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Subject: why does everyone say this is the best halo game so far?

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  • 05.01.2010 3:57 PM PDT
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EXTREME PREJUDICE

Because it is. Duh!

  • 05.01.2010 4:08 PM PDT

directive classified hmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmm singed kunai agent of E.V.A. saa itte miyo oka yume no kuni

becaus out of all the halos this one had the best maps and most exiting game play. acutly cold storage in halo3 is based off it. warlock in halo 2 is based off wizard. halo 3s assembly is bassed delict from halo 1 and desolation form halo 2. and finaly there is bever creak from halo 2 which was based off halo ones battle creek.

  • 05.01.2010 5:10 PM PDT
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Because its awesome. And its the game that gave the name Halo to Halo.

  • 05.01.2010 8:22 PM PDT

Short version: because it is.

Long version: It is by far the most consistent. Gameplay is different for each area every time you play through. Legendary is challenging, not punishing, harsh but fair. The weapons all perform excellently in their niche, but can stand up even outside of it. Flood truly is a flood of attackers, not just a couple at a time. Warthog run. Need I go on?

  • 05.01.2010 8:57 PM PDT
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Lighten Up

No duel wielding.

Duel wielding was one of the biggest mistakes added to the series. Halo didn't need it. It sounded cool when they announced it, and I am sure they thought it would be just as cool as we did. It ended up just being a gimmick, and did not add, but took away from interesting game play in my eyes.

I'm willing to bet a large amount of time was spent trying to balance all that crap, and with the limited time frame they had to finish and release the game... I think those resources could have been better spent.

But I'm not bitter... :P

Also, the physics engine is absolutely one of the most fun I have ever experienced.

  • 05.02.2010 4:41 AM PDT

Maybe I will never be
All the things that I wanna be
But now is not the time to cry
Now's the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever

Halo: CE PC is the best Halo because of its Multiplayer, Sooooo Fuuuun

  • 05.02.2010 6:07 AM PDT
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hello i am nobel six lololololololol

"The enemy came. He was beaten. I am tired. Goodnight."

"I think Reach is a pretty cool guy. eh drives froklifts and doesn't afraid of anything."

Because it's the sequel to Halo: Reach.

  • 05.02.2010 9:14 AM PDT

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Because it confuzzled me on the second mission where you have to light up the bridge in the cave(couldn't find that damn control for like 2 hours, I was in 5th grade >.<), and it was so fun to play with buddies on co-op. It is basically better because it was the first of the great series.

  • 05.02.2010 2:11 PM PDT

Posted by: Chaozhound
Because it confuzzled me on the second mission where you have to light up the bridge in the cave(couldn't find that damn control for like 2 hours, I was in 5th grade >.<), and it was so fun to play with buddies on co-op. It is basically better because it was the first of the great series.
Haha, I had the same problem. I couldn't find the control switch for nearly 20 minutes.

  • 05.02.2010 2:21 PM PDT

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Because it's the sequel to Halo: Reach.


hahaha, true that haha. but seriously, everyone has tons of memories from Halo 1, shoot, currently i am listening to the Halo CD and i can recall many moments in the game right now. it was fun, a whole helluva lot more memorable than Halo 3, 2, and ODST and prolly even Reach. Possibly combined. Everyone who played Halo knows what Halo is. but there are alot of people out there now who play Halo 3 or ODST and think it is heaven, when the old guys know what Halo is about, they know the Halo feeling. They know old quotes used in the newer games that others dont know.

Halo is first. Halo is best.

  • 05.02.2010 5:16 PM PDT
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Because when you played it in 2001 with a bud in co-op and saw what it possessed as a game and then online in 2002 with xbconnect, game-spy thru system link...Nothing more to be said.

  • 05.03.2010 7:37 AM PDT
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Here comes Tulkas

Posted by: chickenlittle
Posted by: Chaozhound
Because it confuzzled me on the second mission where you have to light up the bridge in the cave(couldn't find that damn control for like 2 hours, I was in 5th grade >.<), and it was so fun to play with buddies on co-op. It is basically better because it was the first of the great series.
Haha, I had the same problem. I couldn't find the control switch for nearly 20 minutes.


Same thing happened with me. Haha, I tried jumping the gap so many times, failing miserably each time. Then I saw that little pathway up to the controls... cha ching.

  • 05.03.2010 9:14 AM PDT

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Posted by: chickenlittle
Posted by: Chaozhound
Because it confuzzled me on the second mission where you have to light up the bridge in the cave(couldn't find that damn control for like 2 hours, I was in 5th grade >.<), and it was so fun to play with buddies on co-op. It is basically better because it was the first of the great series.
Haha, I had the same problem. I couldn't find the control switch for nearly 20 minutes.


