemys
Lastly there are 4 visors in Metroid Prime, my fav the x-ray visor it looks like predator view! There is one in Halo... Also you can get more story info by scanning everything in sight!

I'm not saying Halo is bad because it is a brilliant game worthy of 2nd fps ever!

[Shinmaru]

I merged your second post with your first post. Next time, simply use the Edit button rather than double posting.

As for my opinion...well, I don't think both of these games can be compared very well, because they two different types of games, despite both being first-person shooters (so to speak, anyway). Halo is the more action and combat oriented of the two (though MP has plenty of action in its own right), while MP is more in line with the previous games in the Metroid series, being more about exploration and such.

Personally, I think that Halo is one of the more overrated games out there, and I know that there are people who feel the same about Metroid Prime. When it came down to my personal tastes, I got my money's worth with Metroid Prime, and I can't say the same for Halo. That's about it.

[Japan]

[COLOR=Navy]I don't like the first person mode for Halo at all. Metroid Prime was a lot of fun.

I think that the multiplayer feature for Halo is it's strong point. My friends and I could LAN three or four XBOX's together and play the multiplayer mode for several hours before we get bored. exp. 10 AM-5 AM....heh >_>

Anyways, I don't really have a problem with either game...just the single player mode for Halo stinks.

I have to wait for Halo 2 and Metroid Prime 2 to come out before I make a final judgement.[/COLOR]

[Semjaza]

I think they're both insanely different games honestly. The only comparison between the two is that they're both the major "first person" game for their respective system. That's about it. The gameplay and such of each game is really different, even just comparing something as small as control schemes.

I do think Halo is overrated... I might be a bit more impressed if I never played a PC FPS game, which is really one of the PC's main strengths obviously. I got tired of how repetitive the game seemed. Crawling through what seemed to be dozens of vents and rooms that looked exactly the same at the start. Killing tons of aliens near a tower, only to walk around and find another tower that looked exactly the same and required the same objectives.

I did enjoy co-op though, as it adds a whole new dimension to the game. I think that's really the main game's saving grace.

Multiplayer is okay, but not too far beyond other games I've played. I really think the map design was pretty subpar overall. Obviously this has an upperhand over MP because MP doesn't even have multi.

I can really only compare them via how much I enjoyed each game. Obviously, enjoyment is completely subjective.

[lonewolf228]

I go whit metroid for its exelent story.
Ever played it at night whit all the lights off?


As for Halo its overated people only noticed it becuase it came whit the Xbox, Had it came whit the PC...........
Speaking about the Pc.....
What happened to the PC version of Halo? The game was the same, not even Co-op was added for the PC.

[Guest Mad Acer]

It's only overrated if you play it as a critic. If you fall in love with the game it will quickly become the best game you have ever played.

I've easilly put in 1000 hours into that game, beaten the crap out of it in Campaign mode on legendary, and play System Link every day.

There's always new stuff being found and it's so fun to kick back w/ your pals and play some Xbox. Then if you go on XBC and play over the internet the game reaches a new high.

Metroid Prime can't touch it.

[lonewolf228]

I dont play it as a critic I play it as myself.
And yes, you got me in the fact that MP does not multyplayer but there coming out whit a sequel that does include multyplayer and there coming out whit a metroid version for the gameboy.

[Guest Mad Acer]

i've only played the gba games and they are very good... but i think the only reason I like halo so much is because I play it like a sport.

you can't play metroid like a sport, and that's why it's not as popular. Halo 2 will definitely revolutionalize competitive gaming and hopefully there will be tournaments with 100,000 dollars on the line some day.

I probably wouldn't attend them, but I'd watch it on tv.

just think, one of the funnest things to do with metroid is to see how fast you can get done w/ the game. That's competitive. People like competitive things and that's why halo was/is more successful than Metroid Prime.

