VoodooLabs

Just for fun I’ve decided to note my experiences with some games.

I first heard about Halo in a MacAddict magazine. The gist was that this awesome game was coming out for Macintosh and PC sometime in the future. Then Microsoft bought Bungie and Halo became the Xbox flagship game.

When the game eventually came out it was my brother who was able to play it first. From what he described I imagined rolling hills, grey chunky buildings, vehicles and a sniper rifle which you could take off your squad mate. I held off playing for quite a while - I think it was a year after it was released. I played through the coop with Weasel. There were also many multiplayer battles with friends.

The game was what I imagined. The vehicles were great, it had a space opera story, and shooting stuff was fun. Some of the levels have been described as tedious, but I was so sold on the game that they seemed to make sense in that part of the game - a struggle to get the key.

The game is engineered to be fun. I’ve heard the term ‘3 key elements’ or something like that. Shooting, melee, and grenading. I think it’s great that there is a separate button for each. I’ll go into further detail when discussing the other Halo games.

The game itself is great. Mystery, action and a light sprinkling of humour.