Halo Spasm
Alright, I'm back! I've finally finished playing the crap out of Halo 2, Yet I still feel empty inside, lusting for more. I guess I'll give a brief review and some after thoughts of the game. Not that its not anything new, or you haven't already read some where. If you haven't herd of Halo 2 by now, then your probably from.......... Planet X (the planet that has the opposite orbit of earth and is hidden bye our sun, so it can only be viewed for a minute every thousand or so years)! Go to coast to coast AM with George Noray for more info on that, It really does exist, its just a conspiracy by the aliens from that planet, hich control our government and our worlds Astronomers from letting the secret out. I almost forgot, the Catholic church is in on it too! True story, But I digress.
Halo 2 is.......a game that could have used a bit more polish, but its still fun. I know a lot of people who are saying that it was totally over hyped, And I say poo on them. Perhaps it was a little over hyped, I mean, I can see that, but its still over all fun. My favorite part of playing Halo 2 is with my brother Jon, We kick covenant ass, correction I kick ass and he holds me back. Its almost like Playing Halo with Alex (see my archived second entry/post, Videogames and Broads for more details on that experience)! Jon does the same damn things, I find him wondering into walls, going backwards, and not helping out much. Its still fun though. Jon likes to blame his poor playing skills on his controller set up. Legacy south paw, what is he left handed? Its funny to watch him try to jump. For those of you with Halo/2 I suggest you try it! Still co-op is where its at, and I cant think of any other Xbox games that offer this feature, which is awesome. I think I posted somewhere that Contra could take a lesson from this set up. The plus side to co-op is it lets (wait a second, should there be a dash between co-op? because if there wasn't it would be coop, or is it CoOp?) Damn it I lost my train of thought!Heres a short list of things I don't like about Halo 2:
- Grafix glitch drives me batty
- Story is week and hard to follow. You think they could have put little subtitles under the intro scenes to each level,so you know where you are! Instead I find myself peaceing together the story, just like I did in the first one.
- My TV is too small for split screen, my eyes hurt, I bent my Wookie
Those are my complaints. I would have put the duel wielding, because its awkward when you first start, but once you get the hang of it, your good to go, kick ass that is. I know their have been a lot of complaints over the ending to, but I didn't think it was that bad, Beside by the time I got to the end I was ready to stop playing any who. Damn gaming chair I had caused a giant cramp in my left leg, that caused it to fall asleep, and latter led to a massive spasm and leg ache! Funny story too, I started playing the game last Thursday at about 8PM, and when I finished the game ( I hate it when people say "I conquered it") It was 6:30 AM! Needless to say My plans for that night were shot. Ok I didn't have any plans, but the point was I got pulled into playing it, and I completely lost track of time, mainly because theres no clock in my gaming room. I cant remember the last time when I played a game that did that to me.
Now on to the Xbox Live part of Halo2. Sorry, Erik, I don't have XBL so I cant comment or challenge anyone to a live match, just yet at least. With my computer down, I've been thinking about investing the 50 bucks for a years worth of live play. At least I think its only $50, either way I got a free two months, worth $12, with my purchase of Halo2. Besides I noticed the new Call of Duty for Xbox has an Online play available for it.
On my final note, I think its cool how movie stars are sneaking their voices into videogames. Samuel L Jackson, Grand Theft: SanAndreas, and David Cross (Mr. Show, bald guy from MIB 1&2, Run Ronnie Run.......a cameo on Just Shoot Me) as the voice of one of the Marines in Halo 2. OK maybe hes not a movie star. I think I read somewhere that he loved playing Halo, so the only conclusion I can make is he had his agent talk to Bungie and the rest is history. I cant imagine Bungie was like, we need to get David Cross to be a Marine voice, he'd be perfect.
The only thing left to due is try to beet this game on legendary, only to see if theres an Easter egg at the end like in Halo (1).
posted by franswiggidy @ 4:41 AM
1 Comments:
I think what irks me the most about Halo and Halo 2 is the lack of a map. At least have one that draws as you go so you can know not to move backwards. Usually though you can tell you are going in the right direction when new enemies appear...which is another complaint...the game just feels too repetitive. Nearly a rail shooter as one comparison has reminded me. It just feels like the story and the gameplay are separated. Your play doesn't really factor into the story, it is just that interactive killing part between story bits. Unlike something like Beyond Good & Evil where the storty feels like it is still going while you are playing.
I was prepared to give Halo 2 between 8.5 and 9...after the online I figure it is between 9 and 9.5. The popularity of the game on its own helps boost it in this case because it means heavy online action.
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