What makes Halo special to all of you? I’d love to hear everyone’s history with the game!
H3 and Halo Reach custom games
Halo is particularly special to me, because I would have never of met my wife had we not been such huge fans and both into cosplay. It’s a matchmake in Halo.
Halo was such a mainstay among the first lasting friends I made, and through playing split-screen with almost everyone I knew growing up we made so many memories and bonds. The beauty of it is so many layers to me, the nostalgia, the story, the memories, the community and the mechanics all come together.
Halo Combat Evolved and Halo 2. That’s how I play Halo from the beginning. I stop playing the Halo video games until the year 2019. That’s where I play Halo again. I am very happy that I can finally play the Halo Master Chief Collection on PC. I am also happy that I can finally follow the entire story from Halo Reach to Halo 4. At the same time, I love the cutscenes in the Halo video games especially the Halo 2 Anniversary cutscenes.
Put simply they are just outright amazing games (CE - Reach).
I remember when my older brother and I would mess around on Halo Reach when it first came out. I remember having a lot of fun with him- despite me being only 10(?) at the time. I also recall playing some Halo 3 and others together but all of it is such a blur.
He bought me the Master Cheif Collection on the PC when it came out so we could play the games together again, now almost 10 years later. It made me remember why I loved Halo so much. I love the games, I love the lore, they are fun, adventurous, exciting… I guess one reason I hold it so dear is because I remember those faint memories of my brother and I playing and enjoying it together, even if he beat my -Yoink- every time.
I’ve been with this series since I was 11, it’s really been around 2/3 of my life. So many memories.
Halo has been such a huge part of my life! After I got diagnosed with cancer when I was 12 it was the only thing I could do during treatment. At a point in my life where I wasn’t sure I’d come out the other end it was awesome to play this game where the Chief made it through so much and still managed to pull it off! I guess I hoped to do the same, and obviously it worked!
I’ve also met amazing friends, who are all coming to my wedding from all over the world in a couple of years. There is true magic and friendship in online gaming, I truly wish more people knew how incredible this was!
Imagine being 12 in 2000 and you hear of this new console called Xbox coming soon. Then you start seeing demo pods showing up at stores. You play some Blood Wake and Fusion Frenzy. And there is this game called Halo, where you land on a beach as if its a sci fi Saving Private Ryan. Then you get in a car and drive around this island. Epic? Yes!
Then you read in magazines how people are calling it the best thing to come to this console and before you know you’re playing that same level. Over and over and over and over again when you get to town.
That was how I got introduced to Halo. That’s when I got hooked. And then there are sweet memories of local multiplayer games, epic campaigns. Playing online with my American friends on a daily basis in H2. Those two games were truly special with a sense of community that got lost along the way as screaming, music blasting little kids ruined people’s willingness to use a mic and headset.
Halo is just special. It’s like our generation’s Star Wars in a way.
Halo is special to me as i have been playing it since i was about 4 years old and continue to now as a 20 year old. i grew up playing this and i love halo to say the least.
For me it was the Ambience, sound, level design and the overall Story.
I played so much Halo Combat evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3 Odst, Halo 3 and Halo Wars that it go me in trouble over the years. Its a very fascinating world with the perfect gameplay. I wouldn’t say the same about Halo 4, Halo 5 but i am willing to take a deep dive and see if i could swim in the universe once more.
Defo cause I grew up playing CE, 2, 3, and Reach so the universe holds a special place in my heart. That’s actually the same case for TF2 and Half-Life for me, too
I’m glad everyone has gotten to have such great memories with the game. Halo played a huge part in my life and I’ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of people over the years. Tho, I don’t speak to most of the Halo players I’ve met anymore. lol
I hope everyone continues to enjoy the game and have fun. Thanks for sharing your stories! <3
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> Halo is special to me as i have been playing it since i was about 4 years old and continue to now as a 20 year old. i grew up playing this and i love halo to say the least.
I started up when I was nine and my mom had a fit. How on earth did you get away with this!?! For me the most magical halo experience will be when I pick up a brand new copy of halo infinite off a GameStop shelf in a few months.
The original hook was visiting my brother in college when Halo 2 LAN parties were just everywhere. And I immediately got hooked. But I wanted to stand out from the rest, so I always played as a Elite. I got sniped more often, but it was fun. That got us to get a xbox and we bought Halo 2 for ourselves and I loved everything about it. The rest is pretty much history. Waited for the release of Halo 3, spend hundreds of hours playing Reach and ODST online. etc.
Something else that made Halo special to me was that it was a new sci fi franchise that was uniquely mine. (and my generation). It wasn’t like star trek or star wars that I was born into that already had generations of fans. It wasn’t some long running book series that I was joining in the middle of. I was here and growing with it. The lore, techno slang, and version of the universe was something I could have as my own so to speak. It’s probably why, despite my recent disappointments with where the franchise is heading, I’m still around.
I was introduced to those little ‘Mega Bloks’ Halo toys when I was around 8 or 7, and I LOVED them. I thought they were the coolest thing ever. I didn’t figure out that Halo was a game series until a year later, and wasn’t able to even play it until I was 13. The wait was worth it, though. So worth it.
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> Imagine being 12 in 2000 and you hear of this new console called Xbox coming soon. Then you start seeing demo pods showing up at stores. You play some Blood Wake and Fusion Frenzy. And there is this game called Halo, where you land on a beach as if its a sci fi Saving Private Ryan. Then you get in a car and drive around this island. Epic? Yes!
> Then you read in magazines how people are calling it the best thing to come to this console and before you know you’re playing that same level. Over and over and over and over again when you get to town.
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> That was how I got introduced to Halo. That’s when I got hooked. And then there are sweet memories of local multiplayer games, epic campaigns. Playing online with my American friends on a daily basis in H2. Those two games were truly special with a sense of community that got lost along the way as screaming, music blasting little kids ruined people’s willingness to use a mic and headset.
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> Halo is just special. It’s like our generation’s Star Wars in a way.
Memories dude, so many memories. I wish we got a Mech Assault 3.
Halo is responsible for bringing my main circle of friends together.
I moved to a new place with only knowing my cousin.
His neighbor was his best friend (friend 1) and they, along with his neighbor friend’s father (friend 2) played halo.
His father’s and his friends (friend 3, 4, 5, 6) used an office space one of them worked at to link xboxs for halo CE system links…
One of those people (friend 3) frequented a local restaurant/bar after his 9-5 where he constantly talked to the bartender/ waiter there about stuff going on in his life, eventually finding out both of them play a lot of halo… that eventually lead to that waiter (friend 7) and his friends (friend 8,9) joining a system link at friend 2’s house… myself and my cousin were also invited because a couple of people couldn’t make it and they wanted some little kids (we were noobs at the time) to beat up on
At the system link friend 8 also brought his little brother (friend 10) who was the same age as me and my cousin… turns out in the fall his little bro was going to be starting high school at the same school as us (myself, my cousin and friend 1), and they also have friends who play halo (friend 11, 12, 13).
this was summer of 2004, a few months later halo 2 dropped and suddenly we have a 15 man halo 2 clan with halo CE system links every couple months.
fast forward to now we are all still friends, we have kids that are friends, best-manned weddings / went on trips, etc… it formed my circle of friends from the time I moved until now. all because of this beautiful game.
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> What makes Halo special to all of you? I’d love to hear everyone’s history with the game!
It’s just really cool and stuff I guess, i find it more interesting than other sci fi franchises