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"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." - Albert Einstien
Posted by: ABotelho
Like I sorta mentioned, yes, Halo: CE had some elements that were superior to that of Halo 3. But who could refuse, that the Elite plot twist of Halo 2 was in fact very brilliant, and it sacrificed playing against Elites in Halo 3. Elites were in fact much funner and action orientated then Brutes, they moved around a lot, and took cover much more often, forcing you to risk getting out of your own cover to go finish one off; only to get destroyed by other enemies.
It's just the fact that people consider Halo: CE THE game to imitate for Reach, when it itself had many flaws. Halo 2 & 3 have many things that are improved/better then Halo: CE. People seem to ignore said things. Why would you possibly want boarding removed? Honestly?
If people are smart, they would hope including everything that was good in the past Halo games, instead of following one of them. Why not make this game the ultimate Halo game? Let Halo: Reach be Halo: Reach, not Halo: CE, not Halo 2, not Halo 3. Let it be a combination of the good things of the series, and more.
The problem with Halo 2 was not the twist, but the fact that it wasn't supposed to be only Halo 2. Halo 2 was supposed to be the final Halo game and Bungie had planned that. But development changes and Microsoft changed that plan and what we got was a bunch of revealing information and the sacrafice of Elites as enemies in Halo 3. Halo 2 practically killed the persona of the Covenant and turned them into just another variation of Humans. They lost their mysterious, dangerous and aggressive feel. Halo 3 did a good job of bringing some of that back but honestly the damage Halo 2 had done was irreversible on Halo's image.
If Halo 2 had been the last of the series, Halo 2 wouldn't have been so irritating.