Thread 725237720

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>>725237720 (OP)
It was a different time...

pozole.

CE is the only Halo that didn't age like milk

>>725237985
2 and 3 are also still great thoughbeit

>>725238127
melee lunge and the BR were a mistake

>>725238712
Oh I agree, but I still enjoy the games overall. CE>3>2 is how I would rate them.

>>725239965
on the whole or campaigns?

>>725237720 (OP)
Hold me.

>>725240241
CE>2>>>>>3 when it comes to campaigns
2 was rushed and had a lot of ideas and was downright soulful and three was dogshit kek

AYAMDAMAN
AYAMDAMAAAN

>>725240406
3 was sadly pretty shit, the campaign barely has level design, most rooms are just a group of brutes and when they throw a bubbleshield you can just walk at them and melee them to death, this retarded strategy even works on legendary

>>725240406
2 has a lot going on, always been my favorite. as for 3, i didn't realize it back then, but the first half the of the game takes place on earth, including a backtrack level. easily the weakest.

as for mp, i love h3 but h2 has the levels and weapons, it was downhill from there. of course, h3 forge/custom games/theater more than made up for it.

>>725240241
On the whole. I think the enemies are the most fun in CE, particularly elites so I enjoy the CE gameplay the most. Plasma rifle and AR being worth a shit is also nice. Every weapon feels good.
2 has the best story but I hate fighting H2 brutes.
3 had the best multiplayer (learn to lead your shots, hitscanfags), some of the most fun vehicle levels, and forge. It lacks enemy elites though and some weapons feel like shit so it less fun to play than CE.

>>725238712
BR is literally just the pistol

>>725241227
the entire games didn't start revolving around the magnum after CE, so no

>>725241565
CE completely revolves around the magnum

>>725237985
Enjoy your rocket flood

>>725242270
Then why wasn't the magnum made into a 3 shot kill for every Halo game since CE? The BR has stayed as the same gun since 2 and been the center of the weapon sandbox since 2

>>725242359
just sidestep bro

>>725237720 (OP)
WORT WORT WORT

>>725237720 (OP)
I always heard it as
>IIIIII rule the earth

>>725237720 (OP)
Imagine a group of elites holding you down and clapping your cheeks haha

>>725243070
Because the BR replaced it. They're the same weapon.

>>725243708
How are they the same weapon when they have different stats, i remember H3 fags exploding about the DMR because it was not the same weapon as the BR despite being almost the same shit

>>725243437
reach or h2a elites?

maintain discipline

Elite on steroids wearing a tight corset

>>725243935
The BR is the pistol

>>725244092
do you have schizophrenia?

>>725244235
Do you?

Blinded?

>>725244260
No, i accept reality that the BR is not the magnum

>>725244340
they're the same thing

>>725244421
>>725244235

>>725244508
>>725244260

>>725237985
mogged hard by 2

>>725244615
>>725244340

>>725237720 (OP)
Gesundheit

>>725244038
The CE Zealots are goated.

>>725244665
>>725244421

>>725244658
>Halo 2: Complete The Great Journey.
20%
>Halo CE: Complete The Maw.
25%

The players have decided, H2 gets gaped

>>725244910
you have nothing

>>725238127
>>725244658
2 looks and plays like shit
3 is still great but the multiplayer (best part) is lost to time

>>725240406
I preferred the first 2 and didn't like the toy-like look of the third but the last mission+credits track were kino. MCC lost a lot of soul by not having the original menus + credits.

>>725246746
i found 2 to be the smoothest. aiming is the tightest and movement has no delay.
at least when comparing them on mcc with modern aim on.

>>725246772
halo 3 looked great but the elites did look kinda goofy, except arbiter.

>>725246746
>2 looks and plays like shit
I think 2 plays great but there is definitely something funky going on with its art.
3 on MCC is fine for the most part.

CE Grunts are the best, they are one of the funniest video game enemies of all time to kill as they scream in terror

You guys remember when the plasma rifle actually was more useful? Yeah I remember that time.

>>725247969
more useful than what? certainly not the plasma pistol in halo 1 where it's less accurate and does less damage

>>725247969
Yeah I remember a singular level in Halo 2 where the Plasma Rifle was forced for a gimmick

>>725247969
just say you dont know how to play the game

>>725244038
Our foes multiply

>>725248602
does master chief use his prehensile dong to swap out smg clips when dual wielding?

>>725246746
2 and 3 were only about the multiplayer
the campaigns in both were absolute balls

>>725247969
Remember when they actually made Plasma Rifles and didn't just sacrifice them to make the fucking Plasma Repeater?

