LONG CAMPAIGN REVIEW Everything was just right got to give bungie credit on this one 9.0
so did it live up to it?
i say no
no game can match up to this hype
thats impossible
bungie just gave us one of the best games the year and we should enjoy it so, ive seen many weird scores on this website and i realized that they probably didn't even play the game
ok lets start with the Campaign mode first:
Improvements:
Enemy AI: They're getting smarter by the day, for example: a grunt sees he is over matched and he light two grenades up and runs right at you
Flood: Getting infected is much more realistic, they won't just get up and run at you again but they need another parasite to go into the host to power it up
- humans will actually get infected now and turn into a flood instantly
Vehicles: much more improvements
- tank has an added turret
- brute chopper is no short of destructive
- hornet shows that the humans have something in the air as well (but i would rather have something form AceCombat) a level by level review:
Arrival: It started off with a great introduction (even though the cortana "luck" thing was kinda corney) and we fell in a jungle and being united with the arbiter
Sierra 117 : Pros:
-The levels looked beautiful, simply brilliant, it definitely kick-started the game. - The skirmishes were nice and allowed us to get used to the game. - The level allowed us to look at the new features of the game and look and the enhanced AI (especially the grunts, those nasty suicidal SOB's)
Cons : - Lack of grenades
- Level structure is literally abysmal, no matter how high the cheif can jump, ull get frustrated at the cliffs for being so god damn high
Advice: when the pelicans come at the end of the level, don't betray ur teammates, worst thing u can do
Crow's Nest: basically protect the base form the covenant
Pros:
- brings out the weapons of the game
- Gets us used to the turret sequence
- Shows the brutes larger role
- more grenades
Cons: - Watch where you step
- hard to see where to go
- very stupid marines
Tsavo Highway:
Get to the city of Voi (some random african city) by trashing through enormous amount of covenent
Pro: - vehicles finally
- great action and battles
- level design is much better than the first two
- great graphics
Cons:
- More stupid marines but now they suck at driving as well
- Why are we doing this? it felt lik we were fighting (enjoying) for absolutely no reason
The Storm:
Fight to get the city back from the evil covenant and destroy something thats taking the ships down
Pros:
- balances fighting on foot and on vehicle well
- brings the AI to life
- an actual objective i can understand
- great boss battle will make u feel great
- nice environment (when i say nice i mean violence in the air)
Cons: - The level felt repetitive in places but just a little
- horrendous marine driving skills
- how much ammo does one marine have? - on the mongoose it felt lik the guy was loaded with rockets (but i think this may be a good thing)
- in the beginning i felt vey claustrophobic
- wait in Halo 2 didn't the hunter join the elites?
Floodgate:
The Flood has finally reached the earth, stop them and find cortana (somewhat)
Pros: - Brings the feeling of dread and eeriness to the game
- Flood look better and more realistic
- Introduction to the flamethrower
Cons:
- They should of made this level much longer cause it was perfectly done
Advice : Kill the marines, i'm not joking, i would rather have the arbiter alone
because the flood is certainly using them more (explanation on the flood section)
The Ark:
Were finally here
Pros: - Cut scenes are amazing and dramatic
- Tanks are very enjoyable
- Brute chopper is the best vehicle of the game
- sniper
- more boss battles Cons:
- the oh-so-familiar backtracking
- "tank beats everything"dialogue: WTF! your in the marines, ur mature, and thats what u can think of! i know your excited but this feels like it should be rated T at some points Covenent: Destroy the barriers and get to the prophet and destroy the covenant once and for all
by far the best level in the game
Pros:
- wow, shows off the vehicles in halo completely
- Hornet is nice addition
- Ending is great
Cons:
cant think of any
Cortana:
save cortana (for real this time)
worst level in the game , couldn't wait till it was over
Pros: - Flood...flood....flood
- Environment is alive (literally)
Cons:
- repetitive beyond belief
- backtracking
- worst level structure i have ever seen
Halo:
Pro:
- Nice environment (feels like assault on control room of halo 1)
- EPIC
- Secrets revealed
Cons:
- predictable
- felt like Forza at the end
- Guilty Spark is not much of a boss
Ending:
A little disappointing but still hits the fuzzy spot
Legendary ending is great and brings more questions to the field
Graphics: 9.5
Story: 9
Gameplay: 10
Level Structure: 8.9
Lasting Effect: 10