Halo 2 Multiplayer is what got me hooked on Halo. Back when halo 2 was the game to play, it felt pretty good to play and I wished those fun nights playing alone or with friends would never end. However microsoft shut the servers down.
This is what made Halo 2 a cool and unforgetable experience.
1. No voting system! I like how random game play was. I would choose slayer and get all slayer swords, all slayer rockets or just plain slayer. The element of surprise was a great feeling. It's the reason people fell in love with play lists. You could choose one playlist, and let it roll all night long not knowing what to expect. Halo Reach is wacked with it's voting system.
2. Things looked cooler. Lets face it, the guns on reach look goofy. Playing DMR's just don't feel the same anymore like it used too. I remember when DMR's where 3 round bursts! Now they are single shot sniper wannabes.
3. People just seemed some much more mellow on halo 2. It was random, and it was somthing new. Now N days everyone is spoiled with that damn voting system. People leave games before they start because elite slayer got choosin over crazy king.
Halo 3 is the only thing we got left. If you want to experience how halo 2 was that will be the closest thing you can try...
or
Help influence 343 to release halo 2 as an arcade game.
They can even spice it up and release it on the PSN network as well, and just leave it as the only halo title ever released on the ps3. (I am dreaming). Just think of the money they would make ; ).
Bring back Halo 2.