I had recently posted a thread challenging the alleged greatness of Halo 2. The purpose of that thread was to seek the opinions of those more experienced with the game than myself. I figured they could answer my inquiries regarding why the game is held to such a high standard. Through discussion, I was able to facilitate a decent understanding of the competitive elements of Halo 2. That is, until a certain staff member so rudely insulted me and destroyed my thread.
I do now understand what makes Halo 2 so different from Halo 4, and how strategic thinking is present in the older games and where it is lacking in 4. To those of you who put their time into writing the lengthy explanations that helped me arrive at this conclusion, I'd like you to note my appreciation.
I did, however, want to note a few things. Halo 2 is not a perfectly balanced game. The grenades are terribly overpowered. The sniper rifle too, in my opinion, is too potent. I'm also not a big fan of the maps brought into the game. Though I did like Shrine and the turbine map, I found Warlord to be too small. The long and awkwardly arranged corridors of Lockdown did not make for good engagements either.
Note that these are just my opinions. I'm not trying to start another war- hopefully we can all agree on some of these points- but I'd be glad to hear your thoughts or objections.
I do now understand what makes Halo 2 so different from Halo 4, and how strategic thinking is present in the older games and where it is lacking in 4. To those of you who put their time into writing the lengthy explanations that helped me arrive at this conclusion, I'd like you to note my appreciation.
I did, however, want to note a few things. Halo 2 is not a perfectly balanced game. The grenades are terribly overpowered. The sniper rifle too, in my opinion, is too potent. I'm also not a big fan of the maps brought into the game. Though I did like Shrine and the turbine map, I found Warlord to be too small. The long and awkwardly arranged corridors of Lockdown did not make for good engagements either.
Note that these are just my opinions. I'm not trying to start another war- hopefully we can all agree on some of these points- but I'd be glad to hear your thoughts or objections.
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