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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.
Halo 2 was far more competitive then Halo Reach is. I am a veteran gamer from the old days of halo 2, I was a former level 50 in Team Snipers "before the rank reset for Tombstone and Desolation". After playing Halo Reach for the past 2 weeks, I feel ashamed for matchmaking. People don't play competitively in matches like team slayer, etc. There is no drive or pressure from the games matchmaking system to push people to wanting to win or to even improve their skills.
At least in halo 2, people pushed themselves to win at any costs once you passed a certain level rank of 25-30. People went all out, and self evolved in skills and tactics in order to win and rank up higher. One loss in halo 2 after the rank of 35 meant an instant de-rank. Reach dumbed down the competitiveness of online gameplay in favor of attracting a wider audience by removing the former number rank system.
Campaign wise, Halo 2 campaign was better thanks to the different campaign view points presented by the game by both the arbiter and the Spartan 117. The storyline flowed very smoothly from one characters point of view to another without losing any impact to the game's storyline. Something halo 3, halo odst, and halo reach campaign lacked. Their campaigns were short and to the point, and as a result it missed out on the rich story telling of campaign.