Ok, now im a relatively honest person, i will tell you if you annoy me, i will admit when im wrong and so forth. This is one of those moments...
I may have been a little hasty in my criticism of Halo Reach. Ahem... Let me explain a little. I finished the game on... Thursday? I think. Now earlier this week my thoughts had been a little pre-occupied with some other things and i wasn’t really paying attention to... Well anything i was doing. I also played through the game on Easy. I KNOW I KNOW STOP MOANING. I couldn’t be arsed to be challenged i just wanted to see the game. So i finished it with the same feelings with which i posted up about earlier this week.
However, on Friday i decided to play through again on Normal difficulty. This was for a number of reasons. Firstly, i was bored. Secondly, i realised that you couldn’t rank up or unlock achievements when playing on easy which vexed me greatly. So bearing this in mind i sat down on Friday about 7pm to have a bash on normal. Come 11:30, i was still playing and totally loving it. I didn’t want to stop but i could hardly stay awake.
The difference is astounding. Not only did i know much more about what was going on, and followed the story a lot better, but playing the game through with it being a little challenging made it SO much more fun! Im a convert. The game really is very very good, it flows so well and the level design is brilliant, throwing challenges at you which cause you to think about how to solve them. The simple fact of throwing a brute at the top of a building with 2 turrets either side may sound boring, but working out how to bring him down without getting a plasma launcher to the face wasn’t frustrating one bit, it was excellent fun and so intense!
My Noble 6 now looks more awesome with armour upgrades and he ranked up to a Corporal! Corporal 1st Class soon! The only thing is now that i should try and get into the multiplayer... Its rather intimidating though, i may have to play through the campaign on Heroic before going online methinks. As im sure ill get blow apart by people who are veterans of Halo 1, 2, 3 and ODST.
This brings me onto another thing. I think i might be turning into a fanboy? I even started playing Halo 3 again! I’ve been looking online to see how much Halo Wars and Halo 3 : ODST are... I KNOW ITS BAD ISN’T IT... Oh lord.
In other news, having reached what i would term “The bottom of the fish tank” in terms of how shit my life actually is (Hint, read above and note the words “Friday” and “Stayed in all night playing Halo Reach”). I realised that maybe it’s time i spent some time away from the Internet, TV, Gaming and so forth... So im going to stay with my Gran up in Wiltshire for a few days in a couple of weeks time. Im really looking forward to it. Says a lot about me as a person i guess; the fact that im looking forward to a few quiet days in the country. The thought of waking up early, taking the dog for a walk, catching up on a few good books and just being relaxed is awesome. So i won’t be posting for a while when im up there. Although i will have my iphone with me... Need some kind of connectivity!
That’s about all for today. Damn i really need to start doing some ranting... I just haven’t had any energy to be angry recently? Or well, i do get angry but by the time i get home it seems to have dissipated...
Have a good week.
Alex
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