I don't think Mark was claiming his review should be ignored, but rather that there are far more positive reviews than there are negative. Granted, it's all preliminary, but you never know until you play it yourself.
Halo has always been about the backtracking, the repetition and similar level designs... That's Halo. As much as I love Halo, it is far from revolutionary or innovative. If this guy or anyone thinks there'd be some overhaul of what's been evident throughout the series is obviously going to be disappointed. In my opinion, Halo is not about the single player as it is about the multiplayer. Even with Halo: Combat Evolved, what made the game fun was playing it with a buddy. That's not to say those complaints should be ignored. I am a huge, HUGE single player buff but even I am not expecting Bioshock-esque additions that suggest the gameplay is going to be innovative or any different from the previous installments. Anyone expecting anything different shouldn't be surprised if they feel underwhelmed.
Exactly. He's one of a very small section of people who do not enjoy this game. He also based his statements about the campaign being too easy on the fact he played the easiest difficulty. I'm playing it now, online. And it's fucking sweeeeeeet.
So what are peoples thoughts on the game ? I have to wait till tomorrow for it to be released in the UK
Multiplayer's pretty fun, but it's a jip that they crop the edges of the screen on widescreen TVs when two players or more are playing on one console! They better patch that. Single-player's alright, but it's far, far behind the times for FPS games.
I juuuust bought it! I can't care about gaming, but this looks fucking sweet and it smells all new <3 Maxime will be happy.
As much as I love multiplayer... Shotty Snipers has to go. It's fun for like, five seconds until you realize you're getting camped. And yeah LJ, when you get the game, let me know.
Best girlfriend ever? I think so! I'm going to buy it in a half an hour or so, then I'll be playing online. GT: St0fonfire <- add me if you want.
So how's campaign mode? I've heard from a handful of people that it's great and I've heard from a handful of people that it's so-so and I've heard from a handful of people that it [censored for public television]. I really want to know since that's the portion of the game I'm looking forward to the most. I love the Halo story (I could tell you just about anything about it without looking it up) so I want to know if the story is at least told well and all that fun stuff.
I heard from all of the reviews online that it was actually good. Ties up the story nicely and it actually redeems the crap-tastic ending for Halo 2.
I've been playing it since 2 o'clock now and it's amazing. Best online experience ever, I'm already rank 4 so that's going pretty well too. I have to say the campaign I've played so far is marvelous. About the replays and forge, I think the replays are just unbelievable how they did that is beyond me. The forge is more something I'll be using when I get a little bored of the online playing, if that ever happens.