Month: September 2010

A major annoyance with all the Halo games since Halo 2 (I forget how the original Halo was, so I can’t condemn it) is the stupid save system. You reach checkpoints as you play the game, and generally the checkpoints aren’t too far apart, but they usually aren’t as frequent as those in the Gears…

Though I said the ground fighting of Halo Reach was pretty boring, I find the space fighting good fun. Sure, it’s pretty arcade-oriented, but there’s a bit of strategy (guns first to take down shields, then missiles to finish them off). The controls work pretty well as does the targeting reticle for the guns. So…

I’ve been playing Halo Reach and am enjoying it, but it is pretty boring. Many of the missions are at night, so the graphics are muted and uninteresting. The day missions are better, but there is not a sense of wonder, so far. In Halo, we found and explored a ringworld, while in Halos 2…

I managed to get a couple hours of play (well, more like an hour – see below) in for Halo Reach last night and it was pretty good. I had forgotten how to steer the warthogs, so I was having a miserable time for a while, but eventually remembered and that made things better. I…