>>725249138
Yeah who thought that was a good idea? Replacing the most iconic halo weapon

>>725249223
My guess is they wanted to regurgitate the concepts of H2 shifting weapons to proper roles, like the CE Magnum becoming a Battle Rifle, or the CE AR becoming the SMG, so lets turn the Covenant star weapon that is called a "rifle" into something actually resembling a rifle. But they fucked one of the fundamental principles of Covvie weaponry to try to make something with its own niche role by making venting the heat optional for firerate reasons rather than as a limiter. And 343 just ran with it and made the Storm Rifle and never looked back til the CE remake.

>>725240406
Halo 3 switched elites for brutes so it's automatically shit. It also suffered from that awful brown 7th gen aesthetic.

>>725248996
The mags just kind of stick to the side of the gun so maybe he has his spares clipped to his suit.

>>725244864
Yeah. They made them kind of shitty in 2. They have the exact same stats as an Elite Major so they just end up dying like retards 99% of the time. The white Elites end up being way more threatening.

>>725244038
I've taken a grieeeeevous wooound!

>>725237985
The library and twin betrayals are calling.

>>725248996
In one of the Halo Legends shorts Chief reloads dual SMGs with ammo compartments on his legs by slamming the guns down on it.

>>725244038
soul
>>725244073
soulless

>>725248602
bruh, you're supposed to use the turret to kill the enemies that spawn there, it is known.

>>725251028
>A decent and overhated level and one of the best levels in the franchise are calling

Yeah.

Library>>>>>>>Sacred Icon>Literal Shit>Cortana>Quarantine Zone btw

WORT WORT WORT

BRUTES R JERKS. There I said it :c

>>725249138
Plasma Rifle was in Halo Reach tho

>>725248602
>Aura farming on Halo 2 Shield Jackals and an Elite Minor

:/

GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ARMORY SPLIT LIP

>>725252263
His mistake was trying to use the Halo 2 shotgun

>>725251028
I get not liking The Library but wtf is your problem with Two Betrayals? It's a great level

>>725252316
noob cant BXR

>>725247969
This is why multiplayer went to shit every time
Bungie didnt learn their lesson with the CE Magnum and that shit ended up fucking the game since no one was going to swap to a different weapon when you spawn with the best one
Samething happened with the BR from H2
they almost fixed it in H3 but it was ultimately the best weapon you could
Reach took everyone back to the CE bullshit with the DMR
If the DMR and BR didnt exist the multiplayer would have been better
the magnum just needed to be balanced slightly and have no aim but Bungie NEVER nailed it once

>>725249119
nope. 3 was retarded by committee slop but the poured their hearts and souls into 2 and it shows.

>>725252440
did halo games ever even get balance patches or did they exclusively sell map packs

>>725252316
>>725252417
My mistake was posting on /v/ and NOT expecting a tryhard brown zoomer to chime in with something stupid and irrelevant they heard in a youtube video once.

>>725252534
I distinctly remember Halo 2 getting one with the map pack release but I could be wrong.

Hey guys, I don't think they're going to buy the whole "Actually Halo 3 is bad. It really makes our 343 games look better by comparison doesn't it?" angle we've been shooting for.

>>725237720 (OP)
CE campaign remake better have some standalone game modes like horde mode, tower defense, or some shit like that.
Or imagine a level where it keeps spawning marines/covenant aliens to truly replicate an actual battle.

>>725237985
Halo 2 has that Old Obsidian energy in that they made something building upon the first game with a ton of passion and effort that just did not fully pan out, but if you can see past the scuff what's there is fantastic.
In other words Halo 2 is the Kotor 2 of its franchise.

>>725253041
Halo 3's campaign is bad. 343 is much worse. If you like 3s campaign you might have brain worms. As for multiplayer? It's the gold standard.

Why did the CE assault rifle feel like 2's SMGs?
it had horrific accuracy and you had to magdump elites to kill them.

>>725253147
3 is good moments with messy filler in between.
Like The Covenant is one of the best levels in Halo and moments like Forward Unto Dawn landing were sick but a lot of the game is just mush, fun mush but mush.

>>725253246
>and you had to magdump
You're using it wrong.

>>725253246
Midrange suppressing weapon that was meant to break down shields so that you could kill with the pistol.
Also utility as the most efficient way to clear infection form flood.
Like one of the more optimal loadouts for flood heavy levels is Shotgun + AR.