[Semjaza]

[quote name='Mad Acer']It's only overrated if you play it as a critic. If you fall in love with the game it will quickly become the best game you have ever played.[/quote]

What the heck does this mean?

I either enjoy a game or I don't. I didn't particularly enjoy Halo. You did. The way this is worded, you're basically saying anyone who doesn't absolutely love this game has no idea what they're talking about. I'm sorry, but your opinion is not fact. The way you play this game or don't play it has no bearing on my opinion lol.

How am I suppsoed to fall in love with a game I don't enjoy? I'm apparently just approaching it from the wrong angle because I am not that into it?

I really am not that into Halo. End of story. There's no agenda or mindset I had going into it. Hell, I mostly bought a Xbox for the game in the first place.

If I want a good single player mode, I think MP obliterates it. I also think that a good portion of other FPS games on my PC do as well. Countless PC FPS games are far more entertaining for me as well in terms of multiplayer. LAN or online (something Halo doesn't even officially support on Xbox). There's a good reason why people with a PC pretty much ignored the title when it finally hit the shelves for computers, and it wasn't just because it was delayed so much.

It's overrated in my mind because I don't see what is so great about it. Perhaps if I haven't played Bungie's previous Marathon titles (you might as well consider Halo a poor-man's Marathon 3), I would be more impressed.

[Guest Mad Acer]

All I'm saying is it has more replay value than Metroid Prime because of it's multiplayer.

I actually enjoy playing Console FPS's more than PC FPS's. Maybe it's because Red Faction broke me into it and then when I tried the computer I couldn't move around very easy.

Halo is almost 3 years old, much older than Metroid Prime, so the graphics look bad, but Halo 2 is coming out. When that game comes out Nov 9th, you're going to throw metroid away and say, "My God, Thimoc was right! DAMN YOU!!"

[Demon Piro]

I agree that if I like a game I like it not because it is a sport. MP is strong in storyline and 1st player mode but imagine if mp was multi player even co-op! you could go around a living and breathing metroid world with your m8s helpin ya!

I thimks that would be class, thats the onlu weakness I can think of, no multiplayer (as I am used to the metroid games and used to exploring that isn't boring anymore) Halo has advantage in multiplayer but when MP2 is out I just hope its internet playable!

Finally does Halo have a foxy bounty hunter as the main chara. No! The pure joy of playing again is to get the best ending and se samus suitless!

[James]

[color=#707875]As with some others here, I don't know why MP and Halo are comparable at all.

Metroid Prime is an adventure game, Halo is a shooter. They are totally different genres.

Yes, MP is played primarily with a first person view. But that's like saying that Mario and GTA are comparable, because both use the same third person view. See what I mean?

Metroid Prime is designed to be an exploration-based game full of environment-based puzzles and crazy boss fights. Halo is more a straight-up first person shooter, especially if you include the multiplayer mode.

So, I find it hard to actually answer this thread, because we're comparing apples and oranges.

Having said that, I enjoyed Metroid Prime more than Halo. I only liked Halo for the multiplayer, but honestly, I didn't find Halo's multiplayer to be as great as many were saying. I really don't know why the game was hyped up so much. The level designs were pretty average, the addition of vehicles was kinda "eh" (I mean, vehicles don't add much to the dynamic in my view - especially compared to newer games like Unreal Tournament 2004).

So that's my feeling on it, anyway. In terms of comparing Halo to similar games (ie: first person shooters), I think Halo's somewhere around the middle. It certainly doesn't suck, but relative to the genre, I wouldn't say that it's at the very top either.[/color]

[Demon Piro]

Technicly you can shoot on both of them and its in a 1st person shooter hence that they are both fps.
Also Mp is the best fps game on the Gamecube (in my opinion) and Halo is the best on X-box. There is alot of exploring in MP and just straight foward in Halo I will admit.

Can't really complain as you like MP better like me and as for apples or oranges I perfer oranges :p

[James]

[color=#707875]Yeah, but as I said...in GTA, you're using a third person camera and you can jump. The same in Mario.

