Halo 3 has not aged well at all :/

So today I decided to pop in Halo 3, out of hype of the reach trailer, and started co-op. Graphically...it lost its touch completly....gameplaywise ... it felt ... Old. Outdated. I can't even explain it. The mechanics of the game just felt so ancient. Online was still fun...but is it just me or is Halo 3 mulitplayer just who presses the RT first and unloads a full clip wins? :/

I really hope Reach delivers though.

I think its actually aged very well, there is a much greater chance of killing the other person if you are attacked first in Halo then a game like MW2. Halo takes much more skill to be great at then most other shooters out there. albi321

i pop it in once in a while and i felt the game is still too awesome. the weapons feel just right. Amazing vehicles gameplay. I could praise halo 3 all day :P

I would agree with you when it came to graphics (the graphics are alright imo, but there are things like jaggies that kinda ruin it), but for everything else no. The gameplay is something that i can play for years to come.

I think its actually aged very well, there is a much greater chance of killing the other person if you are attacked first in Halo then a game like MW2. Halo takes much more skill to be great at then most other shooters out there. albi321

I agree, but keep your voice down. Opinions/facts that Halo takes skill and/or is better than COD causes rage in System Wars.

I don't know about the single player, but the multiplayer is still good. And all of the popular shooters pretty much depends on who gets seen first lol. Like MW, takes like half a clip to get killed. I think Battlefield games take the most skill. You can get the jump on someone and STILL lose.

I think it looks pretty good,but that's me.

Hasn't aged well???? It's the second most played game on XBL behind MW2 and that's saying something.

So today I decided to pop in Halo 3, out of hype of the reach trailer, and started co-op. Graphically...it lost its touch completly....gameplaywise ... it felt ... Old. Outdated. I can't even explain it. The mechanics of the game just felt so ancient. Online was still fun...but is it just me or is Halo 3 mulitplayer just who presses the RT first and unloads a full clip wins? :/

I really hope Reach delivers though.

KukicAdo

I think its actually aged very well, there is a much greater chance of killing the other person if you are attacked first in Halo then a game like MW2. Halo takes much more skill to be great at then most other shooters out there. albi321

You can say the same for Counter Strike, but people still play it because it's fun.

From a technical point of view yes it looks bad compared to every FPS released this year, but that's to be expected from any 3 year old game.

ahh I have no problem with it it still looks good in my opinion.

I missed it when it was release but I did try to play it when I got my 360 earlier this year and yes I agree, it felt like outdated crap, the guns mainly felt like toy guns with no brutal sounds coming from them and the sense of being a floating gun was in my face. I traded it in. I have hopes for Reach after the new trailer however.

Halo isn't really known for it's graphics.

Gunplay in Halo 3 is awesome, no guns are drastically overpowered/unpowered and any gun is useful if you know how to use it and know when to.

Launched Sept. 2007 and still looks fine & dandy to these eyes and aways a Blast !! :P

As far as gameplay and design has concerned its aged just fine.

Its biggest problem is there is hardly any progression in design, however its still what it was, it and its predecessors still play very well.

The visuals though... They weren't very good for their time, and today look simply, poor. Multiplayers visuals are more consistent though, and have their charm.

And that's why a $60 expansion got a 9.0 in 2009. Yeah, sure, TC, sure...

Halo is filet mignon.

sorry but ive never been a fan of the halo games. i dont hate them but i dont love them either. i just dont see whats supposed to be so amazing about them.starwarsjunky

[QUOTE="starwarsjunky"]sorry but ive never been a fan of the halo games. i dont hate them but i dont love them either. i just dont see whats supposed to be so amazing about them.Racer850

I think its actually aged very well, there is a much greater chance of killing the other person if you are attacked first in Halo then a game like MW2. Halo takes much more skill to be great at then most other shooters out there. albi321

It is pretty simple Halo Reach was shown and it looks amazing so some feel the need to hurry and bash Halo. I would bet anything if the Reach trailer did not look great then this thread would never have been made. CanYouDiglt

I'm not sure it does feel old, it still plays like Halo should, graphically I guess it's out of date, but that doesn't bother me much.

I just got COD 2 for the 360 a month back and yes it looks a bit old but it still looks really good to me, and captures the mood and place setting of the game well so I still appreciate it. I feel the same for Halo 3.

I'm sure if you could play it at a higher native resolution it may be even less of an issue.

It's by far themost genericof the shooters out there, hence it's popularity.

It's by far themost genericof the shooters out there, hence it's popularity.

p2250

So today I decided to pop in Halo 3, out of hype of the reach trailer, and started co-op. Graphically...it lost its touch completly....gameplaywise ... it felt ... Old. Outdated. I can't even explain it. The mechanics of the game just felt so ancient. Online was still fun...but is it just me or is Halo 3 mulitplayer just who presses the RT first and unloads a full clip wins? :/

I really hope Reach delivers though.

KukicAdo

Obviously someone doesn't know how to play and obviously someone is a level 1.

Ah, nothing better than a Halo Hater self owning themselves.

You can say the same for Counter Strike, but people still play it because it's fun.

From a technical point of view yes it looks bad compared to every FPS released this year, but that's to be expected from any 3 year old game.

Gxgear

Thats exactly right, if you get too caught up in technical graphics, then games won't last long.

The style is eveything. I installed Half Life 2 and played it properly for the first time this year and it blew me away. I loved the real urban look and style.

I do have a harder time playing the much older fps games though, even Half Life: Source, but those graphics are generations old and it's weired going from the sequel and then playing it's predecessor.

It's by far themost genericof the shooters out there, hence it's popularity.

p2250

It's still so popular because its gunplay is spot-on. The maps and gametypes that come out of the box are addictive.

And on top of that... Halo 3 provides an incredible amount of stats on Bungie.net. Has a tons of options to customize each session. It has Forge, allowing for near infinite maps. Theatre lets you save snapshots and video from your single player and multiplayer, even Forge sessions. Community features let you easily share custom maps, custom game types, pics and video with everyone.

Exactly how is that generic. In many ways, despite graphics, it's still ahead of its time.

If you look at it in terms of features...it's years ahead of any console shooter.

No other game gives you all these features together: 4 player coop offline AND online, theater, forge, 4 player splitscreen multiplayer.

People can concentrate on graphics if they want, but it's pointless. Games like Killzone 2 were known for their graphics, but they have maybe a quarter of the daily players that Halo 3 has, and Halo 3 came out a few years ago now.

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]It is pretty simple Halo Reach was shown and it looks amazing so some feel the need to hurry and bash Halo. I would bet anything if the Reach trailer did not look great then this thread would never have been made. skrat_01

Judging by his posting history, you can't go by one line in his post.

I hate Oblivion, I hated Morrowind. I can say "I'm hopeful for Elder Scrolls V" but that doesn't mean a damn thing, other than to get people like you to think "oh, he's not just some hater, he was just disappointed in the games"

I didn't think it was good even when it first came out. Everything it does has been done before and better.

Gunplay in Halo 3 is awesome, no guns are drastically overpowered/unpowered and any gun is useful if you know how to use it and know when to.

Vesica_Prime

This.

But then again, now that you mention it, TC has a point. It is outdated.

I mean, who the hell actually creates balanced games now? Pfft, where about to be in the year 2010 Bungie, get out of early 00's!

(sarcasm btw for the slow ones)

I didn't think it was good even when it first came out. Everything it does has been done before and better.

vdastampede

Really? What game did all of these better?

4player coop offline AND online, theater, forge, 4 player splitscreen multiplayer, online stats.