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Subject: What is Halo to you? NOW?

This post applies to all the Halo Lovers, the Halo HATERS, the change makers, the Banshee Raiders, the Armor-Lock spammers, the forum ranters, the machinima lovers, and the Bungie huggers...

What, is, Halo?

Is it addicting, exhilerating, frusterating, captivating.
Perhaps it's motivating...
Or, could it be fading?
Maybe degrating...

I want all of you to look at your past Halo experiences. Halo has been a huge part of my life for a long time. It isn't so much anymore, but...

This post mainly has to do with Reach. I'm having a hard time with Reach, and accepting it as a Halo title. It is different, and people can adjust...but is it fun? Do you find yourself having fun playing this game? Is it addicting? Do you never want to stop playing it?

Personally I found Halo 2 and 3 begging me to play them, 24-7.

Reach just doesn't want me.

And don't get me wrong this has nothing to do with the fact that I may find the game difficult...which it definetly can be (I have average K.D). The only way I can have fun is when I'm playing with other friends, so it's not really all that addicting.

Thoughts? What is Halo to you? Does Reach cut it?
Any weak-minded replies such as "Bungie only cares about cash," will be ignored.

Personally, Reach does not come close for me. It had potential, but I have no desire to play it.

Thoughts?

  • 04.22.2011 9:28 AM PDT

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dude. you must be my long lost brother 'cause that is the exact same thing I was thinking.

H3 was great to me as it was the first Halo I played online. Reach... I don't know if it makes the cut. Campaign defiantly doesn't imo.

maybe a Halo without a Halo... isn't a Halo.

  • 04.22.2011 9:34 AM PDT

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Posted by: Maximus Decimus
Agreed. All the changes are good and add variety. Do we really want another Halo 3? Just running around with one gun and no armor abilities? It's good that 343 wants to try something new. Do we really want the same thing for three more games?

Used to be addicting and captivating. But Reach's campaign took a turn for the horrible, and the MP doesn't get much more frustrating.

  • 04.22.2011 9:36 AM PDT

HALO COMBATE EVOLVED

you got a point...halo one was the greatest video game ever made and it came out when i was in kindergarten and thats wen i started playing..i love halo and ive been having the most fun playing it and that was in community btb...a lot of the reason you dont like it much is plain and simple...the maps really do succk...also it is morre fun if yu find a buddy online whos good...thats all ill say on the topic

  • 04.22.2011 10:06 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?


Posted by: Atom Splitter 77
you got a point...halo one was the greatest video game ever made and it came out when i was in kindergarten and thats wen i started playing..i love halo and ive been having the most fun playing it and that was in community btb...a lot of the reason you dont like it much is plain and simple...the maps really do succk...also it is morre fun if yu find a buddy online whos good...thats all ill say on the topic


Huh? halo came out when you were in kindergarden and your on the forums? so your like are 10 years old?

  • 04.22.2011 10:13 AM PDT


Posted by: grey101

Posted by: Atom Splitter 77
you got a point...halo one was the greatest video game ever made and it came out when i was in kindergarten and thats wen i started playing..i love halo and ive been having the most fun playing it and that was in community btb...a lot of the reason you dont like it much is plain and simple...the maps really do succk...also it is morre fun if yu find a buddy online whos good...thats all ill say on the topic


Huh? halo came out when you were in kindergarden and your on the forums? so your like are 10 years old?


Even if he's young he has a right to say what he wants. At least he's not acting like all the other idiotic children on the forum

  • 04.22.2011 10:17 AM PDT


Posted by: grey101

Posted by: Atom Splitter 77
you got a point...halo one was the greatest video game ever made and it came out when i was in kindergarten and thats wen i started playing..i love halo and ive been having the most fun playing it and that was in community btb...a lot of the reason you dont like it much is plain and simple...the maps really do succk...also it is morre fun if yu find a buddy online whos good...thats all ill say on the topic


Huh? halo came out when you were in kindergarden and your on the forums? so your like are 10 years old?

smh

OT: The memories from Halo 2's campaign and it being the first multiplayer game I played on XBL made that game something I'll never forget. Halo 3 was just perfect to me. It's sad to see the series end.

  • 04.22.2011 10:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?


Posted by: Sindronian

Posted by: grey101

Posted by: Atom Splitter 77
you got a point...halo one was the greatest video game ever made and it came out when i was in kindergarten and thats wen i started playing..i love halo and ive been having the most fun playing it and that was in community btb...a lot of the reason you dont like it much is plain and simple...the maps really do succk...also it is morre fun if yu find a buddy online whos good...thats all ill say on the topic


Huh? halo came out when you were in kindergarden and your on the forums? so your like are 10 years old?


Even if he's young he has a right to say what he wants. At least he's not acting like all the other idiotic children on the forum


I was saying that because i call BS, most people didn't come on the forums until 13-15.

