"Halo: Fireteam Raven is a cooperative arcade sci-fi shooting game from arcade legends Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix in a unique partnership and collaboration with 343 Industries. Set in the timeframe of the original Halo: Combat Evolved, this new immersive experience hot-drops players feet first into the boots of Fireteam Raven – a group of elite Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODST) – on the surface of Alpha Halo as they try desperately to prevent the alien Covenant alliance from taking control of the ancient superweapon."
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It's a good time but like most of these FPS arcade games, they like to cheat you out of health with some bullshit hits you feel like you can't possibly prevent. Feels doubly lame when you remember Halo has a recharging shield mechanic they consciously chose to leave out for this game.
this game requires you to swap from the assault rifle to the plasma pistol and it doesnt let you charge a blast at all
I travelled all across the state and none of them are connected to the internet so i can share the progress with the website and get the rewards
As much as I like Halo, and it's overall style of gun play, I don't think you're going to find much here when it comes to the Halo brand aside from it looking like Halo. If you don't mind the brand skin on basically a fun on-rail gun shooter you'll find yourself enjoying this game quite a lot, but only if you have a full squad to play through this game.
I don't really like the idea of having to have friends or a full party to enjoy games, but Halo Fireteam Raven shines best when you do have a full squad to play with. Along with the novelty of a turret like gun, and a wider screen Fireteam Raven makes a lot of use of the arcade experience to make for a rather good time. Not only is the game split between too big screens, but it makes use of both screens on each side by giving everyone enemies for themselves and a common bigger enemy to deal with. If you're really good, you can get points for helping other team members out by helping shoot their enemies or more than likely kill sniping them. Additionally, the game does have a bit of story to it, but it's really just boiled down to a few cutscenes and a cameo from Master Chief. There is a nice finale in the end, but it's all stuff we've seen before.
There just really isn't much substance behind Fireteam Raven that I would call effectively Halo compared to it just looking like Halo. By all means it didn't effect my time and fun with the game, but I understand why some more die harder fans would be put off because of it. If anything I think Fireteam Raven works well being a bare minimum story / on rail shooter that just kinda makes every weapon feel like a turret gun. So I think what you really should ask yourself is do you really like turret levels because Fireteam Raven is basically just six turret levels sewed together to make one game.
Overall Halo: Fireteam Raven is just a fun on-rails shooter with a Halo skin that makes use of it's rather large machine, and gives players a fun goal to work toward. If I had to compare the experience, it's like playing through the final level of a given Halo game. Sure, you can do it free at home, but there is just something kinda special about going to an arcade and playing through this game with the way the machine was designed. Halo: Fireteam Raven is a good thing to experience once, but anymore than that and you might just start seeing all the cracks.
I don't really like the idea of having to have friends or a full party to enjoy games, but Halo Fireteam Raven shines best when you do have a full squad to play with. Along with the novelty of a turret like gun, and a wider screen Fireteam Raven makes a lot of use of the arcade experience to make for a rather good time. Not only is the game split between too big screens, but it makes use of both screens on each side by giving everyone enemies for themselves and a common bigger enemy to deal with. If you're really good, you can get points for helping other team members out by helping shoot their enemies or more than likely kill sniping them. Additionally, the game does have a bit of story to it, but it's really just boiled down to a few cutscenes and a cameo from Master Chief. There is a nice finale in the end, but it's all stuff we've seen before.
There just really isn't much substance behind Fireteam Raven that I would call effectively Halo compared to it just looking like Halo. By all means it didn't effect my time and fun with the game, but I understand why some more die harder fans would be put off because of it. If anything I think Fireteam Raven works well being a bare minimum story / on rail shooter that just kinda makes every weapon feel like a turret gun. So I think what you really should ask yourself is do you really like turret levels because Fireteam Raven is basically just six turret levels sewed together to make one game.
Overall Halo: Fireteam Raven is just a fun on-rails shooter with a Halo skin that makes use of it's rather large machine, and gives players a fun goal to work toward. If I had to compare the experience, it's like playing through the final level of a given Halo game. Sure, you can do it free at home, but there is just something kinda special about going to an arcade and playing through this game with the way the machine was designed. Halo: Fireteam Raven is a good thing to experience once, but anymore than that and you might just start seeing all the cracks.
This was indeed a game a played. Got to play it for free at Outpost Discovery. It's a fun little distraction. Unfortunately it does have the CEA art style.
Very fun on-rails shooter, especially with a custom-designed arcade cockpit cabinet made specifically for the game. Solid gameplay with a good difficulty curve and a story that fits wite nicely into the Halo lore without requiring super in-depth knowledge of the franchise's history, making it good for both Halo lovers and first-time enjoyers.
The one thing bringing it down in the ratings is the lack of a home console release. With Fireteam Raven being an arcade-exclusive game, there is a good chance that even some more involved Halo fans will never have a chance to play it. If this is released for Xbox One/Series consoles and PC at some point in time as a cheap side game or as DLC for the Master Chief Collection, I will increase my score.
Overall very fun game and a worth addition to one of gaming's greatest franchises.
The one thing bringing it down in the ratings is the lack of a home console release. With Fireteam Raven being an arcade-exclusive game, there is a good chance that even some more involved Halo fans will never have a chance to play it. If this is released for Xbox One/Series consoles and PC at some point in time as a cheap side game or as DLC for the Master Chief Collection, I will increase my score.
Overall very fun game and a worth addition to one of gaming's greatest franchises.