You're probably wondering if I'm mistakenly referring to the wrong Halo or if maybe the cave I used to live in recently collapsed. Neither are true. This is in fact the correct Halo I'm referring to and my cave is fine, thank you.
When my high school friends were satisfying their Mountain Dew addictions and playing multiplayer Halo on their original XBox's, I was wasting hours of my life on my Playstation 2 albeit Halo-less. Now that my stable income has encouraged me to waste all of my money on collecting video games I didn't own growing up, I now have an original XBox (2 actually, for no real reason) and consequently the original Halo release that arguably led to what gaming is today as well as over diagnosed ADHD.
When Halo: Combat Evolved was at its prime, I actually did go over to friends' houses and play the multiplayer mode of the game but never got a chance to try out the campaign. The only campaign I've completed up til now in the Halo series has been Halo Reach so I figured I might as well catch-up on the story and the experience like many true gamers have.
So far the experience has been less fun and more of a chore. The graphics hold up okay but the gameplay feels so repetitive. At least in Halo Reach you got to fly around on spaceships some and complete a variety of missions throughout the campaign. I feel that most of the time I've spent in original Halo has been running down the same set of dark hallways over and over again looking for checkpoints. I'm actually amazed at how little the enemies have evolved over the course of the series but not veering far from the original formula is how Bungie made Halo so successful I suppose.
Currently I'm at a part in the game where the Flood enemies are attacking me from every direction and due to my shoddy checkpoint save position, I'm left with nothing but a shotgun, a few shells, and a pocket full of prayers to escape from the library. It's at least a change from traversing the same Unggoy and Sangheili infested corridors over and over.
At this point I just can't wait to finish the game and move on to Halo 2 which I'm hoping adds some spicy variety in the gameplay. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. Either way, I feel it is my duty as a gamer and now game blogger to experience these major titles.
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I remember it being pretty fun, but I played it when it was fairly new, and didn't have a decade of newer games to contrast it with. Also, I played it cooperatively, so that probably helped. Halo 2 does mix things up a bit with the addition of the Arbiter, so hopefully it won't feel quite as repetitive.
ReplyDeleteyeah co-op halo 1 was pretty fun. even split screen.
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