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Subject: Who here likes Halo 3 better than Reach?
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Without The Flood, I wouldn't know what an opinion is.

Oh Halo 3, how I miss thee, yet I still can't get over how bad its netcode seems to be compared to Reach. If only I could play Halo 3 with Reach's netcode...

  • 03.01.2012 8:00 PM PDT

halo 3 kicks reachs a**

  • 03.02.2012 1:55 PM PDT
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I'm watching you Bungie.

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I love both games. :)

  • 03.03.2012 1:06 AM PDT

I seriously needed to update my signature. I'll never forget it, though.

halo 3 all the way

  • 03.05.2012 7:05 AM PDT

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halo 3 all the way!!! =^.^=

  • 03.05.2012 9:48 PM PDT

It takes as much skill to play halo reach as it does to play viva pinata...

  • 03.10.2012 4:52 AM PDT

Reach.

Halo 3's netcode frustrates me too much:

Blatant headshot - not according to us.

Crosshair nowhere near him when you shot your sniper? We'll let you have the kill anyway.

Oh you just finished that guy with a final shot? And you have half a shield left too? Well we're gonna put a half a second delay on that and let him kill you instead.

Plunged your sword through his chest? We'll magically let him shoot his shotgun right after and have you both die.

Oh hey, 80% of your kills are going to end up with you and your opponent killing each other at the same exact time, no matter what weapon it is.

Hey bro, hope you don't mind waiting 20 minutes to find a match.


I haven't played Reach that long, but I still haven't had a single issue with lag. Also, it reminds me a lot of halo 1, ignoring the armor abilities.




[Edited on 03.11.2012 6:48 PM PDT]

  • 03.11.2012 6:47 PM PDT

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Halo CE will always be the best game in the Halo franchise. What a perfect game.
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I like playing both games(or any Halo game) but I do enjoy Halo 3 more than Reach. Its much closer to the classic days of Halo 2. I also think Reach is my least favorite game out of the entire franchise, I love it but I also think it pales in comparison to the rest.

  • 03.11.2012 7:04 PM PDT

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  • 03.12.2012 6:23 PM PDT
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I've been denying it for far too long. To reiterate on my previous statement 'Halo 3 is vastly superior to Reach', Halo 3 is much more preferable than that pathetic desecration of CE.

After playing only Reach for 2 days, I can't take it anymore.

Reach's campaign is filled with so much bull-blam!-. Only Ultra Elites are worth fighting. Everything else is just frustrating and annoying. There's nothing satisfying about killing an Elite minor or major. There's nothing satisfying about killing Grunts or Jackals. Whereas in CE, I loved killing all of them.

[Edited on 03.12.2012 6:46 PM PDT]

  • 03.12.2012 6:42 PM PDT


Posted by: Sliding Ghost
I've been denying it for far too long. To reiterate on my previous statement 'Halo 3 is vastly superior to Reach', Halo 3 is much more preferable than that pathetic desecration of CE.

After playing only Reach for 2 days, I can't take it anymore.

Reach's campaign is filled with so much bull-blam!-. Only Ultra Elites are worth fighting. Everything else is just frustrating and annoying. There's nothing satisfying about killing an Elite minor or major. There's nothing satisfying about killing Grunts or Jackals. Whereas in CE, I loved killing all of them.

What I don't understand is that you are comparing Reach to Combat Evolved, when obviously we are on the Halo 3 forums. Yet, I've never seen you compare Halo 3 to Combat Evolved. Weird.

Elite Ultra's are indeed an honorable opponent. Along with, the other higher ups in the Covenant Army,Such as-

Elite Zealots; Awesome for toying with, while on higher difficulties they are gruesome opponents when fought. As they actually tend to work as a team, along with the other covies.

Elite Generals; Same as Ultras, all things considered.

Brutes; An assassination can only be performed with a perfect set up. And Marines and civilians tend to be near them...

Special Forces Elites; Ever Assassinated an Elite Ranger who was in mid-flight with a jetpack yourself? Or perhaps you have bested a SpecOps Elite with Active Camo? It is a good challenge for the bored.

BOB's/Ossoona; They teleport out very quickly. I tend to see what way is the most challenging method of disposal for these elites. My favorite is to splatter them using a Concussion rifle and a vehicle. Of course cowbell is needed.

^^With the help of the methods listed above, I have racked over 21 days of the Halo: Reach campaign played. Just food for thought.

  • 03.12.2012 9:25 PM PDT
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I have compared Halo 3 to CE. Just not as much as I do with Reach, which is more related, being a prequel and featuring similar weapons, physics, etc. and therefore requires more scrutinizing. However, just because Reach has some assets of Halo (weapons, vehicles, characters) doesn't automatically mean that it is a Halo game. I consider it half-Halo. Getting kills are not nearly as satisfying.

Now the reason why I brought up Reach was because I became intolerant of (gave up on) H3 since the third week of February (so it's been about 5 weeks) and I almost preferred Reach (due to my CE purist tendencies). Now I dislike them both although I have reconciled with both a little.

Posted by: InvasionImminent
Elite Ultra's are indeed an honorable opponent. Along with, the other higher ups in the Covenant Army,Such as-
I never said they were honorable. I think all Elites in Reach play dirty. Ultra Elites just aren't cheap, that's all, despite having powerful shields. They are much more easier to handle than even Elite minors as they like to throw grenades, berserk, and stand in place firing.

