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Subject: Halo Reach is fun... But... It will never be Halo 3.

Something Witty.

Halo Reach is fun but... It will never be Halo 3.

Before you troll, remember this, I understand that you may disagree, Thats why I'm posting this as simply my opinion. I also understand that a casual Halo players (such as myself) opinion means nothing, I'm not trying to get Bungie to change Reach. I'm only stating what I feel about it compared to Halo 3.

Halo 3's maps where a million times better. Pit Stop, Guardian, Cold Storage, Construct, Last Resort... I like all these maps better then any in Reach. Reach brought us forge world, witch is a great addition, but a lame excuse for maps. They've used it as a way to have us build all the maps, and quite frankly they all look like variations of the same thing. Blood Gulch was a huge disappointment, It feels nothing like the original... simply proving that any remake of a map done in forge world will ultimately be a fail in my mind.

Armor lock. Seriously? No thanks, I can't wait for MLG to fix this game and remove all these dumb things. Halo 3 was great because every one was on the same level. If you killed some one, you did fair and square, If you died, you try harder next time. Now if your about to die, you go into the fetal position and pray a team mate saves your ass. Or fly away. Either way I'd take bubble shields and power drains over jet packs and armor lock any day.

Ranking... While Halo 3's system wasn't with out it flaws, it was still better then Reaches. While I think the credits and customization in Reach is a great addition, I'm not impressed with the actual Ranking system. Halo 3's rank actually was a good indication of how good you where. Reaches rank system tells me how much of a life you have (or don't have). I think they could have included credits in a skill/experience ranking system that included the best of both systems. Arena is neat and all, but being rated for a month isn't nearly as cool as climbing the latter to a 50.

Achievements... I've got all but 5 in Reach I think, and thats simply because I haven't finished Campaign yet. None of them are hard or take any skill to do. Part of what made Halo 3 so much fun was the aspect of having some really tough achievements to do. They gave you a reason to stay interested in the game.

I'll give Reach this, it has a good campaign, great story, and beautiful graphics. It was well done, and polished all around into a smooth fun experience. Reach took Firefight up to the next level as well. But when it boils down to it, Reach will end up being what ODST, or MW2 was for me, just something to change the pace for a while, but never a replacement for Halo 3.

Thats my rant, again, if you disagree, so be it, I enjoy Reach too, just not like I did Halo 3.


[Edited on 11.14.2010 1:09 PM PST]

  • 11.14.2010 1:05 PM PDT

damn straight.

  • 11.14.2010 1:10 PM PDT

damn straight x2.

  • 11.14.2010 1:15 PM PDT

Posted by: Gen Petitt
ME2 was known for stupidity and being retarded

Hell yeah.

  • 11.14.2010 3:49 PM PDT

couldnt of said it better myself.....agreed x1000

  • 11.14.2010 5:01 PM PDT

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Of course Halo Reach can't be Halo 3. Do you see any numbers in the title "Halo Reach."

Common sense > Writing a wall of text.

And I agree over 9000%

  • 11.14.2010 5:12 PM PDT
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Agreed. I still play Halo 3 daily.

I can't even find my Reach disc..

  • 11.14.2010 8:16 PM PDT
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AA was detrimental to the gameplay. Replacing the BR with the DMR was detrimental. I'd also like to add that the maps are bland and awful. You don't base maps off of your campaign (and I know people will say it was the other way around, but it's still the same).
I can't understand why they had to make Halo Reach. Hao 3 was a great game with flaws. They could've made a revamped Halo 3, new maps, graphics, armor, weapons, vehicles, etc. Instead they took a huge chunk of the Halo 3 community and made them play Reach.

  • 11.14.2010 9:32 PM PDT
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Posted by: privet caboose
Bungie always said, "If half the people love it, and half the people hate it, it's fine. We did a good job."

Well look Bungie, 3/4th's of us want Bloom gone. You messed up. Fix it.

