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Subject: I miss Halo 3.

If you miss it, why not just go play it? Yeah, it's not as dominant as it used to be but you can still find games. People need to stop acting like it's getting shut down.

  • 02.12.2011 1:04 PM PDT
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For some reason, I feel as though playing halo 3 is pointless now.
Who would care if I got to general now that Reach is out?
I know that I shouldn't look at it like this, but I do love to play games so that I can achieve things and boast about them. Getting high multi kills and sprees is great! But people aren't going to care any more if I get them on Halo: 3

  • 02.14.2011 7:54 AM PDT

I run Skirmish!!!

Posted by: daman55
For some reason, I feel as though playing halo 3 is pointless now.
Who would care if I got to general now that Reach is out?
I know that I shouldn't look at it like this, but I do love to play games so that I can achieve things and boast about them. Getting high multi kills and sprees is great! But people aren't going to care any more if I get them on Halo: 3


playing halo 3 again is not pointless sir.. i play halo 3 all the time with my friend after we ditched reach in october, people are still competitive and it is still so much fun to play. you should get back to it...

  • 02.14.2011 3:13 PM PDT


Posted by: daman55
Don't get me wrong. Reach is amazing. I play it all the time. But I miss Halo 3. It is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best game I have ever played, and that I ever will play.

After thousands and thousands and thousands of matchmaking games, I fell in love with it. Reach does not have the same magic, sadly.

But that's not because Reach is bad. It is because Halo 3 was special. It was more than a game.

I just listened to some old Halo 3 music. And I nearly cried. I miss the main halo theme, I miss the Master Chief. I miss all of the amazing Music. I miss Brute choppers, I miss the graphics! I miss the last level, I miss Guardian, the Pit, and all of the other amazing maps.

Who else feels the same way? And what do you miss about Halo 3?

Copy and paste this in the reach forum ;)

  • 02.14.2011 4:45 PM PDT
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people still play it but there are about three people in matchmaking every time... I think bungie is about to take halo 3 off the COOL list. I still think it is cool, but halo reach isn't the same when it comes to matchmaking. I like the fact that in halo reach you can build things floating, but it just is not the same... I agree.

  • 02.14.2011 5:06 PM PDT

skerz

Its hard going from 3 to reach and back. Halo 3 was such a blast during the beta and then after launch. Good times.

  • 02.14.2011 5:13 PM PDT
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Halo 3 was, undoubtedly, the best game I have ever played in my lifetime and it literally defined a friendship between me and my friends that I have found to be the best three years of my life. Back in 2007, me and a group of four of my friends waited at launch night with my friends older brother because we were too young to get the game at the time. I remember getting my copy and popping it in on my brand new Xbox 360 Elite.

Boy, what a rush. I have never played a game for a day consecutively, but honestly, from beating co-op campaign to experiencing the ranking system, and from trying out the forge to custom game after custom game, I was legitamately in love. For about a year the only game I played was Halo 3, it was so special. I remember before I was in highschool I'd have all my buddies over after our Friday night games, and we would just play custom games I created until 5 AM every single weekend. It got funner and funner everytime, and the games lasted sometimes for hours on end.

As we grew up and time went by, I still played Halo 3, and I remember when Call of Duty: World at War came out, which is the only CoD game I actually like, I played that for a while, as zombies was an incredible experience. After months of zombie killing, we resorted back to Halo 3. It just stuck again, from Juggernaut to King of the hill games, it was all so interesting. I was always striving to achieve a 50 and finally got one. I made more games as the Mythic map pack came out. I'd have my friends over after school and we'd play Halo 3 with about 9 people at my house through LAN. We had us, our other friends, and girlfriends playing. Those times were absolutely golden.

So, I guess things really change. I mean, after MW2 came out everyone resorted to that. I still played Halo 3 and my buds that I played Halo with from the start sometimes played custom games over my house, but I found myself alone on matchmaking more and more. It's difficult really, it's hard playing maps you've made and played a thousand times over with different people, you get really nostalgic. Needless to say, we were in highschool now and people were trying new things. Not so good things. That was two years ago that I realized I wouldn't be playing anymore custom games. It's funny now that I look back from where I am now.

