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Subject: I Wish Halo: Reach Was More Like Halo 2
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Posted by: Cowleyad
I do... :(

I'm glad it' not.

  • 03.16.2011 9:51 AM PDT

Gods Must Be Strong

Oh man, I remember in Halo 2, whenever I'd see that "Checkpoint...done." on Legendary my heart would smile. It was challenging and almost impossible, but the campaign was huge and fresh.

Reach's campaign is made like it tries to do what Halo 2 did but on a smaller scale (short levels, short game) and it is sooo cheap on Legendary. Now that the AI are smarter, they dodge any and every grenade, usu multiple AA's, etc. on top of having auto-aim and a bottomless clip. Still, the campaign was easy. Annoying, but easy.

Halo is the best Halo of them all IMO

  • 03.16.2011 10:02 AM PDT

"I wanted to make people happy, if only for an hour."
-Busby Berkley

RIP Halo 2

Posted by: pnoyRoss
halo 2 was the last true halo game.

It really was. 3 and Reach are fun and all, but they just don't compare to the first two.

  • 03.16.2011 12:54 PM PDT

Halo 2 was the best :(

  • 03.17.2011 10:38 AM PDT

I've played the first Halo on PC. Stumbled upon it in my friends game collection (where I come from, Halo wasn't a big hit, nor was it advertised) I have already played Oni and loved it, so I thought- Well that might be a good game.

I will NEVER forget the experience. The game was realistic within it's own limitations (two weapons, meeleing etc.) had incredible story and had this cinematic feel to it. As If You were playing a role in a epic movie.

Then came Halo 2 and... I couldn't play it:( I couldn't afford Xbox, nor a PC that would run Halo 2 Vista. So I never got to playing Halo 2 on live.

A year ago my girlfriend decided to buy me X360 for my 20th birthday, just so I could play Halo 3. Since I've waited so long to play it, I thought, as if the game was perfect. As if every moment of it was a little sparkly gem in the mud of nowadays games. Then came Reach, finished this one in a day as well but... It completely lacked the magic. It felt more like a Call of Duty in space than Halo. ODST was a better game than Reach. At least it had great music.

Why am I writing all of this? Yesterday/today I've finished Halo 2 on PC. I sat down at 19:00 took the pad in my hand and fueled by cornflakes and mountain dew finished the whole game in 10 hours. And once again I felt like I have felt when I played Halo CE. I am glad that I've played Halo 2 after playing Halo 3, ODST and Reach, because otherwise those games would be A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT to me. Halo 2 was the most ambitious of them all, introducing two-perspective story, dual wielding, even more interesting level design (Arbiter's quest for sacred Icon, Delta Halo), -blam!-load of new weapons and characters. Now think of what Reach has introduced to the world of Halo. Armor abilities. The end. The rest is just recycling of older stuff. I'm not counting in the forge world because it has no effect on the feel of the campaign. The depth of the characters is laughable, the story is just an excuse for the Spartans to have their competition of "Who dies the most noble way", and there are NO epic moments. Scarab fights- none. Fights on a falling mining facility- none. Epic escapes of a flood overrun city-planets- none.

So yeah, I wish Reach was more like Halo 2

  • 03.17.2011 11:36 AM PDT


Posted by: RussellTheHippy
Posted by: pnoyRoss
halo 2 was the last true halo game.

It really was. 3 and Reach are fun and all, but they just don't compare to the first two.


Agreed

  • 03.17.2011 12:32 PM PDT

If you didn't Play Halo: CE or Halo 2 MP, your opinion about Halo means nada.

CE + H2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> H3+Reach+H4


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Posted by: RussellTheHippy
Posted by: pnoyRoss
halo 2 was the last true halo game.

It really was. 3 and Reach are fun and all, but they just don't compare to the first two.


Agreed

x2 agreed

  • 03.17.2011 1:53 PM PDT

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


Posted by: RussellTheHippy
Posted by: pnoyRoss
halo 2 was the last true halo game.

