Taffer36 on 20/6/2009 at 06:22
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Yeah, but avoid Halo 2 & 3. 2 is utterly dire and 3 is incredibly average.
Halo 2 was the best of the three for legendary. The only part of the entire thing that I gave up on for being utter shit in its cheapness was REGRET (the boss fight at the end of that stage), but I made it thru the rest and had a blast playing.
Dresden on 20/6/2009 at 06:24
Legendary is the worst mode. It doesn't require legendary skill, just legendary patience.
EvaUnit02 on 20/6/2009 at 06:26
Quote Posted by Taffer36
Halo 2 was the best of the three for legendary. The only part of the entire thing that I gave up on for being utter shit in its cheapness was REGRET (the boss fight at the end of that stage), but I made it thru the rest and had a blast playing.
A lot of the later levels were boring and felt like a chore. Especially the ones where you played as the Arbiter and the ones aboard the Covenant mothership (Truth and Reconciliation? I don't remember and I don't really care). I only really liked the first few levels that took place on Earth, the invasion of New Mombassa or whatever. Also the anti-climatic cliffhanger ending was just total shit.
Halo 1 is a bonafide classic, IMO. I replay it yearly, although I haven't touched the Xbox original in years. Aside from a lot of copy-pasted design in later levels, it continues to a great no non-sense FPS. The enemy AI on Heroic and Legendary difficulties is still great, the combat is still highly strategic and I still feel that same sense of magic all of these years later from when I first played through it on Xbox 1.
Halo 3 was huge improvement over Halo 2, with some very Halo 1-esque levels. I only had any fun whilst playing online co-op. But it's still quite average at best and totally lacking in the magic that Halo 1 has. You could totally feel that Bungie's heart wasn't into it whilst playing Halo 3. The story was just as lacking as Halo 2, but I honestly only played Halo 3 for closure and the online co-op (a feature that Halo 2 should've had, FFS).
Taffer36 on 20/6/2009 at 06:40
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
A lot of the later levels were boring and felt like a chore. Especially the ones where you played as the Arbiter and the ones aboard the Covenant mothership (Truth and Reconciliation? I don't remember and I don't really care). I only really liked the first few levels that took place on Earth, the invasion of New Mombassa or whatever. Also the anti-climatic cliffhanger ending was just total shit.
Halo 1 is a bonafide classic, IMO. I replay it yearly, although I haven't touched the Xbox original in years. Aside from a lot of copy-pasted design in later levels, it continues to a great no non-sense FPS. The enemy AI on Heroic and Legendary difficulties is still great, the combat is still highly strategic and I still feel that same sense of magic all of these years later from when I first played through it on Xbox 1.
Halo 3 was huge improvement over Halo 2, with some very Halo 1-esque levels. I only had any fun whilst playing online co-op. But it's still quite average at best and totally lacking in the magic that Halo 1 has. You could totally feel that Bungie's heart wasn't into it whilst playing Halo 3. The story was just as lacking as Halo 2, but I honestly only played Halo 3 for closure and the online co-op (a feature that Halo 2 should've had, FFS).
Truth and Reconciliation was a stage from the first game, I think you might mean High Charity? The stage was called Gravemind I think, although you visit it twice in typical Bungie fashion (I have no idea why the fuck they love backtracking so much). It was a city, actually, not that it really matters. I also liked the Arbiter levels quite a bit because of the stealth ability and how I would typically skip a good 70% of the levels that way, although no one seems to agree with me on those (not sure why fighting the flood became such a chore in two and three even though it was so fantastic in the first).
I also thought that the plot of the second one was the best. Halo 1 had a decent plot, but Bungie really stepped it up in the second one. Although the chief side of the story was pretty meh, where it shined was the whole Arbiter side with the prophets and the covenant. Very intriguing, although it's a shame that in the third one they turned it into a shit revenge story.
Fragony on 20/6/2009 at 06:41
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
You could totally feel that Bungie's heart wasn't into it whilst playing Halo 3.
So true. I also agree on Halo 2, can't even remember ever beating it. Probably because I didn't.
june gloom on 20/6/2009 at 07:59
"I like FPS therefore I like Halo" is like saying "I like eating therefore I like coprophilia."
Fragony on 20/6/2009 at 08:07
The only reason Halo is hated is because millions of people love it, emo thing, I AM NOT THE MASSES. I suggest collecting 19th century oceanic art, not many people do that and it's gorgeous.
june gloom on 20/6/2009 at 08:15
... That is the worst logic you've ever spewed. Ever. Do you honestly believe that? That I hate Halo because it's popular?
Because if you do, you're even dumber than previously imagined.
Fragony on 20/6/2009 at 08:20
Quote Posted by dethtoll
... That is the
worst logic you've ever spewed. Ever. Do you honestly believe that? That I hate Halo because it's
popular?
well yes
june gloom on 20/6/2009 at 08:54
You're one of those people who talk on your cell phone while ordering food, aren't you?
