Halo 2 Forum
This topic has moved here: Subject: Halo 2 is better than Halo 3 in my opinion
  • Subject: Halo 2 is better than Halo 3 in my opinion
  • Pages:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • of 4
Subject: Halo 2 is better than Halo 3 in my opinion

I love the entire Halo series, Halo 2 being my favorite of the games. I think that the universe is compelling and the story is deep, sweeping, and powerful. The hidden layers in the Halo trilogy and rich details of the backstory in the novels are something I love to be lost in, and im greatly looking forward to the story that Halo: Reach will weave. Bungie has carefully and lovingly crafted a mythic tale that will stay etched in my mind until the end.

i thought that Halo 2's story was better than Halo 3's, even though Halo 3 still had a great story. But the gameplay in Halo 3 is so much better. No more super sniper BR's, equipment is awesome, more weapons and its just more of a solid system.

  • 04.01.2009 11:38 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

Halo3 has the better Quility and Graphics Tech and thats what most people look for in games

  • 04.01.2009 11:40 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

h2 > h3 i mean i like the armor customizations and the new maps. But i like my double shots when needed, and meh BXR's :P. h2 seemed more original to me now we have spartancannons and death lazers and all these -blam!- wepons (not that i get killed by em) i just like teh BR's and snipers but thats just me :P. H3 is aight bcz its sumthin different. :)

  • 04.02.2009 8:17 AM PDT

TEZLA { @N$3CT } JIRQUAN!

Well, I don't care. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

  • 04.02.2009 1:01 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

(goofed up post, edited it away)

[Edited on 04.02.2009 1:44 PM PDT]

  • 04.02.2009 1:43 PM PDT
  • gamertag: [none]
  • user homepage:

Posted by: MasterChief Dors
Hi All

Here is what I think. Halo 2 had the best storyline out of all the Halo's. As well as being the most important storyline because it is when the Great Schism happens which in my opinion is one of the most important events to happen in Halo's plot. Also I liked how the game allows you to play as the arbiter to experience the game in his shoes.

Halo 3's storyline is linear there is no twists or turns in the plot but it's still very exciting I think. Halo 1 storyline was linear for most of the game until you encounter the flood which is the only exciting part in the plot. And I suppose you could include Captain Keyes getting assimilated into that pro-gravemind thing. That was unexpected. So at the time Halo 1 story was good but now it is nothing special.

Halo 2 and Halo 3 both have the Dual Wield feature which I think is great and both have a great Multilayer. Halo 1's multilayer is obsolete and the game doesn't have the dual wield feature. Some of the levels in Halo 1 were long but that was because they require a lot of backtracking or they can get confusing. But the number of chapters in the game are less than Halo 2 and Halo 3. There is only about 6 or 7 chapters if I recall right in Halo 1. It is just that some of Halo 2 and 3 chapters were long but not as long as Halo 1's. So to make up for that they made more chapters in Halo 2 and Halo 3.

In my opinion these are just some of the Positives and negatives. I won't do any more to save you to much reading.

Bye




I pretty much agree with everything you said. Nice to hear from someone like you who prefers H2's story, but doesn't hate H3's. :)

  • 04.02.2009 1:44 PM PDT

(\__/)
(>'.'<)
(")_(")
my bunny will kill you.

first off to all of you who didn't notice halo 2 and 1 actually had co-op so get your facts straight

  • 04.02.2009 2:50 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

One thing I definitely liked better in halo 3 was the vehicles. The scorpion in Halo 3 had a machine gun turret and if you are doing co op with somebody it is great because the other person can use the machine gun. In Halo 2 only one person could use the scorpion tank. Bots could sit on the top of the wheel parts but not human players. It is probably not a good idea to sit there anyway. It is not safe. The other thing I like about the vehicles is they simply look better in Halo 3, especially the Cov vehicles. I love the new vehicles in Halo 3 as well.

[Edited on 04.02.2009 10:33 PM PDT]

  • 04.02.2009 10:31 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

hells ya man
halo 3 aint got -blam!- on halo 2 if u looking for a legit game
going between the two gamez i realized halo 3 sniper isnt as accurate as it should be in my opinion ive missed some prety contravercial shots that pissed me off

the quad shot has got me out of some sticky situations what does halo 3 got not alot except alot of annoying kidz

  • 04.02.2009 10:45 PM PDT

kelly clarkson.........

