[Xani]

Aside from having to make a new Gamertag as I forgot the windows password to reactivate my old one, I really like it.
As far as I can see (in matchmaking) they seem to have revamped all the maps of Halo 2, which = in my books.
Though after playing COD MW2 for over a year, the difficulty has made me a pussy. Never realised how freaking easy MW2 was until going back to Halo~

This post has been edited by Xani: 20 September 2010 - 07:22 AM

[Aeonknight]

I wouldn't say Halo is harder than MW2... just favors different playstyles.

Halo's always been more of a run + gun type of game. MW2's more of a fire down straight away's and/or camp. Only time you can get away with run + gun is when your enemy is stupid or has a slow reaction time, in which you can literally run around and slaughter the team with a knife.

hardest part of halo imo... is that I haven't played a halo game online in years (ODST did not count. it's the FFX-2 of the halo series.)

[Littlebender]

Just picked this up after work.

[firefeng]

First your computer, now Halo: Reach.

YOU DON'T NEED TO POST PHOTOS OF SHINY PLASTIC THINGS THAT YOU BUY, GOOD SIR.

[Littlebender]

Going to midnight release for FFXIV tonight so you'll probably be seeing a bunch of CE photos tonight huehuehue.

[Xani]

Aeonknight, on 20 September 2010 - 12:33 PM, said:

I wouldn't say Halo is harder than MW2... just favors different playstyles.

Halo's always been more of a run + gun type of game. MW2's more of a fire down straight away's and/or camp. Only time you can get away with run + gun is when your enemy is stupid or has a slow reaction time, in which you can literally run around and slaughter the team with a knife.

I disagree, Tactical Knife was my best choice.
Side note - assassination is fucking brilliant.
Wut Fifi said. Although, my friend bought the new Xbox & Halo Bundle. Gloss black are is ugly.

This post has been edited by Xani: 21 September 2010 - 03:59 PM

[treelo]

Haven't touched the series since they ended Halo 2 with "To be continued..." It just isn't done in games, even if there is obviously a sequel coming. Just looks like more of the same, I noticed my housemate playing it online and recognised the old Halo multiplayer map. He didn't seem to notice the sarcasm oozing from every orifice when I commented on original content, instead babbling on about re-releasing the map in glorious HD while I just stared at him blankly. Either way, it didn't fill me with confidence and smacks of catering to brain-dead fanboys who will lap up any old crap.

For the record, I didn't like MW2 either. The campaign mode was brilliant, multiplayer sucked ass. Bad Company 2 is where it's at.

[Xani]

I never got into BC2. That might just be my ungodly(womanly) sense of direction, but I could never figure out what the fuck was going on in it.

[Tsuji]

I think that this game looks well good. Unfortunately though, I don't have an Xbox 360 so I can't pick it up and play it. Its gotten good reviews for the most part, and I heard that the campaign was actually the hardest one in the Halo franchise yet, so I definitely am disappointed that I can't play this...

[treelo]

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I never got into BC2. That might just be my ungodly(womanly) sense of direction, but I could never figure out what the fuck was going on in it.

I much prefer the wide open spaces of BC2 to the claustrophobic confines of MW2. The battles are much more dynamic, unlike the same old charge down corridor/passage X keeping an eye on camper Y lying in corner Z with their goddamn heartbeat sensor. I've seen far too many games of MW2 where people can simply take two steps forward at the start of a match, knowing precisely where to aim to kill at least one unfortunate sod as the match begins.

I'm not gonna lie, the ability to level entire buildings is primarily what draws me towards BC2; games with destructible environments are just a lot more enjoyable in my eyes. Add to this the host of vehicles, a squad system (and the marking system) that when utilised properly is devastatingly effective, and the fact that you can genuinely snipe (not just use a scope to aim at someone five feet away) and you can't really go wrong. It has tons of depth that MW2 is simply lacking when it comes to online play.

As far as Reach goes, I'm writing this while staring at the pause menu. I just can't bring myself to like it. Halo 1/2 were great, and I loved Halo 2, yet the ending totally destroyed it. It might seem silly to some people, but you just don't end a game like that, had they omitted the three words that infuriate me things might have been different. Yet without the plot to care about, the gameplay is unchanged and frankly mediocre at best. Being limited to two weapons and scant supplies of ammo is all good and well, when the enemies aren't heavily armoured and decked out in nigh on impenetrable shields. The previously amusing cries of those crappy little things as they flee in terror have lost their shine. Halo was released almost ten years ago now, and there has been so little progression in any area other than graphics that it just feels stale and dated. Bungie were quick to realise that they had developed a moderately sized playerbase of fanatical fans that wouldn't dream of not buying the next game in the series, and when other titles have made such staggering progress in gameplay, they've been rather lazy. I'm about three levels in and bored already, I expected a lot more.