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Subject: Does it feel faster to you?
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Seeing as Bungie finally admitted that they were working on halo 3 I went back and popped in halo 1 and I was amazed, the combat felt so much faster and more fluid than halo 2. I'm now finding it hard not to run through my favorite levels a few times a day, it's just so intense. The weapons kill much faster, I'm fairly certain you run faster too. In fact, if it wasn't for driving the vehicles and the AI, every single bit of combat in halo actually out does halo 2. It DOESN'T END and by the end of the game my hands were shaking.......simply unbelievable.

I was just wandering if anybody else had noticed the game being more intense, because it sure surprised me, I hadn't played halo at all since '04 and now I'm starting to think that I picked the wrong game to waste my life playing.


oh and I don't care if halo 3 ever comes out now, I could play this forever

  • 05.12.2006 4:02 PM PDT
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Carrots.

In Halo 2, enemies are scattered, and they're tactics are superior, in Halo: Combat Evolved, they are more enemies, and the weapons, I find, we're better.
It all boils right down to the opinion of the player, so basicly, Halo: Combat Evolved is no better than Halo 2 when you think about it, if you love Halo: Combat evolved, than you like that game better, if you like Halo 2, you like that game better.
Basicly, not everyone will agree which game is better, its all opinion.

  • 05.13.2006 8:09 PM PDT
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Wow......I have yet to see one thread here that did not concentrate on the ignorant.......Halo 1 > Halo 2 argument................

Crap, it is old............

  • 05.13.2006 9:43 PM PDT
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Huh. That's true. I think it DOES have something to do with AI. The Halo 1 AI were kinda... dumb. They were all around. Not much there. It's pure run n' gun without fear of something popping up. With exception to the Flood.
It was very, very intense.

  • 05.13.2006 10:27 PM PDT
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wow. halo2 AI is superior to the dumb ai in haloCE? is that everyones opinion?

haloCE ai is far better than 2's

in CE, elites draw fire to flank you. they rush you in waves in tight corridors. the alternately strafe across each others view to pull shots and waste your ammo. if you are not shooting, they are gaining ground. at close range they sidestep to avoid hits.
in 2, they jump on top of boxes or hide behind walls. maybe stand on something high and just try to out gun you. they sit and wait over half the time after they see you.

jackals dont do much other than try to -blam!- you. they do roll when MC is close for a melee hit.
in 2 they hop left and right when MC is close. same thing except the roll is more effective since the shield is still covering the front of the jackal.

grunts are pretty stupid in either game. they both continue to attack when they have higher ground tho.

sentinals are smarter and can boost in halo2. cool.
flood? i cant ever tell which is smarter, but they have a cooler lifecycle in 2.
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elites is what matters most, and between the crappy AI and weaker plasma rifles, they suck in 2.

  • 05.14.2006 8:56 AM PDT
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Halo 1 has better gameplay and feel to it (and it takes more skill), and Halo 2 has better graphics. So Halo 1>Halo 2. End of story.

  • 05.14.2006 9:08 AM PDT
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halo1 is far more superior than halo2, hell, id rather play halo campaign, or halopc online than play halo2 live, which is filled with standbyers, hackers, cheaters, etc.

  • 05.14.2006 11:05 AM PDT
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I disagree. I tryed playing halo after I hadn't played it in a while and i felt like it was just.. boring compared to halo 2. In fact, I got discusted with it and took it out and started playing halo 2 again. haha.. So If you don't find halo 2 to be as "intense" as halo 1 then you probably arent very good at it (halo 2).

  • 05.14.2006 11:42 AM PDT