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Subject: Why was Halo 2 such a better game then Halo 3 and ODST?

Dual Needlers and Juggernauts. That's about it.

  • 07.20.2010 1:35 PM PDT

That ViDoc... :'(

It was so revolutionary...

  • 07.20.2010 2:26 PM PDT

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screw halo 2 its stupid. Its a 1 weapon game. Halo 3 is way better. And Reach will be the best

  • 07.20.2010 4:30 PM PDT

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I can almost smell what halo 2 felt like when I first started playing. I never played halo 1 and my first game of halo 2 was on terminal. I was on the blue team and my sister's boyfriend was giving me tips. The first weapon I picked up was the shotgun, then I went up the car park thing and took the right exit that comes out near the dumpster thing. I'm pretty sure I got killed by the wraith. I remember asking him "so that's really someone else somewhere around the world controlling that?" I just couldn't believe that my childhood dream of playing an fps over the internet had come true. I'm getting all emotional as I type this. I miss it so much. I miss unranked swat. I miss turf and ivory tower and the SWORD!!!!111

REMEMBER THE SWORD DUDE? ?? ? ? best weapon in history. Remember superbounces? I felt so free. Remember bxrs? I felt so pro.

Rant complete!

  • 07.20.2010 8:57 PM PDT
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--RIP Halo 2--
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Halo 2
2004-2010
Games, friends, memories.

Definately just the fact of exploration. If you wanted to go somewhere, you could get there. And the fact that it just NEVER got boring. It was the most addictive Halo by far.

  • 07.21.2010 12:45 AM PDT
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Well halo 2 had some things going for it but ill put it like this.

Halo 2// Halo 3/ODST
+MM// -short campaign
-Campaign//+Great music(ODST)
+-scarab gun?!//+Firefight
+Long campaign// +-MM
-easy Legendary

(ALL MY OPINIONS)

[Edited on 07.21.2010 1:04 AM PDT]

  • 07.21.2010 1:02 AM PDT
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Posted by: Ed Nejo
Dual Needlers and Juggernauts. That's about it.
Certainly that is not it... what about the MP or the infinite and good looking energy swords? Or the mighty carbine and BR?

  • 07.21.2010 5:59 AM PDT
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Halo 2 Live > everything else

Ahhhh, Mr. Scott, as much as i agree with how awesome the H2 scorpion was, there is one bad thing i remember about it. the speed of it was in fact, HORRIBLE. slowest Halo tank in the history of all Halo's (not much faster than walking speed). however that is the ONLY thing that subtracts from how awesome the tank was overall. i mean come on, the only thing i need in a tank is the ability to shoot the cannon AND secondary machine gun at the same time, then the game is won! until someone picks up the lock on rockets across the map :/

  • 07.21.2010 8:07 AM PDT

I started playing Halo:CE and was losing interest, then I tried Halo 2, and wow, that's what skyrocketed my gaming world.

  • 07.21.2010 8:40 AM PDT
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halo 2 still the best game in the series. long live halo 2.

Dam, I miss the old days playing halo 2 with my old brothers in arms. Thank you my old friends for giving me this account, I shall continue our legacy.

ODST lacked a long solid decent campaign and a decent multiplayer, Halo 3's campaign was far too short compared to halo 2's and it lost the epic feel of halo 2's campaign. Halo 2 had the different skulls, scarab guns, had the ability to explore the map in greater detail, and the occasional heretic banshee. It also had everyones favorite the super bounces.

  • 07.21.2010 10:34 AM PDT

I personally thought ODST's campaign was more fun than Halo 2's (easier, too). Halo 2's campaign on legendary is the hardest campaign I've ever played. I hate jackal snipers. All they need is a third of a second and boom your dead.

  • 07.23.2010 10:01 PM PDT

What a waste....