Are they both comparable/same genre? Nope.

In terms of first person shooters, the best one I've played on GameCube is probably TimeSplitters 2. Although I haven't played many on GCN.

I'd say that Metroid Prime is my favourite adventure game on the system though.[/color]

[BlueYoshi]

[color=teal]If I was to comment on the two, then I'd just be reiterating everyone else's thoughts, heh, but I want to take the opportunity to mention the ongoing trend of the Metroid games since the day they hit the shelves.

The most formal answer would have to be Shinmaru's. Every Metroid game from before the GameCube's time took the 2D route, all following after one another in gameplay and genre. Metroid Prime's concept is no different; besides the fact that it's mostly played in the first person view, every other aspect of it indulges in exploration and adventure that gives it a kind of RPG feel. A reasonable comparison would be TWW because that too insists on hunting and exploring in a very similar way to MP, rectifying the open environments and encourages backtracking however lame it may be.

Halo is the complete opposite. Combat and interactivity is the gesture that Bungie try to masquerade. You'll find that there's no point in multiplayer unless there is a plentiful crowd to link up with, which is basically the reality behind those large maps and complexes. The story's simplicity also outlines what I'm trying to say; apart from the minor twists and turns that unfold in Halo, it's not really appealing on a large enough scale to be compared to MP.

I found both to be just fine and were substantially what I thought they'd be. The fact that Halo players call MP overrated -- and vice versa -- is a bold statement. Unless you really know where both games are directed, they're hard to enjoy alike, particularly if players emphasised on pure action.[/color]

[natetron46]

it is honestly, in my opinion nearly impossible to compare them. there are so different. if i had to though, id say halo is better, the little (and i meanlittle) that ive played of metroid i did not really like. and halo, well everyone knows about halo.

[lonewolf228]

By the way, there are tournaments for halo I think its called the CPL or something like that, (search it on google) The price is not 100k its 250k XD.

[Guest ScirosDarkblade]

I prefer Halo because I enjoy even its single-player campaign more than MP's. Yeah, it might sound weird, but I found Halo actually more immersive than MP. Perhaps it's because it was actually intense. Well, there's that and there's the actual interaction with NPCs (and even enemies) that you have in that game, which is on a slightly higher level than "scanning." Halo's beings have personality.

And then there's the fact that Halo has co-op mission mode and multiplayer battle. And far better music than MP (though there's relatively little of it).

[Guest Mad Acer]

[quote name='lonewolf228']By the way, there are tournaments for halo I think its called the CPL or something like that, (search it on google) The price is not 100k its 250k XD.[/quote]

no dawg, the highest cash prize for a halo xbox tourney has been 4000 dollars to the best team at each tourney.

theCPL is a pc gaming contest and does include halo, but it only gives out 50k I think. That's because theCPL has many different games so the total it gives out in one tournament is probably around 250k.

There is also going to be a big invite-only tournament in Las Vegas that is giving out I think 50k. You have to prove yourself in theMLG's tournaments to be invited. There is also a 20,000 dollar halo tourament which is hosted by the AGP and will be coupled with an international animation festival or some **** like that. Yes, there will probably be anime there. *gets entire boards attention*

I don't think anyone here knows more about halo than I do... you are all puny :laugh:

[Engel]

[QUOTE=ScirosDarkblade]I prefer Halo because I enjoy even its single-player campaign more than MP's. Yeah, it might sound weird, but I found Halo actually more immersive than MP. Perhaps it's because it was actually intense. Well, there's that and there's the actual interaction with NPCs (and even enemies) that you have in that game, which is on a slightly higher level than "scanning." Halo's beings have personality.

