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Subject: why do people love Halo CE so much?

I hear constantly about how amazing Halo CE is/was and how bungie should remake it, and how all of the games have been downhill since then, so I got it on pc.

I didn't like it...

the ar is less accurate, by playing the halo 3 campaign i have grown to love the br, and missed it and none of the levels felt memorable, most of them just felt samey and bland.

part of the reason i got it is because i wanted to learn the story of halo, and i just didn't understand what was going on, where i was, what i was doing or why.

admittedly i didn't finish the campaign, i pretty much gave up on the level with guilty spark, struggling through the repetitive, tedious corridors filled with rocket launcher wielding flood, which, frankly i hated, and i only completed so that i could give the rest of the game a chance... i stopped playing it a few levels later.

in halo 3, on every level i knew what i was doing, where i was going, and i was excited the whole time... on CE i was just bored most of the time, and annoyed with the health system.

so what is it that people love so much about CE, is it the multiplayer? is there something i have missed about the campaign, or is it just nostalgia?

on a final note, please read this post before commenting, and although I'm fine with people disagreeing with me, don't flame me without reason

  • 10.07.2009 12:46 PM PDT
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Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

My opinion: Halo 1 is an okay game. For its time it was ground-breaking. The Library level was incredibly repetitive. I am a multiplayer junkie, and Halo 1 offers a slower-paced deathmatch experience with a couple of fun extras like vehicles.

Once the spell is broken, some people realize Halo 1/2/3/ODST aren't God's gift.

  • 10.07.2009 2:00 PM PDT

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Well, before I go on a rant, I just want to say this is my opinion. Not forcing it on anyone...

Ok, for starters, the health system in Halo CE makes the most sense out of anything. If you get shot with no shields, your going to hurt like hell, but your not going to fall over like a panzy. In order to get back in the fight, you gotta fix your holes. So, you find a medkit. Marines do it, Spartans do too.

As far as the campaigns go, their difficulty was intentional. You have to really think about what your doing. In Halo 3, they "set you on a tredmill" and tell you to just run. In Halo CE, I think of it as Indiana Jones. You've got this force to be reckoned with (boulder) coming after you, and you gotta figure out how to survive. Secondly, the whole "being confused as to where to go" happened to me alot. Until I listened to comm chatter. Marines, Officers, even Cortana will tell you where to go pretty often.

Now, I understand where H3 could be more "welcoming" of a campaign. Changes in scene and pace are very dramatic, and pretty obvious. It may just be my opinion again, but I think that Halo CE has a more "real" touch to it. If you drive up to a giant metal tunnel in your warthog, with a marine on the gun, you wouldnt have music in your head change from trumpets to creepy drums. You would maintain that adrealine rush, but be aware that the marine has wet himself.

Just my insight.
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[EDIT] n357, I believe that your mentioned "God's Gift" would be the Quake series, excluding Enemy Territories (Never hand out a decent series to another company...)

Im not going to get into that here though, just saying ;P

[Edited on 10.08.2009 11:02 AM PDT]

  • 10.08.2009 11:00 AM PDT

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Posted by: n357
My opinion: Halo 1 is an okay game. For its time it was ground-breaking. The Library level was incredibly repetitive. I am a multiplayer junkie, and Halo 1 offers a slower-paced deathmatch experience with a couple of fun extras like vehicles.

Once the spell is broken, some people realize Halo 1/2/3/ODST aren't God's gift.


I think they are Gods gift. lol

  • 10.08.2009 2:36 PM PDT
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He said after the spell was broken.

  • 10.08.2009 3:55 PM PDT

You should learn to use the pistol.

  • 10.08.2009 4:39 PM PDT
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Halo Custom Edition is what people refer to when they say Halo CE. Halo PC is just generic Halo for computer.

If you want to know what makes Halo CE great enough for people to laud it 5/6 years after its release you will want to go to halomaps.org and look around at some of those custom edition maps.

Or better yet, go onto Youtube and search "Halo Custom Edition" Sure the Halo 1 engine isn't the most updated engine in the world but for how old it is, there have been some pretty amazing things done with it. (Search "Higuy" or "CMT" in the Halomaps' search if you're still lost about what makes it so great)

That's without quotes, btw.

It's not that the Modding scene wouldn't move to H2Vista if they could but they can't. The Halo Editing Kit for it, simply sucks. It's so locked down it isn't even funny. Not to mention the absolute FAIL that Games For Windows Live was for the game.

[Edited on 10.08.2009 4:41 PM PDT]

  • 10.08.2009 4:41 PM PDT

well im not a fan of campaign either but i just find that halo ce and pc are better to me then the newer games halo 2 gameplay was awful halo 3 was ok but 360 only and really halo 1 made more sense to me (as someone posted before) the health system i also like the weapons in halo 1 beter then any other and well im not gonna go in the details but trey multiplayer u would probobly love it just dont take notice of the graphics :s

  • 10.08.2009 11:09 PM PDT

I love Halo: CE. When you say CE, you mean Combat Evolved, as I can see from your mention of Campaign. The Campaign is a hassle.

Try Custom Edition. It was officially released by GearBox, (Halo PC Makers), and is ALL Multiplayer. Custom Maps, custom vehicles, custom everything. Look it up, it's great. Flying Pelicans with infinite ammo on is awesome, you can shoot a barrage of missiles.

  • 10.08.2009 11:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: dwood
Halo Custom Edition is what people refer to when they say Halo CE. Halo PC is just generic Halo for computer.

If you want to know what makes Halo CE great enough for people to laud it 5/6 years after its release you will want to go to halomaps.org and look around at some of those custom edition maps.

