Halo 2 Vs. Halo 3

[Licoix]

What in your opinion is better in terms of multiplayer, gameplay and story?

[thecatcher]

halo 3 campaign was a dissapointment apart from the ending but the weapons and multiplayer were awesome

[Jennifer]

Halo 2 for all of the above. Halo 3 might be better balanced, in both campaign and multiplayer, and more polished as well, but Halo 2 is just more fun.

The campaign has much more fun and interesting level design and a much more engaging story. The multiplayer, while it has issues like button combos, map exploits, and the balance can be kind of wack, it's just more fun to play, and Halo 2 overall just feels better. Feels more responsive and snappy.

[Lil Femboy Toes]

Halo 3 is better at everything except the story, not that the story is bad just that 2 is better

[Somua]

Absolutely loved Halo 2 except somehow ... the story that feel really rushed ... the betrayal came way to quick ... I didn't like Halo 3 except for the multiplayers, one of the best of the franchise not to mention that brutes became weaker and not worthy opponent compared to the elites

[thecatcher]

Originally posted by Somua:

Absolutely loved Halo 2 except somehow ... the story that feel really rushed ... the betrayal came way to quick ... I didn't like Halo 3 except for the multiplayers, one of the best of the franchise not to mention that brutes became weaker and not worthy opponent compared to the elites :MCCLEGENDARY:

right in halo 2 they were complete savages, in 3 they are just fat elites

[Mina]

Halo 3 for the nostalgia, I enjoyed the atmosphere of Campaign, never played multiplayer at the time, though I had no experience at the time with the others.

[Clancy McFancy]

they are both bad

[BlueSoD]

>"is h2 or h3 better?"
>"no"
>does not elaborate
>leaves discussion board
chad move, gotta hand it to him

[Dr. Raven]

Story and environment wise, think Halo 2 is better. Missions are more memorable and ultimately fun as well.


Halo 3 is the more balanced and fair campaign. The fact that 4 people can play instead of 2 helps in it's favour, and yet despite having 1 to 4 players the game always feels good. I enjoy more brighter and colourful levels, and yet I remember Halo 2 far more vividly.


It might be Stockholm syndrome honestly. You replay Halo 2 so much because it's a far far harder game. Especially legendary v legendary. Snipers one shot you easily and quickly, are everywhere, and if you die at all, you get sent back to the beginning of the mission unless in co-op in which case if either player dies it's back to the checkpoint. Truly unfair.

[Adept]

Halo 2 better except that they removed the assault rifle from the first game. Such an iconic gun... Other than that the story and missions were much more fun. I loved keeping my elites alive as arbiter or watching the brutes and elites fighting as chief. Having 3 different factions going at it (Brutes, elites, flood) and being a part of the action made it the best halo game yet. Also damn the story.... What an amazing game.

[ProgramTheta]

Halo 2 Heroic is too easy, Halo 2 Legendary is too hard, Halo 3 Legendary is just right

Halo 3 just overall feels like the culmination of Halo in every way, both with the climax and grand finale of the story masterfully set up in Halo 2, as well as the vast and interesting weapon, vehicle and map sandbox, largely restored to proper order after Halo 2 threw it out of whack by removing the AR and obliterating the magnum and shotgun while introducing the all-powerful BR which makes every other gun in H2 short of power weapons obsolete.

If it weren't for Halo 2's great story and overall contribution to the franchise I'd consider it an awkward middle child.

[flame from Halo]

Halo 2 had a much better story in terms of characters and their development, but Halo 3 killed it in the balance/multiplayer/forge in comparison.

Outside of nostalgia or vague descriptions of Halo 2 'feeling better' to play(which is just nostalgia but veiled) I find it really hard to see any real reason that Halo 2 is a better game as a whole. Halo 3 launched with fewer maps but had more with map packs, had a better health system(with health+shields instead of just shields), had an insane forge that players went wild with compared to Halo 2, and had a bigger following world wide.

Popularity doesn't mean something is automatically good, but outside of the story I see very little merit in most comments defending Halo 2 as the better game in terms of game-play or multiplayer.

[King Feraligatr]

Originally posted by LegendaryThunder:

Halo CE,


2-3 are FPS monopoly, there is very little user input needed and real decisions happen on map control which killed them when Battlefield and COD did it better or with actually functional weapons.

Would you mind explaining this more?

[Dr. Raven]

Originally posted by ProgramTheta:

, largely restored to proper order after Halo 2 threw it out of whack by removing the AR and obliterating the magnum and shotgun while introducing the all-powerful BR which makes every other gun in H2 short of power weapons obsolete.

Over-correcting is always such a problem in sequels. Halo 1 magnum and shotgun were so goated in every way, from campaign to multiplayer. Definitely responsible for so many good memories but from a Dev standpoint it's understandable they don't want something being so universally powerful. With dual wielding being introduced in Halo 2, rushed development, it's no wonder they put out the game with poorly balanced weapons in hindsight. Hell, they couldn't even properly adjust their campaign difficulties in time for launch.

[Terminator]

halo 2 is my favorite halo as well (quite unpoular opinion ) as halo 4 campaign but halo3 have the best multiplayer for me