lol, still find it hilarious that people act like 2 & 3 were really THAT different. Aside from the BR spread, their about as close as a game could get without heavily changing it like Reach did.
I need to buy me a pair of those rose tinted Halo 2 glasses.
I'm not sure how to say this without going all over the place in the various subjects, but there's to many little things Halo 2 did, like flag and bomb contesting, that Bungie neglected in Halo 3. Sticky arming in Assault, and the planting which blended in all so well and were great reasons why it was my favorite gametype in the whole series. These were extremely vital and worthwhile in Team Skirmish games. And the larger things, like slow base speed, extremely floaty jumps which made you feel like Neil Armstrong, overpowered melee, equipment all over the place, bad weapon sandbox, etc. On that related note, gametypes. Instant arm Assault? Long ass return time in CTF? Territories? Land Grab? VIP? Those were the top default objective modes, and in my view, all were absolutely terrible. No CTF Classic, no 3 Plots, just did not have fun with many all around. MLG rectified these in their settings, and added on the base speed which I know you loved, because I'm quite confident MLG was your favorite playlist in H3. It was mine, too, but not because it made you into a faster Spartan and weighed down on the moon jumps, but it removed the awful AR and its melee smacks, it removed the redundant weapons like the Spiker, Plasma Rifle, and SMG, which nobody ever picked up. And because MLG removed equipment, which none of them were any good except the grav lift and were only there to cause frustration and slow down the game.
I do agree Reach is a completely different ball game, but H3 was pretty damn different. Just jumping around, shooting, and killing a couple guys in your first 30 secs. of gameplay will let you know immediately.
Deputy Moonman has the same idea... BTB and Team Objective, or Skirmish as it was properly called in 2, were my destinations. The best memories were from those two playlists, and both were all but neutered in 3.
