We all have our own personal things that give us joy in life. It may be as simple as going for a jog, watching a movie, or listening to your favorite band to unwind after work. Everyone is different and your pleasure may not line up with mine and thats ok. It could also be as complicated as doing quatum physics at 3 in the morning trying to figure out what the fuck existed before the big bang. I think I'm closer to the dude watching the news drooling on himself at 11pm. Seriously though for me, Halo has been an entity that has been a part of my life for going on 9 years now. An entity that has given me much pleasure. Although I must stress, throughout this time it has faded in a out on my importance meter several reasons. For one Bungie takes milleniums to put out new titles drives you fucking nuts waiting for new games, and well I actually like to get laid once in a while. From the first minute I ever popped the fist Halo into my first xbox i know I had found my fix. Lets face it, being it's one of the highest selling video games of all time, I'm sure I am not alone with this opinion. Whether you like Halo or not, and believe me there is no in between. You either love the shit out of this game or despise it. You will never meet a gamer who is like yea Halo is "ok." It's either a gamer's bible, or they are discusted by it. The latter I can't even imagine who could think this way but thats just me. Regardless, whether you love or hate this game you can not deny it's importance to the history of 1st Person Shooters, and video games in general. It has single handedly changed video games as we know it. The smooth graphics, the smoother controls, the exiting plots many blockbuster movies don't even come close to. The first time I played this game christmas time 2001. I knew it was something special. So here we are 8 years and 3 record breaking games later and we finally have Halo 3: ODST. Now being I am a Halo lover and also a journalist. I must keep a level head and fight through my bias and really review this game fairly from anothers perspective. This is something I take very seriously and promise to do. So here we go. Lets start with the graphics. Right in line with previous games this Halo has hit my high level of expectation yet again. Smooth, vibrant, and colorfull this game is real easy on the eyes. Halo has a cartoony realism and beauty that many games have tried to match over the years but few have been able to pull off. When the first Halo first arrived on shelves they were light years ahead of everyone else in the visual department. The Bungie team was smart in keeping the attitude of "if it's not broke don't fix it" but yet they have also tweaked and tweaked along the way making the game look better and better. My only complaint is the enviornments playability. This is one place where Halo falls short. In this day in age we are used to being able to shoot up enviornments and destroy cars and shoot bullets into buildings, knock down stuff and just basically fuck shit up. In ODST there isn't much of anything besides your enemies you are able to destroy. If you are anything like me you want to be able to somewhat alter your enviornments, it just gives you that addes realism to the overal experiance. On the other hand you are so busy fighting covenant all over the place, you barely even miss it. Which brings me to gameplay. Bungie took a step to the next level with their AI. You learn early on that just walzing into the middle of the street in a firefight will leave you dead real quick. You need a plan of attack and some aiming skills or your going to restart at checkpoints until you smash your controller into a wall.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
HALO 3: ODST - REVIEW Part I
We all have our own personal things that give us joy in life. It may be as simple as going for a jog, watching a movie, or listening to your favorite band to unwind after work. Everyone is different and your pleasure may not line up with mine and thats ok. It could also be as complicated as doing quatum physics at 3 in the morning trying to figure out what the fuck existed before the big bang. I think I'm closer to the dude watching the news drooling on himself at 11pm. Seriously though for me, Halo has been an entity that has been a part of my life for going on 9 years now. An entity that has given me much pleasure. Although I must stress, throughout this time it has faded in a out on my importance meter several reasons. For one Bungie takes milleniums to put out new titles drives you fucking nuts waiting for new games, and well I actually like to get laid once in a while. From the first minute I ever popped the fist Halo into my first xbox i know I had found my fix. Lets face it, being it's one of the highest selling video games of all time, I'm sure I am not alone with this opinion. Whether you like Halo or not, and believe me there is no in between. You either love the shit out of this game or despise it. You will never meet a gamer who is like yea Halo is "ok." It's either a gamer's bible, or they are discusted by it. The latter I can't even imagine who could think this way but thats just me. Regardless, whether you love or hate this game you can not deny it's importance to the history of 1st Person Shooters, and video games in general. It has single handedly changed video games as we know it. The smooth graphics, the smoother controls, the exiting plots many blockbuster movies don't even come close to. The first time I played this game christmas time 2001. I knew it was something special. So here we are 8 years and 3 record breaking games later and we finally have Halo 3: ODST. Now being I am a Halo lover and also a journalist. I must keep a level head and fight through my bias and really review this game fairly from anothers perspective. This is something I take very seriously and promise to do. So here we go. Lets start with the graphics. Right in line with previous games this Halo has hit my high level of expectation yet again. Smooth, vibrant, and colorfull this game is real easy on the eyes. Halo has a cartoony realism and beauty that many games have tried to match over the years but few have been able to pull off. When the first Halo first arrived on shelves they were light years ahead of everyone else in the visual department. The Bungie team was smart in keeping the attitude of "if it's not broke don't fix it" but yet they have also tweaked and tweaked along the way making the game look better and better. My only complaint is the enviornments playability. This is one place where Halo falls short. In this day in age we are used to being able to shoot up enviornments and destroy cars and shoot bullets into buildings, knock down stuff and just basically fuck shit up. In ODST there isn't much of anything besides your enemies you are able to destroy. If you are anything like me you want to be able to somewhat alter your enviornments, it just gives you that addes realism to the overal experiance. On the other hand you are so busy fighting covenant all over the place, you barely even miss it. Which brings me to gameplay. Bungie took a step to the next level with their AI. You learn early on that just walzing into the middle of the street in a firefight will leave you dead real quick. You need a plan of attack and some aiming skills or your going to restart at checkpoints until you smash your controller into a wall.
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