>>725237720 (OP)
>Campaign
CE > ODST > 2 > Reach >>>> 3
>Multiplayer
3 > 2 > ODST > Reach >>>>>> CE
The magnum alone makes CE multiplayer virtually unplayable.

>>725253592
>break down shields
thats not how the game works though
human weapons for flesh plasma for shields
or just plasma pistol anything they nerfed its fire rate in 2 for a reason

>>725248602
great combo for multiplayer, god damn do I miss it

>>725253246
You don't use it against shielded enemies, dummy. You use it for grunts, flood, and for finishing off jackals/elites after you nuke their shields with plasma weapons

>>725253041
Lol anon those 343 apologists have been employing those tactics for years.

The worst ones are the retards that try to shift blame on the community for the state of Halo 5 and Infinite.
343 dont care, its that simple. They dont look at community feedback beyond what they want to see, just look at the way they handled the sprint argument since day one
even the latest fucking game has sprint and a core Halo fans (NOT 343 era halo) have asked for the next game to not have sprint since REACH and they still keep doing it because they do not care about genuine feedback, even despite the new game looking way better with normal pacing.
that's why halo 5 kept the charade going and ended up like dogshit
that's why halo infinite ended up like dogshit

They dont care about HALO fans. I could have forgiven the latest CE remake but it keeps this clown show going with sprint, smart-link (ads), hitmarkers, bloom and guess what? they're not going to remove any of that shit and the retarded /hg/ 343 tards will still find a way to blame halo fans.

>>725253706
But you don't start with the Plasma weapons' for most of the game and you constantly need to replace them. The AR exists in the toolkit alongside the Pistol as a all rounder set up tool to the pistols finisher.
Need suppressing fire?
AR can make them scatter and stagger grunts
Need something with a lot of ammo
AR has tons and the game will rarely let you run out.
Need something to just clear the first combat in a level
You start with it.

>>725253041
Halo 1 and 2 are the only good Halo games. Xbox 360 ruined Halo.

CE was the best for me, because it made the Covenant forces feel like a truly alien enemy.
None of that bullshit of humanizing the Convent in the sequels, and certainly none of that English speaking crap.

>>725254080
"proves you wrong"

>>725253651
No shields and pistols only is amazing on CE.

>>725254169
Definitely the best 360 era Halo I'll give you that

So what happens if you run out the timer at the end of CE level as you try to escape Halo?

do you die?

>>725254169
>Halo 3 but with a wonky nade throw and less content
ODST is the most overrated game in the franchise

>>725254136
Counterpoint
The Arbiter has some of the best acting and the best character arc in the Series.
https://youtu.be/xAmI7MCCFTQ

>>725254304
ya

>>725244038

Zealots? So much for a stealthy advance.

>>725254136
>certainly none of that English speaking crap
The grunts literally spoke English in that game

>>725254169

Hated ODST.
You're supposed to be playing as a normal human.
Meaning you're at least 12 inches shorter than a spartan and thus covenant enemies are bigger to you.
You're slower, weaker, and have less strength.
Melee attacks should do nearly zero damage.
And you shouldn't have a fucking shield bar.
In fact you should be so weak that if you got within melee range of an Elite or Brute, you should be grabbed and instantly die.

>>725254352
Keith David did a phenomenal job in this role.

pozole

>>725254893
Arbiter was the most engaging and well acted protagonist in any videogame ever.

>>725254404
fuark...

>>725254169
carried hard by the OST

>>725254884
cool lets just make the game boring because little anon wants it to be realistic
fuck you faggot.

>>725254169
pros
>amazing music
>pretty fun story and audio log story partially based on dante's inferno
>good voice acting
>great atmosphere and trailers/ads
cons
>way too expensive at the time for what it gave us
>you play more like a spartan than a marine

>>725237720 (OP)
Making them speak English from H2 and onward was a mistake.

Reach > 2 > 3 > 1 > ODST

Just my personal preferences, I know a lot of people hated Reach but I loved it personally.

>>725255605
Reach had a decent campaign but it didn't feel like a Halo game at all.

>>725255605
>reach
>good

>>725255647

Why? Because you weren't on a Halo ring?

>>725254893
>>725255074
If you can find the audition recording he did for the role which contains his lines for the original showdown with Truth its fantastic.

>>725256117
Because out of all the Halo games Reach felt the most like MIC propaganda.

>>725256016
Take a deep breath or two, go outside, make physical contact with grass.

