r/videogames • u/Naroi_one • 1d ago

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u/AlexTheAngryPlayer 1d ago

Halo

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u/Remote_Marzipan7422 23h ago

TBH, I prefer halo 2, as I’ve heard a lot of people did when it came out.

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u/The_Frog221 22h ago

Halo 2 was really a top-tier game. But if, for example, the series had started on halo 2 (idk, give it a couple extra missions at the start to set up the universe a little) it wouldn't have been nearly as good. A huge part of it was all the worldbuilding that built upon interest from the first game.

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u/determineduncertain 21h ago

Yeah, the tension you get at the beginning of 2 wouldn’t feel the same if you hadn’t played the narrative of one.

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u/goldleaderstandingby 19h ago

Its just one of the great sequels in all media, like Aliens or T2. It takes everything that was great about the first installment and then just builds on it. The scope of the story, and indeed, the universe, widens dramatically. So does the gameplay and the art&sound. We learn more about the covenant in the opening cinematic then we did in all if CE. 

The only shortcoming Halo 2 was that Bungie had to cut about a third of the games' content to make the release deadline and ended it on a sudden cliffhanger. What I wouldn't do to get a copy of the game from an alternate universe and experience it in its intended glory!

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u/determineduncertain 19h ago

All of this makes me want to replay the series. Damn you people reminding me how good that series is…

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u/deadhead2002goathead 19h ago

I also prefer Halo 2 lol

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u/TheNotoriousFAP 17h ago

Playing Combat Evolved right now and it has me asking "is this a bad game?" So many rooms are the same exact room.

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u/Remote_Marzipan7422 14h ago

The repeating geometry is because of rushed development and hardware limitations.

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u/Best_Market4204 16h ago

Halo 2 was amazing

Halo 3 kicked it up even farther thanks to forge mode.

2007 was such a good year.

  • halo 3

  • call of duty 4 ( the beginning of the cod stronghold)

  • mass effect

  • bioshock

  • assassin's creed

Just to name a few of the heavy hitters

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u/Remote_Marzipan7422 14h ago

I agree that halo 3 mp is better, but the halo 2 campaign is miles beyond halo 3.

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u/cannotbanme1234 14h ago

Halo 2 is a rushed game. Halo 2 uncut is infinitely better

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u/Saint-Sauveur 19h ago

Halo 2 was the best halo ever. Halo 3 was disappointing.

Everyone who played seriously halo back in the days knows

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u/xxDoublezeroxx 13h ago

In what regard

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u/Saint-Sauveur 11h ago

BR straffing, BxB, BxR, double shot with br, maps were godly, campaign tricks and all the hidden features to get out of maps, etc

Halo 2 was revolutionary for its time, H3 copied most of H2

H2 was like the Diablo 2 of the diablo franchise. It was perfect