Posted by: EPIC FALE
Instead they took a huge chunk of the Halo 3 community and made them play Reach.
And then a fair portion of that chunk bailed on Reach because it's terrible.

Halo 3 survived for 3 years, and in it's last days, it had more people online than Reach does after 2 months.

That's saying something.

  • 11.14.2010 9:42 PM PDT

totally agreed

  • 11.15.2010 12:00 AM PDT
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Posted by: lazy king k1tty
I can't wait for MLG to fix this game and remove all these dumb things.


Not to discredit your opinion, OP, but I'm sick and tired of seeing this.

MLG is not a game developer. They don't make games. They aren't in the business of fixing what is 'broken', they tweak already-existing maps/gametypes to fit the style of their competitions. I really don't know where this attitude that MLG knows what's best for Halo is coming from, but it needs to stop. If you think that they know how to run Halo better than the people that actually made it, then go play something else until an MLG playlist is added, then when it is, go in there and never come out.

Adapt and overcome. Or stop playing.

[Edited on 11.15.2010 1:06 AM PST]

  • 11.15.2010 1:05 AM PDT

I agree 100%. I had played through the campaign and made about 30 matchmaking games to figure out that this won't be a game I play for long.
What makes me really really sad is that they've removed the Edge Ghost jump where you could jump off wall corners. It was my favorite trick jump. I'll stick with H3 until something better comes out, and that will certaninly take its time.

  • 11.15.2010 2:02 AM PDT
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AR starts, BR spread, bullet hit registration, and melee system was never a fun thing for me.

  • 11.15.2010 2:08 AM PDT
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you cannot compare Halo 3 to Reach, Reach is not a game, its a disc in a plastic green case called pure fail.

Got it? good.

I've been playing Halo 3 every night, I get so bored in Reach . . .

  • 11.15.2010 2:30 AM PDT

I changed usernames to match my gamertag. My original account, wambo114, was created when I got xbox live. I'm a 2007 kid really!

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i agree OP

  • 11.15.2010 2:49 AM PDT

Halo Reach was meant to be Halo 3?

  • 11.15.2010 3:21 AM PDT

Halo is dead. Linked tag is permanently banned from XBL

As soon as I saw sprinting in Reach and no BR I figured Reach would be horribad.

When I played the beta I wanted to blow my brains out with a shotgun. I'll be waiting for Halo 4

kthxbai

  • 11.15.2010 3:44 AM PDT

Posted by: Phailyur
Halo Reach was meant to be Halo 3?


Yeah, and whats with lemon juice ... never tastes like orange ... they need to fix it.

  • 11.15.2010 3:58 AM PDT
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Halo 3 is fun, but... it'll never be Halo 2.

And as for Halo 2....

  • 11.15.2010 5:26 AM PDT

Reach didnt quite hit the bar with me to either,sure it was great for a month but then the fun factor went I would of stayed with Halo 3 but all my friends went and got Reach,after watching my little brother play(and fail many times) at the last bit on Halo on Halo 3 I felt like I needed this game so for a while I may be playing good 'ol halo 3

  • 11.15.2010 11:24 AM PDT

Something Witty.


Posted by: Phailyur
Halo Reach was meant to be Halo 3?


No, nor did I say it was supposed to be. I simply mean that it is not on the same level as Halo 3 in my eyes. How about I break it down for you.

My posting title...
Halo Reach is fun... But... It will never be Halo 3.

I think most people, after reading what I wrote would understand that I mean..

Halo Reach is fun... But... It will never be as fun as Halo 3

Anything else I need to break down Barney style for you?

  • 11.15.2010 4:17 PM PDT

i actually feel the same. your opinion is basically what i thought at first. But when it boils down to it i played halo 3 yesterday and boy it does not compare to reach to me anymore. Reach is alot better in my opinion but i do agree AL and something need to be fixed. lol i feel like im the only one who actually likes the Bloom but i feel it should punish spammers more. good rant btw.

  • 11.15.2010 4:36 PM PDT