Posted by: JacobGRocks
Posted by: Ben2974
"Maybe it's those nostalgia goggles making it seem better". I can say that about you and your affinity to Halo CE.
Most people like to say that CE was the best because it's what they first played and it's what "revolutionized gaming". Yeah it revolutionized gaming 10 years ago. I'll come back from playing a few Halo 3 matches and find myself not getting any fun out of CE online.
It was good because it had nothing to compare to. It was that awesome experience where you could use an assortment of weapons and drive vehicles and play various gametypes that were never before introduced until Halo:CE- for the first time.
It only makes sense to realize the huge improvements made from 1 to 2. Better physics, graphics, movement,etc. Halo CE is outdated. You compare it to the rest of the halo games, and there really is nothing to CE anymore. You got a Pistol and a Sniper and a Warthog. That's it (exaggerated a bit, but just so you understand).
There were plenty of games to compare it to. HL1, UT99, and other PC games. Halo 1 was mainly big because it was one of the first console FPSes, so everyone played it. Of course, the console kids wanted it to be easier, so Bungie delivered with H2.
If anything, people who believe to prefer Halo:CE as the best in the trilogy are only blinded by the fact that it was the first game to come out, so to say that it "deserves the best recognition". People like you are the most nostalgic, constantly ignoring the obvious facts. Halo CE is too simple.
Nope. Just watch this.
It's not nostalgia, as compare the numbers for Halo 2 and Halo 1.
Halo 1 is one of the most played PC games, and still has a strong community. Halo 2: Nope.avi.
Halo 2 has a shattered, drama filled community on the PC.
Man you really blow at arguing. First, I just want to say that you can refer to that post back in the pc forums where I made an @ss of yourself in probably every way possible. I'll give you an idea to why you've made yourself already look like an @ss for a second time: You're in the Halo 2 forum. You tried to compare Halo PC's population with that of Halo 2 for the PC. GOod fcking job.
OT:
1. You didn't understand what I meant by comparison. There was no game that had as much depth as Halo CE did at the time. The campaign was/is lightyears ahead of the others. Graphics were considered godly. You could never fly a damn vehicle to destroy enemies and generally there wasn't an FPS that included driving and killing with vehicles. Basically, the game was considered revolutionary, in these terms. It didn't get big because it was one of the first FPS's for the console. Xbox original sales exploded only because Halo:CE. Clearly there was something(s) that halo had that none others had.
And no, you're referring to the PC's release. Split screen was the only thing available. By the time Halo 2 had 2 years of development, the CE port had just been released. Bungie didn't respond to the "cries of the kids" for not being able to kill because a) there were no ties between the players and the developers and b) killing people on the xbox version (original) is 5x's easier than killing someone in the PC version (online-which is what you are clearly referring to).
2. You can't compare a game's population when one of the original releases didn't even have live. You wanna compare Halo 2 (on xboxLive ) during its prime time and Halo CE (PC version) during its prime time? I guarantee you that Halo 2's population was 1000x's more than Halo PC EVER had. Halo 2 was the most played Live game in the market for 3 consecutive years.
3. "Halo 2 has a shattered, drama filled community on the PC."
This doesn't even mean anything. I kind of don't know how to go about this for a response. sigh.
[Edited on 03.16.2011 5:41 PM PDT]