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Subject: What If Halo 3 Turns Out To Be Like Halo 2?
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I just so happen to love halo 2 how it is and if halo 3 was halo 2 with better graphics, AI, more seperate things on map like 100 grunts charging you, 32 multiplayer. you know the works. And of coures add to the story line. All the wepons should remain the same, yes even the needeler. All skill things that halo 1 had was back pack reload and double melee. But halo 2 has taken pro gaming to the next level so how can people state that it takes less skill to play then halo 1.

  • 05.09.2006 2:07 PM PDT
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O, yee of blind faith. *smacks you in the face with the halo2 special edition dvd* Bungie slacked off making a hype-tastic crazy trailer for E3, then couldn't use any of what they had done to make a tangible game, then scambled to make the deadline, in turn making halo2 ,,,,,,. /Fact

  • 05.09.2006 2:07 PM PDT
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Please bring it back so that it requires skill

  • 05.09.2006 2:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: a bad mo fo
Nice try. Just because you got beat, doesn't mean Halo 2 takes no skill. I hate to break it to you, but you aren't the greatest player ever. You're just another dude. Halo 2 takes plenty of skill.


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  • 05.09.2006 2:08 PM PDT
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I dont think they will do that again, looks to me like they are making it more like halo1 since they are bringing an old gun so maybe we will se more old guns and more new ones to...

  • 05.09.2006 2:08 PM PDT
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I never got into HALO 2 cause HALO came out for PC and I was 10x better with the PC version cause the controls (keyboard and Mouse) were easier for me to use. I tried HALO 2 on XBL and I could not get use the controls but I understood that. I'm waitin for HALO 2 for PC which I'm sure I'l do much better with, as long as they exclude the XBL Anywhere from being a mandatory thing to use to play online cause I'm almost sure there can be issues with players having to play on XBL from their PC then again I no nothing of the service to so prejudge is silly of me to do.. We all love HALO and lets hope HALO 3's story doesn't disappoint like 2's did. Which I beat on Ledgendary by the way.

OH YEAH! just a suggestion, do not allow players to beat the game on easy, maybe hard or somehting. Konami used to that with some of their games, GREAT incentive to win..

  • 05.09.2006 2:13 PM PDT
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"BabyBringe, you just don't know, know,
How I, I, I like it down low, low!
And I just want you to know,
That I think our love will grow!
We'll take it step by step,
Because I'm not some thing you own!"

*stops and looks bewildered at Jonny Orcface*

WHO THE -blam!- ARE YOU!?

If you don't like it, get the -blam!- out of these forums. NOW! GO! Skiddadle. Just get outta my -blam!- sight. Why moan about it when the trailer's only just been released? Why?

  • 05.09.2006 2:14 PM PDT
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But overall, I can't wait for Halo 3. I'm just a little worried that Bungie will make the game appeal to casuals a little too much.

Although, I'm probably going to wait for the superior PC version. And don't tell me, "oh, but that'll never happen". That's exactly what everyone said for Halo 2 Vista, and look what happened.

  • 05.09.2006 2:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: BabyBringe
*stops and looks bewildered at Jonny Orcface*

WHO THE -blam!- ARE YOU!?

If you don't like it, get the -blam!- out of these forums. NOW! GO! Skiddadle. Just get outta my -blam!- sight. Why moan about it when the trailer's only just been released? Why?


I see someone hasn't taken their pills lately...

  • 05.09.2006 2:16 PM PDT
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Dude! You sound like a casual to me. You only played Halo for a little while then sold it!

PC version is for those who can't take the heat of millions of other players.

[Edited on 5/9/2006]

  • 05.09.2006 2:17 PM PDT
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such hate upon this joyous day

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C'mon Johnny. Get off it man. Its gonna be a great game. Can you stop nay saying the whole friggin game for one second to appreciate the time and effort put in to this franchise? Noob or no I dont care. I love the Halo experience. I really do wish posts like this, and those who post them would die.

  • 05.09.2006 2:17 PM PDT

That would be GREAT!!! Not specifically multiplayer, but single player. Yes, it was somewhat...short, but what if there is another cliff hanger. That would mean they HAVE to make a halo 4.......

  • 05.09.2006 2:18 PM PDT
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If the H3 online multiplayer is ANYTHING like the H2 online, I won't buy it. H2 online is more fustrating than fun most of the time, and matchmaking, though I have learned to live with it, is still not perfered.

If H3 has matchmaking aagin, I won't buy it. Let the gamers control the games.

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You'll buy it. But I agree. I think there sould be a waiting room where host can pick the options and boot guys. Of course, if you do that you can't have ranks, but I'm fine with that. Rank is meaningless anyway.

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Posted by: Sunofdarkness
But halo 2 has taken pro gaming to the next level so how can people state that it takes less skill to play then halo 1.