And then there's the fact that Halo has co-op mission mode and multiplayer battle. And far better music than MP (though there's relatively little of it).[/QUOTE]

Have you gotten to the[spoiler]Chozo Ghosts? That's intense, and the music is way better than anything Halo has. And you are going to tell me getting rushed by a giant rock behemoth or Meta Ridley isn't as intense as Halo?[/spoiler] And, Metroid's storyline is a deep, cryptic tale that you choose to delve into or not. I personally think MP is better. I mean, the visor effects, like the static or water droplets are just stunning. The first time I ran into a bombu I checked my connections because of the static. And, the boss battles, and the scanning. You can learn about the creatures, the envroment, and get farther in the story. But, that is just my opinion.

[Purple Haze]

I'd have to say Halo for me because i like more action. Although I think Halo is overated it is a good FPS game to play with a bunch of friends. MP is also a good game, but there just too much exploring and not enough shooting except for the bosses. But MP2 and Halo 2 are bothing coming out this year and I'm getting both. who know maybe they added nmore action this time around.

[Guest Vash331]

I'd have to agree with Shinmaru, it is very difficult to compare the 2 as they are both very different. Although I'd have to go with Halo in this case all the way, I can't get enough of the game, get some friends over and link xbox's, there's nothing better. But i do give credit to Metroid Prime, it's a great title with all it's little effects that i love so much, i personally like seeing samus's eyes reflected in her visor, i think when missles were shot at me by space pirates, not sure. By the way has anybody beat it with a 100% and seen the special ending? I had to see it on X-Play, it was really cool.

My favorite genre in video games is first person shooter, and my favorite game in that genre is Halo, and it probally always will be until halo 2......but who knows, Metroid Prime 2 is coming out soon too we'll just have to wait and see.

[Guest ScirosDarkblade]

[quote name='SephirothX]Have you gotten to the[spoiler]Chozo Ghosts? That's intense, and the music is way better than anything Halo has. And you are going to tell me getting rushed by a giant rock behemoth or Meta Ridley isn't as intense as Halo?[/spoiler'] And, Metroid's storyline is a deep, cryptic tale that you choose to delve into or not. [/quote]

Yeah, I have both games and I've played through both. I didn't go for 100% in MP because my friend already did so I just didn't bother. ...And yeah, getting rushed by a the rock boss or Ridley wasn't intense because Samus has enough life and missiles to be quite reckless and still beat bosses on the first try. In Halo it's not always like that.

[Brasil]

[quote name='ScirosDarkblade']Yeah, I have both games and I've played through both. I didn't go for 100% in MP because my friend already did so I just didn't bother[/quote]
If you didn't get 100% in MP, then you didn't play it all the way through. If you didn't seek out every Missile Upgrade, Energy Tank, Power Bomb upgrade, etc, you did not play the game all the way through. Simple as that.

And I really don't see how you feel that your friend getting 100% is reason enough for you not to achieve a 100% completion, as well. Last I checked, you and your friend [i]are[/i] two different people, right?

[quote]And yeah, getting rushed by a the rock boss or Ridley wasn't intense because Samus has enough life and missiles to be quite reckless and still beat bosses on the first try. In Halo it's not always like that.[/QUOTE]
Okay, then, go after Meta Ridley in a Minimal Game. Hell, beat Prime with only the required number of upgrades. I highly doubt you'd even make it to Thardus, even with your |\/|4|) 94|\/|1|\|9 5|<1||5. The fact of the matter is, Prime punishes you for being reckless, and in fact, it's a slower-paced game, hence the FPA (First Person Adventure) designation.

Furthermore, there is a reason that 99% of the strategy guides for Prime instruct you to have a particular number of Energy Tanks before each boss fight. Do you know why? Because the game is not as simplistic and/or easy as you want to say it is, lol. Of course, we're forgetting about your |\/|4|) 94|\/|1|\|9 5|<1||5, right? :rolleyes:

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Now, onto the thread itself, from a purely entertainment standpoint, Prime blew Halo away. I found Halo to be incredibly dull at times, and there was no sense of wonder or mystique about it. So there are some pretty graphics here and there, and pretty spot-on weapon sound effects, so what? It's an arcade shooter, lol.