My friends got older, some went to different highschools and we don't talk. Aside from all the stuff people were into, and all the -blam!- we've had to take, there was one thing that brought us all back together. We all picked up Reach and reminisced on the times we had those two or three years before this time. We all played matchmaking and went undefeated most nights. But, Reach really wasn't the same. It's a great game, and you people can flame it all you want, but it really is like no other FPS out there. I think you should all appreciate what you have, especially if you're younger and still have time to play it and make some impressive maps, because it will be gone before you know it. I still play Reach, as I'm the last one who still plays Halo. Noone comes on Xbox anymore and if they ever do it's for Black Ops. Reach serves as a reminder to me mostly, and I'll be going off to college soon and won't have time for any of this anymore.

I guess I'm rambling on, but I just really want to say how much I loved Halo 3. It brought me and my friends closer than we've ever been, and provided me with hours of laughter and just plain fun. I'd give anything to go back and play one of those fun custom games until 4AM, but I guess it's really time to move on. Who knows what the kids now will be playing in a few years, they'll really have it all with technology advances and new games. All things aside, they will not have another Halo 3 like we did.

  • 02.14.2011 5:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: Hoderrr
Halo 3 was, undoubtedly, the best game I have ever played in my lifetime and it literally defined a friendship between me and my friends that I have found to be the best three years of my life. Back in 2007, me and a group of four of my friends waited at launch night with my friends older brother because we were too young to get the game at the time. I remember getting my copy and popping it in on my brand new Xbox 360 Elite.

Boy, what a rush. I have never played a game for a day consecutively, but honestly, from beating co-op campaign to experiencing the ranking system, and from trying out the forge to custom game after custom game, I was legitamately in love. For about a year the only game I played was Halo 3, it was so special. I remember before I was in highschool I'd have all my buddies over after our Friday night games, and we would just play custom games I created until 5 AM every single weekend. It got funner and funner everytime, and the games lasted sometimes for hours on end.

As we grew up and time went by, I still played Halo 3, and I remember when Call of Duty: World at War came out, which is the only CoD game I actually like, I played that for a while, as zombies was an incredible experience. After months of zombie killing, we resorted back to Halo 3. It just stuck again, from Juggernaut to King of the hill games, it was all so interesting. I was always striving to achieve a 50 and finally got one. I made more games as the Mythic map pack came out. I'd have my friends over after school and we'd play Halo 3 with about 9 people at my house through LAN. We had us, our other friends, and girlfriends playing. Those times were absolutely golden.

So, I guess things really change. I mean, after MW2 came out everyone resorted to that. I still played Halo 3 and my buds that I played Halo with from the start sometimes played custom games over my house, but I found myself alone on matchmaking more and more. It's difficult really, it's hard playing maps you've made and played a thousand times over with different people, you get really nostalgic. Needless to say, we were in highschool now and people were trying new things. Not so good things. That was two years ago that I realized I wouldn't be playing anymore custom games. It's funny now that I look back from where I am now.

My friends got older, some went to different highschools and we don't talk. Aside from all the stuff people were into, and all the -blam!- we've had to take, there was one thing that brought us all back together. We all picked up Reach and reminisced on the times we had those two or three years before this time. We all played matchmaking and went undefeated most nights. But, Reach really wasn't the same. It's a great game, and you people can flame it all you want, but it really is like no other FPS out there. I think you should all appreciate what you have, especially if you're younger and still have time to play it and make some impressive maps, because it will be gone before you know it. I still play Reach, as I'm the last one who still plays Halo. Noone comes on Xbox anymore and if they ever do it's for Black Ops. Reach serves as a reminder to me mostly, and I'll be going off to college soon and won't have time for any of this anymore.

I guess I'm rambling on, but I just really want to say how much I loved Halo 3. It brought me and my friends closer than we've ever been, and provided me with hours of laughter and just plain fun. I'd give anything to go back and play one of those fun custom games until 4AM, but I guess it's really time to move on. Who knows what the kids now will be playing in a few years, they'll really have it all with technology advances and new games. All things aside, they will not have another Halo 3 like we did.
Sorry, but there is no way I am reading all of that.

  • 02.14.2011 5:56 PM PDT

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
"Team shoot the wraith!"
"What's a team shoot and what's a wraith?!"
"It means we all shoot at the big blue thing together!"
"Okay!"
*starts betraying blue teammate*

AMEN.

I didn't play nearly as much, I came to the party very late, but I honestly think this was the best game I ever played.

I wish I was ten years older so I could have experienced all of Halo's awesomeness, not this piece of crap called Reach.

