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Posted by: xbLdan7
Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: killingfrenzy11
Halo 2 > Halo 3: ODST > Halo 3.Please leave trolls. No one is interested in your biased opinions. I know you all started with Halo 2 and your nostalgia is blinding your vision because Halo 3 is far superior. Leave now.
Oh wow, you're the funniest person I've seen on here in a long time!
Let's break your post down.
Please leave trolls. No one is interested in your biased opinions.
One doesn't become a troll for having an opinion, you know? Just because you disagree or believe something else, that doesn't make anyone else lesser here.
I know you all started with Halo 2 and your nostalgia is blinding your vision because Halo 3 is far superior.
1) You don't know anything, your presumptuousness results in nothing short of total idocy.
2) Pfft! I think you need to recheck what 'biased' means, since you're dictating which is best based off nothing but your own one-sided opinion. Gee, where have I heard this before...?
Please leave trolls. No one is interested in your biased opinions.
Oh yeah! Right back at you, mate. :)
Halo 3 is far superior
Purely subjective. In my view, Halo 2's campaign boasted the deepest and most character-driven story in the series, next to ODST. The perspective of Thel enabled Bungie to give the Covenant a 'voice' and establish that they're not just aliens we're supposed to shoot, we're shown from the beginning that humanity is united against this single threat but the Covenant is internally divided which sets their goal up for failure.
Foreshadowing and narrative devices aren't present in Halo 3, there's no sense of competent structure either - unlike ODST which is based heavily off the classic epic poem Inferno from Dante's Divine Comedy. This kind of reference to classical literature and its influence on the characters and plot gives a great deal of depth to the game, doing an Oscar Wilde and improving an established concept.
Another thing is the resolution of plot. In each Halo game the story has reached a conclusion:
- Halo CE: Halo is destroyed, a Covenant armada obliterated and the Flood seemingly vanquished. Due to Bungie not knowing if they're going to make Halo 2, John and Cortana's fate is left ambiguous.
(Halo 2 doesn't count since it's the middle-act and bridge to Halo 3.)
- ODST: Having gone through the '9 Circles of Hell', Sadie, the Rookie and the squad escape the Covenant-occupied city. They've got Vergil and Buck is reunited with Dare. Stage is set for Halo 3.
- Halo Wars: The Spirit of Fire's crew destroys the Covenant, the Shield World and Forerunner armada at the Apex. However, they're stranded in space without an FTL reactor - mirroring the end of Halo CE.
- Reach: As much as I detested this game's story, it reached a full and satisfying conclusion. Everyone died (sans Jun, who remains in canonical limbo), the planet died, but Keyes escaped and the story linked to the start of Halo CE.
And now, Halo 3. The game where you apparently "finish the fight". Yes, the Human-Covenant war is over, but:
1) There are still 6 Halos primed and ready to fire.
2) The Flood is still out there.
3) The Gravemind states that the destruction of Halo will not be the end of him, it will only delay his return.
4) Mendicant Bias tells John he's sending him to the Forerunners as proof of his atonement.
5) Insurrectionists still an active force.
These are major plot points, Bungie made the Bioware mistake of introducing new things to the fiction at the conclusion of the game. Many are saying that Halo 3 is where the story ended, I'm sorry but no it isn't. Bungie left their final game so open a new trilogy was inevitable in order to plug these holes shut.
Anyways, back to the point. Halo 3's story doesn't do what it was supposed to - "finish the fight". It delays the fight, leaving a much larger conflict at hand. Matched with all the other problems with this game's story it's nowhere near as good as Halo 2 from a logical standpoint.