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Subject: How does Halo CE compare to Halo 2, 3 and Reach?
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How does Halo CE compare to the other FPS's in the Halo series in your mind? I can't decide where to place Reach, but otherwise I think the games got progressively worse. In Halo CE, we all loved the epic campaign and solid balanced and fun multiplayer. It was perfect. In Halo 2, we also loved the campaign, but most of the replayability came from the glitches not the perfect balance and fun. I am not saying that it wasn't fun, in fact, I loved it, but the glitches were such a huge part of it and the balance was off. Finally, in Halo 3 we only played the campaign to get better armor, and the only reason it's still going is because of Forge, which is not a good reason. We should be playing it because we love the balanced, fun standard gameplay. As for Reach, the beta was pretty cool, but we of course have no idea if we it will have as good a campaign as 2 or CE, and MP still has some questions around it.

So where do they rank and why?

  • 06.23.2010 11:22 AM PDT
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Don't know where to rank Reach yet, but my order would be Halo CE, Halo 3:ODST, Halo 3, and Halo 2. I've been an avid fan since 2001. Bungie has yet to blow me away again since Halo CE.

  • 06.23.2010 11:32 AM PDT
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I think Halo ce, halo2 and halo3 dominated all the other games out at their time, and i think reach will do the same.

  • 07.13.2010 9:17 AM PDT

Until I get my hands on Reach I cannot comment. How anybody else can is kinda silly.

CE was FPS perfection. There are still valid complaints about it though. Level repetition comes to mind.
H2 was god awful. I hated the arbiter and losing the elites as our most dangerous foe. Bringing Johnson back and making him so integral to the storyline that he was invincible ruined it for me.
H3 was decent enough, but Cortana didn't go rampant, which would have really made for some cool plotlines and inner turmoil for MC. I also hated the co-op that allowed you to have three, equally awesome teammates to reign destruction on the enemy. CE was all about a lone hero. Humanity's last hope. The Chief.
ODST wasn't about Halo at all. The whole four person storyline pissed me off, again!

  • 07.13.2010 12:00 PM PDT
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1: Halo CE 10.0
2: Halo 3 (I thought the Campaign was good) 9.9
3: Halo 3 ODST 9.8
4: Halo Reach (Probably) 9.8?
5: Halo 2 (Still great game just didn't click with me)
6: Halo Wars (Eh) 9.0

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How does Halo CE compare to the other FPS's in the Halo series in your mind? I can't decide where to place Reach, but otherwise I think the games got progressively worse. In Halo CE, we all loved the epic campaign and solid balanced and fun multiplayer. It was perfect. In Halo 2, we also loved the campaign, but most of the replayability came from the glitches not the perfect balance and fun. I am not saying that it wasn't fun, in fact, I loved it, but the glitches were such a huge part of it and the balance was off. Finally, in Halo 3 we only played the campaign to get better armor, and the only reason it's still going is because of Forge, which is not a good reason. We should be playing it because we love the balanced, fun standard gameplay. As for Reach, the beta was pretty cool, but we of course have no idea if we it will have as good a campaign as 2 or CE, and MP still has some questions around it.

So where do they rank and why?

  • 07.13.2010 12:35 PM PDT

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Well, I can't really say for sure, what with Reach not being out yet. But ATM, feels like:

Halo CE = Reach > Halo 3 > Halo: ODST >>>>>>>>>> Halo 2

  • 07.14.2010 5:06 PM PDT

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Halo CE = Reach > Halo 3 > Halo ODST > Halo 2

  • 07.15.2010 5:30 PM PDT

*Sips tea*

Halo 1 was by far the best Halo game in the series, and still is. Both campaign and multiplayer have stood the test of time. I love them both with all my gaming heart.

In order of Multiplayer:

Halo 1 >> Halo Reach > Halo 2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>& gt;>> Halo 3

Halo 1 is king. Reach looks like it'll be better than the others, and the collective Halos kick 3 back into the stone age. I HATED Halo 3s multiplayer.

In order of Campaigns:

Halo 1 >>> Halo 2 >>>>> ODST >>> Halo 3

Halo 1 is an amazingly woven story that is an instant classic. Halo 2 followed up by providing good gameplay and extraordinary vistas. Still the best aesthetic campaign out there. ODST was good, mainly due to the differed perspective, being an ODST and all. Gameplay was improved, IMO. Halo 3, while being fun at first, just ended up being bad. WAY too easy on Legendary, and way too hard on Mythic.

  • 07.16.2010 5:52 AM PDT