  • 02.14.2011 7:47 PM PDT

That was a hella long post. I did read it tho. I came late on to the H3 party (Jan 2010)and it was my first game on Xbox360, as well as my first game that I ever played seriously. I went from a complete noob who had trouble keeping his reticule in the general direction of the enemy, to a pretty good player who is proficient with the BR (but honestly better w/DMR)I dabbled in forge and customs, but never created anything amazing. So, yes I do miss halo 3, because it was special to me, but it wasn't perfect either. What I miss the most about H3 is the jumping, Brute shot <3, and to an extent the BR.

  • 02.14.2011 9:16 PM PDT

Posted by: Adscott27
I like it how people who play Reach do something like go to sleep and people think therefore Reach is losing players.

I know everybody keeps talking about customs(Which I loved in 3)but I miss the campaign the most. It just felt like a Halo game(Sorry I don't really know how to explain)and as others have said Reach lacked the same magic that 1,2 and 3 did. There were truly amazing moments in 3(The first scarab battle,the entire of "The Ark",the banshee/hornet battle in "The Covenant",the final warthog run etc)but what amazing moments were there in Reach's campaign ? ummmmmmmm well "Long night of solace" & "Lone wolf" were alright.

  • 02.14.2011 9:46 PM PDT

skerz

The beta was awsome. I saved my family and friends invite message. That was a lot of fun to be a part of.

  • 02.15.2011 2:01 PM PDT
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A massive thank you for the really long story about what halo 3 meant to you. I also remember the long nights that I had playing until the early morning hours.

I'd be able to play full days of non stop halo. With some team slayer, some lone wolves, some team doubles... I could go on.

While customs was never my thing, I really do miss the jumping in Halo 3. for some reason, it does seem to make all of the difference.

  • 02.15.2011 2:27 PM PDT

I feel the exact same way. i Love halo 3 but i love just generally Halo. The series actually helped my friend leaarn to read because he was dyslexic and he was interested in the Halo story so he bought the books. But anyway, i went on Halo 3 today with my mate and i loved every second of it. I'm upset about seeing such a scarce population but waiting 2 mins for a team slayer is worth the wait, Halo reach is a great game but i wouldn't consider it as being 'Halo'. I also think the extra tasks to do was a great idea. Like skull hunting,me and my friend had such a fun time searching for these skulls, in the end we had to search up 2 silvers. VIDMASTERS, such an amazing extra touch but most importantly the music. Attempting Annual with the Final Effort soundtrack(i think that's it's name) and having all the platforms falling behind just gave you the most sensational thrill. If i saw over 50,000 people on at once i would be more than happy but some people just don't miss Halo 3 so much and there love and passion has unfortunately been forgotten but hopefully they will see sense once again....

  • 02.15.2011 3:30 PM PDT

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Reach is just a game, Halo 3 is a whole world. :'(

EDIT: I remember when playing Halo 3 at my mates house before I even got a PS2!! The Campaign, the matchmaking, and the diverse custom games where spot-on, but what really wanted me to get it was the Forge. I'd stay up making bases and catapults on Foundry while my mate went to bed, back in 07/08. I didn't get an XBOX till June 09, and I didn't get live till nov 09, but I still forged my way till then. samshing my brother at custom games was fun, with rediculous speed and low gravity juggonaunt games with rockets and hammers was a blast, hunting down the skulls, terminals, easter eggs for hours on end, then eventually explioting glitchs, Sierra 117 vaction, Flood gate Vaction, triple wielding, infinte spartan laser, equipment jumping, driving an AA wraith, ghost merging, infinite splatter spree medals, turrent wall bypass, out of sky bubble. And ones I found my self: dancing elite and indoor mongoose. After I got Live, play time seemed to triple, with lots of new maps to forge on, and more glitches to exploit (thank you Halopedia!!) and people that were still adicted to the same game, years after its release. Trying to get all the acheivements was redicously difficult towards the end (241 and perfection) and even after I had got every achievement, I still kept playing. Multiplayer: full of boosters, derankers, cry baby 10 year olds, yet the gameplay made up for all of it. DXP weekends were the one reason I did badly on every english assignment, reguardless of what one was on at the time. After getting a solid grasp of Forge, I begain to make maps that "could" be put into matchmaking, but they eventually turned into 1v1 arenas for my friends. The most fun multiplayer exprience would be the Rocket Race customs I had with WARR. Even though I was called a "recruit" (aka, not a hardcore RRacer), blasting around big maps with mature-minded, mad-mongoose-driving, rocket-boosting clan members seemed to be the best way to spend an entire afternoon. I don't know why I stopped, (maybe they were abit too mature?), but recently I've been learning HLG and trick jumping, which has opened more doors into the halo 3 world. Reach doesn't even come close to the challenge, the exploits *coughnuclearbombglitchcough*, the adictive ranking system, the way we play custom games, the way that every weapon doesn't do the same for every player, the way that people that don't play by the rules have the most fun, and they way that meeting one person, can put you in touch with even more. I still play Halo 3 trice as much as Reach, and I wish my old friends would come back. The only disappointment would be that I have never played with (or against) a Bungie Employee. You guys have those flames for a reason. Use them and show your most polished game the respect it deserves.

