I played Halo when it was 1st released on the Xbox and i went straight back to playing Time Splitterson PS2which was to myself a whole lot better FPS so many years ago due to how clunky, slow and boring the gameplay was on Halo. The year is 2011 and i seen Halo 3 on special and thought i'd give it another try as the game might have improved significantly over the 2 installments to when Halo 3 was released but to my suprise it was just as bad as i remembered it. Graphically the game is worse than some Wii FPS which i have played like Red Steel2 for instance, Yes Halo 3 might be in (sub)high definition which it was Jebus it still looks ugly in every sense from artistic point of view to graphical aspect too, it cannot even hold up agaist some Wii games let alone other games on 360/ PS3 / PC, like Killzone 2, Black Ops, Cod MW 1,2, WaW, Bioshock 2 which was suprising as i thought it might look ok-ish but be quite artistic which was as wrong as OJ's conviction 1st time around. Gameplay wise its still as slow and clunky as the 1st installment of the series was back when it was released and very little has improved which was to my suprise as the gameplay formula kept on shouting out Perfect Dark Rip Off when it Halo was 1st released and to this date its still pretty much kept with the system, I cannot see why people say it set standards in FPS on consoles when it obviously was just following the trend. Online i never gave a chance but i never thought anyone would still be playing such a old game.
Have i just been spoiled with FPS as of late (including the Wii as RedSteel 2 is awesome) that Halo series doesnt compare to the standards of FPS back on the N64 with games like Golden Eye / Perfect Dark let alone the standards of FPS of this generation ?! Graphic Ho i am not as im a Wii owner too and can go back and forth from games of any generation and dont start crying "MY EYES, MY EYES" when im playing, I even watched my friend playing FF7 for several hours while around his house on HD TV which made it look like a block of Lego it doesnt bother me at all.
I know several people will say "Blog it", "Nice Story Bro"and "OMG halo got XX score" which is all fine and dandy but sadly i've played the game and not the review.
I might try Halo Reach for a laugh but just rent it and see if the game offers anywhere near to acclaim which the series has gotten over the years which has always had me suspicious of money changing hands (Joke).
PS: This needs to be said. This is not a discussion about the Wii!! This is a discussion on why is Halo franchise loved so much. The reason why i mentioned Red Steel 2 on the Wii as its quite a nice game to look at artistically rather than like Halo 3 which is just ugly all round, If you even bothered to read the topic rather than skimming through it you would of noticed several other franchises which i have played on the Wii which are not on the Wii, The other reason why i mentioned the Wii is because alot of people moan about SD onry for the Wii while i myself dont have any trouble going between the 2 and thats the reason why i mentioned it twice. Can we keep on topic and talk about why is halo so loved!!
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