Halo

Right… so to fans of the games, what are your favourite maps to play in? :slight_smile:

I don’t normally play the maps myself, or touch on the multiplayer system of the game at all. I guess that’s why I am more experienced with the whole mythology of the game’s plot than on its gameplay.

The story told in Halo 2 was probably the deepest one… or rather, they tried too hard to make it so. The introduction of the prophets was ‘okay.’ It kinda scared me at first, but compared to the plot in Halo 3, I would say Halo 2 is more for the intelligent, while the tale in Halo 3 is just a fun ride you should enjoy.

Uh huh, em, yep that’s cool Dragon. :slight_smile: I haven’t played the first two (so I ‘cheated’ and actually skipped to the end of the trilogy), so I didn’t understand the plot. I’m looking forward to getting the first two for PC (since they discontinued the original Xbox) so I can understand the whole mythology of this game. :slight_smile:

I wouldn’t say the first one really contributed much to the whole magic of the story, at all. When I was playing Halo 1, I felt nothing. It was like watching Micheal Bay’s CGI-crammed Transformers; cool dialogue, nice bits of action, but no human feelings.

I have Halo 3…it’s okay. It’s really generic and the gameplay isn’t particularly good (and it’s stupid your health refills after 10 seconds of not being hit). I just don’t see what the buzz is about.

Favorite maps: Valhalla, Boundless, and High Ground.

I had Halo 3 but my 360 broke from the ring of death :`-( I really want Halo 3:ODST but I don’t have a 360, and I hear you need to have Halo 3 and Xbox Live to work the game. Well, I think you don’t need to have anything for Campaign. But multilayer, yeah. Also what do you guys think about the trailer for Halo:Reach? If you haven’t seen it here:
youtube.com/watch?v=RONxzAmv … annel_page

Hah… that’s what made it easy (and thus, fun) for me. Heck, it’s not particularly easy, either even with the health regeneration feature. I had pretty rough times with Halo 3 in a few levels, even those at the beginning of the game.

And since they did try and incorporate the health regeneration feature as part of the story (with Spartan being some futuristic soldier and all), I think ‘stupid’ might be a little harsh.

ODST would most probably won’t have that feature, however, so expect it to get way more difficult and a lot more challenging. I’m sure you would find that more appealing to your taste, Bryko. :wink:

Ah, the legendary red ring of death. I only encountered it years after I bought my XBox 360. I was more than reluctant in paying Microsoft for a mistake they made, so I bought a new one thereafter.

I don’t think I’ve ever touched my Halo 3 after that. But then again, I don’t touch my Halo 3 a lot before that either… :laughing:

I have played Halo maybe once or twice in my life. I wasn’t really into it. I saw it as a fun party game with my friends. I will say that my favorite part of the game is hacking and slashing people with that cool looking sword.

Yeah I would agree also that it’s not long enough. It took me only three days to complete it, and I only played for a couple hours a day. :frowning:

Anyway I don’t really like the first Halo. It’s about as boring as metroid. :angry:

The second and third are definately improvments though.

I’m a pretty big Halo fan…I play Halo 3 almost everyday. :stuck_out_tongue: REALLY looking forward to Halo: ODST and Halo: Reach!!!

annarborjack - You don’t need Halo 3 or Xbox Live to actually play ODST’s single-player mode.

Oh yeah! But i think you do for firefight which look SWEET :cry:

I adore Halo… even if I suck at it. :laughing:

Fun Fact: Halo: Combat Evolved was going to be an RTS through a significant part of it’s development!

runs back into the shadows

Everyone knows that! I find it interesting…

No posts in 3 months? Well,here are some vidoc’s:

youtube.com/watch?v=IgPKgnNv … annel_page
youtube.com/watch?v=O0Q8Ca9jhQs&feature=fvw

Can’t wait to go and PreOrder Halo 3:ODST so I can play as Sgt.Johnson is firefight :smiley:

Everybody who has researched the Grunts probably know that I’m a Halo fan as well (look at my username or my avatar).

I’ve actually made mods of the game, but I don’t know how much else I can say without sounding nerdy. :blush:

I just got back from pre-ordering Halo 3:ODST.Now I can play Sgt.Johnson in Firefight Mode!

I don’t know why, but, despite I’m a Halo fan, I’m only a fan of Halo 1. The other two games just don’t do it for me; though I like the idea of some of the story through the Covenant POV, in the end, the Grunts just remain evil, proven by no friendly ones in the third (and did anyone notice how different they look in Halo 3? Real faithful, Bungie!). They also seemed to focus a little more on the action/violence than on the story suspense like in the first one.

It wasn’t just the storyline, though; as a soundtrack nut, I found the first game to be the only one of the three in which I felt most of the pieces were worth listening to; I liked a few original (not too many of those in the sequels, for some reason) cues from Halo 2, and that was it for the sequels. And, in relation to the first, many of the good pieces (such as the music that concludes the tale of Captain Keyes, putting it lightly) were never even officially released, meaning you have to either record the pieces or use a modding application to extract them instead of just getting the soundtrack CD.

In short, if you truly do like Halo 1 and haven’t played its sequels, I personally would not recommend doing so.

Wow,nobody has posted their thoughts on Halo 3:ODST here!
Anyways,I love it! A great new addition to the Halo series. 9/10 I say
And look at this:

Now THAT is impressive! :open_mouth: