i've played halo games alot, alot and alot.
Halo 1: was a really cool game, good story, graphics and it was awesome on both split screen and system link. I've spend weeks with that game and its one of the best shooters
halo 2: a even better game imo, although the campaign isnt as good as halo 1 it is still fun and story is interesting. But online is epic, the best online shooter game i've played. Split screen is epic as well. The weapons rule, all the combos, every weapon is useful. And while some may be overpowered i think they add some strategy into the game. The maps are awesome, there are some shitty ones but mlg on lockout, midship, warlock and sanctuary is genius. It sucks that they removed the clan thing though.
halo 3: a crappy game... It sucks, its sucks hard compared to 1 and 2. The campaign isnt remotely interesting, story sucks as well. Splitscreen is dire, its fun for a couple of weeks then it bores the hell out of you. Why? well there are tons of reason
the aiming isnt as good as halo 2.
they've fucked up the weapons as well. Like the br, the br was one of the best weapons on halo 2, this is not the case anymore. The combos are not that interesting and they've removed the noobcombo all together. The plasma pistol isnt good anymore, neither are the smg and the sword(one of the coolest weapons in halo 2) turned to be crap, crap, crap. Sniping is also bad, they've removed sweep sniping which was very cool and its almost as easy to nonscope as scoping. The hammer is one annoying noob weapon which hurts you even if you're not hit. All and all the weapons are not as fun anymore.
But the problem with halo 3 is the maps. There are none really good maps, and plenty of boring ones. Even lockout, the best map of halo 2 is crap on halo3. They've removed the jumping, and camping spots altogether in the halo 3 version and the map turns out mediocre at the best.
A couple of other complaints are the lack of clan match making and the level system. Its just to easy to reach level 50, which was nearly impossible in halo2(as it should be). All in all i am very disappointed with halo 3.
