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Subject: Why Halo? Why not Halo 2?
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1. better gameplay: Just my opinion, but H1 seemed to have a feel that H2 didn't.
2. better animations: If you take a closer look, you see things that you never noticed before, like grunts spinning out of dropships, or marines rolling to avoid charging hunters.
3. better music: H1's music is just better.
4. better AI: Covenant worked like a team, Flood were better at being suicidal zombies, Marines could kill stuff.
5. better story: The story in H1 had a flow H2 didn't have.
6. better missions: The H1 missions were more unique and had more options.
7. better phisics: The H1 phisics let the player do more.
8. less glitches: H1 has less glitches than H2.
9. better weapons: H1's weapons were all unique and useful.

  • 01.22.2007 9:03 PM PDT
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somebody248... animations are better in H2... and u spelled physics wrong.. and i believe they are the same in H2, why wold they change it?.. and glitches are fun to mess arond with, also, the weapons are almost the same as in H1 + better

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  • 01.23.2007 1:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
And it's your connection that's slower than turtle sex.

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The Assault rifle, and co-op in Halo 1 is better, frankly.

  • 01.23.2007 2:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: Snap Dragon
Some people, such as myself, prefer Halo, as its gameplay is superior compared to that of Halo 2. For a while I was like you, thinking Halo 2 was the be all end all, but one day you will realise this isn't true.


One day you will realize your opinion isn't God.

  • 01.23.2007 2:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: Somebody248
2. better animations: If you take a closer look, you see things that you never noticed before, like grunts spinning out of dropships, or marines rolling to avoid charging hunters.
Oh my God. Halo has some of the worst, unrealistic animations ever. Just to show one example, watch somebody throw a grenade while running.

  • 01.23.2007 4:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: Snap Dragon
Some people, such as myself, prefer Halo, as its gameplay is superior compared to that of Halo 2. For a while I was like you, thinking Halo 2 was the be all end all, but one day you will realise this isn't true.


One day you will realize your opinion isn't God.



lol

  • 01.24.2007 1:29 PM PDT
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Both Halo 1 and Halo 2 were amazing games and people who like both (or one more than the other) all have legitimate reasons to. In the end though, there is no real point in discussing it, because all discussions will end up in a "I like this, so its better" kind of argument with no evidence as to why. It is simply opinion, and you can not argue opinion as people tend to be quite stubborn on that point.

That said, both games had their strengths and weaknesses.

I personally liked Halo 1 more, as it was more fast-paced, and had, in my opinion, a better graphical style (not better graphics, yes Halo 2 had higher-res textures, normal maps, etc., but Halo 1's graphics are more visually appealing, at least to me). I just like the feel of being in a wide open battlefield with 2 banshees attacking me, while having to deal with wraith tanks, throwing a sticky at some grunts, pistoling an incoming elite, tearing into the remaining grunts with my AR, meleeing the jackals, taking out 2 elites, making a run through hordes of flood to reach a banshee, flying away, then launching coordinated strikes with the fuel rod gun on the banshee until the enemies were all dead. I have never been able to do something like that in Halo 2, and its that kind of fun that I miss, which is present in Halo 1.

Some things I did not like in Halo 2 were the grenade physics, the dual-wielding (if you can use 2 of each weapon, that weapon has to be nerfed so it is not as powerful when you are using 2, therefore making every dual-wielded weapon almost require 2 to be useful, so here is my question: Why not just make a single weapon more powerful?), the constant Arbiter/MC switching (took me out of the story), the lack of ammo in Single-Player (at least I always ran out), and the repetitiveness of the levels (yes, halo 1 had this also, and I disliked it then). In my opinion, Halo 2 was rushed. I did enjoy its multiplayer more than that of Halo 1, however. The auto-aim made it easy, and so did the combos, but playing it is an enjoyable experience.

I also (unlike a lot of people) loved the ending in Halo 2. It made me excited for Halo 3. I wouldn't like to know what happened after the MC arrived at earth without being able to Finish the Fight (ie. Halo 3), so, while it was frustrating, Halo 3 will be more exciting and complete because of it.

There it is, my overanalysis of both games. I know that none of you care what I wrote, and it probably makes no sense, but I had nothing better to do

  • 01.24.2007 3:24 PM PDT
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HaloCE was fun until halo2 came out...i tried playing haloCE again but just not as fun as the second one.

  • 01.29.2007 7:47 AM PDT
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Posted by: MrHumpAl0t
HaloCE was fun until halo2 came out...i tried playing haloCE again but just not as fun as the second one.


The same thing sort of happened to me, but I enjoyed Halo CE more than Halo 2 when I played it again. W/e, I'm counting on Halo 3 being even better.

  • 01.29.2007 12:50 PM PDT

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Megan Fox is a whore.

Gigolo.

i think the halo2 storyline was dumb.... the halo1 one was better.
halo2 had better gameplay though

  • 01.29.2007 1:30 PM PDT
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halo 2 is better in some ways,and halo:ce is better in some ways.
personally i think mutiplayer in halo 2 is somewhat better than HALO:CE
but the campaign mode no way HALO:CE was much much better than halo 2.

  • 01.29.2007 2:10 PM PDT
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I seriously needed to update my signature. I'll never forget it, though.

I liked Halo more probably because I played it first. Most of my freinds play Halo 2 first, and dislike the first because they said that it was unbalanced. Now before you say "The pistol ruined the game!" we didn't have that as start. It was regular weapon starts in Halo vs Halo 2. I don't know about you, but I'd take the Halo AR over the Halo 2 SMG anyday, and the Halo PP over the Halo 2 PR.