I just can't see a real 10 year old on any type of forum

  • 04.22.2011 10:21 AM PDT


Posted by: grey101

Posted by: Sindronian

Posted by: grey101

Posted by: Atom Splitter 77
you got a point...halo one was the greatest video game ever made and it came out when i was in kindergarten and thats wen i started playing..i love halo and ive been having the most fun playing it and that was in community btb...a lot of the reason you dont like it much is plain and simple...the maps really do succk...also it is morre fun if yu find a buddy online whos good...thats all ill say on the topic


Huh? halo came out when you were in kindergarden and your on the forums? so your like are 10 years old?


Even if he's young he has a right to say what he wants. At least he's not acting like all the other idiotic children on the forum


I was saying that because i call BS, most people didn't come on the forums until 13-15.

I just can't see a real 10 year old on any type of forum


Ok I see. To be honest I think there are tons.

  • 04.22.2011 10:22 AM PDT

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Posted by: HipiO7
This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect


:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

Halo 2 had the best multiplayer of any of the games. Mostly in due because of it´s maps. They were outstanding in design and creativity. Simply amazing.

  • 04.22.2011 10:24 AM PDT

What is halo to me? What's it's always been...

Halo Reach hasn't changed my viewpoint on the halo games. Good games, good lore.

  • 04.22.2011 10:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?


Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
What is halo to me? What's it's always been...

Halo Reach hasn't changed my viewpoint on the halo games. Good games, good lore.

Same

  • 04.22.2011 10:30 AM PDT

HALO COMBATE EVOLVED

actaully im 16 fool...halo came out 10 years ago

  • 04.22.2011 10:38 AM PDT
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What is Halo to me? The only reason to own a 360.

But I'll be getting rid of it if Halo 4 is as bad as Reach.

  • 04.22.2011 10:38 AM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.


Posted by: Stealth Fox74
dude. you must be my long lost brother 'cause that is the exact same thing I was thinking.

H3 was great to me as it was the first Halo I played online. Reach... I don't know if it makes the cut. Campaign defiantly doesn't imo.

maybe a Halo without a Halo... isn't a Halo.

And I'm the third brother that you never saw coming. I have the exact same thoughts as the OP and you, Stealth Fox.

  • 04.22.2011 10:41 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?


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Posted by: Stealth Fox74
dude. you must be my long lost brother 'cause that is the exact same thing I was thinking.

H3 was great to me as it was the first Halo I played online. Reach... I don't know if it makes the cut. Campaign defiantly doesn't imo.

maybe a Halo without a Halo... isn't a Halo.

And I'm the third brother that you never saw coming. I have the exact same thoughts as the OP and you, Stealth Fox.


All three of you are shallow then because there is alot more to halo than just the forerunner and the flood. Though they are main stage

  • 04.22.2011 10:47 AM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.


Posted by: grey101

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Posted by: Stealth Fox74
dude. you must be my long lost brother 'cause that is the exact same thing I was thinking.

H3 was great to me as it was the first Halo I played online. Reach... I don't know if it makes the cut. Campaign defiantly doesn't imo.

maybe a Halo without a Halo... isn't a Halo.

And I'm the third brother that you never saw coming. I have the exact same thoughts as the OP and you, Stealth Fox.


All three of you are shallow then because there is alot more to halo than just the forerunner and the flood. Though they are main stage

What are you talking about? When did we say that we only care about Forerunner and the Flood. I care much more then just them. For example: Halo 2 was alot of fun with the Covenant schism. ODST had one of the best stories. The whole squad was very likable and the game, overall, was very fun. I've read almost all the books and are interested in most of the halo lore. Not just Forerunner and Flood. So, what was that? I'm shallow?

  • 04.22.2011 10:56 AM PDT
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Halo to me is a great game series that has been going worse. Halo 3 was still good but Halo Reach, I haven't played it in weeks. It screwed parts of the canon and multiplayer wasn't great either.

Still Halo will always be the best game series I have ever played and there is still hope for it. It has a universe with huge potential and same goes with multiplayer. It has just gone the wrong path.

  • 04.22.2011 11:12 AM PDT
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Halo used to be the series I loved. Great art style, beautiful, mysterious environments, fun and exciting campaign missions, great story, and some amazing multiplayer that would keep you for at least 2 years.

Now when we're talking about the fall of reach (halo reach, not the book), we're actually talking about the fall of halo. With such a mediocre story, boring, bland gameplay, boring encounters, boring environments and the failure to represent the feeling and atmosphere of humanity's greatest defeat (I could do this all day), we got a genuinely subpar campaign. Then came the slightly interesting gameplay at first (remember, at first) that came stale, terrible maps design (but also a lack of maps), and bull-blam!- filled gameplay.

how the -blam!- do they expect to ship such a piece of -blam!- and get away with it?
Let's just hope 343 saves the day.

