Top image is “ACTUAL GAMEPLAY”, bottom is a “CUTSCENE”. PC_GAMER.. Graphics don’t always matter. Gameplay is what matters and Metroid has Halo beat and always will.. Online doesn’t matter because it gets old after awhile. If graphics really matter get a PS3.
"Considering Metroid is mostly targeted towards Teens ages 13 and older while Halo is mostly targeted towards mature people ages 17 and older. "
Halo is not targeted towards 17+, it is just rated that way.
PC_Gamer, when you posted the two pics, the top one (of MP3:C) is stretched. The top one is ALSO saved as a low quality image type, such as JPEG (most likely).
The bottom one, of Halo, is most likely a PNG or a BMP, two high-quality image types.
But really, who cares about graphics and sound? As long as the graphics and sound are good enough to give an immense, epic awesome adventure feel to the game (The SNES checks off good on sound and graphics, IMO). What really matters is Game Play and storyline.
When you are playing Halo, you run around accomplishing tasks with a quite simple storyline.
Metroid has a vast storyline that will require several play-throughs to understand the whole storyline. The Metroid Prime games are basically a Metroid Encyclopedia with an awesome game put inside it.
Really, I don’t see the argument here, just a bunch of Halo Fanboys whining about graphics and sound beating Metroid.
Yes, I admit, their graphics are usually better.
But still, you shown a stretched JPEG image of metroid (while playing) to compare to a non-stretched BMP image of halo (during cutscene).