No Halo game is the worst. For anybody to say worst is a complete idiot. Theyre all great. Heres how I see it.

If I wanna have awesome CTF matches, GENIUS story, and Warthog fun, I play Halo:CE

If I want to Learn some things I may have missed in Campaign, Play the greatest Halo map of all time (Lockout) and Use an amazing BR, I play Halo 2.

If I wanna Finish the fight again, play online with an endless amount of people, use forge and theater, and play new maps, I play Halo 3.

If I have a couple hours to spare and wnna take control of armies, while learning more about Halo, I play Halo Wars.

Nuff said.




Amen

  • 04.03.2009 1:46 PM PDT
  • gamertag: Metni
  • user homepage:

Halo 2 has co-op campaign.

Unless your talking about co-op over Xbox Live.

  • 04.03.2009 2:28 PM PDT

Halo 2 campaign is alot better than halo 3

  • 04.04.2009 12:20 PM PDT

Halo 2 is way more better. Actually one of my main issues with h3 is how the armor in H2 is beat up, scratched, and dented (in MP) but in H3 it's not...idk why but it makes the game seem less awesome.

  • 04.05.2009 1:26 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

Halo 2's multiplayer is OOOMAZING compaired to the nooby suck up gameplay of Halo 3

  • 04.05.2009 1:28 PM PDT

Posted by: EAT MY SCHWARTZ
Halo 2's multiplayer is OOOMAZING compaired to the nooby suck up gameplay of Halo 3


Agreed. AR kinda ruined it for me. I LIKED BR/SMG starts. I had the option to either engage at medium-long range or rush in for a close range engagement. And melee wasn't so messed up.

  • 04.05.2009 1:31 PM PDT

A soldier should never be honored for something that was expected

i own and beaten halo 1 and 2,but i ahvnt played halo 3 cuz i dont have a 360 so i cant really say wich is better but i have seen walkthroughs,preveiws and alot of stuff on halo 3,and i say halo 3 is a little better.especially when uve been playing halo 2 for like 4 monthes.u just kinda burn out on it and need something new ya know?besides,1 reason i like halo 3,is because it BRINGS BACK THE ASSAULT RIFLE!omg i loved it in halo 1,and i cant belive it was deleted in halo 2.altho in halo 3 it has less ammo in a magazine by nearly half,its stil an awesome weapon.anyway even tho i havnt played it,id say halo 3 is better than halo 2.[in my opinion]

  • 04.05.2009 1:32 PM PDT

A soldier should never be honored for something that was expected

i agree with kill joy on the fact that no halo is the worst.somtimes it seems 1 game is little better,but no game is completly dum.i mean look how far halo has gone.they are actually making a MOVIE out of halo!u dont see a movie outa call of duty.u dont see that with killzone or half life.thats HALO.

  • 04.05.2009 1:35 PM PDT

I'm a dude playing a dude desguised as another dude. I hate heritics, non-logical thoughts and people who are better than I am. People tell me that they like a lot of games, but I hate them all. Whenever I play a video game, I always go crawling back to Halo 3. Never go full retard!

Posted by: Razlegend
Posted by: HaloKing343
Honestly, out of the entire trilogy, my personal favorite Halo game is Halo 2. Most people would argue that Halo 2 is the worste in the trilogy and that Halo: Combat Evolved is the best, but l beg to switch that around.

Here's what's up.

When Halo: Combat Evolved was made, it was the basic game. Bungie had never created a previous Halo game, so this layed the foundations for the franchise. Go figure people loved it and people wanted more.

So Bungie made Halo 2. What they wanted to do with this was make a more interesting and more expanded sequal to the game. So what they did was change things around... the enemies were weaker, there were new vehicles, dual weilding, boarding, a very extensive and more confusing campaign, more Covenant history...

I don't think people got too upset with the dual weilding and boarding. Infact, l think people liked those elements. l think what got people upset was that the story was so extensive, there was too much Covenant stuff and the plot was too wild.

But those were the three things that l liked best about Halo 2. I thought that those elements were what made the game great. Bungie focased more on what made a game epic and cool and focased less on those "thirty seconds of fun" that everybody keeps talking about.

