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Subject: Which game would you rather have, Reach or Halo 2?

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Posted by: Ridin Dirtym99
Wow... Wow at you people. Have you no shame? This poll shouldnt even be close. Halo 2 4EVA!!!


Sure, if you would like to have your eardrums blasted out by a generic rock band than O'Donell's sweeping classical soundtrack.

[Edited on 05.18.2011 4:15 PM PDT]

  • 05.18.2011 4:15 PM PDT

Posted by: CultMiester4000
I'm not really an Apple person (Bananas forever) but damn, that's kinda sad.


Posted by: TehWarMoose
Posted by: Ridin Dirtym99
Wow... Wow at you people. Have you no shame? This poll shouldnt even be close. Halo 2 4EVA!!!


Sure, if you would like to have your eardrums blasted out by a generic rock band than O'Donell's sweeping classical soundtrack.


The three games with orchestral OST's (Reach, ODST & 3) were the best............. Coincidence?

  • 05.18.2011 4:16 PM PDT

Reach because all of my friends play it...

  • 05.18.2011 4:19 PM PDT

I would choose Halo 2. Im not a big fan of reach. I just do not like the bloom and AAs in general. One thing that I really really miss are just SOLID SHOOTERS. Just take a look around you. All FPSs these days have some sort of gimick to it that just makes appealling to casual gamers. I just really want a solid shooter where its just you and your gun and killing your enemy. Halo 2 was just you and your gun and killing people. Thats an FPS. But now we stuff that gives you invincability on demand and stuff that helps you escape from battle making the game slow to a point where it is just not any fun.

  • 05.18.2011 4:20 PM PDT

lmao wow really i don't give a... the games are good if u have to complain about ether game. well why play. i own all the halo games injoy what they did with them but there comes a time when gaming is evolved. how is reach the same as other games? it has armor up grades an class rank ok but assassinations, good maps, better graffics. to me it sounds like your the only one that can't play. if you don't like to play don't play tha game. halo 2 is gettn old. if they remade halo 2 i would ask 4 reach a style.

  • 05.18.2011 4:20 PM PDT

Posted by: DecepticonCobra
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Seeing as the core gameplay in reach involves a lot of randomness and AA's yes.

I used jetpacks as it is one of the -blam!-est armour abilities but I meant armour abilities on the whole.

Jetpacks - Remove the need for map control
Sprint - Removes the need to think about what you are doing when charging as you can disengage so easily. Also makes the beginning of games incredibly retarded. If you don't have sprint on say goodbye to the powerweapons.
Armour Lock - Need I say more, -blam!- in so many ways
Hologram - Slows gameplay down, If the game is lagging it shows up as a red dot on the radar sometimes.
Camo - Radar jammer. Camo + powerweapons = instawin.

I'm sure I'm missing something but there you go. By randomness I mean bloom, weird nade bounces, a hill in outer space in doubles etc.

So the people who vote Reach all love that stuff? I like Reach, but agree Bloom could be tweaked. As for the Jetpack, it has it's uses, but I prefer Sprint. Not for the double beatdown, but so I can move faster.

I'll say you missed something, you missed common sense.

Just because you don't use sprint for the retarded outcome of double beatdowns it doesn't mean it isn't used. AA's detract A LOT of skill from halo.
I would like to hear what you dislike about H2. The only thing I will say is worse on H2 than H:R is glitches. That being said they did add an element of skill to the gameplay so they don't bother me that much.

Posted by: ParagonRenegade

Posted by: DARK4NGEL
It is trying to be cod. To do that the gameplay has to be dumbed down and made more accessible to non gamers.


Proof?

Also, what is "Dumbing down"?

By dumbing down I basically mean that they made the game a lot more simple so that it is accessible to a wider range of people. They don't want to drive people away from the game so they make it take less skill so new players don't get beat as bad.

Edit: If you want a source for how it is like cod you aren't getting one.
They added the equivalent of classes and perks to the game.
They added bloom.
You can OHK with grenades.

[Edited on 05.18.2011 4:23 PM PDT]

  • 05.18.2011 4:20 PM PDT

Posted by: militaryguns (Hunler116)
Shut the hell up, Halo is my world

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  • 05.18.2011 4:21 PM PDT

Posted by: CultMiester4000
I'm not really an Apple person (Bananas forever) but damn, that's kinda sad.


Posted by: DARK4NGEL
By dumbing down I basically mean that they made the game a lot more simple so that it is accessible to a wider range of people. They don't want to drive people away from the game so they make it take less skill so new players don't get beat as bad.


Why is this bad exactly?

Also, the game isn't more simple, it just has added elements that were not balanced properly.

  • 05.18.2011 4:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: DARK4NGEL
By dumbing down I basically mean that they made the game a lot more simple so that it is accessible to a wider range of people. They don't want to drive people away from the game so they make it take less skill so new players don't get beat as bad.
If this game was more simple we would have something closer to CE.

  • 05.18.2011 4:25 PM PDT

i will say Halo 2 but I was very hesitant to do so, for one
- i can play online in Reach still ;)

but I have started to get all "Reach-ed" out and am starting to play CoD a bit, but still prefer Halo of course

that said, I have played all Halo games and use to live in the country with out high speed internet so i didnt get to play online whenever i wanted, so fo that reason i want halo 2 back so i can play it some more!

