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I have noticed something funny ...
I'm a pationate Computer gamer and there seems to be one key title in my PC games collection, which I always come back to.
It's called ... *angelic background sound* ... Halo - Combat Evolved !
It came out in 2003, so it's kind of outdated, but it's still my all-time-favourite.
The campaign mode is approx 75% good, but there are 25% which I really hate so much (the flood) that they do spoil the campaign for me completely.
But the online gameplay of, for example slayer (everybody against everybody) or capture the flag (teamplay), is totally different to the campaign mode and never cease to entertain me.
The multiplayer scene is still very much alive, from there you can see that a good concept does not die out.
- The 16 included maps are very thought through designed. Some are huge, some are tiny.
- There are 10 different weapons (incl. 2 types of hand grenades) to be used.
- There are 4 different vehicles available.
Before you go playing Halo online, first thing you do is to scan for available servers to play on (up to 16 players).
When you then select to join one of the servers, within seconds you are being placed in the middle of a war atmosphaere, ready to anticipate and take full action.
(That's what I call INTERACTIVE)
When you have been compromised (been hit and died), you will be respawn (resurrected) after a few seconds, to re-join the game again at a random place of the map.
Ok, here comes the funny bit, related to this thread:
What I have described above sounds pretty rough, right ?
Considering the realistic sound of all kinds of weapons, and the realistic graphics (bullet holes and blood spots everywhere!) ... the movements of your team mates as well as the enemies (especially when they're being hit) is so incredible well animated ... and given the theme of this game, you can't think of anything more violent to play, right ?
During the gameplay, you will be presented with some kind of report, running in the bottom left corner of the screen, constantly.
It only says who just killed whom.
And by pressing F1, you can see a list with the current number of kills for each player.
If the target has been set (by the admin) to 25 kills, then the game ends as soon as someone has killed 25 people.
But also, this very spot where the report is located, can be used to chat.
Meaning, during gameplay, you can type some comments and it will appear between the report lines.
This way I had some nice little conversations with fellow players.
Unfortunately, the software developers missed to implement the option to keep a list of favourite servers & players.
Anyway, so ... when chatting with others or the whole team, there are frequently players who DO NOT ACCEPT if you use bad language, like swearing !
I think that's pathetic because this game is all about killing others, but on the other side they don't want you to swear ?
Honest, there are a number of servers where the admin will "kick" or even "ban" you from playing with them if you ignore their rules.
So, you just killed someone with your rocket launcher where you see the victim's body flying through the air, landing dead on the floor in a very realistic position.
If the victim then types the word "sh*t", "damn" or "f**k" into the chat, he might get banned from further playing on this server because the admin possibly thinks that children are watching ? and could be exposed to violent language ?
Hahaha ... I think that's pretty funny.
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