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Subject: I love Halo 2, with all my heart. It is absolutely amazing.
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(Competing with CE, Pokemon RBY and Fable: TLC, but they're still behind it)

There's so many things I love about this game. Firstly the campaign, it tells the story extremely well and stretching it out between 13 playable levels, more than any other game. Its awesome seeing the war from both perspectives, and leading squads of Spec-Op Elites with the Arbiter and R'tas 'Vadum. I am an absolutely Halo lore freak, and seeing the true ranks of the Elites in the game (Minor, Major, Ultra, Zealot along with the speciality ranks) made the campaign absolutely perfect on Legendary. I've done it so many times now that I know the exact locations of any threats, so I'm quick to neutralize them, making levels less difficult, but still hard enough to make it fun. It also had what Reach didn't - smaller, larger scale battles. The fight at the start of Quarantine Zone, holding a fort in Outskirts against 25 or so oncoming Covenant with a Rocket Launcher, Sniper Rifle and a handful of Marines, and let's not forget Uprising, fighting alongside a Zealot and other Elites to pack vengeance on the Brutes. Every level felt magical to me. Boss battles were also neat, especially the Tartarus fight. (Except Regret on Legendary, that took me so damn long. Mythic appearantly takes 100+ hits to kill, an absolutely ridiculous feat to accomplish). Oh, and I hate Reach Elite ranks. They absolutely massacred what I love about Elites. -blam!- you, Reach. Finally, I LOVED how in this game I actually cared about my troopers' lives, giving them powerful weapons and cover to ensure they made it to the end of the level and lived to see another day.

Most players found the multiplayer to be the selling point of this game, and its nothing short of amazing. Great physics, balanced weapons and vehicles, skillful rank system + leveling up, awesome maps, it just felt so well put together. Apart from the Shotgun's inconsistency, all the weapons in this game were pretty awesome, especially the Battle Rifle. It's the perfect skill weapon, even better than H3's (it has a bullet spread). I can't honestly believe they made the DMR, that miserable, luck filled excuse for a weapon. Most of the maps were memorable and exceptional, Waterworks, Coagulation, Relic, Sanctuary, Headlong, Turf, must I go on? Halo Reach royally boned everyone with horrible maps. It also had Armor Abilities, but this isn't a rant thread, I could go on all day about those. Also, Spectre is my favourite vehicle of all time, having one fully loaded with people made you feel like you had a death machine, even though the turret kinda sucked. And grenades aren't overpowered, oh how I love non overpowered grenades. Removing H2's XBL was probably the worst decision you've ever made Microsoft, above charging up 60 bucks for Fable: TLC and Halo 3: ODST.

Just a few thoughts of mine put together about an absolutely terrific game. Bungie's latest game, Halo Reach is ruining Halo, especially with the amount of fanboys on the Reach forum. Feel free to post anything you loved about this terrific game.

  • 12.24.2010 4:46 AM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

Super
Cool
Story
Bro.

  • 12.24.2010 6:40 AM PDT

"I'll tell you right now, if you ever see someone called ll wa1do ll... leave the game immediately. My friend knows him, I've been in his party a few times, do not mess with this guy. From what I've heard, he's the real deal. I also heard someone made a guy named Wa2do (similar to his name) and then he hacked that guy and boosted off his level." -From Minou on Bungie.net

Posted by: JacobGRocks
Super
Cool
Story
Bro.

Why do you even post in the H2 forum anymore?

  • 12.24.2010 7:05 AM PDT

Guide to immortality : Sleep with Life

I had a pretty big time thread once.

Here's me bragging about it.


Posted by: l bAlleRliCoius
Posted by: JacobGRocks
Super
Cool
Story
Bro.

Why do you even post in the H2 forum anymore?
Hey, we all know what you're like in the Halo 3 forum.

  • 12.24.2010 7:30 AM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.

Cuz it's fun.

Oh, and the h3 forum died when reach came out. Keep up with the times nub.

[Edited on 12.24.2010 7:45 AM PST]

  • 12.24.2010 7:44 AM PDT

My Youtube - Halo 2 Online Co-op
BUNGIE AND MICROSOFT FAILS HALO 2 VISTA.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

I liked the mods. :D

  • 12.24.2010 9:23 AM PDT

This is the average H2 Fanboy.
Xfire: JacobGRocks.
50 in H2/H3? Great, but you still fail at this.


