probably the most overrated game of all time in the history of gaming!
I first played Halo when it was released on PC not the Xbox so when I did finally sit down in front of my PC, it felt like I was playing a game barely able to stand up next to the already competitive market of great PC shooters. Halo felt dated, old and most of all it just wasn't fun. Comparing this game to the likes of Half-Life and Quake III would be like comparing several kilos of gold to a pile of sand.
First and foremost, the covenant were just the most ridiculous enemies I had ever faced in a game. The opening level was pretty exciting at first but as soon as you catch a glimpse of the covenant for the first time it was just such an anti-climax. They just didn't look like super cool aliens that threatened the existence of humanity. In fact they were more suited to something like sesame street. Especially the stupid noises the grunts made.
Secondly the level design. Yeah the outdoor levels were great at first but its not long until you realize this is few and far between and most of the time you are stuck to corridor fighting. Hardly revolutionary for a game many hail as the greatest FPS ever. And not just this, the way these indoor levels were designed was just plain lazy. Seeing the same re-used bit of corridor again and again and again, is not my idea of fun.
Probably the most annoying thing about Halo however, is the damn ******* flood. The most (and I stress MOST), frustratingly mindless, idiotic, stupid looking enemies I had ever seen. It was bad enough that the game had the covenant...but the flood? Who the hell designed them?? A fight with the flood was just basically the same thing time and time again. Repetition? You'd have to think of a whole new word to describe the flood.
I could go on but I want to keep this review short. For me Halo is more of a novelty game. I can't take it seriously. I find it funny how people can get so worked up over it and hail it the best FPS of all time,when its more like watching a really bad B-movie, with Jean Claude Van Damme playing the lead. Maybe I am being too harsh, cause there were parts of Halo I did enjoy, but the repetition, silly plot, and idiotic enemies were more than enough to make me want to see my very own Halo.