My first real console FPS
So, I know it's 2008 but i'm a late bloomer... at least that's what all the teachers said in school... and my mom... and well never mind that.
I finally picked up a copy of Halo about a year or two ago and played the first level and didn't touch it again. Then I started seeing ads for Halo 3 and all the hype around it and I figured... maybe I should try it. So I played it. (I was always a halo basher though I never picked up the game... ) I was playing it and knowing it was old and a lot of mechanics are now standard in FPS games I found myself finishing almost half the game in one sitting.
It wasn't that special to me but it was very very fun. However, the vehicles controls are insanely evil. I really never got the idea of putting fps controls onto a car? And making that the final level with the warthog kind of made me think, they know this thing is hard to drive so we'll make this the last thing you have to do. I have to admit this almost killed the game for me the first time I tried to "drive." Also, I never felt a full connection with Master Chief. When he died or when something happened I never felt for the dude. The last thing was the library. I never understood what people meant by "they hate it," but know I do... Really it could have had only that one wave and be done with it.
With those two things aside, the introduction of the Flood was great. That's when the gamed picked up for me. Seeing Covenant and Flood fight each other made me see... so that's how that style of gameplay got big. After the swamp level (minus the library) I actually wanted to play the game, finish it and see what happens to the Marines, Cortana, and even Master Chief.
All and all seeing that this is an old game and I enjoyed it more than most games out now I have to say I missed out big. Years ago I would have said Halo? pffft whatever. Now, I want to get the second one and the third just to see what happens.
I finally picked up a copy of Halo about a year or two ago and played the first level and didn't touch it again. Then I started seeing ads for Halo 3 and all the hype around it and I figured... maybe I should try it. So I played it. (I was always a halo basher though I never picked up the game... ) I was playing it and knowing it was old and a lot of mechanics are now standard in FPS games I found myself finishing almost half the game in one sitting.
It wasn't that special to me but it was very very fun. However, the vehicles controls are insanely evil. I really never got the idea of putting fps controls onto a car? And making that the final level with the warthog kind of made me think, they know this thing is hard to drive so we'll make this the last thing you have to do. I have to admit this almost killed the game for me the first time I tried to "drive." Also, I never felt a full connection with Master Chief. When he died or when something happened I never felt for the dude. The last thing was the library. I never understood what people meant by "they hate it," but know I do... Really it could have had only that one wave and be done with it.
With those two things aside, the introduction of the Flood was great. That's when the gamed picked up for me. Seeing Covenant and Flood fight each other made me see... so that's how that style of gameplay got big. After the swamp level (minus the library) I actually wanted to play the game, finish it and see what happens to the Marines, Cortana, and even Master Chief.
All and all seeing that this is an old game and I enjoyed it more than most games out now I have to say I missed out big. Years ago I would have said Halo? pffft whatever. Now, I want to get the second one and the third just to see what happens.
