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Subject: I think I understand why Reach > Halo 3

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I forgot to point out the mutual kill window is very short for weapons and very large for beat downs in Halo 3.

  • 05.16.2012 4:28 PM PDT

Halo 3 pisses me off far less than Reach does.

  • 05.16.2012 4:30 PM PDT

I'm going to be honest, I kinda miss all the fusion coils and equipment from Halo 3.

But yes, Reach has it's ups and downs. And so does Halo 3. But I still believe they are both great games.

  • 05.16.2012 4:33 PM PDT

Walk by faith. Dude. Not by sight.

Would have to agree with OP. Here's to H4 combining the best from all its predecessors!

  • 05.16.2012 5:13 PM PDT
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Would have to agree with OP. Here's to H4 combining the best from all its predecessors!

Except it won't.

  • 05.16.2012 5:33 PM PDT

gears of war is the best shooter on the 360.

takes much more skill than halo and its more competitive.

  • 05.16.2012 5:52 PM PDT

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You're playing like 40 high TS and complaining?

You should be getting 20 kills a game

Doing it wrong.

  • 05.16.2012 5:54 PM PDT

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Posted by: Ghosty Gh0st
gears of war is the best shooter on the 360.

takes much more skill than halo and its more competitive.


lol'd

  • 05.16.2012 5:57 PM PDT

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Long live halo. Soon we might see a worse game: Halo 4. If h4 fails, I think Halo will be done, or at least any competitive aspects it once had (pre-Reach)

  • 05.16.2012 6:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
3. The H3 BR is an inconsistent piece of crap. The DMR reintroduced crouching to strafing, whereas with the BR you really can't crouch because people sweep their reticle, meaning even if you dodge one when you duck, a successive shot can still hit you. Bloom is still dumb though.
I think crouch has it's applications. Someone's trying to hit me with a charged laser, I do an Elite-esque evasive maneuver and successfully dodge it.

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
4. Why are there fusion coils all over the place on Halo 3 maps?
Extra detail a.k.a overdone. Though they did have strategic applications sometimes (Valhalla flag launching, Construct grav lifts).

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
5. Power Drain. Bubble Shield. lawl
No doubt about it. I can kill 4-5 Brutes if they're in the range of a single bubble shield. I've also seen Brutes blown up by their own power drain, on Legendary difficulty.

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
6. AR starts, and God knows why people don't veto them. AR rush is retarded
Sad thing is, the AR was made for mp then thrown in campaign. AR rushes are suitable for campaign...

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
7. H3's ridiculous needler, awful shotgun, and terrible magnum
Though the needler is much more faster than using a plasma pistol overcharge, the instant supercombine makes the extra needles go to waste and makes killing enemies with it boring and doesn't have many applications (it's only useful when you're under a lot of pressure).

The shotty was obviously made for mp. But throwing it in campaign was absurd. I never pick it up.

The pistol = effectively sidelined, all part of a diabolical plot that extends even to this day (H4 pistol)

  • 05.16.2012 6:06 PM PDT


Posted by: The Ruckus 2010

Posted by: Ghosty Gh0st
gears of war is the best shooter on the 360.

takes much more skill than halo and its more competitive.


lol'd

Since im coming from the halo and gears community in my opinion its true.

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People who dont like gears are just bad at it.

  • 05.16.2012 6:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: RC Clone
Nope. SouthPole isn't a person. He's the avatar of the force of tryhards everywhere. He stalks the web looking for retards to set straight. He can not be stopped by mere bans or thread locks for he shall rise anew.

I did have this whole thing typed up responding to each individual point, but I figured this would be better.

These complaints are pretty weak. I think you know that. I have never even noticed these problems. I'm not going to deny their existence, however these are no where near gamebreaking.

H3>Reach

[Edited on 05.16.2012 6:17 PM PDT]

  • 05.16.2012 6:16 PM PDT

@Ghost: I dont like Gears, and I was fairly good at 1 and 3.

@Southpole: Connection was always a game changer. I was rarely ever in a game where my bullets would always register. I knew how to aim, so it wasnt me missing, it was just that people reflected the bullets.

The only thing I like about Reach more than I did Halo 3 is MLG. In my opinion. it is better. Default Halo 3 is better than default Reach though.

