I got Halo 3 a couple months ago as a birthday present. I was never the Halo fanboy, though my friends are. My buddy Dave doesn't even own an Xbox or a 360 and he's unlocked all kinds of zippity game crap on my system that I never really cared about. I don't know, is it just me or is there something very fishy about all the hype? The game's fun, but it doesn't give you that godly sense of accomplishment when you complete it like other games have. It just gave me a huge sinus headache. Not to mention I'm already sick.
Lately, Halo's been all flash. The first game is legendary for a reason in that you actually complete something. You complete the missions and feel cool doing it. Then Halo 2 came out, and it wasn't the same. The game is really flash bang and is completed in one sitting. Master Chief is totally overdone, too. It just got worse with the series' progression. All silent and space-Rambo clad, he doesn't talk for more than a minute of dialogue in the entire third game, and when he does, it's over-scripted malarkey. "You tried to kill Cortana, you tried to kill me," he says, in a very nasal and forced deep voice. I can't point it out, but something about that line just pets me backwards. The entire script was stupid. The marines were overly blunt and pointed out the obvious constantly, the elites are suddenly talking like Biblical scribes, which is very strange for such a bad-ass looking alien ("I will beat the Brutes' shield like a drum."), Johnson's gotten a lot more "I've got the biggest penis here!! Look at my cigar!!", and Miranda's gotten so much uglier. I'm glad Captain Keyes died in the first game, so Bungie can't ruin him like they did everyone else. Keyes kicked ass...
Maybe that "stretched five seconds of fun" the programmers talked about on the Halo 2 special edition DVD just made you used to all the fun you were having, but that game just left me empty. Not begging for more or dissatisfied, just empty. That game was all icing on the cake, except without the cake, and with the stomach ache that you earn after clogging your system with that much sugar.
That's enough of my biased dissatisfaction. I hit my mouse accidentally and it erased half of this entry, so sorry if something doesn't make sense. I'm a little stressed right now. Juinior midterms are coming up and I've been absent for the past two days due to my illness. My friend is getting sexually harrassed by some midget who draws really nasty pictures of her, and I'm a little pissed off about that, moreso because I'ma thousand miles away and cannot kick his ass. Today just sucks. Bye.
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