Now changing those priorities and making a game universe "bigger" and "broader" made people mad, but boy did l love it. I think that my favorite levels are the ones that are very "Halo 2-ish". For example, my all time favorite level in any videogame ever is Gravemind. What elements does that level have? 1. lt branches out far into the Halo Universe (High Charity) 2. It involves the Covenant/Civil war 3. The Covenant Civil war provides the "cool" element 4. Long/Extensive plot undertones.

That level follows all the tendencies of the difference between Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2.

When Halo 2 was "over", people kept crying that the game wasn't like Halo: Combat Evolved. People begged for a more "classic" feel. So when Halo 3 was made, Bungie intentionally made it to be more like the original Halo game, combining those elements. The "thirty-seconds of fun" the more Human only oriented feel. And for the most part, the plot wasn't too extensive. Besides the last level the whole game basically took place on Earth and the Ark.

That's why when l rank my favorite Halo games from favorite to least, my list looks like this.

Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo: Combat Evolved

Now don't get me started on Halo Wars. That's a different story.


I very much agree with you.
Why thank you sir. That took forever to write, so I'm glad that someone took the time to read that.

  • 04.12.2009 4:59 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

Well then keept it too yourself if you dont like halo 3 then dont play big freaking woopdy doo dah
I dont like playing as Aliens thats why I dont Play Halo 2 I found the elite part of the Campaign to be Annoying why? Because I seem to have a certain affinity for Killing Aliens who for the most part decided we were a blight aupon the galaxy and to kill us...
OOooooh
and Also Arbiter and the 2 other Elites You can play them in Halo 3's Campaign...Just you know...Master Cheif is more Important being Humanit'ys Savior...

Also I bet your gonna make a Post later about How Spartans or Elites are Better then ODST's when Halo ODST comes out

GO write in your Journal Next time you want to whine about something so childish

[Edited on 04.13.2009 5:59 AM PDT]

  • 04.13.2009 5:58 AM PDT
  •  | 
  • Exalted Legendary Member
  • gamertag: JB 199
  • user homepage:

halo 2 still the best game in the series. long live halo 2.

Dam, I miss the old days playing halo 2 with my old brothers in arms. Thank you my old friends for giving me this account, I shall continue our legacy.

because of the sucess of halo 2, halo 3 was made. but halo 3 screwed the elites over in its storyline by giving them a lesser role, compared to halo 2 where u actually played arbiter story line missions, which was one of the reasons y halo 2 was a sucess.

halo 3 still needs to learn from the success of halo 2 in terms of both online gameplay "as in the maps and weapon setings" and the campgain storyline. if halo 2 didnt succeed then halo 3 would hav never been made. halo 2 is still better then halo 3 in my opinion in a lot of aspects.

  • 04.13.2009 7:39 AM PDT
  •  | 
  • Exalted Legendary Member
  • gamertag: Zamlon
  • user homepage:

All my opinion.

Posted by: Zutz
I think the fine people at Bungie should treat the Halo 3 players with some Halo 2 Maps. Midship, Beaver Creek to name a few.

They'll just cry, look at Isolation. The only map where you can't camp and actually have to be on alert.

If Halo 1 had Live, then it'd own all of the other games. It's balanced, good gameplay, fun times, Halo 2 has some of that, but halo 3 lacks it entirely. I can't count how many times I've been blackscreened in halo 3, and I've only been modded in Halo 2 three times.

  • 04.13.2009 3:40 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

You're comparing Halo 3's Forge to Far Cry's Map Editor? Fail.

Halo 3 introduced so many features like Forge and Theater that sparked all the fans.

Halo 3 has the same MM system as Halo 2, so you can't compare that.

Halo 3 had nearly as long as a campaign as Halo 2.

I hate when people compare games wrongly. Halo CE on the other hand, is better than Halo 3. ;-)

  • 04.13.2009 3:55 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

then stop looking at the halo 2 form you jerk
Posted by: ABotelho
It this like the only subject the Halo 2 forum talks about? Like seriously!

You guys like Halo 2, we like Halo 3. That's it, that's all.

  • 04.13.2009 5:47 PM PDT

  • Pages:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • of 4