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Subject: Halo 1 Or 2
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This Isnt Exactally A pool it is a question to see what people though of both ...........
i like halo 1 personally better i think it has a better campaign and multiplayer game exept its not live:(

  • 04.09.2008 9:11 PM PDT
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I agree, especially since I play Campaign only. The CE Campaign is much better than 2's!

  • 04.10.2008 7:07 AM PDT

I agree. There might not be more variety of weapons, but every worked together better. Plus, weapons of a kind and grenades weren't few and far between. Oh, and the vehicles didn't suck.

  • 04.10.2008 9:21 AM PDT

Halo 1 is much better. It lacks features and options, but everything that it has works well. The weapons, vehicles, maps, and health system are all superior.

  • 04.10.2008 11:12 AM PDT

Hehe. The recharging health system is a bit of a joke. At least they should show how much there is.

My reasoning:
Shields recharge. Health is fixed. You can still fight for a fixed amount of damage after shields are depleted.

When shields are recharging, and health recharges, you don't know how much damage you can sustain before dying. Two recharges = redundant.

  • 04.10.2008 2:14 PM PDT

Halo: Combat Evolved is definitely better than Halo2. I am playing through the campaign, and it is much better than Halo2's campaign.

  • 04.11.2008 12:19 AM PDT
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Keep in mind that both games are different. Halo CE has a fixed health system, as well as every other creature in the game, ghosts and banshees have health, as opposed to the warthog and the tank, which are invincible, but any damage dealt to the human vehicles, is done to you.

(you would think that it would make more sense for human vehicles to have health, and covenant vehicles to be invincible)

Other than plasma weapons giving a temporary plasma freeze when the victim is shot quite a bit, and the human weapons being different. (pistol that acts like a rifle, and a rifle that acts like a smg, sniper weapon works fine though) Its large maps and large areas make for a great adventure.

Halo 2, is different, this time, you have little health, as well as the enemy. (although the chiefs health does recharge?) The weapons work the way the should, save that the shotgun was degraded, along with the smg. (at least we have a killer RPG) The covenant weapons lost accuracy for balance, the plasma pistol was rigged and degraded, and the rifle lost accuracy, but gained a cool sound when it is used. (you can no longer plasma freeze enemies)

environments are close quarted, AI were improved, (though the jackal gained better combat skills, it doesnt charge pistols much anymore) Aim assist was ramped up (and for AI as well?)
New weapons were available, all vehicles no longer have health, but instead degrade as they are beat up, and can be destroyed. (there is supposively one invincible hog in the second level) and of course, there is xbox live.

I do not cover all the things these games have, but they are both great games, overall.

  • 04.13.2008 12:06 AM PDT
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ARBITER, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT BUTTER!!! WORT WORT WORT.

Posted by: chickenlittle
Hehe. The recharging health system is a bit of a joke. At least they should show how much there is.

My reasoning:
Shields recharge. Health is fixed. You can still fight for a fixed amount of damage after shields are depleted.

When shields are recharging, and health recharges, you don't know how much damage you can sustain before dying. Two recharges = redundant.


Actually mate, there is a little meter in there where you can see how much health you have. It's small, but it's definitely there after the shields are gone. You have to train your eye to see it while fighting, otherwise you'll ramble on as you are.

The health bar system was way more intense though, I'd rather it came back.

And then there's the campaign... I like Halo 2's a lot for the skulls and crazy launching, exploring, and damage you can do with sputnik, warthogs, frags, rockets, GBP, and a few others. Delta Halo kicks the can.

The original Halo's campaign is sweet, the storyline is strong, and 343 scares the -blam- out of me still. That's something Halo 2 doesn't have. I put them up as tied.

  • 04.15.2008 8:40 AM PDT
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Posted by: DA SKULL13
multiplayer game exept its not live:(


but there was xbox connect ;) sucks for you. best online experience ever. HALO1 tops all

  • 04.15.2008 1:06 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

i heavily prefer haloCE, campaign had that epic feel to it like you couldn't stop until you were finished. MP (after learning how to play without dying every 30 seconds) was fantastic and brought hours and hours of hilarity to lan parties and the like.

even though it is the simplest (as far as features go) it was the best made. everything complemented it well, i don't remember there being a useless weapon, even the weaker one's had little bonus's (plasma freeze, etc). i don't remember there ever being an unbeatable scenario, i've never been completely stonewalled or stuck due to some group of chumps who pride their map control tactics (big issue in halo2 IMO). it was an awesome total package of a game. i actually bought my xbox a day after playing it a friends house.

never did the xbc thing, had enough friends who played and who knew others that played to have some of the greatest lan parties ever. still do to this day when everyones got time.

  • 04.17.2008 3:29 PM PDT