[Edited on 05.16.2012 6:31 PM PDT]

  • 05.16.2012 6:30 PM PDT

I've gone back to Halo 3 this week, it's been a blast.

  • 05.16.2012 6:49 PM PDT

Name's John. I'm a 21-year-old firefighter/EMT from lolhio who doubles as a die-hard Halo fan. I've been enjoying the franchise since 2001. My favorite iteration of Halo would have to be Halo 2 simply because I never got to experience the joy of a full-on Halo: CE LAN.


If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

Oh yeah, and boot Zome.


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Posted by: The Ruckus 2010

Posted by: Ghosty Gh0st
gears of war is the best shooter on the 360.

takes much more skill than halo and its more competitive.


lol'd

Since im coming from the halo and gears community in my opinion its true.

ainteventrolling.jpg

People who dont like gears are just bad at it.


I like Gears single player. A lot, actually. Its multiplayer is just far too laughably host-dependent online for me to take it seriously.

[Edited on 05.16.2012 6:56 PM PDT]

  • 05.16.2012 6:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: RC Clone
Nope. SouthPole isn't a person. He's the avatar of the force of tryhards everywhere. He stalks the web looking for retards to set straight. He can not be stopped by mere bans or thread locks for he shall rise anew.


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Probably should have clarified this. I was talking about the things besides connection and hit detection.

  • 05.16.2012 6:58 PM PDT
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  • 05.16.2012 6:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
I forgot to point out the mutual kill window is very short for weapons and very large for beat downs in Halo 3.
Mutual kill window in Reach is a load of -blam!-. I've traded with so many players when I should have walked away one shot.

  • 05.16.2012 7:00 PM PDT


Posted by: The Ruckus 2010

Posted by: Ghosty Gh0st

Posted by: The Ruckus 2010

Posted by: Ghosty Gh0st
gears of war is the best shooter on the 360.

takes much more skill than halo and its more competitive.


lol'd

Since im coming from the halo and gears community in my opinion its true.

ainteventrolling.jpg

People who dont like gears are just bad at it.


I like Gears single player. A lot, actually. Its multiplayer is just far too laughably host-dependent online for me to take it seriously.


host isnt Even that bad in the third game.

gears one yes, 2 was terribad(i still played it religiously), and the third one has dedicated servers.

you should check out the competitive gears community you wouldn't believe how close it feels to halo(when it comes to communication)

  • 05.16.2012 7:33 PM PDT

I intend to live forever, or die trying,

so far, so good.

I have enjoyed all Halo Games,

REACH biggest flaw is it maps.

I would love to see REACH with AA as pick up items, and that you thought over. Having a single Jet Pack on the map, would be much better than having everyone have a chance to have it.

Halo 2 has had the best maps by far.

I like to see every Halo Map remade for the rest of the Halo games to be released.

  • 05.16.2012 7:38 PM PDT
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This is where I go to burn off some steam from all that repressed anger I have. If I insulted you on b.net, don't take it literally.

Long Live Halo 3. The glory days

  • 05.16.2012 7:44 PM PDT

Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
Goat was famous. Irie was infamous. Gh0st was FaMaS.

My stats in Halol 4

Typical Waypoint post.
no it's "its got to go" you wouldn't say the "it is got to go" would you?

The only thing better about Reach is it's questionable netcode and even then, host selection guarantees games even worse than Halo 3 colombians.

  • 05.16.2012 8:06 PM PDT


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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
I mean seriously--it's a damn Rocket Launcher and it didn't kill you?!
I liked how in Halo 3 you actually had to aim the rocket launcher to get kills with it instead of just handing you the kills on a silver platter. In Reach you could completely miss people by several meters and still kill them.

You could literally jump over the rocket if it hit your feet.

  • 05.16.2012 8:33 PM PDT

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I tried playing Halo 3 post reach release. Not nearly as fun as I remembered. bullet traveltime is retarded, alot of halo 3 maps are a joke (assembly,isolation,heretic,citadel,orbital,rats nest) while some are really good (pit,guardian) Rockets suck ass. But H3 still did a few things right.

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  • 05.16.2012 8:44 PM PDT