HALO 3 Official Thread

Not trying to change your mind, Halo 2 just accomplished more then Halo 1 ever did.

Everyone just refers to Halo 2 as the ******* child of the series, but Halo 3 should get that title.
 
RoachycaL said:
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completely and utterly subjective for the vast amount of those points. i objected to most of them btw, halo: ce storyline was immense, especially if you read some of the novels that tell the background behind it, halo 2 was such a disappointment can not say, the storyline was terrible, characters felt shallow and meaningless.

and they KNOW no.1 was the best, hence the fact halo 3 felt very much like no.1 (last level anyone ;)) i kinda felt a twang as i realised i was playing over an area almost akin to halo 1, brought back awesome memories, that's what ilike most about halo 3.

only thing i think they did better for 2&3 were the flood, i was scared of them in halo 1, but boy do i freak out every time i hear noises on the flood levels :p

tbh i kinda almost lost interest in the storyline when they decided to invent an entirely new race to add to the covenant, and then booted the elites out, the brutes just aren't any fun to play against. oh and in case you were wondering, i thought the arbiter missions really detracted from the game.
 
bringerofdecay said:
completely and utterly subjective for the vast amount of those points. i objected to most of them btw, halo: ce storyline was immense, especially if you read some of the novels that tell the background behind it, halo 2 was such a disappointment can not say, the storyline was terrible, characters felt shallow and meaningless.

and they KNOW no.1 was the best, hence the fact halo 3 felt very much like no.1 (last level anyone ;)) i kinda felt a twang as i realised i was playing over an area almost akin to halo 1, brought back awesome memories, that's what ilike most about halo 3.

only thing i think they did better for 2&3 were the flood, i was scared of them in halo 1, but boy do i freak out every time i hear noises on the flood levels :p

tbh i kinda almost lost interest in the storyline when they decided to invent an entirely new race to add to the covenant, and then booted the elites out, the brutes just aren't any fun to play against. oh and in case you were wondering, i thought the arbiter missions really detracted from the game.
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I was comparing 2 to 3. Nothing to do with 1

& Thats what most people say about Halo 2's campaign so none of that comes as a surprise to me
 
The flood are better in 2 & 3??? What were you smoking when you played those levels?

Halo 1 flood levels had atmosphere and you had the feeling of your back being against the wall while being on your own. You also had to scrimp and scrape every last bit of ammo available which also added to the atmosphere.

Legendary on Halo 1 I was **** scared of the flood, Halo 2 & 3 I just jumped around hitting them in the face while laughing.
 
Dual wield is arse, I really wish they had never introduced it. Its just noob tactics.

The only time you will ever see me dual wielding is:
A) In Duals only matches (haven't really got a choice)
B) If I have 0 kills and the leader is approaching 20 (in FFA) or the leading team is on 40 in team slayer.



As I have already said in my mega post. the Flood were way scarier in H1 than 2/3
 
scarier in 1? lol, used to walk through them in legendary without a problem, plenty of grenades, loads of ballistic weapons/reloads those levels with the flood in were bloody easy (still made me panic sometimes because of the nature of the attack)

halo 2&3 have very little useful ammo, most of it is covenant tech, which is nearly useless when compared to the battle rifle and shotgun, grenades are few and far between, those changelings are a right pita especially in the shooty form, the flood levels in 3 especially have waaaaaayyyy more atmosphere
 
Kronologic said:
Dual wield is arse, I really wish they had never introduced it. Its just noob tactics.

The only time you will ever see me dual wielding is:
A) In Duals only matches (haven't really got a choice)
B) If I have 0 kills and the leader is approaching 20 (in FFA) or the leading team is on 40 in team slayer.



As I have already said in my mega post. the Flood were way scarier in H1 than 2/3
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Dual wielding in Halo 3 doesn't even seem to exist anymore. I LOVED it however in Halo 2 with the plasma rifle and smg combo or even the brute plasma rifle (why the hell did they take that out) and smg combo. It felt great tearing through someone's shields holding two weapons but once again I think it feels rubbish in Halo 3.

As for the flood, they were scarier in the original Halo yes definitely and I prefer them that way, Halo 3 they are a total joke - they look totally stupid and the way they can transform into three distinct models (including some stupid needle turret) is just stupid.

I think they had taste in halo 2 especially in the levels when they used vehicles and boarded ghosts and were fighting with the sentinels around the icon area.

I can definately say without a doubt that the Halo 2 flood levels had the most atmosphere, whilst floodgate was good - its no match for the level in Halo 2 named "High Charity" where you can visibly see the flood tearing high charity apart and the brutes desperately trying to defend them off
 
Halo1 Shear terror, sticky grenades were in effect boomerangs, limited ammo lots of baddies.

Halo 2 Sword = death to flood

Halo3 sword = death to flood, but the changeling's were a PITA no more. All they ever did was slow me down by making me wait for my shields to recharge. I never got shield recharge time in H1
 
Hardly any useful ammo against the flood? Sword anyone? It cuts right through them and you can kill 30 odd flood with it before it even runs out and by that time you will have run across 2 or even 3 swords by then.

Also how are the characters crap in Halo 2? Johnson OWNS, I want his babies and when they killed him off I was like "WTF??!?? Kill the arbiter NOT my best mate!"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FeVcFK7pZpY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Ddm_u0K0W8

He had my back through out my journey :(

Those 2 videos appear to be the same, but they arent (second half of the cut scene is different).
 
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kalanium said:
Hardly any useful ammo against the flood? Sword anyone? It cuts right through them and you can kill 30 odd flood with it before it even runs out and by that time you will have run across 2 or even 3 swords by then.

Also how are the characters crap in Halo 2? Johnson OWNS, I want his babies and when they killed him off I was like "WTF??!?? Kill the arbiter NOT my best mate!"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FeVcFK7pZpY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Ddm_u0K0W8

He had my back through out my journey :(

Edit: Those 2 videos appear to be the same, but the second half of the cut scene is different.
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incase you didn't know, Johnson was in halo 1, as was cool cortana, and foehammer (R.I.P. :p) and keys, hunters were better in 1 as well, didn't look like anime gone wrong. but, i still stand by my belief that the flood are harder in 2 and 3, least ways i found them harder :(.
 
I know he was in Halo 1, but he features more in Halo 2 and his one liners in Halo 2 were 10x better. Also after he gets attacked by flood in Halo 1 you dont hear from him again until Halo 2 (or until the books which ever you consider more canon).
 
Story wise
Halo 1>>>2>>>>>3

Single Player freedom
Halo 2>>>1>>>>>>>>>>>3

Gameplay wise (jumping, aiming, just the general feel)
Halo 2>1>3

Multi-player wise
Halo 2>3>1
 
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RoachycaL said:
In Halo 1? Hell no, he featured in what - two cinematics? He was just a comical marine AI which was given to you on certain levels
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He was a main character because he also featured in the books long before Halo 2 launched.

As far as I am concerned if they have names they are main characters (not to be confused with the leading character(s) Master Chief + Cortana)
 
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