  • 04.22.2011 11:18 AM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.


Posted by: Sparty Boy 117
Halo used to be the series I loved. Great art style, beautiful, mysterious environments, fun and exciting campaign missions, great story, and some amazing multiplayer that would keep you for at least 2 years.

Now when we're talking about the fall of reach (halo reach, not the book), we're actually talking about the fall of halo. With such a mediocre story, boring, bland gameplay, boring encounters, boring environments and the failure to represent the feeling and atmosphere of humanity's greatest defeat (I could do this all day), we got a genuinely subpar campaign. Then came the slightly interesting gameplay at first (remember, at first) that came stale, terrible maps design (but also a lack of maps), and bull-blam!- filled gameplay.

how the -blam!- do they expect to ship such a piece of -blam!- and get away with it?
Let's just hope 343 saves the day.

I couldn't agree more with this.

  • 04.22.2011 11:20 AM PDT

@accordingto343

Your one stop shop for all of 343's fabulous errors and ridiculous notions in the Halo lore.

The overall story is what Halo is to me. The Forerunners, the Human-Covenant War, The Flood, The Insurrection, all of it.

However, I don't freak out when new information is released and run around screaming "THE CANON IS BROKEN!". I saw changes coming. It always happens in sci-fi, nobody ever see's their universe getting as big as Halo did. Heck, I doubt George Lucas saw Star Wars getting so large.

  • 04.22.2011 11:21 AM PDT


Posted by: grey101

Posted by: Sindronian

Posted by: grey101

Posted by: Atom Splitter 77
you got a point...halo one was the greatest video game ever made and it came out when i was in kindergarten and thats wen i started playing..i love halo and ive been having the most fun playing it and that was in community btb...a lot of the reason you dont like it much is plain and simple...the maps really do succk...also it is morre fun if yu find a buddy online whos good...thats all ill say on the topic


Huh? halo came out when you were in kindergarden and your on the forums? so your like are 10 years old?


Even if he's young he has a right to say what he wants. At least he's not acting like all the other idiotic children on the forum


I was saying that because i call BS, most people didn't come on the forums until 13-15.

I just can't see a real 10 year old on any type of forum


It came out when he was in kindegarten, ten years ago. I was in first grade when it came out and I'm 16. He's 15

  • 04.22.2011 11:22 AM PDT


Posted by: Sparty Boy 117
Halo used to be the series I loved. Great art style, beautiful, mysterious environments, fun and exciting campaign missions, great story, and some amazing multiplayer that would keep you for at least 2 years.

Now when we're talking about the fall of reach (halo reach, not the book), we're actually talking about the fall of halo. With such a mediocre story, boring, bland gameplay, boring encounters, boring environments and the failure to represent the feeling and atmosphere of humanity's greatest defeat (I could do this all day), we got a genuinely subpar campaign. Then came the slightly interesting gameplay at first (remember, at first) that came stale, terrible maps design (but also a lack of maps), and bull-blam!- filled gameplay.

how the -blam!- do they expect to ship such a piece of -blam!- and get away with it?
Let's just hope 343 saves the day.


Being a canon freak, I just don't consider Reach to be canon. It was filled with far too much fan service, and was just not Halo.

Couldn't agree more.

  • 04.22.2011 11:25 AM PDT

@accordingto343

Your one stop shop for all of 343's fabulous errors and ridiculous notions in the Halo lore.

Posted by: ROBERTO jh

Posted by: Sparty Boy 117
Halo used to be the series I loved. Great art style, beautiful, mysterious environments, fun and exciting campaign missions, great story, and some amazing multiplayer that would keep you for at least 2 years.

Now when we're talking about the fall of reach (halo reach, not the book), we're actually talking about the fall of halo. With such a mediocre story, boring, bland gameplay, boring encounters, boring environments and the failure to represent the feeling and atmosphere of humanity's greatest defeat (I could do this all day), we got a genuinely subpar campaign. Then came the slightly interesting gameplay at first (remember, at first) that came stale, terrible maps design (but also a lack of maps), and bull-blam!- filled gameplay.

how the -blam!- do they expect to ship such a piece of -blam!- and get away with it?
Let's just hope 343 saves the day.


Being a canon freak, I just don't consider Reach to be canon. It was filled with far too much fan service, and was just not Halo.

Couldn't agree more.

Halo: Reach IS canon. It doesn't matter if you don't like it, it just is.

  • 04.22.2011 11:28 AM PDT

I am Field Master Avu Med 'Telcam, Servant of the Abiding Truth, and I have many brothers.

A god who creates tools is still a god. It is not for us to impose qualifications upon the divine or presume to guess its intentions.

Halo is a videogame. Always has been, always will be. No matter how much anyone else glorifies it, all it is a way for Bungie, Microsoft, and 343 Industries to make money.

  • 04.22.2011 11:52 AM PDT

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