Hey guys, before I start as always I would like to stress that I am NOT complaining about anything, I am asking a serious question with respect to other members and hope to have that same respect shown back to me. I would also like to say that I am not a troll, i’m not a jerk who wants to bring Bungie or 343 down or anything like that, if you feel I have been like that please think of it from a different point of view instead of assuming I am raging, thank you.
Now, I started off my day by having a little game on Reach before leaving for work. Normally I try to finish some challenges and just chill out with some friends online. This morning was a bit different though, I got bored very quickly and turned off Reach an hour before I leave for work.
I go to work and come back, I want to chill with my Xbox buddies so I pop in Reach, still feel bored. I figured i’d play something different for a bit, I played a bit of Mass Effect before getting a huge craving for Halo: CE, I popped that in my PC (I have both versions but prefer PC over higher quality) and played through the whole thing. Amazing, simply amazing, felt like I was a kid again blasting those covies to bits when I played it for the first time. Like a drug I had to get some more so I put Halo 2 in and played through that too, I even had a few Matchmaking games too, great feeling to be playing classic Halo again. Did the exact same thing for Halo 3, loved it.
I love everything about Halo CE, Halo 2 and Halo 3. I wouldn’t say it’s all perfect but it’s a game I grew up with and have many fond memories with it, used to have a few games a week with my older brother. Awesome times 
Then I played Halo: Reach again and the fun kinda…stopped, I don’t know why but it just felt like a completely different game, it doesn’t feel like classic Halo. Ya know, how it all used to be? I could go into great detail but i’d be here for hours and i’d get replies saying “TL;DR”
I just want to ask you guys, if anyone here feels the same as I do. Even if it’s only a little, like that little shiver of doubt in the back of your mind, I just want to know that i’m not the only one.
As I said at the top, I am not trolling or trying to offend, i’m giving my personal honest opinion and I just want to hear everyone elses.
Some people may find this part slightly offensive, please understand that I do not mean to annoy or offend anyone, I cannot stress that enough.
In my personal and honest opinion, most people who play Halo these days, have no idea what it’s all about. I’m sorry to say but if you’ve never actually sat down and played Halo: CE, Halo 2 or Halo 3, you have no idea what Halo is all about.
I’m not saying that if you have only ever played Halo: Reach that your opinion is not valid or important, i’m just basically urging you to play the classic games, the ones that started it all. The good old days where you could play a game with someone, get totally wrecked and still have respect for one another at the end.
Halo has changed, some of it good. But IN MY OPINION, it’s mostly bad, and as upsetting as it is to say I almost gave up on Halo at some point. Then I saw 343i and what they are capable of doing and I can see Halo making a comeback.
TL;DR - Halo is not the same as it used to be, IN MY OPINION, it has changed for the worst and it’s attracted the wrong kind of attention.
As I said at the top, this is not fact, this is opinion from one diehard fan who only wants to know what the other diehard fans think, thank you for your time.
-Teh Spearhead