Prime, on the other hand, feels like an actual game and not a "Kill Everything That Moves With Your Mega-Big Gun."

The plot to Prime helps a lot, I think. I mean, Halo's plot is very generic: big, bad alien army seeking to conquer the universe, and we play as a cyber-enhanced military hero who is going to singlehandedly save the galaxy from evil.

Prime, however, we play as a bounty hunter who gets caught up in what could be considered a tribal war during a routine recon on an abandoned space vessel. Hell, Metroid Prime could be considered a side-quest in many respects. Had Ridley not escaped, that would have been the entire game, and Samus would have had no reason to journey down onto Tallon IV. Had Halo's adversaries never attacked, Master Chief would have still been in stasis, lol. Something to think about.

[Guest ScirosDarkblade]

[QUOTE=Bean]If you didn't get 100% in MP, then you didn't play it all the way through. If you didn't seek out every Missile Upgrade, Energy Tank, Power Bomb upgrade, etc, you did not play the game all the way through. Simple as that.
[/QUOTE]
Beginning to end is good enough. Getting all the missile upgrades and scanning everything adds just about jack to the gameplay. It's not like sidequests in an RPG or full-blown adventure game like LoZ.

[QUOTE]And I really don't see how you feel that your friend getting 100% is reason enough for you not to achieve a 100% completion, as well. Last I checked, you and your friend [i]are[/i] two different people, right?[/QUOTE]
Because I won't get any "sense of accomplishment" from clearing out MP. I saw the cool ending, and that was that. I beat MP, and after that I felt like never playing it again.

[QUOTE]Okay, then, go after Meta Ridley in a Minimal Game. Hell, beat Prime with only the required number of upgrades. I highly doubt you'd even make it to Thardus, even with your |\/|4|) 94|\/|1|\|9 5|<1||5. The fact of the matter is, Prime punishes you for being reckless, and in fact, it's a slower-paced game, hence the FPA (First Person Adventure) designation.[/QUOTE]
Okay, then, play Halo on Legendary and don't pick up any ammo! You can make the game as hard for yourself as you like. I knew someone would say something like this, but I think that making the game more difficult by doing something the character in the game wouldn't (pass up pickups) takes away from the immersion and the feel of any story to the game. At least for me.

[QUOTE]Furthermore, there is a reason that 99% of the strategy guides for Prime instruct you to have a particular number of Energy Tanks before each boss fight. Do you know why? Because the game is not as simplistic and/or easy as you want to say it is, lol. Of course, we're forgetting about your |\/|4|) 94|\/|1|\|9 5|<1||5, right? :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Dude, the game is as easy as I want to say it is. It's friggin easy as long as you pick up stuff as you find it. And I never said MP was simplistic. And I don't care what strategy guides instruct. Most walkthroughs of Xenosaga instruct you do use some stupid character configuration and use particular tech/magic moves to fight bosses, where using gigantor AGWS and just trading damage mindlessly works better almost every time. If the guides tell you to make something harder than it has to be, that's not really something to suggest a game is not as easy as it really it.

[QUOTE]Prime, on the other hand, feels like an actual game and not a "Kill Everything That Moves With Your Mega-Big Gun."
The plot to Prime helps a lot, I think. I mean, Halo's plot is very generic: big, bad alien army seeking to conquer the universe, and we play as a cyber-enhanced military hero who is going to singlehandedly save the galaxy from evil.[/QUOTE]
MP is a deeper game, perhaps. But both are real enough. And what you mentioned just above is not Halo's plot. Maybe you didn't play it "all the way through," heh. Oh, and no matter what anybody says, Metroid Prime's "plot" was 100 times more simplistic than Halo's. It had plenty of little details in terms of how the Space Pirates worked with phazon and engineered elites and discovered Metroid Prime, but that's not really a plot progression.