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Subject: What is it that makes Halo 3 so perfect?

"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."

Halo 3 has always been my favorite game in the series. I don't think I've put this much time into any other video game. Every time I pop the game into my disc drive, I can't help but smile. I always enjoy myself, whether I'm playing competitively at 50 high or just messing around in Social. Every single match has the same magical feel of my first ever match of online H3 (in which I was awful, for the record). What is it that makes Halo 3 so good? The other games are all pretty similar, but not one of them has kept me coming back for so many years. Is it just nostalgia, or am I not alone in this? I've never been able to explain what it is that makes this game so perfect, but I'll be playing it until it gets shut down. And then I'll be playing custom parties.

  • 11.09.2012 9:59 AM PDT

Halo 3 is far from perfect but to answer your question, playlist exp.

  • 11.09.2012 10:21 AM PDT
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Ten bucks says its the competitive gameplay or something lame.

  • 11.09.2012 1:26 PM PDT

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  • 11.09.2012 2:00 PM PDT

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I know what you mean. I'm going to give Halo 4 a good few hours, but every time I put Halo 3 in and the menu music starts up it seems so much better. Maybe it is just familiarity, or memories from 5 years of playing - I don't know.

Halo 3 just makes me so relaxed. As soon as the menu music starts I can just tune out and forget about whatever is going on with work, or family or friends. Maybe I prefer the game because I consider it to be "my" halo. I first played CE on a friends xbox, and I only played H2 in its prime on a friends account. For halo 3 I had my own xbox and had just gotten broadband, so I was ready to go!

I recently played some ranked games and actually won! Still the same thrill as back in 2008

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  • 11.09.2012 4:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: swvjdirector
What is it that makes Halo 3 so good?


The Netcode.

  • 11.10.2012 7:29 AM PDT


Posted by: Hi GunKoMa

The Netcode.


You're kidding, right?

  • 11.10.2012 7:34 AM PDT

Different Perspective


Posted by: Mythical Wolf

Posted by: Hi GunKoMa

The Netcode.


You're kidding, right?


Obviously he is.

  • 11.10.2012 9:49 AM PDT

Different Perspective

I like Halo 3 because:
Assembly: Zombies, FFA Slayer
Avalanche: Team Slayer, CTF, Team Snipers
Blackout: Head to Head, Zombies, SWAT
Citadel: Team Slayer
Cold Storage: FFA Slayer
Construct: Team Slayer, MLG KOTH
Epitaph: Head to Head, 2v2 Slayer, SWAT
Foundry: Forge, 2v2 Slayer, Team Slayer
Ghost Town: FFA, Team Slayer, Team Snipers, Zombies, Oddball
Guardian: Head to Head, FFA, 2v2 Slayer, Oddball
Heretic: Head to Head, FFA, Team Slayer, Oddball
High Ground: One Bomb, Zombies, FFA
Isolation: CTF, Team Slayer, FFA
Last Resort: One Bomb
Long Shore: Zombies
Narrows: Head to Head, FFA, 2v2 Slayer, Team Slayer, CTF, SWAT, Team Snipers, KOTH
Orbital: CTF
Rats Nest: Team Slayer, Snipers
Sandbox: Forge & Custom Games Types, Challenge,Parkour,Puzzle Maps, Zombies, Team Slayer
Santrap: Team Slayer, Team Snipers, CTF, One Bomb
Snowbound: FFA, SWAT, Team Snipers
Standoff: Team Slayer, Team Snipers, CTF, Neutral Assault
The Pit: Head to Head, FFA, 2v2 Slayer, Team Slayer, Team Snipers, CTF, Oddball
Valhalla: Team Slayer, Team Snipers, Big Team Slayer, CTF, Hide N Seek, Zombies

Favorite maps:
1. Narrows
2. The Pit
3. Standoff
4. Valhalla
5. Guardian
6. Ghost Town
7. High Ground

Favorite playlists:
1. Team Objective
2. MLG
3. Team Snipers
4. Team Doubles
5. Team Slayer
6. Double EXP
7. Rumble Pit

Most of all, it was my favorite halo for custom games. There were some good gametypes that never made it into MM. One for example was MLG Multiteam. It was 2v2v2v2 on MLG The Pit with MLG Settings. It didn't need its own playlist, but I really wish they had some MLG gametypes in the mix of current playlists like multiteam and rumble pit.

