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Deva Path
Posted by: DecepticonCobra
We are all going to get banned aren't we?
Posted by: UL7IM4 G33K
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.
1.I don't ever remember hearing that halo 2 was going to be the last game, bungie had set it to be a trilogy if not more after the success from the books and halo 1.
2.the covenant didn't lose there persona,if anything they gained it. most of the halo 2 levels i replayed were the arbiter levels because we saw a DIFFERENT side, for the little kids that don't understand the story it sucked and they never wanted it again but if you understood what was taking place you were filled with awe.
The arbiter being sent to quell heretics was a good twist, it started to show that some covenant DID have doubts about the prophets and the irony is they were correct about everything.The relationship with Tarturus and the Arbiter was good and very well played part by bungie. you could feel the tension rise to the climax of the betrayal of the brutes and the civil war that took place from within. Which soon lead to the meeting of the 3 sides being the arby,gravemind, and chief which in itself was an interesting meeting because the gravemind WANTED to show the the truth, how everything they know is wrong and to soon be at an end.
3. so you might want to go back,read up, and replay halo 2 and get a better understanding of it because it has a very good and deep plot if and only if you understand it.