THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Barry Egan on July 12, 2014, 09:19:19 PM

Title: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: Barry Egan on July 12, 2014, 09:19:19 PM
I bought a 360 and I guess I'll buy a Halo.  Basically I've played Halo and Halo 2.  But there are four other Halos to choose from and I don't think I really need that much Halo. 

Tell me which one to buy. 
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on July 12, 2014, 09:31:39 PM
I've never played Halo but I worked on the Xbox One Halo collection a bit, so you could have bought that if you'd bought a One but noooooo
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: Joe Molotov on July 12, 2014, 09:49:47 PM
Halo 4
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: Positive Touch on July 12, 2014, 09:50:39 PM
halo 4 is like call of duty if it was halo. i like it but everyone else seems to hate it. well, everyone except all the people who still play it daily.
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: Barry Egan on July 12, 2014, 10:18:49 PM
is the multiplayer pretty much the same for these games or what?

surely there's a few Xfags here who played all of these.
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: Barry Egan on July 12, 2014, 10:19:40 PM
I just realized it's Saturday night.
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: AdmiralViscen on July 12, 2014, 10:47:25 PM
Skip reach

Halo odst is short and good

Halo 4 is ok

Get halo 3
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: fistfulofmetal on July 12, 2014, 10:56:08 PM
Halo 1 is great

Halo 2 is dogshit

Halo 3 is great

Halo Reach is great

Halo 4 is ok
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: CatsCatsCats on July 12, 2014, 11:25:57 PM
Man I can't even remember if I played 4
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: cool breeze on July 12, 2014, 11:34:54 PM
halo odst is best campaign. halo 3 is best multi, solid campaign.  pass on the other two.
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: Phoenix Dark on July 12, 2014, 11:42:12 PM
I've never played Halo but I worked on the Xbox One Halo collection a bit, so you could have bought that if you'd bought a One but noooooo

what did you do?
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: thisismyusername on July 13, 2014, 12:31:51 AM
Halo 1 is great

Halo 2 is excellent

Halo 3 is great

Halo Reach is great

Halo 4 is dogshit

FTFY.
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on July 13, 2014, 12:35:34 AM
I've never played Halo but I worked on the Xbox One Halo collection a bit, so you could have bought that if you'd bought a One but noooooo

what did you do?

UI stuff. A lot of glowy dog ear corners

(http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/26148/899871/fuse_haloReachBDE_2.jpg)

see the triangle cut out on the top right? VERY IMPORTANT and should be utterly trivial but was in fact hilariously complicated to implement everywhere because reasons I've purged from my brain already
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: Beezy on July 13, 2014, 04:34:42 AM
Reach > 4

Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: Positive Touch on July 13, 2014, 09:50:13 AM
reach had great playlists with insane variety, but god damn did the amount of damage you could do with a single clip suck ass. made every firefight feel like a chore because it always ended with who could slap the other guy first to get the kill.
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: a slime appears on July 13, 2014, 11:04:25 AM
Reach and Halo 4 are the ones you want. Everything else, while decent, you can avoid. Even 343 top-brass agrees, lol. Aside from Franchise not a lot of fans of ODST over there either.

The real answer is of course the Halo Collection!

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You ignored Halo Wars but so did everyone else! :lol
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Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: Barry Egan on July 13, 2014, 12:35:08 PM
thanks for ruining the consensus that had formed around Halo 3 and ODST, Slime  :punch now what the fuck do I do.

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I will get Halo 3 because I am a dirty poor
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Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: Squiddy on July 13, 2014, 01:34:53 PM
Halo 1 MP - Great
Halo 1 Campaign - Best

Halo 2 MP - Best
Halo 2 Campaign/Arbiter - Awesome
Halo 2 Campaign/Chief - Serviceable

Halo 3 MP - Great
Halo 3 Campaign - Great

Halo Reach Campaign - Best

Halo 4 MP - Terrible
Halo 4 Campaign - Great
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: a slime appears on July 13, 2014, 10:56:05 PM
Halo 3 is like what, $2 these days. Honestly starting there is probably the best choice since that's the most-Halo out of all the games.

While I like ODST, if you're strapped for cash/time I'd jump to Reach next and then if you still want more Halo go to 4.
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: Madrun Badrun on July 13, 2014, 10:58:48 PM
reach > ODST
Title: Re: help me distinguish these Halo games
Post by: chronovore on July 18, 2014, 10:06:51 AM
Halo 3 was incomprehensible.

Read a couple Halo novels and call it a day.