I have also had the best LAN experiences with friends on Halo 2 back in the day

  • 05.18.2011 4:26 PM PDT

btb ctf was better than any current invasion variant. Possibly one of the best btb gametypes ever

  • 05.18.2011 4:26 PM PDT
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"The game adapted to you. You didn't adapt to a game with a skill gap."
-skyfighta65

reach is absolutely terrible.
problem?

halo 2.

most bad kids prefer reach though. with all the crutches and gimmicks its understandable.

  • 05.18.2011 4:27 PM PDT

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Posted by: DARK4NGEL
I would like to hear what you dislike about H2. The only thing I will say is worse on H2 than H:R is glitches. That being said they did add an element of skill to the gameplay so they don't bother me that much.

The bullet magnetism was a joke. I saw a video where a player compared the Halo 2 and Halo 1 and it's weird how normal bullets and plasma weapons go right past a player's head in Halo 1, but in Halo 2 they go right towards the player as if they are a giant magnet.

As for the glitches, I don't fell like they added much skill. Anyone could do them, but if someone has a high position due to superbouncing and the other team tries to get to them, they are at a disadvantage. The BXR was fun, but it's just exploitating the game.

  • 05.18.2011 4:28 PM PDT

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Halo two no question, I love halo reach don't get me wrong but the halo 2 is legendary and your the master chief

  • 05.18.2011 4:28 PM PDT
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This Soffish do not eat.

Considering if I only had Halo 2 over Reach, I would be unable to go into matchmaking as the severs have been shut down, I'd have to say Reach. There's only so many times you can play through Halo 2's Campaign in a row...

  • 05.18.2011 4:28 PM PDT

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I can't decide.

Halo 2 was the best time of my Xbox Live career. I don't really know if it was the game, or everybody I had to play with. I've lost touch withn a lot of good friends since then.

Halo Reach is probably the better game. It just feels empty...

  • 05.18.2011 4:30 PM PDT

Posted by: ParagonRenegade


Why is this bad exactly?

Also, the game isn't more simple, it just has added elements that were not balanced properly.


Because halo began as one of the first skillful FPS games on console and now it's nowhere near that.

By simple I mean, it is more simple to play, there is a lot less to think about, all it is is spray and pray gameplay with a bit of beatdowns and overpowered explosions thrown in for good measure.

  • 05.18.2011 4:32 PM PDT

Posted by: CultMiester4000
I'm not really an Apple person (Bananas forever) but damn, that's kinda sad.


Posted by: DARK4NGEL
Because halo began as one of the first skillful FPS games on console and now it's nowhere near that.


Still harder than CoD lol.

By simple I mean, it is more simple to play, there is a lot less to think about, all it is is spray and pray gameplay with a bit of beatdowns and overpowered explosions thrown in for good measure.

It's a bit mind-numbing at times, but a few tweaks would make it perfect.

  • 05.18.2011 4:33 PM PDT

Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Posted by: DARK4NGEL
I would like to hear what you dislike about H2. The only thing I will say is worse on H2 than H:R is glitches. That being said they did add an element of skill to the gameplay so they don't bother me that much.

The bullet magnetism was a joke. I saw a video where a player compared the Halo 2 and Halo 1 and it's weird how normal bullets and plasma weapons go right past a player's head in Halo 1, but in Halo 2 they go right towards the player as if they are a giant magnet.

As for the glitches, I don't fell like they added much skill. Anyone could do them, but if someone has a high position due to superbouncing and the other team tries to get to them, they are at a disadvantage. The BXR was fun, but it's just exploitating the game.

I guess you are talking about the noob combo. Pretty much the same thing in reach seeing as the plasma pistol has added splash damage.

Not everybody could quad shot, BXB, BXR. Hardly anyone could do it every time, this is demonstrated by MLG. If the best of the best didn't consistently do it then it shows that it wasn't that easy.

Super bounces were a bit -blam!- I agree but they took so long to do that in all honesty, if you let somebody get up there, you were probably getting trashed as it is.

  • 05.18.2011 4:35 PM PDT

Posted by: ParagonRenegade

Posted by: DARK4NGEL
Because halo began as one of the first skillful FPS games on console and now it's nowhere near that.


Still harder than CoD lol.

By simple I mean, it is more simple to play, there is a lot less to think about, all it is is spray and pray gameplay with a bit of beatdowns and overpowered explosions thrown in for good measure.

It's a bit mind-numbing at times, but a few tweaks would make it perfect.


I would say it is only very slightly more skillful than Black ops. In comparison to CoD 4, CoD is leaps and bounds ahead.

It would take a lot more than a few tweaks.
Bloom needs to be changed
AA's need to be removed
Damage for pretty much everything needs altering
Fall damage needs altering
Forge needs improving
Theatre needs improving
New maps need to be made (not lifted from campaign please)
Movement needs to be changed.

After this it has a chance of being a great game. Until then it is slightly above average.

  • 05.18.2011 4:40 PM PDT

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Halo 2 I loved that game so much! But I love reach too, I just prefer Halo 2 more.

  • 05.18.2011 4:42 PM PDT

Reach of course, far more to do in it.

Which obviously means I hate halo 2. Right haters?

[Edited on 05.18.2011 4:47 PM PDT]

  • 05.18.2011 4:46 PM PDT
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Halo 2 by far for game play reasons and the nostalgic feeling I get when I see the tittle screen for that game.

Sad that Microsoft was to cheap to keep the servers going for OG xbox

[Edited on 05.18.2011 4:51 PM PDT]

  • 05.18.2011 4:49 PM PDT