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TL;DR at bottom.
I've never been an console gamer. Ever since Half-Life:Counter-Strike came out I've been one of the most die hard PC Gamers in the state. I was in CEVO, and CAL before they went under. I was awesome.
However, some of my greatest memories are chilling at a friends house with the 360 Elite, playing Halo 2 and 3 all day long. Forge, awesome maps, awesome graphics and good game play. I think it is the greatest Halo game ever made; So a few months back with the release of the Xbox 360S release at E3, I felt like my PC counterpart was letting me down. Lag, Aimbotters, Cheaters, Wallers, STEAM, my not-so-descent enetertainment PC slugging along at 20 FPS. I knew how popular the Xbox 360 was, and the days of playing Halo 3 came back to me and hit me like a .30-06 Nostalgia bullet. Right around then, Halo Reach was big on the commercials and everywhere I went. I thought, "Hey, this looks like it will be a kick ass revamp of Halo 3 with better graphics and all". So, I spent the little money I had at the time to preorder it. I had it for 3 days before I got the Xbox(which I sold my good PC for). BUT, due the money situation I had to get the 4GB Xbox 360S that apparently doesn't have a hard drive so I can't play custom maps, use file share, play FireFight, play Co Op, or practically anything else. Ok, I said. Thats fine. I can deal with lonely Forge and Matchmaking. Hell, Ill even look away at how you threw away the Battle Rifle and gave us something called 'Forge World', an ejaculate,
-blam!- reproduction of all the good forge maps had previously given us. And speaking of maps, there is not one creative or non-campaign map that came with Reach.SSDD. But THAT, was the straw that broke the camel's back. The graphics are good, even though I actually like 3's BETTER. The armor colors are bland and steel-ish, unlike the solid black,white,red, etc. of 3. I miss Halo 3 for the life of me. I can't stand this Reach anymore.
So I want to ask you guys, is the Halo 3 community still thriving? I dislike Reach but I would feel bad if I came back to something that isn't strong. Machinima makers are moving from Halo 3. It feels like no one cares about the single greatest(debatable) Halo game anymore. IF my damned Xbox would let me hard drive transfer Reach, I would sell Reach and buy 3 in the blink of an eye. However, because my own xbox doesn't know it exists, im pretty much screwed over. I still want to play Reach, all my friends play it. It is an OK game in some aspects, but damnit I want Halo 3 back.
Once again, is Halo 3 worth coming back to?
Thanks for the input.
TL,DR: I am severely disappointed from Reach and it is not what I wanted it to be so now I want to buy Halo 3 again.