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Subject: This is how you can tell CE is better than 2 and 3
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Look at the forum posts! They are mainly about strategy and tactics, and polls about aspects of playing the game. Look at the forums for 2 & 3 and they are about problems with online play, problems with loading maps, can has recon BS and sometimes about tactics and strategy. What does this tell me?? CE IS THE BETTER GAME! Now granted there is no online component to CE (other than a Multiplayer or LAN setup) to produce those posts, but that means that you can focus on PLAYING the game, not GETTING THE GAME TO PLAY!

  • 07.08.2008 3:06 PM PDT
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Uh, right.

Anyway, not that I want to flame you, but thats your opinion, in my comparison to Halo CE and Halo 2, Halo CE had a lot of heart put into it, by that, I mean it had both, playing in close quarters, and playing in open areas, along with some pretty good graphics. The pistol, however, was over powered, making it the weapon of choice for killing jackals, or one shotting those hunters.

Halo 2, on the other hand, had a lot of closed environments, and fewer open areas, but it had a compelling story, and a lot of new elements. A lot of things were favorable, of course, I dont mean the increase in aim assist, or the increase in the homing feature for the PP (does help in legendary though), although the toned down homing capability for the needler wasn't a big loss.

I havent played Halo 3 yet, so no comparison from me on that game.

  • 07.08.2008 8:24 PM PDT

IMO, they focused too much on the integration of the new aspects of gameplay, instead of keeping the game working as well as before.Rather than keeping gmaeplay smooth and exciting, all the new features blurred it up and removed the play somewhat from the experience.

  • 07.08.2008 8:27 PM PDT

I think it's the best in the trilogy, but to be fair, the people left in this forum are more of the hardcore fans. If people had that many problems with the game, they probably moved on. Also, Bungie is done with this game; complaining won't cause them to release an auto-update or release new maps. Complaining in Halo 3 might actually do some good.

  • 07.09.2008 1:20 PM PDT
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H ce being better that it's successors isn't a fact. Even though I do believe it to be true.

  • 07.10.2008 4:42 AM PDT
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Strangely, all I see in this forum is threads about why Halo:CE is so much better than 2&3. Hardly makes for interesting reading if you ask me.

That being said, I will always have fond memories of blasting through AotCR over and over and over. Best level EVAR!, from one of the most brilliant games ever.

  • 07.10.2008 6:27 AM PDT
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It reminds me of how Seal described making a second record.
He was like, 'You have your whole life to make the first one. Improve it, change things, etc.
Then the second one is due in 12 months, and people expect it to be as good/better than the first.'

My hat's off to Bungie for taking what worked and making it even cooler for H-2.
In some ways, it's better than H-1, but, H-1 is like the original build of a house.
You can remodel, update & improve...but without the original house, you'd have nothing.

  • 07.10.2008 4:36 PM PDT