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Subject: Finaly picked up Halo: CE

So with Halo 2 multiplayer coming to a close and Halo Reach Beta coming out soon, I decided to finally stop putting off picking up the first two games. I started playing late in the Halo saga, picking up Halo 3 the Christmas after it's release along with my Xbox 360. I kept hearing all these things about Halo 1 and 2's epic... epicness. After just finishing Halo: CE's campaign for the first time (Heroic), I just can't seem to figure out how people still feel it's the best in the franchise. I won't argue that for the games of the time it certainly was amazing in comparison, but playing it years later it just feels... meh. Once I adapted to the slightly weaker shield and started taking advantage of cover, I could start appreciating the uniqueness of the game. Even though I already knew the entire back story of the flood, the dark corridors and strange absence of enemies at times made for a quite frightening experience. I can honestly say that was the most memorable feature of the game. What I found quite frustrating though was the repetitiveness of the combat. My finger is still sore from camping with a shotgun in the Library, and one shoting hunters in the back with a pistol did little to spice things up. Overall though, I feel all three games in the trilogy are really spectacular, but, as to those of you who argue that one was better than the others, I can't quite understand your close mindedness.

  • 03.28.2010 7:25 PM PDT

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i agree with you, do you have it on xbox? if so we should play together some time. it's much fun on multiplayer ^^

  • 03.28.2010 8:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: WarpFactor10
Overall though, I feel all three games in the trilogy are really spectacular, but, as to those of you who argue that one was better than the others, I can't quite understand your close mindedness.


It isn't close mindedness. You were obviously not there to see how Halo had transformed first person shooters. In my opinion, Halo 2 and 3 drifted to far away from the original game. Things were eliminated in-game that should not have been eliminated. Things were added that should not have been added. The closest Bungie has "come back" to Halo CE was Halo 3:ODST. Health packs, scoped pistol, short jumping, etc. There was just too much change. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing the other Halo games. CE is just more fluid and epic.

  • 03.29.2010 7:23 AM PDT

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I really couldn't give you a solid reason why Halo CE is the best. For me it's probably just the nostalgia. I remember being little and playing it at my cousin's house and having the -blam!- scared out of me when I first encountered the flood or got lost in the Library. A lot of people probably feel it is the best, because it was the game that got them hooked into Halo, or just hooked into video games in general. I can't speak for everyone, but that's how it was for me.

  • 03.29.2010 9:08 AM PDT

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Posted by: WarpFactor10
Overall though, I feel all three games in the trilogy are really spectacular, but, as to those of you who argue that one was better than the others, I can't quite understand your close mindedness.


It isn't close mindedness. You were obviously not there to see how Halo had transformed first person shooters. In my opinion, Halo 2 and 3 drifted to far away from the original game. Things were eliminated in-game that should not have been eliminated. Things were added that should not have been added. The closest Bungie has "come back" to Halo CE was Halo 3:ODST. Health packs, scoped pistol, short jumping, etc. There was just too much change. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing the other Halo games. CE is just more fluid and epic.

Halo: Reach will hopefully bring back the ultimate experience that evolved first person shooters, it will be very similar to Halo CE and perhaps be even better.

  • 03.29.2010 2:30 PM PDT

Bungie Pentathlon - who actually cares ?

03.28.2010 - you ONLY just picked it up ?

What's wrong with you man !!!

A lot of people who have picked up Halo 2 or 3 first (before Halo CE) thought that Halo CE was "meh".

However when you get into it Halo Ce is perhaps the crowning achievement in the trilogy (soon to be quadrilogy)

Look at Halo: CE as an ugly, but intelligent girlfriend - ok, not very pretty to look at thesedays , but she has depth !

  • 03.30.2010 5:43 AM PDT