- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Patawan
1. The level "Halo" is the only level in the game that let's you pick your objectives. I noticed in your reasoning in this you didn't mention Two Betrayals, which sends you to destroy generators, and you have to destroy them in a certain order. Or Silent Cartographer, where if you try and cut out security building and go right for the map, it will lock you out, so that you must do things in a certain order. That's hardly free-roaming. Anyways, the joy of free-roaming is that it lets you finds loads of eggs and fun stuff to do, and there are way more eggs in Halo 2 than Halo 1.
2. Driving sections abound in Halo 1, as well. And apparently fans wanted more of it, so that's what they got. Anyways this is more of a personal preference, thus you can't call this an argument. And you always have the option of walking . . .
3. There's plenty of drama in Halo 2. They just put the drama in the cutscenes rather than have it slow down the gameplay. Also after playing a level like 10 times, drama just gets in the way. I always just got irritated in Halo 1 when Cortana would start jibbering away when I'm tryin to kill something, and I absolutely hated the mandatory cutscenes (all of Halo 2's cutscenes can be skipped over). If you want drama, go play an RPG. Most people playing FPSs want to actually PLAY the FPS.
4. This is the worst argument I've ever heard. The corpses hit the ground too fast?! I'm surprised you didn't complain about the corpse-humping animations. This is nit-picking at its worst. I'm looking for real, concrete reasons here.
5. I don't know what difficulty you're playing at, but you need to up it if you think there are too many weapons. Holding on to ammunition is one of my main problems in Halo 2. Meanwhile, on "Truth and Reconciliation" in Halo 1, they start you off with a sniper and feed you ammo along the way. I usually spend the whole level with the sniper rifle as one of my weapons. While there may be alot of power weapons in Halo 2, it's hard to hold onto them for a while.
6. Playing as the arbiter is the same as playing as MC, except you get a cloak. So your opinion is ridiculous, and probably just stems from some wierd and misguided loyalty to MC.
7. I had been posting in Halo forums about two years before Halo 2 was released. I can't count the number of threads I saw that went something like "Are there boss fights in Halo?" As you can see, I like debating, so when in a debate with other players dissing on Halo, they would usually point out that there are no boss battles, so the game sucked. Just goes to show how elements of a game can be twisted to whatever people want them to be for. Also, you said earlier that Halo 2 has too much driving, then go on to say that Halo 1 biggest driving section is "AMAZING". Gee, I wonder why Bungie thought that fans wanted more vehicles??? Frankly, I think most of the problems with Halo 2 arose from Bungie trying to accomodate stupid kids who really didn't know what they wanted, but kept on talking anyways.
Alright, Here we go :)
1. By free - Roaming I didnt mean in what order you could do objectives. Sorry if I put it across that way. What I meant was your could go around bigger spaces etc.. Another example on The Silent Cartopgrapher... It was one huge island and you could drive all around the island and you could go up through the centre of the island. Halo you can go all over the place , Two Betrayals there are large open spaces inbetween the corridors giving you a sence of freedom.
2. The Driving sections are done badly and feel like theve been made lazily.
3.Again, you misunderstand me.... By "Drama" I didnt mean cutscenes or cortanas voice. What I meant was the Elites scream when you stick them and roar when theyre about to die. (Never hear this in Halo 2) The grunts would scream "not again" and the action would be immense.
4. By commenting on the bodies , I was refering to the different Physics engine in Halo 2 . Its nowhere near as good as CE's
5. I play on Legendary... There are about 10 Snipers around every corner... most noticable on the High Charity Level.
6. Playing as the arbiter is not the same , (in terms of story). I always liked the coventant being complete enemies.
7. Boss battles are bad. And the driving section was amazing at the end of Halo CE. It was fun... with the timer and the big jump at the end. In Halo 2 the driving sessions are excesive and unnessicary... Oh and you try taking 15 or so Ghosts on legendary without any vehicles.