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Subject: What was your favorite thing about Halo 3, and why?
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I talk the walk, but I can walk the walk.

You herp the herp, and you're a pro at derping the derp.

As the title says. Name your favorite feature about Halo 3, whether it be from Campaign, Custom Games, Forge, or Matchmaking, and tell me why.

My favorite part of Halo 3 was the Custom Games. Fat Kid, Duck Hunt, Racing maps, Smear the -blam!-, Ghost Busters... Good times... Good times.

I also like the easter eggs in Campaign. The cavemen on the first level, the Boat that looks like Chief, and the infamous IWHBYD skull just to name a few.

Halo Reach I feel lacks in both of these departments. The custom games on Reach, while personally play a tad better, are missing a vital component. FOUNDRY. Also, SANDBOX. Forge World is cool and all, but grey gets old really quick. THe Skybox on Sandbox is brilliant. The Campaign for Reach felt a little bland in terms of Easter eggs. BOBs and Buck are the only Easter Eggs I know of in the campaign. Finding Master Chief doesn't count, because it isn't really an easter egg.

  • 07.20.2011 3:29 AM PDT

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It wasn't so much the game, it was more the people I met playing it.

  • 07.20.2011 3:47 AM PDT

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Luv. We all can has it. Togethr.

For me it's always remembering where I was in life when the game came out. A lot's changed in the intervening years - Halo 3 was a sort of last gasp for me being really in to video games and active in online communities. Looking back on who I was and the friends I made is always a major nostalgia trip.

  • 07.20.2011 3:57 AM PDT

I run Skirmish!!!

halo 3 for me was all about the campaign for the first month, all the awesomeness in it.. Reach lacks the character development and in depth story line that halo 3 had...

  • 07.20.2011 4:09 AM PDT
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I talk the walk, but I can walk the walk.

You herp the herp, and you're a pro at derping the derp.

bump, massive tears of great nostalgia.

  • 07.21.2011 9:45 PM PDT

I like pie, and halo. Uhm nom nom Halo pie ^.^

1st, the story, then the maps, then i got live and it became the people' and from there it just grew and grew :D,untill reach came out :(

  • 07.21.2011 9:55 PM PDT

Have faith in me

My favorite feature of Halo 3 is probably Matchmaking. It just has so many games you can choose of, like Team Slayer, Multi Team, Team Snipers, Team Doubles and 7 on the 7th.

In Matchmaking you can meet other Halo players and become friends with them to make maps and play custom games. Making maps and playing games with friends and equally ranked players can progress you through the campaign.

Halo Reach does have great forge options, but like you said, it lacks the 2 best maps in Halo 3. Foundry and Sandbox are just the 2 easiest maps to customize.

I love the Foundry because your able to make maps for Fat Kid, Ice- Cream Man, Duck Hunt, Ghost Busters and even your own base. I love Sandbox because you can make great Red V. Blue maps and even make racing maps on the bottom, underground and in space. I know so many GREAT games and maps and Sandbox that look like they were made by professional artists. People make Ultimate Ramps, Don't Fall maps, Jenga maps and Mazes in space. Sandbox and Foundry are the best maps to customize.

[Edited on 07.29.2011 11:17 AM PDT]

  • 07.29.2011 11:15 AM PDT
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Customizable battles. Other than that, I hate it. It brings out the perfectionist in me (same thing with Reach). I find myself spending 2+ hours on Easy with one single -blam!- simple part (that would have taken me 5 minutes before developing this).

As a result, I'm going to be releasing tutorials and stuff before this year ends so I can finally retire and enjoy the game.

  • 07.29.2011 11:58 AM PDT

"War is the science of destruction."

The Campaign, because of how epic the story was and how the legendary endign was.

  • 07.29.2011 3:08 PM PDT

My favorite thing about H3 IS the BR.

  • 07.29.2011 3:16 PM PDT

I have every achievement for Halo 3 and Halo: Reach!

I would have to say both Matchmaking and Custom Games.

I got Xbox Live just so I could play online multiplayer on Halo 3. I loved playing online with my friends and making new friends. Custom games were great, but I loved matchmaking as well :D.

  • 07.29.2011 3:23 PM PDT

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Infection, the BR, Elite allies, Flood allies.
And now for the MOST saddest moment in Halo 3, i litterally cried, the death of Sargeant Major Avery Johnson, at least they sent him out with a bang. Thats also what i liked that they sent him out with a bang.

[Edited on 07.29.2011 9:03 PM PDT]

  • 07.29.2011 9:03 PM PDT

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The community, and the fun me and my friends had trolling little kids, and making more friends on the game.

  • 07.29.2011 9:11 PM PDT

Im so so pretty and...uhm your not. ^_^

The noises people make when they die.

So hilarious

  • 07.29.2011 10:01 PM PDT

:3 I will die. :[

Definitely MM and Customs. I daresay I play H3 as H2, using the sniper rifle like a BOSS. Anyway, The Campaign has many glitches and easter eggs. You can get out of the maps in the Campaign and the limited options of Halo 3 outstands even the "improved" options of Reach.

The Weapons were incredibly balanced considering Reach. The Sniper took skill to use in Halo 3. In Reach, the hitboxes are large even in H2 Standards. The Maps had a variety in gameplay which gives unlimited results. In Reach, the maps were to bland and old which makes a kind of "disgust" of the map when playing the game.

MLG Tryharding FTW :3

[Edited on 07.30.2011 9:06 AM PDT]

  • 07.30.2011 9:04 AM PDT

Fear is for the weak.

Definitely the custom games (so many!) and the soundtracks. Halo has always had exceptionally beautiful soundtracks, and Halo 3 is no exception. (Reach does too, but not as good as its predecessors)

  • 07.30.2011 12:52 PM PDT

"We will never sleep, cause sleep is for the weak. And we will never rise, till we're all -blam!- dead!"


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The noises people make when they die.

So hilarious


Not to be sexist or anything but you just like the moaning don't you?

  • 07.30.2011 12:56 PM PDT

Using the AA Wraith glitch. that was cool, until I got out of the wraith and it blew up...

  • 07.30.2011 11:15 PM PDT

"Get up and i shall kill you, Again and again!"

"Star Wars is the greatest thing since oxygen, possibly greater.

if i made a typo deal with.

i miss the custom games like OP said, i miss the people, in 3 the people seemed so much nicer than reach, in reach they're almost all looking to boost; i really miss customization for elites, it was so awesome getting all this armor for elites, yeah it wasn't much (20 pieces all together) but that was so much better than the few elite choices of reach; and finally i miss getting to play as an elite online.

  • 07.31.2011 4:55 AM PDT

Pronounced "Nay-uss"

While many of the gameplay design choices irritated (and still irritate) me, I very much enjoy the art style. For me, it's the best looking Halo game out there.

I guess my favourite thing about Halo 3 is that it's still there; with Halo 2 gone and Reach being an utter disappointment, Halo 3 remains should I want to enjoy a more faithful (if sometimes frustrating) Halo experience.

  • 07.31.2011 6:15 AM PDT