I havent seen it much lately, but it is something I would like to address:
What is the deal with people saying “halo: reach isnt halo” like for real, you may have seen the occasional troll, or maybe even someone who believes this, but seriously what causes people to think this?
Most people that say this, say it under the grounds that halo: reach’s default gameplay mechanics are too different from halo ce, 2, and 3 to be considered “a legitimate halo game”. Seriously guys?
I bought halo ce for the xbox in 2002 and I played halo 2 from about 2005 - 2007 as a casual. Then in 2007 I finally sprang for my own xbox 360 and a copy of Halo 3 which is when I really got into gaming, finally I preordered halo reach and I play pretty frequently. I also own halo 3: odst and halo wars but im trying to stay on the online multiplayer shooters.
However, the fact that people say “halo: reach is not a real halo game” does not surprise me in the least. For any memeber that has been on the bnet forums for any real length of time, knows that halo 2 was:
1st) praised vigorously during its pre release
2nd) was hyped to levels unknown during its release
3rd) as time cooled so did the hype
4th) CoD 4 hit and people said halo 2 was: “dead”, “boring”, “not fun” and begin switching to cod, (this took the cod franchise off the ground)
5th) halo 2 was flamed “bad game”, “WAY TO DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL”, “a step in the wrong direction”
6th) mlg took off with halo 2 (the rest is history)
7th) as the next halo game primed itself for release people began forgetting about halo: 2
8th) upon halo 3’s release halo 2 search times were ridiculous and the game was a wasteland (the reason my friend alex and I bought halo 3 and a system to play it on)
9th) as time passed and people began to flame halo 3; halo 2 was raised to god status
10th) halo 2 went down as a beloved game
Now lets look at a history of Halo 3:
1st) praised vigorously during its pre release
2nd) was hyped beyond levels unknown during its release (do the dew, believe, ect.)
3rd) as time cooled so did the hype
4th) CoD 6 hit and people said halo 3 was: “dead”, “boring”, “not fun” and continued switching to CoD
5th) halo 3 was flamed harder than hard with things like: “bad game”, “broken br spread”, “no hitscan”, “a step in the wrong direction”
6th) mlg continued to run halo 3 and halo 2 as some of its prime platforms
7th) as the next halo game primed itself for release people began forgetting about halo 3 and focusing on new things in halo reach
8th) upon halo reach’s halo 3 became a ghost town that was had ranked playlists littered with modders and DDOSers that bungie didnt care to stop
9th) as time passed and people began to flame halo reach and; halo 2 / halo 3 were raised to god status
10th) halo 3 went down as a great addition to the franchise and an epic game
Are we starting to notice a pattern?:
Halo reach:
1st) praised vigorously during its pre release (who else remembers seeing the “remember reach” trailer on youtube 100000 times?)
2nd) was hyped to levels unknown during its release (the line at my local gamestop was 2 blocks long and I was first in line)
3rd) as time cooled so did the hype
4th) CoD 7 hit and people said halo reach was: “dead”, “broken”, “not fun” and continued switching to blops
5th) halo reach was incinerated and called: “bad game”, “broken: AA, bleedthrough, campaign, ect”, “a step in the wrong direction”, “WAY TOO DIFFERENT FROM CE, 2, AND 3”
6th) mlg continued to use halo: reach / 3 as its main platform
7th) with TU changes came flaming and praising
8th) …
Im just wondering if I am the only one who sees this trend.
Halo is my favorite game and as long as its in good hands it always will be. While I do not agree reach is perfect by any means, it is still a wonderful halo game, and Ive had more lan parties playing halo reach than I did playing halo 3 (I had a whole bunch playing halo ce/2).
And for crying out loud to people that say “reach isnt halo”:
Halo wars is halo
Halo 3 odst is halo
how is a FPS with the sterotypes of gameplay and weapons that are classic to this franchise: not halo?
So to anyone reading this, whats your opinion on the games in the franchise? what did you like/not like? what do you think about my cycle of halo?
Also:
I promise you, that 1 year after halo 6’s release this is what the waypoint forums will read:
"OP 10/16/17 19:08:04;
[SICK OF STUPID EMP SPAWN KILLERS!!!]
ever since I bought this stupid broken game, ive been trampled by these little no lifers that use the dumb emp guns. Seriously every match of invasion and parasite that I play I get spawn killed by emp rifles, emp nades, or emp capture bombs!
Back in halo 5 you couldnt do that. In halo 4 you couldnt do that because GAMEPLAY WAS BALANCED.
I remember when I got halo reach for christmas in 2011 and IT PLAYED LIKE A DREAM.
Everyone remembers how precise the dmr was and the Magnum was a four shot kill that you had to FIGHT OVER BECAUSE IT WAS A PICK UP ON THE MAP. Unlike Halo 6 where you spawn with one and the damn thing is like a 9 shot kill!!!1!!
Halo 6 is broken, and im trading in my disk for BF5 tomorrow, screw you 343."