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Subject: Why do YOU think Halo 3 is so much better than Reach?
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I think so, and I'd like to know why YOU think so.

  • 10.11.2011 8:25 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

Bullet Spread, duh.

  • 10.11.2011 8:27 PM PDT
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The BR.

  • 10.11.2011 8:33 PM PDT
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Everybody wants some.

The unparalleled netcode and host selection :)

  • 10.11.2011 8:40 PM PDT
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I'm listeni- Oh wait I don't give a -blam!- what you have to say.

Reach is better

  • 10.11.2011 8:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: Frasier Crane
Reach is better
lol

  • 10.11.2011 8:51 PM PDT
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R.I.P. Halo 2
11/9/04 - 4/15/10

- B( )B

No Bloom.
No Armor Abilities.
Better maps.
Balanced weapons.
More responsive player movement and higher jump height.
Lower kill times.

That pretty much sums it up.

  • 10.11.2011 9:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: jaythenerdkid
I definitely believe every wildly inflated claim ITT.

Weow kid, do you even lift?


Skype: au-simon

Posted by: Pity
The unparalleled netcode and host selection :)
Good joke bro.

  • 10.11.2011 9:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mike Huntt
Posted by: Pity
The unparalleled netcode and host selection :)
Good joke bro.


No kidding, there's more eating in this game than fatties at a buffet.

  • 10.11.2011 9:30 PM PDT

I run Skirmish!!!


Posted by: BOB570
No Bloom.
No Armor Abilities.
Better maps.
Balanced weapons.
More responsive player movement and higher jump height.
Lower kill times.

That pretty much sums it up.

this^^^

  • 10.12.2011 2:51 AM PDT
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Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
I definitely believe every wildly inflated claim ITT.

Weow kid, do you even lift?


Skype: au-simon

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Posted by: Mike Huntt
Posted by: Pity
The unparalleled netcode and host selection :)
Good joke bro.
No kidding, there's more eating in this game than fatties at a buffet.
That actually was a good joke bro.

  • 10.12.2011 3:29 AM PDT

Relax. I'd rather not piss this thing off.

-Master Chief

Posted by: BOB570
No Bloom.
No Armor Abilities.
Better maps.
Balanced weapons.
More responsive player movement and higher jump height.
Lower kill times.

That pretty much sums it up.


This plus the BR combo was the best from Halo 3.

  • 10.12.2011 4:46 AM PDT
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The fact that the ranks actually somewhat measure skill. As opposed to Reach, where people who don't know what strafing is acquire the highest rank, these people in Halo 3 are First Lieutenants, and there's no way there armor lock can save them.

  • 10.12.2011 5:24 AM PDT

"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."


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The fact that the ranks actually somewhat measure skill. As opposed to Reach, where people who don't know what strafing is acquire the highest rank, these people in Halo 3 are First Lieutenants, and there's no way there armor lock can save them.


This. Basically, Halo 3 had things such as:

The absence of bloom
Weapons such as the BR, which was not overpowered, no matter what people say ;)
The fact that the trueskill system put you where you desrved to be. Some people hated the system because they felt that they should be rewarded for simply playing the game. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but I prefer a system that gives you cold, hard facts than a game that pretends you're good because you reached Onyx rank and have a KD of .26. I understand that not everyone has the time to spend getting good enough at a videogame to move up the trueskill system. But then why are the people who do have the time to spend not getting rewarded any more than those who do not?
Really, everything in Halo 3 was designed to give you great competetive play. If you didn't want to focus, there was always social. Reach was designed with crazy social moments in mind. That's not necessarily bad, but people who love competetive play (like myself) were disappointed.

  • 10.12.2011 5:46 AM PDT

Halo 2 > Halo 3 > Halo 3 ODST > Halo Reach > Halo CE

Based on campaigns.

No stupid bloom
No AL
No boredom
Faster
More fun
Better maps
Bleedthrough
Better campaign
Screw Reach
Reach can go die in a hole

  • 10.12.2011 12:57 PM PDT
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All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

More good times on H3. IMO its an overall better game. Reach isn't bad though, its just not as memorable as H3.

  • 10.12.2011 1:15 PM PDT

Boltshot = mini shotgun

The list would go on and on and on and on

  • 10.12.2011 1:28 PM PDT
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Fairer AI, competitive and balanced multiplayer.

Multiplayer is not too slow or fast and there is no sword block, op sniper, vehicles with health, whacked up physics, easy sniping on side seat of Revenant, unfair hiding spots, frag nukes.

BR does not dominate every weapon. It is the AR that sucks. Other ones have good use.

  • 10.12.2011 1:43 PM PDT

Hanger one I just shredded with the SMGs until ammo was out and I just threw 'nades like a boss while BRing.

My experience playing Cairo Station on Legendary

The Battle Rifle is a big factor. Let's list what's wrong with Reach.

1. Expanding Bloom
2. Armor Abilities (Equipment is one thing...)
3. Slower Kill Times
4. Slower player movement
5. Lower jump height
6. Smaller Player Models
7. Mini-nuke grenades. Friggin over powered.

Barred Health isn't a big deal to me, I'm fine with or without it. I'm also not a huge fan of vehicles with their own health. This isn't Call of Duty, or Battlefield folks. I like my unrealistic gameplay. Why were you trying to make a game something it's not?

[Edited on 10.12.2011 1:58 PM PDT]

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Posted by: BOB570
No Bloom.
No Armor Abilities.
Better maps.
Balanced weapons.
More responsive player movement and higher jump height.
Lower kill times.

That pretty much sums it up.


This. Reach is a travesty of a Halo game.

  • 10.14.2011 4:44 AM PDT

I'm out.

-Ranked Matchmaking
-Nades and power weapons aren't stupidly strong
-Armor Abilities
-Maps that are all worse than default Snowbound

  • 10.14.2011 6:45 AM PDT

Magik Mike

The requirement of skill in order to be good at the game

  • 10.14.2011 6:50 AM PDT

there are always a better way

Epic maps, original weapons, great multiplayer matchmaking, better gamespirit than in reach, more social games (peaple even talk at sometimes..). Propably the biggest reason to me why halo3 beats reach 100x is that the way i used to be addicted to Halo3 ( and i still am). All the other games feel just so lame and boring...Halo3 forever!

[Edited on 10.15.2011 11:31 AM PDT]

  • 10.15.2011 11:28 AM PDT
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Hey.

It has a challenging ranking system that does not require 9,000+ games of matchmaking.

  • 10.15.2011 11:55 AM PDT