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Halo is a fun game to play and if was really that easy to own on that game then you should be making money playing it.

ur referring to Forge. 

U should note that I"m not Necro and I"m not about to get into a war of wits about a crappy ass game like halo.  that aside I will say this:

I"m aware that Halo is to UT3 what Ferrari is to Lamborghini.  Both have their merits but some drivers will have preferences.  Mine lay with UT3 for reasons I already cited.  But to elaborate:

Gravity mod quip:  Halo's Jumping feels like ur perpetually stuck in Matrix-style bullit mode where landing from a jump takes an eternity.  There's no real jumping dodges like there are in UT3.  Essentially it's strafing with the occasional floating exhanges much like when playing UT3 with the grav mod.  and that's what I meant.  

I've played the game and watched plenty of battles at home and in tourneys (taken my son to a few of those in fact).  I"m well aware of the silly regenrating armor crap (wait 4 seconds and ur back, and to top it off you get the overshield as well pfft).  Imagine anyone from QM or FNL playing with those.  They'd be completely more unstoppable than they already are.  

Slow Field Quip:  I expect most people understood what I meant by this if they've ever played both games.  The speed the game moves in is horrible once ur used to ut3.  This is why anyone that plays halo and sees someone playing the speed freak mod on ut3 are in utter disbelief that it exists.  

as for the glitching:  I meant glitches as in programming holes that players exploit, not programming errors on part of the coders.  those two are completely dif.  There are plenty of things players do in Halo to get ahead.  Biggest one I can think of is the router standying to freeze players in game.  that's gotta be the lowest of the low right there.  Nothing like that in UT3.  if ur ever bored read this one out of hundreds of articles on cheating, glitching and such http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Cheating

as for the engine:  I think most on here know Epic and Bungie own their own respective game engines.  I won't go into further detail.

Dude, I blasted MS for a variety of reasons over my life as a die-hard mac user but the root of it is always the same.  MS is not famous for innovation (this is not to say the've never innovated btw, i know they came out with a supersize touch screen table after all).  innovating and buying something innovative are two dif things.  as a SW co, a HW co, as a gaming platform they reek of inferiority and constant 'me-too' implementations of things others are doing better.  like......gaming consoles and operating systems.  They're buying a well established IP from an innovative company like Bungie is right up MS's alley in terms of market practice.  it's just what they do.  They'll **** it with things like ODST and Reach but they won't do anything really significant with it (unless they kept some Bungie Employees in the deal when they bought the IP).  Now if you really want to see innovation, let's keep our eye on what Bungie does next.    

Agreed. Campaigns r fun co-op is best and the game is v.good as a gaming experience. Ive been playing Halo original and Halo 3 on system link 3 vs 3 lately and its a blast. The physics suck on Halo original tho, especially in the original when u hit the ground after a jump and ur momentarily rooted to the spot. The aiming/damage is basic and not exactly subtle but its like 9 years old. Halo 3 is much improved with some really good maps and pickups like the jammer, machine gun (removing from mounted position) and the axe thingy make for a belly full of laffs. Gaming doesnt have to be serious or overly technical to be fun. Online? im guessing its not good but ive never been online with anything but CoD, PES and UT3 and UT3 is by far the best imo.

 

HALO is built on the Unreal Engine. It's the same engine.

lots of grenades it seems, but w/e