: Well, not died exactly but it is crawling and depressingly reaching for a
: lifeline.
: I'm referring, of course, to Halo on the Xbox 360. It's lost a HUGE chunk of
: gamers when the MCC came out on the Xbox One. No one on my friends list
: even plays the 360 anymore, let alone the original Halo games. Sure, there
: are a few friends that still boot up the console from time to time, but
: it's rare. And when they do, it's not for Halo.

: One of my favorite aspects of Halo is Forge. I absolutely love working in
: Forge. But even my enthusiasm for Forge has died. What's the point? None
: of my friends play the game, and there's no longer a chance of ever
: getting a map in Matchmaking. I tried to work in Forge today, just to get
: a idea out of my head. But within 5 minutes, I closed it out w/o saving.
: It just ended up feeling like tedious work without a purpose.

: Matchmaking is worse then ever. Fewer players equal less equal teams. I've
: been in the Black Screen, due to quitters, almost as much as I have in
: actual games. Then there's the fact that EVERYONE seems to be complete
: idiots. There may be a few players that play the game well, but the
: majority of gamers, now, are Complete Noobs. Seriously, how does my entire
: team always ignore the vehicles when playing Team Heavies?! No joke. I
: have to (almost) always yell to them to grab a power weapon or power
: vehicle AT THE START OF THE GAMES!! I've gotten more first strikes in the
: last week then I think I have in the last two years. Even when the
: objective is to capture a Hill or Domain, the entire team would just drive
: or run past it. WITHIN FEET OF IT! You want to play ANY DLC map? Forget
: about it. No one seems to have them at all. Not even Forge Island, which
: is really sad. Objective games are nothing more then slayer. Players just
: ignore the objectives all together. Wanna play Snipers? Too bad. Players
: are just running around and assassinating the few that actually try to
: play correctly.

: I've given up on every game-type but Heavies and Swat. Those are the only
: game-types that I ever have a chance to win due to idiot team-mates. In
: heavies, I can just take the tank or sniper (cause no one else ever goes
: for them) and win the game. I don't even have to leave the base. Because
: if I do, then I know my comrades will not help protect me. Everyone seems
: to have a Plasma Pistol, but I still manage to take them out AFTER having
: me tank EMPed. It's crazy. So crazy and easy that it's not even fun
: anymore. I've even taken out tanks and banshees with a sniper because
: players are so naive as to how to take me out with the vehicle. Sadly, I'm
: finding myself playing Heavies on Meltdown more and more. Same with Swat
: and Panic Station. Heck, I keep end up joining games where my team has
: clearly lost only to turn it around for them. And I'm Not A Skilled
: Player! I SUCK. It's been 7-8 month since I played Halo4 and I'm owning
: all the other players??

: I earned a few month of Gold until March 23rd. And I find myself wishing I
: never used it. It's just not fun to play Halo anymore. Not on the Xbox
: 360. Only good thing to come from it, so far, are the free games. Sniper
: Elite 2 being lots of fun. I want to play Halo. I really do. But I just
: end up finding myself being bored with it now. Or angry with it, due to
: the dumb players on my team.

: At this stage in Halo Reach and Halo 4, on the Xbox 360, ALL of Halo's DLC
: should be a requirement. Or at least greatly discounted. With Reach's DLC
: being Free.

: This was bit of a rant, but mostly a observation after being offline for so
: long.

The Xbox 360 is pushing 10 years old...