I agree with you I dunno what the deal is about graphics I mean you stop caring about an hour into it. I blame the Call of Duty and Halo series as the main cause of this nonsense. I hate Bethseda's games though... Bioware all the way mannnn. PC still has quality stuff coming out for it though. Not as much as before maybe but there's still good stuff.
I totally agree with you games these days for the most part are insanely easy. I usually get difficulty mods and the like.
there is a big difference between call of duty and halo Every halo release has seen huge improvements over the last game. Halo 2 introduced an amazing console matchmaking system, halo 3 introduced forge mode and theater mode, halo ODST introduced an open world style campaign and firefight, and halo reach perfected Firefight, forge, filesharing, and theater mode, and character customization. Call of duty just makes new maps and new weapons and sells it as a yearly release.
Yes Halo >>>>>>>>> CoD but I still blame it for the rise of the obsession with graphics over gameplay and short singleplayer campaigns.
i guess man but you cant clump halo into that. halo has done more for the industry (especially consoles) than almost any other game has.
definitely, you can thank halo for almost every console shooter. the same way gears of war redefined the genre. halo reach killed it with forge world, but there are still a couple of things that need to be touched up. they also took a step back in theater mode. all halo does is redefine
how did they take a step back in theater? My complaint is you cant play clips with friends in your party. Forge mode is probably the best thing to happen to gaming in a long time.
Most influential? Well if you wanna go by sales go with COD but if you wanna talk about most positively influential than... Oh I dunno... Half Life Starcraft Diablo 2 Tribes 1+2 Baldur's Gate 2 Xcom Jagged Alliance 2 Fallout 1 + 2 Thief 1 + 2 Freespace 1 + 2 Tie Fighter System Shock 2 Deus Ex Quake 3 Civ series (at least through BTS)
That's PC. We're talking about consoles and how games greatly changed consoles for better. Halo is the one of the few games that totally changed the consoles experience like no other games ever done for. Listed was already showed by Jadams.