This was my first experience with the Halo series and I mean I only know there is a character called master chief and that is it. My friend and I decided to play this together and we had a lot of fun playing through(badly mind you).
I have to say although this is the first game for me in the series I understand why fans admire it. Playing the game I saw not only the silly and funny/cute moments that the game has but the human and devastating moments. I loved the interaction between the main group of characters, the world around them, the people they work for, the people they are working with and even within themselves. To me, this made the characters individuals in their own right. Their disagreements, banter, arguments, etc. all of this lead to them all being their own character working on the same side but not really working for the same thing, or as others would say working towards the same goal but not for the same reason. I miss this aspect of writing characters cause it would go towards interesting situations, decisions, and actions along with consequences and reaction to them in ways that make the story engaging and keep you thinking what did this character feel when so and so happened?, why did they say those lines like that?, what do these lines mean to them and to the rest of the group?, etc.
Game play cycle was simple shoot the enemies and go to the next area and/or mission. With that said what the developers had to do is depend on level design not only with the map but also with the chessboard of enemies that you have to go through. They did a wonderful job with that, there are moments and set pieces that are memorable cause of the situations that you encounter. These encounters make the game play not only memorable but stops it from being stale and feel like a 2nd job(like some games now a days).
Overall this game is fun to play, tight on the gun play, and a story that kept me engaged and wasn't overdone. Either you enjoy story or game play I now understand why this series had such a passionate following and I might join the fan base still have 1-3 and ODST to play through and am looking forward to playing them
I have to say although this is the first game for me in the series I understand why fans admire it. Playing the game I saw not only the silly and funny/cute moments that the game has but the human and devastating moments. I loved the interaction between the main group of characters, the world around them, the people they work for, the people they are working with and even within themselves. To me, this made the characters individuals in their own right. Their disagreements, banter, arguments, etc. all of this lead to them all being their own character working on the same side but not really working for the same thing, or as others would say working towards the same goal but not for the same reason. I miss this aspect of writing characters cause it would go towards interesting situations, decisions, and actions along with consequences and reaction to them in ways that make the story engaging and keep you thinking what did this character feel when so and so happened?, why did they say those lines like that?, what do these lines mean to them and to the rest of the group?, etc.
Game play cycle was simple shoot the enemies and go to the next area and/or mission. With that said what the developers had to do is depend on level design not only with the map but also with the chessboard of enemies that you have to go through. They did a wonderful job with that, there are moments and set pieces that are memorable cause of the situations that you encounter. These encounters make the game play not only memorable but stops it from being stale and feel like a 2nd job(like some games now a days).
Overall this game is fun to play, tight on the gun play, and a story that kept me engaged and wasn't overdone. Either you enjoy story or game play I now understand why this series had such a passionate following and I might join the fan base still have 1-3 and ODST to play through and am looking forward to playing them