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Subject: Halo 3 is a great game but...
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When you have honest researched opinions, you get banned from Bnet alot...

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Don't get me wrong its a great game...

But the more Xlink of Halo 2 that I've played, the more I see just how far backwards the series went.

The weapons became less powerful and less consistent due to the removal of hitscan.

Amazing maps such as Sanctuary and Turf, now replaced by Standoff and Sandtrap...

Worst of all, a campaign that removed the Brutes intelligence completly, making the majority of single player boring.

Reach got so close to getting it right from borrowing from CE. The problem is it didn't borrow enough, or add any real new innovations.

The next Halo must build off CE and 2 at the foundation, then add real original innovations on top of it.

  • 05.20.2011 5:38 PM PDT

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Losing internet 9/7/2012 until i don't know when. See you starside folks.


Fada beo Halo 2!

Posted by: smc90
Don't get me wrong its a great game...

But the more Xlink of Halo 2 that I've played, the more I see just how far backwards the series went.

The weapons became less powerful and less consistent due to the removal of hitscan.

Amazing maps such as Sanctuary and Turf, now replaced by Standoff and Sandtrap...

Worst of all, a campaign that removed the Brutes intelligence completly, making the majority of single player boring.

Reach got so close to getting it right from borrowing from CE. The problem is it didn't borrow enough, or add any real new innovations.

The next Halo must build off CE and 2 at the foundation, then add real original innovations on top of it.


You know, I agree completely, but the name of the subject isn't gonna look so good for this forum...

  • 05.20.2011 6:47 PM PDT
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All my opinion.

Couldn't have said it better.

  • 05.21.2011 8:12 AM PDT

I completely agree with you, but Halo 3 MM has it's epic moments too.

  • 05.21.2011 9:18 AM PDT
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Sup.

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Says the colonel

  • 05.21.2011 3:00 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

I found out that when I do post I play by the old and better rules of MP were it takes two hits to kill someone without shields. It is great (it's because I have no updates for MP from XBL).

It is way better then those that have the update hosting as it's a one hit kill then...

  • 05.21.2011 3:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: smc90



Says the colonel
Because playing a game 9,022 times isn't enough to give you a good feel for it, right?

  • 05.21.2011 3:04 PM PDT

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

You won't like H2 as much once you see the flaws.

  • 05.21.2011 7:14 PM PDT

Posted by: JacobGRocks
You won't like H2 as much once you see the flaws.

I've always known that Halo 2 had lots of auto-aim, but that doesn't mean it's a flaw or for noobs. This was done to make the gameplay much smoother and easier to play. I think what pushed the devs to do this was to make the multiplayer much more fun. I mean without these features, we might end up with a Halo Fallout style game. AKA: Impossible or incredibly hard to hit/kill opponents because of the lack of auto-aim.

  • 05.25.2011 12:00 PM PDT
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Not my first gamertag obviously.

TL;DR but I know this is more propaganda from the H2 fanboiz

  • 05.25.2011 12:50 PM PDT
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OP is a moron.

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  • 05.25.2011 12:53 PM PDT

Posted by: DBx Horizon
TL;DR but I know this is more propaganda from the H2 fanboiz
You don't know that. The OP was a H3 fanboy and now he's not and he gave his opinion. It has nothing to do with other members here so where you got your propaganda crap is unknown.

  • 05.25.2011 1:19 PM PDT
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Imagine a triangle. It's perfect, but a little plain. You take a chisel, and carve a small decorative symbol into it to make it a little more interesting. People like it, but it could use a little more.

So you then take a sledgehammer..

No, OP has an opinion.

  • 05.25.2011 2:11 PM PDT

This is a Reach account that I created the day they announced his name in a bnet weekly update. Any stats regarding ODST or Halo 3 are irrelevant. Also, Halo CE master race. Halo 1 > other halo games > other games.

Account Status: Silver :(

Well opinions are opinions, but I see some flaws in your thinking. The weapons did not get weaker (just the BR) and Sniper. Hitscan was removed because the weapons were suppose to have disadvantages at certain ranges and hitscan does not allow the BR to be nurfed in long range. Halo 2 is a one gun game. The BR and Sword are the only really effective weapons save the sniper which takes zero skill to use due to massive autoaim. They balanced out the weapons in Halo 3. They made the BR less effective in long range while nurfing the autoaim to all the guns to add more skill. Also, their goal was to increase melee fights and grenades and just make the game more open rather than BR > everything. Halo 2 was a one gun game and a disappointment to many original CE players including myself.

You list two of the most popular halo 2 maps and compare them to two of the least popular. I really like both those maps actually, but Standoff is not nearly as good as Longshore, Avalanche, or Valhalla when it comes to the open large scale maps. Standoff was best in Objective gametypes which Bungie removed. Not to mention they chose not to put a sniper on it besides its massive size. >.<

While I'm not a huge fan of the halo 3 campaign I don't really see your point. Most people lol at the AI of halo 2. Some of this might have to do with your skill level, but neither campaign is difficult. I also think those are probably the two worst campaigns in the series. The storyline in halo 2 is frustrating and terrible while the short side-story only feels shallow. If you want a new and satisfying campaign play ODST. I see that you barely gave it a shot and honestly it's only about 4 and 1/2 hours long and has a much better story than halo 2.

I suppose you prefer Reach to halo 3 since you say it got close to getting it right after you failed at trashing halo 3 by comparing it to halo 2. Reach is a great game, but feels the most like halo 2 compared to the rest in my opinion. I still prefer CE and Halo 3 over all, but Reach is definitely better than Halo 2.

Reach is nothing like CE so I don't really understand what they borrowed from it. Campaign? Multiplayer? Not sure where you got that idea. Reach is it's own beast which is why many long time fans have gripes with it. They added armour abilities which is a pretty big change if you ask me. I just don't understand where you are going with this.

Once again Halo 2 is being promoted by a noob who states opinion as facts and doesn't even care to explain his opinion.

EDIT: I'm tired and will fix the typos later.

[Edited on 05.25.2011 2:27 PM PDT]

  • 05.25.2011 2:24 PM PDT

This is a Reach account that I created the day they announced his name in a bnet weekly update. Any stats regarding ODST or Halo 3 are irrelevant. Also, Halo CE master race. Halo 1 > other halo games > other games.

Account Status: Silver :(

Posted by: iB RuNniNg Devin
OP is a moron.

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No, OP is a Colonel Grade 4 with an opinion.

  • 05.25.2011 2:28 PM PDT