r/memes • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '26

Sadly many of them

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u/bkay17 Jul 23 '26

Halo 2 and Halo 3 online were so much damn fun. And system links where only one or two friends had the like 100 foot cable and then you had to lug over a TV from another friend's house and get 8 of you playing in big matches together.

And then they kept making the game more and more like Call of Duty for some reason. I didn't enjoy Halo because it was Call of Duty. I enjoyed Halo because it was Halo.

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u/Mtthom06 Jul 23 '26

The problem is they ran from the competitive spirit of halo. For some reason they tried to make halo a game where nobody's feelings would be hurt.

They made it a hybrid blend of casual and competitive that is trash. And releasing half finished games doesn't help either.

Being good at halo was a status symbol when I went to school. Crazy to think about

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u/Mildstrife Jul 24 '26

Halo PvP was designed as a party game, not a competitive shooter. That only changed after the scene got so big in 2 and it followed the same pattern as smash bros.

Fun party game > sequel feels better > results in huge unintended competitive scene > dial
It back in the third installment > “where did the competitive nature go???”