Long deserved update

Halo 3

So there was this little game release a couple of weeks ago, some people may have heard about it there was a little bit of media hype around it… of course that would be HALO 3. I thought I would put up my impressions of the game now that I’ve completed the campaign and played around a bit with the multiplayer. Most of my focus will be on the single player impressions mainly because I am absolutely terrible at the multiplayer. I think every time I’ve tried to play I’ve been either last or second to last in kills, both individual and team games, so I don’t play it that often. But enough about my personal pains. I will say and maybe this is biased because I am a huge fan of the series, but the single-player campaign more than filled my Halo need, also keep in mind that I played it through on Heroic (which everybody should do). The pacing is wonderful, those “OH S**T” moments where you get absolutely berated and out smarted by enemies are there, and they are there in droves. The AI which has always been a strong point for the series has been beefed up a bit I found. The brutes travelling in packs like before, but now they have smartened up quite a bit and will snuff you out and flank you if and when they have the chance, also there are a couple new flood that make life quite difficult on some of the later levels. If there is one minor gripe to the campaign, which is true for all the games in the series there is some backtracking, but to be honest the few times it happens it feels like you’re rushing out of a place to avoid it’s destruction. If there is anybody out there that is still worried about the graphics of this game, I’ll let you know while it is not Gears; it has this subtle beauty. The outdoor levels are lush and the indoor corridors, don’t suffer from too much repetition, oh and there’s a late level that is very “organic” that is stunning. I wish I got into the online stuff a bit more to offer my opinion to that but from what I’ve seen it is unbelievably deep: customizations, saved films, the Forge, and what I probably will play co-op. I have to give it a 10 from my experience in the single player, and the depth of the multiplayer options, there’s just too much to do here not to give it a great score.
10/10

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

I’m in the middle of this game but so far so good. I love the new control scheme; it just works so well for the DS and for a Zelda game in particular. If you haven’t heard yet, it is a little bit easy I don’t think it’s going to take me much longer to beat it, and there is no sense of accomplishment when you complete a puzzle because they almost blatantly tell you how to complete it. I’ll give a more detailed review when I finish it, but so far so good, easiness aside.

The Orange Box

I just picked this up on the week-end so not much feedback yet, Portal is awesome, I just hope that there is some replayability on it. I started Half Life 2, and so far an awesome experience, I don’t feel so far that I had to play the first game, but maybe further into the game some stuff might be lost on me.

Dying to play:

New section for me here’s a quick rundown of games released or to be released that I’m dying to play.

Bioshock (I made a promise to someone, and that’s all I say as to why I haven’t played this yet)
Mass Effect
Street Fighter 4
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix