The Halo 3 Beta
I had the chance to play the Halo 3 Beta today. There really isn’t much to say about it, along with the other people present, I was very underwhelmed. I don’t know what I expected, but I really didn’t expect a Hi Resolution version of Halo 2 with some of Halo 1’s weapons brought back along with the addition of a few new toys and all new maps (only one of which was any good, the other two felt so lifeless I was shocked). This game really didn’t feel any different than a Halo 2 map and weapon pack. Now, that wouldn’t be a bad thing, except Halo 2 launched the single most annoying feature in the history of Xbox Live. Matchmaking.
Matchmaking destroyed my (along with most of my friends) experiance with Halo 2, and it seems to be the only way Bungie will build an online game. In and of itself, matchmaking isn’t a bad idea, not at all. The real problem lies with Bungie’s utter lack of playlist variety. Want to play in a party with 8 of your friends? Sure, but it has to be objective games, no Slayer for you. Want to play with a guest? Sure, but no Slayer for you at all. Want to join a Rumble Pit match? Sure, but you’ll have to do it alone, we don’t trust you at all, you bastard cheaters. All of my friends and I agree, we simply don’t like objective games. Oddball, CTF and the like are OK once every 5 or 10 games, but the rest of the time we just want to blow shit up. Sorry, that’s a no go as far as Bungie is concerned. It’s a real problem, and one that needs to be addressed.
Are you listening Bungie?
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