A genuine Halo 3 question.

This is a genuine question so please don't spam or troll (whatever the lingo is)

I came to the site to find some information on Halo 3 because whenever i play multiplayer the max is always 8 players and it's always the same 4 maps. Anyways, I saw a review for Phoenix Wright, I have never played the first, but saw that it this new one received the "Recycling" Emblem for being similar to the last game. That made me think.

My friend and I just bought Halo 3, played through the singleplayer (on the default not Legendary or whatever most people brag about) and are now playing the multiplayer. To me anyways, this game doesn't seem to be leaps beyond Halo 2 and so far I'm a little dissapointed after reading all these great reviews. XBOX live is pretty cool in concept, but really Half-Life and counter-strike have had such matching and stat tracking for years.

Halo 2 was great i thought because it was on a console, the gameplay was nothing that hadn't already been exceeded on PC, but I stopped buying PC upgrades because they're way too expensive. To me Halo 3 is almost the same as Halo2, it looks nicer, but the gameplay is identical. I don't see how it couldn't have gotten the "Recycled" emblem as well. Halo 2 came out around Half-life 2 and i felt really sucked into the environment of that game and was hoping that would set the bar for Halo 3. Then came Gears of War which was amazing and felt new, and then Bioshock which was amazing and really sucked you in too.

Is it that I'm missing something amazing about Halo 3? are there more than 4 maps that just cycle when playing Slayer? I never played Halo 1. Perhaps it's that I grew up playing Goldeneye and still love playing that game and if they released it now i would probably play it. Could it be that the people loving Halo 3 are just on that nostalgic feeling?

I love the story but its definatly not the best game ever.

And thats alot of words for 1 question...

I dont think you are but its a formula that works and this is what halo 2 should of been bar the maps but they will get better. Im looking forward to what we see from this franchise in the future.zaokamura

I hope they add some new maps soon. I was kind of hoping for more variety. Or team levels where I would have to drive my teammates in a jeep (Warhog maybe they're called?) across the level to take over someone's base/flag, but have yet to see that type of coordination. Maybe they will release some new maps soon. I agree with what the person said this is what Halo 2 should have been, or more this feels more like an expansion pack. I look forward to see what they do with DLC.

I dont think you are but its a formula that works and this is what halo 2 should of been bar the maps but they will get better. Im looking forward to what we see from this franchise in the future.zaokamura

How will they get better? I'm new to online xbox 360 games, so when a new map comes out do you have to pay for it? How does that work?

I just mean they could release new maps or add some content. It's up the game developers whether to charge or not. I think with Halo2 there was a small charge for the new maps. Hopefully all the money they brought iin already would mean they can provice it for free. Then again, it's a business and they could easily sell more maps to the millions who bought the game.

I was just reading about Orange Box, and it seems to have the same problem with little variety in the maps.

[QUOTE="zaokamura"]I dont think you are but its a formula that works and this is what halo 2 should of been bar the maps but they will get better. Im looking forward to what we see from this franchise in the future.swordwarior

How will they get better? I'm new to online xbox 360 games, so when a new map comes out do you have to pay for it? How does that work?

the game play is accually alot differnt. u ovisly didn't play halo2 alot, if u did u would see the big difference.

i realize that u dislike H3,i dont care but the gameplay is different. play at big team battle to get 16 people.

halo 2 u had to pay 5 bucks, but i think now they will charge a cople of hundred mircorsoft points which u buy at a store. 2000 points are 20bucks

the game play is accually alot differnt. u ovisly didn't play halo2 alot, if u did u would see the big difference.

i realize that u dislike H3,i dont care but the gameplay is different. play at big team battle to get 16 people.

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I don't dislike halo 3 it just feels like I'm playing the same game. Some people love that about it. I didn't play halo 2 multiplayer much, most of my criticism is the single player campaign. This is my first time really getting into online multiplayer. I'll probably get more into it as i get more competitive, but i'm thinking maybe i'm more of a Call of Duty or Team fortress guy. I must say team slayer is pretty fun, but it's probably i'm just comparing this multiplayer to a different genre, the pure multiplayer games like counter-strike and bf1942.

[QUOTE="zaokamura"]I dont think you are but its a formula that works and this is what halo 2 should of been bar the maps but they will get better. Im looking forward to what we see from this franchise in the future.mistablair

I hope they add some new maps soon. I was kind of hoping for more variety. Or team levels where I would have to drive my teammates in a jeep (Warhog maybe they're called?) across the level to take over someone's base/flag, but have yet to see that type of coordination. Maybe they will release some new maps soon. I agree with what the person said this is what Halo 2 should have been, or more this feels more like an expansion pack. I look forward to see what they do with DLC.

You can and it is called team objective your probably just in team slayer where a objective game type is never going to come up.

[QUOTE="mistablair"]

[QUOTE="zaokamura"]I dont think you are but its a formula that works and this is what halo 2 should of been bar the maps but they will get better. Im looking forward to what we see from this franchise in the future.willpd123

I hope they add some new maps soon. I was kind of hoping for more variety. Or team levels where I would have to drive my teammates in a jeep (Warhog maybe they're called?) across the level to take over someone's base/flag, but have yet to see that type of coordination. Maybe they will release some new maps soon. I agree with what the person said this is what Halo 2 should have been, or more this feels more like an expansion pack. I look forward to see what they do with DLC.

You can and it is called team objective your probably just in team slayer where a objective game type is never going to come up.

I did VIP and "Plant the bomb" Those weren't all that interesting. CTF came up though that one was cool.