- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Achronos
Halo 1 was Halo 1. Halo 2 was Halo 2. Halo 3 will be Halo 3.
For those not keeping score, that means each game in the series is what it is. Halo 3 will not be Halo 1 or Halo 2, just as Halo 2 was not Halo 1. It will stand by itself. There will be a bunch of you who will still say Halo 1 was the only good one, there will be others who stick with Halo 2, and so on. But regardless of your eventual opinion of the product, one thing will be true - Halo 3 will be Halo 3, and not simply be more of either Halo 1 or Halo 2.
Anybody who says otherwise is not looking at things clearly, and is probably tainted by various loud mouthed forum posters who don't understand that their opinion is not universal (this goes for all sides of this stupid argument). So let it die, please. This is a foolish topic, with its idiocy only approached by the skill/no-skill conversation.
It's not a foolish topic at all. This is the only chance we have to give input before the game is made and becomes final. Sad that you don't see that. Halo 1 started it all off, and because of it's near perfection, was a very hard game to top. Some people love Halo 2. I've found again and again, that many of the people that prefer Halo 2 hardly played Halo 1, or only played the PC version. That isn't true for all, but for most.
I know you guys, behind closed doors must admit many aspects of Halo 2 isn't everything you had dreamed of. Inconsistant weapons, cheating, lag. I'm sure a lot of problems can be solved just by having a better net code. Other online games on the 360 don't seem to have these problems. But, put in Halo 2 and the lag and problems related to lag are rampent.
My biggest complaint about Halo 2 is the aspect ratio. I can't play with my buddy sitting next to me. We have to revert back to Halo 1, playing on XBL to enjoy the game together. Not that I mind since we love Halo 1. But, we really never had much of a chance to "love" Halo 2 because we couldn't enjoy it the same way. This is something I would like the devs to hear about, and hopefully change for the better. So, it's hard not to bring up the H1/H2 argument when talking about such things.
My second major complaint is the lack of being able to easily play the maps and gametypes I want to play. You guys seem to have a terrible sense of humor when creating these "playlists". Being forced to play maps and gametypes I hate really took the air out of my tires long ago. It took over a year of screaming for you to put Hardcore in. You are just so darn stubborn that you fought against us at every turn. Yes, fought AGAINST your customers!!! I had never seen anything like it. And then when you did add it, it was a Mickey Mouse version of what we wanted. You added tons of team sniper games, and mixed objective and team slayer. I think I would get a hardcore team slayer game about every 6th game. It was SO frustrating. I finally just stopped playing.
Anyway, that's what I want to see in Halo 3. There are many more things I could have brought up...but those are my main concerns. But, don't blow us off just because you don't like what we say. We are your customers....you know, the people that are going to buy it:o)