Reach zealots aren't honorable. At all. They aren't even the field master Zealots we see in CE and H2. But yes, they are quite an adversary although I have yet to face them in person. I've only watched videos although I do hope to find strategies to reduce their challenge to the point that they are Grunts, nothing more. I like how they succumb to Hologram but this is all but too often.

Reach Generals can never replace Goldies. Elite Rangers seem to live up to their role. I have nothing to say about Reach Spec Ops Elites.

As for the rest, they are cheap:

Ridiculous how we can't assassinate Brutes once they've seen us. It's like Bungie decided to just switch something off rather than actually improving their cqc.

Ridiculous how Bobs just vanish. There's no active camo like there was with Arby on The Ark. It kills the immersion. If they faded out to camo completely, then I'd believe that they were part of the game. Putting them far from the mission paths (like the skull associated AI in H2) would have been much better.

Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't play Reach at all. I still play, but only on Heroic and lower.

[Edited on 03.13.2012 12:25 AM PDT]

  • 03.12.2012 10:20 PM PDT


Posted by: Sliding Ghost

Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't play Reach at all. I still play, but only on Heroic and lower.

hmm, I can't play on anything below Heroic unless Thunderstorm or Mythic is on.

  • 03.13.2012 2:24 PM PDT

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Posted by: Ramir3z77
Reach.

Halo 3's netcode frustrates me too much:

Blatant headshot - not according to us.

Crosshair nowhere near him when you shot your sniper? We'll let you have the kill anyway.

Oh you just finished that guy with a final shot? And you have half a shield left too? Well we're gonna put a half a second delay on that and let him kill you instead.

Plunged your sword through his chest? We'll magically let him shoot his shotgun right after and have you both die.

Oh hey, 80% of your kills are going to end up with you and your opponent killing each other at the same exact time, no matter what weapon it is.

Hey bro, hope you don't mind waiting 20 minutes to find a match.


I haven't played Reach that long, but I still haven't had a single issue with lag. Also, it reminds me a lot of halo 1, ignoring the armor abilities.




There is lagg in Reach. Its called the netcode compensating for it by giving you the kill or registration when the host didn't see it.
And to my understanding, Reach is the game where you can shoot somebodies chest, or outside their head by 3meters and get a headshot.

Halo 3 master race.

  • 03.13.2012 2:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: InvasionImminent

Posted by: Sliding Ghost

Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't play Reach at all. I still play, but only on Heroic and lower.

hmm, I can't play on anything below Heroic unless Thunderstorm or Mythic is on.
Are you suggesting you have no interest in preserving realism and immersion and that you don't do setups that require those skulls be turned off?

I rarely play with either of those skulls nowadays because I got tired of all the bs. The only time I need those is when I'm doing a big and elaborate AI collection or moving AI around.

  • 03.13.2012 3:01 PM PDT


Posted by: Sliding Ghost
Are you suggesting you have no interest in preserving realism and immersion and that you don't do setups that require those skulls be turned off?

No.














Maybe...

















Yes.

  • 03.13.2012 3:08 PM PDT
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Well fine by me. I see no reason to continue now. Nice talking with you.

  • 03.13.2012 4:04 PM PDT

Reach is total garbage. I'm proud it failed and died. Hope this message gets to 343 and they make a proper game.

Quit competitive Halo, I have acquired something called "having a life". Play it time to time as of now. Some people should also try this thing called "having a life".

Reach is garbage (more like Reach for the eject button and then proceed to snap the disc in half and put in either Halo's 1-3 into the disc tray).

:)

  • 03.13.2012 6:11 PM PDT


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Reach is garbage (more like Reach for the eject button and then proceed to snap the disc in half and put in either Halo's 1-3 into the disc tray).

:)

You seem, quite literally, mad.

  • 03.13.2012 6:38 PM PDT
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H3, this is my apology gift for all the petty insults I said out of frustration. Here ya go. One of my most marvelous tasks that I have set out to do lately.

  • 03.13.2012 11:39 PM PDT

halo 3 over reach anytime.

  • 03.14.2012 12:45 AM PDT

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Who does not like H3 more than Reach?

  • 03.14.2012 2:24 AM PDT
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Posted by: BOB570
I think over all, the multiplayer/Matchmaking experience was better in Halo 3 (especially for ranked games). However, after playing over 5000 games of Halo 3 during the past 3 years, a change is nice.

I will come back to Halo 3 on a regular basis though, just like I did with Halo 2 when Halo 3 was out.
This was back when I was still trying to convince myself that Reach was a good game. It was only 2 weeks after Reach came out and I still hadn't had that much experience with the game yet.

Halo 3 blows Reach away. Reach is mediocre at best.

[Edited on 03.14.2012 4:34 PM PDT]

  • 03.14.2012 4:33 PM PDT

Do I really need a signature?

I like them both and still play 3 along with Reach and even ODST if requested by who I am playing with.

  • 03.14.2012 8:08 PM PDT

Bow Chicka Wow Wow! ;)

I think halo 3's matchmaking tops halo reach's but halo reach has some good stuff too, but everyone knows matchmaking makes the game, so I perfer halo 3.

  • 03.17.2012 4:16 PM PDT