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Posted by: nesteggfailure
Posted by: chickenlittle
Posted by: Pika2Chief
Actually, if you look at the times the games were made, and also in comparison to other games, Halo CE was actually a MUCH better game for its time than any other game, including ODST, could ever be. But if you just compare ODST and CE, then of course ODST is better. How can it not?Well, if it had the same monotonous gameplay that Halo 2 did, it would.
So much hating on 2 there, chickenlittle. Just fired up the old girl on the new 360 the other day, and, can't say how impressed I was. It really deserves its place next to CE. (Something I wouldn't say about 3 or ODST.) How long has it been since you played it ? It seems like CE almost set up an impossible to follow act, and 2 is the unfortunate recipient of its backlash. Instead of getting irritated at my deaths, I actually found myself having good old Halo fun for the first time in a while. No achievements, long levels...it felt like the old friend CE has always been. Allow me to provide a few reasons why I loathe Halo 2. Well, maybe not loathe, but it's the worst game in the Halo franchise.
1. Campaign was -blam!- boring. Gameplay was monotonous, and there were way too many chokepoints. Every experience was the same, and players were rarely, if ever rewarded for looking for a strategy beyond the tried and true. That said, there was absolutely no immersion outside of the Sentinel Wall. No atmosphere at all. And don't even get me started on the Brutes as enemies.
2. Multiplayer was garbage. Personally, I like gameplay where the player has to do more than shoot or look in the general direction of an enemy to shoot them or melee them. The lunging and auto-aim certainly did not help that. And just like Halo 3, Halo 2 was essentially just a numbers game. if you had 4 players, the other team had 3, you win unless you completely suck.
3. Gameplay mechanics were garbage as well. Only shields, much less I might add, and not much health. The Slotgun. The Sword. No Fall Damage excluding instant death. Covenant vehicle boosting. Physics. LEGENDARY; I used to love playing this in Halo: CE, because I actually had a decent chance to kill things and get through the levels. Halo 2 & Halo 3, 5-7 shots from anything, you're dead. You don't even last a full second in a firefight.
[Edited on 11.08.2009 10:44 PM PST]