Same thing happened with me. Haha, I tried jumping the gap so many times, failing miserably each time. Then I saw that little pathway up to the controls... cha ching.


I remember that! It was so wonderfully frustrating!! Halo is by far and easily the best of the series!

  • 05.03.2010 11:20 AM PDT
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Big Surprise! I cannot let this post go unanswered....

Why is the first the best? In my opinion, 1 simple reason: none of the other items added anything new that was cooler or more enjoyable than what the original had to offer. If you cannot make item 2, 3, 4 or 5 better than item 1 was, then item 1 is the best. For my money, my time and my efforts, CE simply is the best of what they have done, and I am incredibly grateful that they did it.

That is not to say there are not aspects of everything that has followed that have not had merit, far from it. But comparing, as a whole, CE to H2, H3, ODST etc., can you actually say that there is anything about the others that stands up on its own, makes the game worth being the best of the series?

I am 47, have been playing CE and 2 for 7 years now and I have never gotten bored with how many different ways I can explore CE. It is the same game, playable in so many different ways. That is much less the case for H2, H3 and the others.

Case closed, the jury is excused.........

  • 05.03.2010 12:25 PM PDT

for teh luls!

  • 05.03.2010 1:42 PM PDT
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Lighten Up

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I have never gotten bored with how many different ways I can explore CE. It is the same game, playable in so many different ways. That is much less the case for H2, H3 and the others.

Case closed, the jury is excused.........


I still don't understand why Bungie seemed to forget this. I almost think it was a happy accident that the game turned out to be so replayable, compared to what happened with 2 and 3. Especially when you consider what little time they had to finish Combat Evolved.

If they weren't aware of it before, or had merely forgotten, I get the feeling they are on the right track now. ODST was definitely a step in the right direction, and judging from the Reach beta, someone in those offices must have popped in their old Halo 1 disc and played around.

  • 05.06.2010 5:53 AM PDT

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Posted by: EADGBE
someone in those offices must have popped in their old Halo 1 disc and played around.


It was probably Marty. He's saved the series many times before.

  • 05.06.2010 6:06 AM PDT
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Mr.Negative personality

halo 1 is always going to the best game ever main by bungie

  • 05.06.2010 10:24 AM PDT

Posted by: EADGBE
Posted by: womyfts
I have never gotten bored with how many different ways I can explore CE. It is the same game, playable in so many different ways. That is much less the case for H2, H3 and the others.

Case closed, the jury is excused.........


I still don't understand why Bungie seemed to forget this. I almost think it was a happy accident that the game turned out to be so replayable, compared to what happened with 2 and 3. Especially when you consider what little time they had to finish Combat Evolved.

If they weren't aware of it before, or had merely forgotten, I get the feeling they are on the right track now. ODST was definitely a step in the right direction, and judging from the Reach beta, someone in those offices must have popped in their old Halo 1 disc and played around.
Maybe they realized that all of the "casual" players were already in their thrall, and wanted to try and get some of the "serious" players back. Heh.

But yeah, it does feel a lot more similar to Halo: CE than Halo 2 or 3.

  • 05.06.2010 5:30 PM PDT

Keep your friends close... Keep your enemies in your crosshairs.

Check out "The Revokers" at Bungie.net.

I say this is the best game because of the story. I might be weird because of this, but I judge a game first and foremost for the story line (the gameplay comes in at a very close second). Halo CE started the amazing legacy that is the Halo series. Halo CE is the original and has the best story out of any Halo game (in my opinion). Halo CE is my favorite game in the series and caused me to spend a lot of money.

  • 05.06.2010 8:08 PM PDT
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R.I.P. Halo 2
11/9/04 - 4/15/10

- B( )B

The multiplayer is amazing, and the campaign is even better.

  • 05.06.2010 8:10 PM PDT

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No matter what halo story mode you play.Halo shall always have the most epic story ever.And even the Multi-Player was not XBL conbatible,Multiplayer is still Epic.It was a game WAY ahead of its time.

  • 05.09.2010 7:37 PM PDT

The maps, weapon balance, gameplay mechanics, and physics (in terms of fun) were the best. It has its share of problems, but at its core, it was more fun.

  • 05.09.2010 8:26 PM PDT

It was so simple it easily became instinctive gameplay.
I played one of the wolfenstein franchise offerings(forgot which one) and they had a menu where you had to scroll though 17 weapons to select the one you wanted to inflict mayhem upon the -blam!-'s with.
Combat Evolved-
Two weapons, four stickies, 4 frags(if you were lucky) and an armored fist or gunbutt for melee. God, what crippling damage you were capable of against the covenant hordes.
No matter how good Reach is, it will never live up to the memories most of us have of CE.

  • 05.10.2010 12:25 AM PDT

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