Mkay. I’m happy, now.
I thought of posting that analogy earlier, but didn’t. No idea why. This would have probably gone a lot smoother.
I found racing in the forge maps to be rather frustrating, actually. I liked Reach’s multiplayer because it was better balanced. Namely, the arsenal was varied and more creative. Besides, I prefer engagements in the game to be from extreme long range with the game’s sniper rifles. Sprint or Jetpack let me get to good perches quickly or make an escape when I’m being flanked.
In Halo 3 by contrast, I’d get stabbed point blank with an energy sword before I even got halfway through my first magazine. It seemed less strategic and more like senseless slaughter.
I think I mentioned earlier that ODST was the best game in the series by far due to the single player campaign’s massive improvement in story and gameplay over Halo 3. Nonlinearity was the soul of the game’s hub-world, and the variance in gameplay styles is indeed a particular strength of the game.
However, I find Half Life 2 to be a much better game. The shooter gameplay keeps you on your toes. The arsenal, while not as large as Halo’s, is better balanced and versatile. But the most important part of my Halo critique was that the story simply wasn’t as emotionally engaging. Why did I find HL2 Episode 2 to be so much better than ODST, despite the gameplay style of ODST to be great in a different way? Because I reacted emotionally. The end of Episode 2 almost reduced me to tears. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Few games manage to do that, one of which was The Darkness (FPS by Starbreeze, pick it up in the local bargain bin, the single player is a crime epic). Even FFXIII got more emotional reaction out of me, and the pace of the gameplay is MUCH slower. (Compare- semi-nonlinear FPS to strategic turn based combat where you must swap your tactics more than your actual character moves)
Also, for the record, the Half Life 2 original Xbox port was not a bad game by any means. It was actually rather impressive that they crammed the game onto the system with little sacrifice in the gameplay department. Occasional framerate dips were annoying, but the game itself was rather pleasant to control, particularly during the driving sequences.
HAlow iz teh sux lol!!!111!11111!!!1111!!!11!!1!!11!1
I fucking love ODST man, I played it for 2 hours last night with a mate. Co-op and Firefight are shit hot fun!
One of my greatest gaming memories was playing through the entire Halo 3 campaign in one sitting with 3B in co-op mode. It took us like 12-15 hours but it was fucking amazing fun. I really love the story and the universe that Bungie have created and I look forward to Reach with a giddy sense of excitement!
BRING IT ON!
Halo.
video games corrupting our youth and halo is the killings and the devil
Halo is like a circle. It’s like a… Like a circle. But not Half Life, half life is like… Half of a circle. Not as good as a circle. Close, but circle is teh win over half circle. Go back to playing your goddamned computer games you hoodlums.
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Well, that’s because halo 3’s forge sucked 
It was made to be an entity placer, and the community used it as a map maker. It’s better equipped to be a “map editor” now. But I was talking more about race in halo 1 anyway. (Halo 2/3 ironically didn’t have it. Halo 1 does/ Reach)
BTW: How can HL2’s weapon set possibly be balanced when the .357 exists?
But seriously, none of this matters anymore. The initial question was answered.
It has some nice game modes, but sadly, because the community focuses on being better a shot than the next guy and nothing else (teamwork and having fun bscly) you’ll almost never see them. I like some of the modes that the Halo games have, but people will almost always pick some variant of Slayer over something that would be (IMO) more fun.
The multiplayer can be fun if you get in with a good group of people that won’t be retarded and pick the same maps or modes over and over again. The campaigns have some decent levels, but the stories are kinda hit or miss. The beta for Reach was pretty fun, but I wasn’t afraid to leave a game that I didn’t like.
Random guy: Who doesn’t like Team Swat?
Me: I don’t.
I exited to my dashboard. (Swat is slayer with no shields, the pistol, and the horrible DMR. I hated the BR in Halo 2 and 3, but the DMR is even worse, I could do decent with the BR at least, DMR just gets me killed)
I love the DMR
just aim and shoot and there’s no spread caused by the burst fire to fuck you up. Oh well. Most of the “hardcore” assholes are just fad players so the worst of Halo’s community migrated to MW2 when that came out, then to BF: BC2 (most went back to MW2 after they realized that BC2 actually requires teamwork). Then they’re gonna go to MOH.
I have come to make another statement on this forum because I really don’t have anything better to do with my life at the moment. The Keeper’s earlier statement about how Halo is only for people who don’t have girlfriends and have never gotten laid is just about the most retarded thing I have ever read in the 20 forums that I post on, and its also clear evidence the HE doesn’t have a girlfriend and has never gotten laid himself. The number of people that I have seen say stupid stuff like that have never been in a relationship and have never gotten any. When accused of this, they tend to post a bunch of crap about how “of course they have girl friends” and “I’ve gotten laid more times than you have!”. When confronted with the question of asking them to post a picture of their girlfriend to prove it, they vacate the forums, never to be seen again.
Shut the fuck up, all of you are fucking ugly and all of your e-pinions suck.
Halo is the best game in the world since Full Throttle.
Sincerely,
Victor Casillas.
You might as well give up. Most of the people on this forum hate Halo (I’m one of the exceptions) and no matter what you say they are always going to rage against it.
I like how you took offense to the girlfriend/virgin remark. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING A VIRGIN WHO PLAYS TOO MUCH HALO AND DOESN’T HAVE A GIRLFRIEND WOULD SAY!!
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You are aware that the last couple of posts where positive towards Halo stating that it had some good game modes.
Never said I took offense at the comment, I was just making a statement. And you are right, I am a virgin and I don’t have a girlfriend, but it isn’t because I play Halo too much. I haven’t played Halo in months. The reason that I don’t have a girlfriend and I’m still a virgin is because all the chicks in my school are (and this is putting it lightly) whores, and I’m not the type of person who likes that. In fact, I find it down right disgusting.
I was actually only kidding, but this part:
is a hilarious excuse and something you’re going to look back on and CRINGE for saying. But it’s ok, so long as you grow out of this.
What’s so hilarious about it? The fact that I don’t like women who will sleep with anything that has a pulse, or the fact that I’m willing to live as a virgin until such a time that I find a woman who isn’t like that?
The fact that you have such a narrow-minded view of the women at your school. For one thing, everybody likes sex, especially teenagers, and they’re going to have it. I’m also pretty sure they’re not clamoring over YOU, and that’s why you put up a defensive negative judgment of them, so that you can convince yourself that you don’t want their attention, anyway.
Plain and simple, promiscuous women rule, and typically the people who disagree are conservatives, other women (especially ones who are also promiscuous but are ashamed of it), and people who are pissed off since they’re still not getting action.