It really was. 3 and Reach are fun and all, but they just don't compare to the first two because I wasn't wearing nostalgia goggles.

  • 03.17.2011 1:55 PM PDT

If you didn't Play Halo: CE or Halo 2 MP, your opinion about Halo means nada.

CE + H2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> H3+Reach+H4


Posted by: JacobGRocks

Posted by: RussellTheHippy
Posted by: pnoyRoss
halo 2 was the last true halo game.

It really was. 3 and Reach are fun and all, but they just don't compare to the first two because I wasn't wearing nostalgia goggles.



Total Kills: 1752 | Total Deaths: 4128

LMAO no wonder this dork trolls Halo 2 forums.

stop hiding in the basement, leave the forums and go outside. Its a beautiful day today

  • 03.17.2011 1:59 PM PDT

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


Posted by: XxNigHTsNiPe

Posted by: JacobGRocks

Posted by: RussellTheHippy
Posted by: pnoyRoss
halo 2 was the last true halo game.

It really was. 3 and Reach are fun and all, but they just don't compare to the first two because I wasn't wearing nostalgia goggles.



Total Kills: 1752 | Total Deaths: 4128

LMAO no wonder this dork trolls Halo 2 forums.

stop hiding in the basement, leave the forums and go outside. Its a beautiful day today

I went outside. Did you? Oh wait, you are too busy defending kids who have far worse issues then me.

Looks like the only thing you can find is "Ur Kd Sux". Hey, wanna 1v1 me on Halo Custom Edition? My Xfire is JacobGRocks.

  • 03.17.2011 2:47 PM PDT

"I wanted to make people happy, if only for an hour."
-Busby Berkley

RIP Halo 2

Posted by: JacobGRocks
Posted by: RussellTheHippy
Posted by: pnoyRoss
halo 2 was the last true halo game.

It really was. 3 and Reach are fun and all, but they just don't compare to the first two because I wasn't wearing nostalgia goggles.

I played Halo 2 even when I was playing a lot of Halo 3. I like Halo 3 a lot, and I played it almost every day. It wasn't nostalgia that made me keep playing Halo 2, I just like the game better. Not sure why people always say that about old games. Just because a game came out at a later date does not automatically mean it's more fun.

  • 03.17.2011 4:09 PM PDT

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


Posted by: RussellTheHippy
Posted by: JacobGRocks
Posted by: RussellTheHippy
Posted by: pnoyRoss
halo 2 was the last true halo game.

It really was. 3 and Reach are fun and all, but they just don't compare to the first two because I wasn't wearing nostalgia goggles.

I played Halo 2 even when I was playing a lot of Halo 3. I like Halo 3 a lot, and I played it almost every day. It wasn't nostalgia that made me keep playing Halo 2, I just like the game better. Not sure why people always say that about old games. Just because a game came out at a later date does not automatically mean it's more fun.

Because usually they play sucky games, but defend them because they played them when they were 5. People DID like Shadow the Hedgehog for example probably because of those goggles.

  • 03.18.2011 6:39 AM PDT
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I really don't know why people are complaining about Halo Reach. Halo Reach is great, either the best Halo game or the second best (Halo 1 would be the best in that case).

  • 03.19.2011 12:16 AM PDT
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Halo reach has more of a halo 2 feel IMO... I think it has to do with the animations and physics. Like the when you snipe someone, vapor trails are more visible than in halo 3 and you do backflips instead of just falling over like in halo 3. Also the DMR is held halo 2 style, which is awesome compared to halo 3.

  • 03.19.2011 2:25 AM PDT

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


Posted by: An average gamer
I think it's pretty funny that every forum has people who hang around in it and claim the game the forum is based on is the best. Could it possibly just be they're all good? :P

Not every forum is like that. Just look at the Halo 1/2 PC forum.

  • 03.19.2011 5:52 AM PDT

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