Or better yet, go onto Youtube and search "Halo Custom Edition" Sure the Halo 1 engine isn't the most updated engine in the world but for how old it is, there have been some pretty amazing things done with it. (Search "Higuy" or "CMT" in the Halomaps' search if you're still lost about what makes it so great)

That's without quotes, btw.

It's not that the Modding scene wouldn't move to H2Vista if they could but they can't. The Halo Editing Kit for it, simply sucks. It's so locked down it isn't even funny. Not to mention the absolute FAIL that Games For Windows Live was for the game.
right on!
wouldn't they even make one themselves?

[Edited on 10.09.2009 3:58 AM PDT]

  • 10.09.2009 3:57 AM PDT

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Halo Custom Edition is great there are AI maps and multiplayer maps made by users,who ripped the sprites off the game to make it like Halo 3.I even like mudslide skirmish.It is my favorite Halo CE singleplayer map.

  • 10.10.2009 8:39 AM PDT

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Well....(stops, scrolls down page, glances at everyones rants) I'm going to make this a short answer and say that most people play it because they think the computer version is more accessible than the xbox version, and my second...reason is that not everyone has Halo2 for PC, like me. and we like Coldsnap xD

  • 10.12.2009 7:11 PM PDT

Coldsnap sucks. It's too big and Unbalanced. Don't assume everyone likes it cause it's big

  • 10.12.2009 7:57 PM PDT
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Halo: CE was a ground-breaking gaming revolution when it was released. Playing it now will not give you the same experience we had in 2001.

  • 10.12.2009 10:26 PM PDT

which one r u talkin about?

HALO Combat evolved?

halo combat evolved is a really cool game somehow it is the best halo game out there for most original halo players[those who played halo when it released and are still playin it]



HALO custom edition?

that is cool there are some maps where the AR shoots fuel rods or one where u play as a grunt
and one mod where the AR shoots out grunts

how can u not like that?

  • 10.13.2009 3:04 AM PDT
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Halo Custom Edition rules, because it allows 100% custom content.
-blam!--ass Developer limits have been broken.
which is very Unfortunate for Halo 2 Vista... :'(

[Edited on 10.13.2009 3:09 AM PDT]

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Posted by: LoneStaruner
Coldsnap sucks. It's too big and Unbalanced. Don't assume everyone likes it cause it's big


I remember first playing Coldsnap on CE, I got mad because the flag was much too far, even in a vehicle. -_-
Though sniping was always fun on top of the mountains.

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Anyway, I always liked Combat Evolved because it was a game I knew I would always go back to, even 3 years later. To me, the multi-player was always great. Plus, I liked the health pack idea, because sometimes it was one of those life or death situations, "oh no! where's a health pack? I need one now before I get blown away!" which was sometimes very intense.

I like the pistols better in Halo 1 than Halo 3, they just always seem to work better for me. Plus, I like the fact that you can customize your weapons with some programs (I always have green pistols and green sniper rifles with dripping blood on them). Oh, and sniper rifles have night vision, which is always a good thing in dark situations.

I think you would have liked Halo 1 if you played it before the other Halo games. It was a great game in its day and to me, is still a wonderful game to play.

[Edited on 10.13.2009 6:06 AM PDT]

  • 10.13.2009 6:04 AM PDT

its like the orginal mario...keep going back to it

  • 10.13.2009 12:59 PM PDT
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Yeah, because we all know that weird guys on youtube always speak the truth.

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Halo CE is the greatest game ever made. If you don't agree, leave this forum and go back to the Halo 3 one.

  • 10.13.2009 3:37 PM PDT

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Halo CE is the greatest game ever made. If you don't agree, leave this forum and go back to the Halo 3 one.


THIS

Posted by: D0ME420
its like the orginal mario...keep going back to it


I have to disagree, Super Marios Bros 3 is way better than SMB

  • 10.13.2009 4:38 PM PDT
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Yeah. That's right. I don't have a 50 in H3. I never got Onyx in Reach. If a game sucks too much, I won't even bother trying for such trivial "accolades". Besides, I've done way more things that take far more skill and talent than anything that can be done in a video game.

Posted by: DootuzPIE
Halo CE is the greatest game ever made. If you don't agree, leave this forum and go back to the Halo 3 one.

I disagree, but I can respect that opinion. It's much better than saying Halo 2 is the best game ever made, which is nothing short of laughable.

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Posted by: D0ME420
its like the orginal mario...keep going back to it


I have to disagree, Super Marios Bros 3 is way better than SMB

Mos' def.

EDIT 2: Fixed it.

[Edited on 10.13.2009 4:52 PM PDT]

  • 10.13.2009 4:48 PM PDT

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The multiplayer is average to me. Fun, but it didn't work out as good as 2 or 3. Seeing as how it was slapped on last second anyway.

  • 10.13.2009 7:41 PM PDT
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Yeah. That's right. I don't have a 50 in H3. I never got Onyx in Reach. If a game sucks too much, I won't even bother trying for such trivial "accolades". Besides, I've done way more things that take far more skill and talent than anything that can be done in a video game.

Posted by: HaI0Fighter92
The multiplayer is average to me. Fun, but it didn't work out as good as 2 or 3. Seeing as how it was slapped on last second anyway.

'Cept for the fact that H2's multiplayer is a joke. All you needed was an IQ of 60, and the ability to aim within 10 feet of your target and pull the right trigger, and you suddenly became "ub3r l33t g4m3r d00d."

I'm glad the standards for FPS gaming didn't stay that low.

  • 10.13.2009 9:21 PM PDT