It all comes down to opinion. As for the person who said you repeated the same level 3 times, you didn't repeat any levels. Unless you mean AoTCR and The Maw. But they weren't really repeats. You played through the Maw when the PoA was shot down, and through AoTCR when the Flood was released.

Oh well. I'm still inbetween on it(even though I said I prefered Halo over Halo 2 it's not true, that was for Split screen).

  • 02.02.2007 1:19 PM PDT
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i like halo 2 much more the campagn was much better the music was better every thing was better than halo 1

  • 02.03.2007 1:24 PM PDT
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but i actuly perfer play halo 1 lan partys than playing xbox live on halo 2

  • 02.03.2007 1:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: Somebody248
2. better animations: If you take a closer look, you see things that you never noticed before, like grunts spinning out of dropships, or marines rolling to avoid charging hunters.
Oh my God. Halo has some of the worst, unrealistic animations ever. Just to show one example, watch somebody throw a grenade while running.

But H2's animations were worse. For an example, watch someone lunge with a sword. Also, ever heard of BXR?

  • 02.03.2007 2:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: Snap Dragon
Some people, such as myself, prefer Halo, as its gameplay is superior compared to that of Halo 2. For a while I was like you, thinking Halo 2 was the be all end all, but one day you will realise this isn't true.


Well put. Halo had a certain feel to it..maybe it was the primitive game engine, or the sence that you were realy on this giant ring world fighting alians. But whatever it was, most of it was lost in halo 2 which is why people, including me, like halo 1 as much or even more than halo 2. The single player was very uniqu and fun in a way that no other game has been able to replicate. I think that bungie realized this and put in the skulls to muke SP more interesting. But halo 2 Mp is supirior as it has duel wielding and XBL.

  • 02.03.2007 5:45 PM PDT
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Halo:CE was much better than H2.

1.The feel off the controller jump as you spray a clip from the assault rifle.
2.Not having the cheap ass ragdoll physics...you kill a hunter on H2 and watch it spasm and jump around and fall like every enemy, now do the same thing in CE and watch the hunter fall like a colossus that had been defeated after a difficult fight.
3.The stupid hype over H2 was the most moronic thing I have ever seen. Half the so called "fans" were just preteens that thought the game looked cool from the trailer released at E3. None of these people were fans of the original, and you can say crap about CE all you want..."The graphics were better", "The physics were better"....boohoo.
4.Now lets get down to multiplayer. Killing someone was so easy I had to restrict what weapons to use just so I wouldn't own every SOB that thought he was a god at videogames. And yes the energy sword was a cheap weapon, it took no skill to use. The same goes for the battle rifle, it was nothing but a simple "Aim for head and strafe weapon left to right."
5.My response is probably going to get a lotta people fired up and po'ed. I'm not saying that CE didn't have it's flaws,'m saying that those of use that have been with the series since it's announcement in 1999 do not like the fact that a bunch of pretenders have infiltrated this great series and have tried to tell the seasoned veterans that H2 was better just because it's the only Halo game that they have played.

  • 02.03.2007 10:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: Somebody248
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2. better animations: If you take a closer look, you see things that you never noticed before, like grunts spinning out of dropships, or marines rolling to avoid charging hunters.
Oh my God. Halo has some of the worst, unrealistic animations ever. Just to show one example, watch somebody throw a grenade while running.

But H2's animations were worse. For an example, watch someone lunge with a sword. Also, ever heard of BXR?
But the BXR is a glitch. I wouldn't categorize that under bad animations.

[Edited on 2/4/2007]

  • 02.04.2007 8:28 AM PDT

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I hated the Arbiter missions in 2. and The story wasnt as good.

They are both pretty even in my book, maybe Halo a bit above

  • 02.12.2007 10:16 AM PDT

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Posted by: Master Kim
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Posted by: Somebody248
2. better animations: If you take a closer look, you see things that you never noticed before, like grunts spinning out of dropships, or marines rolling to avoid charging hunters.
Oh my God. Halo has some of the worst, unrealistic animations ever. Just to show one example, watch somebody throw a grenade while running.

But H2's animations were worse. For an example, watch someone lunge with a sword. Also, ever heard of BXR?
But the BXR is a glitch. I wouldn't categorize that under bad animations.

This may not be under animations but, if you stick a fellow marine, you hear that cheesy "waaaaah!" I couldnt stop laughing.

  • 02.12.2007 10:17 AM PDT

Posted by: Master Kim
Posted by: Somebody248
2. better animations: If you take a closer look, you see things that you never noticed before, like grunts spinning out of dropships, or marines rolling to avoid charging hunters.
Oh my God. Halo has some of the worst, unrealistic animations ever. Just to show one example, watch somebody throw a grenade while running.


Yes..... like almost every other aspect of the game, halo 2 did improve the bad but for some reason threw away the good.

  • 02.13.2007 3:30 AM PDT
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Posted by: RhythmKiller
Posted by: Master Kim
Posted by: Somebody248
2. better animations: If you take a closer look, you see things that you never noticed before, like grunts spinning out of dropships, or marines rolling to avoid charging hunters.
Oh my God. Halo has some of the worst, unrealistic animations ever. Just to show one example, watch somebody throw a grenade while running.


Yes..... like almost every other aspect of the game, halo 2 did improve the bad but for some reason threw away the good.
Yurp, that's a good way of putting it.

  • 02.13.2007 3:50 AM PDT

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