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Subject: who here prefers Halo 1 over Halo 2 or vise-versa
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Poll: who here prefers Halo 1 over Halo 2  [closed]
Halo 1:  40%
(64 Votes)
Halo 2:  48%
(77 Votes)
Halo 2 only because of XBOX LIVE:  11%
(17 Votes)
You Hate all of the Halo games:  2%
(3 Votes)
Total Votes: 161

please leave feedback on why you prefers Halo 1 over Halo 2 or vise-versa

  • 08.03.2005 1:57 AM PDT
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Both fun, but Halo:CE has better multiplayer structuce.

  • 08.03.2005 2:13 AM PDT

Runnnnnn!

I really don't like the Halo games.Halo is fun online sometimes but thats about it

[Edited on 8/3/2005]

  • 08.03.2005 3:12 AM PDT
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I have to agree that Halo : CE is by far the better game. It needs to be rereleased with XBox live compatability and then it would be the greatest game ever made.

[Edited on 8/3/2005]

  • 08.03.2005 8:25 AM PDT
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I agree with Bob Fisher. Halo:CE just makes better sense structure-wise. Weapon respawns are known to everyone, spawns are not too random and sometimes even predictable, (good and bad sides to that, but overall I like the H1 spawns much better for team games) and the learning curve is off the charts, which makes playing the game for a long time very rewarding.

  • 08.03.2005 8:33 AM PDT
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Halo 1 was just more fun. Plus you could always get better at it. I still play it today, and i must say that there are more and more H1 players on XBC everyday. It really is a beautiful thing.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO GET XBC: http://www.xbconnect.com

  • 08.03.2005 12:50 PM PDT
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Halo CE all the way. Halo 2 was unfinished and unpolished. They've done a lot of tweaking and fixing which has gone a LONG way to make it better, but it still needs work.

  • 08.03.2005 1:00 PM PDT
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In my opinion h2>h1 because I've played h1 too many times :) they're both great unless your a narrow minded rehab who wants to ruin peoples fun and put down a great game.

  • 08.03.2005 8:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: grunts_r_us
In my opinion h2>h1 because I've played h1 too many times :) they're both great unless your a narrow minded rehab who wants to ruin peoples fun and put down a great game.


Put that 14 year old energy of yours into debating the finer points of the game, not name calling and mud slinging. What does it say for you when you are in the Halo 1 forum getting upset at people for talking about Halo 1?

Besides, the only persons fun it seems to be ruining is yours, because you keep coming in here and allow yourself to get upset. Don't want to listen to it? Stay out of the Halo CE forum. Did you not read the subject of the thread before you entered it? It's says, "who here prefers Halo 1 over Halo 2 or vise-versa". That alone should have told you not to come in here. You WANT to get upset. You WANT to be angry. Otherwise you would stay away from threads that you know would upset you.

[Edited on 8/4/2005]

  • 08.04.2005 2:09 AM PDT
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Halo: Combat Evolved had a more involving plot, but I prefer Halo 2 for it's XBL capabilities.

  • 08.04.2005 6:15 AM PDT
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Nearly Everyone who comes to The Library likes h1 better. If you post something like this in New Mombasa, the majority will say h2.
I have to give it to h2. It has a better storyline, better graphics (no, don't give me any bull about "h2's graphics look cartoonish"). Anyone who says the AR is better than the SMG hasn't played h2 enough to realize that it's better and kills slightly faster. The weapons are better (well, not the BR, but still....), the vehicles are improved....nearly everything is improved upon.
The majority prefer h2. Not because it "takes no skill" and is "for noobs", but because it's just better. And I have noticed that nearly everyone who likes h1 better has a pretty crappy, illogical argument.

  • 08.04.2005 7:12 AM PDT
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Posted by: Trained Elite
Nearly Everyone who comes to The Library likes h1 better. If you post something like this in New Mombasa, the majority will say h2.
I have to give it to h2. It has a better storyline, better graphics (no, don't give me any bull about "h2's graphics look cartoonish"). Anyone who says the AR is better than the SMG hasn't played h2 enough to realize that it's better and kills slightly faster. The weapons are better (well, not the BR, but still....), the vehicles are improved....nearly everything is improved upon.
The majority prefer h2. Not because it "takes no skill" and is "for noobs", but because it's just better. And I have noticed that nearly everyone who likes h1 better has a pretty crappy, illogical argument.


The only reason Halo1 would be outvoted by 2 in zanzibar is because Zanzibar is full of the weak new players who played halo 1 and dont want their got theyre ass handed to them.


I prefer H1>H2 I actually dont like to compare 2 games that I think are totally differentbut heres a list

Halo1- Gameplay was great. Weapons were great, physics engine was great, satisfied after a kill, sniping took skill


Halo2- Campaign may have been interesting but it felt like it was sort of slapped together. Autoaim weakened the buffer between skilled players and new players. anyone can snipe.

