Halo 3? The Second Coming or just a highly polished sci-fi shooter for the
Xbox 360? Well, the reviews are in and things aren't looking good for the
skeptics.
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According to nearly every review - Halo 3 arrived as expected, lived up to the hype and delivered.
Not to rain on this parade, though, but I still think the fact that, as an XP user, I can't play Halo 2 is a rotten, low-down, self-serving decision by Microsoft which represents at least a kick in the knees to loyal PC gamers - if not an outright groin punch.
So, on this eve of success with a shooter which apparently could probably easily and gracefully run on even the CheapBox++ ... I say bite me Microsoft.
Bite me.
The only time I was ever excited by Halo was when Bungie was originally developing Halo (1) for the PC. I really rooted for Bungie, being a developer underdog that did make quality games (Marathon!).
ReplyDeleteHowever, Microsoft bought them out, thus delaying the production cycle and slating it for a Xbox release only. Somehow, perhaps out of pity or in the way that a bully gives a toy back after he's broken it, they came out with the PC version many months later. Yay. By that time it was a low-quality-graphics shooter (with less-inspiring vehicles than had UT2004) that had a bearable storyline and irritatingly repetitive map design.
I'm about as excited for Halo 3 as I was for Halo 2, which could be easily described as "Oh, Halo 2 was released? Huh, I didn't notice."
Compare the player character of Master Chief versus any of the characters from UT3, and I rest my case.
I was really originally excited for Halo when it was a massive action-based RTS for the Mac. Then Bungie sold out to Microsoft and it turned into a flagship title and an FPS. And I got really annoyed that what looked like a creative title was just an MS marketing tool.
ReplyDeleteI did, however, play and very much enjoy the PC port. Yeah, the graphics were out of date by then, the maps got redudant and I couldn't really get into the multiplay much. But it was a decent "light tactical" shooter and there aren't a lot of those. They've got some great mechanics, a great backstory and a not so bad narrative.
Yeah, I played way more hours of UT2004 than Halo, but I'd be willing to give Halo it's due and would definately try Halo 2 and 3 out.
Except Microsoft doesn't want me to, unless I buy Vista. Which sucks. For one thing, I can't move to Vista because it would break some of the stuff I'm developing. So instead of shipping a quality OS - they just resort to cheap tricks.