Halo series

I have a huge past with halo, as some members here know.

Loved halo since the first. Got into competition for H2, worked with some semi’s (lol) and did some video editing in/for the community. 3 was fun for some time, I edited one of the first hosted montages on one of the biggest boards at the time where I still have like ~8k posts, but it was nothing like my history with 2. After 3 I never had much of an interest until MCC dropped.

I will, however, be checking out the new one if it seems to be worth my time.

 

Did you ever play the 4th one?

My experience with the title is, I played the first one like 5-6 years after it came out. Pretty sure I finished it.
Maybe had I not been quite so late to the party I'd have been more impressed.
It was a fun, competent sci-fi shooter...didn't really see it as all that revolutionary tbh...though like I said I did pretty much miss the boat.

I had a look at the second one, which had also been out for a fair while, on a friends XBOX. I thought it looked slightly better graphically but I don't know, didn't love the first one that much so when I played this...it just looked a bit samey to me.

At one point I had a look at a HALO game called "O.D.S.T", that looked fun, and well made. I think I said I'd go back and give it a try one day.

The one I did play though, was Halo 4.
I usually have a phobia of sequels when I haven't played the entire series, but I'd heard they kind of "tied it off" and that this was to be considered some kind of almost-relaunch by a different team.
So figured it would be ok if I jumped on board...had the 360 chipped or whatever so I actually played it maybe a couple weeks after it released.
I liked it quite a lot. The setting, the atmosphere, the effects, the combat...and a good sense of gravity in terms of just what you were facing.
The guns were slightly different to those in the games I'd seen prior, the enemies were some familiar, some new and quite interesting.
The various scenarios were great, I remember one planet in particular...you felt very isolated.
I liked the dramas between your character/team and their "military leaders".
The voice acting was superb. Good level of challenge.
Fun through and through and a really well made sci-fi shooter that I'd play again.

I'd recommend following on to Halo 4, Dizzandra.
It doesn't take away from the series at all...and kind of works in a not-too-obnixious way as a new point/continuation.

I think *MY* unfortunate thing with it is...it seemed like it was going to continue after Halo 4...and 5 was apparently (see I haven't bothered due to this) barely even about MC, and when it was it was minimal.
I won't spoil...I'll just say there was one very big cliffhanger involving one of the long-standing characters...and I'm not sure, but I believe they left this up in the air.
Not sure where, or even IF the series is going from here.
Wouldn't mind seeing what they could do with current gen technology.

 

@Dizzy

How far are you on your playthrough?

 

Omg! Do the warthog jump!

 

I was really getting into halo 5 multiplayer till they banned me for 2 weeks, really annoyed me.

 

Banned for what?

 

He had to show it, to the Laker girls.

 

When I posted on the forums they said it was cos I was playing with someone who had been intentionally deranking. So basically lowering their rank on purpose to play with lower ranks. Safe to say I haven't played since.

 

Haven’t played Halo for ages, but 1 and Reach were always my faves.

Also, Halo has possibly my scariest moment for a non-horror game - the bit where you release the flood and your mission objective simply says “Escape!”

 

I hear Halo 3 is coming to the Master Chief Collection on PC.