>>725255605
ngl i like all of them equally for different reasons

>>725255605
The Reach hate is frankly overblown. It's not a great game, but it isn't as bad as some fans proclaim it is. More of a middle of the road. I can say the same for 5's multiplayer, and Infinite in general; god awful launch cycles but surprisingly alright games in the long term. Yet the way some fans act, these games murdered their firstborn children.
Reach's MP is entirely just fucked by the title update crap.

>>725256328
MIC, what the hell is that?
Microsoft Interracial Cuckoldry?

>>725256705
military industrial complex

>>725249736
The damn covenant weapons would be so much better if they made the battery to them fuck huge anyways. Only 100% or whatever it is. It should last at least 3 times as long besides the plasma pistol because of the noob combo.

Did that Halo 3 CE mod get any updates yet?

>>725257003
it got cancelled because the dev had a crashout over the CE remake and took all their shit down

>>725257003
>Halo 3 CE mod
The troon took it down.

>>725257098
But why? The CE remake looks like garbage.

>>725256117
Everything was a brown desert. Reach felt like a COD game aesthetically. It lacked the alien feeling that CE had. None of the vibrant blues, purples, greens.

>>725237720 (OP)
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie

>>725254884
Would you play an ODST game if it played more like SOCOM instead of Halo at that point?

>>725256687
I actually loathe Reach multiplayer, even if I like its campaign the best; the balance was dogshit and I could never shake the feeling that there was either some kind of aim assist in play or widespread cheating. By far the best multiplayer Halo ever had was Halo Custom Edition.

>>725247786
Halo ruined a lot of video games for me because enemies wouldn't run for their lives after wiping out half their squad in one second.

>>725243935
Because they serve the same role in the sandbox. A generalist precision weapon with a magnified scope.

halo 2 has the best singleplayer AND multiplayer in the series

>>725244235
no, no, he's right
the halo 2 battle rifle was quite literally a refunctioned version of the combat evolved m6d magnum tags, in an attempt to make such a powerful baseline "make sense". the ma5b assault rifle became the m7 smg, and i know a third weapon had similar origins but i can't remember which one. at a fundamental level the star weapon of CE lived on as the BR, until 3 added projectile speed to need to lead the shots. there's a reason why in the E3 demo and early stuff for H2, the BR was still a single shot rifle in almost identical functionality to the old magnum. the new m6c magnum in turn would be added in with intent for usage with the dual wielding mechanic.

>>725258062
>halo 2 has the best singleplayer in the series
>Gondola rides
>Every single flood encounter sucks
>You never fight humans as the arbiter
>Fucking gondola rides

>all Covenant weapons consistently suck except for Plasma Nades and Plasma Pistol
How did they manage this? Even their vehicles are the inferior counterparts

>>725258062
>hitscan BRfest
>best multiplayer

>>725259025
The Covenant Carbine wants a word with you.
Otherwise its because the Plasma Pistol is just that good.

>Still having new funny shit happen in the game in 2025
It's incredible. I just started replaying the other day. I had an elite on new mombasa stand there for a second when i jumped down throwing a sticky and he said "pleased to meet you" and promptly exploded.
Later during a vehicle section I got out on foot to snipe ghosts and an elite was just crouch walking up to the side of the warthog I abandoned.
Halo 2 is so good

>>725260564
CE and 2 feel like they're full of secrets waiting to be discovered. They have such a mysterious vibe unlike any other game.

>build your remake of a game on top of another game that already had a homage to the one you're remaking
>not a single thing carries over

>>725260808
gold elite was trans :(

>LOL this (insert name of sony game here) was suppose to be the Halo killer!
>Yes
>what do you mean yes!?
Yes Halo is completely dead, they all succeded at teaching people that the Halo genre is the most pathetic and overrated type of FPS game ever made.
>NOOOOO!

>>725261284
cute opinion, did a youtuber give it to you
i don't see you niggers in call of duty threads

>>725255605
HALO CAMPAIGN RANKINGS
>S
Halo CE
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo Reach
>A
Halo 4
ODST
>B
Halo Infinite
>C
Halo 5

>>725259025
>the Plasma Pistol after CE if it didn’t have its charged shot:

>>725261506
what?

>>725237720 (OP)
AIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE

>>725237720 (OP)
>when the elite jumps off the bridge in assault on the control room

>>725244038
GREETINGS!

>>725244690
lol

>>725261535
I believe anon attempting to contend the idea of a future without a plasma pistol's charge shot as comparable to Shaq's career on the Celtics being less successful than his previous years in the NBA
I think so anyway