HALO 2 hasn't taken pro gaming to the next level. Give that to Counter-strike, HALO2 has definately put pro console gamers on the map but it no where near the level that games like Quake 3, CS and other PC games have been doing for years. And the only reason HALO 2 has been more popular in capturing that Pro gamer audience is because HALO 2 has online capabilities. And even so doesn't neccessarily mean that there is more skill involved when most HALO PC players say it not the same thigns as HALO 1. HALO PC had tons of bugs in it and was considered a noob game which is why Defunct clans like Team WAT came and took CAL's championships home.

Read the interview yourself

http://www.thecpl.com/gamers/?p=int_wat

Posted by: HiddenFury13
If H3 has matchmaking aagin, I won't buy it. Let the gamers control the games.


Well said. Let us hop in and out of servers like we can do in PC games. Much more gratifying that way.

[Edited on 5/9/2006]

  • 05.09.2006 2:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: a bad mo fo
Dude! You sound like a casual to me. You only played Halo for a little while then sold it!

PC version is for those who can't take the heat of millions of other players.


I've played Halo ever since it was released back in 2001. I sold Halo and Halo 2 along with my Xbox because I was building a gaming PC. Then I got Halo PC and now am eagerly waiting Halo 2 PC, which will be millions of times better than the Xbox version.

And as for your second comment, it's so biased I'm not going to dignify it with a response.

  • 05.09.2006 2:34 PM PDT
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H1 10X> H2

  • 05.09.2006 2:36 PM PDT
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Well what do you know. I come back from a long break to the old bungie.net and what do I see.. Still a bunch of people acting like 6 year olds quit fighting over dumb ass -blam!-.

  • 05.09.2006 2:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: a bad mo fo
Dude! You sound like a casual to me. You only played Halo for a little while then sold it!

PC version is for those who can't take the heat of millions of other players.


LOL! yeah thats the reason, buy HALO PC and come to the Unison Gaming Server. Look for [U]Bans. Otherwise, shush..

  • 05.09.2006 2:39 PM PDT
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I haven't read this thread so I'll just answer the topic question.

If Halo 3 turns out to be like Halo 2 I would have no objection. Halo 2 is the one game that I still play over a year after it's release. That never happens unless the game is great, and Halo 2 is quite simply one of the best console games ever released. If Halo 3 can match it, I'll be pleased. But I know Bungie, they'll revolutionize the game again for Halo 3.

  • 05.09.2006 2:41 PM PDT

I Would Have Been Your Daddy, But A Dog Beat Me Over The Fence.

I love the kids with e-peens that bridged their way to 40 that love to argue Halo 2 has tons of skill. It has gallons of auto-aim, hideously unbalanced weapons, and the host has such a huge advantage that the game is NOT fun to play at high levels with a bad connection.

The biggest problem with Halo 2 is that at a certain point, everyone's skill plateaus at the same level and connection speeds win out. Halo 2 was also way too compettive with its borked ranking system. Losing levels at the same rate as you gain them? Playing ranked people in unranked matches?

On another note, if you guys want to keep the ranking system:
1. Remove the exp loss, but have you level up more slowly. This will force people to be a certain level (no delevelers), and if they stop winning they won't level up. And you can also remove unranked matches, since the only reason they are there is because people don't like losing their progress. Most people play more unranked than ranked matches anyway.

2. Have the host be in another game. What I mean by this is for example: I join a matchmaking game, of those people I win host, and then my Xbox hosts somebody ELSE's game. Simple solution to fix the host advantage and modding.

3. Allow for searchable custom games atleast. I miss the vehicle mayhem games from the first Halo.

And finally, I hope Halo 3 is unlike Halo or Halo 2. I hope it has similar gameplay with new strategies and tactics. Oh, and I hope they remove all sticky aim from the sniper rifle. The best weapon in the game should not have autoaim.

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If you don't like it or are worried that this game will not live up to your standards then get a -blam!- gamecube jackass. Why can't you -blam!- -blam!-s be happy that there is a h3 . The only thing anyone should be complaining about is the fact that this is the last Halo game ever.

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Posted by: Johnny Orcface
I'm talking about how Bungie just totally noobed it up. Halo 2 took no skill at all. Will Halo 3 appeal to the hardcore gamer, or will Bungie pull another Halo 2 and appeal to the 6 year olds on Xbox Live?


To anyone who says Halo 2 is easy, why don't you try playing it on Legendary and not the sissy modes that you cling to for support.

Or if that's too easy for you, try playing it through on Mythic, with Famine, Thunderstorm, and Assasins.

Honestly, let's see you get the I Would Have Been Your Daddy skull on the first try.

~Jedismurf

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Posted by: Android21A
3. Allow for searchable custom games atleast. I miss the vehicle mayhem games from the first Halo.


Here Here!

  • 05.09.2006 2:45 PM PDT