  • 08.04.2005 8:57 AM PDT
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Posted by: grunts_r_us
In my opinion h2>h1 because I've played h1 too many times :) they're both great unless your a narrow minded rehab who wants to ruin peoples fun and put down a great game.
I guess i'm a narrow minded rehab B**tard. Halo 2 got boring for me a few months ago. All the little B**tards that yell in the microphone. That's why i play Counter Strike Source and Half Life DM (1 & 2). Little kids can't play it because it's too complex for their little minds. I also don't like the "revolutionary" optimatch. Any other game online, you can leave and ppl won't get pissed of at you ::cough::CS:S::cough::

I'm an avid Bungie fan, but their are too many flaws with Halo 2. I'd love it if it was on the Comp.

Bring on the Flame :)

  • 08.04.2005 10:35 AM PDT

How many Christians must you slap until one of them turns the other cheek?

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sung by: Adam "Dose One" Drucker

Think about it, "God" is an atheist.

I prefer Halo2 for a number of reasons.

Why? - skill. I like halo 2 because it requires more skill than Halo 1. Yea, I said it.

People think the mastery of the halo1 pistol (i.e. mastery of 1 weapon) is how you prove skill. In my opinion, being a more well rounded player who can adapt to many situations, and can use various weapons (or combinations thereof) is how you truely measure skill.

Respawning with one of the weaker weapons, and having to either use it, or get a better weapon takes way more skill than to respawn with the most dominant weapon in the game.

To put it simply....if you don't like respawning with a relatively weak weapon, then don't respawn - DON'T GET KILLED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

The most ridiculous criticism of Halo 2 I have heard is "Halo 2 is just spray and pray, Halo 1 you have to aim." Well first off, "spray and pray" is ONLY useful in short range combat. If you had a rifle, you should have taken your opponent out long before he had the chance to get close enough to spray.

People also complain about the plasma pistol / battle rifle combo. Well I would use the plasma pistol and pistol in halo 1 and I never saw kids online complaining about it. It worked exactly the same. I do agree that it can be overused, but any weapon(s) or strategies can be exploited.

To sum up my opinion. Halo 1 and 2 are both great games. Appreciate them for what they are, or just don't play them. If Halo 2 was made with the halo 1 pistol, people would be complaining that they payed $50 for a carbon copy of a game they already had, but with a few new maps.

To the rest of the complainers:

- asking what the $50 xbox live fee covers? well it covers the connection to other xbox live gamers, the matchmaking, and online stats for 12 months. Sounds like a bargain to me. Don't agree? keep track of the hours you are connected to live and think what you would have spent at the movie theater, or whereever else you go to have fun. I spend close to 15 hours on xbox live from fri - sun. lets cut that down to 5 movies. That would cost me $35 at the theater, and any friends that want to come along have to pay for themselves too. If you still don't think you are getting your money's worth. Then don't subscribe to xbox live.

- asking why you have to pay for new maps? its just a conspiracy right? bungie hates their fans and wants their money, right? Yea, to make them suffer!!! ahh, poor baby. To put it simply, YOU paid $50 for halo 2. thats what you wanted, thats what you payed. Bungie spent extra time working on new maps. Well are they a charity? No! They are a business. If you want the new maps, pay for them. or just wait until they are free (which i think is very noble of them). Nothing for you to complain about there. You grade-schoolers who still don't get it. Imagine if you turned in a paper, on time to your teacher, and she said great, you get an A (or a B, or a C, who cares) but after that, your teacher wanted you to do extra work to improve that paper, but you would still be stuck with the same grade. Thats pretty much what its like when you want extra content for free. Other games that offer free extra content might just be offerring something they already made, but just didn't use in the final cut.

I am done for now....until brats find something else to complain about....

  • 08.04.2005 1:57 PM PDT
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halo 2 = more fun for lan parties because every1 can play and get kills
halo 1 = better game because of the lerning curve and skill required


halo 1 is for the hardcore
halo 2 is for the casual gamer

im a harcore gamer so i prefere halo 1.
if i was a casual gamer or just some 1 who is horible at halo 1 i would prefere halo 2.

halo 1 requires mastery of so mutch stuff.

timing, grenade points, pistol, snipe, long range rockets and rockets in general, glitches like double melee and back pack reload, leading, grenades in general... i could go on but im lazy. any way halo 1>halo 2 for me. but its realy just subjective. it depends if you prefere a steap lerning curve or a small one.

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casual gamer = newb BTW its a fact live with it!
any 1 who says there a casual gamer is a newb.
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  • 08.04.2005 3:09 PM PDT
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halo 1 because it was the game that changed games on halo 2 you have to do a level that has an elevator then on the next stage do an elevator stage part again

  • 08.04.2005 4:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: MiddleFingerYOU
I prefer Halo 2 for a number of reasons.

Why? - skill. I like Halo 2 because it requires more skill than Halo 1. Yea, I said it.

People think the mastery of the halo1 pistol (i.e. mastery of 1 weapon) is how you prove skill. In my opinion, being a more well rounded player who can adapt to many situations, and can use various weapons (or combinations thereof) is how you truely measure skill.

