who else is mad at Halo

[col_porridge]

I read the first ringworld book about three months before I tried Halo and at first I was excited that they popularized a concept that I enjoyed....despite the concept theft. I'm sure someone has already posted this cause .... It's @#$$in obvious... There is no sun. Floating ring in the middle of space (in Halo) and for some reason they still got a frikkin sun in the sky......poop

 

[Vince W]

The Halo rings are way to small to be compared to Ringworld. I look at them as arks floating near stars. As a game it works because no one thinks about it too much. As a story, yeah, poop.

 

[biodroid]

I agree with Vince, in the game if you took the time you could drive the Halo in like a day. To me it was more like an eco space station of sorts. Now the Citadel in Mass Effect is impressive.

 

[BigBadBob141]

The ring in Halo is basically a very large orbital habitat as opposed to an artificial world in the Niven novel.
It appears to orbit a gas giant, I like on level two of the game when it's said "These caves appear to be natural", how can they be when every thing was manufactured?
I greatly enjoyed both the book and the game, now I know why the vehicle is called a Warthog, because it steers like a Pig!!!

 

[Kzinti]

I read the first ringworld book about three months before I tried Halo and at first I was excited that they popularized a concept that I enjoyed....despite the concept theft. I'm sure someone has already posted this cause .... It's @#$$in obvious... There is no sun. Floating ring in the middle of space (in Halo) and for some reason they still got a frikkin sun in the sky......poop

Yeah, a halo is not as impressive as the Ringworld. The Ringworld is so much bigger and awe-inspiring. Large enough for the Earth to look like a grain of dust. They should have made a Ringworld game.

 

[Vince W]

Yeah, a halo is not as impressive as the Ringworld. The Ringworld is so much bigger and awe-inspiring. Large enough for the Earth to look like a grain of dust. They should have made a Ringworld game.

I doubt anyone could do a Ringworld video game justice, but I cherish my copy of the Ringworld rpg. I just wish I could find enough people interested to play.

 

[Kzinti]

They did make a Ringworld game in the 90s, but with the tech back then, it looks like a joke compared to what people have now. I did like the story of that game, tho.

 

[Vince W]

Your right. I was thinking of a modern Ringworld game. I still have both Ringworld DOS games on my computer.

 

[Kzinti]

Your right. I was thinking of a modern Ringworld game. I still have both Ringworld DOS games on my computer.

I'd like to play them as well, but I'm not sure if downloading counts as copyright infringement. I heard the first one was better than the second one, but I already saw te first one on YouTube. Seeker was epic.

 

[Vince W]

I'm not sure, but I think both games are pretty much abandonware now.

 

[JoanDrake]

I doubt anyone could do a Ringworld video game justice, but I cherish my copy of the Ringworld rpg. I just wish I could find enough people interested to play.

Niven's books couldn't do his own concept justice. In fact, nothing could. The Ringworld and the Dyson Sphere are two concepts where we see the human mind actually outthinking itself.

 

[Vince W]

Niven's books couldn't do his own concept justice. In fact, nothing could. The Ringworld and the Dyson Sphere are two concepts where we see the human mind actually outthinking itself.

Well put.

 

[ralphkern]

Bob Shaws Oribitsville manages to capture the sheer size of the concept better than most. Although that is a Dyson Sphere.

Halo I like for the same reason I like Starwars... I just don't think about it too hard.

Even then the final escape in the Warthog stretched even the hyper-suspension of disbelief required...