[Edited on 02.15.2011 8:37 PM PST]

  • 02.15.2011 6:22 PM PDT

I agree it does not have the same feeling Halo 3 has but it's still new so gota wait for all the playlist and maps to come out for a better experience.

  • 02.16.2011 7:39 AM PDT
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Loving all of these speeches :D Going to change the title of the thread to suit :) keep it up guys.

  • 02.16.2011 3:13 PM PDT

Being Happy is so much cooler than being Sad =)

Halo (not counting Reach cuz that aint halo) means so much to me. It used to be just a fun competitive game but I met the love of my life on ODST. We would play Halo 3 all the time together. Derank, play, talk anything. So Halo 3 actually means A LOT to me.

  • 02.16.2011 3:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
I definitely believe every wildly inflated claim ITT.

Weow kid, do you even lift?


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Halo 3 is terrible. /thread.

All it is, is cheaters and Mexicans. Can't get a game without getting hit by some nerd because they can't handle yellow bar or playing on some red bar stolen internet host that couldn't support a game if the lawn mowers life depended on it.

Halo 3 is dead and infested.
Move on.

  • 02.16.2011 3:52 PM PDT
Subject: What Halo 3 means to you.

Posted by: daman55
Don't get me wrong. Reach is amazing. I play it all the time. But I miss Halo 3. It is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best game I have ever played, and that I ever will play.

After thousands and thousands and thousands of matchmaking games, I fell in love with it. Reach does not have the same magic, sadly.

But that's not because Reach is bad. It is because Halo 3 was special. It was more than a game.

I just listened to some old Halo 3 music. And I nearly cried. I miss the main halo theme, I miss the Master Chief. I miss all of the amazing Music. I miss Brute choppers, I miss the graphics! I miss the last level, I miss Guardian, the Pit, and all of the other amazing maps.

Who else feels the same way? And what do you miss about Halo 3?



well for starters i DO NOT miss snowbound. lol but, yeh i miss dual weapons

  • 02.16.2011 4:10 PM PDT

skerz

Lol, How many rounds on snowbound were there in the beta. Wow.
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Posted by: daman55
Don't get me wrong. Reach is amazing. I play it all the time. But I miss Halo 3. It is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best game I have ever played, and that I ever will play.

After thousands and thousands and thousands of matchmaking games, I fell in love with it. Reach does not have the same magic, sadly.

But that's not because Reach is bad. It is because Halo 3 was special. It was more than a game.

I just listened to some old Halo 3 music. And I nearly cried. I miss the main halo theme, I miss the Master Chief. I miss all of the amazing Music. I miss Brute choppers, I miss the graphics! I miss the last level, I miss Guardian, the Pit, and all of the other amazing maps.

Who else feels the same way? And what do you miss about Halo 3?



well for starters i DO NOT miss snowbound. lol but, yeh i miss dual weapons

  • 02.20.2011 1:04 PM PDT
Subject: I miss Halo 3.

What the hell is a signature?


Posted by: JORGE ZOMBIE
i miss my custom elite and yes halo 3 is the best game ever created
Its an AMAZING game, but its impossible to say that.

  • 02.20.2011 1:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: XDeltaxHunterX

Posted by: JORGE ZOMBIE
i miss my custom elite and yes halo 3 is the best game ever created
Its an AMAZING game, but its impossible to say that.
lolno. There has to be a "best game ever" otherwise all the games would be the same

  • 02.20.2011 1:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: BR131

Posted by: XDeltaxHunterX

Posted by: JORGE ZOMBIE
i miss my custom elite and yes halo 3 is the best game ever created
Its an AMAZING game, but its impossible to say that.
lolno. There has to be a "best game ever" otherwise all the games would be the same
You can't give a game that title. I don't understand what you are getting at.....

  • 02.20.2011 1:09 PM PDT
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You have to give a game that title. Even if it isn't official, there has to be a best game. Otherwise every game has to be identical. If they weren't then you would naturally like one game over another thus making it the best game.

  • 02.20.2011 1:17 PM PDT