Halo: Reach

[Chimera]

the single player in combat evolved was revolutionary IMO. It wasn't original in any of it's gameplay innovations but it was the first game to put all those innovations into one package and pull it off. That game was around before XBOX live so the multiplayer didn't carry it like future games. It wouldn't have sold so well if the single player wasn't great.

I know. I got my original Xbox in Nov 2001. I didn't give Halo a lot of thought because FPS games were horrible on consoles (with the exception of Goldeneye on N64).

But I finally tried it out - it controlled well, you could drive (!), there were open areas (not Doom-type mazes), intelligent friendlies and enemies, a pretty good story - the whole game blew my mind.

I loved playing with the physics in the game - there were no invisible walls like in Halo 2 or 3. You could take banshees and fly to areas you were never meant to see. You could skip entire sections of a level to get a banshee and fly to areas where the AI would be "turned off" (all the characters would just stand and not react to anything).

Compare that to the other 2 games, where you are forced to stay on a straight path and the enemies spawn when you reach a certain point. That's stuff of standard games, not epic games like Combat Evolved.

I used to play "bumper cars" in multiplayer on Halo CE. The only shooting allowed was from the turret, and that was only allowed after the warthogs collided and the driver/gunner from one warthog fell out. Otherwise, the goal was to run them over.

You can't do that on 2 or 3 - the warthogs are no longer indestructibe.

Halo 3 was a little better as far as the single player. But it was the first Halo game I couldn't beat alone on Legendary. I don't see how anyone can get through the sniper levels playing solo. Yes, 4 player coop is doable. Alone is not.

[Guild]

I don't see how anyone can get through the sniper levels playing solo.

It's extremely tedious.

[Chimera]

It's extremely tedious.

To the point of no fun.

[Mesmer]

ODST was an expansion pack that didn't require the full game, had nothing to do with it, and was fully priced at 60 dollars.

Okay.

And don't compare games because people call you a fine young male when you go on xbox live, or glitch a lot. I'm discussing the games' content, not the idiots who play them online.

To be honest, every game has felt like an expansion of the original Halo, since nothing major has been done to it since it's original release. The narrative is beyond stale. Even though there are some cool ideas on the grand scheme of things as far as the world and the story are concerned, they are never realized.

I have never once cared about a single character in any Halo game. It's incredibly dull, and the gameplay has done nothing to push the envelope since the original came out... which basically did what PC shooters had been doing for years. So it leaves people like me unimpressed. Then taking into account that each release has been weaker and weaker, I'm not exactly about to jump out of my seat for Halo: Reach.

[SorthNarolina]

I know. I got my original Xbox in Nov 2001. I didn't give Halo a lot of thought because FPS games were horrible on consoles (with the exception of Goldeneye on N64).

But I finally tried it out - it controlled well, you could drive (!), there were open areas (not Doom-type mazes), intelligent friendlies and enemies, a pretty good story - the whole game blew my mind.

I loved playing with the physics in the game - there were no invisible walls like in Halo 2 or 3. You could take banshees and fly to areas you were never meant to see. You could skip entire sections of a level to get a banshee and fly to areas where the AI would be "turned off" (all the characters would just stand and not react to anything).

Compare that to the other 2 games, where you are forced to stay on a straight path and the enemies spawn when you reach a certain point. That's stuff of standard games, not epic games like Combat Evolved.

I used to play "bumper cars" in multiplayer on Halo CE. The only shooting allowed was from the turret, and that was only allowed after the warthogs collided and the driver/gunner from one warthog fell out. Otherwise, the goal was to run them over.

You can't do that on 2 or 3 - the warthogs are no longer indestructibe.

Halo 3 was a little better as far as the single player. But it was the first Halo game I couldn't beat alone on Legendary. I don't see how anyone can get through the sniper levels playing solo. Yes, 4 player coop is doable. Alone is not.

you could probably youtube it. Theres always someone willing to waste an incredible amount of time to beat a video game.

