I recently purchased Halo 3 again to brush up on multiplayer to prepare for Halo Reach. To my SURPRISE 95% of ALL GAME MODES are NOT available for me to play as it says ALL download content is REQUIRED to play those modes.
That is a BIG RIPOFF SCAM! I PAID for ALL the other download content awhile back when I had the game before except for mythic packs 1 and 2 as those are the map packs that have been released since the last time I owned Halo 3. Now Im EXPECTED to BUY mythic packs 1 and 2 if I want to play 95% of the game modes!
That is total crap! Every other game out there people are NOT FORCED into buying ALL download content to PLAY! Look at Gears of War 2 or Modern Warfare 2! Neither of those games FORCE people into buying ALL their download content to play ALL game modes in their multiplayer, if you dont own a particular map pack you can still play in ALL GAME MODES!
What makes Bungie look even WORSE is that Cliff B and Rod Ferguson are GIVING FREE codes for ALL their maps on twitter on a DAILY basis. They are showing their community they WANT their gamers and fans to play and its not even needed for them to pass out codes for their ENTIRE 19 MAP set because people can play ALL game modes WITHOUT owning one map pack or another.
Bungie needs to SHOW SUPPORT for their gamers and fans instead of GREED for MONEY. ESPECIALLY when Halo Reach is COMING SOON and NONE of those Halo 3 maps will work with Halo Reach, making it a WASTE OF MONEY for people who dont own ALL the map packs for Halo 3 and are going to buy Halo Reach.
Im getting Halo Reach but I wanted to brush up my skills in something like big team battle, GUESS WHAT? I CANT! I think ALL that is available to me is lone wolf and team slayer!
It NEVER used to be this way either! I remember when I had the first map pack released long ago and not the second and ALL GAME MODES WERE AVAILABLE! NOW they are NOT.
This is a SCAM hands down! Bungie SHOULD make those map packs FREE, NOT at a DISCOUNT but FREE! If Cliff B and Rod Ferguson of Gears of War 2 are doing it then I see NO REASON why bungie shouldnt!
ESPECIALLY when there is NO WARNING on the Xbox Live Marketplace about MUST PAY FOR ALL MAP PACKS to PLAY MULTIPLAYER! If I was totally new to Halo 3, PAID for the game ONLY either in the store or on the marketplace, it would be a BIG DISAPOINTMENT to load up multiplayer and be told in the menus I CANT!
WTF is WRONG with you BUNGIE?
You SHOULD either make ALL MAP PACKS FREE or make ALL multiplayer modes PLAYABLE for EVERYONE regardless of the map packs they own or do not own if any AT ALL!
This is an OUTRAGE, Halo 3 is a DISCONTINUED game according to GAMESTOP and EVERY video game retailer Ive contacted which was ALOT as I had a VERY difficult time locating a NEW copy of it.
DO SOMETHING FOR THE FANS BUNGIE. You always SAY you support your community but thats a freakin LIE! EPIC GAMES does a far superior job of it! Not to mention EVERY other BIG title out there that does NOT REQUIRE people to PAY for ALL DLC just to play 95% of ALL their game modes in multiplayer!
I cant even play on maps with alot of vehicles! Theres a couple of maps that have a mongoose or a ghost but thats it! The game came with 11 maps, I PAID for the other map packs except for mythic 1 and 2 as I said, GUESS WHAT? I can only play on a TOTAL of maybe 8 or LESS maps now because I dont have the mythic packs!
You would think that you would make the map packs free not only to SUPPORT your community of gamers but also to promote people to PLAY Halo 3 in the first place which is a DISCONTINUED game AND WANT to BUY Halo Reach! Lets not forget EPIC GAMES SUPPORT handing out codes for ALL 19 of their maps for Gears of War 2 and the fact EVERY other game out there is NOT trying to SCAM their gamers into PAYING for ALL their maps in order to play ALL their multiplayer MODES.
WISE UP BUNGIE. If something is NOT done RIGHT AWAY, Ill be taking this to higher ground and EXPOSE this detail to a MUCH WIDER platform!
FYI I was at the Halo 3 midnight launch. Ive been a fan since the first Halo. Im not just some new comer to the Halo franchise. I fully intend on getting Halo Reach. I wanted to play Halo 3 multiplayer again, now I need a total of 1200 Microsoft Points to be able to play the rest of the 95% of ALL game modes!
SHOW SUPPORT BUNGIE
[Edited on 08.18.2010 9:59 AM PDT]