Posted by: jas the ace
I personally thought ODST's campaign was more fun than Halo 2's (easier, too). Halo 2's campaign on legendary is the hardest campaign I've ever played. I hate jackal snipers. All they need is a third of a second and boom your dead.
Dear God, get me off Delta Halo... lolz

  • 07.23.2010 11:13 PM PDT

Thing is, I still have fun playing H2's campaign, while I don't in H3. For ODST, I'm pretty neutral.

  • 07.24.2010 8:57 AM PDT

Actually, Halo 2 sucked. The only half-decent things it had was the Multiplayer maps. And it was no challenge; you didn't even need to aim. Plus it introduced the God-awful BR, which further exposed 2's true newbish nature. Oh, and the graphics... terrible, even for the original XBox.

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  • 07.24.2010 10:54 AM PDT
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Halo 2 Live > everything else

@ Ed Nejo - REALLY? Halo 2 actually sucked? The god awful BR? theres opinion and then theres just trolling, i dont know about anyone else but im quite sure the BR was probably one of the least newbish (if not, THE least newbish) weapon in halo 2's arsenal. and for the graphics being terrible: halo 2 was probably one of the only games that utilized and pushed the original xbox to its limits (the only other games i found that could have been better in terms of graphics were racing games such as Forza, which are designed totally different from FPS's anyway, and are easier to make look better with all of reoccurring textures in the game). be careful before you troll on a Halo 2 forum full of fans that still like and enjoy the game for what it was and IS.

as for the main topic, i believe Halo 2 was a better game for many reasons. but if i had to choose one, i would say its memories with its awesome community. nowadays in Halo 3 and unfortunately for REACH, its community just isnt as "pleasant" as it was during the Halo 2 days. its hard to explain but anyone who has had LIVE for at least over 3 years and played halo 2 back then probably understands what im talking about.

  • 07.24.2010 1:18 PM PDT
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I think halo 2 wasbetter than ODST but not halo 3

  • 07.24.2010 3:28 PM PDT


Posted by: CmdrScott1701
Halo 2 is better than Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST because of its:

-Memories
-Soundtrack
-Duel Needlers
-Curved Energy Swords
-Covenant Civil War
-" plot
-Multiplayer
-Limited Edition Cover
-Multiplayer Map Pack
-Map Editor for Vista
-Stronger Battle Rifle
-Rapid Fire Magnum
-Plasma Pistol Tracking
-Settings screen
-Main theme
-feel
-Coagulation
-Challenging Legendary Difficulty
-et cetera


Well, I think you know my opinion. -CM


I certainly dont agree with all of them. But a fairly good list. Especially the difficulty vs the easy games that are Halo 3 and ODST.

  • 07.24.2010 5:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sipahi

Posted by: CmdrScott1701
Halo 2 is better than Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST because of its:

-Memories
-Soundtrack
-Duel Needlers
-Curved Energy Swords
-Covenant Civil War
-" plot
-Multiplayer
-Limited Edition Cover
-Multiplayer Map Pack
-Map Editor for Vista
-Stronger Battle Rifle
-Rapid Fire Magnum
-Plasma Pistol Tracking
-Settings screen
-Main theme
-feel
-Coagulation
-Challenging Legendary Difficulty
-et cetera


Well, I think you know my opinion. -CM


I certainly dont agree with all of them. But a fairly good list. Especially the difficulty vs the easy games that are Halo 3 and ODST.
I am assuming you would have added the tank in there due to your picture? What else would you alter then?

  • 07.24.2010 6:46 PM PDT

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Well, I think one of the reasons Halo 2 was so amazing was because everyone was playing it all of the time. It really had no competition up until the end. You'd get the occasional GoW player, but if someone on my friends list was online, it was almost guaranteed that they were online in Halo 2. I think it will be impossible for a game to be that unanimously played for that long by such a large portion of XBL players.

As far as gameplay goes, that's all personal, but a big one for me was the pace of the game. It just seemed so much faster than Halo 3 plays.

  • 07.25.2010 8:06 AM PDT

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