Sandbox was my favorite forge map. Forge world and new forge are much better with objects, but I miss the flat open areas that Sandbox had. Also, it was better to look at golden rocks then grey.

Also, no other halo had the plethora of shortcuts and tactical jumps. Guardian and Ghost Town were filled with jumps. Also, I enjoyed HLG on occasion and maps like Epitaph, High Ground, and Construct were best for this.

Also, powerups. I miss em. It was better before Camo was an AA.

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[Edited on 11.10.2012 10:23 AM PST]

  • 11.10.2012 10:07 AM PDT

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  • 11.10.2012 11:06 AM PDT

"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."


Posted by: Altered Vista
I like Halo 3 because:
Assembly: Zombies, FFA Slayer
Avalanche: Team Slayer, CTF, Team Snipers
Blackout: Head to Head, Zombies, SWAT
Citadel: Team Slayer
Cold Storage: FFA Slayer
Construct: Team Slayer, MLG KOTH
Epitaph: Head to Head, 2v2 Slayer, SWAT
Foundry: Forge, 2v2 Slayer, Team Slayer
Ghost Town: FFA, Team Slayer, Team Snipers, Zombies, Oddball
Guardian: Head to Head, FFA, 2v2 Slayer, Oddball
Heretic: Head to Head, FFA, Team Slayer, Oddball
High Ground: One Bomb, Zombies, FFA
Isolation: CTF, Team Slayer, FFA
Last Resort: One Bomb
Long Shore: Zombies
Narrows: Head to Head, FFA, 2v2 Slayer, Team Slayer, CTF, SWAT, Team Snipers, KOTH
Orbital: CTF
Rats Nest: Team Slayer, Snipers
Sandbox: Forge & Custom Games Types, Challenge,Parkour,Puzzle Maps, Zombies, Team Slayer
Santrap: Team Slayer, Team Snipers, CTF, One Bomb
Snowbound: FFA, SWAT, Team Snipers
Standoff: Team Slayer, Team Snipers, CTF, Neutral Assault
The Pit: Head to Head, FFA, 2v2 Slayer, Team Slayer, Team Snipers, CTF, Oddball
Valhalla: Team Slayer, Team Snipers, Big Team Slayer, CTF, Hide N Seek, Zombies

Favorite maps:
1. Narrows
2. The Pit
3. Standoff
4. Valhalla
5. Guardian
6. Ghost Town
7. High Ground

Favorite playlists:
1. Team Objective
2. MLG
3. Team Snipers
4. Team Doubles
5. Team Slayer
6. Double EXP
7. Rumble Pit

Most of all, it was my favorite halo for custom games. There were some good gametypes that never made it into MM. One for example was MLG Multiteam. It was 2v2v2v2 on MLG The Pit with MLG Settings. It didn't need its own playlist, but I really wish they had some MLG gametypes in the mix of current playlists like multiteam and rumble pit.

Sandbox was my favorite forge map. Forge world and new forge are much better with objects, but I miss the flat open areas that Sandbox had. Also, it was better to look at golden rocks then grey.

Also, no other halo had the plethora of shortcuts and tactical jumps. Guardian and Ghost Town were filled with jumps. Also, I enjoyed HLG on occasion and maps like Epitaph, High Ground, and Construct were best for this.

Also, powerups. I miss em. It was better before Camo was an AA.

-shortd42isbk


Sandbox was great for Forge, still my favorite Forge map ever. The jumps were awesome, and, like you said, powerups were so much better than AAs. I don't understand why they were removed. I feel like there won't ever be another Halo game that's quite as good as Halo 3. The customs, physics, Forge, theater......about as close to perfect as it's likely to be.

  • 11.10.2012 11:31 AM PDT
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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.

perfect? no, IIRC the shotgun and AR was fairly incompetent, had to stick with the noob combo to get through Legendary

they made a warthog run similar to Halo: Combat Evolved's ending? seriously!

still a great game though, will never forget High Ground and The Ark

  • 11.10.2012 3:55 PM PDT