Is Halo the best franchise ever?

[petrolhead76]

I've been playing halo online since the days of halo 1 (where we used a PC as a pseudo server with gamespy). I have to say I don't like console / computer games generally since I hit 18yrs old but I love the halo series.

We have a tight group of friends and we play probably something like 10 hrs a week and never get bored (we are all in our thirties age wise!).

At the moment we've ranked up to 45 on Halo 3 on team slayer.

This all, despite the constant lag, which just shows how great this franchise is to still make us come back for more.

For me this has to be the best franchise ever !

[Furyous]

Err, no.

Just got a 360 with Halo, and have to say, very disappointed with the game.

Love my 360 for Forza, but cant see me buying shooters for it, reckon the pc is way better for shooters.

As for franchises, then for me its the Half Life series.Love 'em.

[Steve Evil]

Grand. Theft. Auto. End of.

[stephen300o]

No.

[Liszt]

Steve Evil said:

Grand. Theft. Auto. End of.

Would agree and Half Life as well.

[MK4 Slowride]

Steve Evil said:

Grand. Theft. Auto. End of.

GTA is the best game EVER.

After playing COD4 of late instead of halo I wouldn't say it's that good what with the huge waiting time for a game to start that we pay for.

[kiwisr]

Has to be Half Life and all it's incarnations.

[qube_TA]

No.

[NewNameNeeded]

mario


zelda


sonic


street fighter

[CommanderJameson]

Halo? Rubbish game. I never understood its popularity nor the tagline "Combat Evolved". Evolved? How so? By being an FPS that was on the XBox first?

The enemies were rubbish, the levels were rubbish, the weapons were rubbish and the plot was a half-baked amalgam of Alistair Reynolds (the flood was a direct rip of the inhibitors from the Revelation Space series) and Iain M. Banks Culture universe. (the drone Guilty Spark, the ship called "Pillar Of Autumn" and so on).

Best franchise? I'd like to say Doom - on the basis of longevity, resale value (they're still selling the original Doom games on Steam), technology and media. Half Life is a great series, but it hasn't had a film made out of it. I quite liked the Doom film

Yet.

Sheer numbers, however, may well dictate that Half Life wins it on software sales. Summat like eight million units shifted.

[BigAlinEmbra]

Halo isn't even top of it's genre, let alone an all time winner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_...

GTA for me, without a shadow of a doubt.
Although the sensi soccer thread had me checking out X360's this morning!
Might wait till new year sales though...

[deevlash]

Super mario, defined the platform game and mario 64 was incrdible at the time and still is. Plus theres been loads of mario games and only 3 halos.
Also super mario world on the snes is the best game ever

[Civpilot]

Deevlash is more correct than he realises

Taken from Wiki...

List of franchises that have sold ten million copies or more.

Mario (200 million)
Pokémon (164 million)
The Sims (90 million)
Final Fantasy (75 million)
Tetris (70 million)
Grand Theft Auto (65 million)
FIFA (65 million)
Madden NFL (60 million)
The Legend of Zelda (52 million)
Donkey Kong (48 million)
Gran Turismo (47 million)
Sonic the Hedgehog (44 million)
Lineage (43 million)
Dragon Quest (43 million)
Winning Eleven (36 million)
Crash Bandicoot (35 million)
Resident Evil (33 million)
Tomb Raider (32 million)
Medal of Honor (31 million)
James Bond (30 million)
Kirby (30 million)
Mega Man (27.5 million)
Command & Conquer (25 million)
Street Fighter (25 million)
NBA Live (23 million)
Metal Gear (20 million)
Mortal Kombat (20 million)
Castlevania (20 million)
Tekken (20 million)
Frogger (20 million)
Halo (20 million)
Rayman (20 million)
Spyro the Dragon (20 million)
Mobile Suit Gundam (20 million shipped)
Warcraft (19 million)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (18 million)
SimCity (18 million)
Brain Age (17.19 million)
Diablo (17 million)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (17 million)
Age of Empires (16 million)
Half-Life (16 million)
Need for Speed Underground (15 million)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (15 million)
Dynasty Warriors (15 million)
Jikkyô Powerful Pro Yakyû (14.8 million)
Nintendogs (14.79 million)
Driver (14 million)
Disney (13.2 million)
Metroid (13 million)
Ratchet and Clank (13 million)
Mario Kart (12 million in North America)
Lego Star Wars (12 million)
Myst (12 million)
Midnight Club (11 million)
Bomberman (10 million)[40]
Lord of the Rings (10 million)
Dragon Ball Z (10 million)
Ace Combat (10 million)
Prince of Persia (10 million)
SingStar (10 million)
Bejeweled (10 million)
Dance Dance Revolution (10 million)
Call of Duty (10 million in North America)
Backyard Sports (10 million)
Battlefield (10 million)
Star Wars: Battlefront (10 million)
Tony Hawk (10 million)
Tales (10 million)

To save you counting, the Halo franchise is 31st in the list. So no, it is not the best Franchise out there for sales. And personally I would say the sales figures are correct, compared to pretty much every other FPS I have played Halo is seriously flawed in story, level, & weapon design. It is also far too sanitised for the kiddies and overly easy on basic setting.

HTH

[petrolhead76]

To clarify I haven't got time for 1-player games (don't get any enjoyment out of them - the last one I played was mario 64 which was awesome but games are not as good anymore!) but when I refer to Halo I refer to the multiplayer aspect online.

[Steve Evil]

petrolhead76 said:

To clarify I haven't got time for 1-player games (don't get any enjoyment out of them - the last one I played was mario 64 which was awesome but games are not as good anymore!) but when I refer to Halo I refer to the multiplayer aspect online.

Half Life would still beat it though, I doubt the number of Halo 3 players is anywhere near as high as those playing Counter Strike.

[Hanslow]

I would have gone with Final Fantasy (with a double/triple/quadruple "end of&quot, but as the list above points out, that completely dismisses the likes of Mario

For me it's the FF series by far though

[scorp]

If were talking multiplayer, wouldn't it be Quake ?

[kiwisr]

scorp said:

If were talking multiplayer, wouldn't it be Quake ?

World of Warcraft.

[Mekon]

I am new to Halo, and I've never really gotten into PC gaming. I suspect, therefore, that I am who Halo3 was aimed it. It's worked - I play about 10 hours a week, and have stopped playing everything else. I pretty much just play doubles with DrScupper. Feel free to add my GT (DrMekon).

[BaconBonce]

Possibly the most overrated games franchise ever.