Respawning with one of the weaker weapons, and having to either use it, or get a better weapon takes way more skill than to respawn with the most dominant weapon in the game.

To put it simply....if you don't like respawning with a relatively weak weapon, then don't respawn - DON'T GET KILLED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

The most ridiculous criticism of Halo 2 I have heard is "Halo 2 is just spray and pray, Halo 1 you have to aim." Well first off, "spray and pray" is ONLY useful in short range combat. If you had a rifle, you should have taken your opponent out long before he had the chance to get close enough to spray.

People also complain about the plasma pistol / battle rifle combo. Well I would use the plasma pistol and pistol in halo 1 and I never saw kids online complaining about it. It worked exactly the same. I do agree that it can be overused, but any weapon(s) or strategies can be exploited.

To sum up my opinion. Halo 1 and 2 are both great games. Appreciate them for what they are, or just don't play them. If Halo 2 was made with the halo 1 pistol, people would be complaining that they payed $50 for a carbon copy of a game they already had, but with a few new maps.

To the rest of the complainers:

- asking what the $50 xbox live fee covers? well it covers the connection to other xbox live gamers, the matchmaking, and online stats for 12 months. Sounds like a bargain to me. Don't agree? keep track of the hours you are connected to live and think what you would have spent at the movie theater, or whereever else you go to have fun. I spend close to 15 hours on xbox live from fri - sun. lets cut that down to 5 movies. That would cost me $35 at the theater, and any friends that want to come along have to pay for themselves too. If you still don't think you are getting your money's worth. Then don't subscribe to xbox live.

- asking why you have to pay for new maps? its just a conspiracy right? bungie hates their fans and wants their money, right? Yea, to make them suffer!!! ahh, poor baby. To put it simply, YOU paid $50 for halo 2. thats what you wanted, thats what you payed. Bungie spent extra time working on new maps. Well are they a charity? No! They are a business. If you want the new maps, pay for them. or just wait until they are free (which i think is very noble of them). Nothing for you to complain about there. You grade-schoolers who still don't get it. Imagine if you turned in a paper, on time to your teacher, and she said great, you get an A (or a B, or a C, who cares) but after that, your teacher wanted you to do extra work to improve that paper, but you would still be stuck with the same grade. Thats pretty much what its like when you want extra content for free. Other games that offer free extra content might just be offerring something they already made, but just didn't use in the final cut.

I am done for now....until brats find something else to complain about....


For all of that, ur pathetic in some ways. But hey, at least i kind of respect ur opinions. I have no reason to be rude to the ppl who still love Halo 2. I'm just pointing out the flaws and why it shouldn't have these flaws.

The Game was overhyped and the game feels liked it was rushed. Halo 2 has glitched up on me more than Halo. The Auto aim on Halo 2 is rediculously huge. The Respawn issues u r whining about, any game will do that. I'm guessing even u have whined about respawning (dont deny it, everyone has)!

Noone in here is whining about DLC form wut i can see. I downloaded the maps and i like the way they look.

From the look of it, you've had this huge write up copied and paste. Then when somebody pisses u off, u bring it out of word.

The Skill thing, they took out life in Halo 2 so u didn't have to worry about health. I see it as if you get shot by a sniper bullet, you can hide til ur shields come back and do it over and voer and over and over again til the sinper runs out of ammo. Halo, u'll die after 2 shots of a sniper rifle.

Go to halo2sucks.com and watch the vids. I'm an avid bungie fan, and so were the ppl that made that site. Watch the vids there and tell me Halo 2 takes more skill than Halo.

  • 08.04.2005 4:46 PM PDT
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"Halo2- Campaign may have been interesting but it felt like it was sort of slapped together. Autoaim weakened the buffer between skilled players and new players. anyone can snipe."

Can i get a amen?

  • 08.05.2005 5:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: Bob_Fisher
Both fun, but Halo:CE has better multiplayer structuce.


Ditto.

  • 08.05.2005 6:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: JSRF_Clutch
"Halo2- Campaign may have been interesting but it felt like it was sort of slapped together. Autoaim weakened the buffer between skilled players and new players. anyone can snipe."

Can i get a amen?


Amen

Gamespot Halo rating: 9.7
Gamespot Halo 2 rating: 9.4
Need I say more?

[Edited on 8/5/2005]

  • 08.05.2005 6:23 PM PDT

Reach: 2010

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Posted by: JETST0RM
"Wow! It's like the money-shot is on MY face!"

Can i get a amen?

Amen. I like Halo over Halo 2, what else do you want me to say?

  • 08.05.2005 9:32 PM PDT
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AMEN

times ten

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  • 08.05.2005 10:32 PM PDT
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Omg, you should have a Both Are Good button.

  • 08.06.2005 8:44 AM PDT
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ohohoh!!! CIozed_, tell me about the new counter strike and all of the little kids yelling in the microphone!

How could you say halflife has better multiplayer than halo2? I havn't seen the MP for myself but that game makes me vomit :( apart from watching people being helplessly decapitated its a great game.

  • 08.06.2005 2:46 PM PDT

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