[Kurb]

I used to play "bumper cars" in multiplayer on Halo CE. The only shooting allowed was from the turret, and that was only allowed after the warthogs collided and the driver/gunner from one warthog fell out. Otherwise, the goal was to run them over.

You can't do that on 2 or 3 - the warthogs are no longer indestructibe.

This was/is one of the best things to do half drunk ever.

[SCPantherFan90]

Halo 3 was alright in my opinion, but I had an INSANE amount of fun with Halo 2 on xbox live. Before then I had never really competed against other people besides my brother. In fact, (idk how many of you keep up with MLG), my brother and I are responsible for creating the player widely known as IGotUrPistola.

[Doc Holiday]

To the point of no fun.

Really? I beat it in 3 days on legendary never really getting stuck anywhere, I found halo 2 to be harder on legendary.

But then again I've also beaten halo: CE on legendary using melée only.

[stankowalski]

Really? I beat it in 3 days on legendary never really getting stuck anywhere, I found halo 2 to be harder on legendary.

But then again I've also beaten halo: CE on legendary using melée only.

Oh yeah? Well I've beaten all three Halo's on Super Legendary playing with the controller upside down and behind my back.

[Doc Holiday]

Oh yeah? Well I've beaten all three Halo's on Super Legendary playing with the controller upside down and behind my back.

Not shitting you here but I got 4 kills in halo 3 on live using the Ace combat joystick, died a lot but still 4 kills using that.

Lol

[Fright]

Halo 3 was alright in my opinion, but I had an INSANE amount of fun with Halo 2 on xbox live. Before then I had never really competed against other people besides my brother. In fact, (idk how many of you keep up with MLG), my brother and I are responsible for creating the player widely known as IGotUrPistola.

Then you my friend, are responsible for creating a Halo God. Pistola is one of the sickest players I've ever seen touch halo. I'm actually really good friends w/ Heinz (since halo 2 came out). It sucks they parted ways, but it happens. I've followed MLG pretty close since 2005/2006ish.

OT: I've followed bungie since Marathon and have always loved their story lines. The halo story gets much more in depth about Master Chief and the Spartan program in the books. They connect you to the characters a hell of a lot better than the games do. The video games really just give the basics of what's going on, the Halo universe is a lot more than what the games show.

I will be playing the Reach beta ASAP and will be first in line to collect my full copy at midnight this fall. I just hope the new rifle fixes the bullet spread that the BR currently has. It's currently a faulty gun in a very competitive game.

[SCPantherFan90]

Yeah. We lived in the same neighborhood back when Halo 2 came out, and my brother and I were better than all of our friends, so Justin (Pistola), who is home-schooled spent almost every waking hour of his life trying to get better than us...which he eventually did. At that point MLG was just starting to catch fire in the gaming world, so we set up a team and absolutely destroyed everyone online. We beat 3D (old Final Boss), Exit Woundz, Carbon, and many others, but we never actually went to an event. Then after a while, my brother and I stopped playing so the team disbanded...and the rest is history for Justin. It sucks knowing I could be making thousands of dollars playing videogames right now, but I enjoy having a life.

As for Reach: I'm getting it no doubt, because I think besides the actual gameplay, the storyline is going to be epic (if you know the whole story of Halo).

[Chimera]

Really? I beat it in 3 days on legendary never really getting stuck anywhere, I found halo 2 to be harder on legendary.

But then again I've also beaten halo: CE on legendary using melée only.

You killed all the Hunters and Flood sperms (don't know what they're really called) with melee on legendary?

Sorry, I've gotta throw the BS flag.

But for the rest of the game, CE really wasn't that bad on Legendary. The hardest part was the drive at the end. But only because the framerate drops so low that it gets hard to maneuver. Challenging, but beatable.

I don't remember much about the Halo 2 campaign. I only played through it once on Legendary. The single player was horrible IMO.

I've gone back through Halo 3 several times for skull purposes. I still can't get past that one sniper level in the woods on Legendary. Its like being killed by the guardians - as soon as you turn a corner, you're dead, no matter what.

[TyHillPanthers]

Comes out next Tuesday. Who's picking this one up ?