Posted by: Shock120
I liked the mods. :D

That's also why I like starcraft!
Custom gametypes FTW.....until someone lags out.
Then again, I need SCII

[Edited on 12.24.2010 9:58 AM PST]

  • 12.24.2010 9:58 AM PDT

Believe it or not, back when this game was in its prime, it was criticized heavily. Some of the things you praise in your post were what people hated about Halo 2...


ts awesome seeing the war from both perspectives, and leading squads of Spec-Op Elites with the Arbiter and R'tas 'Vadum.

People were pissed off about this. This game was marketed as MC saving Earth, and players wanted to be MC, not Arbiter. Words cannot describe the WTF some people felt when the story went on such a huge tangent. Fighting the flood was a drag. The levels involving the Arbiter and the flood were more boring and repetitive than the Library level from H1.

Great physics, balanced weapons and vehicles, skillful rank system + leveling up, awesome maps, it just felt so well put together

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au7KE9xUVTk
"hardcore" players were angry because they noob'd it up in H2. Basically, ANYONE could be amazing at Halo because the autoaim and hitboxes were so big. The hitboxes havent changed much, but thank god the autoaim was toned down. Its ironic how now H2 fans say Reach is catered to noobs, when in H2 you didn't even have to aim at your target- the game did it for you. It was far worse than the randomness of bloom.

all the weapons in this game were pretty awesome, especially the Battle Rifle. It's the perfect skill weapon, even better than H3's (it has a bullet spread).
People on the forums wanted a "return to H1" where the BR would be a 1 shot weapon like the pistol. They thought it would make the game more competitive for hardcores. But then again, the forum opinions usually the minority opinion, isnt it?
and of course, there were weapon combos. Kinda like armor lock but used for instant kills instead of instant invincibility!

And grenades aren't overpowered, oh how I love non overpowered grenades.
Believe it or not, people commonly whined about how Spartans couldn't throw grenades 200 feet, and weren't nukes, like they were in H1.

Bungie's latest game, Halo Reach is ruining Halo, especially with the amount of fanboys on the Reach forum.

Halo 2 ruined the Halo series for alot of hardcore H1 LAN fans.
We look at Halo 2 and the older games through rose-colored shades. It happens to every single game series out there. When H2 came out, the forums wanted H1 back- when H3 came out, the forums wanted H2 back- you get what I mean. The game was revolutionary to console fps and tons of fun, but realize that if you had made this post ~4 years ago when this forum had as much whining as Reach's does now, you wouldve been flamed hard. :/

but great game nonetheless.

  • 12.24.2010 2:16 PM PDT

I was there for the glory days of Combat Evolved. I was there when Halo 2 was hyped up and met the hype. I was there for the first days and last days of Halo 2 on Xbox Live. I was there for the Halo 3 days, the great Lag Age of 2008-2010. I was there to laugh and not buy ODST, I was there to vomit when Reach implemented reticle bloom. I am a Halo veteran, and a Halo legend.

I agree about the Elites, overall a much more fun AI to fight with/against.

Each rank would have different weapons... I loved punching an ultra in the face to see it pull out the sword, then crouch just in time to dodge the horizontal sword slash and get a chain of melees in on him.

IDK why but I think the elites look sick in Halo 2. In Halo 3 their heads are too round or something, they just dont look as badass.

Halo 2 Zealot
Halo 3 Zealot

  • 12.24.2010 8:27 PM PDT

"I'll tell you right now, if you ever see someone called ll wa1do ll... leave the game immediately. My friend knows him, I've been in his party a few times, do not mess with this guy. From what I've heard, he's the real deal. I also heard someone made a guy named Wa2do (similar to his name) and then he hacked that guy and boosted off his level." -From Minou on Bungie.net

Posted by: GoldenEagle29

Posted by: l bAlleRliCoius
Posted by: JacobGRocks
Super
Cool
Story
Bro.

Why do you even post in the H2 forum anymore?
Hey, we all know what you're like in the Halo 3 forum.

True but I have recently realized getting into arguments with try-hards/MLG wannabees is resulting in no positive outcome.

  • 12.24.2010 9:01 PM PDT